My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 722: Cheng Jiao killed Cheng Jiao, Cheng Jiao killed Cheng Jiao, and Ying Zheng killed him! The ministers withdrew their smiles!
March 16, the 14th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang.

Daqin, Xianyang City, Qilin Hall.

All the officials of the Qin Dynasty gathered here.

Outside the hall, there were white-skinned criminals in shackles kneeling on the ground.

Li Si held a piece of silk in his hand and spoke in a loud voice: "Commoner Wei Chao, colluded with commoner Wei Chong, commoner Zhang Qiong, commoner Li Ze, commoner... a total of 131 people formed a clique."

"Refusing to perform military service, gathering without orders, secretly raising private soldiers, bribing officials, supporting bandits, and privately minting coins...deceiving the emperor and plotting rebellion!"

"Now that the officials have judged, multiple crimes will be punished together!"

"The main offender, commoner Wei Chao, shall be sentenced to five punishments and the extermination of his entire clan!"

"Accomplice..."

Before Li Si could finish, Wei Chao had already raised his head despite the suppression of the court guards, staring at Ying Zheng with flaming eyes, and roared in anger: "I, Gongsun, have been farming and studying since the fall of the Wei Kingdom, and have never violated the law in the slightest!"

"I, the grandson, believe that we are role models for the royal family of the fallen kings."

"However, Qin is still not satisfied with destroying our Great Wei, and even wants to destroy the remaining people of the Great Wei!"

"I am doing this only to protect myself! To seek a way to survive!"

"What crime have I committed?"

"I am a descendant of the royal family of Wei, what crime have I committed?"

As a grandson of the former Wei royal family, if Wei Chao was sentenced to the extermination of his three clans, then all the descendants of the former Wei royal family would be wiped out!
Except for those royal descendants of Wei who had already fled to other countries, all the royal descendants...

must die!
Even the former King Zeng of Wei who was exiled to Fangling.

Must die too!!!
Two court guards forcefully pinned Wei Chao to the ground.

But Wei Chao still held his neck high, staring at Ying Zheng with his eyes fixed: "Today, Qin will not give the remnants of Wei a chance to survive."

"If the Qin State is destroyed in the future, other countries will certainly not give you, the Qin people, a chance to survive!"

"The King of Qin should think twice!"

Wei Chao's cry was so heartbreaking that it made anyone who heard it cry.

Even Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the high platform, had his eyelids drooped slightly.

In fact, Ying Zheng himself felt that the punishment was a bit too cruel.

However, the strategy of eradicating the forces in the former Wei that had the ability to cause chaos was first proposed by Ying Chengjiao and agreed upon by a number of think tanks including Wei Liao, Wei Zhuang, and Han Fei.

In addition to being too cruel, Ying Zheng also believed that this strategy had more advantages than disadvantages.

So although he felt reluctant, Ying Zheng still laid a big net and took advantage of the opportunity of the former Wei survivors refusing to serve in the military to wield his iron fist.

And in front of so many people, Ying Zheng could not show any mercy at all!
Ying Zheng just shouted angrily: "Ridiculous!"

"We, the Great Qin, will treat the newly annexed territories with courtesy and leniency, and will regard the people of the former Wei as the people of the Great Qin."

"We also use the Provisional Law of the New District to govern the people, so as to prevent the newly annexed people from committing crimes without knowing it."

"Looking across the world, there is no country as kind as our Great Qin!"

"You said that our Great Qin wanted to destroy the people of Wei?"

"I'll give you a chance."

"You can tell everyone in the world where you learned that our Great Qin wanted to exterminate the people of Wei! And how did our Great Qin exterminate the people of Wei!"

Wei Chao said angrily: "You..."

Wei Chao, who was filled with rage, wanted to denounce the ten crimes of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty on the spot.

