The next day, Ying Si returned to Xianyang. When he learned of the conflict between Ying Xin and Wei Si, he immediately felt a headache and didn't know how to deal with it.
It was precisely because of the relationship between the two sides that when someone told Ying Si about what Li Xiang had said in Sunken Fish Pavilion, Ying Si suddenly felt enlightened.
"Qin has its laws, read out Ying Xin's crimes!”After Ying Si went to court, regardless of the discussions of the officials, he directly gave the order.
"Ying Xin and his soldiers broke into the Sunken Fish Pavilion, which was legally operated by the Grand Tutor in Xianyang. He was arrogant and tyrannical. Three people were seriously injured and one died.”Ying Ji stood up and announced to the ministers.
"Ruler! General! You can't be rash and sentence him!" An official came forward to persuade him.
"What do you mean by reckless punishment? Qin Fa Zhaoming, didn't you recite the laws of the Great Qin before you became an official?”Li Xiang stepped into the court and walked in front of the officials, sitting on the right side of Ying Si.
"Greetings, Grand Tutor!" Many officials bowed.
"What Grand Tutor? I don't have any children yet. From today onwards, the Grand Tutor is the Prime Minister…Grand Tutor of Great Qin!”Ying Si laughed loudly, but his words were stopped by Li Xiang's gaze.
"Does anyone have any objections to Ying Xin's punishment?”Li Xiang asked.
"I have objections!" An official shouted.
"Alright, then Wang Song, you can go home and farm.”Ying Si said to the person who had objections with a smile.
"This…is Grand Preceptor…Grand Preceptor asking if anyone has any objections?”That person called Wang Song was instantly stunned and loudly defended himself.
"The Grand Preceptor only asked if there were any objections, he didn't say he wanted to hear your 'objects'!”
"The Grand Preceptor has already said that the Qin laws are clear, and Ying Xin's crimes will be punished by the Qin laws. If you have any objections, you are not familiar with the Qin laws. If you don't even know the Qin laws, how can you still have the face to stand here!”
As expected, Ying Si was taught by Li Xiang. He immediately understood the meaning of Li Xiang's question and had the soldiers take Wang Song out of the court.
"We have no objections to Ying Xin and Wang Song's punishment. However, Wei Si, the son of Wei State, injured two soldiers with a weapon when he was detained yesterday.”An old official walked up to Bai Shun and asked.
"Wei Si? That thin and weak hostage of the Wei Kingdom could injure our Great Qin soldiers?”Ying Si was also surprised. He swept his gaze across the crowd and asked.
"Ruler, the two injured soldiers were worried that Wei Si would be injured and cause a conflict between the two countries because he was a hostage.”An official explained.
"How are the injuries of those two soldiers?"
Li Xiang asked with a frown. He didn't expect Wei Si to be so bold, but after a few seconds, he understood why Wei Si did this. With the temperament of the Great Wei King, if he knew that Wei Si had such a "heroic feat" in Xianyang after the defeat of Wei at Hexi, he would definitely have a good impression of him.
Wei Si had only treated the Qin Country, Ying Xin, and the others, as well as the Wei Country's defeat at the west of the river, as stepping stones for him to ascend to the throne. On the surface, he was just a weak scholar, but in reality, he was extremely scheming.
"One of the soldiers was stabbed in the abdomen by a dagger. Fortunately, he was treated in time and will recover in a month. The other soldier's right elbow was smashed by Wei Si. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to pick up the sword again. Even if he returns to his hometown to farm…"
"There's actually such a thing? As a hostage, Wei Si was too arrogant!”
Many of the courtiers revealed indignant expressions upon hearing this.
"Very arrogant indeed. How do you think we should deal with this matter?”Ying Si rubbed his nose and smiled as he looked at the quarreling officials below.
"This old minister believes that Wei Si should personally apologize to the two soldiers!”
"I believe that Wei Si should compensate the two soldiers with a large amount of money. Otherwise, the soldiers will be unable to fight or farm in the future.”
"I think, when…"
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The officials had different opinions, and what they said seemed to make sense. Ying Si nodded with a smile and looked at Gongsun Yan."What do you think, Daliangzao?"
"Yan has just entered Qin country and is still unclear about the laws of Qin country, so he doesn't know and can't judge.”Gongsun Yan cupped his hands and said.
"Then…what does Grand Preceptor think?" Ying Si looked at the continuity and asked.
"Does the Qin law have any regulations that state that hostages from other countries are breaking the law in Qin?”asked Bai Shun.
"Hmm…only envoys from other countries are breaking the law, and hostages are breaking the law. I don't think…there are any?”Ying Si pretended to think and then replied.
"Then break his right leg and banish him from the Qin country. Let him return to his Wei country.”Li Xiang coldly snorted and said.
" What?!"
Many of the officials were shocked, not expecting Li Xiang to say such a 'punishment'.
"Alright, we'll do as Grand Preceptor says!" Ying Si no longer had a fake smile on his face. He revealed a genuine smile and announced loudly.
Since he wanted the State of Qin to be a stepping stone to become the King of the State of Wei, then let him go back and be the King. However, the King of the State of Wei would always be a cripple!
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"A great humiliation!"
Wei Si sat in the carriage on the way back to Wei, his face dark as he clenched his fists.
