Zhao Gao didn't expect Ziyou to refuse so absolutely, but thinking about the relationship between Confucianism and Mohism, he didn't think much about it.
"Yes, I will report back to the king." Zhao Gao said.
In Xianyang, as Li Xin escorted a large number of people back to Xianyang, the entire Xianyang's attention was focused on Tingwei. Cheng Yu sat on the main seat and looked at Yao Jia standing below with a gloomy face.
"Are you really going to search my Chang'an Lord's Mansion?"
"It is difficult to violate Qin's laws, so please forgive me Lord Chang'an." Yao Jia's look left no room for negotiation.
Cheng Yu looked at Yao Jia with a gloomy face, and finally closed his eyes in resignation. He didn't expect that he would lose so quickly. He originally thought that he would win, relying on all the power of the Chu family, but he didn't expect that he would win. The seemingly monolithic Chu clan was actually torn apart.
Soon, two guards escorted a middle-aged man from outside the hall. Cheng Yu stood up suddenly because the person being escorted was Cheng Yu's staff and one of the people he relied on most.
"Master Yao, why did you take away my staff?" Cheng Yu asked through gritted teeth.
"Chang'an Lord, please calm down. Mi Shuo's confession said that this person contacted Mi Shuo and that he was also the one who helped them deceive the Lord. This person's crime cannot be punished. Please calm down, Lord." Lord Chang'an walked into the hall and said.
"You..." Cheng Yu looked at the staff member outside the door who smiled at him, and finally closed his eyes and turned his head.
Yao Jia glanced at Cheng Xi with sympathy. If the king hadn't ordered to preserve some of the Qin clan's face, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been as simple as taking away this staff member this time. But from now on, Cheng Xi would no longer be the core of the Qin court.
Yao Jia and Chang Pingjun bowed to Cheng Xi and left.
In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng looked at the memorial submitted by Yao Jia. Yao Jia had already interrogated the matter clearly.
"Yao Shangqing did a good job." Ying Zheng said.
"I'm just doing my job. It's just your Majesty's decision regarding Lord Chang'an's affairs." Yao Jia cupped his hands and said.
Ying Zheng put down the memorial in his hand, sighed softly and said
"Chang'an Jun was not directly involved in this matter. He was just deceived by others. According to the previous decision, let him return to the fief to work with the people and let him reflect on his sins."
"Your Majesty is merciful." Yao Jia cupped his hands and said.
"Is there any news from Mr. Ziyou?" Ying Zheng asked. Now that everything has been investigated, the locust plague still cannot be quelled. The people are still afraid of locusts and dare not hunt them.
"This is what the junior uncle asked me to give to the king. Tomorrow, the junior junior uncle will return to Xianyang. I will leave it to the junior uncle and the king to decide on the specific matters." Yao Jia handed a wooden slip to Ying Zheng.
"Oh?" Ying Zheng looked at the wooden tablet and doubts gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Sir, you want me to mobilize my Da Qin Iron Eagle warriors to be on standby in Xianyang? Do you want 5,000 ordinary soldiers? And let all the generals in the court be on standby. What are you doing?"
The elites of the Qin State are the elite among the elites of the Qin State. Each of the elite warriors of the Great Qin State is a warrior who has fought a hundred battles. They are specially trained elites after strict selection. Generally speaking, there are three thousand iron eagles in the Qin State's external offensives. Only the sharp warriors can decide the victory or defeat on the battlefield, and the entire Qin Dynasty only has more than 10,000 iron eagle warriors.
Ziyou's actions made Yingzheng doubt whether Ziyou wanted to start a war.
"Uncle Junior must have his reasons, but now Xianyang is only guarded by 3,000 iron eagle warriors. As for the 5,000 ordinary soldiers, Xianyang is enough to guard. As for the generals, the king needs to mobilize them himself." Yao Jia said.
"I will tell you this at the court meeting. I am now curious about what exactly you want to do?" Ying Zheng put away the wooden slip and said.