Treating these former descendants of the Wei royal family as commoners and not giving them any preferential treatment, isn't this just trying to force them to death?
The Qin State actually wanted to recruit them to serve as soldiers on the battlefield. Isn't this just asking them to die?

Not to mention that Wei Chao had heard more than once from the knights and retainers that the tyrannical Qin was planning to murder all the remaining Wei people!

But when the words came to his lips, Wei Chao felt something was wrong.

The State of Wei had also conquered many countries, but the way it treated the remnants of those countries was even more brutal than that of the State of Qin!
Wei had no right to blame Qin from the perspective of its treatment after its demise.

Wei Chao could only shout with a weak tone: "Today's punishment is the proof!"

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "The Qin law is majestic and cannot be shaken!"

"Even though you were once descendants of the Wei royal family, you are now common people of the Great Qin!"

"As a common citizen of the Great Qin, if you violate the laws of the Great Qin, you should be punished according to the law."

"Is this the Qin who wants to destroy the people of Wei? This is the people of Wei who want to disrupt the Qin!"

"Tingwei Si, continue with the verdict!"

Ignoring Wei Chao who was still roaring below, Li Si read out loudly in an even louder voice:

"The accomplices, commoner Wei Chong, commoner Zhang Qiong, commoner Li Ze... 131 people, are sentenced to be executed in public, and their entire families are implicated! Their property is confiscated!"

Hearing Li Si's words, the criminals kneeling in the square in front of Qilin Palace all looked up in disbelief at the figure sitting on the high platform.

As accomplices, their punishment was slightly lighter than Wei Chao's.

But it was only slightly lighter.

Their parents, wives and children will all be killed!

Their property will also be completely confiscated!

All of them, more than one hundred people, were patriarchs or sons of patriarchs of various powerful families in the former Wei Dynasty.

Once they and their parents and children are killed, the clan will inevitably fall into chaos!
When the Qin court went to confiscate their property, they would most likely take the opportunity to carefully search for evidence of crimes within their clan.

Thereby further expanding the attack!
In an instant, a huge uproar broke out in the square in front of the Qilin Palace:
"The King of Qin is as cruel as Jie! He is as violent as Zhou! If you kill us now, one day the people of the world will rise up and destroy Qin!"

"King Qin, spare me! Spare me! I really have never colluded with them. I was just forced to provide some money and armor. I am innocent! My heart is with the Qin Dynasty!"

"Qin Wang Zheng, let's wait and see! Today you make us have no descendants, and one day you, Qin Wang Zheng, will definitely have no descendants! No descendants!!!" "We can't just sit there and wait for death! Even if I die, I will fight Qin Wang Zheng to the death!"

The criminals struggled hard, and some even broke free from the court guards who were holding them down and rushed towards the Qilin Hall.

Fortunately, all the criminals were wearing heavy shackles, and there were a large number of ministers and police officers on guard, so the flames of unrest were finally extinguished.

Ying Zheng looked at everything happening under his feet with deep eyes and a calm face, and said in a calm voice: "I think the judgment of the court judge is correct."

"Execute immediately!"

Li Si bowed solemnly: "Yes!"

"Pass the King's order!"

"Execute immediately!"

An official from the Imperial Court and a law clerk walked into the square in front of the Qilin Hall, holding swords.

The sounds of shouting, cursing and wailing in the square in front of the palace suddenly became louder.

One by one, the former kings, princes and nobles were forcibly escorted out of the Xianyang Palace and walked towards the city gate, heading for their own destiny.

But Danfu, with the help of two guards, passed by these death row prisoners.

"Report!!!"

"Urgent report on the military situation of Lord Chang'an!"

Dan Fu just took a look at the former nobles who were escorted out of the Xianyang Palace, and then he screamed loudly with skill.

Ying Zheng suddenly looked in the direction of Danfu and hurriedly ordered: "Pass it on!"

The assistant minister took over the guard's position, picked up the egg husband and ran away, rushing up the stairs of the Qilin Hall in two steps and stepping into the Qilin Hall.

