Chapter 3: Lü Buwei is imprisoned
An Guojun Yingzhu is Qin Yiren's father, the husband of the Empress Dowager Huayang, and the grandfather of Yingzheng.
On the second day of An Guojun's succession, he went out hunting and met a woman, who looked like a sinking fish and a goose, and her demeanor was enchanting, and she was a stunner in the hearts of many men, and was taken back to the palace by An Guojun to sleep.
Unexpectedly, the next day, both of them died violently, this matter was extremely suspicious, and the Tingwei Mansion did not have the slightest clue after investigating for a long time, and finally it was over.
The imperial court said to the outside world that An Guojun had a serious illness and an incurable disease.
Mrs. Huayang's only remaining sense was also washed away by hatred, and her cannibalistic gaze stared at Ying Ji and said, "This is true!"
Ying Ji was also so frightened that his scalp was numb, and replied: "The minister knows that this matter is very important, and he also privately informed the old court lieutenant that the old court lieutenant should have found out the truth. ”
Before Mrs. Huayang could speak, the old Tingwei stood up and said: "Empress Dowager, the ministers have investigated, which singer is indeed Lu Buwei's concubine." ”
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding ministers were in a commotion, and discussions came and went.
"I really didn't expect Lü Buwei to do such a rebellious thing"
"After all, it's not from my Qin Kingdom."
Mrs. Huayang glanced at Lu Buwei, who was paralyzed on the ground and had no eyes in his eyes.
He said coldly: "Meng Fu, the mourning family ordered you to lead troops to surround the Prime Minister's Mansion to arrest a cadre of people and others, and search for Yang Gu." ”
The general hesitated for a moment and replied, "No."
According to the law of the Qin State, the Empress Dowager had no right to order him to act as a general, but this was an extraordinary period.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is the largest institution under the King of Qin, and its power is greater than that of the General's Mansion, so it is really the only one who can do this.
The general Meng Fu and Cai Xue, who had some friendship with Lu Buwei, went to the Prime Minister's Mansion together, but the two returned to the main hall in half an hour, and Meng Fu had a box in his hand.
Meng Wei said to Mrs. Huayang: "Empress Dowager, I interrogated the elders of Lü Buwei's family with Gang Chengjun, and I didn't get the relationship between Lü Buwei and Lü Buwei, but I learned from a guest that the singer was from Yan and was bought back by Lü Buwei as a concubine. This is a box found in Lü Buwei's study, and there is a worm in it. ”
After speaking, he handed the box in his hand to Mrs. Huayang with both hands.
Mrs. Huayang took it with an ugly face and opened it, only to see a white reptile wriggling inside.
Mrs. Huayang said to the little eunuch who had been kneeling, "Is this Yang Gu?"
The little eunuch hurriedly shook his head and said: "The slave has never seen what the Yin and Yang Gu looks like, the Queen Mother only needs to let someone put the box on the belly of the monarch to draw out the Yin Gu." ”
The old envoy hurriedly took the box from the Queen Mother's hand, said to Qin Yiren on the couch, "The slave is offended", and put the box on his abdomen.
The Queen Mother and the ministers stared intently, wanting to verify whether the little eunuch was really lying.
After a while, the clothes on Qin Yiren's abdomen were moving slightly, and the amplitude became more and more obvious, and everyone present was terrified. Half an hour later, a small white worm emerged from a crack in its clothes.
The old lady doctor went over to untie King Qin's clothes, only to see a small hole in his left abdomen, and everyone present took a breath.
Mrs. Huayang looked murderously at Lu Buwei, who was paralyzed on the ground, and said, "Someone is coming." ”
Two guards came in from outside the hall and said, "Yes"
"Put Lü Buwei in prison, and after the state funeral, he will be convicted according to law. Mrs. Huayang said hatefully.
"No"
The two guards carried Lü Buwei out.
"Report, the Queen Mother, the Queen, the Prince, Wu Anjun Bai Qi outside the palace and Shang Jun Shang Yang ask to see. "The news brought by a guard has caused a storm in this newly calm hall.
"Why, didn't the two of them just ask about the DPRK and China a long time ago?"
"It seems to be an unquiet night!"
"There must be something important for the two of them to come together. ”
"Could it be that there are other important things outside the palace that I don't know?"
The ministers were talking.
"None of them have ever taken half a step out of the palace when King Qin ascended the throne, how could they come to the palace today, it is really incomprehensible. Meng Fu thought in his heart in confusion.
Mrs. Huayang was also surprised, Wu Anjun Bai Qi was the god of war of the Qin State, and his position in the military could not be shaken even if he was the current general Meng Wei. Not to mention Shang Jun Shang Ying, when Shang Yang did not change the law, Qin State, like the other six countries, had no future for the people.
One of the Shang Yang reforms was to give the people of Qin a way to the upper class, that is, to reward military merits, and to gain status with military merits, as long as you have the ability to worship the prime minister. The Qin State can have such a strong strength, it can be said that Shang Ying has three layers of credit, and no one can question the influence of Shang Yang on the people of Qin State.
After the god of Leng Shen, the Empress Dowager Huayang said to the guards outside the palace: "Pass!"
An old man with white hair, dressed in a simple robe, walked slowly with the support of a guard, and although he was old and frail, his pace was still steady.
Next to the old man was a middle-aged man of about forty, dressed in white, with a cold face, not burly but full of strength.
"I have seen the Queen Mother, the Queen, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The two entered the main hall and saluted according to the law.
"I wonder what is the important matter for Wu Anjun and Shang Jun to come?" asked Mrs. Huayang.
