"how so!!"
After Meng Yi listened to the edict read by Feng Jie, his expression suddenly changed.
He rushed to Feng Jie and snatched the edict directly from Feng Jie's hand.
That's right!
Just grab it!
He could never imagine that the First Emperor would pass the throne to the young prince Hu Hai.
But
After carefully studying the edict of the First Emperor, it seemed so familiar.
Even the word 'emperor' for the Great Qin Shi Huangdi was written with full majesty.
You know, Meng Yi was the personal secretary of the First Emperor, and he was familiar with the First Emperor's calligraphy in a way that ordinary people could not understand.
Every time the First Emperor wrote the word "Emperor", he would put a strong punch on the horizontal line. If you look closely, you can find that the dot covers the horizontal line.
As for the jade seal on the edict, it is also correct and has the same white mark.
Has Your Majesty lost his mind and gone crazy?
Weird!
Why didn't His Majesty pass the throne to Fusu, even if it was Young Master Hao?
Why, why is it the young prince Hu Hai? !
For a moment, Meng Yi held the edict in his hands, with a myriad of thoughts, his heart was in confusion, and his head was completely confused.
At this moment, the entire hall was silent, and no one spoke again, because the entire hall was also stunned.
"His Majesty--!"
Li Si suddenly burst into tears and fell in front of the emperor's edict held by Meng Yi.
The ministers seemed to be separated from each other, and they all prostrated together, cried together, and called the late emperor or your majesty together.
However, no one doubted the authenticity of the edict. Everyone just cried without any opinions on whether to implement the edict or not.
If executed, it would be ridiculous.
If it is not implemented, it will be disrespectful to the late emperor and even inconsistent with Qin law.
Li Si was the court lieutenant in charge of Qin's law and the leading minister who was ordered to establish the emperor. The ministers could only listen to Li Si.
If Li Si flatly refused to support Hu Hai, these ministers also did the same.
Because the ministers at this time were not the ministers of later dynasties, and there was no concept of loyalty in their hearts, so just one word from Li Si could change the fate of the empire.
However, looking at Li Si's current state, it seems that he does not want to refuse to support Hu Hai, otherwise he would not just cry without expressing his position.
"Ministers, God's will is like this, I accept my fate!"
Sure enough, as most of the courtiers thought, Li Sir stood up tremblingly, sighed sadly, and then handed over his hands with tears streaming down his face: "I have something to say first. No matter what your majesty's decree is, I will implement it resolutely, without fear of power, and without any hesitation." Fear of life and death.
Now, Your Majesty takes the young prince Hu Hai as the crown prince, how can I not respect him? How can I betray His Majesty? How can you violate Qin law? "
As soon as these words came out, Li Si bowed down in this mansion and knelt in front of the edict held by Meng Yi. The ministers suddenly felt despair and had no choice but to accept their fate.
However, just when Li Si thought the dust had settled, a sudden voice suddenly sounded: "Just now, Li Tingwei said that the young prince Hu Hai ascended the throne. Who approves and who opposes? The official has not answered yet."
"Um?"
Li Si was startled and subconsciously looked up at the source of the sound.
But he saw Meng standing in front of Meng Yi with a half-smile, and said with a smile: "I object!"
"you?"
Li Si frowned, seeming a little surprised and a little angry.
A child with a yellow mouth dares to ruin my good deeds!
"What? Li Tingwei didn't hear clearly?"
Mond raised his eyebrows, then looked around at the ministers and shouted loudly: "I oppose Hu Hai's accession to the throne! Because he is not worthy!"
Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar!
It's chaos, it's all chaos, and we can no longer control the situation.
Someone was given a slap in the face and had a clear idea.
Someone was stepped on the tail and cursed wildly.
Hu Hai's accession to the throne was indeed unacceptable to Meng Yi. Just as Meng Yi thought, if it weren't for Fusu, Zhao Hao would be fine, but who does Hu Hai deserve to get involved in the throne?
He doesn't have the benevolence and righteousness of Fu Su, the intelligence of Zhao Hao, and he doesn't have the appearance of the First Emperor. He is just a child. Why should he inherit the throne of the emperor?
At this time, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely chaotic because of Mond's words.
Yao Jia was the first to stand up and said angrily: "Zhuzi resists and disrespects the decree. Are you going to rebel?"
He is a staunch supporter of Li Si, so naturally he was the first to stand up for Li Si.
Following him, many ministers from the DPRK and China also expressed their support. These ministers also supported Li Si.
As for those who opposed Li Si or remained neutral, they all remained silent and looked at Mond quietly.
In the past, they didn't pay much attention to Mond, and they didn't know such a person until Mond got together with Zhao Hao.
But since Zhao Hao went to the South China Sea, Mond disappeared from their sight again.
