"Where is Changqing?"
Not long after, Ying Changqing heard a roar coming from outside the door.
Then, the First Emperor, who was wearing a black dragon robe and had a dignified expression, walked in from the courtyard with an angry face.
Around the First Emperor were more than ten strong and powerful guards in heavy armor. Behind them were dozens of officials in court robes with gloomy expressions.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the First Emperor had arrived personally, Neishiteng hurriedly walked up to greet him in a panic and prepared to bow.
"Where's Changqing?"
Ying Zheng ignored Neishi Teng and turned his gaze to Ying Changqing, who had a calm and composed expression on his face. He instantly became even angrier.
He had already caused such a huge disaster, yet he still didn't know how to repent. How could Ying Zheng be lenient?
If it were not for his son, Ying Zheng would have drawn his sword and chopped him up.
"Father, why are you here?"
"This small matter is enough for your son and the internal historian's office to handle.”
Ying Changqing stood up with a smile. The words he said made the First Emperor so angry that he almost choked.
"You, do you know your sins?"
Ying Zheng roared.
"Zhao Gao had already committed a capital crime. It was Imperial Father who was too merciful and gave him a way out!”
"In the end, not only did this guy not repent, but he even became worse. He openly colluded with the remnants of the six dynasties and attempted to restore the feudal system. He split the Great Qin Empire and committed the crime of treason again!”
"Your son killed Zhao Gao only to redeem Father's mistake. What's wrong with that?”
Ying Changqing said calmly.
Ying Zheng was stunned.
The civil and military officials at the side were all so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat.
If he remembered correctly, this was the first time someone had contradicted His Majesty in public since His Majesty ascended the throne, right?
Ying Changqing's words were clearly accusing the First Emperor of being too indulgent towards Zhao Gao, and suspected that he was not using him properly!
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Young Master Changqing for being cruel and merciless. He is publicly acknowledged to have killed an official!”
"Even if Zhao Gao is in the wrong, he should be handed over to the authorities for trial instead of being punished!”
"Even if we take a step back, Zhao Gao did commit a capital crime, but his family did not do anything wrong. Young Master Changqing cruelly killed them!”
"If such a crime is not punished, who in the world will respect Great Qin's laws?”
"Please punish Young Master Changqing to prove the dignity of Great Qin's laws and calm the hearts of the people!”
Seeing the opportunity, the ministers who were already dissatisfied with Ying Changqing immediately knelt down on the ground and started to blame Ying Changqing. It was as if they would not be able to thank the world if they did not kill Ying Changqing.
That astonishing momentum made Ying Zheng frown.
Although he was criticized as a tyrant by many people, he was actually extremely sentimental and nostalgic.
In the past, he couldn't even bear to kill Zhao Gao, so how could he bear to kill his own son now?
However, this time, Ying Changqing had indeed let go of his "heinous mistake", which even Ying Zheng found hard to deal with.
After all, Great Qin had always ruled by law.
"Evergreen, do you have anything to say in defense?"
Ying Zheng remained silent for a long time before he spoke.
"Your son is not wrong, so why should I defend myself?”
"As for these ministers, what Imperial Father should be discussing is whether they are ganging up on me out of public interest or selfishness.”
Ying Changqing sneered.
"Your Majesty, Young Master Changqing is right. This Zhao Gao does have ulterior motives!”
"This humble subject and the others found many letters in the secret chamber of the mansion that Zhao Gao contacted the descendants of the six dynasties. Among them, Wei Jiu, the son of Wei State, and the others vaguely expressed their intentions to restore the throne, but Zhao Gao still accepted their gifts!”
"Other than that, Zhao Gao also used his influence to buy and sell official positions and accept bribes. Just the cash seized in the residence alone amounted to more than 12 million, and the number of jewelry, land deeds, and so on was countless!”
"This lowly subject has roughly estimated that if all of this is discounted, it would be equivalent to a year's worth of Great Qin's tax!”
Nesten braced himself and stepped forward to report carefully.
It couldn't be helped. After all, he was captured by Ying Changqing and was in charge of the raid on Zhao Gao's residence. He couldn't get away with it.
"What?"
Ying Zheng hurriedly glanced at the list handed over by Neishteng, and the anger on his face instantly grew even stronger.
After all, even though Great Qin had pacified the six countries and unified the Central Plains, the power that it had accumulated over the years had been completely used up in the successive wars.
Adding on the natural disasters that had occurred over the years, as well as the construction of the Spirit Canal, the Great Wall, and many other projects, it had been a long time since Great Qin's treasury had more than a million dollars left.
Many times, even the salaries of the officials of the imperial court could not be paid in time.
Even the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had no choice but to take the lead and start being thrifty. Every meal only had three dishes, and the concubines in the palace might not even be able to make two new clothes in a year.
However, from Zhao Gao, whom Ying Zheng trusted the most, he had directly confiscated a shocking amount of stolen money that was almost equivalent to a year's tax of Great Qin!
What they did was directly digging out Great Qin's territory!
How could the First Emperor, who had always been cautious and had dreamed of Great Qin's future, endure this?
By killing Zhao Gao, Ying Changqing was indeed saving Great Qin and making up for the mistakes his father had made!
As his father, what face did he have to criticize Ying Changqing?
"Such an evil thief deserves to die!"
Ying Zheng, whose face was burning, threw the list on the ground and roared.
The ministers who had gathered together to attack Ying Changqing were all dumbfounded.
They had never thought that the seemingly reckless and violent Ying Changqing would actually have such a trick up his sleeve.
In a short period of time, he had already obtained all the evidence of Zhao Gao's crime. It couldn't be any more conclusive.
In an instant, the tables had turned, forcing them into a corner.
Looking at Ying Zheng's furious gaze, the faces of the group of people could not help but show traces of panic and despair.
"So, Imperial Father, you're too kind, that's why these scums have a fluke mentality!”
"In your son's opinion, these officials who are in cahoots with Zhao Gao should all be killed!”
Ying Changqing's last hit had once again earned him a large amount of points from the Tyrant System.
Even the First Emperor couldn't help but turn around and look at Ying Changqing.
Wasn't this son too ruthless?
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