Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 508: Great principles and benefit the world! (Please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)
After hearing this, the Queen Mother actually smiled and said joyfully:
"Okay - this is the magnanimity that the Queen of Qin should have. In the eyes of the Ai family, the life of the Queen's brother is important, as is the life of these three princes and nine ministers. Wang Wu broke into the palace directly with only a piece of silk paper Is there any reason to take someone away? Today, the Ai family has made a decision, and the case has been settled like this."

There was silence among the ministers. You looked at me and I looked at you. There were words on my lips but I didn't dare to say them out.

The queen mother knew that they were still dissatisfied with this, so she said:
"It is indeed a light punishment to punish Wang Wu like this. But the Ai family did not do this to favor the queen. The Ai family just looked at the face of the first prime minister and decided to spare his life. The first prime minister, up and down, Everyone is convinced. The Ai family decided to let him go because he thought that the first prime minister had made great contributions to our country of Qin. What do you think?"

After hearing the Queen Mother's explanation, Zongzheng took the lead in saying:

"The Queen Mother is reasonable and makes decisions for us and other old ministers, and I am grateful. Every time the old minister thinks of the former Prime Minister, his heart feels warm. The old Prime Minister is the prime minister, and everyone obeys. Since the Queen Mother has personally said it, I want to see the former Prime Minister. For the sake of saving Wang Wu's life, the old minister naturally thinks it's okay."

After hearing this, the other ministers also bowed and said:
"The Queen Mother is wise. I would like to thank the Queen Mother for making the decision for us."

In the court hall, the overwhelming cries of the old nobles of the empire resounded, which made the queen, Meng Yi, and Zhang Cang feel very ear-piercing.

Meng Yi was very surprised. The Queen Mother's appeal was so strong that it convinced the civil and military officials of the court. It was strange.Meng Yi looked at Zhang Cang, only to see that Zhang Cang's face had turned pale and his entire beard was trembling.

The Queen Mother did this, which undoubtedly made the situation even more chaotic.But he knew that there was another change, and that was His Majesty the Emperor.But in this case, how can the emperor turn the tide?

Although the Queen Mother said she wanted to spare Wang Wu's life, Meng Yi knew the doctor's shady tactics.

Wang Wu might have been saved from death by receiving the empress dowager's edict in court, but if he offended an old official in the empire, he would definitely be targeted.

Meng Yi looked around, and then remembered that the prime minister was alone today.

Prime Minister?

Only then did Meng Yi react. The person who contacted the Queen Mother must be the Prime Minister.

However, everyone at the Shangshutai was not defeated so easily.

Fan Zeng, the secretary of the imperial college and the minister of the Shangshutai, saw that the imperial ministers were silent about this, so he took the opportunity to say:
"Empress Dowager, empress—the humble official has played."

The Queen Mother was immersed in the joy of helping the emperor solve a crisis, and accepted the worship of the ministers with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, just as the shouts stopped, someone suddenly came to report.

"Who are you? Didn't you hear what the Ai family just scolded Zhang Cang?"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I am the Attendant of the Shang Shutai. I have no intention of being disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but this is the court, a place where the world's rights and wrongs are discussed. Now Your Majesty is outside, and in Xianyang City..."

Meng Yi knew in his heart that Fan Zeng was going to bring up the matter of thoroughly investigating the rebellion again, but he didn't want to let the matter get out of hand again.At the moment, it was the queen holding the emperor's jade seal who could not convince the crowd, but the queen mother calmed down the ministers with a few words.

Meng Yi rushed to speak:
"Now there is no one in Xianyang City to be the master. I invite the queen mother and empress to be the masters together."

After Fan Zeng heard this, he was naturally so surprised that he couldn't say anything and froze.

When the other courtiers heard these words, they stretched their brows and said in unison:

"I would like to invite the Queen Mother and the Queen to manage the affairs together."

The Queen Mother paused, she was very hesitant at this time.After all, she was only asked by Prime Minister Feng Quji to give the Qin veterans the final say on this matter.The Queen Mother's original intention was to deal with the emperor's aftermath. In her view, her son wanted to be like his father and make immortal contributions, but Fusu was too impatient. With successive changes, he would lose the support of these old ministers.

Moreover, when the late emperor was still alive, she, the queen, had never shown her face.

The queen mother hesitated for a while, and said:

"How can a female member of the Ai family handle state affairs when she is old and frail?"