"I heard that the general led the troops to surround the Prime Minister's Mansion and arrested many people, and I was worried that something had happened in the palace, so I came to see it with Wu Anjun, and I never thought that the king had gone, and Lü Buwei rebelled and murdered the two kings of my Great Qin, which was really my Great Qin's injury. Shang Ying seemed to be really sad for King Qin's return to heaven and said.
Although Mrs. Huayang didn't believe what Shang Ying said, there was no reason not to let them stay here.
said to the old envoy: "When the mourning family came, I heard outside the door that you wanted to announce the edict of King Qin, and I don't know when I want to stay at this time." ”
The old envoy of "Nuo" also trembled with his hands, because Lu Buwei on the edict had been imprisoned by the Queen Mother, and if the edict was announced, Daqin would be leaderless.
When the old envoy was entangled in his heart, a minister stood up and saluted Mrs. Huayang and said: "Empress Dowager: According to the law of the Qin State, the prince is not allowed to govern himself until the age of the crown. However, this time is different from the past, Lü Buwei was also imprisoned by the Queen Mother because of his ill intentions, and now the courtiers have no leader. At that time, Empress Dowager Xuan was regent, just because King Zhaoxiang was young, lacked knowledge, and had too little training. Although the prince is young, he is orderly and not chaotic at all, and our courtiers are not as good as him. The minister had the courage to implore the Queen Mother to revoke the decree and allow the prince to govern in person. ”
Before Mrs. Huayang could speak, the minister of imperial history reprimanded: "It is the law of the Qin State that the prince is not allowed to govern in person before the age of the crown, how dare the Taicang Order repeal the decree." ”
Some of the ministers in the palace also have opposing opinions, but they don't want to stand up and oppose it, for fear of offending Yingzheng, even if he can't be pro-government for the time being, there will always be a day when he will be pro-government, and he still wants to wait and see.
Meng Fu, Lao Tingwei, Lao Huan Li and other ministers smelled a trace of unusual smell and waited for the time being.
Taicang Ling replied: "What the Imperial Doctor said is extremely true. Then he asked Shang Ying, "I don't know what Shang Jun thinks?"
Shang Ying bowed to Mrs. Huayang and said: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary methods should be practiced. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been extremely smart since he was a child, and since he became the crown prince, many of the king's recitals have been approved by the prince on behalf of the king, which is well known to the government and the public. His Highness is young. Its ability is sufficient to inherit the public instrument of the country. I implore the Queen Mother to be the prince in person. ”
In addition to entering the hall, Wu Anjun, who had never said a word, also saluted: "The minister implores the queen mother to be the prince!"
"The minister seconded the proposal," Ota said.
"The minister seconded," the state commander agreed.
"The minister seconded the proposal" Si Kou Fu Dao.
Cai Ze hesitated and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Taishi Ling and Taimiao Ling looked at each other and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!"
Eighty percent of the people in the main hall also voted in favor, and only the most important general's mansion, the court captain's mansion and the imperial history mansion have not yet spoken.
Meng Fu saw the Empress Dowager Huayang's gaze looking at him, and sighed "sigh" in his heart, not that he did not respect the law, but that the world was impermanent.
"Chen Mengfu seconded the proposal!" Meng Fu still voted in favor.
Ying Zheng still knelt in front of King Qin's couch and didn't say a word, as if the prince they were talking about was not him.
Mrs. Huayang glanced at Yingzheng in front of the couch and said, "Quasi!"
"Empress Dowager Xie. The minister of the palace saluted.
"Still haven't read out the edict?" said the Queen Mother to the old envoy.
The old envoy was about to collapse, and this was the third time he had read it tonight, but the first two times he had not read anything was interrupted.
The old envoy's trembling hand slowly opened the edict: "Qin King Qin Yiren is a special Zhao, and the widow knows that he will not be long in the future, so he will leave this Zhao: the prince is a politician, smart and promising, filial piety is visible, and he knows that the people's livelihood is not easy at a young age, and he needs to listen to the opinions of the courtiers and discuss the plan after succeeding to the throne." ”
The ministers in the palace heard it, this is not the content of the edict, or some are not the content of the above. It is impossible not to mention Lu Buwei in the real edict, and it is not and can only be it now.
No one dares to come out at this time to find fault, because that is not to find fault, but to find death.
The old envoy stumbled and finished reading the edict, and as soon as his hand loosened the silk cloth, it fell into the brazier. Frightened, he hurriedly knelt in front of Mrs. Huayang and said: "The slave deserves to die, he accidentally destroyed the edict of the first king, and begged the queen mother to atone for his sins." ”
Mrs. Huayang didn't look at the edict and said: "It is a capital crime for you to destroy the edict of the first king, and you mourn for the death of the first king!
Ying Zheng, who was kneeling, said loudly: "Son Ying Zheng respects the edict!"
Tai Shi Ling said: "After this Zhao, everything will be ordered by the prince. ”
The minister in the palace solemnly bowed his hand and said: "The ministers are under the orders of the prince."
"During the state funeral, first, the Prime Minister's Mansion will be temporarily replaced by Gang Chengjun Cai to ensure the smooth flow of government decrees. Second, General Meng Wei was in charge of the defense of Xianyang. The rest of the people in charge are arranged by the patriarch Yingsi. ”
"Minister Cai chooses to obey the order"
"Win and obey"
"Obscurity"
"The prince ordered, and the old minister was ordered: There are two things to be done during the state funeral, first, the national funeral arrangement, which is presided over by the Taishi Ling and the Taimiao Order! Second, the enthronement hall is presided over by the Taimiao and Changshi!".
"We will work together to go to the national crisis!" the ministers shouted together!
This is the old Qin people!