After hearing Zhao Yu's plan, Old Zhao and the other two were absent-minded.
Zhao Yu could see through their thoughts. They wanted to bid farewell as soon as possible and find a way to inform the Emperor of this plan.
After personally sending off Old Zhao and the other two, Zhao Yu continued to apply fertilizer to the Longevity Tree.
Looking at the wrinkled bark of the Longevity Fruit Tree, which was covered in dead leaves, Zhao Yu felt uneasy, as if something big was about to happen!
Zhao Yu had a flash of inspiration as he prepared to set up a few traps outside the Longevity Fruit Tree.
The lethality of the trap was not the greatest. It only needed to stop the enemy for a while.
……
Outside the courtyard.
Old Zhao and the other two entered a small alley in plain clothes. The Xuanwu Guards hidden in the dark immediately protected the three of them.
Sitting on the carriage heading to Xianyang Palace, Qin Shi Huang, Wang Jian, and Meng Yi were still filled with shock!
Qin Shi Huang took a deep breath and thought of Zhao Yu's plan.
Qin Shi Huang looked at Wang Jian and Meng Yi and asked in a deep voice,""What do the two of you think of Zhao Yu's plan?”
Wang Jian took a deep breath and said calmly,""This is truly a vicious scheme. To Your Majesty, it can be said to be a timely help!”
Qin Shi Huang nodded his head. The problem that no one in the court could solve, Zhao Yu had solved it alone!
Zhao Yu's political tactics have already surpassed mine!
"If my son could be like Zhao Yu, I would have already passed on the position of Crown Prince!”Qin Shi Huang sighed softly.
Pausing for a moment, Qin Shi Huang looked at Meng Yi and said,""Minister Meng, what do you think of Zhao Yu?”
Meng Yi lowered his voice and said solemnly,"If this child is used by Great Qin, all the civil and military officials in the court will not be his match! Power, martial arts, Gaia civil and military officials!"
Hearing this, Qin Shihuang couldn't help but think deeply.
Machiavellian tactics and martial arts surpassed civil and military!
Even for me, it's easy to talk about power tactics, but my martial arts skills are still inferior!
Thinking about Zhao Yu's terrifying martial arts, even the old War God Wang Jian said that Zhao Yu was unrivaled in the world!
Qin Shi Huang couldn't help but feel a little sad. He thought about his dozen sons, who were about the same age as Zhao Yu and had similar temperaments.
But why was the difference so huge?
Fusu was led astray by the Confucians and insisted on the enfeoffment system.
Although Huhai was fond of playing, Qin Shi Huang's eyes were sharp. He could tell with a glance that Huhai was not cut out to carry the Great Qin Empire!
Now that he thought about the gap between them and Zhao Yu, Qin Shi Huang wished he could chop off his ten useless Dragon Sons!
Through the window, he could see that the weather in Xianyang was still warm and sunny. The breeze was gentle and warm like spring, and the trees on the ground were full of vitality.
The peddlers 'cries were endless, and flocks of wild geese flew across the sky of Xianyang.
It seemed peaceful, but Wang Jian and Meng Yi knew that Great Qin was about to change!
……
Xianyang Palace.
Qilin Palace!
Dark clouds suddenly covered the sky above Xianyang Palace. Lightning crackled, and bean-sized raindrops fell on the green bricks outside the palace, splashing water!
The air was hot and stuffy. The civil and military officials in the Qilin Palace were all wearing thick official robes. They were hot and uneasy. They smelled an inexplicable smell of blood and felt uneasy.
Qin Shihuang sat on the throne on the ninth level of the stairs. His loose black dragon robe stretched all the way to the edge of the stairs. Wearing a nine-pearl crown, Qin Shihuang seemed to be in control of the world!
"I have summoned you to the palace council today to announce something!”Qin Shihuang's cold voice echoed throughout the entire hall!
The civil and military officials below the stage did not dare to look sideways or raise their heads. They held their heads and listened carefully.
At the same time, they were also puzzled. It was raining heavily, and His Majesty had urgently gathered them at this time. What was the reason?
Could it be that Du Bai Yue was about to launch an all-out attack?
