Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 376 Foreshock
  Obviously, in the past chess games, it was not just Xiong Qi who gave up and stopped.

No... This is not a pure act of letting go. If I really want to describe it, it should be... Under Ying Zheng's deliberate letting go and secret guidance, Xiong Qi successfully made Xiong Qi think that he had successfully let Ying Zheng know that he had let go. He won the chess game with great difficulty.

Hmm...it feels a bit convoluted, a bit like a matryoshka doll...

Xiong Qi was not a fool and would not think that it was because Ying Zheng's chess skills had improved by leaps and bounds, but because the opponent had been hiding his clumsiness. Similarly, if the opponent suddenly stopped hiding, it was definitely not because he suddenly wanted to win happily.

In Xiong Qi's view, this was a symbol that the King of Qin, who had been doing nothing for the past ten years after taking the throne, was about to become famous.

………………

"Your Majesty, do you need to send someone to pay more attention to Doctor Gu?" Xiong Qi knelt down opposite Ying Zheng and asked in a warm and magnetic middle-aged male voice, "After all, he has the characteristic of loving money. And what Prime Minister Lu is most in need of is money."

Listening to Xiong Qi's voice, coupled with his mature and upright appearance, most people would probably regard him as a gentleman with integrity, rather than a schemer full of profit plans.

When Ying Zheng faced Xiong Qi, he acted very casually. He was still immersed in reading a book, which was one of the articles written by Han Fei - "Lonely Anger"

While reading, he responded softly:

"It's okay, don't pay attention to it, and don't do anything excessive."

From Ying Zheng's point of view, it is a fact known to the world that his father-in-law is rich. If Gu Xun had intended to get close to him, he could have easily taken his own life in Korea and asked Lu Buwei for credit and reward. There is no need to make a temporary decision now. defection.

Moreover, he knows Gu Xun's strength better than Xiong Qi. If he sends a monitor, he will probably be discovered in less than a moment. Not only is it meaningless, but he may annoy the other party for nothing, and everything will turn into trouble.

It's better to be more peaceful and keep everything as usual.

"...Yes, I understand." Xiong Qi didn't understand Ying Zheng's reaction.

In his opinion, Gu Xun is just a charlatan, especially one who is greedy for money. He is not reliable enough and precautions are necessary.

Doesn’t King Qin look like such a careless person?

But he is a king, he is just a courtier, and he can only obey orders.

Then, Xiong Qi began to report his original purpose of entering the palace:

"Your Majesty, according to the situation ascertained by the spies, the local garrisons in Taiyuan, Hexi, and Hedong have been abnormally mobilized recently. A large number of troops have been transferred to the south, close to the Neishi area."

In other words, judging from the map, basically everything above Xianyang, that is, the north, was moved, and the soldiers were moved to the south, next to Xianyang.

Among these three places, the most powerful one was Lao'ai, which was dotted with a large number of his feudal lands and towns. Basically all the local officials took refuge in him, or were replaced by people loyal to him.

Obviously, it was Lao Ai who made preparations for the rebellion, but it was not directed against Ying Zheng, but against Lu Buwei and the royal forces in Xianyang.

This is also the preparation he must make, otherwise with the few manpower he has in Yongcheng, he can barely kill Ying Zheng, and then fight Lu Buwei on his head?
  He is just stupid for now, not his brain is broken.

This change itself has little impact. Even if Lao Ai mobilizes those local garrisons, it will be difficult to defeat the elite forbidden army stationed in Xianyang. Moreover, this does not even require Ying Zheng to consider how to deal with it. Lu Buwei cannot sit still and find a way to handle it.

But this incident reflected a very important reality, which made Ying Zheng's face darken unconsciously, making it look particularly dark in the study room with normal lighting.

Even if Lao Ai has great power in Taiyuan and other places, it is impossible to easily mobilize a large number of local garrisons. Under normal circumstances, even Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei cannot do this.

