Two people came out to testify against Feng Quji. Neither of them could refute. In other words, all refutations were in vain in front of His Majesty. Since His Majesty had already doubted him, even if he was wrongly accused, he would never be let off, let alone this The two of them were right, he was the one behind the scenes.
"Feng Quji, do you know your guilt?" Ying Zheng was extremely angry.
The veteran who had followed him for more than 20 years actually betrayed him. He couldn't figure out why. He was not unkind to the Feng family.
"The guilty minister knows his guilt!" Feng Quji did not kneel down humbly and beg for forgiveness, nor did he ask to let himself go. He just admitted it without any concealment, which seemed to be very righteous.
Li Zhao was shocked and his expression was a bit indescribable.
Feng Xiang, who had always thought he was loyal to the emperor, actually acted rebelliously. Someone who once thought he had a good relationship with him would kill him. This was too unacceptable. What was he doing for this?
Is it for the continuation of the family?
Li Zhao couldn't understand it at all.
You Prime Minister, You are the most respected, and he has the most powerful position. He can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. But it is still like this, which is very confusing.
But all mortals rebel for profit, so why did he do that? Could it be that the person who instigated him to rebel gave him great benefits?
At the same time, he also knew a little bit about why the iron smelting base could still be stolen under the strict surveillance of Shanglinyuan. At that time, he thought that many suspicious people might be insiders, but he never thought that it was Feng Quji, but it happened to be he.
This makes sense. He is the only one who can travel unimpeded in Shanglinyuan without being suspected. Because of his special status, Li Zhao did not impose many restrictions on him, which is why he succeeded so easily!
"Haha!" Ying Zheng laughed angrily, staring at Feng Quji, and asked, "You have done so many things during this period, all for the purpose of entering Shanglin Garden!"
Feng Quji no longer needed to hide it, but he kept saying calmly: "Of course! If you can't enter Shanglin Garden openly and stay here permanently, how can you prepare to steal the iron smelting workshop?"
When Li Zhao heard this, he was hit hard and his body trembled.
Entering Shanglin Garden openly? I dare say that everything he did in the court, including betrothal his granddaughter to himself, was all to make himself sympathize with him and please himself. The ultimate goal was to enter Shanglin Garden and be able to pass freely inside to prepare for stealing the iron smelting base. ?
Such a cunning person, he is being manipulated without realizing it, and he still underestimates the intentions of some people. This must be attributed to his trusting people who are good to him too much.
Ying Zheng clapped his hands and sighed: "Unfortunately, your plan failed in the end."
"Hey! The guilty minister was very thoughtful, but he still left Your Majesty behind. After all his considerations, one thing will eventually go wrong!"
When Li Zhao heard this, he finally heard something. It was because the iron smelting base was stolen and the emperor intercepted it. The person who stole it was caught and Feng Qujilai was confessed.
Weiwei is relieved that since he was caught, the workshop's killer weapon has not spread. This is a good thing. He quickly hands over his hand and asks: "Your Majesty, there is a secret book in the stolen thing, can you intercept it and bring it back?"
This was his biggest concern. As long as these things were not leaked, the previous worries would be relieved, but the emperor's words made people sigh.
"Three or two thieves escaped, but there is no secret book included."
Li Zhao shook his head.
But just throw it away. Anyway, he was already prepared. Even if the thief came with a big weapon, he would have the tools to deal with it.
But he had something to ask, so he turned away from the emperor and asked Feng Quji puzzledly: "Why do you want to kill me? Please note that we have no grudges."
Feng Quji forced a smile. Now that things have happened, there is nothing left to say: "Indeed, we have no grudges, but you have threatened that person."
"Who?" Li Zhao asked, but he already had a vague guess in his mind.
"Asking knowingly, you must already know."
Li Zhao didn't ask any more questions, this answer was already the answer. Indeed, his existence is a threat to Gong Xiang, and he is definitely someone whom Gong Xiang wants to win over or eliminate.
The previous prisoners of Shangguan must have been just to win over him, but in the end they failed, so they thought of eradicating them!
This is in line with the opponent's feelings, but it can also be seen from it that he has a great influence on them, and his future situation is also worrying.
"Okay, let's take him into custody and wait for punishment." Maybe he was tired, Ying Zheng waved his hand, he didn't want to say more, the important minister he got along with day and night betrayed him, and he was exhausted mentally and physically.
"No!" The guards came over and were about to take Feng Quji away, but Feng Quji begged loudly, "Hold on, Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows that he is guilty of death, but there are some doubts in his heart that cannot be eliminated. I hope that your majesty will do it and let the guilty minister be freed." I can die in peace."
