Chapter 335: Ying Zheng, why can’t you just be quiet!
After paying the price for the new law with their lives, Wei finally came to a state of stability. The people were terrified when talking about the book, and the local nobles only dared to say in secret that the Qin people were too bullying, but they had to obey the discipline in public.
A few unruly nobles could not stand such humiliation and raised the banner of rebellion, but they were suppressed by the Qin army and could not even make a splash.
Their heads were hung on the city walls for public display, to intimidate those who were unwilling to give in - the fate of rebels was to be beheaded.
The situation in Wei was quiet.
But this calm is only temporary, just like putting a lid on a pot of boiling water, the surface looks calm, but in fact, under the lid, the water is boiling more violently than before.
Perhaps this lid will never be opened in a lifetime, but perhaps in the next moment, the lid will be blown up to the sky and broken into countless pieces.
However, Zhao, which was adjacent to Wei, was in an even worse situation than Wei.
Although both are soaked in blood, the land of Zhao and the land of Wei are very different.
Needless to say, there was also resistance in Zhao as to the burning of books. Many people died, mostly civilians. The nobles in the world were generally corrupt.
However, the new laws did not cause much casualties in Wei, but caused enormous casualties in Zhao.
In Zhao, a land that advocates freedom and openness, the strict Qin laws are not just incompatible with the local conditions, but are incompatible with them.
There was no need for the nobles to lead them. The tough people of Zhao spontaneously rebelled violently, and some even attempted to assassinate the Qin nobles.
Since the Battle of Changping , Qin and Zhao have been enemies for generations, and the Qin people have always had a strong hatred for the Zhao people.
This resulted in the fact that although Zhao was the second country to be pacified among the six countries, its degree of affiliation with Qin was still extremely low.
The promulgation of the Qin Law was like a tiny spark that ignited the powder keg of Zhao.
Countless Zhao people who were proud of their martial arts skills wanted to enforce justice, and countless Zhao nobles secretly lent a helping hand.
In just three days, eight lords who were granted fiefdoms in Zhao died, and the entire families of three of them were wiped out.
When the news reached Xianyang, the First Emperor was furious.
The moment he received the news, the First Emperor rushed back to the Xianyang Palace from the Chang'an Palace with a gloomy face.
Soon after, the whole Xianyang city was filled with the loud and melodious sound of Hongzhong and Dalu, which was a signal for all officials to attend the court meeting immediately.
When the ministers heard this, they were immediately shocked. The first emperor, who had not held a court meeting for a long time, suddenly held a court meeting. It must be something important. They put down their work, changed into official uniforms, and rushed to the Xianyang Palace and then to the Xianyang Palace.
This court meeting started quickly and ended quickly.
Ignoring the opposition of Prime Minister Jiang Shang, the First Emperor made a decision on the spot and appointed the young general Zhao Tuo to lead 10,000 Qin troops to Zhao to quell the rebellion.
Logically speaking, this matter could be dealt with privately by asking Zhao Tuo to go to Zhangtai Palace, and the goal would be achieved just the same, so there was no need to hold a court meeting.
But after the meeting, no Qin official said so. They understood that the First Emperor was trying to warn the nobles.
The implementation of Qin Law was the suggestion of the aristocratic families, and the First Emperor followed their advice, which led to such a big chaos in Zhao. Although both sides knew that such a thing was very likely to happen, when it really happened, the aristocratic families who had contributed to this situation panicked.
After the meeting , Gan Luo scolded Sima Yi, who came up with the idea.
What's wrong with our brains? How could we handle this so crudely? Let His Majesty's wrath burn on us?
The young Zhao Tuo led 10,000 Qin elite soldiers out of Hangu Pass and made a tour in Zhao . When they returned to Qin, almost all of them were promoted to a higher rank.
In Zhao State, blood flowed like a river.
Han, Zhao, and Wei were all separated from Jin. Ying Chengjiao, who was in Han, soon learned about the war in Zhao.
This made him look very unhappy, and he sat alone in the hall talking to himself.
"This is not war, this is massacre."
He was not aware of the three execution orders issued by the First Emperor against the same writing system, nor did he know that the First Emperor would immediately implement Qin law throughout the country after he left.
If he knew, he would definitely try his best to stop it, because this would be following the same path that led to the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
When lives are not in danger and when it is impossible to fight foreign wars and divert domestic conflicts abroad.
The harsh Qin laws were as fierce as a tiger to the people of the six kingdoms.
For now, the prestige of the First Emperor can still intimidate the villains in the world, but in the long run, the nobles who are forced into a desperate situation will inevitably instigate the people who are tortured by the Qin laws to rebel.
Ying Chengjiao is not afraid of fighting, he never feels that he cannot win.
This is not the end of the Qin Dynasty, when brilliant generals such as Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Meng Wu, Li Xin, Feng Jie, etc. are still alive.
The Qin army did not disperse its forces by marching westward against the Xiongnu or southward against the Baiyue. If a war really broke out, it would be nothing more than destroying the six kingdoms again, and Ying Chengjiao would never have thought of how to lose.
He believed that his brother the Emperor thought the same way, wanting to get everything done in his lifetime and leave the Crown Prince with a Qin Empire without any problems.
But Ying Chengjiao didn't want to.
He believed that his royal brother could manage the world like Guanzhong, and believed that by then people in the world would be happy to hear about war and would farm when there was no war.
But how many people there would be in the world by then was an unknown, because every time there was a war, the population would drop sharply.
In the pre-Qin period, the average life expectancy of men was 35 years, and that of women was 39 years. Although part of this was due to medical treatment, it was more of a consequence of war.
The future of a militaristic state is obvious.
A country that only knows how to expand and occupy, but does not understand production and research and development, will only go to destruction.
You can recruit others, but you must first strengthen yourself.
Ying Chengjiao wanted to rush to Xianyang to ask his brother to change the order, but he knew he couldn't do it and the First Emperor would not listen to his advice.
Unless he dethroned the First Emperor and sat on the throne himself.
But if he really did that, the moment the First Emperor stepped down, chaos would begin in the world.
The remnants of the six kingdoms had no idea who Ying Chengjiao was. What they were afraid of was the First Emperor.
Just as recorded in history books.
Before the death of the First Emperor, all parties were secretly accumulating strength, and occasionally some places would raise the banner of rebellion, but they were all small-scale fights.
After the death of the First Emperor, all kinds of monsters and demons emerged, and the six kingdoms were restored one after another.
Ying Chengjiao slammed the table angrily, causing it to collapse to the ground with a loud crash and smoke rising up. All the papers piled on the table fell to the ground.
Without Guiguzi, all these chores involving various aspects of the Han area can only be done by Ying Chengjiao himself. The Han area is still seriously short of officials.
Servants came in to clean the room, and the maid attentively and carefully checked whether Jun Shangshou was injured. Feeling powerless, Ying Chengjiao waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.
[How can we reverse this dire situation without changing the emperor's orders? ]
Ying Chengjiao held his chin with one hand, frowned, and thought hard.
"Ying Zheng, why can't you just calm down !"
