Qin Dynasty: Your Majesty, I really am a time traveler.

After everything was moved, Tang Yu brought out a bowl of water from the room and handed it to the young man who had helped him move the things.

"When I hired craftsmen before, I didn't see anyone as young as you. You're really strong!"

To Tang Yu's surprise, the young man didn't even accept the water bowl. He immediately stood up, straightened his clothes, and respectfully said to him:

"Disciple Fusu greets Master!"

Huh? You? Fusu?!

Tang Yu was dumbfounded. Qin Shi Huang sent his son to be his student, but the son ended up doing two hours of hard labor for him.

Although he was somewhat speechless about the situation, Tang Yu did find that it seemed to be a lesson worth learning.

After he handed the water bowl to Fusu, Fusu respectfully accepted it, thanked him, and then drank the water in one gulp.

"How are you? Tired?"

Seeing that Fusu was about to get up and obediently answer the question, Tang Yu simply waved his hand.

"It's alright. We're both teachers and friends, so there's no need to stand on ceremony."

After hearing what Tang Yu said, Fu Su stopped insisting and sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

"Tired, of course I'm tired, even more tired than the horseback archery training my father arranged for me!"

Seeing Fusu's response, Tang Yu patted him on the shoulder and pointed in another direction.

"Then take a look at them."

Fusu turned his head and saw that it was other workers and craftsmen who were still moving things, constantly moving and tinkering with the furniture, transporting and building it.

"Fusu, you feel tired after just one hour, but look at them, they've been moving things all day. Don't you think they're tired?"

Upon hearing this, a look of astonishment and surprise flashed across Fusu's face.

"This...they're really going to keep moving all day? I think they must be exhausted!"

"In that case, after you go back from here, can you take a bath, change your clothes, and then have a meal?"

Fusu nodded.

All he wanted to do now was change into clean clothes and then lie down on his bed for a good rest. Tang Yu's face turned serious.

"But after a day's work here, they just wipe their faces and go back to their rooms, and they might not even have enough to eat. If you were in their shoes, could you accept that?"

Upon hearing Tang Yu's words, Fu Su's expression completely changed, filled with astonishment and confusion.

Previously, even though his Confucian teachers had instilled in him the teachings of Confucius and Mencius and spouted all sorts of grand principles, he was still young.

For example, if you ask him to be a wise ruler and tell him about the hardships of the people, he will never have such a clear understanding of why he should be a wise ruler.

Because the principles taught by Confucianists are all theoretical and empty talk, but Tang Yu has learned knowledge that he had not been able to learn in the previous 20 years in less than two hours.

Seeing that Fusu remained silent, Tang Yu decided to give him a hard blow as a first meeting gift between him and this disciple.

"Let me ask you this: if this carpenter doesn't make me a stool today, who do you think will be more affected?"

Hearing Tang Yu's words, Fu Su did not answer rashly this time. Instead, he pondered for a moment, his head furrowing, and his words became hesitant.

"This disciple is dull-witted, please enlighten me, teacher."

Looking at Fusu like this, Tang Yu revealed a satisfied smile. This was the Fusu he wanted.

At the same time, it's understandable that he couldn't understand this principle, so Tang Yu nodded and said to Fusu:

“I don’t need them to make this stool for me; they can go and do work for other people just the same. But if they don’t make this stool for me, I won’t have a stool to sit on today. Do you understand?”

Hearing Tang Yu's unhurried words, Fu Su felt a flash of light in his mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it.

"Please teach me, teacher!!!"

Seeing the father and son's identical postures, Tang Yu didn't try to hide anything.

"What I'm about to say is the very principle your father most wants to know. You must remember it: in any country, the people are the most important, and the ruler is the least important!"

Upon hearing Tang Yu's words, Fu Su's mouth gaped open instantly. What had he just heard?

How could anyone utter such treasonous words!

He knew that his teacher was a legendary immortal, so there must be a reason why the other party said that.

"Teacher, what do you mean?"

"The people of those six states were commoners in Qin, and they were also commoners in Zhao. They could even be commoners without an emperor."

"If an emperor has no subjects, is he still an emperor? So it's not that the people can't live without the emperor, but that the emperor can't live without the people."

"The people are like the water in the river, and the emperor is like the boat on the river. The boat moves forward with the help of the water. If there is no water, the boat has no meaning."

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it; the people are the most important, the ruler is the least important—this is the principle I'm teaching you today!"

Is it true that the people are the most important and the ruler is the least important?

At this moment, Fu Su's mind was shaken as if a magnitude 12 earthquake had struck.

He had so much to say, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't say anything. Tang Yu saw this and patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, let's go back. Today was just a meeting to get to know each other. We'll have a formal class next time."

Fusu, as if he had lost his soul, stood up blankly and walked outside after hearing these words.

These words had a tremendous impact on him! In this era, it was tantamount to going against the natural order! The more Fusu thought about it, the more he felt that this was indeed the natural order of things!

After Fusu returned, Ying Zheng heard the intelligence from his subordinates in the Black Ice Guard.

He was initially bewildered, but then he began to laugh loudly.

"Hahaha, sir, you truly are a celestial being!!"

"If he hadn't reminded me of such a simple truth, I probably would never have realized it in my entire life. It seems you were right, sir. The destruction of my Great Qin was not unjust!"

……

After Tang Yu finished dinner, he saw Meng Tian, ​​who had come to deliver an official robe to him. Tang Yu looked at the robe in his hand and raised his head with interest.

"General Meng, tell me, whose rank is higher now, mine or yours?"

Meng Tian immediately clasped his hands in a salute.

"Mr. Tang, His Majesty has appointed you as the Imperial Preceptor, with the highest official rank of First Grade, on par with Prime Minister Li Si. Naturally, this is higher than my position as Grand Chancellor!"

Good guy! What a great guy!

Upon hearing this, Tang Yu sighed, impressed by Zheng Ge's decisiveness and actions, something most people couldn't achieve.

"Does that mean I've now truly become second only to the emperor?"

Tang Yu instantly started imagining the future in his mind, but Meng Tian reminded him at the right moment.

"Mr. Tang, you must attend court at dawn tomorrow. Please do not be late!!!"

Meng Tian actually came to deliver the official robe with the intention of conveying this message; otherwise, anyone could have delivered the robe.

Tang Yu's unparalleled sleeping skills last time left him with considerable psychological trauma. If he is late tomorrow, not only will Tang Yu lose face, but even Qin Shi Huang will be ridiculed by many ministers!

Upon hearing that he would be working 8 AM again, Tang Yu suddenly found that the imperial advisor's robe in his hand suddenly lost its appeal.

Looking up at the sky, Tang Yu uttered four words with grief and indignation.

I'm going to work early!