Chaotic Qin

People who angered Yingzheng never end well, this time, he really did what he said.

If it was said that Ying Zheng originally had some intentions to let the ministers discuss the fraud case in the court hall, now he just wanted to sneer when facing the restless ministers standing in the hall.

"There is no need to discuss this matter again. It will be carried out according to Prime Minister Zhangli's opinion." Ying Zheng turned his eyes around the crowd when he said this.

In the end, his eyes fell on Qin Chu, and he said directly: "Qin Chu, I ordered you to be the imperial envoy, and you will bring thirty thousand Qin troops with you. I want to see who has the guts to disobey my order. Say more!"

Qin Chu knelt on the ground with one knee expressionless, and said directly: "I take orders, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's wish."

Ying Zheng finally put away the cold expression on his face, nodded with a little appreciation, and said gently, "I'm very relieved that you will do this."

Li Si was also standing in the hall, but he felt a wave of panic and uneasiness in his heart.

It was precisely because of some of the unruly remarks he repeated that made His Majesty furious. Therefore, instead of being able to find out whether His Majesty planned to let him go further, he even gave His Majesty a tyrannical thought.

Now is such a good opportunity to test His Majesty, how can he make the clumsy General Qin Chu specialize in front of him?

Li Si immediately stepped forward and said seriously: "This time, we are all facing sharp-tongued scholars. I ask Your Majesty to allow me to go with General Qin Chu."

Looking at Li Si's loyal appearance, Ying Zheng hesitated a little in his heart, but after thinking about it, he smiled and rejected his offer: "General Qin Chu and Yao Shangqing, who has already retired, are best friends. Just a little bit of progress. Let him preside over the matter, Feng Chang doesn't have to think about it."

At this point, Ying Zheng deliberately changed the topic, and asked: "Have you finished reviewing the results of the preliminary imperial examination?"

The meticulous Feng Quji was in charge of this matter.

As soon as he heard Ying Zheng's question, he immediately came out and said: "The 35 states and counties except Liaodong County have already handed in the examination papers before January, and they were escorted to Xianyang City by cavalry. The minister ten days ago With 72 doctoral officers to sort out the test papers, those who failed to write in the Qin official script have been eliminated, and the remaining [-] test papers have all been transcribed and are in the process of being reviewed and will be completed soon.”

Ying Zheng nodded, suddenly laughed, and said, "I am looking forward to the results of this preliminary examination."

"I must complete the review work as soon as possible, and present the wonderful article to His Majesty for review." Feng Quji said immediately with knowledge and interest.

Yingzheng has always been arbitrarily over-the-top, and the imperial examination was divided into two major events: the preliminary examination and the palace examination. The old guys who have worked hard in the court all know that His Majesty is disgusted with the aristocratic survivors who have closed the country to control the local area. According to the aspirations of the people, he intends to promote the newly emerging forces to attack this group of people, thereby consolidating the authority of the imperial court.

In any case, only relying on strong force is not a long-term solution. This kind of gentle strategy is gratifying.

There was almost no voice of opposition to Yingzheng's actions in the Qin court, which emphasized fairness and efficiency.

If it is a pity that hundreds of years of war caused the collapse of ritual and music, then the greatest benefit brought by the collapse of ritual and music to Qin is reflected in the selection of talents.

In the court of the Qin Dynasty, no one deliberately mentioned their background, but put their abilities first. As long as the Qin Dynasty does not suddenly fall, the benefits will be endless.

Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction after hearing Feng Quji's answer, and let go of the imperial examination questions to wait for Feng Quji's return in a few days.

Yingji, who started to serve as Zongzheng after the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, suddenly came out, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please stand up as queen!"

Yingzheng's mood that was gradually improving was cast over a shadow in an instant.

He looked down at Yingji who was standing under His Royal Highness, squeezed out a blunt smile, and said in a hard voice: "The world has just been settled down, a thousand wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, the treasury is empty, and the people are exhausted. My father and the emperor do not want to waste the power of the people. The mausoleums are all built in the same place, so how can there be extra spare money to hold the grand ceremony? What's more, I am busy with state affairs, and I still don't know which virtuous and virtuous beauties in the harem-does my uncle know it very well? He even mentioned the important event of establishing a queen."

Ying Zheng's last question was rather blunt.

Ying Ji broke out in a cold sweat instantly, he only felt that countless murderous auras wrapped him up, his knees softened, he knelt down on the ground, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty atones for my sins, I have absolutely no intention of doing so."

Only then did Ying Zheng put away his cold aura and stopped talking.

When Li Si saw this, he immediately understood that His Majesty did not want to embarrass this uncle Yingji.

With a smile, he intervened and said: "Young Master Ji, Your Majesty is the emperor of virtue and the three emperors, and has meritorious deeds and demerits of the five emperors. He is an unprecedented hero. What kind of woman in the world can match him? Of course not. Since your majesty has no If you have a crush on that beauty, why not leave the back seat empty?"

Noble beauties from the six eastern countries filled the harem. It would not be difficult to choose a virtuous woman from a famous family, but Li Si raised Yingzheng's status to a higher position than the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, no matter how gentle and considerate and noble the women in the world are. Virtuous, none of them are qualified to be in the harem just because they are all guilty of "the people of the defeated country filling the harem".

And even if there is a woman from the old Qin family, there is no one who is worthy of Ying Zheng.

