Chapter 32: Li Si is about to get angry!
Inside Zhangtai Palace.
Ying Zheng approved the bamboo slips.
Inside the palace, there was complete silence except for the sound of bamboo slips turning.
Ying Fusu knelt straight, and even though his knees were in unbearable pain, he didn't say a word.
It was like a sculpture without any feeling of pain, quietly placed in the Zhangtai Palace.
A cup of tea passed.
Two cups of tea passed.
A stick of incense time passed.
Two incense sticks of time passed.
If you don't leave, you are forcing me into the palace.
You don't want to leave, but I want you to leave!
After Ying Zheng ascended the throne of Qin, he acted like a puppet for three years. This emperor, who was the greatest emperor in history, hated being forced the most.
On the premise of the development of the Qin State, he can tolerate offenses, admit his mistakes, and tolerate many things, but there is absolutely no option of being forced.
The Qin Kingdom and the world belonged to Ying Zheng. As long as he sat on this throne, he could decide everything in the world.
No one could force him.
Even Ying Fusu, the eldest prince of Qin, whom he had high hopes for and secretly cared about, was not acceptable.
If the person kneeling here today was Chunyu Yue instead of Ying Fusu, blood would have been seen outside the Zhangtai Palace long ago.
Ying Zhengxin spread out a blank bamboo slip, held a brush in his hand, and quickly wrote the new decree on the slip.
Putting down the pen, the First Emperor spoke in a cold voice in the hall which had been silent for a long time.
"How long are you going to kneel?"
"I will kneel until my father agrees to grant amnesty to the entire nation." Ying Fusu responded calmly and very quickly, as if he had been waiting for the First Emperor to speak.
"In the past, I imprisoned the Queen Mother in Yongdi." The First Emperor did not look at his eldest son and seemed to be talking to himself.
"A minister came to advise me, telling me that even if the Queen Mother had made a thousand mistakes, she was still my biological mother, and filial piety was the most important virtue. For this reason alone, I could not imprison the Queen Mother, even if she committed the crime of treason. I told all the ministers at the court that no one could rebel, not even the Queen Mother. Therefore, the Queen Mother could only be imprisoned in Yongdi. If anyone dared to advise me again, I would chop his body into several pieces and throw them outside the palace."
"Qin Shi Huangdi Benji": The Queen Mother rebelled, and the Emperor imprisoned her in Yong. His ministers persuaded the Emperor to release her on the grounds of filial piety. The Emperor was furious: "Rebellion cannot be forgiven! The Queen Mother is no exception! Anyone who dares to advise me on the Queen Mother's affairs will be killed, and his four limbs will be cut off and piled up at the gate."
"They took advantage of my youth. I had already said that anyone who dared to advise me would be killed, but they still came to advise me. If one person advised me, I would kill him. If two people advised me, I would kill both. Later, they gathered sixteen people to advise me. Cheng Jiao told me that the ministers thought that the law does not punish the masses. I think that is absolutely true. Cheng Jiao's analysis of events always leads to bloodshed."
"Among the sixteen, there are officials from the Imperial Court, the Imperial Household Department, the Imperial Grain Administration Department, and the Prime Minister's Office. They are all important officials. If I kill them, the operation of the Qin court will definitely be greatly affected. Everyone believes that I will make concessions this time, and the officials are forcing me to act according to their wishes. From the perspective of state affairs and justice, I should release the Queen Mother. If you were the King of Qin, you would have done the same, right?"
"Fusu will not imprison the Queen Mother."
"Yes, I forgot that you are a filial person."
Ying Zheng turned around, stood up, and walked to Ying Fusu holding the bamboo slips with wet ink on them.
"If sixteen ministers force me, I will kill them. I want everyone in the world to understand that I am not threatened. They can only give me advice when I want them to. When I am determined to do something and tell them that anyone who opposes me will die, they'd better shut up. Because I will really kill people. So, Fusu, do you still want to force me?"
Crash~
The bamboo slips were thrown at Ying Fusu by Ying Zheng.
Ying Fusu picked it up and looked at it carefully in the candlelight.
It was not an order to pardon the whole world, but an order for him to go to Shangjun immediately.
The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had lost all patience with his eldest son, Ying Fusu.
"Please allow Fusu to commit suicide to preserve the reputation of his father."
"I knew you were going to say that." Ying Zheng said without any surprise, "You are not afraid of death."
Ying Zheng lowered his head until his face was less than five centimeters away from Ying Fusu's face, until Ying Fusu could see every micro-expression on his face.
The great emperor of all ages smiled gently, but what he said terrified Ying Fusu so much that he could no longer kneel straight and sat down!
