Chapter 341: Same roots, same origins, descendants of Yan and Huang

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, did your humble servant say something wrong?"

Feng Jie couldn't help but ask.

Ying Ying Zi Ye did not answer Feng Jie's question.

Instead, he looked at the ministers.

"Do you all think the same?"

The ministers were silent, which was a tacit agreement to Feng Jie's statement.

"Your definition of remnants is too generalized."

"Today, I, the Crown Prince, will speak with you properly about this."

He really had to educate them properly on this knowledge today.

Feng Jie was somewhat unconvinced and said, "Then your humble servant will listen respectfully."

"Remnants of the Six Kingdoms refers only to those nobles and powers of the Six Kingdoms who want to oppose Qin."

"It does not refer to the common people of the Six Kingdoms; they just want to eat their fill."

"As long as they can be fed, they would have to be sick in the head to rebel."

"They don't care who is Emperor or who is a high official; they just want to survive."

"Only when they are forced to the point of not being able to survive, coupled with the incitement of those Six Kingdom nobles, are they forced to choose to rebel."

"It is not them who want to oppose Qin; for them, it doesn't matter who is Emperor, what matters is filling their stomachs."

"They are just common people, with the same skin color; they are all, like us, descendants of Yan and Huang with the same roots and origins!"

"Now that the world is unified, there have long been no Six Kingdoms; they are just the people of our Great Qin!"

"When it rises, the people suffer; when it falls, the people suffer!"

"Do you know what this means?"

"If the world is stable, the ruling class is bound to undertake major construction, laboring the people and wasting wealth, making it hard for the people; if the country falls, disasters arise everywhere, war is constant, and the people will also suffer."

Ying Ying Zi Ye's words were sonorous and powerful.

They left the group of ministers silent for a long time.

The ministers were also pondering the Crown Prince's remarks.

They wanted to refute a few points, but found they were speechless.

The world is unified; there is no longer any talk of the Six Kingdoms.

The "remnants of the Six Kingdoms" they kept talking about were those former nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

It was they who wanted to oppose Qin.

It had nothing to do with those common people.

Feng Jie was somewhat flushed.

These words made him feel ashamed.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, your humble servant has more to say."

Feng Quji twitched his mouth; this kid was still talking.

He had originally wanted to stop Feng Jie from speaking, but he hadn't reacted in time, and it was too late.

"Ask, if you have any doubts, feel free to ask."

Ying Ying Zi Ye didn't mind; after all, this was a major event.

To get the people below to work honestly, one cannot be blindly overbearing.

Sometimes one needs to be a bit more gentle; only then will the people below work earnestly.

"Then may I ask Your Highness the Crown Prince, leaving aside whether His Majesty will agree to this matter."

"Even if His Majesty agreed to this today, the problem remains."

"There are so many of them, a huge group; what if they cause trouble later?"

"We can't keep sending soldiers to suppress them, right?"

"This is a good question."

Ying Ying Zi Ye looked at Feng Jie with appreciation.

"That is why I, the Crown Prince, said earlier that I need your cooperation; the reason lies precisely in this matter."

"But before speaking of this, let me ask you a question."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, please ask." Feng Jie was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Do you have friends from other countries? For example, remnants of the former Six Kingdoms, the kind with whom you have a good relationship."

As soon as this question was asked, Feng Jie felt something was wrong.

He wouldn't be hated for contradicting the Crown Prince in public, would he?

Otherwise, why ask this question?

If he said yes, would he be accused of colluding with rebels?

But upon second thought, the Crown Prince was not such a dark and petty person.

Therefore, he said quite frankly, "Reporting to the Crown Prince, your humble servant has two good friends."

"One is from the former Zhao State, and one is from the former Qi State; I wonder why the Crown Prince asks this?"

"Your humble servant believes that the ministers present must also know a few people from other countries to some extent."

Not knowing what the Crown Prince was up to, Feng Jie naturally dragged the other ministers into the water.

If there was trouble, it was better to bear it together.

The other ministers also looked at Feng Jie in surprise.

They lamented that this kid Feng Jie was sometimes really like his father.

He dragged a group of people into the water without leaving a trace.

"Having friends from other countries makes it easier."

Ying Ying Zi Ye nodded; if there were no friends, he really wouldn't know how to give them an example.

"Let me give you an example."

"If you were asked to draw your sword and kill your good friend, would you do it?"

As soon as Ying Ying Zi Ye finished speaking, Feng Jie retorted.

"That is certainly not!"

"We are old friends, knowing each other well; why kill him for no reason?"

"One must have a bottom line; killing people at the drop of a hat, especially friends, is something I cannot do."

Feng Jie certainly could not do such a rude request.

Let alone him, even if someone else were to come, they couldn't do such a thing.

"And you all?"

Ying Ying Zi Ye looked at the other ministers.

The ministers all shook their heads; how could such a thing be done? ===== CHAPTER 343 =====