Chapter Ninety-Six: Out of the Palace
Yingzheng wants to leave the palace, which is a big deal for the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, especially the current king has not yet been in power, once the palace encounters an accident, then it is no less than a disaster for the Qin State, so the next morning court meeting, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military heard that the king wanted to leave the palace, and immediately a minister came out to stop it.
Ying Zheng sat on the throne, looked at the civil and military ministers kneeling under the steps of the throne, and said: "Since the widow returned to the Qin State from the Zhao State, he has not had the opportunity to go to the world outside the palace to have a look, why does the widow have to stop the widow when he leaves the palace for the first time?"
The ministers kneeling below heard the king's question, and none of them squeaked, and many of them looked at Lord Sangkoku, who had not said a word from beginning to end. Lü Buwei stood at the front of the civil officials, not knowing that all the ministers behind him were looking at him, he was at the front with his eyes closed and looked indifferent.
Ying Zheng also knew that if he wanted to leave the palace, as long as Lu Buwei opened his mouth to say a word, then Zhongqing would not stop him anymore. Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei and asked, "Father Xiang didn't have a good rest last night, why is he so spiritless in the court today, do you want to summon the imperial doctor to come in and have a look?"
Hearing Ying Zheng ask himself again, Lu Buwei opened his eyes and said to Ying Zheng: "King Qiqi, I really didn't rest well at home last night, so I lost my mind in the court just now, and I hope the king won't blame." ”
"Father Xiang works hard for the country day and night, and it's too late for the widow to thank Father Xiang, how can he blame Father Xiang. It's just that the father should also pay attention to rest and take care of his body when dealing with state affairs. Ying Zheng said.
Lü Buwei bent down and saluted Yingzheng and said, "Thank you for the relationship with the king, I will pay attention to this prime minister in the future." ”
Ying Zheng continued: "Father, the widow just said that he wanted to go out of the palace, I don't know if the father thinks that the widow can leave the palace?"
"The king wants to go out of the palace to observe the people's situation in my Qin country, which is of course a good thing, and the prime minister should not stop it. It's just that I don't know if the king has thought about where to go out of the palace this time?" asked Lü Buwei to Ying Zheng.
"The widow wants to go to the Lishan Palace, I heard that there is a royal hunting ground there, so the widow wants to go and see, the widow has never seen a tiger or leopard when he is so big, so this time the widow wants to go to the paddock to have a look. ”
Hearing Yingzheng say that he wanted to go to Lishan, Lu Buwei was shocked, I don't know how the king suddenly remembered to go to Lishan Palace, could it be that he discovered the secret on Lishan? Lü Buwei didn't dare to think about it, some time ago, he came down to a diner who was proficient in feng shui, and he didn't study the location of the tomb, so Lü Buwei asked him to find a feng shui treasure land around Xianyang City for himself as his tomb, and as a result, the diner went to Lishan, and after inspecting the feng shui around Wan Xianyang, he told him that the best feng shui treasure around Xianyang City was in Lishan, and it was behind the Lishan Palace. So Lü Buwei thought about it again and again, and decided to build a mausoleum for himself for the purpose of building an imperial mausoleum behind the Lishan Palace.
If the king wants to go to Lishan, it will not work, stealing the imperial mausoleum is no longer a crime of trespassing, to put it mildly, this is the crime of rebellion, once the matter of stealing the imperial mausoleum is discovered, even if he is kind to Yingzheng, then his position in this Xiangguo will definitely not be kept.
Lü Buwei didn't want Yingzheng to go to Lishan, and said to him: "King, the Lishan Palace has rarely been used since the first king, and now some palaces in the palace may be in disrepair and cannot be used, and the prime minister feels that the king will disturb the king's mood when he goes up, so the king wants to go to the Lishan Palace, please wait in the palace for a while, and wait for the Lishan Palace to be repaired before it is too late." ”
Ying Zheng saw that Lu Buwei didn't want to go to Lishan by himself, and he didn't know if what he said about the palace had not been repaired for a long time or if he didn't want to see the existence of the imperial tomb by himself, but he seemed to have allowed himself to leave the palace, which was a good thing. Ying Zheng said: "In this case, the widow will not go to Lishan when he leaves the palace this time, and the widow wants to go to Yongcheng to have a look, this place is no problem." ”
Seeing that Yingzheng dispelled the idea of going to Lishan, Lu Buwei was secretly happy in his heart, as long as he didn't go to Lishan, it didn't matter if he went somewhere else. Lü Buwei replied: "Since the king wants to leave the palace so much, then the prime minister will no longer stop the king." The ministers kneeling on the ground, please get up, I think it's good for the king to go out of the palace to take a look at my Daqin's customs, after all, the entire Qin country belongs to the king, does the king still need someone's consent to play in his own home?"
After dispersing Chao Yingzheng and returning to Changle Palace, Meng Tian and Meng Yi were already waiting for him in the palace. Seeing Ying Zheng walk in, Meng Yi stepped forward and asked, "King, what do the ministers in the court think of the king's departure from the palace today?" ”
Ying Zheng asked the attendants who followed him to wait outside the palace, and no one was allowed to come in without his own orders. After the chamberlain left, there were only three people left in the huge palace. Ying Zheng took the Meng brothers to the secret room, and after entering, Ying Zheng said: "As expected, there must be something strange about the imperial tomb in Lishan, otherwise Lu Buwei would not have heard the widow say that he wanted to go to the Lishan enclosure to see the tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts raised in the palace, and then he told the widow that the Lishan Palace was in disrepair and could not be used, and then he hoped that I could go somewhere else." ”
Meng Yi listened to Ying Zheng's words and said: "Based on these alone, we can't conclude that Lü Buwei has something to do with the imperial tomb on Lishan Mountain, and now it's just an object of our suspicion. ”
"Yes, my lord, these alone will not defeat Lu Buwei. Meng Tian said, "Lü Buwei can completely keep himself out of the matter, and then find a few unlucky people and say that he is behind the stealing of the imperial tomb, and it has nothing to do with himself." ”
Since there is no direct connection between Lü Buwei and the imperial tomb now, then leave this matter alone, and the most important thing now is to leave the palace. Since you don't go to Lishan, you should go to Yongcheng instead. Yongcheng is only about half a day's journey from Xianyang, so Yingzheng doesn't want to take too many people to go with him, so that others will know that it is King Qin who is out of the palace at a glance. This time, Ying Zheng decided to dress up as ordinary people of the Qin State and step forward, which saved a lot of trouble.
As for who to let follow him out of the palace, the brothers of the Meng family are naturally indispensable to kill, and Meng Tian is still in charge of the defense work of the palace. Meng Yi is by his side every day, if he is not by his side, he will feel very lonely along the way. In addition, there was Zhang Han, who went with a few soldiers of the forbidden army with good skills.
After everything was ready, Yingzheng issued an order to Lü Buwei, asking him to temporarily manage the government and take people out of the palace himself.