Although his goal of returning to the Wei Kingdom was realized earlier than planned, one of his legs was forever crippled. So what if the King of Wei liked him? Would the Wei Kingdom allow a crippled person to ascend the throne?
…Perhaps he really would, as long as all his opponents were dead, especially the Crown Prince…
Not only did the broken leg not make Wei Si sink, it made his desire to fight even stronger. This was what Li Xiang had expected, but he didn't care at all, just like how he let Yiqu Hai go back then. Some people, even if they seemed to be intelligent and scheming, were destined not to be kings. They were even inferior to some people who seemed to be incompetent rulers. Wei Si and Yi Quhai were such existences. Both of them had great enmity with Qin Country, but if they were released, it would be beneficial to Qin Country.
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After the court session ended, Li Xiang and Ying Si chatted in a courtyard.
"Is there a conflict between Master and Gongsun Yan?”Ying Si poured a cup of wine for Li Xiang and asked.
"No, I haven't."
"Then why does Ying Si think that Master is forcing Gongsun Yan away?”Ying Si asked in confusion, but there was no blame in his tone.
As the ruler of a country, Ying Si had been taught by Ying Qian and Li Xiang for a long time, so he still had good judgment. Gongsun Yan had made a great contribution, but he was not happy. It was obvious that he could not bear to kill 80,000 Wei soldiers.
Gongsun Yan was different from Shang Yang. Shang Yang was from the State of Wei. Although the State of Wei was his second hometown, he only had two people he cared about in the State of Wei. One was his teacher, Gongshu Cuo, and the other was his wife, Bai Xue. Gongsun Yan was a native of Wei, and his homeland was very important. Even if he could rationally deal a heavy blow to Wei once, it would be difficult for him to do it a second time.
Ying Si knew that Gongsun Yan would leave sooner or later, but he didn't expect that Li Xiang would take the initiative to 'force' Gongsun Yan to leave. That's right, Li Xiang's way of dealing with Wei Si was to calm Gongsun Yan's hesitation. Usually, within three days, Gongsun Yan would ask Ying Si to leave Qin.
"Did Ying Hua tell you that I brought someone back?”Li Xiang didn't answer directly and asked instead.
"Zhang Yi from Wei? He had heard that he could replace the rhinoceros head?”Ying Si nodded, leaned forward, and asked curiously.
"Shang Jun is like Duke Xiao, Zhang Yi is like Ying Si.”Bai Shun raised his cup and finished it in one gulp.
"Is that true? Ying Si wanted to meet Zhang Yi.”
Ying Si's eyes lit up. He clearly remembered that Shang Yang was recommended to his father by Li Xiang. Could Zhang Yi be a Wushuang Kingdom Knight this time?
"However, Ying Si has something he doesn't understand and would like to ask teacher.”Ying Si suddenly stopped being curious about Zhang Yi and whispered with a serious expression.
The question that Ying Si asked was the same question that Li Yu asked last night. Li Xiang had no choice but to repeat the explanation from yesterday to Ying Si.
"I see. Ying Si knows.”Ying Si said after a moment of silence after hearing Li Xiang's explanation.
Seeing that Ying Si was lost in thought, Li Xiang also took the opportunity to leave and return to the Sunken Fish Pavilion. He let Li Yu start preparing for the opening of the Red Rose Restaurant in Xianyang City.
Hu clothing, riding, and archery were only for the Qin country's internal military. To the higher-ups of the various countries, Crimson Rose Residence was a different picture. All kinds of gorgeous clothes, silk ribbons, and inner and outer clothing that were rare in this era were the main points.
Not long after Li Xiang left, just as Ying Si and Li Xiang had guessed, Gongsun Yan came to see Ying Si and requested to resign and return home.
Ying Si suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked Li Xiang whether Gongsun Yan would let him go, keep him, or kill him secretly. After all, Gongsun Yan's terrifying general ability was obvious to him and the Qin people. Ying Si couldn't make up his mind. He had a good impression of Gongsun Yan. Unfortunately, just like Cao Cao and Guan Yu, Gongsun Yan couldn't stay. Before everything was clear, Ying Si naturally wouldn't let Gongsun Yan leave the State of Qin so easily. Even if he did, he couldn't do this. That way, other countries would only think that the Qin country did not value talents. A person who helped the Qin country win the battle of the west of the river was actually casually let go. Then what difference was there between the Qin country and the Wei country? Gongsun Yan could only suppress his desire to leave for the time being. In fact, he was also apologetic for wanting to leave after being forced to stay by Bai Daliang.
That evening, Ying Si personally went to Sunken Fish Pavilion to find Li Xiang and asked about Gongsun Yan's treatment and the reason.
Li Xiang chuckled and said, "The vertical and horizontal alliances seem to counter each other, but in fact, they are also mutually reinforcing. If no one leads the weak countries to join forces, then the weak countries will definitely not dare to fight with Qin.”
"Hezong? Grand Preceptor meant that Rhinoceros Head would use Zhang Yi's theory of alliance?”Ying Si's eyes widened as he asked.
"The alliance of weak countries is a small disadvantage for Great Qin, but it has long-term benefits!”Li Xiang slightly nodded and said.
"Ying Si understands. Then tomorrow, in the court, I will meet that Wei person, Zhang Yi, whom you have praised so much!”Ying Si's doubts were swept away. He already had a plan and decision in his heart. His eyes were burning as he clenched his fists.
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