Chapter 123 I just want to have fun!

The ministers burst into laughter.

The roars of laughter were like waves, turning the Xuanniao Palace into a sea of joy.

Ying Chengjiao, who was sitting in front, slapped the table and shouted at the top of his voice: "Divide the land, divide the land!"

Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi sat at the same table.

Listening to Ying Chengjiao’s exaggerated and excited shouts.

Meng Yi approached Meng Tian and whispered, "Chang'an Jun is really pretending. If I didn't know that he can make colored glaze and has taken out enough money to build nine highways, I would definitely look down on him today."

"Hmm? Is Chang'an Jun so rich?"

Meng Tian exclaimed, attracting the attention of Qin officials nearby.

Meng Tian noticed this and said calmly, "He was fined eleven years' salary, and yesterday he went to the building and hired five prostitutes?"

"Where does this guy get so much money?"

"It must have been given to him privately by His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is really kind to this boy!"

The ministers around were talking to each other and no longer paying attention to this side.

Meng Tian then whispered to Meng Yi: "Chang'an Jun took out the money to build nine highways? He is so rich!"

"It is absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. Although His Majesty has not forbidden this matter, he has not said that it can be spread outside. It is enough for you to hear it, brother."

Meng Yi glanced at his father, who had never made any great achievements in his life and was sitting at the table drinking contentedly.

"Father knew about Chang'an Jun a long time ago, but he never told you and me. He watched us make a fool of ourselves the first two times. He is so cunning."

... In addition to being able to amass wealth, Chang'an Jun also has the ability of Mengchang Jun, and can recruit Zhao Wu'an Jun Li Mu as a retainer. However, I cannot tell you about this matter.

Meng Tian coughed lightly, feeling a little guilty.

"Father also had his own difficulties. It would have been useless if he had told us earlier."

Meng Yi glanced at his brother.

"Brother, that's not what you said before. You said that our father treated us like monkeys."

"You also think these people look like monkeys?"

Meng Wu leaned over, looked at the banquet seriously, and spoke to his two sons.

"In the past few years since Lord Chang'an came to court, I have felt that I have not had any fun in court. It is more interesting now. I didn't expect that you two could understand my joy."

Meng Yi and Meng Tian looked at each other.

Looking at the ministers at the banquet, most of whom were laughing at Ying Chengjiao, I did feel that it seemed somewhat interesting.

So they nodded.

They understood their father’s happiness.

"Changan Jun is a man of quick words, and I admire him very much."

"Your Majesty will never forget Lord Chang'an."

"Chang'an Jun is worthy of being your Majesty's brother. He is straightforward and honest."

The ministers flattered Ying Chengjiao, but this time it came from the bottom of their hearts.

If someone takes the lead, why not praise him? Just like the last time when Wei Zhuang took the lead in the great discussion.

"You are such an impatient brat!" The First Emperor scolded with a smile, and pulled Empress Afang to sit on the high seat, and said loudly: "Is there anyone else who wants to share the land?"

"Your Majesty is extraordinary today."

"Without the crown, Your Majesty is even more majestic."

"All under heaven belongs to the king!"

"His Majesty"

All the ministers laughed and flattered the First Emperor, but no one suggested dividing the land.

Even Wei Zhuang, who had been dismissed from his position as prime minister and sat with Wang Wan, did not ask for a division of land.

This Hu people's prime minister seemed to have used up all his sharpness in the great meeting that day. After just a few days of not seeing him, he looked much older.

He said to the First Emperor: "Your Majesty, you can decide for yourself."

The First Emperor laughed loudly, pointed at his ministers and said, "If you keep pretending, I will only grant Cheng Jiao a fiefdom!"

"Your Majesty said that day that you would not split China. Why do you break your promise today?"

At the banquet, a man stood up proudly, put his hands behind his back, and questioned the First Emperor.

He was the second Chehou of the Qin Dynasty, the Zonghenghou, and Dunruo.

