bookandnovel Chapter 171 King Qin Yingzheng
Chapter 171 King Qin Yingzheng
[Lao Ai has been executed. Queen Mother Zhao Ji and the rebellious ministers and traitors have conspired against each other and should be executed according to the law. 】
[However, Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji have been wandering in a foreign country since childhood and have a deep relationship. Even if Zhao Ji behaves like this, it is difficult for him to order Zhao Ji to be killed. 】
[Ying Zheng has a hard time making a choice. I ask you, you choose...]
[A. Get out of trouble B. Cut off the root cause C. Protect Zhao Ji D. Intervene personally]
At the beginning, Ying Zheng's father, Zi Chu, was living in the State of Zhao. Lu Buwei, a businessman of the State of Zhao, gave him his singer Zhao Ji.
The two gave birth to a son, Ying Zheng.
Later, the State of Zhao wanted to kill Zi Chu. After Lu Buwei learned about it, he tried his best to run back to the State of Qin with Zi Chu.
As for Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji, they were in a critical situation and could not take care of them.
Therefore, when Ying Zheng was young, he and his mother were dependent on each other in a foreign country, and one can imagine the depth of their relationship.
Although looking back now, Zhao Ji has repeatedly helped outsiders murder her son, which is unqualified from the perspective of both the queen mother and the mother.
But Yingzheng couldn't let go.
Seeing him looking like he wanted to kill but was reluctant to kill, Chen Ming knew,
Even if Zhao Ji should be killed again, if Ying Zheng really kills him, I am afraid that he will be the one who suffers in the end.
So Chen Ming began to persuade him.
It didn't matter if he didn't persuade him. After persuading him, the prominent King of Qin suddenly became anxious in front of him.
"Zhao Ji, she is my mother. However, she behaves like this, which is unacceptable! I will kill her today!"
Seeing him trying to walk out, Chen Ming bit him silently.
Ying Zheng was furious: "Xiao Hei, don't stop me, I will kill her!"
After Chen Ming heard this, he knew that this boy was too honest, so he bit tighter.
Ying Zheng struggled for a while and found that he couldn't break free, so he shouted angrily: "If you hadn't stopped me, Xiao Hei, I would have killed her today!"
"Forget it! The death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped!"
[With your persuasion, Ying Zheng gave up the idea of killing his biological mother. 】
[Ying Zheng severed the mother-child relationship with Zhao Ji and imprisoned her in Yongcheng, not allowing her to leave, saying that they would never see each other again. 】
[Many ministers risked their lives to persuade them, but Ying Zheng killed twenty-seven of them in a row. 】
[Later, Yingzheng's anger dissipated and he ordered people to take the Queen Mother Zhao back to the Qin Palace to enjoy her old age. 】
Looking at the words on the Book of Heroes, Chen Ming was quite speechless.
I don't know whether these ministers are really die-hard loyalists or just lost their minds for a while, and they actually tried to persuade Ying Zheng at this time.
Firstly, Ying Zheng was already angry, and secondly, Zhao Ji had indeed committed a serious crime of treason.
Even if he is not angry, he must look angry, otherwise where is his dignity?
After more than twenty people were killed in a row, these ministers felt relieved when they finally found out that Ying Zheng had brought Zhao Ji back.
How much frustration Ying Zheng endured back then, now he can be so wanton.
The reason is that he came to the throne in a legitimate manner, and before that, the powerful ministers made trouble.
Nowadays, there are rebellions of all sizes, and his younger brother Ying Chengyu did not even stir up any noise. He fled abroad because of the death of his patron, the Queen Mother Xia, and died later.
The Lao'ai Rebellion had been anticipated for a long time, and there was no danger.
Now the only person who poses a threat to him is his father-in-law, Prime Minister Lu Buwei.
There are too many reasons to cure Lu Buwei.
The most useful one is that the great rebel minister Lao Ai was Lu Buwei's retainer, and he was the one who dedicated it to the Queen Mother Zhao Ji.
