If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1142 The Daoist Discussion at Mount Hua
Li Si set aside his concerns about the Grand Council and asked, "Do you know which ministers will accompany His Majesty to Xingyang?"

The eunuch hesitated and said, "This servant only knows which of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers do not need to go to Xingyang."

This servant guesses that the Prime Minister is now the head of the Grand Council.

You can also decide the fate of most officials below the Nine Ministers, right?
If you wish to take anyone away, simply make a list and report it to His Majesty.

"Oh, so you're a military aircraft foreman now!"

Li Si couldn't help but grin, but then realized he had lost his composure and immediately regained his serious expression, saying in a deep voice, "The Grand Commandant is getting on in years and wants to stay in Xianyang, that's no problem."

Are there other people guarding Xianyang?

"Lord Ziying was appointed as the magistrate of Xianyang by his father, and he also stayed in Xianyang."

"Lord Zhang Han is the Minister of the Imperial Household Department and needs to manage the royal properties in Xianyang," the eunuch said.

"Whether he is the magistrate of Xianyang or not, Xianyang still needs someone to manage it. Ziying is the head of the royal clan, and he has both the ability and the qualifications."

Li Si was very puzzled and wanted to ask: "The power in the court is so limited, it seems that it has all been divided up by us few."

Even the emperor's power was largely taken over by the Grand Council. What did Grand Tutor Yu and Chancellor Yu gain?

He had previously thought that after they went to Xingyang, Grand Tutor Yu would rule over Xianyang like a local tyrant in Guanzhong.

The eunuch asked, "Your Excellency, is there anything you wish to convey to His Majesty?"

Li Si waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. After lunch, I will go to the palace to meet His Majesty in person."

The eunuch took his leave.

Xu Fu exclaimed, "Yu Fengxian and Grand Tutor Yu, what brilliant methods you have!"

Li Si paused for a moment, then asked, "Why do you say that, Junfang?"

Xu Fu asked, "Your Excellency has become the head of the military council, which is a further step up from before. Are you feeling proud and satisfied?"

King Lieyang, who holds military power and has become king, must be very satisfied.

Prime Minister Feng has also made a slight improvement over the previous one, so he won't be dissatisfied.

After Hu Hai became emperor, he seemed to care in the slightest about the power to make decisions regarding military affairs; he was quite satisfied.

"If I can satisfy you all, isn't Yu Fengxian's method quite clever?"

Li Si frowned and asked, "But what did she really gain?"

Xu Fu rolled his eyes and said, "From the emperor to the Grand Councilors, everyone obeys her and makes moves on the chessboard according to her will. Hasn't she gotten everything she wanted?"

Li Si felt uneasy. "Power is real and not illusory! She has no real power, while our will belongs only to ourselves."

Even someone as intelligent as him couldn't accept saying that.

But now that things have come to this, I can only think about it this way, otherwise I'll feel terrible!

"Sigh, perhaps. I'm actually a little afraid of her now." Xu Fu looked at him with resentful eyes. "I shouldn't have been swayed by you, and I shouldn't have returned to Xianyang from the East Sea."

Fortunately, the Grand Tutor election hasn't started yet, so there probably won't be another one. I've escaped unscathed.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the steward came in again and said, "Master, the Imperial Guard has posted notices at the street corner. In addition to informing the world that His Majesty the Second has ascended the throne and established Xingyang as the Eastern Capital, the notices also specify the time and place for the selection of the Grand Tutor."

Xu Fu asked in surprise, "What is Yu Fengxian thinking? She insists on holding a Grand Tutor selection and making it public."

Was she brimming with confidence, or was she plotting something?

Li Si slowly said, "The selection of the Grand Tutor has already been openly discussed in the court. The ministers have reached a consensus and spread the news throughout the country. Yu Fengxian rarely goes back on her word."

Black Rakshasa asked curiously, "When and where is the Grand Tutor selection?"

The steward said, "Three days later, at the summit of Mount Hua, the immortals will compete to determine the greatest 'Celestial Master' in the world."

