Chapter 15

"Then the punishment is reduced by one degree; where does the corvée labor come from? Where do the people building the Great Wall come from?"

"If taxes are exempted, where does the imperial court's expenditure come from?"

"And what about the added salaries; where do those come from?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was furious beyond endurance!

Facing Ying Su, however, smiled: "Father, did you not say you would not tour the east? Then the money for this eastern tour should be used to make up the difference!"

"As for exempting taxes for three years, regarding the imperial court's expenditure, Father's private treasury should be able to cover part of it!"

He spoke with a smile!

And Seeing Ying Zheng was instantly enraged: "You are gathering the people's hearts, wanting to touch my private treasury? Do you not know that the private treasury is my personal property?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was filled with furious anger!

And Facing Ying Su bowed before Seeing Ying Zheng:

"Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has no private affairs. The Son of Heaven possesses the world, but likewise, everything belonging to the Son of Heaven should also belong to the people of the world. I beg Father to be generous!"

"You... you..."

Seeing Ying Zheng trembled with rage.

However, he soon smiled:

"I have already abdicated. The current Son of Heaven is you, not me. Therefore, everything belonging to the Son of Heaven belongs to the people of the world, which means everything belonging to you belongs to the people of the world; it has nothing to do with me!"

"Oh!"

Facing Ying Su smiled and said nothing!

And his attitude instantly enraged Seeing Ying Zheng: "Rebellious son, what do you mean!"

Facing Ying Su said: "Father is unwilling to share the burden of state affairs; what can your son do?"

Seeing Ying Zheng roared: "You want to provoke me?"

"Do you think with just a few words, you can make me use the private treasury?"

Facing Ying Su smiled: "Since you are unwilling to use the private treasury, then why are you still staying here?"

"You have passed the throne to me; does anything here still concern you?"

"What?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned.

In that instant, he looked at Facing Ying Su, his face full of shock and disbelief!

After a moment, he sighed, ultimately saying nothing more, and turned to leave!

Indeed, the imperial throne has been passed to Facing Ying Su; what is he still doing staying here?

Just as Facing Ying Su said, everything here has nothing to do with him anymore!

Yet... as he looked at Outside Xianyanggong, at the full assembly of ministers, how could his heart be willing to accept this?

Remember, he ascended this throne at the age of thirteen; in this position, he suppressed Lao Ai, overthrew Lu Buwei, swept across the six states, and unified the world!

But now, he must abdicate!

Unwilling!

Truly unwilling!

But... he was not yet desperate!

He would return!

When Facing Ying Su proves incompetent in governing, the hundred officials will respectfully welcome him back.

As for Facing Ying Su's governing abilities being formidable?

How is that possible!

If he were truly a talent, how could I have failed to discover him?

At the very least, the decree he just issued is a huge trap for him!

Remember, doubling the salaries of so many people, plus the daily expenditures of the imperial court; this is how much Qian Liang! Where will he get it from?

If this matter is not handled well, it will damage his imperial prestige, and the path to being emperor in the future will be even more difficult; it is far beyond what Li Yuanba can solve!

As for himself at present, he should indeed think about how to deal with Li Yuanba!

To overthrow Facing Ying Su, he must first figure out how to deal with Li Yuanba!

If Li Yuanba is not eliminated, Facing Ying Su is hard to topple!

And this Wan Shi Great Qin will ultimately rely on himself!

Prince Prince Fusu is not up to it; Facing Ying Su is even less so!

Seeing Ying Zheng sighed repeatedly; at this moment, though reluctant and filled with unwillingness, he still left this place!

A ruler never jokes; the decree has been issued; how can one go back on it?

Moreover, under the pressure of this rebellious son, if he does not abdicate, it truly will not work!

PS: Begging for flowers, begging for evaluation votes!!!!

013. Settling scores? Eliminating opponents?

In that moment, Seeing Ying Zheng left!

And watching the back of Seeing Ying Zheng as he left, Facing Ying Su made no move to stop him, nor did he continue to ask him for money from the private treasury!

It was not that Facing Ying Su thought using Seeing Ying Zheng's money was wrong!

The most important reason was... there was not enough money!

Yes, exempting the common people from taxes for three years, plus doubling the salaries for a large group of people, even adding the money from the private treasury would not be enough!

Not only was it not enough, it was short by a lot!

Then what about what Facing Ying Su said earlier?

Does he really intend to treat what Ying Zheng said as mere wind?

How is that possible!

If he treats the first edict issued upon his ascension as mere wind, what authority does he have left?

The reason he dares to act this way is that he still has confidence!

Because just now, when Ying Zheng announced his abdication and declared him the Emperor, Ying Su has already received a system notification:

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for becoming the Emperor of Qin; you have received a reward of three hundred points!"

"The reward of three hundred points allows the host to draw three A-grade Divine General characters!"

"They have been automatically drawn and used for the host!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining three Divine General characters: Cai Lun, Zheng He, and Yu Yu Huatian!"

"At this moment, they have already begun to wait!"

Cai Lun, Zheng He? Yu Yu Huatian?

Hearing these three names and seeing the three people who had suddenly appeared out of thin air in the crowd, Ying Su was stunned for a moment!

Wasn't it said to be a system for summoning Divine Generals?

Which one of these three is a Divine General?

Ying Su was very confused, but he would not worry about so much for now!

He would study the system when he had time; since obtaining Li Yuanba, he had not even seriously looked at this system!

Putting that aside,

when Ying Su saw Cai Lun, he knew he would have endless money.

Why?

Cai Lun!

Who is Cai Lun?

The inventor of paper!

And in this era where there is no paper!

the appearance of paper represents wealth.

Even if its price drops later, he can still rake in a considerable fortune in a short time!

With just this wealth, it is enough for him to distribute salaries.

Besides that, there is also Zheng He!

Who is Zheng He?