After all, they were ministers who had known each other for many years. Ying Zheng sighed and waved his hands, "Ask me! You don't have much time." He was relatively tolerant of his ministers.
"How did your Majesty put suspicion on me?"
As soon as this question came up, Li Zhao also listened attentively.
There has always been a worry on the emperor's head, that is, the rebels. When he was attacked by the rebels during his eastern tour, he judged that there must be an internal problem. The emperor also discussed this matter with Li Zhao, although he continued to investigate. A few came out, but they were all shrimps, soldiers and crabs, but the big fish couldn't let them surface.
This is a huge hidden danger. If it cannot be eliminated, it will definitely lead to the collapse of the Qin Dynasty in the long run, or this is the emperor who wants to bring about this shocking situation regardless of the danger.
Fortunately, the effect was great and the big fish surfaced.
The emperor was a bold fisherman and a courageous fisherman.
Judging from Feng Quji's performance, he hid it very well, so well that even Li Zhao believed him. So how did His Majesty find out? Li Zhao also wanted to know.
Ying Zheng smiled contemptuously and said: "Actually, it's very simple. You are too calm, so calm that there is no flaw. If it weren't for the Taiwei, maybe I wouldn't doubt you. Of course, there is also the credit of Li Zhao."
He glanced at Li Zhao appreciatively and smiled again and again.
But this smile was so terrifying in Li Zhao's eyes. What's his credit? Could it be that the emperor was taking advantage of him and he didn't know it? Suddenly I felt chills all over my body.
Invisibly, he was calculated.
There is also Taiwei. Aren't Taiwei and Hu Hai the same group? What did he do again?
"It turns out to be the Taiwei. It seems that I am in his hands." Feng Quji sighed.
The Taiwei was the one who directly contacted Xiang Gong, but he was just manipulating people secretly. Even if he was exposed, the Taiwei would be exposed, and he was always secretly there.
Although they are both one of the three princes, the Taiwei is controlled by him. In their relationship chain, only the Taiwei knows that he is a rebel. As long as the Taiwei does not expose him, no one knows his identity. It's not as good as God's will, and it will be carried by the Taiwei in the end.
"How did you discover that the Taiwei had rebelled?"
When Feng Quji asked this question, he chuckled. After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, what else could he hide? They naturally thought that the First Emperor had passed away. After they supported Hu Hai, they won. If they won, there would be no need to hide anything.
Little did he know that he had fallen into His Majesty's urn.
Never did he think that this was a game that the First Emperor had already arranged, a game that he himself was involved in, and even risked the loss of the country. However, only in this way could the rebels be completely eliminated.
He was defeated unjustly.
"I can let the captain tell you this. He must have arrived."
Feng Quji was startled and shouted: "Is it possible that Taiwei?"
"Yes, he has been loyal to me from the beginning to the end. He is just playing with you. Otherwise, how could I leave the huge Da Qin to this boy to play with? Of course, this boy is also very competent in playing, hehe!"
Li Zhao had a ridiculous feeling when he heard this. It turned out that everything was under His Majesty's control. Everything he had tried so hard to do was just a joke in His Majesty's eyes, but he had no idea.
What a terrible person. Fortunately, his thought was only for a moment, otherwise he would have died without knowing how.
But this makes sense. With the Taiwei in control inside and Meng Tian and other 800,000 troops watching him outside, what else does he have to fear?
What's more, there are still two thousand elites
Two thousand elites? His Majesty just mentioned two thousand elites. Could it be that these two thousand elites are also in His Majesty's planning? He couldn't help interrupting the two of them and asked: "Your Majesty, you just mentioned two thousand elites. What's wrong with that?"
He felt uncomfortable if he couldn't figure out this issue.
However, the emperor didn't care and said with a smile: "Of course he went to guard Xianyang for me. Could it be that I just watched the thieves you mobilized invade Xianyang City and destroy my old nest?"
When Li Zhao heard this, he felt something was wrong. It was clear that a thousand elites outside were helping Liu Ji break through the pass. How could they have arrived in Xianyang City again? Naturally, his intelligence department would not lie to him.
"Your Majesty, they"
Ying Zheng laughed, looked at Li Zhao strangely, and said, "Do you feel like you're being fooled? Yes, I just dumped you. Who told you to lose my vagina?"
ah!
Li Zhao was horrified. It turned out that His Majesty knew about this and still held a grudge.
"And your intelligence department is good. Those things that can be transmitted thousands of miles are definitely treasures. It's a pity that you shouldn't use my son."
ah!
