"Great General Meng, did you think that the Xiongnu retreated yesterday because they couldn't take it down?”
Hearing Meng Tian's words, Wang Ben couldn't stand it anymore.
Before coming to the North Desert, he and Meng Yi had coincidentally met Wu Shiluo at the Crown Prince's residence.
He also heard him talk about how he had sowed discord between Touman and Maodun in the Xiongnu, and how he had used a borrowed knife to kill Maodun!
During this period, Touman Chanyu was surrounded and ordered the Xiongnu army that attacked the Qin army to retreat and encircle the rebel Maodun.
It was because Touman was trapped that the Xiongnu army was forced to retreat!
And the one who planned and directed all of this was His Highness the Crown Prince!
"Although the Xiongnu are harming the people outside the city, they have attacked Ye City for so long and have not gained any advantage!”
"They must know that they can't take down Ye City, which is why they withdrew their troops!”
Meng Tian nodded.
"What do you mean by not being able to take it down for a long time? This is also the credit of His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Seeing his big brother boasting so shamelessly, Meng Yi was a little speechless and directly retorted.
"How about this, let's start from the beginning!"
"A dozen days ago, His Majesty held a palace examination for the princes!”
"It is to test the knowledge and ability of the princes in order to determine the candidate for the crown prince!”
"At that time, all the princes, including the ninth prince Ying Ziye, were present!”
"And the first question His Majesty set is 'questioning the state'!”
"The so-called questioning of the government is to point out the maladministration of the court and impeach the officials!”
"At that time, His Majesty ordered that flattery was not allowed, and that one could only admonish the shortcomings!”
"His Majesty said that he only wants to know what problems Great Qin has encountered!”
Seeing that they were arguing again, Zhang Han quickly stood up.
He planned to tell him all the grand deeds that the Crown Prince had done recently.
Otherwise, Meng Tian would still be kept in the dark and would not know the seriousness of disobeying the Crown Prince's orders!
"Such a difficult problem, isn't this…isn't this asking Young Master Fu Su to jump into a pit?”
"Young Master Fusu is honest and upright, and obeys His Majesty's every word. He will definitely point out the maladministration of the Imperial Court!”
"In this way, we will definitely anger His Majesty and might even offend the officials!”
"This question is clearly a trap!”
Hearing what he said, Meng Tian could not help but feel indignant for Fu Suo.
The question set by the First Emperor was too disadvantageous to the honest Fusu. It was definitely a minus point.
"That's right, this question is indeed a trap!”
"When all the princes heard this question, they were all dumbfounded.”
"Pointing out the maladministration of the Imperial Court might anger His Majesty!”
"If we impeach the officials of the court, we will offend the ministers again!”
"Therefore, if we follow His Majesty's orders and answer the questions truthfully, we won't be able to please anyone!”
"Just as Great General Meng expected, Eldest Young Master Fusu directly stated the maladministration of the Imperial Court and suggested that Your Majesty implement a benevolent policy and soften the world!”
Zhang Han nodded and continued.
"It's over! It's over!"
"Eldest Young Master's remonstrance is equivalent to saying that His Majesty is using tyranny!”
"Sigh, Eldest Young Master's status is in danger!"
When Meng Tian heard this, she sighed helplessly.
It seemed that the Eldest Young Master was getting less and less favored by the Emperor during the last court examination!
"Great General Meng is overthinking. Compared to the Ninth Prince's impeachment, Young Master Fusu's actions are nothing!”
"The Ninth Prince's impeachment is truly audacious!”
Wang Ben's interest was piqued when he thought of the court examination that day, and he said with a smile.
"How audacious?"
Meng Tian, who had been worried about Fu Su just now, could not help but have her eyes light up.
If the other princes were to go overboard and attract the Emperor's anger, Young Master Fusu would be saved.
"After all the princes have answered the questions, His Majesty actually forgot about the ninth prince and is going to give a second question!”
"In the end, the Ninth Prince took the initiative to step forward and asked to answer the questions and participate in the court examinations!”
Zhang Han didn't answer directly, but deliberately kept them in suspense.
"This kind of suicidal question is avoided as much as possible. This Ninth Young Master actually took the initiative to answer it.”
Meng Tian did not shy away from teasing the current Crown Prince!
In his opinion, even if such a fool became the Crown Prince, he would be crippled sooner or later!
Therefore, there was nothing wrong with teasing him!
" What's more 'idiotic' is that after receiving His Majesty's permission to answer the questions, the Ninth Young Master first impeached His Majesty, then the Eldest Young Master Fu Su, and the Eighteenth Young Master Huhai!”
Zhang Han laughed mockingly and continued.
"This…isn't this courting death?"
Meng Tian was amused when she learned that Ying Ziye was courting death. However, she seemed to have thought of something very quickly, and the smile on her face froze." Wait, how did the Ninth Prince become the Crown Prince when he was courting death?”
"Do you know how the Ninth Young Master impeached him?”
"How to impeach him? Hurry up and continue!”
The more Meng Tian listened, the more curious she became. The more she listened, the more addicted she became. He scratched his head and urged impatiently.