Or did he want to crusade against the Xiongnu?
After all, Great Qin's treasury was empty!
According to Qin Shihuang's personality, would he go and rob?
Qin Shi Huang glanced at Meng Yi, who immediately picked up the edict in front of all the officials.
"I announce that we will abandon the 40% tax increase plan!”
As soon as he finished speaking, it immediately caused a huge uproar among the officials!
If he gave up on increasing taxes, where would he get the money to build warships?
While the officials were still puzzled, Meng Yi continued to read the edict.
"From today onwards, I will issue the order of gratitude! As long as the son of an official in the court was a legitimate son, regardless of age, he had the right to inherit the official title!”
The moment these words came out, all the ministers were stunned.
Then, they felt their scalps go numb!
Li Si's face was especially dark. In ancient times, the nobles had three wives and four concubines. As long as the number did not exceed that of Qin Shihuang, they could marry as many as they wanted.
Li Si's family had more than ten sons!
If these dozen sons fought over the right to inherit the official position, the Li family that he had painstakingly built up would probably suffer a great loss!
After all, they were his own flesh and blood. He could not kill them.
Thinking of this, Li Si instantly felt a headache!
At this moment, Zhao Gao's expression darkened, and his eyes were filled with disbelief!
The hereditary title was the bond he had established with the ministers in the court.
If the hereditary title was changed to the order of gratitude, Zhao Gao would no longer have the leverage to threaten the ministers in the court!
And the remnants of the Six Nations had colluded with him!
If the officials in the court betrayed him at this time!
Even if he had nine heads, it wouldn't be enough for Qin Shihuang to cut him down!
Zhao Gao's entire body shivered, and his eyes were filled with hatred!
In his heart, he wanted to pull out his tendons, skin him alive, and eat his flesh!
The ministers in the court could no longer remain calm!
Under Li Si's lead, all the officials knelt in front of Qin Shihuang and shouted in unison,""Your Majesty, you must not!"
"Your Majesty, the eldest son inheritance system has been a national policy of Great Qin for hundreds of years. Your Majesty, you can't change it on your own!”
"Your Majesty, it is Great Qin's law for the eldest son to inherit the throne. Changing it to the Decree of Grace is no different from shaking Great Qin's foundation!”
“……”
The ministers in the court tried their best to dissuade him. This was no longer as simple as hurting their bones. This was already pulling firewood from under the cauldron and moving their bones!
Qin Shihuang raised his hand and waved it, and the pressure swept out. The roaring thunder suddenly stopped, and Qin Shihuang's cold voice could be heard."I have already made up my mind.”
Qin Shihuang kept them in suspense. Under the gaze of all the civil and military officials, he said,"Zhen can appoint a few empty positions, and you can use 100,000 to buy an empty position to appease your children.”
Hearing this, the ministers heaved a sigh of relief. There were not many children in the family, so it was not impossible to appease them with 100,000 yuan.
However, apart from these few ministers, which of the other ministers did not have more than ten children in their families?
The most powerful minister had more than 200 children in his family!
Even if it was 100,000 yuan per person, the problem was that he simply could not take out this money!
Even someone like Li Si, who only had a dozen children and was also the Prime Minister of Great Qin, would not be able to casually take out a million yuan!
When Li Si and the officials thought of this, they continued to cry and complain to Qin Shihuang,""Your Majesty, you must not! I beg Your Majesty to retract your order!"
Qin Shi Huang, who was sitting on the dragon throne, waved his dragon robe and his powerful voice echoed throughout the entire Qilin Palace."Retreat!"
……
The officials were dragged out of Qilin Palace by the Xuanwu Guards.
Qin Shihuang also quickly announced the order to push grace to the world.
He realized that the house was in complete chaos!
When Li Si returned home, he realized that his boss was holding onto his second brother and he was biting his boss 'thigh tightly.""Why can only an idiot like you inherit Father's official position?”
No. 3 also rushed over and kicked No. 2, but No. 4 hit him on the head with a wooden stick." No. 3, you're just like No. 1. What else can you do other than crawling on a woman's belly?”