Soon after the decision about Lord Chang'an came down, the whole court was shocked. Some ministers who were loyal to Lord Chang'an came to Xianyang Palace one after another to report, hoping that the king could investigate clearly and clear Lord Chang'an's name. However, in the face of Yao Jia's explanation, With the evidence, these ministers were confused. They didn't know why the Chang'an Lord they were loyal to had reached this point.
Ying Zheng ordered Changping Jun and Zong Zheng to come and persuade these ministers to go back, but the two people said that these people went back in despair.
Wenxinhou Mansion.
"Is it just exiled back to the fiefdom?" Lu Buwei played with the jade ring in his hand and said, "Go and make arrangements so that everything can be done flawlessly."
"It's the Marquis, I'll make arrangements right away." The steward said to Lu Buwei, holding his hands in front of him, and then left.
Lu Buwei looked at the koi fish competing for fish food in the lake and threw the ring in his hand into the lake, turning his back and whispering
"Being kind to your enemies is cruelty to yourself. Only dead people are no threat."
An order came from Marquis Wenxin's mansion, and the huge machine in the secret network began to operate.
At the court meeting the next day, General Ying Zheng revealed Ziyou's arrangements. All the ministers were lost in thought. Ziyou's move was indeed strange. Some people began to talk about it. Most of the courtiers were Maintain an oppositional attitude, because Ziyou's actions are really weird and make people have nothing to worry about.
Looking at the discussion of the courtiers, Ying Zheng was silent. He looked at Lu Buwei, and other ministers also looked at Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei had more decision-making power in this matter.
Lu Buwei naturally felt the eyes from all sides, but he was not in a hurry to express his position. The entire court fell into silence for a while. Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei and asked
"What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Hearing Ying Zheng point him out, Lu Buwei stood up and said directly
"I believe that Mr. Ziyou's actions must have his own reasons, but this matter is of great importance. Your Majesty can first order the iron eagle warriors to be on standby, but the Xianyang Palace Forbidden Army has important responsibilities and cannot be easily mobilized. This matter should wait for Ziyou. We’ll discuss it after sir comes back.”
Ying Zheng thought for a while and realized that Lu Buwei's opinion was indeed the most correct. He nodded and said, "Then we will follow what the Prime Minister said and wait until Mr. Ziyou comes back to elaborate."
The court meeting was quickly disbanded. After the dissolution, the three giants of the Qin military, Meng Ao and Wang Yan, discussed the matter while walking.
"What does Mr. Ziyou want to do? Is he going to start a war?" Meng Ao asked in a low voice.
"If you don't summon the senior generals of Great Qin, the Iron Eagle warriors and sergeants, Mr. Ziyou's ideas are too profound and I can't figure them out, but they are probably related to locust control." Wang Ye said.
Meng Wu stopped talking. He could not imagine that this army had anything to do with locust control. Could it be that they were asked to catch locusts? This is not a problem, but it cannot solve the current situation.
"We'll find out when Mr. Ziyou comes back, but it's probably not a bad thing." Bi Gong said.
Ziyou, who soon attracted the attention of the top officials of the Qin State, returned to Xianyang with his party. Ziyou, who had just returned, was recalled to the Xianyang Palace by Ying Zheng. Then an edict was issued that shocked the entire Xianyang. At the same time, various senior military officials also I received an edict from Ying Zheng, and there was only one line on it.
Today, the locust plague is raging, and the people say that it is a natural disaster, but it is destiny. I don't believe it. I want to lead a large army to fight with the sky on the banks of the Wei River. Man will definitely defeat the sky!
The people who received the edict were all aroused by this edict. They have been fighting all their lives, with the six kingdoms of Shandong and the tribes of the grasslands, but they have never fought against the sky, so they want to try it. At the same time, They also recognized in their hearts that Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, was the future king of Qin who dared to fight against the sky. His magnanimity and domineering attitude were enough to conquer this group of military strategists.
