As soon as he said it, everyone was shocked.
Everyone's faces were a little confused, and they looked at Fang Cong in front of them, especially Qu Liang and Hong Liang.
The confusion in the eyes of these two people even reached the point where one would feel pitiful just by looking at them.
But Fang Cong stood there, his expression unchanged at all.
He just stood there indifferently, ignoring the curious, checking, confused and playful looks around him.
No matter how many looks there were on the side, no matter how curious the people around him were, he naturally stood there, motionless.
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh? Isn't that the case?"
"Then why did you come here today?"
"Didn't you find Hong Liang and sue Chen Ke, the governor of Penglaizhou, for harboring the murder of Linzi County Governor Huo Shi's younger brother?"
"Do you have anything else to do when you come?"
Fang Cong knelt there with a slight pain in his expression, as if he suddenly thought of some memory.
"Your Majesty, it is true that I came to Xianyang because of Hong Liang, Yushi Hong, but the reason is not what Yushi Hong said."
He raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng in front of him.
There was a calmness in his voice: "I'm here to sue Hong Liang, Jingyang Jun, and Hu Chuan Jun, the censors of the dynasty."
"The three men coerced the common people and made them wrongly accuse Chen Ke, the governor of Penglaizhou. They even asked the common people to give perjury to seduce Huo Zhen, the younger brother of Linzi County Governor Huo Shi, and frame him for murder."
Fang Cong knelt there, weeping blood every word.
He raised his head, looked at Ying Zheng and said, "And this time, Yu Shi Hongliang threatened Xiao Min with someone from his family."
"Jun Hu Chuan has been in Linzi County for too long, and his power is too strong."
"The people have to come."
Fang Cong turned his head, looked at Chen Ke who was standing aside, and said softly: "It's Xiaomin who can't stand up to Governor Chen, but Xiaomin really has no choice."
"Although Governor Chen is the governor of Penglaizhou, Lord Hu Chuan and Lord Jingyang are members of the royal family of Da Qin."
"Xiaomin really dare not resist."
"Now that I see His Majesty Tianyan, I have the courage to tell the whole story. I hope that Your Majesty can make the decision for the people and severely punish Jingyang Jun, Hu Chuan Jun, and Hong Liang."
After saying this, Fang Cong knelt down directly on the ground, and then began to kowtow.
The ground was stained with blood in just a moment, and the bright red color seemed to prove the truth of his words.
The entire court was silent.
Everyone was shocked by this magical stroke. Even Li Si, Wang Jian and others watched this scene in confusion.
The only two people in the crowd who were not surprised were Chuan Yangjun and Chuan Mugong who were sitting there.
The expressions of these two people did not change at all. They just looked at the ministers standing here indifferently and watched the changes in their expressions.
The two people seemed to be observing something.
After Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, he looked at Fang Cong who was kneeling there, and then there was a slight solemnity in his voice.
"No matter whether it is the clan or anyone else, they cannot use his status to dominate."
"If what you said is true, I will naturally make the decision for you."
He looked at Han Tan beside him and said: "Han Tan, please pass on my order and ask the people from Heibingtai to investigate this matter."
"If this is true, send someone to Penglaizhou immediately and arrest the person."
"I will definitely punish you severely!"
But at this time, some people in the crowd had different opinions.
An old man stood up, with a slightly solemn look on his face: "Your Majesty, Lord Hu Chuan and Lord Jingyang are members of the clan, should Zong Zheng handle it?"
He raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng.
This was a member of the Zongzheng Mansion and a certain clan member of Da Qin. Hearing that Ying Zheng's words meant that he had dealt with the clan directly, he felt a little uneasy.
If the emperor is like this, is he going to take action against the clan?
If the emperor takes away Zongzheng's right to deal with the clan members now, it will be basically impossible to get it back in the future.
Everything depends on a justifiable name. If the emperor deals with members of the clan in this way today and they don't object, then the emperor will have this name in the future.
Ying Zheng squinted his eyes and looked at the old man standing there, with a hint of solemnity in his voice: "Oh?"
