Traveling through the Qin Dynasty, I seized the throne of Ying Zheng's father

Chapter 268 Lord Zhou

It is clear that Lord Zhou's power mainly lies here, so it is only natural that he would do whatever he wants and what he would do in order to benefit his family.

The fact that Lord Zhou has become a county magistrate at such a young age shows that his family has high hopes for him, and that he will surely become an official in the imperial court in the future.

Right now, it's just a small operation, doing some practical things first so that he can enter the imperial court in the future. This is the usual practice of aristocratic families.

People in this world aren't fools. If someone has no merit or achievements, yet wants to become an official after making some contributions, everyone knows there's something fishy going on.

So everyone wants to spend money or use their influence to solve problems and give their own children some credit.

That way, even if they become higher-ranking officials in the future, no one will question them.

To put it bluntly, this is the drawback of recommendations.

Officials in the court are all appointed through recommendation. Who knows what they will do after they become officials, or what their abilities are?

Since it was recommended by a powerful family, it naturally had to repay its own family in order to ensure a long-term relationship. Therefore, they were probably acting in the best interests of their own families, not for the sake of the country.

As long as the recommendation system and this fundamental system remain unchanged, such incidents will continue to occur frequently.

Fusu was not too surprised by this.

But after hearing Fusu's words, General Chen swallowed hard, finding it unbelievable.

He never expected that someone would be so shameless and disrespectful as to bring the matter to the Emperor's attention.

Have they forgotten the Emperor's ruthless methods in the past? That was Qin Shi Huang, who unified the six kingdoms.

They emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and have no concept of mercy.

They wouldn't feel that they had committed indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

If Ying Zheng were truly that benevolent, he wouldn't have been able to become the First Emperor; he would have been overthrown long ago.

That's something that's bound to happen.

General Chen would not doubt the First Emperor's abilities and would not make a mountain out of a molehill.

General Chen felt cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He never expected that he had unknowingly taken such a big opportunity.

That was the First Emperor, a ruthless killer. Given what he had done before, how could he have gotten so close to Lord Zhou, even developing a mutual respect for him?

Based on this alone, he could be implicated.

General Chen quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and rushed to Fusu's side.

He repeatedly assured, "Young master, I know I was wrong. I didn't know that I had done these things unintentionally, which would bring me such a disaster, and I didn't know that it might implicate you as well."

“Young Master is right to teach me a lesson. I was short-sighted and did not know that Lord Zhou had such a sinister intention to harm me. Perhaps he saw that I was close to Young Master and wanted to get some information from me that he could not know.”

"I never thought I would be implicated by such a despicable person, and almost fall into his hands. Fortunately, you reminded me in time, which made me realize the key point. Otherwise, I might have been tricked without knowing why."

When General Chen heard Fusu's words, he felt very fortunate. He was glad that he had chosen the right master and that his master was willing to remind him.

Otherwise, with his own brain, he probably couldn't figure out why Lord Zhou was getting so close to him.

Even if something happens, I probably wouldn't have imagined that I would be implicated by Lord Zhou.