Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 215 Ying Zheng: I said this is a deer! Who agrees? Who objects?

In the second year of Qin II, Xianyang Palace.

After getting rid of Li Si, Zhao Gao was very proud. In addition, Feng Quji and Feng Jie's father and son committed suicide in prison with hatred. Zhao Gao has become the dominant family in the court, and there is no one who can compete with him.

Now, he has legitimately become the prime minister of the Qin Empire. All matters, big or small, are decided by him. He has almost eclipsed Hu Hai.

As his power expands, his ambition gradually grows bigger and bigger like an inflated balloon. In fact, Li Si was quite accurate in judging people. From the very beginning, he pointed out to Hu Hai that Zhao Gao "had evil ambitions and dangerous rebellion", and reminded Qin II Hu Hai to be careful about his ambitions. However, Hu Hai seemed to be mind-controlled by Zhao Gao and couldn't listen at all. Instead, he thought Li Si was slandering Zhao Gao and told him, "Don't worry, dear, as long as I am here, no one dares to touch you."

From then on, Zhao Gao acted more and more unscrupulously.

With his ambition growing, Zhao Gao began to eliminate dissidents.

The first step is to determine who among the courtiers will resist him.

After thinking hard, Zhao Gao thought of a good way.

He ordered people to find a deer and prepare to present it to Hu Hai during the court meeting.

At the time of the court meeting, Hu Hai was accepting the worship of the ministers. From a distance, he saw Zhao Gao ordered someone to come in leading a deer.

"Prime Minister, you are so happy." Hu Hai looked at the sika deer and said happily.

He is still thinking, it is better for the Prime Minister to be relative to him, otherwise why would he lead the deer in?

Hmm... I must keep the deer whip, it is a good thing and a great supplement.

Zhao Gao led the deer and walked up to Hu Hai calmly and said loudly: "My lord, Zhao Gao, would like to offer you a good horse for your majesty to enjoy!"

As soon as this statement came out, the officials couldn't help but burst into an uproar.

Hu Hai was stunned for a long time, but he didn't understand what kind of medicine Zhao Gao was selling in this gourd.

Although he was confused, he could not tell the difference between a deer and a horse.

However, out of trust in Zhao Gao, Hu Hai stretched out his hand to wipe his eyes and wanted to confirm again, lest he saw it wrong and hurt the harmony with Zhao Gao.

But after looking at it for a long time, I still thought it was a deer.

"The Prime Minister is joking, this is obviously a deer, how can it be a horse?" He couldn't help laughing.

It seems that the prime minister felt that he was bored and came to tease Menzi on purpose.

Thinking of this, Hu Hai couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Your Majesty is wrong. This is obviously a horse, how can it be a deer?" Zhao Gao said in a friendly tone.

"The Prime Minister is teasing me, but I won't be fooled." Hu Hai said with a chuckle.

Zhao Gao lowered his head and looked coldly. Then he turned to the ministers, his cold eyes as cunning and cruel as a wolf.

He said loudly: "Everyone, you might as well come and tell His Majesty, is this a horse or a deer?"

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The lessons learned from the mistakes of the prime ministers Li Si and his son, Feng Quji and his son are not far behind. Now everyone can't figure out what Zhao Gao means. How could anyone make random remarks and make him unhappy?

Frightened by Zhao Gao's power, quite a few people chose to remain silent.

It would be fine if the king of the dynasty was the Ming Lord. The key is Hu Hai. Who knows if he will be stabbed in the back by this bastard if he tells the truth?

Hu Hai is a boy who hates people and dogs. It can also be said that he has committed so many crimes that it’s hard to write down, and his personality is more about burning books and humiliating scholars.

The Qin Dynasty, which was already causing misery to the people, had successfully become a fish that slipped through the net because of Hu Hai's offline monarchy in the past two years and Zhao Gao's indiscriminate and corrupt governance.

Soon, some people who liked flattery chose to take a gamble and came forward and said: "The Prime Minister is right, this is obviously a horse, how can it be a deer? Your Majesty must have seen it wrong!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao showed a satisfied smile.

Well, this guy knows his stuff.

The man felt happy when he received the encouraging look.

I admit that I was gambling, but I was right. The Prime Minister actually looked at me with great satisfaction!

Seeing Zhao Gao's satisfied look, a group of people immediately stood up and praised it as a good horse. They even quoted scriptures and praised it verbatim.