Li Si rushed forward when he saw his sons fighting. All of them were too scared to move!
Apart from the eldest, the second and youngest were all kicked by Li Si.
Li Si kicked his sons so hard that they were thrown off their feet. Li Si was so tired that he was out of breath." I'm still here. Are you guys rebelling?"”
When the eldest saw this, he gloated at the second brother and said,"Second Brother, did you see that? Father said that this official position is mine. You have no right! If you dare to snatch it from me, I'll get my father to kill all of you!”
Li Si had a bad feeling when he heard that. It was too late for him to reprimand the idiot Boss!
Second Brother and the other eldest sons stared at Li Si and First Brother with red eyes.
They roared angrily, tears rolling in their eyes.
"Dad, why are you siding with big brother? Didn't you see His Majesty's edict? The official position will be inherited by the capable!"
"Father, all these years, you've always been biased towards big brother. You've never cared about us, and now you've even given the official position to big brother.”
"Father, we've already endured it for a long time, but you only have big brother in your eyes. When have you ever opened your eyes to look at us?”
"We don't have a father like you. His Majesty has already given us a chance, but Father, you're not willing to give us a chance. Today, we'll pay back all the grievances we've suffered!”
……
At the end of his sentence, Li Si's sons suddenly surrounded Li Si and Boss and beat them up!
Their eyes had been blinded by power. It didn't matter if Li Si was their father, they only felt wronged!
"Unfilial son! Stop!" Li Si was punched in the front teeth and a few of them fell out!
"Butler! Get rid of them all!" Li Si was surrounded and beaten up by his own son. Seeing that he could not break free, he could only call for the butler!
The butler immediately brought hundreds of servants and tied Li Si's sons up with hemp ropes.
Li Si was furious. He used the thorny stick to whip his sons, sending their flesh and blood flying.
"Unfilial son, you even dare to hit your father? What a waste of being a son! If you are not my biological children, I will kill you!”
……
Similar scenes played out in almost every minister's home.
On the second day.
Li Si led almost all the ministers in Xianyang to kneel outside the Qilin Palace in the heavy rain.
"If Your Majesty doesn't take back the edict, we'll kneel here and die!" Li Si said.”
Behind him, Feng Qujie, Chunyu Yue, and the other ministers were also suffering.
"If His Majesty doesn't take back the imperial edict, we won't get up even if we kneel to death!"”
"Your Majesty, please take back the imperial edict!"
“……”
Seeing this, Yin Xu had no choice but to enter the Qilin Palace and respectfully said to Qin Shi Huang,""Your Majesty, Li Si and all the officials are kneeling outside the palace, begging Your Majesty to take back the decree. If Your Majesty doesn't accept it, they will kneel outside the palace.”
After Yin Xu finished speaking, he suddenly felt that the originally gentle Qilin Palace suddenly turned cold, and a killing intent shot into the sky.
"You dare to disobey my edict?”Qin Shihuang's expression was calm and his tone was very cold. He said in a deep voice,""Tell them to go back. If they don't, kill them all!”
Hiss!
This was almost all of Xianyang's civil and military officials. If they were all killed, Great Qin would not have any suitable talents in a short period of time and would fall into chaos!
And His Majesty actually wanted to behead him without hesitation!
After a pause, Yin Xu collected his thoughts and quickly arrived outside the Qilin Palace.
"His Majesty has decreed that all of you return quickly. Those who dare to stay will be killed without mercy!”Yin Xu said coldly.
Hearing this, Li Si and the other ministers felt despair!
That iron-blooded emperor had returned!
Cold, arbitrary, bloodthirsty, feminine, peerless…
He sighed and saw a minister being dragged to the side and beheaded.
The ministers immediately got up from the ground and ran back to their own residences in a panic.
A few officials who were running slower kept cursing behind him!
"Li Si, you bastard! You ran faster than a rabbit!”
"Zhao Gao, you're not a man! You said that you would rather die than live in shame, but not a single word of what you said was true!”
"Feng Qujie, you keep saying that you want to plead for the lives of the officials. This is how you plead for your lives. You run faster than anyone else! Wait for me!"
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