Chapter 131: Is there no sword in your hand, no sword in your heart?
"Wu respectfully offers a bottle to Lord Chang'an."
When all the ministers were paying attention to the dispute between the two people who were both king and minister, and father and son.
Meng Wu walked to the desk where Ying Chengjiao was sitting and spoke in a very normal voice, neither loudly nor softly.
Ying Chengjiao was helpless.
The person is right in front of me, how can I turn a blind eye to him?
"Thank you, General Meng."
He raised the wine bottle and drank it all.
"General Meng is a little slow. How can you show respect to Lord Chang'an?"
Queen Afang stopped Mengwu, who was about to return to the throne after toasting.
"Wu can pay respect if he wants."
Meng Wu left a word and kept walking.
Ying Chengjiao looked at Afang, who was staring at Meng Wu's back thoughtfully, and sighed helplessly.
"Don't think too much, sister-in-law."
Afang nodded and sighed softly.
"It would be great if uncle could be my heir."
Ying Chengjiao chuckled.
"Sister-in-law, please go to Chang'an Palace and tell my mother about this. "
The queen shook her head and chuckled.
Meng Wu learned the art of war from Bai Qi. I have heard Your Majesty mention that Meng Tian was taught by Meng Wu.
From this perspective, Meng Wu himself is at least better at military strategy than his son.
Even if your uncle doesn't want to rebel, don't those who support him want to have the merit of following the dragon?
The Meng family controls half of the Qin army, so we have to be on guard. Fortunately, Meng Tian has not arrived yet...
The debate on the field is gradually coming to an end.
The First Emperor took off the sword that his eldest son had been placing on Zhao Gao's neck.
"You have said so much, but it cannot hide the fact that you want to save Confucianism."
"Fusu has not concealed anything. If this imperial decree is abolished, Fusu will gain a small benefit, while Qin will gain a big benefit. Is this not acceptable?"
"Cai! I ask you."
The First Emperor shouted and stared into his eldest son's eyes .
"You can only abolish one of the two, either to kill or ban Confucianism. No matter which one you abolish, I will agree to your decision. You can speak for yourself."
This problem is fatal.
By abolishing the practice of burying Confucian scholars, the Confucian scholars familiar to Ying Fusu could survive, but all of Ying Fusu's previous remarks would be invalid, and Ying Fusu would be going back on his word.
Abolishing the ban on Confucianism would be perfectly in line with Ying Fusu's previous remarks, but all of Ying Fusu's familiar Confucian scholars died.
Ying Fusu did not expect that his father would ask him to make a choice, and he did not answer immediately with a gloomy face.
The First Emperor waited patiently.
All the ministers waited patiently.
Ying Chengjiao looked at Ying Jianglu who had stopped eating and said with a smile: "Little Taotie, which one are you going to destroy?"
"Banned Confucianism." Ying Jianglu said without hesitation, "As my elder brother said just now, compared with the entire Qin State, a few lives are nothing. A king cannot be merciful."
Ying Chengjiao smiled without comment.
Ying Jianglu hurriedly asked: "Uncle, why are you laughing like this? Could it be that Jianglu made the wrong choice?"
"It is right not to be soft-hearted, but why did you kill the Confucian scholars in Xianyang? Do you have to kill them?"
Ying Chengjiao pointed a finger at Ying Jianglu's brow.
"You've been too murderous, and you lack a little bit of kindness."
Ying Jianglu said unconvincedly: "Should I save the Confucian scholars and ban Confucianism, causing chaos in the world? Would I sacrifice the big family for the small one, which is in line with my uncle's benevolence?"
"I never said that."
"My uncle didn't say it, but he was thinking this in his heart."
Ying Chengjiao spread his hands, looking like he could do nothing about what he thought.
Ah Fang was listening to the conversation between the uncle and nephew, and was also very anxious. He interrupted and said, "It's not possible to abolish the ban on Confucianism, and it's not possible to abolish the persecution of Confucianism. What is the correct choice?"
Ying Chengjiao raised his chin and nodded at the emperor, his ministers, and his son in the center, and said, "Let's watch the show."
In the middle of the field.
Ying Fusu was in a dilemma.
On one side are the lives of fellow students, on the other side is a lifetime of learning.
Facing the Qin Shi Huang's stern gaze, Ying Fusu was in a dilemma.
The First Emperor waited for a moment and his voice turned cold.
"Since you don't want to choose, then don't choose. Li Si, Zhao Gao, go to the Tingwei prison and kill all the Confucian scholars under the Zheng Palace."
Li Si and Zhao Gao bowed their heads and accepted the order.
"only!"
"only!"
"Wang Wan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and announced to the world that from now on, no Confucian scholar or Confucian book is allowed in the Qin State."
Wang Wan stood up and responded.
"only!"
After saying this, he walked out of the Xuanniao Palace.
Although it was late at night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was already closed.
But the orders of the First Emperor must not be delayed in the slightest.
"How dare you!"
Ying Fusu blocked the way with his sword.
The First Emperor snorted coldly.
"Seize the sword."
Received the order from the First Emperor.
Zhao Gao, who had been feeling depressed for a long time, suddenly appeared.
Before Ying Fusu could react, the sword in his hand had been snatched away by Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao grasped the hilt of and the tip of the sword with the other, and with his internal strength surging, he exerted force towards the center.
Bang!
The bronze sword that had caused him the wound broke into two pieces.
Ying Fusu had empty hands and was about to intercept with his body.
A man in white flashed to his side, grabbed his neck with one hand, and blocked all the vital acupoints in his body.
At this moment, Ying Fusu could not move anything except his head.
"Mr. Guy, you..."
The white shadow was Gai Nie who acted on his own.
He stood behind Ying Fusu, preventing Ying Fusu from making any moves.
"Before today, Nie didn't like you."
Gai Nie's voice was very cold and hard, and it came into Ying Fusu's ears from behind.
Ying Fusu kept trying to use his internal force to break through Gai Nie's blockade, but it was useless because the gap between their martial arts skills was too big.
"Foolish, you are using your weakness to attack Nie's strength. You entered the palace with a sword, and Nie was very happy. Nie gave you a quote from your uncle - if there is no sword in your hand, is there no sword in your heart?"
