There was a brief silence in the hall, and everyone was silent, including Ying Zheng. After a long time, Zhang Han was the first to speak: "Then there is no room for maneuver in this matter?"

Wei Yu shook his head, "Now in front of the king are not only the Queen Mother and Lu Buwei, but the most important thing is the many royal relatives at tomorrow's worship ceremony, as well as the hundred officials in the court. If these people stand up for the Empress Dowager and Lü Buwei, will the king agree to them or not? These people are very important to our Qin State, and the king is now young and has little to do, and it is the time to show his ambitions. ”

Li Si agrees with Wei Yi's statement, throughout the history of Qin, how many times have the Qin conquest failed because of the courtiers' refusal to contribute, and it was also because the father and grandfather who went out to win the government The reign of the two Qin kings was still short, but going back to the top, the previous kings of the past dynasties all took the prosperity and strength of the Qin State as their own responsibility, so there is today's Qin State.

Li Si said to Yingzheng: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Doctor Wei said makes sense, if the king wants to pacify the Central Plains, I will rule the world in Daqin, and the pro-government is only the first step, but it is also the most important step, so I hope the king can deal with it properly." ”

Ying Zheng listened to the words of Wei Yi and Li Si, and fell into deep thought, as one of the two courtiers he relied on the most, he naturally knew that what the two of them said was all right. It's just that the current form is still very clear, the Queen Mother, Lu Buwei, the Ying clan, and the hundreds of officials in the court, all stand on their opposites, if they really join forces, their thrones may not be guaranteed.

"In this way, the matter of the widow's pro-government really needs to be considered in the long run. Ying Zheng looked at everyone and said.

Li Si thought for a moment and said, "Not really, but in this way, I will have to wronged the king and queen." ”

As soon as Li Si's words came out, everyone in the room immediately looked at him. Li Si coughed and said, "If the king talks to the queen mother about the pro-government matter this time, I think it is very likely that it will end in failure." Since they don't give it, then we simply don't want it, so that they won't know our intentions, and in the end they should be in a hurry. ”

"Taifu means that if you want to take it first, you must give it first?" Meng Tian blurted out.

Li Si smiled and said to Meng Tian: "Yes, since they want to keep the rights in their hands, then we will simply leave them behind."

Leave some more time in your hands, anyway, they will be ours sooner or later, and they will be the king's. Moreover, they keep these rights for the sake of their own interests, they have no way to the throne of the king, and now the right to transfer troops is in the hands of the king and the queen mother, Lu Xiangguo, and no one can mobilize the army without anyone's seal. But Wang Jian and General Meng and the forbidden army of the palace are all obeying the king's will, and we are now waiting for them to strike first, so that we can not only take back the rights in their respective hands logically, but also destroy them, killing two birds with one stone, why not?"

After listening to Li Si's plan, Wei Yu, Meng Tian and Zhang Han said to Ying Zheng in unison: "The minister agrees with Mrs. Li's plan. ”

Ying Zheng also thinks that Li Si's method is good, and it seems that he has to endure it for a while. "The widow also thinks that Mrs. Li's idea is good, the widow has been waiting for ten years, and he is not afraid to wait for another two or three years. It's okay to raise tigers, but we must hold the knife to kill tigers in our hands. ”

"That's nature, haven't we always had this knife in our hands. After Li Si finished speaking, he gestured to Meng Tian and Zhang Han with his eyes, "General Meng and General Zhang are both seriously ill in their hands, as long as the king gives an order, the two generals will bravely step forward and charge for the king." ”

After hearing this, Meng Tian and Zhang Han clasped their fists and said to Ying Zheng: "The minister Meng Tian (Zhang Han) is willing to go to the soup for the king, and he will not give up." ”

Ying Zheng stood up, clasped his fists at a few people and bent down and said, "The widow's country is entrusted to you." ”

"The minister swears to live up to the king's trust. And they all bowed down together.

On the morning of the second day, the old palace of Yongcheng unfurled the flag. The local officials of Yongcheng and many relatives of the Qin royal family lined up outside the old palace, waiting for Yingzheng to summon them.

Ying Zheng just arrived in Yongcheng yesterday, and there are a lot of things that need to be busy, many people hurriedly met Ying Zheng outside the city and then dispersed, and there were even many small officials who were photographed at the end of the crowd, and they didn't even see Ying Zheng's face.

After the hour, Ying Zheng, who was dressed in a crown dress and wore a bead crown, and Mi Fang'er, who was also dressed in the queen's clothes, stood in front of the main hall of the old palace. Ying Zheng said to the attendant beside him, and then the attendant walked to the steps in front of the main hall and said loudly: "The king has an order, and orders all the ministers to meet him." ”

At the sound of an order, many officials and the Qin royal family who had been waiting at the gate of the old palace for a long time rushed in. place

Someone walked to the foot of the steps where Yingzheng and the queen were standing, and after everyone knelt down to the ground after a "kneeling" from the inner servant, "The minister knocks to see the king, the queen, long live long live!"

Ying Zheng turned his head to look at Mi Fang'er beside him, the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and then each raised an arm, "The Qing family is flat, and the widow and queen enter the palace." ”

Ying Zheng and the queen walked in front hand in hand, and Lü Buwei and Li Si, who were originally standing in the middle of the steps, followed closely by Wei Yu, and many people under the steps followed them into the main hall.

Entering the main hall of the old palace, Ying Zheng and Mi Fang'er sat down on the throne in the center of the main hall. The palace hall of Xianyang City was originally modeled after the main hall here, because this is where the ancestral hall of the Ying clan is located, so every year the King of Qin has to come to Yongcheng to worship his ancestors, and naturally he will continue to use the throne, so after Xianyang City became the national capital, everything in the old palace of Yongcheng has not been replaced, and it still remains the same.

Everyone entered the main hall to find their seats and stand up, and Ying Zheng said: "The widow is married, and I will come to meet the widow's mother as usual, and pay tribute to the ancestors of the Qin Kingdom. Since the day the widow ascended the throne, counting this time, it is the second time he has come to Yongcheng, and it is the first time he has met with all the secretaries here. The widow is married, you may not have go, wait for the widow to worship the ancestors, and then set up a banquet in the palace to invite the princes. ”

There is no county guard in Yongcheng, only the county guard should be responsible for taxes, military service, city guards and other officials. The specific affairs of Yongcheng were all in the hands of a clan elder of the Ying clan, a person named Yingtong.

Ying Zheng's grandparents, when they met Ying Zheng outside just now, there were a few people of the Ying clan who were of the same age as Ying Zheng, and most of the clan elders did not kneel, but just bent down to the ground to show their respect for Ying Zheng.

Yingtong walked out of the courtiers queue and said to Yingzheng's auditor: "The old minister thanked the king for his colleagues in Yongcheng. Qi Qi Wang, since the old minister received the news that the king was going to come to Yongcheng to worship his ancestors, the old minister has ordered people to prepare the worship affairs, and the last time the king worshiped was temporary. This king's wedding, it is the luck of my Qin country to come with the queen, and the ancestor worship is naturally not the same as last time, and the old minister ordered people to prepare well in advance and wait for the king. ”

"Okay, the clan elders are naturally relieved. In this case, the widow and the queen went to the temple together. Ying Zheng said.

Yingtong said: "The old minister obeys. ”