This alone is enough to make Lu Buwei's head fall to the ground.
Fortunately, Lu Buwei has hosted countless guests over the years, and many of them have served as ministers in Qin under his arrangement.
Thanks to their persuasion and intercession, Lu Buwei was not caught on the spot.
But Ying Zheng naturally couldn't let him go.
…
[Qin Wangzheng began to liquidate the sycophants. 】
[Under his guidance, foreign spies entered Qin in the past few years, and he eventually uncovered the story of consuming Qin's national power in the name of building the Zhengguo Canal. 】
[Ying Zheng took this as an excuse to drive away guests from all over the world. 】
[Lü Buwei was horrified. His survival was all due to the guests from six countries he had made friends with over the years. If they were expelled, he would definitely have no way to survive. 】
[At this time, a foreign guest named Li Si stood up and wrote a eloquent "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests", demonstrating that the strength of the Qin State was inseparable from the Qin State's compatibility with the talents of the six countries. We must not expel the guests because of choking. 】
[Ying Zheng did not ignore the book because it was inconsistent with his current purpose. Instead, after studying it carefully, he decided to keep guests from all over the world and use Li Si. 】
[And in the palace, he took out this book and asked: "When guests from all over the world come to serve Qin, is it for me, the King of Qin, or for Prime Minister Lu?"]
[All the ministers in the palace knelt down and said: "Of course I am loyal to the king!"]
[On this day, Lu Buwei resigned as prime minister. 】
Although Ying Zheng had just come to power, his aura as a king had already been fully demonstrated.
Under his gradual persecution, Lu Buwei was forced to resign.
As a result, the original three parties are now all gone.
However, he was not prepared to let Lu Buwei go just like that, but was prepared to go a step further and at least exile him to other places.
After all, Lu Buwei has been in business for many years and has deep-rooted influence in the country.
If you don't expel him, it will be inconvenient for you to fully take charge of the government.
After Shan said that Lu Buwei was dismissed as prime minister, Ying Zheng expelled him from the city and ordered him to go to his fief.
Seeing that the matter was not particularly serious, many guests came to lobby Ying Zheng from time to time and tried to invite Lu Buwei to come out again.
This can be said to have offended Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng inherited the vision of the previous Qin kings and tried to unify the world.
Since he took over the throne, he has repeatedly waged war with the six kingdoms.
Now that these guests from the six countries are lobbying like this, they may not have the idea of letting him and the powerful minister Lu Buwei cause civil strife in Qin.
After killing several people in a row, it finally stopped.
As for whether to kill Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng actually had no such idea.
Unlike Lao Ai, who Ying Zheng hates so much, although Lu Buwei is a powerful minister, at least he still respects him as the King of Qin on the surface.
And if he insisted that Lu Buwei was trying to rebel, he couldn't find any conclusive evidence.
In addition, no matter what, Lu Buwei was at least very kind to Ying Zheng's family, and he also made great achievements during his time as Qin's prime minister, which greatly increased the power of Qin.
Therefore, his idea was to expel but not kill.
Ying Zheng privately wrote a letter to Lu Buwei: "What contribution did you make to Qin? Qin made him the king of Henan, and fed 100,000 households. Why did you get close to Qin? He was called Zhongfu. He and his family moved to Shu."
This sentence means: "What contribution have you made to the Qin State? I, the Qin Dynasty, treat you well. What does your relationship with me have to do with you? I call you Father Zhong."
"Since you acted like this, I won't kill you even now. You take your family and fly away. Don't get involved anymore and stay away from the political centers of various countries!"
This not only forgives Lu Buwei, but also accuses him. As long as there is no threat to me, it doesn't matter if you spare your life.
However, Lu Buwei didn't know that he might have misunderstood, thinking that Ying Zheng was trying to force him to death.
Or Lu Buwei had other ideas.
On this day, Lu Buwei secretly sneaked back to the royal city from his fiefdom and asked to see the King of Qin.