Xu Fu said, "Not the Grand Tutor of Qin, but merely the 'Number One Teacher Under Heaven'?"

The steward said, "He is not only the Grand Tutor of Qin, but also the First Master of the World."

Grand Tutor was an official title in the imperial court, while "Number One Grand Tutor Under Heaven" was an honorary title.

Xu Fu frowned and said, "If she puts on the signboard of 'The Greatest Master Under Heaven,' I'm afraid many great immortals of the Xuanmen sect will not be able to tolerate her arrogance and will choose to step in and teach her a lesson."

Li Si guessed, "Now that she is a 'Prime Minister,' she probably doesn't care much about the title of 'Grand Tutor.'"

Perhaps she and Benxiang actually share the same thoughts.

They all hoped that a more powerful and pleasing Xuanmen Celestial Master would take charge of the Qin Imperial Observatory.
If it were for the sake of the Great Qin, then of course choosing a Golden Immortal who could attain the righteous path to the Great Luo realm would be most beneficial to the court and the country.

Xu Fu shook his head and said, "I don't think things are that simple. Yu Fengxian is not as optimistic as the Prime Minister."

There will absolutely be no powerful being about to attain enlightenment who would wade into these muddy waters.

Before they became Grand Tutors of the Qin Dynasty, even without supporting the imperial court or receiving the blessing of human fortune, they still had a chance of successfully attaining enlightenment.

Once someone becomes the Grand Tutor of Qin, even if they were 99% certain of success, they will immediately lose their qualification to attain enlightenment.

Millennia of arduous cultivation vanished in a single day. What were they after? Loyalty to the Ying clan?

"If it were a Great Immortal, it might not be impossible to reverse the fate of the Great Qin Dynasty."

"Once the Qin Dynasty regains its Mandate of Heaven, he will surely reap a great deal of fortune," Li Si said.

"The Prime Minister is thinking too simply," Xu Fu said dismissively.

Just half a day later, Yu Zaiheng's new policies spread throughout the Three Realms through deities such as Fushi and Gongcao.

It's no exaggeration to say that the world was shaken.

Dazexiang, the void thousands of miles above Tianzhu Peak.

The wind howled, sharp as a knife.

Fuqiu Gong stood on a pure white auspicious cloud, not even a strand of his hair fluttered.

“Fellow Daoist Luding, why are you here in Dazexiang if you don’t even know about the ‘Four Heroes of the Tian Family’?”

The great calamity has only just entered its second phase, and the 'battle of heroes' has not yet begun, but Tian Dan, the leader of the four outstanding talents of the Tian family, is already dead.

The other two of the Four Heroes, Tian Rong and Tian Heng, reportedly almost met with misfortune a few days ago.

Even if we don't need to support the Dragon Court, without these hidden dragons, and letting them wither away prematurely, the Mandate of Heaven cannot proceed!

Even if we are the ones playing chess, what are we playing if we don't have the pieces?
Ten zhang away from Fuqiu Gong, there was a dwarf who was four inches tall.

Although the dwarf was deformed and somewhat ugly, he wore a scholar's cap and a linen robe. He was simple in appearance, but had a dignified and imposing manner.

"If you had just 'settled things off' with Yu Fengxian last time, none of this would have happened?"

The dwarf's face showed a hint of anger. "Last time outside Xianyang City, it wasn't just the Tian Heng and Tian Rong brothers who suffered."

At that time, there were more than ten potential leaders who were discussing a joint effort to overthrow the Qin Dynasty.

Yu Fengxian suddenly appeared and even resorted to ruthless tactics, leaving this humble Taoist with no time to stop her.

Fortunately, she simply tossed them into Lao Ai's 'nightmare of the dead'.

They couldn't find them at the time, and the next day they crawled out of the mass grave in a daze and in a state of panic.

If she had gone all out, who knows how things would have turned out.

