Chapter 1: The Emperor's Sorrow
"Damn...... Damn ......"
"What the hell are they trying to do!"
"They're just going to ask for money and food, and they won't do anything else!?"
The First Emperor Yingzheng sat on the dragon chair, with an angry face, and smashed the book in his hand fiercely.
In the hall, Li Si, Wang Qian, and Wang Ben lowered their hands slightly, and they didn't dare to breathe.
In the seventeenth year of the first emperor, the Qin soldiers went east to destroy Qi, swept away the world, and pacified the chaotic world for hundreds of years.
After the Six Kingdoms were decided, the following year the army was sent to set Baiyue, and the world was clear with the Haiyan River, but the vast world and the undercurrent were surging.
The remnants of the Six Kingdoms have not disappeared, and they are still hiding in the shadows, intending to assassinate Yingzheng and restore the old country.
Therefore, the first emperor toured the east many times, led hundreds of thousands of soldiers, showed off his force, and made no one in the world dare to rebel.
Since then, the world seems to have calmed down.
The first emperor recruited the people, built the Afang Palace, repaired the mausoleum, built the Great Wall, gathered the wealth of the world, the power of the world, and wanted to build an empire for all ages.
The world has been in turmoil for a long time, the countries are fighting, and the people are not able to make a living, and they are hungry.
After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the life of the people did not improve, but intensified, so that seven or eight out of ten young and strong people in the world were recruited by the prince.
Among them, the people who built the Great Wall were 300,000 people, and Yingzheng even sent Meng Tian to lead a large army such as Beijun to supervise the construction of the Great Wall.
Under several large-scale constructions, the silver money gathered by the six countries quickly bottomed out, and the treasury was empty, and in the 35th year of the first emperor, there was a sense of making ends meet.
Ying Zheng's face was full of anger, and he was about to grab other things and smash them.
CRRC Mansion ordered Zhao Gao to step forward immediately and said softly.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry."
He then looked at the people in front of him, and his tone was sour.
"Prime Minister, you are really, such a thing is still shown to Your Majesty, can you decide for yourself?"
The three of them were silent, just bowed their heads and said nothing.
In various local projects, the border army has already reached the fold of asking for money this year, and it is still on the ground.
The above piles are written one by one, all of which are written about how bitter and cold it is, how difficult it is, but the lion opens his mouth widely, and one is a huge amount of money and food.
It is written on the bamboo slip that if the grain and grass are no longer available, these responsible border generals and construction officials will not be able to suppress the workers below, and they may have the power of riot!
What is it? This is a naked threat! Threaten him to win the government, threaten the emperor of Great Qin!
Ying Zheng was furious in his heart, and he hated to cut down these generals and these officials, and not a single one was left.
But can he?
No!
On the surface, it seems that the people are working and losing money, but in fact it is the suppression of the six countries that have fallen and the suppression of the people of the world, so as to consolidate the Great Qin regime.
These things all depend on these meritorious nobles and these Great Qin bureaucrats to do it.
Kill them, who will do it?
Let a new general who has no merits and no background do it, can he be convinced?
These people hold the authority in their hands, and they all know the righteousness, but they all secretly harbor evil intentions and secretly plot.
Although the Great Qin Emperor was thousands of miles away in a rage, no one seemed to dare to touch the emperor's scales.
However, at this moment, the army of the Great Qin Tiger and Wolf is fighting in the north and south, not in Xianyang, and the power in the hands of Ying Zheng has been weakened.
But they can act in secret, no longer suppress the four directions, and with a little guidance, they can lead the hungry people to rise up.
At that time, he will start to quell the rebellion, gather his generals, and accumulate his own strength in the way of quelling the chaos.
In this way, the emperor can be held hostage, and the people can be restrained.
If this is the case, whose world is the world, and whose Great Qin is this Great Qin?
The emperor's heart is hard, and only Yingzheng himself knows it, and he can't tell it to others.
If food and wages are not paid, who knows if these meritorious nobles will instigate from it, push several waves of anti-thieves out, and disrupt the world of Daqin!
Although this matter has not come to fruition, how can Ying Zheng not see the crisis in his mind.
But the treasury is already beyond its means, and Yingzheng is angry, but it can't solve the current predicament.
