Although he had no hope for Li Xin, Ying Zheng still planned to let Li Xin express his opinion. After all...he has come.
So Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "Li Xin, what is your proposed title?"
Li Xin bowed and said loudly: "Emperor."
After everyone heard this name, they were slightly stunned.
It's not that the name is so otherworldly and refreshing. But...this name is quite normal.
Everyone's expectations for Li Xin and Li Shui were too low, so they were a little surprised to hear a fairly normal name.
Accidents are accidents, and refutations must be refuted.
A doctor smiled slightly and said: "Since ancient times, honorary titles have always been single-character names. Nowadays, double-character names are used. What kind of etiquette is this?"
This was what Li Xin was waiting for, and he couldn't help laughing loudly.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, wondering why he was so crazy.
Li Xin excitedly dug into his sleeves and took out the bamboo slips he had written last night.
Then he said loudly: "We, the Qin Dynasty, founded our country based on Legalism. We value learning from the present rather than learning from the past. The ancients did not have the title of emperor, why can't they have it today? The ancients wore hair and drank blood, and were clothed in withered grass and leaves. Why do you doctors have to eat so much? , meticulously dressed, and well-dressed?"
Those doctors were all in a daze: "What's going on? Why did Li Xin suddenly become so eloquent?"
They had no idea that Li Xin had guessed what the Confucian scholars were thinking. In order to deal with this incident, he spent the night at home meditating.
Some Confucian scholars were unwilling to accept it and said: "However, the title has two characters, which always feels nondescript. What's more, emperor, emperor. It's just taking one character each of the three emperors and five emperors and piecing it together. There is no creation."
Li Xin said loudly: "Now the Emperor of Qin has unified the world and created peace for all ages. This is unprecedented in the world. The double title can further highlight the emperor's majesty."
"As for the three emperors and five emperors, take one word from each and piece it together. This is precisely because the current emperor of Qin has the virtues of the three emperors and is more powerful than the five emperors."
As soon as the last words were spoken, the court fell completely silent.
"The virtues of the three emperors are as great as the merits of the five emperors." These eight words are too destructive. Even Ying Zheng couldn't help but sit up straight. This... this is a great honor.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but nodded and said, "Okay, very good."
Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief and looked around proudly.
What he just said was basically a replica of Li Shui last night. I took it to the court today and used it, and it worked really well.
Ying Zheng had already stood up and said with great satisfaction: "A few men rule the world, and their troops are mighty. Great Qin is prosperous, and China is prosperous."
"Compared to the weakness of Xia and Shang, and the collapse of Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty was indeed a groundbreaking event, unprecedented in history. I am worthy of the title of three emperors with virtue and merit as much as the five emperors."
"I believe that in hundreds of years, or even just a few decades, the people will increasingly feel that the monarch needs to use a two-character title, and a single word will look weird."
Even the king said so, and everyone else could only nod.
In fact, many people agree with Li Xin from the bottom of their hearts. But...but Li Xin is just a reckless man, why did he come up with the title? These people were embarrassed to praise Li Xin loudly.
Li Xin, on the other hand, didn't care about this at all. He just looked behind him proudly, focusing on the doctors who had mocked him, and asked: "The title proposed by Mr. Li. How about it?"
The doctors all looked embarrassed, cupped their hands, and said, "The general is both civil and military, and I can't match him."
Li Xin laughed.
Ying Zheng said to Li Xin: "Did you come up with this title through discussion with Huai Guzi?"
Li Xin didn't take any credit. Anyway, he didn't do this for credit, just to clear his name.
So he said sincerely: "Brother Huai came up with this title. The general was just trying to attract others and said some vulgar ideas."
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "This Huaiguzi not only possesses miraculous skills, but is also quite original. Yes, he is a talent."
He said to Ji Ming next to him: "Go and call Huaiguzi. I have made an exception to allow him to attend the court meeting."
Ji Ming agreed and limped away.
Deep down in his heart, Ji Ming actually didn't want to be called Huai Guzi. After all, it was Huaiguzi who caused my butt to bloom in the first place.