"You mean, since these two people are members of the clan, they are no longer under my control?"
"Is this world my world or the clan's?"
"Do the members of the clan want to surpass Qin Lu?"
The old man immediately lowered his head and said with some fear in his voice: "Your Majesty, I don't dare."
He looked at Duke Chuan Mu, who was sitting aside and had not spoken for the whole time, and said, "Your Majesty, now that Duke Chuan Mu and Lord Zongzheng Chuanyang are here, should we ask for their opinions?"
There was a hint of temptation in the old man's voice: "After all, these two are already elders of three dynasties. When the late king was still there, he often asked for their opinions."
Ying Zheng looked at Chuanyang Jun, who was sitting below and had been silent, and said, "Oh?"
"How do you two uncles think I handled this matter?"
Duke Mu of Chuan, who had been keeping his eyes closed to rest his mind, slowly opened his eyes, with a murderous look on his face for a moment.
"Your Majesty handled this matter without any problems."
"Don't call me an old minister. Even if the late king comes, even if the ancestors of Great Qin come, they still have nothing to say."
He stood up tremblingly, and Chuanyang Jun quickly reached out his hand to help him.
After Duke Mu of Chuan stood firm, he looked around at the people sitting around him, his voice a little cold and solemn.
"The sky of Great Qin is His Majesty and the law of Qin!"
"I was loyal to the Qin Dynasty, to King Wen, and later to the late king, and then to His Majesty Zuo."
"The heaven of Da Qin is Your Majesty! Do you still have room to say how Your Majesty will deal with it?"
Saying this, he directly picked up the wooden stick on the side, and then hit the old man who spoke first with the stick.
"Is this what I taught you?"
"How dare you question His Majesty?"
After saying these words, he was a little out of breath. After taking a few breaths, Duke Mu of Chuan continued: "Your Majesty."
He looked at Ying Zheng with a hint of fatigue in his voice.
"The old minister is old and old."
"With Yinghui now by my side, I don't have so much time to deal with some matters in the clan."
"I have a request that I don't know whether to say or not."
He looked at Ying Zheng tremblingly, with a little sadness and exhaustion on his face.
It's like a helpless old man entrusting his funeral affairs.
Ying Zheng sat on the high platform, looking at the lonely old man, as if he had guessed
He seemed to know what his uncle was going to do.
Immediately he sighed: "You tell me."
Only then did Duke Mu of Chuan say, "Your Majesty, I and Yinghui are getting older, but they have not been able to cultivate a suitable heir."
"I have already decided on Ziying as the next Zongzheng."
"But now Ziying is still young, so I hope that your majesty can take care of Ziying more."
"Lest he go down the wrong path."
"Ahem..."
Speaking of this, Chuan Mugong suddenly coughed, covering his mouth with his hand, with a look of pain on his face.
"Your Majesty can make your own decisions regarding clan matters."
"There is no need to consider the opinions of the clan."
When Duke Chuan Mu said these words, everyone was a little surprised, because these words of Duke Chuan Mu were equivalent to handing over all the rights of the clan.
This is indeed a big event for Da Qin.
A big event that caught people off guard.
Everyone present was stunned on the spot, especially Qu Liang, Hong Liang and the old man who just spoke.
Many members of the clan also looked surprised, and some even couldn't help it immediately and said directly: "Uncle!"
Duke Chuan Mu just turned his face and glanced at the man. The murderous look in his eyes made the man's voice lower unconsciously.
But the matter was so important that even though the man's fearful voice was very low, he still forced himself to finish speaking.
"Uncle, this matter is of great importance. Should we summon the clan members to discuss it..."
Duke Mu of Chuan sneered. He looked at the person who spoke and said directly: "Calling the clan members to discuss?"
"I am Da Zongzheng, so I can naturally decide this matter myself."
"Why bother discussing with so-called clan members?"
He looked directly at Ying Zheng who was sitting on the high platform: "Your Majesty, I have finished speaking. As for other matters and people, I will leave it to Your Majesty."
"I came to attend the super meeting today. My body can no longer bear it, so I will leave first."
