Chapter 174

Their ancestors indeed established great merit, but... the matter of taxation concerns the nation's livelihood and people's welfare; how can it be conflated with that?

The place where the rebellious son Ying Su went wrong in this matter is that he was too hasty and his methods were too extreme; how could demanding nobles pay taxes be wrong?

Ying Zheng's eyebrows knitted tightly!

At this moment, he could not help but sigh!

This Prince Fusu truly has an unchangeable nature!

Throwing him to Shang Commandery for training produced absolutely no effect!

Ying Zheng sighed again and again!

But within this letter, there were also points that made Ying Zheng happy!

For instance, the way he scolded Ying Su made Ying Zheng feel very relieved.

Even though the points of his scolding were wrong, just seeing Prince Fusu scold Ying Su made him happy!

It's just... the last few sentences of this letter made Ying Zheng unable to hold back a laugh!

"Your son requests Your Majesty to immediately order the Sixth Young Master to execute Li Yuanba and avenge the million innocent souls killed by him!"

"If the Sixth Young Master kills Li Yuanba, Prince Fusu will forgive and forget this matter!"

"But if the Sixth Young Master does not kill Li Yuanba, your son will soon lead a great army back to Xianyang, purge the Emperor's entourage, and execute the traitors!"

"Purge the Emperor's entourage? Execute the traitors?"

"Pfft! Hahahaha..."

After reading the final paragraph, Ying Zheng didn't know what happened, but he couldn't hold back and actually laughed out loud.

It's not his fault!

Really, one cannot blame Ying Zheng for lacking restraint!

It's really that seeing the words "purge the Emperor's entourage" and "execute the traitors" makes one unable to hold back laughter!

Especially him, Prince Fusu, leading troops to storm into Xianyang City.

It's really impossible not to laugh oneself to death.

If it's about wielding the brush and ink, or expounding Confucian doctrines, you, Prince Fusu, are unmatched by anyone.

But leading troops to fight wars?

Ying Zheng really laughed until he sprayed!

At that moment, he could not help but think of Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao.

Ying Su probably wouldn't even need to dispatch Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao!

Just the garrison troops of Xianyang City could capture Prince Fusu alive!

And he talks about purging the Emperor's entourage?

One must admit, Prince Fusu is truly foolishly cute!

Not only foolishly cute, but his thoughts are also beautiful!

Li Yuanba! Such an unparalleled hero; let alone Ying Su being reluctant to kill him, even I am reluctant to kill him!

Such a hero is a weapon of war; whoever kills him is an idiot!

With such a hero present, which schemer would dare to even glance at Great Qin?

How could such a person be disposed of?

He must be worshipped!

Ying Zheng laughed until his stomach hurt.

But after pondering for a moment, he still replied to Prince Fusu!

He picked up the brush and seriously wrote a single character on the linen paper: Get lost!

Afterwards, he ordered Zhao Gao to send someone to deliver the letter!

After handling everything, Ying Zheng turned his gaze toward Chong Xin again!

After pondering for a moment, he asked Chong Xin, "Has the rebellious son seen this letter?"

Chong Xin said, "He has not seen it. However... the Eldest Young Master wrote a separate letter to Your Majesty, angrily scolding Your Majesty and threatening Your Majesty to quickly execute Li Yuanba. After Your Majesty read it, he sighed once and did not speak!"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment: "Did not speak?"

"Did he not say how to handle Prince Fusu?"

"No!"

"Hmph! At least this rebellious son has some humanity, knowing he cannot kill his elder brother!"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, then asked Chong Xin again, "Anything else? During this period, have there been any major events in the court or on the rebellious son's side?"

Chong Xin said, "There are many major events!"

Ying Zheng laughed: "What major events? And many! In just these few days, what major events could happen!"

He pouted while smiling, and at the same time, felt extremely disdainful in his heart; he hated the rebellious son's act of doing great things the most.........

As if only you, Ying Su, could do great things in this world!

The most critical point is, if all these great things are done by you, what will I, Ying Zheng, do after I return to the imperial throne?

Everything fears comparison; the new emperor is in power doing this and that, busy day and night, while you, the First Emperor, return and do absolutely nothing?

By then, wouldn't it truly become that the new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor?

Ying Zheng was very angry and also very panicked!

At this very moment, looking at Chong Xin, he only wanted to know what had happened!

And Chong Xin then knelt down with a thud: "Reporting to the First Emperor, this slave... this slave dares not speak!"

"Your Majesty only ordered this slave to deliver the letter and did not order this slave to say anything else!"

He was terrified and afraid!

Upon hearing these words, Ying Zheng flew into a rage, shouting at Chong Xin:

"Speak! Speak quickly!"

"This..."

Chong Xin looked utterly conflicted!

Ying Zheng roared, "If you do not speak, do you think you can walk out of here today?"

"You are merely a eunuch; if I kill you, that rebellious son would not dare do anything to me!"

His fury reached the heavens!

Chong Xin trembled and shook!

In the end, he spoke truthfully:

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has found people to train the newly recruited two hundred thousand peasant soldiers, saying that these two hundred thousand peasant soldiers will be used to guard Xianyang City henceforth, and no one shall ever think of breaking into Xianyang City!"

"You..."

Ying Zheng clenched his fist in anger!

In that moment, his eyes nearly burst from their sockets, and he instantly thought of the matter of dispatching Wang Jian to attack Outside Xianyanggong before!

That rebellious son was doing this, was he not targeting him completely?

He exploded in rage.

Seeing him like this, Chong Xin, who had already dared not speak recklessly, now dared even less to speak recklessly!

However, Ying Zheng pressed him: "Speak! What else!"

Chong Xin trembled as he said, "In today's court, General Li Yuanba not only brought news of the slaughter of six hundred thousand Xiongnu, but also said that Tu'an has surrendered and wishes to send a Princess to serve Your Majesty, the Emperor!"

"What?"

"Send a Princess?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Ying Zheng was stunned on the spot; immediately, he ordered Zhao Gao to fetch a portrait, pointing at the beauty upon it and asking, "Is it this person?"

"This..."

Chong Xin looked at the beauty on the portrait; for a moment, he could not help but swallow his saliva, for this person was truly too beautiful.

But... he had never seen the Princess of Tu'an and dared not be certain!

Ying Zheng flew into a rage; this Princess of Tu'an was someone the King of Tu'an had promised a hundred times over years ago to give to him.

But... now she was actually to be given to that rebellious son?

Ying Zheng was furious and slammed his fist heavily onto the table!

"What else?"

He asked in rage!

Chong Xin said in panic, "In today's court, Your Majesty, the Emperor, informed everyone that the day after tomorrow is the day the armies of Han Xin and Wang Jian depart to destroy the Xiongnu; he intends to see them off at Damenkou of Xianyang City three days from now and requires all civil and military officials of the court to follow!"