Chapter 103

It was just... who was this ghost?

Seeing Ying Zheng could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought!

But he had no time to ponder these things; at this very moment, he only wanted to find someone quickly to discuss how to handle this crisis that could potentially destroy the nation!

After all!

Tu'an had fifty thousand, plus twenty thousand from Southern Yue, and thirty thousand from the Xiongnu—that was five hundred and fifty thousand people!

If one added the private armies gathered by the nobles, that would be nine hundred and fifty thousand people!

Nine hundred and fifty thousand troops could absolutely destroy the Great Qin!

At this very moment, he only wanted to find someone to discuss and quickly resolve this crisis.

"Li Si..."

Seeing Ying Zheng opened his mouth and almost instinctively shouted out that name!

But the moment that name was shouted, he clenched his fist fiercely!

Li Si... he truly possessed great talent!

No matter what major event he encountered, he was willing to discuss it with Li Si!

This had almost become a habit!

But... this rebellious minister!

He had actually defected to the rebellious son!

"Wang Wan then!"

"Summon Wang Wan!"

Seeing Ying Zheng spoke a sentence!

He was at a loss for people, so he thought of whoever came to mind!

And soon, Wei Liao arrived!

But... the moment he opened his mouth, it made Seeing Ying Zheng very displeased: "Your Majesty, the First Emperor, the four hundred thousand troops spontaneously organized by the nobles across the Qin state are on their way. I dare to request the First Emperor to dismiss the rebellious son and request the First Emperor to reclaim the throne!"

He shouted and bowed deeply to Seeing Ying Zheng!

And the moment this sentence left his lips, the killing intent in Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes was practically infinite!

It was true that he wanted to return to the imperial throne, but... what did Wang Wan's words mean?

Using the four hundred thousand troops of the nobles to threaten him?

If he did not immediately dismiss the rebellious son, would those four hundred thousand troops immediately march into Xianyang?

The coldness in Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes was oppressive.

But he did not kill Wang Wan; instead, he waved his hand: "You may leave!"

After speaking, he directly swept his sleeve and departed!

Not killing Wang Wan was not out of softness of heart, but through Wang Wan's conduct, he felt that this veteran minister of three reigns might not have that intention; he was simply too sensitive.

But... regardless of whether he had that intention or not, this person could no longer discuss matters with him.

How could a minister who could not even understand his thoughts be able to plot great affairs with him?

He wanted to return to the imperial throne, and he also wanted to overthrow the rebellious son!

But... would he use those so-called four hundred thousand troops?

Nonsense!

Using those things would be called stopping at nothing!

And if he used methods that stopped at nothing, the ways for him to reclaim the imperial throne would be endless.

Leaving aside everything else, just the matter of Facing Ying Su and Li Si conspiring together to sell paper!

He wouldn't even need to do anything; he just needed to spread the rumor that the paper belonged to Facing Ying Su and that Li Si was helping Facing Ying Su sell the paper!

The moment that sentence was spoken, it was guaranteed that not a single sheet of Facing Ying Su's paper would be sold!

Even if it could be sold, it would absolutely not fetch such a high price.

But he simply did not do this!

Why?

Because when Facing Ying Su sold paper, he was slaughtering the nobles, but what was being filled was the state treasury!

Under the management of Facing Ying Su, this rebellious son, the Great Qin state treasury now had a savings of forty million cash and two million shi of grain!

Forty million cash and two million shi of grain—this was a foundation he had not accumulated even after working for over ten years.

Yet it was stubbornly accumulated by Facing Ying Su!

Moreover, it was a foundation accumulated in less than three months!

Every time he thought of this, he could not help but feel somewhat exhilarated.

However... though he was exhilarated, Seeing Ying Zheng had absolutely no intention of forgiving this rebellious son!

The reason was none other than this!

The imperial throne originally belonged to him!

The rebellious son's mere act of rebellion was unforgivable!

No matter how much he admired Facing Ying Su, he would absolutely not give the imperial throne to him!

Facing Ying Su could only become his most outstanding son, assisting him in governing the state!

Climbing over his head?

Impossible!

It was still that same saying!

Rebellious against the heavens!

Absolutely not allowed!

Ying Zheng's resolve in his heart was firm.

As long as he lived, he would never abandon the imperial throne that belonged to him!

Even if this rebellious son performed even more excellently, it would not do!

But now was not the time to think of this; at this moment, he was still thinking about how to handle the current crisis of Great Qin!

"Summon Feng Quji, and also Wei Liaozi!"

"Summon both of them over!"

Ying Zheng shouted.

At this very moment, he thought of these two people!

And these two people were no ordinary men!

Feng Quji was also an old minister of two reigns!

During the period of Ying Yiren, he had already been appointed as Chancellor.

By the time of Lu Buwei, he had become the Left Chancellor!

By the time he reached me, I appointed him Right Chancellor.

This man was experienced and steady, wholly devoted to planning for the state.

At the very least, in Ying Zheng's eyes, he was absolutely a heart of loyalty to Great Qin!

Wei Liaozi was much the same!

Do not look at how he often scolded me, but... this man was merely hot-tempered and spoke his mind a bit too directly!

If he saw something he could not tolerate, he would speak up immediately!

But this man's insight was sharp and deadly!

I still remember clearly: back then, after I successfully seized power from Lu Buwei, my younger self, proud and arrogant, thought only of destroying the six states and unifying the world.

Li Si and Feng Quji even argued fiercely over which state to destroy first!

But Wei Liaozi said that unifying the world now, no state could be destroyed!

There was only one reason: insufficient grain and money!

That single sentence knocked me back to reality!

With no other choice, I could only develop properly for ten years!

After ten years, Great Qin had many soldiers and generals, abundant grain and money, and the war to destroy the six states indeed advanced without hindrance!

He even thought time and again: if he had not listened to Wei Liaozi's advice back then and launched a war to destroy states while Great Qin's grain and money were insufficient, what kind of scene would that have been!

Besides that, this man's ability in employing troops was also extremely outstanding!

The military treatise he authored, Wei Liaozi, was something I read constantly for many years.