"It wasn't the right time for me to plot to kill Lu Buwei, but in order to make the Eight Petites hesitate and spare my brother's life, I had no choice but to take action to capture the treacherous official Lu Buwei.”
Ying Zheng's face was filled with pain. He held his breath, and his eyes turned red, with tears flashing in them.
"Father and Mother have both passed away, and I only have you, Cheng Jiao, as my only kin in this world. In order to save your life, I have to capture him even if I have to be executed by Lu Buwei. I have to save you, brother. Fortunately, I made the right bet, and you are now standing in front of me safe and sound!!”
" Elder brother!!"
Jun Chengjiao of Chang 'an, who was standing at the gate, had already believed Ying Zheng and Master Gen's words, and had shifted all his hatred towards Ying Zheng onto Lu Buwei. Now, he was even more moved by Ying Zheng's acting, and he cried out in a mournful voice,"
"This little brother is ignorant and misunderstood my elder brother, causing a big mistake. Elder brother is magnanimous, but this little brother is ashamed!!”
While they were talking, Jun Chengjiao of Chang 'an had already walked in and knelt down in front of Ying Zheng, sobbing.
"Quickly get up, quickly get up!”
Ying Zheng hurriedly helped Cheng Jiao up, hiding the disdain in his eyes deeply, and continued,"
"I know that treacherous official Lu Buwei has committed heinous crimes, so I only captured him and didn't kill him. I have imprisoned him in the dungeon. Now that my brother has returned safely, I will hand him over to my brother to deal with.!”
When the two soldiers knelt down and cupped their fists, Ying Zheng patted Cheng Jiao's shoulder and said slowly,"
"They will take you to see your enemy, Great Qin's traitor Lu Buwei. You can kill him or torture him as you wish.”
Cheng Jiao nodded and left with the two soldiers.
"The Eight Petites pay their respects to Your Majesty! It was the king's sacrifice!!”
"I'm willing to sacrifice my life for the king.”
After Cheng Jiao left, Master Gen hurriedly knelt down to thank him. The other members of the Eight Petites Organization behind him also knelt down to thank him.
"Very good!"
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand and said,"
"After your mission is completed, the Eight Petites will be an assassin organization independent of the network and will be under my direct command. I hope you won't disappoint me!!”
"This subject will not disappoint you!"
Master Gen hurriedly cupped his fists and left with Ying Zheng along with the Eight Petites.
The matter could be considered to have been resolved perfectly, but would everything be as Ying Zheng had said?
Would his deal with Xiao Li and Master Gen go smoothly?
To be continued…
In the imperial garden of Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng and Li Si were playing chess on a high platform.
"Do you have any idea who the eighth member of the Eight Petites is?”
Just as Li Si placed his piece, Ying Zheng asked faintly.
"Although the Eight Petites are under the banner of the Network, they are under Lu Buwei's direct command. Therefore, only Lu Buwei knows the members of the Eight Petites. We still don't know who the real eighth person is.”
Li Si shook his head, then suddenly raised his head to look at Ying Zheng and asked in confusion,"
"Your Majesty, although Chang 'an's Jun Chengjiao is brave but not resourceful, his sudden return this time will not become a tool for people with ill intentions to create chaos in the empire.”
"Cheng Jiao went to the Devouring Teeth Prison. Do you think he can walk out of there without my order?”
Ying Zheng's words made Li Si's eyes light up, but he was still worried."
"However, keeping him alive will always be an uncertain factor, so this subject implores Your Majesty not to be soft-hearted and eliminate the weeds by the roots.”
"Do you think I am a soft-hearted person?”Ying Zheng suddenly asked.
Li Si was shocked and quickly apologized,"
"I would never dare to comment on Your Majesty, but if I knew that the dragon was a disaster for the empire and didn't say anything, Li Si couldn't do it!!”
"Don't worry, it's more beneficial for me to let Cheng Jiao live than to let him die. With him, I can carry out my plan with more peace of mind.”
Ying Zheng's eyes shone with a cold light as he looked at Li Si and said word by word.
As an emperor, apart from collecting the goddesses in the Bright Moon of the Qin Dynasty, all of Ying Zheng's actions would be based on the interests of himself and the empire.
Not to mention Jun Chengjiao of Chang 'an, even if it was his own son, he would not hesitate to execute him once he touched Ying Zheng's interests.
Because he was Ying Zheng, the first emperor in history.
Li Si thought for a long time before shaking his head helplessly."
"Your Majesty is far-sighted, but I don't understand your intentions…”
"What do you think of Confucianism?" asked Ying Zheng instead of answering.”
This was the second time Ying Zheng had talked about Confucianism, and it was obvious that he had a big plan brewing in his heart for those cynical scholars.
"The scholarly faction has developed from the Sage of Confucius to the present day, and has already become the largest faction among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy. However, the scholars of the scholarly faction are merely a group of weak scholars who know very little. They do not pose much of a threat to the Empire.”
Li Si's words were half true and half false. Perhaps it was because he was Xun Zi's disciple after all.
"Confucians use literature to mess with the law, and chivalrous men use martial arts to mess with the ban.”
Ying Zheng threw down the chess piece in his hand and turned to leave. Li Si hurriedly followed behind him, and Ying Zheng continued,"
"The Great Qin Dynasty uses the rule of law to govern the country. Although the Confucians are all weak scholars, there are countless people who have studied military books and are proficient in military strategies. If they are not of use to me, I can only choose to suppress the Confucians in other ways.”
"I thank Your Majesty for not killing me.”
Although Li Si's words sounded a little strange, they were not without reason.
Because at this time, Li Si had already started to merge Confucianism and Legalism under Ying Zheng's instructions, and had begun to combine the two ways of governing the country.
In other words, once Ying Zheng attacked the Confucians, Li Si would not be implicated, because he was already a member of the Legalism School. Therefore, Li Si understood that Ying Zheng had already made plans for his future since today...
Moreover, Ying Zheng had clearly understood that Li Si's words just now were just a perfunctory way of speaking to his king.
Thinking of this, Li Si looked at Ying Zheng with even more reverence. While he was still thinking about how to take down the Han Kingdom, Ying Zheng had already thought of how to deal with the Confucians.
Was this the difference between an emperor and a minister?
"Since you know your sins, then let me ask you. If you can't suppress those scholars who mess with the law and those 'weak scholars' who mess with the laws of Great Qin, what should I do?”
Li Si's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Ying Zheng's tall and straight back."
"This subject…This subject does not know."
"I want to burn books and bury scholars!"
"Your Majesty, you must not! You can't!"
Ying Zheng's words immediately scared Li Si half to death. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in horror,"
"Your Majesty, although the Confucians are a group of weak scholars, almost all the scholars in the world come from the Confucians. Once Your Majesty burns the books and buries the Confucians, all the history books will record Your Majesty's actions.”
Li Si stuttered for a while, but he still could not bring himself to say the word 'infamy' because he was afraid that Ying Zheng would immediately order him to be executed by a thousand cuts.
"A bad name for ten thousand years, right?"
Ying Zheng sneered, turned around, and stared at Li Si coldly,"
"Just now, you said that the Confucians are just a bunch of weak scholars. However, in the Great Qin that I rule over, I can't even kill a bunch of sour Confucians who only know what they know. I'm afraid that I'll be criticized by them.”
"Then, Li Si, please tell me, where is the weakness of Confucianism?”
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