More people were frightened by Zhao Gao's lustful power and did not want to respond without conscience, so they chose to remain silent.

Several loyal ministers really couldn't stand Zhao Gao's behavior and stood up to accuse him of his mistakes.

"Prime Minister, this is obviously a deer, how can you confuse right and wrong and say it is a horse?"

"Oh?" Zhao Gao showed a sinister smile and asked in a sinister voice: "You mean, the truth is wrong?"

"A deer is a deer and a horse is a horse. How can you call a deer a horse and confuse right and wrong?" The other party also refused to give in and defended righteously.

Zhao Gao's eyes became colder and colder, and he sneered: "Come here! Capture this traitor who doesn't distinguish between black and white!"

Unlike what he imagined when the guards rushed into the palace immediately, no one came to arrest him for a long time.

Zhao Gao's face became increasingly ugly. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a voice coming from not far away.

"Zhao Gao, you're so tired!"

The voice was very familiar, but Zhao Gao had forgotten where he heard it.

He subconsciously wanted to have an attack. Ever since he defeated Feng Quji and Li Si, no one dared to speak loudly to him, let alone call him "Zhao Gao" directly? He had already reached the top step by step and became "Zhao Gao", so how could he endure others calling him by his first name.

"presumptuous!"

As soon as these words came out, his expression changed.

The originally angry face had turned pale.

Without him, what appeared in front of him was a face that was extremely familiar to him. Not only Zhao Gao, but also Hu Hai, who was sitting on the throne, also kneeled on the ground subconsciously.

"Welcome to the First Emperor!"

The loyal minister who had just refuted Zhao Gao immediately knelt on the ground, crying bitterly and unable to control himself.

Two years have passed since the death of the First Emperor! In the past two years, Hu Hai has committed all kinds of evil, which has caused great dissatisfaction among the people in the Qin Dynasty. Now they are rising up everywhere, and the world has gathered to respond. The Qin Dynasty is already in danger.

Seeing that the foundation of the ancestors was about to perish in the hands of Hu Hai, he did not expect that there was a loud sound in the sky, and His Majesty the First Emperor came to his loyal Xianyang City again!

Ying Zheng held a horse in his hand and looked at the people kneeling on the ground with a smile: "You guys, get up, I still have something to say."

Then, he led the horse to Zhao Gao.

"Zhao Gao, you've made a difference."

Although Ying Zheng was very friendly when getting along with Li Qing, and his chubby smile made people more approachable than Maitreya Buddha, but after all, he was the first emperor who swept across the world and swallowed up all the wastelands. The power of the ancestral dragon was not something ordinary people could bear.

Ying Zheng now has a cold face and a solemn voice.

Zhao Gao didn't catch any of them and peed all over his pants.

"I wonder if Prime Minister Zhao is satisfied with the deer I'm holding in my hand?"

Ying Zheng's voice seemed to be piercing Zhao Gao from the heart of hell, making him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles and walking on thin ice.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is joking, this... this is a horse..." Zhao Gao said tremblingly.

Ying Zheng looked at the deer beside Zhao Gao with a sneer, pointed at it and asked, "What do you think that is behind you, Prime Minister?"

"It's... it's a deer..." Zhao Gao broke into a cold sweat and couldn't speak properly.

"But why do I think that is a horse?" Ying Zheng's voice became colder and colder: "Prime Minister, please tell me, what is the crime of bullying the emperor?"

Zhao Gao closed his eyes and couldn't hold back a word for a while. "The...Yi tribe..."

Ying Zheng stared at Zhao Gao with a falcon-like gaze. He didn't say anything, just looked at him coldly.

How dare Zhao Gao make trouble and talk? He feels like his days are like years now.

"I just said it was a horse, and now I say it's a deer." Ying Zheng lowered his head and looked down at Zhao Gao, "It's inconsistent. Are you trying to deceive me?"

"I...I don't dare..." Zhao Gao kowtowed so hard that his head was broken and his forehead was covered with blood.

"I'll give you another chance," Ying Zheng snorted coldly: "Is the one I'm holding in my hand a deer or a horse?"

"It's a deer! It's a deer!" Zhao Gao kept kowtowing.

"I also think this is a deer. Sirs, who agrees and who disagrees?" Ying Zheng turned around and looked at the ministers.

The ministers were silent and did not dare to say anything, but the loyal ministers who had just stepped forward immediately stepped forward and said righteously: "Your Majesty said what this is, and the ministers think it is what it is!"

