"No wonder these few people are so respectful to Zhao Gao and keep in close contact with him! It turned out that their official positions were bought from Zhao Gao! Ridiculous! How hateful!"
"Zhao Gaozhen is a traitor of the Great Qin Empire! He had embezzled and taken bribes worth five years of tax revenue! Fortunately, His Majesty had the foresight to behead Zhao Gao!”
“……”
Listening to the discussions of the officials, Ying Zheng swept a cold glance at the few officials who were kneeling down in fear, then nodded with a cold smile and said,
"Alright! Alright! I really didn't expect Zhao Gao to be so bold and reckless because of my favor and trust! The amount of money embezzled and bribed was actually more than five years 'worth of tax from the Great Qin treasury! How dare you sell your official position to you! They simply don't care about Great Qin's laws and don't put me in their eyes! Someone come!"
Following Ying Zheng's shout, a few of the kneeling officials trembled and lowered their bodies even further, saying in a trembling voice,
"Your Majesty! We know we were wrong! Please show mercy, Your Majesty! Please show mercy, Your Majesty!"
Ying Zheng gave a cold snort, and a few guards immediately walked in from outside the palace!
Ying Zheng didn't even look at the few officials kneeling on the ground, and said,
"Put all the officials on the list who bought official positions from Zhao Gao and participated in Zhao Gao's corruption and bribery case into prison! Cut off his official position! Seize the family property! Exiled to the border! As an example!"
Hearing Ying Zheng's sentence for these officials, all the ministers present were greatly shocked!
No one had expected that after Ying Zheng returned from the sand dune, he would reorganize the court and clean up the court in such a swift and decisive manner!
However, before the officials could react, the officials who were involved in Zhao Gao's corruption and bribery case had already been escorted away by the guards!
Wang Ben continued,
"Your Majesty, Zhao Gao's son-in-law, Yan Le, as the Xianyang County Magistrate, pocketed a large amount of taxes from Xianyang's taxes every year. He has been imprisoned with all of Zhao Gao's family members, awaiting Your Majesty's punishment!”
Ying Zheng smiled and nodded.
"Good! Very good! How dare you commit a crime under my nose! This Yan Le really understood Zhao Gao's true essence! Zhao Gao usurped power, sold his official position, embezzled and accepted bribes. He will be punished for several crimes. According to my order, Zhao Gao's entire family will be executed!”
"Here!"
Wang Ben cupped his fists and left to supervise the execution!
The officials in the hall all nodded and praised,
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Following Ying Zheng's orders, all the accomplices and ministers who had been in close contact with Zhao Gao on the name list were arrested and imprisoned by Ying Zheng!
Those who committed serious crimes were directly beheaded!
And after Ying Zheng's thunder-like punishment, the atmosphere of the entire imperial court was soon renewed…
On this day, as usual, Ying Zheng came to the morning court with his sick body. After all the ministers offered their blessings to Ying Zheng, Li Si stepped forward and said to Ying Zheng,
"Your Majesty, I've already arranged for the three things you ordered me to do! Now that the cotton seeds had been planted, there were farmers taking care of them day and night! There are also guards with sabers…As for the waterwheel and the divine arm crossbow, I have ordered the best craftsmen in Xianyang to forge them day and night! There are also two waterwheels set up in the moat outside the city and put into use…"
Hearing Li Si's report, all the officials present were surprised and curious!
He did not expect that the precious blueprint that Ying Zheng brought back from the Immortal World would be completed in just a few days!
The waterwheel was also put into use!
On the day Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang, the ministers had heard him talk about the use of cotton!
However, what were the uses of those waterwheels and divine arm crossbows?
Looking at the curious faces of all the officials in the palace, Ying Zheng, who had a sickly face, could not help but look a little better after hearing the news brought by Li Si. He said happily,
"Good! My dear ministers, you must not have seen the waterwheel and the divine arm crossbow, right? Since these two things have already been created, Prime Minister, today you will bring me and my beloved ministers to take a look!”
Li Si immediately acknowledged!
All the officials and ministers were also curious about the waterwheel and the divine arm crossbow, asking Fu Su, Wang Jian, and the others who had been to the Immortal World with Ying Zheng!
Fu Su, Wang Jian, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi looked at each other and smiled. They followed the group and patiently explained to the officials…
"What is it? The waterwheel could easily irrigate ten thousand mu of land without any human or animal power? Grand Preceptor! Are you talking nonsense?"
"The God Arm Crossbow can shoot more than thirty arrows at the same time? Shooting through heavy armor from 300 steps away? One person can operate it? What kind of divine artifact is this?"
"Fake, fake! Everything was fake! How could there be such a magical thing in the world?”
"I believe the words of the Grand Preceptor and Young Master Fusu! After all, this water wheel and divine arm crossbow were treasures brought back from the immortal world!”
"Our Great Qin is blessed by the heavens. Your Majesty, the Grand Preceptor, Young Master Fusu, and the others were able to bring back treasures like the waterwheel, cotton seeds, and divine arm crossbows from the Celestial World. This is simply a blessing for Great Qin and the people of the world!”
"Hurry up and take a look at it with His Majesty!"
“……”
The ministers discussed animatedly, and soon, they arrived at the moat outside the city with Ying Zheng!
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