Ying Chengjiao rolled his eyes and muttered quietly, "Dead head."

Before the banquet, he had already talked to Dun Ruo, the strategist, many times about the necessity of the parallel system of counties and kingdoms and the Enfeoffment Order.

But Dun Ruo just didn't agree.

Dun Ruo, from the perspective of a strategist, believed that as long as the world began to be divided, there would be a possibility of chaos again, which would give people like him the opportunity to disrupt the world.

The feudal system should be abolished directly and the county system should be implemented throughout the country.

It’s okay if the economy develops slowly; national unity is the most important thing.

The smile on the First Emperor's face did not change, he just laughed out loud.

"I'm dividing the land with you, and you're still angry. This is really ridiculous."

"The land of Qin should be distributed to others. The weak ones don't need it!"

The mad scholar sneered weakly and turned to walk towards the entrance of Xuanniao Palace.

It seemed that he came here just to question the First Emperor.

"Dun Ruo! Are you saying that the county system is strong and the parallel system of counties and kingdoms is evil?"

Yao Jia, a disciple of the famous family and the Minister of State, stood up and called out in a loud voice, calling out Dun Ruo's name.

He had lost to Dun Ruo in the debate on the county system and the feudal system, and was now eager to prove himself.

Dun Ruo kept walking, as if he didn't hear what Yao Jia said.

Yao Jia was anxious, and he quickly took a few steps to stop Dun Ruo, saying, "Sir Dun, don't you feel that your last victory was unfair?"

The ministers had long disliked Dun Ruo, and seeing this, they all spoke up for Yao Jia.

"With Lord Dun's departure, the Zongheng clan has lost all face."

"If he gets angry, the princes will be afraid. If he stays at peace, the whole world will be quiet. Do you want to bring shame to the strategists?"

"Since everyone is here today, why don't you show off your eloquence, Lord Dun?"

With Dun Ruo's temper, if so many people were to provoke him, he would have turned into a troll.

And today, seems to be no different from usual.

Dun Ruo glanced at the ministers coldly, with a look of arrogance on his face.

The ministers were extremely excited, thinking that Dun Ruo was going to start a big rant.

When the Xuanniao Palace was about to start another debate battle among famous scholars and strategists, Dun Ruo spoke up and lived up to everyone's expectations.

"I once asked Mr. Meng what I could do to live as long as he did. Mr. Meng only said one sentence to me, which benefited me a lot."

Duke Meng is Meng Ao.

Meng Ao is now over ninety years old. He has served four Qin emperors and made outstanding military achievements.

For a general, living to sixty is considered a long life, let alone living to ninety.

Therefore, although Dun Ruo's words were irrelevant, they still attracted the attention of all the ministers.

Who doesn’t want to live two more years?

All the officials wanted to know how Meng Ao, a general who had spent his entire life in military service, could live so long.

Only Meng Wu, Meng Tian and his son Meng Yi had some ominous premonition.

Based on their understanding of Meng Ao, he could tell that the word "bird" was mentioned every three sentences, and he barely recognized many of the characters.

When it comes to fighting, they believe their father/grandfather can tell them everything.

But how is it possible to say something that would benefit Dun Ruan, who is known for his eloquence?

Under everyone's attention, Dun Ruo said in a cold voice: "Mr. Meng told me that if you don't reason with bird people, you can live longer."

Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi all covered their faces.

I knew that my father/grandfather couldn’t say anything nice!

The court was in turmoil, with ministers standing up one after another angrily to criticize Dun Wei.

"This is ridiculous. You have no manners!"

"You are using Mr. Meng's words to insult your colleagues!"

"I have nothing to say to Lord Yao, so I am just trying to please the crowd. I am as timid as a mouse!"

“…”

Faced with verbal attacks from many ministers, Dun Ruo said nothing and just looked at the ministers with cold eyes.

Queen Afang walked down from the platform holding a bottle of fine wine and came to Ying Chengjiao who was sitting in the first row.