Therefore, Mond now stood up to resist the decree, allowing them to vaguely see the lawless Young Master Hao.
Could it be that Mond’s remarks were supported by that young master?
Is that young man going to fight for position?
Thinking of this possibility, several veterans of the empire, including the court officials who secretly supported Zhao Hao, couldn't help but feel moved.
It seemed that Li Si was also aware of this possibility. He slowly got up from the ground and looked directly at Meng Yi in front of him: "Dr. Zhongling, your nephew is going to resist the imperial decree and disrespect him. What do you think?"
Yes, he did not confront Mond immediately, but directly questioned Meng Yi.
Although the Meng Yi brothers have long since separated, the Meng family is still a big family. Now that Meng Tian is not in Xianyang, all matters of the Meng family are basically decided by Meng Yi.
Now Mond represents not himself personally, but the entire family.
Once Meng Yi supports Mond, it means that the entire family supports Mond.
The consequence of this is likely to be genocide.
"I"
Facing Li Si's question, Meng Yi's lips wriggled, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say. Finally, he turned to look at Mond and said, "Mond, can you tell me the reason for your objection?"
Yes, he did not scold Mond as he did before, but hoped that Mond would find some flaw to prove that the edict was false!
Because he also didn't want Hu Hai to ascend the throne.
But I heard Mond smiled and said: "Uncle, your Majesty's edict has been verified by you personally, and it must not be false. However, I want to tell you a familiar story to all the ministers;
Yao devoted himself to serving the people, but his son Zhu Dan was an unworthy son. Yao did not pass the throne to his son, but he always paid attention to the wise men in the world so that he could abdicate the throne to him. Later, Yao found out that Shun was a virtuous and talented young man, so he decided to give up his throne to Shun. "
"What does this mean? This means that since ancient times, only the virtuous have lived here!"
"absurd!"
Yao Jia heard this and sneered: "We, the Qin State, established our country in accordance with the law and should respect the rule of law. According to what you said, doesn't everyone inherit the throne of our Qin State? Then why does our Qin State dominate the world?!"
"That's right! I, the old Qin man, conquered the world, why should I let someone else be the emperor!" Another minister stood up to refute.
Mond smiled faintly, raised his hand and said, "Ministers, calm down first, and let me finish what I have to say!"
"What I mean is that a capable prince should inherit the throne, not an incompetent one. So, can Hu Hai be as capable as the eldest son Fusu, or as good as the eldest son Hao?"
"snort!"
Yao Jia snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "After all, don't you want to violate the law? The young prince ascended the throne because of the late emperor's order. Do you want the ministers present to violate the late emperor's order and openly resist the law? This How is it different from rebellion?”
As soon as these words came out, the entire palace fell into silence.
It was obvious that they were very disappointed with Mond's remarks.
Because Mond's remarks are untenable in Qin Fa, even if Mond's remarks are equally reasonable in their hearts.
"Okay, let's get down."
Meng Yi, who thought there was still a glimmer of hope, now shook his head in disappointment and raised his hand to signal Mond to retreat.
"uncle!"
Mond was very reluctant and wanted to say a few more words.
However, Li Si's voice interrupted him first: "The emperor's order is so, what can I say? At present, the Qin Dynasty cannot be without a king for a day, otherwise the world will be in great danger. I hope all ministers will work together to support the young prince to the throne. Dare you ask the ministers to speak?"
After hearing this, the hall was silent, and still no one expressed their opinion.
"Ministers, do you really want to disobey the late emperor's order?"
Li Si's eyes flashed and his voice suddenly became stern.
At the same time, a group of black armored people filed in outside the hall. Ying Ziyang, dressed in black armor, entered the hall majestically.
"Li Tingwei, I have been ordered to maintain order in the court, how dare I ask for my order!" Ying Ziyang raised his hand.
The ministers were shocked and secretly wondered what was going on?
Why did Lord Jingyang appear here and lead troops to the palace?
"Bold Lord Jingyang! Who asked you to lead the troops to the palace?!"
Zongzheng Yingteng suddenly shouted angrily.
Ying Ziyang glanced at him contemptuously and said coldly: "Zong Zheng is afraid that his ears are not working. I just made it very clear that I have been ordered to maintain order in the court!"
"Nonsense! Why didn't I know when His Majesty gave you the military power?" Ying Teng asked Ying Ziyang angrily.
The First Emperor was very clear about his fear of members of the clan, otherwise it would have been impossible not to enfeoff and establish prefectures and counties.
Because there were several clan rebellions before the First Emperor came to power. He didn't trust the clan members at all. How could he give military power to the clan members?
