Chapter 422: Finding the Source of Rumors (Part 1)
"These rumors are only spread among my brothers who live in Xianyang City?"
"For the time being, this is the case, but if the situation continues at this time, it will be widely spread in Xianyang City sooner or later, and the Taiwei and I are waiting for the return of the king, and we want to discuss how to deal with this matter as soon as the king returns."
Yinggao understood why Xiao He was anxious like an ant on a hot pot this time, but he didn't take any action, not because of anything else, but because the scope of rumors was focused on Yinggao's brothers.
With Xiao He's identity, if he moved Daqin's son at will, it would not be beneficial for such rumors, but it might make the rumors more and more difficult to control.
Something like this happened, it was really Ying Gao who never expected, he had been on the throne as the emperor of Great Qin for more than three years, and during this period, these sons of the First Emperor have always been very peaceful and self-conscious.
More than a year ago, with the youngest son Hu Hai was married by Yinggao and walked out of Xianyang Palace, except for Fusu, all the sons lived in Xianyang City, food, clothing, housing and transportation, Yinggao was supplied a lot, their life can be said to be very comfortable, in this Daqin has basically temporarily no internal and external troubles when such rumors broke out, which made Yinggao a little puzzled.
"Did Zuo Xiang and Taiwei find out where the source of this rumor was, and who started such a statement first? If we can find out the source of this rumor, this matter will naturally be solved, and I can't do anything to my brother when I'm away, which is understandable, but it's not too late to deal with it at this time. ”
Yinggao made a simple analysis and came to such a conclusion, in fact, Yinggao did not pay much attention to this matter in his heart, he had already seen through his dozen brothers, except for Fusu who was a person with some ability and feelings, the other dozen or so people had no use at all.
In a sentence commonly used by Yinggao in later generations, it is just a few wine bags and rice bags, and raising Yinggao in Xianyang City feels a little like wasting the money and grain in his treasury, but this is something that has to be done.
To put it bluntly, even if Ying Gao Gengen can't look down on these descendants of the Ying family, if they can do it all, it is impossible for them to be killed by Zhao Gao one by one in their previous lives, and finally let the first emperor end up with a result of cutting off his children and grandchildren.
"This ...... Taiwei and I began to secretly investigate when the rumors first came out, but at that time, more than a dozen brothers of the king had all been secretly circulating this matter, but they were very taboo about this matter on weekdays, and people who were not close relatives of the prince of Daqin could not let them tell the truth. ”
"Oh? How so? ”
At this moment, Yinggao was really a little surprised, just with the minds of the sons of the First Emperor, he was stunned that he didn't find out who this matter came from, which is not easy to rectify.
Yinggao has more than ten brothers, if you catch one or two, and you violate Qin's law and kill a hundred people, everyone will naturally have no opinions, but if you get more than ten of them, not to mention how the people of Daqin think of Yinggao, you will not even have to do it in Fusu in Nanhai County.
Ying Gao, who studied history in his previous life, knew that since ancient times, the emperor's sons have not been brothers, but enemies, but this tradition was not carried forward in the short death of the Second Emperor of Great Qin.
So in this era, these so-called brothers should not have this kind of idea, so who instilled such an idea in them in the short two or three months after he left Xianyang City?
Because of the advanced nature of this thought, Yinggao even doubted that there were traversers like him who had reached this era, and it was no longer pleasing to the eye, but he quickly gave up this joking idea, because the traverser would not make a fuss about his brothers who did nothing, they were just a pile of mud and couldn't support the wall.
The reason why this kind of thing makes Xiao He anxious is because as it ferments, it will affect Yinggao's image in the hearts of the people of Daqin, and if it is not good, Yinggao will change from an emperor admired by thousands of people to a ruthless emperor.
But the impact of this matter is nothing more, Yinggao's control over Daqin is still unparalleled, at least in the short term.
Of course, Yinggao doesn't want to make himself a ruthless emperor in the eyes of the people and in the history books, so he still has to deal with this matter, and he must let such rumors be completely reported.
Disaster Xiao Wall, it is impossible for Yinggao to let it happen to Daqin under his rule, and in the end, if one of his brothers is cut off by himself at the gate of Daqin's market, it will undoubtedly be a lose-lose result for Yinggao.
Seeing that Yinggao seemed to be in deep thought, it was obviously difficult to sort out the clue of this matter, Xiao He slowly walked to Yinggao's approach, and said to Yinggao in words that only the two of them could hear clearly: "Why don't you invite all those sons in Xianyang City to Xianyang Palace one by one, with the wisdom of the king, if any of them have flaws, it can be seen that if they can rein in the precipice, while this matter has not yet become big, the king can warn him, if he really has a heart of disobedience, The king should make a decision early! ”
If Xiao He's words were heard by the people of the Ying clan, they would have to scold him to death, but Xiao He still said it in front of Ying Gao, obviously, he just wanted Ying Gao to quickly solve this matter, since those sons of Great Qin are spreading this matter, when they really face Ying Gao alone, they will definitely be very nervous, and in this case, the source of this rumor will be self-defeating.
In that case, it would be nice to be able to find the source of the rumor, but what if it couldn't? Or is the source not in my brothers at all, and I don't live up to their image of unkindness? ”
"This ......"
Obviously, Yinggao's way of thinking about the problem is different from Xiao He's, according to Xiao He's method, although it may indeed be possible to find a culprit, but this matter is not the end of dealing with the culprit.
