Chapter 12: The Throne of Bones

The old court lieutenant read aloud: "The old minister first reported the case of Lü Buwei and the officials involved. ”

When the former Lu officials heard this, they couldn't help but get nervous.

Lao Tingwei said: "During the period when the national thief Lu Buwei was the prime minister, he formed a party for personal gain, the party fought against differences, killed the loyal and good, corrupted a huge amount of silver, and delivered huge benefits to Tianlu Sect!"

What's even more odious is:

Lü Buwei also raised tens of thousands of soldiers in captivity, privately hid royal clothes, crowns, and carved jade seals, and his intention to rebel was clearly revealed!

He was given ten felonies.

One crime, great rebellion, and plotting rebellion!

Two crimes, huge corruption, stealing national wealth!

The amount of money is huge, shocking the world.

It conveyed benefits worth 60 million taels of silver to the Tianlu Sect.

He embezzled 15 million taels of ink, squandered 5 million taels, and recovered 10 million taels.

Three sins, fornication harem!

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Ten sins, framing and slaughtering loyalty!

Among the officials involved, there are servants Xu Xue, Wei Cheng Zhang Ke, and Shang Shuling Zhou He......"

After the old court captain read the ten sins, he read a large list of official names, as many as twenty.

Poof!

Poof!

The officials fell to their knees and cried out:

"Your Majesty spares your life, the ministers have written a confession, and the ministers know that they are wrong!"

Syllable!

Ying Zheng slapped his palm on Wang's case, and the jade seals on the case trembled.

As he stood up, a terrifying imperial majesty swept through the council hall like a tsunami.

Suddenly, there was a solemnity in the council hall.

The ministers suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and it became difficult to breathe, as if they were about to suffocate.

King Qin's majesty, landslides and tsunamis, too terrible!

The other officials who did not read their names also knelt down in panic.

Ying Zheng stared at the kneeling minister, and said majestically:

"This is a good prime minister of the widow!

This is the good servant of the widow!"

These words, he gritted his teeth and popped out word by word.

Even though Ying Zheng had seen the recital sent by Ting Wei last night, he still couldn't stop his anger.

You must know that the annual tax revenue of the entire Qin State is only 10 million taels of silver, and the balance of various expenses is less than 800,000 taels.

Moreover, Lü Buwei alone caused the Qin State to lose 75 million taels of silver, which was almost equal to the balance of the Great Qin treasury for a hundred years.

Not only that, but this thief also fornicated with the harem and tried to rebel.

Sin is not punishable!

In addition, the twenty Lu officials, Yingzheng has been as kind as heaven, giving them a chance to mend their ways.

But this group of corrupt officials actually deceived the king.

Lü Buwei and these officials, who are the courtiers of Great Qin, are clearly the vampires of Great Qin.

If they weren't removed, Daqin's blood would be sucked dry by them sooner or later, and the Ying clan would fall apart!

Ying Zheng's eyes breathe fire!

Keng——

He pulled out the Zhen Qin sword, pointed at the ministers from afar, and almost roared:

"At noon tomorrow, the national thief Lu Buwei's five horses will be divided, and the nine clans will be connected!

Twenty corrupt officials reported by Tingwei were beheaded for public display, their family wealth was confiscated, and their three clans were razed!

In addition, during the period of Lü Buwei's hegemony, the loyal and virtuous ministers who were unjustly imprisoned and slaughtered were rehabilitated, and the grievances were revealed!"

The king is angry, and the blood is flowing!

The king was furious, and the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked!

The ministers in the council hall were so frightened that they trembled.

"Your Majesty spare your life, spare your life!"

"Your Majesty, we have written a confession, and you have said that you will be punished lightly, or you may be guilty of meritorious service!"

Twenty ministers howled wolf howls.

Ying Zheng sneered: "You and others are bullying the king, and you still dare to mention the confession? The confession written by you and others is seriously inconsistent with the investigation by the Tingwei Mansion. ”

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, we know that we are wrong, spare us!"