Without waiting for Danfu to greet him, Ying Zheng couldn't wait to ask, "Danfu, is Chang'an Jun okay?!"

Danfu broke away from the minister's support, knelt on the ground, and said with his hands clasped, "Your Majesty."

"Changan Jun is fine!"

"Lord Chang'an defeated the Zhao army at Fukouxing!"

"Our army, a great victory!"

"Here is our military report, please read it, Your Majesty!"

The egg-eater took out a bamboo tube from his arms and presented it with both hands.

There was total silence in the Qilin Hall, and everyone's face was filled with shock.

Although Li Mu not only killed Huan Xi in battle, he was also particularly feared by Ying Chengjiao.

But the Qin emperor and his ministers never doubted whether Ying Chengjiao could win.

They were just surprised that they could hear the good news today!

Wang Ben asked with a puzzled look in his head: "Lord Chang'an, have you defeated the Zhao army?"

"According to the time, our main force should have entered Changzhi for the first time today."

"Even if Zhao Wuan Jun launched a surprise attack in this battle, our army and the Zhao army should have just started fighting."

"Then, we win?!"

Why doesn't the time match up?

Ying Zheng did not think too much about it, but immediately ordered: "Present!"

Meng Yi quickly ran down the platform, took the bamboo tube from Dan Fu, checked the seal, and quickly opened it, then presented the bamboo tube to Ying Zheng.

[I obey the king's order and lead the main force of our army eastward to Taihang to resist foreign invasion and protect the people of Daqin.]

[I believe that Lord Wu'an of Zhao will certainly attempt to end this war quickly and launch a surprise attack on our Great Qin.]

[Therefore, I personally led all the generals and 11,000 elite soldiers to attack, and also selected 70,000 soldiers from Shangdang County to rush to the aid of Fukouxing.]

[On March 4, the 14th year, I lifted the siege of Licheng and confronted the Zhao army.]

[On March 6, the 14th year, I led the vanguard and fought against the Zhao army at Houpei Mountain and won.]

[In this battle, my troops and the Licheng defenders captured a total of 49,762 enemy heads, captured 101,396 enemy soldiers, killed 32,891 comrades, and seriously injured 23,104.]

[He also killed two Zhao army commanders and captured five Zhao army commanders.]

[On March 11, the 14th year, Lord Wu'an of Zhao abandoned She County and fled.]

[I think that Lord Zhao Wuan intends to occupy the east pass of Fukouxing, use the geographical advantage to confront our army for a long time, and try to use the steepness of Taihang to drag down our Qin granary! ]

[How to fight the enemy, please tell me, my king! ]

[On March 11th of the 14th year, Prince Chengjiao of the Qin Chang'an Lord paid homage to the king from afar at Fukou Xing! ]

In this battle alone, Ying Chengjiao's troops killed or captured more than 150,000 Zhao soldiers!
But Ying Zheng couldn't laugh.

Ying Zheng's hands were shaking as he held the military newspaper, but his body was as stiff as wood!
Wei Liao was very nervous when he saw this. Seeing that Ying Zheng had not spoken for a long time, he had to step forward and ask, "May I ask your Majesty, how is the battle going?"

Ying Zheng then handed the military report to Meng Yi, and said in a complicated voice: "I will share this with you gentlemen."

Meng Yi hurriedly took the military report and read aloud: "I obey the king's order... captured 101,396 enemy troops!"

When Meng Yi read out Ying Chengjiao's achievements in this battle, all the ministers in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.

Many court officials showed expressions of emotion or admiration.

This battle was a great victory!

But when Meng Yi read out the number of casualties of Ying Chengjiao's troops, the smiles that had just appeared on the faces of the ministers in the hall were quickly suppressed, and every court official looked shocked.

They finally understood why Ying Zheng had that expression.

Just because this battle was too brutal!
(End of this chapter)