There is only one person who can do it - Queen Mother Zhao Ji.

Because she holds in her hand the Queen Mother's seal that shows her identity, and the Qin King's seal that she takes charge of since Ying Zheng has not yet taken charge.

With these two things, the garrison can be easily mobilized without military symbols or even transfer orders from the central court. These two seals are also the source of Zhao Ji's power, of which the latter is more important.

Ying Zheng's expression turned ugly precisely because of this.

Although Zhao Ji favored Lao Ai in the past, Hou Xi and Wang Xi were always tightly held in her hands and were never handed over to Lao Ai... Maybe Hou Xi was used by Lao Ai, but Wang Xi was always kept closely, but now The changes in the three places in Taiyuan showed that Zhao Ji had begun to acquiesce wantonly... and even showed that Lao Ai was good at using Hou Xi and Wang Xi.

The resulting changes in the situation are secondary. After all, the real elite troops of the Qin State all have leading generals. They are all loyal to the King of Qin...at least they will not brazenly kill the king just because of two seals, and the local army, No matter how much Ren Lao Ai mobilizes, it will only be more powerful. As for the combat effectiveness... let's leave it like that.

But Zhao Ji's behavior is another stab in Ying Zheng's heart...

Xiong Qi felt like a mirror in his heart, knowing very well what this meant. At this time, he lowered his head obediently, not looking at Ying Zheng, pretending not to know anything, and just reporting the situation truthfully.

After waiting for a moment, he asked softly:
  "Your Majesty, I don't know how I should respond...?"

"Should we just sit back and let Prime Minister Lu handle the matter, or..."

Ying Zheng did not hesitate and directly rejected Xiong Qi's first suggestion, and replied in as normal a voice as possible:

"On the day of the crown ceremony, you and Lord Changwen will stay in Xianyang and lead the Xianyang garrison to exterminate these traitors."

"I obey." Xiong Qi bowed slightly and bowed his head, looking at the floor with a hint of joy in his eyes.

Ying Zheng's decision was within his expectation.

In any case, annihilating rebellion is a great achievement. He will not give this credit to Lu Buwei who is determined to eradicate it in vain. He will definitely leave it to his loyal ministers, and he is the most suitable candidate.

Because Lord Changping is not only one of the few important ministers in the court who can confront Lu Buwei head-on, but he also has a very special status, as he is a direct royal family member of the Chu Kingdom.

The King of Qin held a crown ceremony and worshiped his ancestors and worshiped heaven. He, a member of the Xiong clan with the surname Mi, was suitable to stay in Xianyang.

"Your Majesty, basically everything happened to the ministers I sent to Yongdi to prepare for the crowning ceremony. Under the guise of the Queen Mother, Lao Ai forced this part of the matter to be handled by him, saying that he would handle it personally."

After talking about one thing, Xiong Qi immediately talked about the next thing.

"If he wants to do it, let him do it." Ying Zheng replied casually.

The most important thing about the crowning ceremony is the outskirts ceremony held in Qinian Palace, as long as there are no problems, but the decoration in Yongcheng is not important, it can be done as Lao Ai does, it is not good-looking in appearance.

But when Lao Ai rebels and the royal family scandal is revealed, what could be more embarrassing?

"Have you made all the arrangements for Qinian Palace?" With this thought, Ying Zheng turned his eyes and glanced at Changping Lord Xiong Qi.

Xiong Qi clasped his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Qinian Palace is a top priority. I have already taken care of it and there will be no problems."

"Yeah." Ying Zheng snorted and nodded.

Then, Xiong Qi reported some minor matters to Ying Zheng for decision-making, and then withdrew.

　Some people think that the article "Gu and Anger" was written when Han Fei was trapped in the Qin Dynasty. Some people think that Han Fei wrote it in a depressed and angry mood when he was seeking reform in Korea and was unable to find any way. .

　　I'll take the latter here.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)