Chapter 77

Although Li Si was ostensibly saying that he was not a fickle petty man.

The meaning, as heard by Ying Zheng, was nothing short of cursing Ying Zheng himself!

Just last month, he had announced that the imperial throne would be passed to the Sixth Young Master, Ying Su.

Yet in less than a month, he was frantically announcing a rebellion to seize back the imperial title!

How would this make the people of the world view him, the First Emperor?

If this is not being fickle, then what is?

And beyond reputation, there were consequences!

Ying Su was no longer alone like Li Yuanba had been back then!

Behind him now stood Han Xin's army of fifty thousand!

So what if he mobilized General Meng Tian's two hundred thousand troops?

Even if he slaughtered his way through Xianyang City until rivers of blood flowed to reclaim the imperial title, so what?

His reputation would be utterly ruined!

The infamy of being fickle would be firmly pinned on him!

The infamy was secondary; the primary concern was the impact!

With nearly three hundred thousand people from both sides fighting an indecisive battle within Xianyang City.

Slaughtered until rivers of blood flowed!

So what if he won the fight?

The damage would already be done!

What was that impact?

The reality was that the hearts of the six former states did not submit, and the reality was that the hearts of all the common people under heaven did not submit.

If he and his rebellious son fought an indecisive battle in Xianyang City, who would benefit the most?

Naturally, it would be the remnants of the six states!

At a time when internal strife within Great Qin was so intense, who knew if they would shift from stirring restlessly to poised for action, and then directly incite the common people to rebel?

This was the impact!

Even if he won and reclaimed the imperial title, Great Qin would be engulfed in beacon fires of war, and the nation would descend directly into chaos!

Therefore, this battle could not be fought!

This was what made him feel so aggrieved!

However, what was most aggrieving was Ying Su's reaction!

After all, he had spoken words of rebellion right in front of Li Si!

And he had ordered Li Si to convey the message to his rebellious son, yet the rebellious son had not shown even a shred of reaction!

Yes!

Not even a shred of reaction!

"Why?"

"Why did he not show even a shred of reaction?"

"Or does he look down upon this solitary one?"

"As the First Emperor, can this solitary one not even make him panic slightly?"

At that moment, Ying Zheng was numb with rage!

He immediately found Zhao Gao and ordered him to investigate clearly why Ying Su was not panicking in the slightest!

Soon, Zhao Gao obtained news from Li Si.

And according to Li Si's description, it was as follows.

"The new Emperor said, 'Since the First Emperor is still outside Xianyanggong, what rebellion is there to speak of?'"

"Moreover, he is not unaware of the dangers of rebellion; does he have an illness that would drive him to rebel?"

"What? Does he think Great Qin isn't perishing fast enough?"

"He said that talk of rebellion was merely a sick cat pretending to be a tiger, just trying to scare people!"

"You damn..."

Upon hearing these words, Ying Zheng was so furious he nearly spat blood on the spot!

But at the same time, he could not help but sigh that his rebellious son still understood him well!

He had explained the reasons for not rebelling with such clarity!

The summary was indeed quite accurate!

Could it be... could it be... that he would never be able to return to the imperial throne?

Ying Zheng sighed again and again; in his entire life, he held obsessions for only two things!

First was immortality, and second was this Great Qin!

However, even the pursuit of immortality was solely for the purpose of eternally guarding Great Qin!

Otherwise, why would he pursue immortality at all!

This meant that he had placed all his obsessions upon Great Qin!

Yet now, his imperial throne had been seized by another, and he could not do a single thing about it!

Truly aggrieved!

Extremely aggrieved!

He really wanted to push Ying Su down and let himself regain control of the court!

But now...

Ying Zheng thought again and again, and grew angry again and again!

However, just at this moment, Zhao Gao rushed in to report:

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

"It's terrible!"

"Why are you so panicked?"

Ying Zheng glanced at Zhao Gao, very displeased!

Zhao Gao said: "The Sixth Young Master he... today in Tianzaichaotang announced three major matters!"

"Major matters?"

"And three of them?"

"What matters are these!"

Ying Zheng asked a question, somewhat absent-minded!

Indeed, what major matter could be greater than his own return to the imperial throne?

None!

What he had on his mind now was only his own return to the imperial throne!

And next, the words Zhao Gao spoke directly left him stunned and numb!

"The three major matters the Sixth Young Master announced!"

"First, stop building the Great Wall, stop building the Epang Palace!"

"Second, attack the Xiongnu!"

"Third, merge the poll tax into the land tax, nobles must pay taxes!"

"What?"

Once these words were spoken, in that instant, Ying Zheng was so shocked his scalp went numb!

At that moment, his face was full of shock, his eyes bulging even wider!

For a long while, he could not help but begin to swallow saliva:

"This... this rebellious son, does he want to destroy the nation?"...

055, Heads rolling, blood flowing like a river! Ying Zheng: If we do not rebel again, the Great Qin will surely perish!

Destroy the nation?

Indeed!

The three major matters Ying Su announced today, any one of them is a matter of great significance!