Just kidding, we are loyal to His Majesty the First Emperor. Whatever His Majesty says, then this is what it is.

It is estimated that even if Qin Shihuang said that this thing was an Armstrong accelerated gyrating jet Armstrong cannon, they would agree without hesitation.

With these people taking the lead, all the courtiers immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I do the same."

"Zhao Gao, tell yourself, how should you punish the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Ying Zheng lowered his head and looked at Zhao Gao again.

Zhao Gao kowtowed crazily, blood splattered and even hit Ying Zheng's clothes.

"Eat this." Ying Zheng dropped a pill and threw it in front of Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao did not dare to hesitate and immediately stuffed the pill into his mouth.

He didn't even swallow it, but he felt the pill turn into a stream of clear water and flow down his throat.

There was no time to be surprised, because he found that his forehead was already healed.

Just when he didn't know what Ying Zheng meant, Ying Zheng finally spoke.

"You know what that is, right? That's right." Ying Zheng's voice was emotionless: "This medicine can keep you alive for a month. You have to enjoy what is called the 'Five Punishments' every hour."

Zhao Gaoda opened his mouth, of course he knew what the five punishments were! Because when Li Si was being executed, he was watching with gloating.

"And you, Hu Hai." Ying Zheng turned his attention to Hu Hai, who was lying on the ground: "You are just like Zhao Gao. You two masters and disciples worked together to corrupt Chao Gang and harm loyal people. We should enjoy it together."

Hu Hai collapsed on the ground, unable to say anything.

Ying Zheng waved his hands in disgust and motioned for someone to take him down.

It's annoying to look at him.

"Hu Hai, and Zhao Gao, please keep an eye on me." Ying Zheng looked at the guards with a profound look, "If the two of them die one day earlier, I will take it upon you!"

"No!" The guards dispersed enthusiastically.

With Ying Zheng as the backbone, the center of the Qin Empire was operating at overclocking speed again. For those rebels, we should try our best to recruit and appease them. Hearing that Qin Shihuang had returned like lightning, the rebels surrendered one after another. The names of people and the shadows of trees are not difficult to survive under the rule of the First Emperor. It was really because Qin II was too tyrannical that he rebelled. Now that the chaos has been brought to an end, and with the First Emperor's promise to forget about the past, the realm of the late Qin Dynasty actually entered a stalemate stage.

The Qin Dynasty was speeded through by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, and there were also old Qin people who were really complaining about the disaster caused by Hu Hai. Basically, they all acted as the leader, so there was no reason not to be speeded through.

Li Shimin originally wanted to ask Ying Zheng if he needed Tang Jun's help, but after Ying Zheng thanked him, he also declined Li Shimin's kindness.

In his opinion, the trouble belongs to his Great Qin, so it is up to Great Qin to solve it on its own. Even if you lose in the end, it's just because your skills are inferior to others.

Zhao Kuangyin:......

It always feels like being stabbed in the void.

Jing Ke, who followed along, was a little gloating about his misfortune, but also felt a little sad.

It is really sad that such a huge empire fell apart in just a few years.

Wang Jian, who complained of illness at home, was once again activated and led 50,000 troops into the late Qin Dynasty to fight in coordination with Zhang Han.

Ying Zheng did not kill Li Si because he cooperated with Zhao Gao, but brought him to the end of Qin to let him know his fate. After Li Si learned that he had been sentenced to five punishments, he immediately knelt on the ground to plead guilty, saying that he would never betray His Majesty.

"Baoshe, will you work hard in the future?" Ying Zheng said to Li Si warmly: "We need you here, so you can act as prime minister here temporarily. I will go back and call Fusu and Meng Tian over. You and Meng Tian must do your best. , assist Fusu."

"I obey your Majesty's decree!" Li Si knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes.

When he knew that he would be so bold in the future that he would dare to force Fusu to commit suicide and support Hu Hai, he even thought he was going to die.

But I never expected that His Majesty, who has always been so petty, actually... didn't kill me and didn't say anything about it, and even used him in a big way.

I am really not a human being! Li Si cursed himself in his mind.

Ying Zheng's idea is also very simple. Now is the time for Qin Dynasty to employ people. Li Si is also a talented and learned person. Wouldn't it be a waste to kill him? Besides, as long as he lives, Li Si won't think much of it. On the contrary, let him see what he will do in the future and his miserable end, and he will definitely figure it out.