Zong Zheng replied:

"The Queen Mother is willing to take care of us veterans and make decisions for us veterans. Based on this alone, she can handle state affairs on behalf of Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Meng Yi cursed inwardly, it's just ridiculous!
But the Queen Mother smiled happily and said:
"Since Zongzheng said so, the Ai family will wait until the limelight dies down, and return to Gaoquan Palace at that time."

"The Queen Mother's kindness will be unforgettable to all my ministers."

Strange things!

Fan Zeng was completely stunned. He clearly saw the dissatisfaction with the Queen Mother on Meng Yi's face just now. It must be that he didn't like the Queen Mother's management of the government, so why did he speak for the Queen Mother now?

For a time, the empire's court was controlled by the Queen Mother, and even the Queen, who was holding the emperor's edict of power, turned pale with anger.

Today, a dramatic change occurred in the court.Meng Yi actually took the lead in asking the Queen Mother to assist in the affairs of the government, which deceived many people.

Meng Yi did this out of urgency.

Zhang Cang saw that almost half of the courtiers in the court were bowing to the Queen Mother, while others remained silent. Most of these people were ministers.Seeing such a situation, Zhang Cang suddenly asked the courtiers in the court who were on the side of His Majesty the Emperor, and who were opportunistic and did not cater to the emperor's power.

He did not expect that there would be so many people in the court who pretended to cater to His Majesty's reforms but were actually dissatisfied. But today, all these ministers were exposed.

Not only that, Zhang Cang had always helped the emperor deal with party disputes and was committed to resolving the stubborn old ministers in the court. In the past, he could not understand the faults of these old ministers, but today, they did an extremely ridiculous thing in the court.

They actually supported the Queen Mother in governing the country while His Majesty the Emperor was still alive.The Queen Mother has no edicts and has no authority to handle state affairs. This series of procedures is illegal.

The courtiers retreated one after another, like waves after the ebb tide, rushing out from the gate of the Dazheng Hall.When they came, they all looked serious, and when they left, they all smiled.

After the Queen Mother left, the Queen summoned Zhang Cang in Zhangtai Palace and was furious with Zhang Cang and Fan Zeng.

"You two, His Majesty has entrusted the affairs of the country to you, but you actually let the ministers support the Queen Mother to come to the court today. How can such a thing happen in the world? Now that my brother is being punished to work, this is not just the Queen Mother's punishment We, the Wang family, are actually the Queen Mother leading the ministers to oppose His Majesty."

"You two have really let down His Majesty's hard work."

The queen was furious and scolded her two ministers.Naturally, these two people felt uncomfortable.

Fan Zeng braved the queen's anger and said:
"Queen, I think that now that the matter has come to an end, I should write a letter quickly to urge Your Majesty to return to Xianyang City. In addition, I am worried that some of the military nobles who are dissatisfied with Your Majesty will take this opportunity to send assassins to assassinate the Censor. The Censor is The person His Majesty the Emperor wants to protect is the Queen’s brother. We must not let this happen."

After hearing this, the queen sat on her seat in astonishment.

Her nails dug into the palms of her hands, and her lips began to tremble.

"Assassination? Will what you said really happen?"

Zhang Cang said to him:

"Queen, the situation in the DPRK has always been turbulent. Your Majesty is always careful and careful. Unexpectedly, something like this happened. This shows how difficult it is to reform under the situation of Qin State. The veterans in the DPRK all have feelings for Your Majesty. Dissatisfied. Although the assassination of a minister sounds unbelievable to the queen, such things often happened in the Qin Dynasty. Please also ask the queen to quickly send someone to secretly protect the censor."

"Secret protection?"

"Exactly."

Fan Zeng added:

"I think the Queen should send a team of Lang Wei to protect her openly, and then arrange another team to protect her secretly. Only in this way can there be no risk."

The queen understood.

"The day before yesterday, these courtiers jointly knelt in front of Zhangtai Palace and asked me to give justice to Yao Jia, Xun You, Zhao Ying and others. I had no choice but to send my own brother to Dali Temple, thinking that to calm the public anger, I could let Sikou be reinstated. Review the case. But today I finally understand that these old military veterans don’t want justice. What they want is my brother’s life, and what they want is to show His Majesty the power!”

The two courtiers looked at each other after listening.

"Empress, you finally understand."

The queen tried to calm herself down and then said:
"These people are now being imprisoned in Dali Temple. No one can remove people from Dali Temple without receiving the edict from His Majesty. This Dali Temple is the judicial place of the Qin State. Without an edict, they can rely on What are you doing? The Queen Mother does not have His Majesty’s authorization, so what she says does not count.”