"Ninth Young Master impeaches His Majesty for being soft-hearted, soft-hearted, and harming the country!”
"He said that His Majesty built the Great Wall to defend against the Xiongnu invasion to the south, but was criticized by the Confucians as a tyrant!”
"In order to unify the world and conquer the Yue, he was criticized by the Confucians as a warmonger!”
"The Confucians spread such heresy to confuse the masses, but His Majesty endured it and did not use it. This is the kindness of a woman!”
"In addition, the Ninth Young Master also accused His Majesty of being obsessed with immortality and treating poison pills as immortal pills.”
Zhang Han's saliva flew everywhere as he recounted the incident where Ying Ziye impeached Ying Zheng in the morning court.
"Good!"
"Well said!"
"I didn't expect the Ninth Prince to have such courage!”
Meng Tian couldn't help but exclaim!
In the past, the First Emperor favored necromancers and pursued longevity. He and the ministers tried to persuade him many times, but it was to no avail.
Later, in order not to anger the Emperor, they did not remonstrate.
He didn't expect that the Ninth Prince, who was known for being useless, would have the guts to scold the Emperor for being soft-hearted and harming the country in front of all the civil and military officials!
All of a sudden, he, who didn't have a good impression of Ying Ziye just now, was now looking at him in a new light!
"In the beginning, His Majesty was clearly unhappy, but later, he found a chicken and fed it the so-called immortal pill. The chicken quickly died!”
"Only then did Your Majesty realize that the so-called immortal pill was actually a poison pill!”
"So he ordered Xu Fu to be torn apart and more than 300 necromancers in Xianyang City to be slaughtered!”
Zhang Han almost danced with joy when he said that!
"Good kill!"
"These mysterious demons should have been killed long ago!”
Meng Tian clapped her hands happily. Then, as if she had thought of something, she quickly asked,""By the way, how did the Ninth Young Master impeach the Eldest Young Master?”
He was a staunch supporter of Fu Su and had always advocated making Fu Su the Crown Prince!
Therefore, he was very concerned about how this kid would impeach Fu Su!
"His Highness the Crown Prince impeaches the Eldest Young Master for being bewitched by the Confucians, for being pedantic, for not having his own views, and for not being ruthless enough against the anti-Qin forces!”
"I impeach the Eighteenth Young Master for being hypocritical. He appears to be obedient and honest, but he is actually extravagant, licentious, fatuous, and incompetent!”
Zhang Han continued, and Meng Tian nodded repeatedly.
The Ninth Young Master's words hit the nail on the head. He was indeed right!
Eldest Young Master Fu Su was indeed a little pedantic. He had been deeply influenced by the scholarly faction and did not have his own opinions!
But soon, he realized that the Ninth Prince was a good-for-nothing.
Wasn't he a silkpants who only knew how to eat, drink, and play?
How could he see the problem so clearly?
"After that, His Majesty had a second question. How could he solve the problem of the treasury lacking money and food?”
"This problem has troubled Great Qin for many years, and even the civil and military officials in the court are helpless!”
"Not to mention these princes who live like kings!”
"Guess what happened?"
"The Ninth Young Master thought of a solution. In just two days, he filled up an empty treasury!”
Just as he was puzzled, Zhang Han spoke again.
"What?"
"The problem of the treasury being short of money and food has been solved by the Ninth Young Master?”
"How is this possible?"
Hearing what he said, Meng Tian shook her head. Her face was filled with disbelief.
Apart from fighting all year round, Great Qin also had to build the Great Wall and Epang Palace, so the treasury was always very poor.
The Meng Army had not even received their pay for half a year!
Even the important officials of the court were helpless about this problem. How could he, a prince, solve it in two days?
"The Ninth Young Master has proposed a reform of the land tax. All exorbitant taxes will be abolished, and taxes will only be levied according to mu!”
"The more land there is, the more taxes there will be!”
"The less land there is, the less taxes there will be.”
"In addition, we will also attack the aristocrats and make them pay heavy taxes!”
"This is to solve the problem of the treasury lacking iron and grain.”
"However, after the Ninth Young Master proposed the tax reform, almost all the civil and military officials in the court opposed it. They tried their best to dissuade His Majesty from imposing heavy taxes on the nobles!”
Zhang Han took a sip of tea and continued speaking excitedly.
"It's normal!"
"Which of the civil and military officials in the court doesn't have a marriage relationship with the aristocrats?”
"In fact, they themselves are aristocrats!”
"Although the Ninth Young Master's suggestion is good, it will hurt their interests. It's almost impossible to implement it!”
"If all the civil and military officials of the court were to unite, not to mention a mere prince, even the First Emperor would have to compromise.”
Meng Tian shook her head, disapproving of Ying Ziye's decree.
If it was easy to collect taxes from the aristocrats, they would have collected them long ago!
He wouldn't have waited until now!
"Wait a minute, since this order doesn't work, how did the Ninth Young Master solve the problem of the treasury's lack of money and food in two days?”
Then, he seemed to have realized something and quickly asked in surprise.
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