After that, Ying Zheng urgently mobilized Fu Su and Meng Tian to enter the late Qin plane. Fusu is just fourteen years old this year, which is exactly the age of a young boy, but he has already shown his benevolent demeanor. Ying Zheng looked at the childish Fusu and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Well, this king actually wants to make himself an emperor." Ying Zheng said, feeling happy himself.

Everyone around was happy, even Jing Ke, who had one eye looking at Fusu and the other looking at Ying Zheng being so happy.

Jing Ke's temper has improved a lot since Li Qing gave him a Walkman and asked him to listen to storytelling. He no longer clamored to repay the favor to Prince Yan Dan, but all he could think about was seeing "the south, the seven north, the sixty-third provinces, the green forest hero always knows how to pass Shan Xiongxin"...

Li Qing also instilled knowledge into him, saying that the destruction of the Six Kingdoms was historical progress, and those who opposed unification would be crushed under the rolling wheels of the times. He also asked Li Shimin and others to take turns to persuade Jing Ke. Anyway, I don't know what Li Shimin said. From then on, Jing Ke never mentioned the Prince Pill again.

"What did you say to him?" Li Qingshen asked Li Shimin with a frown.

Li Shimin chuckled: "It's nothing, I just said that if he really feels sorry for him, I will choose a plane and let Prince Dan go to Yinzhou to be his King of Yan. Anyway, Li Xian said that it is not enough."

"You still have an idea." Li Qing stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up.

Under the canonization of Ying Zheng, Fusu officially ascended the throne and became the real "Second Emperor of Qin". The year was changed to the first year of Emperor Qin II, and the previous year was changed to the thirty-ninth year of the First Emperor to show that Hu Hai was the treasonous one. There are countless generations to do.

Li Qing made another suggestion, so now Ying Zheng is holding the imperial jade seal again and asking the emperors who wants to buy it. He can take it home with only 20 million taels of silver...

Hearing his asking price, Li Qing had a hand on his face.

It’s going to be cheaper! ! !

Since the late Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Congke burned himself on the gate tower holding the imperial seal, the imperial seal has disappeared in the long river of history. Therefore, neither the Song Dynasty nor the Ming Dynasty had national jade seals in their hands.

This thing is just a symbol. But here comes the problem. Zhu Yuanzhang started from a young age, expelled the Tartars and restored China, and achieved justice for the country. Even from the perspective of the modern dynasty, this is extremely correct - it was a peasant uprising. Therefore, Lao Zhu definitely does not need such a thing to prove his orthodox status. Having one is just the icing on the cake and is not urgently needed.

But Zhao Kuangyin was different. He felt guilty for bullying orphans and widowers, and wearing a yellow robe to Chenqiaoyi. Now that there is such a thing that can prove one's legitimacy, it is really too late to be happy.

"Isn't it just 20 million? I bought it!" Lao Zhao can be said to be wealthy.

Ying Zheng felt a little regretful. If he had known that he was so happy, would he have added a zero?

After Zhu Yuanzhang walked over and told him in a low voice the glorious deeds of Zhao Kuangyin and his family background, Ying Zheng sighed, stamped his feet and hated himself for being too hasty.

What a great opportunity to kill a big dog! Is this gone?

Zhao Kuangyin is indeed rich. Now he has not only taken care of Dali, he has even beaten the Liao Kingdom to pieces. Coupled with the development of the silver mine in Iwami Ginzan, he is now extremely rich.

"I regret a little bit. I should have bought that jade seal." Liu Bang chewed his teeth and slapped his thigh and said, "Nai Gong should have bought it for 20 million and sold it to Lao Zhao for 10 million! I can see it. , No matter how much it costs, Lao Zhao will buy this national jade seal..."

*The frustration value from Zhao Kuangyin +10000

Good guys, you can persecute me, right?

After receiving the money from Zhao Kuangyin, Ying Zheng immediately began to purchase arms from Li Shimin. I didn't buy anything else. I couldn't play with anything else. A set of large plate armor cost twenty taels of silver. I bought a set of one hundred thousand sets first to arm the Qin army well before talking about anything else.

Li Shimin hides his merit and fame deeply. Now he only remembers what his wise brother said.

The most profitable thing is always the arms business.

A set of plate armor, minus the cost, he can make half of it. This business is faster than robbing money.

(End of this chapter)