Duke Mu of Chuan stood there tremblingly. Ying Zheng sighed softly and said, "Uncle, please go back and rest first. Leave the affairs here to Zheng'er."
This is the first time that Ying Zheng calls himself "Zheng'er" after more than ten or even twenty years.
There are fewer and fewer people who can let him call himself this way.
Most people in the court today do not have this qualification.
After Duke Mu of Chuan left, Ying Zhengcai said, "Send my order to Penglaizhou and escort Yingku and Yinglun to Xianyang."
Ying Zheng is not worried about anyone in the clan, he just cares about feelings.
If Duke Chuan Mu and Lord Chuan Yang really fight to the end, then Ying Zheng might really give these two people some face.
Even in the past, those clan members could still have the title of "jun" because Ying Zheng looked at the face of these two old men.
Now, what these two old men say is that they fully support Ying Zheng in clearing away all the bugs hidden in the clan.
This is a good thing for Ying Zheng, and it is also a good thing for Da Qin.
In the future, there won’t be so many moths that can lie down on Da Qin’s body and suck blood.
...........
Zhangtai Palace apse
Ying Zheng was sitting there, with several teacups placed on the table in front of him. They were made of snow-flaked celadon, extremely green, and were newly fired by the Manufacturing Department this year.
Chen Ke was sitting opposite him, with a slightly curious look on his face.
"When did Your Majesty know that this was a trap set up by Duke Chuan Mu and Lord Chuan Yang from the very beginning to help Your Majesty clean up the Great Qin clan?"
Ying Zheng's voice was filled with sadness. He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Actually, I just found out about it."
"Before, I always thought that my two uncles had changed over time."
"Until those messages showed up."
He looked at Chen Ke and said: "What you don't know is that when these rumors spread in Xianyang City, they were spread in an organized manner. Once they almost got out of control, but they were pulled back by a force."
"But it's actually in their interest not to pull them back."
"From the time Hei Bingtai told me what happened, I had doubts in my heart."
"Why did my uncle do such a thing? Is it for me, for himself, or for the clan?"
"Later, things slowly developed, and I knew, and I understood."
"Uncle did it for me and for Great Qin."
"These are all traps set up by the two old men, so that they can legitimately clean up all the members of the clan."
Chen Ke was slightly silent.
In the history he was familiar with, there was no record of these two people at all, not even the records of Lord Hu Chuan and Lord Jingyang.
Looking at it now, maybe in the original history, these two old men also helped the First Emperor to clean up the moth in the royal family, and then eliminated these records.
After all, according to the original history, Ziying also controlled the clan.
Now it seems that Ziying is not that old yet, how can he control the clan house?
Chen Ke shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although most of the things have been taken care of by the two old men, there are still some things that we need to do."
He chuckled: "It will be the 24th of the twelfth lunar month soon. We can still take advantage of that opportunity to deal with some people."
"The customs formed by then are also a good thing."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, the matter between Chuan Yangjun and Chuan Mugong was just an interlude, and the climax of the matter has not yet come.
By the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, all the arrangements can be unveiled, and the drama can officially begin.
Thinking of this matter, both Ying Zheng and Chen Ke were a little excited.
............
clan mansion
Duke Chuan Mu and Lord Chuan Yang had just returned to the clan mansion when they saw a young man sitting in the center of the clan mansion with a slightly serious look on his face.
It was Ziying.
Ziying sat there and looked at Duke Mu of Chuan and Lord Chuan Yang who came in and stood up.
He walked up to the two people and looked at them.
"Uncle, didn't you go to attend the morning court? Why did you come back so soon?"
Duke Mu of Chuan looked at Ziying, who looked slightly mature, and smiled softly. He knew Ziying's purpose here.
In other words, he could guess Ziying's purpose of waiting for the two of them.
This is not a difficult thing to guess.
"Ziying, what are you waiting for us here?"
Ziying took a deep breath, then looked at the man standing there, who was as awe-inspiring as two old trees, and said: "Uncle Qi, Ziying has a question in his heart and has to ask."