Fuqiu Gong sighed and asked, "What exactly do you mean by 'sending off', fellow Daoist?"
"Back then, we, the Four Friends of Qionglin, didn't just stand by and watch Yu Fengxian escape using earth magic. We simply couldn't stop her."

“If the four of you work together, she definitely won’t be able to escape!” the dwarf said.

"Are we some kind of ruthless, murderous monsters who kill without a second thought, never talking to each other and killing at will when we meet?"
She acted with restraint and reason. "Why kill her?" Fuqiu Gong said irritably.

The dwarf sneered, "We didn't kill her back then. Today she did something that makes us all want to beat her to death, but we can't do anything about it."

Fuqiu Gong pondered for a moment and said, "I have also heard about the new policies."

Hu Hai was not the protagonist of the great calamity, and should not have had much of a destiny.

She tried to intimidate us with Hu Hai's three-year imperial decree, but she miscalculated.

The dwarf asked, "When did Chen Sheng of Dazexiang start his uprising? What was his goal after the uprising?"

Fuqiu Gong sighed: "Originally, it was planned that Huhai would ascend the throne, but after Fusu was forced to commit suicide, he started a rebellion under the banner of avenging Fusu."

Having such a title can at least reduce the counterattacks from the nearby prefectural and county commandants.

Sigh, let's wait until the Huashan Grand Tutor selection is over before making a decision!
Xingyang has always been a vital town, with high walls and deep moats, and tens of thousands of elite troops stationed there year-round, making it impossible to conquer in a short time.

Hu Hai and the Qin Dynasty officials were about to depart, and there was no way to stop them in advance.

"Let's wait. Waiting a few more days won't delay our opportunity."

They raised the banner of avenging Fusu and rebelled against the Qin Dynasty.

It sounds a bit strange, but in the present day, in the old Chu region, it is indeed very feasible.

Because Fusu was the "Crown Prince of Chu," and Fusu's mother was a member of the former Chu royal family.

Similar to the story of Mi Yue and her son back then.

Mi Yue's son, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, was of pure Chu royal blood.

Moreover, Fusu had an excellent reputation among the people, and even in the distant Western Shu, people knew that Fusu was a virtuous and capable crown prince.

“A few days earlier or later will not affect Hu Hai’s entry into Xingyang. But a few days earlier will certainly prevent the policy of exempting land tax and corvée labor for ten years from spreading,” said Lu Dingxian.

Fuqiu Gong shook his head and said, "No one is a fool. News of the new policies will spread throughout the world sooner or later."

At that time, the common people will surely think that Chen Sheng deliberately did not want the new policies to be promoted, which is why he launched the uprising.

Thus, the uprising became 'unjust,' and with resentment in the hearts of the people, how could it possibly succeed?

Lu Dingxian said, "You should have let Chen Sheng launch an uprising long ago. If you had started the uprising and raised the banner of 'Zhang Chu,' even if Yu Fengxian had implemented new policies, the people of the world would have thought that the tyrannical Qin Dynasty was weak and panicked, and that's why they implemented new policies to deceive the people."

After all, everyone knew that the tyrannical policies of the Qin Dynasty could no longer be implemented in the territory that had become the State of Zhang Chu.

Within the territory of Zhang Chu, no one felt that the new policies of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty were sincere.

Instead, they questioned Yu Fengxian and Qin Ershi's motives.

Now, just a few days later, the situation has reversed.

Fuqiu Gong's face showed annoyance. "I agree with what you said, brother. But before today, who could have predicted the 'Yu Fengxian New Policy'?"
Brother Dao, ask yourself honestly, before the court assembly at Zhangtai Palace today, could you have imagined that Yu Fengxian would immediately take control of the court situation with a single move, making Li Si and Marquis Lieyang both trust and obey her?
Can you imagine that Zhao Gao, who should have achieved great things, inexplicably lost his "mandate of heaven" and became an insignificant nobody in some obscure corner?

And then there's Fusu, who should have died long ago, yet he's still alive.

I'm really afraid that Yu Fengxian will send Fusu to Pengcheng to become the 'King of Chu'.

