Chapter 183

Outside the suburbs!

The moment Seeing Ying Zheng returned to the courtyard, he couldn't help but feel excited!

Li Yuanba has left!

Han Xin has also left!

They destroyed the Xiongnu, taking almost all of Facing Ying Su's elite forces with them!

You must know that those hundred thousand troops were absolutely the most elite men under Facing Ying Su's command.

And without them by his side, it would be hard for Seeing Ying Zheng not to be agitated!

What?

Are you talking about Li Cunxiao?

Li Cunxiao is indeed fierce!

But... still the same saying, can he split himself?

If you can't split yourself, then stop your nonsense!

Without Li Yuanba and Han Xin's hundred thousand troops, Facing Ying Su is absolutely at his weakest moment right now!

And upon learning that all these people were to go on campaign, Seeing Ying Zheng was truly agitated!

Even... on the way to meet Facing Ying Su today, he was somewhat agitated!

Even... he began to regret it!

Regretted speaking out of turn, why remind that rebellious son?

And soon, he laughed again!

So what if I reminded him?

Even if he sensed the danger, what could he do?

Could he find a fierce man to replace Li Yuanba and Han Xin at the first moment?

He absolutely cannot find one!

And I, will act at the first moment!

"Send out Xuan Jian, Yan Ri, and the Six Sword Slaves!"

"Monitor Outside Xianyanggong!"

"Additionally, have the hundred thousand troops led by Meng Yi stand ready at all times!"

"Wait for the opportunity!"

"Wait for the opportunity, and we will launch a single strike to attack Outside Xianyanggong!"

"Capture the rebellious son alive!"

Seeing Ying Zheng gave the order and shouted!

At the same time, he also began to summon Feng Quji, as well as Wang Wan, Wei Wei Liaozi, and others, to start discussing this great matter together.

To see when acting would be most appropriate!

After all, right now, Facing Ying Su has only Li Cunxiao by his side!

Of course, there are also those two hundred thousand peasant soldiers!

But... who doesn't know that those two hundred thousand peasant soldiers are new troops?

Can they be of great use?

Seeing Ying Zheng shook his head again and again; it simply wouldn't work!

So, this is absolutely a good opportunity to act!

And it wasn't just Seeing Ying Zheng who was agitated!

Even the nobles in Xianyang City were agitated!

Just shortly after Li Yuanba and Han Xin left Xianyang City!

That night, many, many nobles in Xianyang City gathered at Wanhualou!

Wanhualou?

This... isn't that a brothel?

Why would nobles gather here?

Why would they gather here?

The reason is very simple!

Safety!

In this world, often the safest place is the most dangerous place.

And the most dangerous place is often the safest place!

You discuss in a secret room; although this is safe, with so many people gathering, even a fool knows you are plotting!

Plotting in someone's mansion is similarly not that safe!

Only Wanhualou, a place with many people and many eyes, where everyone likes to go, will not be suspected!

And inside a huge private room!

One person said disdainfully:

"Rebellious son Facing Ying Su, killing sixty hundred thousand of our Xiongnu people wasn't enough, and now he even wants to destroy the Xiongnu?"

"Is the Xiongnu that easy to destroy?"

"On a land area not less than our Great Qin's, live over six million nomadic tribes; these people are different from us Central Plains people; they roam year-round, they do not gather year-round!"

"Are these people that easy to destroy?"

Another person said: "This is the difference between young people and old veterans; old veterans handle affairs smoothly; even if they truly want to destroy the Xiongnu, they won't shout it out loud, but say they are going to attack; once they truly destroy them, then they can talk about destroying the Xiongnu; and if they don't destroy them, that is still a victory; regardless of whether they succeed, they can save face!"

"Like him? Heh... if he succeeds, fine, but if he fails, his reputation will be utterly ruined!"

One person spoke, while a crowd laughed loudly: "Otherwise, how could they say he is incompetent at governing?"

"This is evident from the fact that he made us nobles pay taxes!"

"Making nobles pay taxes, hahaha... just mentioning it makes me want to laugh!"

"Ying Zheng was so decadent, so incompetent at governing, yet he dared not make nobles pay taxes; he, a mere brat, dares to make us nobles pay taxes?"

"It was only when Li Yuanba was here that he dared to be so arrogant; now... Li Yuanba is gone, how long can Ying Su remain arrogant?"

Another person cursed: "Don't praise Ying Zheng; even if Ying Su is incompetent, he at least knows to cherish the people's strength and stopped building the Great Wall and the Epang Palace!"

"Ying Zheng? What kind of thing is that!"

"The Epang Palace, the Great Wall, the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum—he managed to build so many at once!"

"If I were Ying Zheng, while alive, I would definitely only build the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum!"

"Things like the Great Wall and the Epang Palace, leave them for later to build slowly!"

"Why bother? Why build so many things at once? Not only is it extravagant and wasteful, but it also exhausts the people and drains the treasury, causing complaints from all under heaven! He is purely a decadent ruler!"

"The most critical point is that he did not implement enfeoffment, but instead implemented what they call the Junxian system, unifying the world!"

"Back then, we supported his unification of the world because after unification, it would bring us huge benefits!"

"With the world unified and enfeoffed, we could obtain more territory!"

"But the result... he actually really wanted to implement Junxian and not enfeoffment?"

"With such a vast world, if it is all decided by him alone, what then?"

"This is unacceptable! Noble interests are above all; even the Emperor, who sits high above, cannot touch noble interests!"

Another person, angered, said:

"You are right!"

"Nowadays, many people praise his unification of the world!"

"Damn it, they have truly forgotten who actually conquered this world!"

"They have truly forgotten that when conquering the world, it was us who provided money, grain, and troops for their Ying family!"

"Without us, without our ancestors, Ying Quliang, Ying Si, Ying Ji, how could they have wanted to fight wars?"

"Without us, their Ying ancestors couldn't even afford to wear pants!"

"Nobles who started as horse-keeping slaves, what vision could they possibly have?"

"Their nature is only greed and selfishness!"

"Greed for everything under heaven!"

Another person, even more angry:

"Logically speaking, once the world was conquered, giving you the biggest peach and us the smaller ones is fine; after all, you are the leader, and the leader should take the biggest peach, which is beyond reproach!"