The Queen's position, if it is vacant, it will be vacant, if it is not vacant, it will still be vacant!

As soon as Li Si said this, Ying Ji looked at Ying Zheng in embarrassment, and finally retreated into the line of ministers with a hesitant expression.

But the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty could not help but whisper to each other.

Since ancient times, Daqin has practiced the eldest son inheritance system. If your majesty does not marry a queen, then only the eldest son can inherit.

However, Ying Zheng was already 24 years old, and the women in the harem had nothing to show for it!

Ying Ji was willing to bring up this matter precisely because the harem was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, unable to stir up any waves.

How could a normal harem be like this? !

Ying Zheng said as if he didn't care, "There's no rush for heirs. Even if I have no heirs, so many of my uncles have children, so it's easy to choose Kazuyoshi to inherit the big position."

The few young masters who were lucky enough to have positions all fell short in an instant, lying on the ground, none of them dared to get up.

A layer of sweat condensed on their backs and wet the skirts of their clothes.

Ying Zheng laughed out loud, waved his hands and said, "Don't be like this, uncles, what I'm talking about is serious business. The reason why I took all your children into the palace is to let me see what the children look like with my own eyes. .”

The meaning in the words, Ying Zheng seemed to know that he would never have children in his life!

The ministers and princes looked at each other in blank dismay.

After a while, they suddenly remembered that His Majesty had gone to Zhao State with the Emperor when he was young, and at that time he was assassinated and the guards were not allowed to approach him.

Could it be that His Majesty hurt the root at that time? !

A bad premonition lingered in everyone's minds, but Ying Zheng was still young at the time, if he had been really injured, how could he be so tall and strong now, and there was a dark blue mark on his chin that had just shaved off his beard.

The questions are really confusing.

With a smile on his face, Ying Zheng listened carefully to the whispers of His Highness's courtiers.

After a long time, he finally coughed lightly and put away the smile on his face.

The court immediately became silent, and all the ministers raised their heads to look at Ying Zheng, quietly and attentively waiting for their sovereign to give hints or explicit instructions to let them understand what they should do.

Ying Zheng looked sideways at Qin Zichu, Qin Zichu nodded, showed a gentle smile at Ying Ji, and said softly, "I heard that your eldest son is very smart, and he can already recite the "Book of Songs" at the age of two?"

Ying Ji didn't know why Qin Zichu mentioned his smart and beloved eldest son at this time, but he had never expected the throne at the beginning, and now he naturally didn't want his son to step into this whirlpool of unknown depth.

Ying Ji hurriedly knelt down and said perfectly, "Ying Ji's eldest son, Fusu, is just a naughty boy who imitated his mother's tongue, and he doesn't deserve the emperor's praise."

Qin Zichu smiled softly, waved his hands and said, "Hurry up, brother and I, don't be so particular. Since you succeeded to the throne, you and I have had a lot of trouble. Since Fusu is smart, you might as well enlighten him earlier, if your siblings are worried Just let her come with Fusu."

Ying Ji was still not sure what Qin Zichu meant, but after hesitating for a moment, he still accepted Qin Zichu's proposal - there is no better place than Qin Zichu's court education.

He cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, the emperor, for your love. Fusu is a boy, he should not grow in the hands of a woman, and my brother will not let his mother break the rules."

Qin Zichu nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that Ying Ji still had something to say, he couldn't help asking considerately, "If there's anything else, you might as well come together."

Ying Ji pursed his lips, finally lifted the hem of his clothes, and suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

He said loudly: "My brother has passed away for many years. When he was alive, he was weak and could not leave any children. My wife and I already have two sons. I want to adopt one to my brother's name so that he will not be left alone in the future." Sacrifice."

Qin Zichu frowned upon hearing this.

He and Ying Zheng had originally focused on the fact that Ying Ji had two sons, and it would be fine to choose one to succeed him in the future, but he didn't expect Ying Ji to have such thoughts.

Qin Zichu looked at Ying Ran, but did not give him an answer immediately. Instead, Ying Zheng grabbed Qin Zichu's palm and said with a smile, "It's good for uncle to have such thoughts, but how can I be willing to separate your brothers and sisters? I am a big Qin royal family." There are quite a few families who are close by blood but unable to raise an heir, so you might as well choose a sensible child to adopt under Uncle Ran's name. The child will be raised by the uncle."

That's a good idea!

A smile immediately appeared on Ying Ji's face, and he kowtowed and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty and the Emperor, for your grace."

Ying Zheng glanced at Ying Ji, who was kneeling at His Royal Highness, and was very satisfied that he hadn't had any political awareness for many years.

He nodded, and said calmly: "Uncle please get up, tomorrow he will bring Fusu over earlier, I really want to know how lovable he is."

After leaving the court, Qin Zichu and Ying Zheng left the main hall together.

Ying Zheng laughed out loud, stared into Qin Zichu's eyes and said, "Zi Chu, after all these years, you have finally returned to the way I was when I was attracted to you?"

Qin Zichu touched his face that hadn't changed, and couldn't help asking in doubt, "What did I look like then?"

Ying Zheng stepped forward and begged for a crushing kiss without hesitation, and said softly, "Be happy every day, and stop forcing yourself to understand the power struggle."

Hearing this, Qin Zichu couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled: "When you live comfortably, you will naturally become more and more stupid."