But Ying Zhengxiong has a great talent and a clear understanding of every detail. Ji Ming didn't dare to make any small moves in secret, so he went to call Huaiguzi obediently.
After a while, Ji Ming came back alone.
Ying Zheng asked in confusion: "Where is Huaiguzi?"
Ji Ming bowed and said with some gloating: "When I arrived at Yingxian Hall, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but Master Huaiguzi was still full of alcohol and was fast asleep."
"The servant woke him up and said that the king had summoned him. But Huaiguzi said, how can he be disheveled when meeting the king? He must take a bath and change his clothes."
"The slave saw that he was taking his time and didn't know when he would be seen by the king, so he urged him several times. Unexpectedly, the Huaiguzi became impatient and punched him. Fortunately, the slave escaped in time, otherwise his front teeth would have fallen out."
"The matter has come to this. I am worried that the king will be impatient, so I have to come back alone. As for when Huaiguzi will arrive, I...I really don't know."
Ji Ming originally wanted to file a complaint, but Ying Zheng said: "Huai Guzi has become more and more polite, and he actually knows how to take a bath and change clothes before coming to see me. Not bad, very good. But Ji Ming, you have been in the palace for a long time. , you don’t even understand this bit of etiquette? Huaiguzi punched you, but it was for a reason."
Ji Ming was a little confused: "What's going on? Huaiguzi asked the king to wait for him, and asked the civil and military officials of the court to wait for him, but he was polite?"
He suddenly discovered sadly that the king was very fond of Huaiguzi recently, and no matter what outrageous things this guy did, the king would not blame him.
Half an hour later, Li Shui finally arrived.
After Ying Zheng saw Li Shui, he directly exempted him from kneeling down and praised him fiercely. He also said that he liked the title of emperor very much.
Li Shuigan laughed, cupped his hands and said, "Ashamed, ashamed."
At this time, Wang Li, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
In fact, when Ying Zheng expressed his preference for the title "Emperor", Wang Li was keenly aware that Li Xin had made great achievements again.
He must suppress Li Xin, otherwise, the Wang family will be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.
So Wang Li racked his brains and thought for a while, and finally came up with a good idea.
He took a step forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the general has a better proposal. Your Majesty, you can call yourself the First Emperor. Your descendants can be called the Second, Third, and Fourth Generations, and they will be passed down to eternity forever."
As soon as this was said, everyone nodded.
Wang Ben stroked his beard and thought with a smile: "Li'er has grown up, and he is so quick-witted. Humph, so what if Li Xin proposed an emperor? Wang Li took away your credit when he proposed the first emperor. Most of it.”
Ying Zheng also nodded with satisfaction and was about to praise Wang Li a few words.
Suddenly Li Shui jumped in front of Wang Li, opened his bow from left to right, and slapped him five or six times in a row.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Wang Li was also dumbfounded. He never expected that someone would dare to hit him in front of the king during a court meeting. So until Li Shui finished fighting, Wang Li didn't think of stopping him.
Li Shui shook off his sore hand and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, when I heard Wang Li curse you, I was so indignant that I couldn't bear it anymore. Please forgive me."
Wang Li was even more confused: "When did I curse the king?"
Ying Zheng also looked puzzled and looked at Li Shui in confusion.
Li Shui said bitterly: "I am working tirelessly to refine the elixir day and night. Other alchemists who are at odds with me are also trekking around, looking for the fairy mountain. The elixir of life is just around the corner. In a few years, the king will be able to live forever."
"The talk of second and third generations is all bullshit. There is only one First Emperor in the world. Wang Li wants to pass on the Qin Dynasty to all generations. This is clearly a curse on the king, and he will not be able to live forever."
Everyone was speechless: This angle is really novel.
As for Ying Zheng, his expression slowly turned ugly, and he obviously agreed with Li Shui's analysis.
Many people sighed slightly in their hearts. What the king wants most is immortality, and he is a little obsessed with this.
Wang Li's words were indeed flattering to the horse's hooves.
