Chapter 626

"Your Majesty, they may have come to dissuade the conscription."

"Even if not, they should still be here to ask Your Majesty to reduce the conscription."

"At the very least, they do not wish Your Majesty to carry out a nationwide, full-scale conscription."

General Zhang Han sneered coldly to himself.

How could that group of ministers understand Your Majesty's grand ambitions?

Whenever their own interests were touched, they would leap out to obstruct.

They must have forgotten His Highness's previous tax reform, no?

Zhang Han understood Ying Zheng too well — there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

Not the slightest chance to discuss it.

If anyone dared to obstruct, Xianyang would likely be drenched in blood once again.

"Mm."

Ying Zheng gave a hum and said no more.

Not long after.

A group of ministers all arrived at the sixth floor.

They waited quietly here.

They did not dare to speak loudly.

Afraid of disturbing Qin Shi Huang above.

Led by Feng Jujun, several dozen ministers stood quietly.

Even after a long while passed, no one came down from the top floor.

This made them unavoidably somewhat anxious.

Is Your Majesty really up there?

This inevitably made them suspicious.

What is Your Majesty doing up there?

Why let them wait so long without coming down?

Just as the crowd was growing somewhat impatient.

The sound of footsteps came down from above.

Hearing the sound, the crowd's expressions stirred slightly.

He's coming, he's coming — Your Majesty is finally coming down.

"Tap tap tap~~"

The footsteps drew from far to near, growing clearer and clearer.

Ying Zheng and Zhang Han came down from the seventh floor.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long may Your Majesty reign!"

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long may Your Majesty reign!"

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long may Your Majesty reign!"

The ministers all bowed in turn.

Ying Zheng cast a glance at the ministers.

"Dispense with the ceremony."

"What matter do you have?"

Ying Zheng's expression was calm.

Not the slightest emotion could be discerned.

The ministers exchanged glances, unsure for the moment what to say.

Seeing no one speak, Feng Jujun cursed inwardly at the cowards.

He stepped out from the crowd.

"Your Majesty, um... the conscription in the Da Qin Daily — is it real?"

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Jujun, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Of course it's real. How could such a major matter be a joke?"

"Is this what you came here to ask?"

Feng Jujun gave an awkward smile and rubbed his hands together.

"Your Majesty, Da Qin has had no major events recently — why suddenly conscript so many troops?"

"Fighting the Great Xiongnu shouldn't require a conscription."

"Has some major event occurred?"

Feng Jujun finally asked the purpose of this visit.

"Did you all come to ask this same question?"

Ying Zheng did not answer Feng Jujun.

Instead, he looked at the other ministers.

The ministers, seeing that Your Majesty had looked their way.

All straightened their backs somewhat.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this matter has caused an uproar throughout Xianyang."

"We do not know what has happened, so we have come to pay our respects to Your Majesty."

"We happened to meet on the road, so we came together."

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