"I heard that when King Ba Li of Ba died, three thousand boys and girls were buried with him. The king of a small country like Ba died with such ceremony. I am the ruler of the world, and if my eldest son dies, I should at least bury all the prisoners in Mount Li."
There were a total of 700,000 prisoners in Mount Li.
The most brutal Battle of Changping during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in which Bai Qi was slaughtered, only 400,000 Zhao soldiers were buried.
The First Emperor stood up and turned around, as if he was too lazy to even look at his eldest son.
"Go to Shangjun."
Ying Fusu was distraught.
Outside Zhangtai Palace.
Li Si and Zhao Gao inquired about Ying Zheng's situation. He always felt that something was wrong today.
" Mr. Zhao, Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood today?"
The Order of the Charioteer was one of the senior ministers of the Qin State. He was the person who drove the king when he traveled and was in charge of the royal carriages.
After Zhao Gao took office as the Minister of Chariots, because he was of average appearance, the word "zhong" was added before the three words "Chefu Ling", and he was called Zhong Chefu Ling.
But when referring to Zhao Gao, most people would omit the word "Zhong" - after all, this is not a glorious thing.
Zhao Gao was beaten ten times on the buttocks, his skin was broken and blood was flowing out.
Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau for treatment and told him that he didn't need to wait outside today.
Zhao Gao could have gone back to rest and recuperate, but after applying medicine, he went back to the outside of Zhangtai Palace to guard the palace, standing side by side with Li Si as a door god.
"I dare not speculate on your Majesty's mood or emotions," Zhao Gao replied.
After hearing this, Li Si knew that he would not get any information from Zhao Gao by asking this question , Your Majesty, whether you have forgotten that I am still standing here?"
A trace of anger flashed across Zhao Gao's face.
His buttocks were burning with pain, but he was still able to stand here, which was due to his strong martial arts and strong will! If it were someone else, he would have been lying on the bed and unable to get up.
"Gao has never provoked Li Tingwei, so why does Li Tingwei want to kill me? If Gao is beaten with ten sticks and dies outside Zhangtai Palace, what good will it do to Tingwei?"
I broke into the palace for the safety of His Majesty and was beaten with ten sticks. You, Li Si, saw it. Now that the bleeding on my buttocks has just stopped, you let me break into the palace again. What are you thinking?
"I never meant that! I was reckless in this matter!" Li Si apologized sincerely.
Although he was refused by Zhao Gao to pass on the message, he knew the answer to the question he had asked earlier.
Judging from Zhao Gao's behavior, the First Emperor was definitely in a bad mood.
It seems that it is not appropriate to report today. Should I go back and come back tomorrow?
Li Si lowered his head and thought.
I just learned the whole story from my junior fellow apprentice today, so I rushed here without stopping to wait for Your Majesty to summon me, so that I can show my loyalty.
If I return home and come back tomorrow, does that mean I have not put your Majesty's safety first today? Then what is the point of my coming tomorrow?
This opportunity is rare. Your Majesty may be in a bad mood today, but there will always be a better time.
Then, Your Majesty will remember what I did today. Even if I am beaten with ten sticks today, it will be worth it.
Breaking into the palace will show my loyalty!
In order to realize his dream of becoming the prime minister, second only to the emperor, Li Si decided to break into the palace to see the emperor!
“Stop!”
Before he could take two steps, two mighty officials crossed their spears to form an X, blocking Li Si, the door god.
"What does Li Tingwei want to do?" Zhao Gao looked unfriendly.
It would be fine if he wasn't here.
But he stood here and had to wait as ordered.
If he let Li Si break in like this, he would be derelict in his duty.
"Mr. Zhao, there is something extremely urgent here, and we must report it to your majesty immediately!"
"Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to approach." Zhao Gao said gloomily, "Anyone who violates this order will be killed."
A gust of cold wind blew by, causing some strands of Li Si's hair to fly.
Li Si is old-fashioned and serious.
Zhao Gao was gloomy and cold.
Neither of them gave in to the other.
Although Li Si was a man of letters, he was not like the weak and timid people of later generations.
He studied under the Confucian Xunzi, and was proficient in the six Confucian arts: rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Among the six arts, archery is archery and charioteering is driving a car, neither of which can be done by a weak person.
If he really went to the battlefield, Li Si was also capable of killing people with a sword, and Zhao Gao's words would not scare him.
"I hope that Zhao Chefu Ling will get out of the way. Si promised that he would be responsible for the consequences of breaking into the palace and would not implicate Zhao Chefu Ling."
"Those who break into the palace will die."
