The next day, Fu Su was woken up just as the sky turned hazy.
After washing up, he braced himself and jumped on his horse to the palace to prepare for court.
Fu Su couldn't help but feel that it wasn't easy to be the Crown Prince.
Of course, the one who was more tired was still the Emperor, Ying Zheng.
Fu Su clearly remembered that Ying Zheng drank as much as he did yesterday.
At Ying Zheng's age, Fu Su could not help but admire him for being able to insist on getting up early to attend court even after a hangover.
In the imperial court, the gazes of all the officials were instantly attracted when they saw Fu Su enter.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, please!"
"I have a few questions I would like to ask Your Highness.”
The officials were extremely respectful, completely different from what Fu Su remembered. Fu Su couldn't help but feel how fickle the people in the imperial court were.
Fu Su responded with a smile and went to his seat.
As the Crown Prince of the Great Qin Empire, Fusu's position was right below Ying Zheng's right, before the civil and military officials.
It fully displayed the unique status of Crown Prince Fusu.
Soon, Ying Zheng arrived, and the court session officially began.
After the daily questions, the officials quickly started arguing about a topic.
That was how to deal with the River Loop and the other regions of the Great Prairie that Fu Su had conquered.
Opening up territory was certainly a joyous occasion, but managing a new piece of land was not an easy thing.
This was especially so since there had been no traces of Old Qin's people in this region. Even if Fu Su had forcefully moved away the Xiongnu tribes, it would have been incredibly difficult to move a large number of Great Qin's people over.
The Great Prairie was suitable for nomads, but it was not suitable for farming. Great Qin's people, who mainly focused on farming, would not be able to adapt so easily.
Furthermore, the Great Prairie was a flat land with almost no danger to defend. How many troops were needed, how to defend, and how to ensure logistics were also big problems.
"Fusu, what do you think?"
After not getting a satisfactory reply for a long time, Ying Zheng directly turned his gaze to Fu Su, who had been silent all this while.
All the officials turned to look at him.
"Imperial Father, your son thinks that the ministers are still too conservative.”
"The Great Prairie is not suitable for defense, but it is very suitable for offense!”
"Since we can't defend, why not use offense instead of defense? Beat the Dayue clan and Donghu people into submission, or even directly annex them like the Xiongnu. Then, we won't have to worry about the Hetao region being threatened anymore, right?”
"It would be a waste if we don't build a strong cavalry on such a fertile farm," said Fu Su with a smile.”
"As for the lack of manpower, we can move Great Qin's horse farms and the residents who are familiar with raising horses over. As long as we give them enough rewards, they will be very happy.”
"For Great Qin, this will not only allow Great Qin to obtain more and better warhorses, but we will also not have to worry about the future development of our Cavalry.”
"In addition to warhorses, the nomads also produce cattle and sheep, which is enough to offset the logistics consumption of the garrison.”
"The problem of defense is also very easy to deal with. As long as we firmly control the Hetao Plain and maintain our offensive against the Great Yue Clan and Donghu, we can form a buffer zone of several thousand miles.”
"Under such circumstances, the construction of the Great Wall doesn't have much meaning. We only need to set up fortresses in some important locations on the Great Prairie to give a timely warning and slow down the speed of the south.”
"In short, your son's opinion is actually very simple. Defense has no future, offense is the way!”
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
As an emperor, there were only two kinds of greatest achievements.
Firstly, the internal affairs were stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
The second was to expand the territory and obtain more land for future generations to obtain more resources.
Ordinary rulers might choose the second path.
As the first emperor of Great Qin, Ying Zheng, who was so domineering, naturally chose to take all of them.
Especially after experiencing the destruction of the Xiongnu, the entire country was extremely excited and the hearts of the people were high.
There was no need to mention the generals.
Great Qin was established based on the military merit system, and attacking meant military merit, status, and everything else.
As a general, what he was most afraid of was not dying on the battlefield, but dying of old age without being able to catch up to a satisfying battle. His talent could not be displayed at all, and he would eventually die of old age at home.
Of course, not everyone agreed with Fu Su.
The representative of the Confucian Sect, Censor Zhang Cang, who had studied under Xun Zi with Li Si and Han Fei, jumped out and retorted loudly,"
"Your Highness, Great Grandfather Wang said: Although the country is big, war will inevitably lead to destruction!”
"Now, our Great Qin has been suffering from natural disasters for years, and our national treasury is empty. The people crave for peace and war, and this is not the way of sages!”
"That's right. Fighting a war is not a simple matter. Regardless of victory or defeat, it will cost a lot!”
"It's fine if we win, but if we lose, the good situation we have now will go down the drain!”
"In my opinion, it's fine if we don't build the Great Wall for the time being. It's not a good idea to continue pressuring the Great Yue clan and the Eastern Hu people.”
With Zhang Song as the lead, many civil officials jumped out one after another. For a moment, the momentum was very great.
Even Ying Zheng's face showed a hint of hesitation.
Although he still approved of Fu Su's idea of attacking, what the civil officials said was the truth.
After conquering the Yue Kingdom, Great Qin's many years of savings had been used up, and with the continuous natural disasters, it had been greatly weakened.
It was not easy to make up one's mind to fight a battle of hundreds of thousands of people.
Ying Zheng turned his gaze to Fu Su again.
This son of his was already impeccable in terms of military strategy. However, how good was he in terms of civil administration, especially in terms of handling government affairs?
This was a real court meeting, completely different from a battle on the battlefield. It was another battlefield that a qualified Crown Prince had to be familiar with.
What was needed was not to make a prompt decision and kill decisively, but to weigh the pros and cons and choose the most suitable plan.
Ying Zheng hoped that Fu Su would understand this point.
Looking at Ying Zheng's expectant gaze, Fu Su stood up again.
It seemed that this time, he had to teach Ying Zheng and the officials of Great Qin a good lesson and correct their wrong views.
Looking around, Fu Su finally spoke under the gazes of all the officials.
"Imperial Father, can you get someone to carry a shelf in? Your son has a scroll that I need to show Imperial Father and the officials.”
Surprised gazes immediately came from the imperial court.
What was this newly appointed Crown Prince up to?
They had attended court meetings for many years, but they had never seen such a strange request.
Even Ying Zheng could not help but be surprised, and then he signaled Zhang Han, who was also dumbfounded, to do it.
Although he did not know why Fu Su made such a request, deep down, Ying Zheng had an inexplicable confidence in him.
Moreover, in Ying Zheng's opinion, as long as Fu Su could comprehend a little more of the Dao of the Imperial Court and learn more, a few more requests would not matter.
However, he did not know that this time, the person being lectured was himself.
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