The dwarf opened his mouth, but finally sighed bitterly and said, "We still underestimated Yu Fengxian."

It's not just about supernatural powers, but also about methods, strategies, and magnanimity.

I originally thought she was bound to break ties with Li Si and Marquis Lieyang, and that one of them would have to die.

As long as someone dies, the Qin Dynasty will fall into endless infighting and internal strife.

Unexpectedly, with just a few simple words from her, Li Si, the Marquis of Lieyang, was outwardly unconvinced but inwardly convinced of her worthlessness. This was the worst possible outcome.

They were all renowned ministers who assisted Qin Shi Huang in unifying the world!

Once we unify their thinking, stop their infighting, and instead unite their efforts, I fear that even a hidden dragon would be no match for us, without our assistance.

Even the faction of the true emperor of the southeast is not as strong as the Qin Dynasty at this time.

Fuqiu Gongdao said, "She has some magnanimity, but she can hardly be considered cunning. She is using the power of destiny to build her own power."

If she hadn't glimpsed the number of days.

If she hadn't directly revealed Li Si's connection to the future of the Qin Dynasty.

Would Li Si and Marquis Lieyang be so submissive now?

The dwarf said irritably, "Things have come to this point, Brother Dao, you should let Chen Sheng launch the operation as soon as possible."

Even if Xingyang cannot be captured immediately, a surprise force should be dispatched to tie down the Xingyang court's attention and prevent them from focusing on other matters.

Only in this way could the righteous army flourish throughout the Central Plains, forming a true trend of divine mandate.

"An uprising is certain. However, the rebellion will be controlled by the immortals of Fulong Court, so we should observe how the situation develops naturally."

"Since the time when Yu Fengxian rode the Ancestral Dragon to attack the Heavenly Court, many things have changed," Fuqiu Gong said helplessly.

Even the immortals who nurtured the dragon and supported it were merely pawns in their eyes.

But even chess pieces have their own thoughts and interests.

Nobody wants to die in vain.

Grand Tutor Yu tore apart 50,000 heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court by riding a dragon, and you still let Chen Sheng shout "Great Chu will rise, Chen Sheng will be king"? Do you think he's a lunatic?

People also have fears and concerns.

Fuqiu Gong estimated that if the Qin Dynasty did not take the initiative to put pressure on Dazexiang and give Chen Sheng an inescapable threat, Chen Sheng would not take the initiative to start an uprising.

It was only after the news of Grand Tutor Yu's ascension to the heavens on a dragon reached Dazexiang that Li's husband, Lü Chen, took her back to Tianzhu Peak from Ji County.

Originally, Lü Chen and Lü Qing entered Ji County with the intention of launching an uprising and immediately taking over the county seat.

When the news arrived, Chen Sheng became afraid and planned to wait for news of Grand Tutor Yu's death in Heaven before launching his attack.

Instead of the "good news" of Grand Tutor Yu's tragic death, they received even worse news, which made them even more terrified and afraid to make any rash moves.

Back in the Shang Dynasty, Grand Tutor Wen was able to subdue the feudal lords from all directions with his reputation alone, preventing them from rebelling.

At this time, Grand Tutor Yu's prestige was no less than that of Grand Tutor Wen.

"Brother Dao, you must have some idea about the current situation, right? Yu Fengxian isn't even making plans in secret."

She frankly stated in the imperial court that she wanted to force the person behind the hidden dragon to actively disrupt the established destiny.

To put it bluntly, she's playing a long game with us.

We may look down on her, but she's made her moves, she's laid out her strategy, and we're indeed forced to intervene and respond.

At this point, the dwarf became agitated again, "I never expected that a mere sand barbarian who had just become an immortal by chance would be able to control the world's situation so soon after making a name for himself in the Divine Land."

The great calamity of heaven and earth is indeed a time of chaos and uncertainty, where anything can happen.

If we let Yu Fengxian live any longer, I feel that sooner or later we won't be able to hold on and will be swept away by the surging tide of calamity.

(End of this chapter)