However, in the face of Ying Teng's doubts, Ying Ziyang looked indifferent, as if he didn't take his words to heart at all, and said coldly: "Your Majesty's secret edict can be read at will? If you question my legitimacy, you can do it afterwards Find someone to verify my secret edict. Now is the time when the fate of the empire is decided. I have been ordered to maintain order in the court. If you dare to resist the order and disrespect it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"you!"
Ying Teng's face turned red with anger and he was about to step forward to teach Ying Ziyang a lesson.
Dunruo on the side quickly grabbed him and whispered: "Zongzheng can't act recklessly, he is leading the imperial army!"
Hearing the word 'Forbidden Army', Ying Teng's heart trembled.
In the whole world, the only one who can mobilize the imperial army is the emperor.
Could it be that Ying Ziyang really came under the emperor's order?
Thinking of this possibility, Ying Teng felt incredible, but he did not continue to act impulsively.
Seeing that Lao Zong was calming down, Li Si glanced at Ying Ziyang lightly and did not speak to him. He continued to look around at the ministers and said: "Young Master Hu Hai ascended the throne, who is in favor and who is against it?"
"The imperial edict is in line with the law, I agree!" Yao Jia echoed loudly again.
Hu Wujing sighed: "I also agree."
"I agree!"
Zheng Guo, who had a close friendship with Li Si, responded.
"General, I agree!" Ma Xing responded. He was the first general to express his stance.
"I agree!"
"I agree too."
Seeing more and more ministers coming forward to express their opinions, Feng Jie, Meng Yi and other ordinary ministers suddenly fell silent.
Seeing this, Li Si waved his hand and said, "Who wants to refuse to obey the imperial edict? Stand up and speak!"
"We don't obey orders!"
The next moment Meng Yi and others stopped talking, another shout came from outside the door.
The ministers followed the reputation and found out that it was the three princes: Gongzi Liang, Gongzi Jianglu, and Gongzi Ronglu. They couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
"Be bold! Let us in!"
"Do you know who we are?"
"Father, please open your eyes! Your subjects have rebelled!"
Seeing the three princes and the imperial guards outside the door fighting each other, Ying Ziyang's face darkened and he was about to order them to be arrested.
However, Li Si was the first to speak at this time and shouted: "How outrageous! Why don't you let the young masters come in?"
"Li Tingwei"
Ying Ziyang frowned and looked at Li Si with a puzzled expression.
Li Si said expressionlessly: "Since they are His Majesty's princes and officials of the imperial court, they naturally have the right to participate in the court meeting!"
"But."
Ying Ziyang hesitated for a moment and looked at Zhao Gao subconsciously.
But when Zhao Gao nodded calmly, he waved his hand and said, "Let them in!"
Soon, the three princes came to the center of the hall and bowed their hands to Li Si and other imperial ministers: "We have met all ministers!"
"The three princes came here, but they have ambiguities about the content of the edict?" Li Si asked lightly.
"We don't know the content of the edict, but we just want to ask why no one pays attention to my father's body when it was destroyed?" Gongzi Liang said with an angry look on his face.
Young Master Jiang Lu also said with anger: "You keep saying that you uphold Qin's laws, do you dare to ask whether your conscience hurts? Are you worthy of the respect my father has for you?!"
"If my father is alive in heaven, he will definitely punish you!" Young Master Ronglu said sadly.
"this"
When all the ministers heard this, they looked at each other in astonishment.
As if Meng Yi suddenly came to his senses, he strode forward and asked: "You said that His Majesty's body was destroyed. What's going on?"
"Ling Lang, woo woo woo"
The three princes burst into tears.
Li Si frowned. If he said this was not a premeditated trouble, he would not believe it. However, until now, the First Emperor did not come out to stop him, which meant that the First Emperor was really dead.
The last doubt in his mind disappeared.
But I heard him say in a deep voice: "I understand the mood of the three princes, but I also ask the three princes to understand me. As a leading minister, I should give top priority to state affairs;
Since the three princes have no different opinions on the imperial edict, I declare in the name of Minister Gu Ming that I will support the young prince Hu Hai as the crown prince of the Qin Dynasty, and he will succeed to the throne when the funeral of the late emperor is settled! "
After saying that, he turned to look at Ying Ziyang: "Jingyang Lord, listen to the order! Before the funeral of the late emperor is settled, all the ministers of Ganquan Palace are not allowed to leave Ganquan Palace. Anyone who disobeys the order will be arrested according to Qin law!"
"promise!"
Ying Ziyang accepted the order solemnly.
"Gathering! Dismiss!"
Li Si waved his hand and left the hall.
He did not directly support the young prince Hu Hai as the emperor, which was also a compromise. The main reason was that the three princes and sons made such a fuss that the ministers' minds were no longer here.
"Li Tingwei"
Zhao Gao shouted unwillingly.
Li Si ignored him and staggered out of the palace entrance.
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