Zhangtai Palace, court meeting hall.
On the left and right sides of the palace stood thirty-two heavenly pillars, each with dragon kings coiling around them.
At the highest point of the hall, on the black dragon throne, sat a man wearing a black dragon king robe and a twelve-tasseled crown.
The man's expression was dignified and his eyes were cold. His gaze was incomparably sharp as if it could penetrate people. The might of an emperor arose spontaneously.
It was none other than the Ancestral Dragon, the First Emperor Ying Zheng, who had swept across the Six Directions and established the Great Qin Empire!
Below the main hall, the civil and military officials stood on both sides solemnly.
"Your Majesty, bad news!"
Suddenly, the Imperial Army Commander Zhang Han stumbled into the hall, his face filled with panic.
"What is it?"
"You're so flustered!"
Ying Zheng gave Zhang Han a stern glare, a trace of doubt flashing across his face.
No matter what, Zhang Han was a veteran general who had been through countless battles on the battlefield. To be able to make him so flustered was definitely not a small matter.
Could it be that those rotten Confucians were courting death again?
Thinking of this, the First Emperor's eyes revealed a trace of killing intent.
If you don't cherish the opportunity I gave you, then don't blame me for being ruthless.
In fact, if Chun Yuyue wasn't the Eldest Young Master Fu Su's teacher, the First Emperor would have imprisoned these people.
"Your Majesty, Young Master Changfeng has caused a huge disaster!”
Zhang Han quickly cupped his hands and replied.
As soon as he received the news, he was shocked and ran over with all his might. He almost could not breathe.
"Changfeng?"
Ying Zheng was even more confused.
This third son of his had always been ordinary. What could he have done to scare Zhang Han to such an extent?
The officials looked at each other in confusion.
Now that the throne of Great Qin had yet to be decided, every son had a chance. As such, every son of the First Emperor had been studied by the officials.
Among them, the one who was the easiest to ignore and ranked the lowest was the Third Young Master, Chang Feng, who was not good at literature or martial arts and had no sense of existence.
Now that he heard that Young Master Changfeng would actually cause a huge disaster, it was as if the sun had risen from the west.
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Han. Some people even started to speculate whether Zhang Han was bribed by that young master to smear Young Master Eternal Wind's reputation.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Young Master Changfeng, he, he killed all the Confucian Sect disciples who caused trouble on the streets!”
Zhang Han, who was numbed by the First Emperor's sharp gaze, lowered his head and reported.
"What?"
"Is this true?"
This time, even Ying Zheng was shocked.
As the first emperor of Great Qin, Ying Zheng knew that the Confucian Sect had openly violated the laws of the court, attempted to restore the enfeoffment system, and colluded with the remnants of the six dynasties.
However, the Confucian Sect had been the most prominent school in many years, and its students and old friends were all over the world. In Great Qin, it had an influence that could not be underestimated.
Attacking the Confucian Sect would easily cause an uproar, so even the First Emperor had only reprimanded Chunyu Yue and the others and hadn't really attacked.
However, he had never expected that the Young Master Chang Feng, who had always kept a low profile and had almost been forgotten by him, would be so ruthless.
Even the First Emperor couldn't figure out the consequences of this massacre.
"Is this true?"
Left Prime Minister Li Si was flabbergasted.
As a traitor of the Confucian Faction, Li Si hated the Confucian Sect to the bone, but even he was wary of them and didn't dare to act.
"Your Majesty, sirs, this matter was personally reported by the Xianyang Order. It can't be wrong!”
"Young Master Changfeng also went to the Confucian Sect's encampment in Xianyang City, and none of the Grand Confucians gathered there escaped!”
"It is said that Young Master Changfeng is currently escorting a group of scholars to the market entrance. He said that he wants to publicly judge these people for their crimes of rebellion!”
Zhang Han gulped, his voice trembling slightly.
"After killing people, you still want to kill the heart?"
"Your Highness is really ruthless.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Si and the others were stunned again. They were all frightened by Ying Changfeng's ruthless attack.
Only Ying Zheng's eyes shone brightly.
When he had just received the news, Ying Zheng had thought that his son was too rash, and did not care about the big picture at all, and did not have a long-term perspective.
However, this public trial had given the First Emperor a different view of Ying Changfeng.
The Confucian Sect's influence in the world was not only due to its hundreds of thousands of students and old friends, but also because of its 'good' reputation among the common people.
And now, Ying Changfeng had decided to put the Confucians on trial in front of everyone. He wanted to expose the truth of their crimes.
Not to mention how useful it would be, it would at least show that this son of his was definitely not a boorish idiot like a stubborn donkey. He still had a brain when doing things.
"Your Majesty, Young Master Changfeng's actions are too tyrannical.”
On the other side, the civil and military officials also gradually came back to their senses. Right Prime Minister Wang Wan was the first to step forward.
"That's wrong!"
"His Majesty has already issued an edict. Those who discuss the government affairs, slander the court, and kill the three clans. Young Master Changfeng is only acting according to the edict.”
"Prime Minister Wang, you, on the other hand, openly ignore the imperial edict and favor the pedantic scholar. What are your intentions?”
Li Si said disdainfully.
Even though Great Qin was on the right and Wang Wan was ranked higher than him, due to the enfeoffment system, Wang Wan's authority had been greatly reduced by the First Emperor. His position as the head of the officials was now only in name.
"Minister Li, you are wrong. The Confucians are indeed at fault, but the court should be the one to handle the law. Isn't Young Master Changfeng's action an overstepping crime?”
Zhao Gao's words dragged the Confucians, Ying Changfeng, and Fu Su, who was tied to the Confucians, into the hall.
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