"As for my brother, the censor is not guilty. How can he be punished to serve in the army? No one can remove him from Dali Temple unless His Majesty's edict is issued. The other two ministers, twelve The Duke is not allowed to be released early."

Seeing the queen's resolute attitude, the two people thought about it and felt that this was also a solution.

Because it can - drag!

As long as he is delayed until His Majesty the Emperor comes, Wang Wu's life will definitely be saved.Instead, according to their previous idea, the censor left Dali Temple, which made it even more dangerous.

"What the Queen said is true. I will go down and make arrangements soon."

Although the queen has a simple and honest temper, she can always make people's eyes shine at critical moments.

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It was mid-April at this time, catkins were flying every now and then, flowers were blooming like brocades, and Shangdang County was very peaceful.Unlike Xianyang City, which has been panicked by the open and secret struggles between the two parties, the situation in Shangdang County and Shang County is very good.

The empire's army was filled with a large number of refugees. They were assigned clothes and rushed to the military fields by the soldiers in order to cultivate the fields needed by the army's officers and soldiers.

Before this, there had never been such a large-scale collective reclamation of wasteland on the land of China.

Surrounding the vast flat land beside the river, a group of civilians and brave soldiers went into battle and carried out large-scale burning of forests and grass in the area designated by the emperor. Thick smoke billowed straight into the sky, leaving the original green mountains and green waters. Suddenly it became smoky.

[Big River: Yellow River]

The animals in the wilderness rushed out of the Caoze Mountain Col, but a large number of Qin troops had already gathered outside Caoze, and they were not stingy with their crossbows.Arrows rained down like flying feathers, rapidly piercing into the animal's internal organs. Black-red blood gurgled out from under the fur, dyeing the exposed land red.

Dong Yi looked at the vast land, and then plunged his sword into the land, which was five feet deep.

"Your Majesty gave me a treasure land."

Hearing these words, the eyes of all the lieutenants and soldiers were shining brightly.

Qin II formally issued an edict, appointing Dong Yi as the captain of the imperial guard army, and then he joined the army and promoted Sima Chang as his post.

At the same time, the emperor rebuked Sima Chang, who was also in charge of the world's weapons manufacturing, and promoted stirrups and saddles throughout the country.

So Sima Chang was originally responsible for supervising the world's iron mines, but the emperor separated the person who was responsible for supervising the world's iron mines, established a mining department, and gave it to Ji Hao to handle.

The Mining Department will form a team of [-] people and send people to inspect the conditions of various mines every other month.

As a result, a steel smelting activity started in the Qin Empire, and mines all over the world began to work again.

Centering on Shangdang County, Xianyang City was not the first place where the emperor's edict arrived, otherwise the officials in Xianyang City would have cried upon hearing it.The first place where this edict arrived was Zhao Di.

King Wuling of Zhao in the past did not expect that the people who paid homage to him at the Sand Dune Palace a year ago would vigorously promote Qin's laws, Qin's tools, and Qin's culture in his land a year later.

And the resentment of the people of Zhao towards Qin began to slowly melt like a snow mountain in spring.

In front of the mine near Handan City, the military flag of Qin State fluttered in the wind in front of the mine pit. Below the flag, there gathered the county guards and garrison officers of Qin State.

Beside the mine door, there are groups of ragged people, wearing tattered breeches and jackets. They all have the word "Qin" branded on their faces. Their skin is like cowhide, yellow, dry and thin.There were shackles tied around the feet. As long as a person moved around, the chains would rattle. It was impossible for the prisoners to escape.

A man in white armor sits on a horse, reining in the reins and driving the horse around. He holds a sword in his hand.This heroic soldier had never appeared before them, and now he was lecturing them.

"Listen to me, all of you! Tomorrow, His Majesty the Emperor will visit the mine in person."

"Do you know why your Majesty is here? To forgive you sinners."

"You are all slaves. Unless His Majesty forgives your sins, you will never be able to untie the shackles on your feet in this life, and you will never be able to own a family like common people."

"Everything is given to you by His Majesty the Emperor."

"I tell you this today to convey the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor."

"His Majesty the Emperor is merciful and determined to release you sinners and get rid of their crime records, so that you can have your own fields, houses, wives, and continue the incense like other common people."

The person shouting is none other than Wei Tong.

"Tomorrow, His Majesty the Emperor will come to the mine. What will you people say to His Majesty?"

As he spoke, Wei Tong pointed his sword at one of the prisoners.

This prisoner, his name is Chen She.

(End of this chapter)