"The second force is the military force." Meng Yi continued, "In fact, you can classify me as this force." Meng Yi's face was calm and he said slowly, "The military is divided into two, one is mainly Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son, and the other is mainly my brother Meng Tian." When he said this, Meng Yi smiled calmly and said, "My Meng family has been in Qin for a long time, so the emperor's trust in our Meng family has never diminished. He is also very kind to the Wang family. Our two families are one in the north and one in the south to guard the empire."

Hearing this, Chen Sheng raised his eyebrows lightly. This sounded like Chen Sheng always felt a little strange.

"It is rumored that my sons of the Meng family have always been disagreeable with the Wang family. This is a rumor. In fact, we are very united. We have always been consistent in the resolution of major events. The only discord is some of the little tempers between my elder brother and Wang Ben. Both of them think that they are the best generals in the Qin Dynasty except for the veteran General Wang Jian. The two have been competing for many years and have made countless contributions to the Qin Dynasty, but this is a battle between gentlemen."

Chen Sheng knew it in his heart. Such competition has great benefits to the Qin State and the emperor. I think the emperor also strongly supports this kind of healthy competition. The biggest beneficiary is actually the emperor himself. Maybe the emperor also strongly supports the competition between the two, which will fuel the fire behind it.

"In addition, there is the most complex and special force in the court." When he said this, a very strange look appeared on Meng Yi's face. This expression seemed disdainful, contempt, and distress.

"Huh?" Seeing Meng Yi's expression so wonderful, Chen Sheng couldn't help but lean into listening. He knew that Meng Yi was talking about the royal relatives and eunuchs, but he didn't expect that Meng Yi would be so disgusted when he mentioned them.

"The relationship between the nobles and relatives of the royal family and the ministers in the court is complicated." Meng Yi thought for a while before he said slowly: "Since Shang Yang's reform, our Qin State has not been granted a meritorious person. Even the princes of the royal family cannot be awarded a title without military achievements." Meng Yi said solemnly: "But this cannot completely weaken the power of the various royal family. They actively marry the ministers of the court and created a large number of nepotism." At this point, Meng Yi smiled bitterly and said: "For example, Prime Minister Li Si, there are three princesses in his family."

"In addition, there are relatives and eunuchs." Meng Yi said this, his voice became a little bit gritted: "You know that the generals in the army have a different view of Fusu Young Master, but Fusu's background is very low. His mother was just a small palace maid who was tributed to Qin by Chu. After giving birth to Fusu Young Master, she died of difficult labor."

Chen Sheng's heart was shocked. Historical books have never recorded who Fusu's mother. However, many historians inferred that the reason why Emperor First Emperor did not establish an empress was because the woman he liked the most died earlier. It seems that this idea can stand the scrutiny.

"Because of this, Mr. Fusu did not have the support of his relatives, so compared with the second and third sons who had huge support from the foreign relatives, he had a very low chance of becoming a crown prince. Fortunately, Mr. Fusu's talent began to show off at a very young age, which gave the emperor the conditions that he could favor. After he grew older, he was deeply loved by the old generals Wang Jian and my elder brother, so his status gradually became stronger." Meng Yi said this, and changed his tone and said, "This is not enough. Mr. Wang Jian and a group of generals are old, Wang Ben is sick, and my elder brother is far away from the court and beats the Hu people in the north, but the emperor is young and strong. He can watch many princes grow up, and those princes with the support of his relatives can gain the opportunity to rise in front of the emperor."

Chen Sheng was silent for a while before he slowly said, "So the young master also needs supporters?"

"This is natural." Meng Yi nodded. He said calmly in his words, "But the greatest support still comes from the emperor's support. Everything the prince did was allowed by the emperor. In fact, it was the emperor who arranged for me to help the prince establish his power and connections."

Chen Sheng frowned. He couldn't figure out what the emperor's arrangement meant. Is the emperor really not afraid that one day Fusu is powerful and threatens his status?

Seeing Chen Sheng's depressed look, Meng Yi guessed Chen Sheng's thoughts. He pondered for a while and said, "The emperor was born in Zhao State. When Zhao State was born, the relationship between Qin and Zhao was at the most tense time, so during those days, the emperor was in a day of hiding and running around in Tibet. Later, he returned to Qin and became the King of Qin at the age of thirteen. However, at that time, Lu Buwei was powerful and the emperor was a puppet for several years. During this period, the Empress Dowager and Miao Du** Palace,

The emperor could only swallow his anger and let it make the court and the country mess. Therefore, the emperor would never tolerate this situation. If he had a group of teams who supported him back then, how could the emperor have made these people arrogant and domineering for so long?” Speaking of this, Meng Yi sighed and said slowly: "Wang Jian was the emperor's teacher when he was a child, Zhao Gao was the emperor's playmate since childhood, and my brother also had a very good relationship with the emperor since childhood, so he has today's status and trust from the emperor."

Hearing this, Chen Sheng knew it. It turned out that the emperor was wary of Fusu as he took power in the future and could not control the power of all parties in the court, so he had made secret arrangements to let Fusu cultivate his own strong team so that he could successfully take over the power in the future. This move is ruthless. I think the emperor's determination has already made Fusu the crown prince, but it seems that except for Meng Yi and a few other people, the emperor's thoughts cannot be seen.

But what Chen Sheng wondered was that since the emperor had settled his mind, why didn’t he announce Fusu as the crown prince early? It would be possible to cut off the other people’s minds, so that the possibility of other princes seizing the throne was naturally cut off. How could the sand dune change happen? After thinking for a long time, Chen Sheng understood a little. The emperor did this to establish a few competitors for Fusu so that Fusu dared not slacken, so that he could hone his abilities and stand out in the competition with his brothers.

The emperor's plan can be said to be a scheming plan, but the emperor did not expect that the disaster that this action laid for future generations could actually destroy the entire Qin State. Unfortunately, the emperor did not see this hidden danger.

What Chen Sheng most hoped was to get the content about the eunuchs from Meng Yi. Because he knew very well that one of the main reasons for destroying Qin State later was Zhao Gao.
Chapter completed!