"Your Majesty, you have just taken over the government, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt. It is the time to employ people, please spare us, we will condemn the guilty and make meritorious contributions!"

"Put this group of rebellious ministers and thieves in prison, and at noon tomorrow, Ming Zheng will be punished!" Ying Zheng waved his hand.

A group of black-armored soldiers rushed into the main hall and dragged away twenty corrupt officials.

There are many people, and during the period, the feces and urine are all out, and they will be as embarrassed as they want.

Those former Lu officials who had not been dealt with by Ying Zheng were also pale, and their hearts were soaked in cold sweat.

They secretly rejoiced that when they met at the DPRK meeting eight days ago, they truthfully wrote down their guilt.

Otherwise, there will be great calamity today, and hundreds of more heads will be carried out at the execution site tomorrow.

Ying Zheng looked at the old Tingwei: "Keep reading!"

The old lieutenant nodded and read out the crime of Chang Yu.

The sin of this thief is equally appalling.

Ying Zheng sentenced him to the same punishment as Lü Buwei:

The five horses divided the corpses, confiscated the family property, and connected the nine clans.

After the verdict was announced, Ying Zheng asked Prime Minister Sima Yi to read out the new policy regulations, reiterating that the "Book of Shang Jun" is an important code for governing the country.

In order to reverse the adverse impact on the Qin State caused by Lü Buwei's reign.

Ying Zheng knew that the law of Shang Jun, although it was harsh, it was indeed the law of strong Qin.

If Qin wants to sweep the eight wildernesses and dominate the world, he must use the law of Shangjun.

Over the past hundred years, under the rule of the Shang Jun Code, the old Qin people have integrated the "law" into their bloodline and become an inseparable part of the old Qin people.

The law of the Shang monarch is strict and clear, and the people clearly know what to do and what not to do, and what punishment will be received if they commit a crime.

It is precisely because of the clear understanding that the people have a sense of steadiness.

The prince was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and to be precise, this law was more severe for the nobles.

The people were convinced.

Although Qin's laws were strict, for hundreds of years, the number of people punished for violating the law in Qin was far less than that of the eastern countries.

And most of them are offended by nobles and officials.

Ying Zheng thought that if he really wanted to use the "royal road" to govern the country, it would not be now, but after he unified the countries in the eastern corner of the Shenhuang.

Moreover, it is not the so-called pseudo-royal road in "Lü's Spring and Autumn".

When the pilgrimage was over, it was already evening.

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The Manchu Dynasty civil and military walked out of the main hall, the old ministers were excited and excited, and the blood that had gradually cooled down was boiling again because of the new Qin Wang's pro-government.

"Fuck it, it's so happy, it's so happy!

That Lu Buwei's old thief and Chang Yu's tumor, Lao Tzu has long been unhappy.

Today, as soon as His Majesty's Chrysostom opens, the five horses will be divided, good, great!"

The old general Wang Di, who had just returned from the barracks yesterday to participate in the ceremony of worshiping the heavens and pro-government, had a gray face and trembling hair, and laughed.

Meng Yu, who is also a general and a lieutenant, is also full of smiles, and said with pride: "It's happy! I, Great Qin, am the Ming monarch and the hero, and Daqin should be prosperous, and I should be a big white!"

"Old lady, is it time to take out the osmanthus wine that has been treasured in your house for many years tonight?" Wang Yi looked at the general and said with a thief's smile.

Meng Yu smiled happily: "You old thing in the province, you are worried about it day and night, call a few other old guys, and the old man will open the altar and drink it tonight." ”

However, the former Lu officials were rumored and worried.

Worried that the King of Qin would settle accounts with them.

Now, all they can do is to do their job wholeheartedly and dutifully, so that King Qin is satisfied.

Meng Hu and Wang Yi just wanted to ride their horses and leave.

"General and General Wang, please stay, Your Majesty has important matters to explain to the two of you. ”

At this time, a eunuch ran out, but stopped the two old generals, Meng Hu and Wang Di.