Yinggao found an indignant son, and then killed him, this rumor not only can't stop, but may become more and more intense, and it is very likely that even if it fuels such rumors, it further confirms Yinggao's image of being unkind.
Yinggao said this, Xiao He didn't know what to do for a while, originally he thought that Yinggao would solve this matter when he came back, but he found that Yinggao's hand was still a hot potato.
Who is so vicious, and the popular will and public opinion that I have accumulated with great difficulty, so that his stirring up will not be over? I didn't offend anyone...... The offended ones are already dead, could it be Xiang Yu? His personality should not be like this......
At this time, Yinggao's head flashed one figure after another, but they were all excluded by him one by one, and for a while, he really had nothing to suspect.
"Your Majesty, let me do the wicked person in this matter, I would rather kill by mistake than let it go! Otherwise, the king's reputation will be ruined by this rumor, and it will really be a disaster for my Great Qin! ”
Seeing Yinggao standing there in a daze and didn't say anything, Xiao He simply said an idea that he had been thinking about for a few days.
Yinggao didn't expect Xiao He to be able to say such a thing, but he was moved, of course he wouldn't do it, of course he knew that there was something called a history book, which would count everything the emperor's cronies did on the emperor's head.
Even if Xiao He secretly killed all of Yinggao's brothers, but the really wise people are not stupid, they all know that this matter must be instigated by Yinggao, and in the end, the historian will give Yinggao a simple few words, and although his dozen so-called brothers are not successful, they can't be scapegoated for others, right?
"Don't worry, don't worry, this matter hasn't come to that time, it's just a rumor, why take it seriously, I left Xianyang City this time, and I haven't been able to reunite with my brothers and sisters for a long time, two days later, all my brothers and sisters in Xianyang City will be summoned to Xianyang Palace, I will hold a family banquet for the Ying clan, tell them that if one of them does not come, they will not be considered members of the Ying clan."
Obviously, for this matter, Yinggao has already calculated after thinking about it for a few back and forth, Xiao He's head is not bad, but he can't stand on Yinggao's point of view, because he and those sons are not brothers, so this matter has to be solved by Yinggao himself.
"That's fine! I'll tell them about it today. Seeing that Yinggao's usual confident smile was on his face again, Xiao He knew that he should have a little bottom in his heart, so he also put his mind at ease.
"No, on the day of the feast, I told them that it would be an hour in advance, and I wanted to see what kind of virtue these brothers of mine had."
Ying Gao said that he would wait until the end of autumn to tell those people about the banquet, Xiao He seemed to have caught something, and immediately understood, and after agreeing, he said goodbye to Ying Gao and walked out of the court quickly, but the pace was obviously much brisker than when he came.
Watching Xiao He walk out of his main hall, Yinggao looked at the starry sky outside the main hall, which was already a little dark, as well as the huge Xianyang City around Xianyang Palace, and muttered in his mouth: "It seems that you are really unwilling to be lonely!" ”
After sending Xiao He away, Yinggao did not rest immediately, but came to the table alone, sat there holding his forehead and thought about it, then took out a few empty bamboo slips and began to write something.
In fact, when Yinggao reached this era, he had already found that there were a lot of rudiments of paper in this era, and the raw materials were tree bark, hemp and some broken fishing nets and other things, but they did not form any scale, so there would be no records in history, let alone for writing.
Although Yinggao has the intention to advance the papermaking craft for a period of time, but he thinks that this is not his short-term goal, and now looking at the heavy bamboo slips in his hands, Yinggao Xin said that the papermaking may be on the agenda.
The reason why Yinggao did not use lighter silk in this letter, but used bamboo slips, is because this letter was written to Fusu in the distant Nanhai County, among all the sons of Daqin, Fusu is the only one who has entered Yinggao's eyes, and Yinggao faintly feels that if the person who spreads rumors does not make good use of a Fusu, then he will almost do it in vain.
After writing for nearly half an hour, Ying Gao rubbed his somewhat sore wrist, put the bamboo slip into a bamboo tube and sealed it, and then summoned a janissary to come in, handed the bamboo tube to him, and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Your Excellency, rest assured, this letter will be delivered to the hands of the Fusu prince as soon as possible."
Looking at the figure of his janitarian guard leaving, Ying Gao nodded slightly, stood up and stretched, and then slowly walked in the direction of Feng Qing's bedroom......
The two days passed very quickly, Yinggao didn't do anything in the past two days, and the bumps on the road made him feel like the bones of his whole body were about to fall apart after a good night's sleep.
So he almost rested on his couch in Xianyang Palace for two days, and after two days, Yinggao was almost resting, but when he was about to go to the dinner party for his brothers and sisters, the other people in Xianyang City did not have his leisure and leisure.
"What? The king wants me to wait until the Xianyang Palace for a banquet, must I go? And only an hour earlier? This is ...... I'm afraid there is no good feast! ”
"Your Excellency invited me to go to Xianyang Palace? Didn't I wait for the things I had been discussing in secret for these days to be known to the king? How can this be? Will he wait for me ......?"
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Such words came out of the mouths of almost every Daqin prince who received a notice from the guards in Xianyang Palace, and they suddenly became ants on a hot pot, but they didn't dare not go, they could only tremble and prepare their clothes to leave the mansion, and their hearts were about to jump out of their throats.
In Hu Hai's mansion, Hu Hai's face was pale, and he was discussing with Qi Yi and the others in the bedroom.
"The matter...... I'm afraid that the king already has a suspicious target in his heart, I'll go, in case I ......" Hu Hai looked at Qi Yi and said slowly, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Yi.
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