Li Zhao was surprised. Prince Gao and General Lu were also cooperating with the emperor to trick him. Could it be that Prince Wang and Meng were doing the same?
He felt that he was being played around by the emperor, but he was still complacent in thinking that he was in charge of these young masters. Little did he know that they were just playing with him, and they obviously wanted to monitor him!
There was a cold feeling behind my back. If I had thought wrong at that time, the people around me would have attacked.
In this way, the statement that Young Master General Lu said about a thousand elites rushing to Wuguan and destroying the thousand artillery pieces was also a lie, right? So what happened to Liu Ji? Was he destroyed or was he?
He felt like someone was grabbing him by the throat.
Ying Zheng's smile became cunning, and he asked deliberately: "Boy, are you feeling uncomfortable? Hehe! I have no choice. In order to find these traitors, I can only wrong you. In fact, those thousand elites are not trapped. , It’s just a lie created by the Taiwei to deceive others.”
"The 20,000 troops transporting food and grass are my city defense troops, so how can they besiege my elite? This is all to find out the person behind the scenes. Of course, Zong Zheng is also facing me. Although others hate it, how can they What if you give up your country to others? Naturally, the thousand artillery deployed to Wuguan also become mine."
"As for Liu Jijun who was promoted by you, he has been captured by the city defense army. He is a rebel and should be killed according to the law."
ah!
Li Zhao was shocked, should he be executed according to the law? Didn't he indirectly harm these people? You must know that his cronies are still inside, and Liu Ji is also a good person, how could he die like this.
"Your Majesty, this is all my fault. They are also gathered here by me. If you want to kill me, just kill me! They don't deserve to die."
Yes, if the food supply had not been banned at that time, there would not have been so many people wanting to rebel against Qin. If he had not sent Zhang Hanlin and strong men to promote Liu Ji's event, there would not have been Liu Ji's army.
But isn’t all this permitted by His Majesty? He did say it was easy.
"Haha! I see you're scared, that's all. You can deal with these people!" Ying Zheng burst out laughing, but he glared at Li Zhao sternly.
Li Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, naturally understanding what the emperor meant, and there was no room for any threat in his eyes.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although he thanked him with his mouth, he was trembling in his heart. It turned out that His Majesty did not put himself in danger in this situation, but that he had everything under his control. He could even collect Xiang Gong's artillery from it. He really killed three birds with one stone. .
If Zongzheng didn't rebel against him, what about Wang Li? Where is Zhang Han? Are they also pawns? But Li Zhao couldn't figure it out. How could Ying Zheng bear to have so many people killed for nothing?
The prisoner army was okay, these people deserved to die, but the city defense army was not. They were the heroes of the Battle of Xianyang at that time!
Then he quickly knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I should not have destroyed tens of thousands of city defense troops. I am guilty."
Ying Zheng did not get angry, but walked over, showed a kind smile, and said: "If you kill them well, they deserve to die!"
Um!
Li Zhao didn't know why. The city defense army deserved to die. Where are they?
"Actually, after the Battle of Xianyang and the expulsion of Tu'an, our city defense troops were less than 30,000. The reason why there were 100,000 was because we were recruited later. It is also my fault that I was negligent and did not personally conduct the recruitment, which was taken advantage of by thieves. As a result, although the city defense troops were for city defense, they were not able to defend the city. But there is evil intention, and I have no choice but to use your hands to destroy it."
ah!
Li Zhaozhen felt like he was being treated as a fool, but as long as those people deserved their punishment, he didn't feel so stressed.
Liu Ji's army was captured. Was Xiang Yu's army also captured? Did he still have his artillery?
When I think of the artillery, I don't have much worry. The leaders are Meng Yi and the two young masters. I'm afraid they have already returned to Qin with their red cannons. I have been busy for so long, and everything has become the emperor's wedding dress. .
It's just that if Xiang Yu is captured, it's okay. If not, according to the course of history, he will definitely capture Xianyang and burn down the Xianyang Palace. This will be a major crime for the Nine Clan.
According to Xiang Yu's hatred for Da Qin, he will definitely do this.
"Your Majesty, what happened to Xiang Yu?"
"Of course he and Liu Jiban were captured by me."
"But Xiang Yu's army was so brave and had artillery. How did your majesty capture it?"
Li Zhao could no longer imagine the situation at that time. When he left, he thought that Xiang Yu and Liu Ji would definitely be able to enter Guanzhong and capture Xianyang, but little did he know that it was the emperor's fault.
This scam has killed many people!
According to Xiang Yu's temperament, he will definitely resist at all costs, and there will be countless casualties.
(End of chapter)