"I respect uncle."

Ying Chengjiao was so engrossed in watching the fun that he didn't notice someone coming towards him. When he turned around, he saw it was Afang.

He quickly picked up the wine bottle, stood up and said, "How can I let the emperor's sister-in-law toast me? I should toast the emperor's sister-in-law."

"If it weren't for uncle, how could Afang be the Queen of Qin? I'm afraid she would have died unclearly long ago. Afang owes uncle a lot."

"...Sister-in-law, please be careful about the occasion. There are too many people here. If you really appreciate me, don't say too much and don't disturb my leisure life."

"Uncle has done great favors to Your Majesty, to Afang, and to the State of Qin..."

Sister-in-law, you are not here to toast me. You are sent by my brother to get me to work, right?

Ying Chengjiao drank the wine in the jug, interrupted Afang's words, and said, "The wine is finished, the emperor's sister-in-law can go back."

Afang looked at Ying Chengjiao with alert eyes, smiled lightly, and drank the wine in the bottle.

"Dun Ruo, was this action also instructed by your uncle?"

Ying Chengjiao hastily distanced himself from the matter, saying, "He is ill, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Didn't it come from uncle? I heard this from uncle more than ten years ago." Queen Afang said in a clear and melodious voice, "The secret to longevity is not to reason with idiots. Uncle, did Afang remember it? It turns out that this idiot is the birdman."

Ying Chengjiao: ...

Can you guys remember something useful? You learn curse words quickly, right?

"I still remember that His Majesty refuted it on the spot, and my uncle replied, 'Yes, yes, you are right.' His Majesty was so angry that he couldn't eat for two days."

Ying Chengjiao: ...

Is it possible that my royal brother ate the dishes prepared by my little chef and found the food prepared by the chefs in the palace to be terrible, so he couldn’t eat?

The ministers besieged him for a while.

Dun Ruo never fought back, so there was no point in what the ministers said.

Then the sound gradually died down.

Yao Jia concluded: "Dun Ruo, what else do you have to say ?"

As long as Dun Ruo made a rebuttal, the ministers would launch a second wave of attack.

Dun Ruo sneered and said, "I have nothing to say."

The ministers were stunned.

This reaction is wrong!

You have to refute us!

You have to debate with us!

Yao Jia was quick to speak and immediately counterattacked: "That means you think that what everyone says is right. You are a coward who has lost face for the strategists. You are..."

"Ah, right, right." Dun Ruo interrupted Yao Jia and said impatiently, "You are all right. I can leave now."

He pushed the stunned Yao Jia away and left with big strides.

Yao Jia: …

Ministers: ...

It seemed like they had won.

But they didn't know why, even though they won the debate, they didn't feel that happy.

Afang blinked at Ying Chengjiao and whispered, "I said it was uncle's plan. What does uncle want to do?"

Ying Chengjiao: ...

What does this weak and stupid guy have to do with me?

"Hahahahaha! You are worthy of being the Marquis of Zongheng conferred by me personally! You are still as charming as ever! I respect you, the Liyan madman whose speech and conversation have never failed!"

The First Emperor laughed loudly, picked up the wine jar , shouted loudly at Dun Ruo's back, and drank the wine in the jar in one breath.

Dun Ruo didn't even turn his head and was too disdainful to speak to the First Emperor.

The official blocked the way.

The First Emperor shouted, "How dare you stop me, the Great Qin Army? Get out of here!"

The official retreated.

He left the banquet in a weak state.

The ministers were speechless.

Your Majesty, I won this debate...

"There is a birdman at the banquet, but he doesn't even know it!"

Ying Chengjiao suddenly spoke loudly in front of Queen Afang.

Then he quickly whispered, "Sister-in-law, I just want to have some fun, don't stare at me..."

Ah Fang smiled faintly and said, "Uncle, please do as you please. Ah Fang also wants to watch the fun."