The dilemma of these two dilemmas made Ying Zheng's brows furrow, and his heart was surging.
He has gone through many ups and downs, but he never expected that one day, he would be stumped by money and food.
"You say!"
Ying Zheng was angry at the moment, and his brows furrowed.
"Over the years, everything they have done has been correct, but the progress has been slowed down repeatedly."
"Given them military and political power, and managed so many peasants and soldiers, they would only open their mouths and ask me for money?"
"You can't figure it out?"
Li Si wanted to reply, but seeing that Wang Jian and the two were still silent, he swallowed the words in his mouth.
"Okay, okay, let's go down."
"Tell them that I will find a way to deal with the money."
"What they are asked to do is related to the eternal foundation of the imperial court, and it must not be stopped!"
When Li Si and the three of them heard this, they immediately gave up their hands and bowed and left.
In the face of the thunderous wrath of the emperor, if you say that you are not afraid in your heart, it is impossible.
"Whew...... Whew......"
After the three of them left, Ying Zheng let out a long breath, thinking of the possible consequences of this matter, his brows furrowed a little tighter.
Ying Zheng's eyes were like eagles and falcons at this moment, and he stood silent, his face was pale.
"Your Majesty is angry."
Zhao Gao stood behind Ying Zheng and gently helped him stroke his back.
"These generals are really, they want such annoying things to trouble Your Majesty."
"Zhao Gao ......"
Ying Zheng let out a sigh, turned his head to look at Zhao Gao, and said.
"The world has been peaceful for a long time, but now things have not stopped."
"How's that good?"
"Your Majesty is at ease."
Zhao Gao chuckled, he knew in his heart that Yingzheng was not asking for his opinion, but just looking for a reason to soothe his emotions.
"You are an emperor through the ages, evergreen, and it is normal for them to not understand what you do."
"You said that this thing has not stopped, that is, Your Majesty, your Tianwei is far away, you work hard every day, how are they?"
Ying Zheng nodded, with a little smile on his face, and said.
"But you can talk and share my worries."
Immediately, Ying Zheng seemed to think of something again.
"How's my son?"
The first emperor Yingzheng had more than 20 sons, but there were only a few people who could get into Yingzheng's eyes.
What he is asking now is the eldest son who makes Yingzheng the most satisfied, Fusu.
"Back to Your Majesty's words, Gongzi reads hundreds of classics every day, and he has made great progress, but he is just ......"
"Just what?"
"It's just ...... sometimes"
Zhao Gao wanted to speak and stopped, facing the inquiring eyes of the First Emperor, he lowered his head slightly, and did not say a word.
Ying Zheng frowned when he heard this, and then got up, his face displeased.
"Don't learn a lot!"
Seeing this, Zhao Gao immediately stepped forward to help and waited carefully.
"Day by day, nothing can make me feel at ease."
"Especially this son!"
Ying Zheng shook off Zhao Gao's hand and turned around.
Zhao Gao hurriedly followed behind him, with a courteous smile on his face.
The first emperor was the first emperor of the ages, high-spirited, swept Liuhe, unified the world, established the foundation of China, and made great contributions.
But compared with its merits and demerits, it covers the three emperors, but this fault has also been criticized by later generations.
At this time, Ying Zheng's body is getting worse day by day, but he firmly believes that he can seek true immortals and live forever, so he becomes more suspicious.
In this whole world, there are only a few things and a few people that can make Ying Zheng happy in his heart.
One of them was his eldest son, Fusu.
It's just that Fusu is good in every way, but he seems to have changed his temperament recently and has become quite stubborn, which gives Yingzheng a headache.
Ganquan Palace, side hall.
Ying Zheng slowly entered accompanied by Zhao Gao, and the people in the left and right palaces immediately knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully.
In the side hall, a beautiful woman wearing a luxurious gown, after seeing Yingzheng, slowly bowed down.
"Concubine, I've seen Your Majesty."
The woman bowed her head slightly, and her voice was elegant, like a stream, which made people feel refreshed.
This woman is Yingzheng's concubine, Zhao's adoptive mother.
The first emperor Yingzheng once issued a decree that the descendants of the Qin royal family should not appoint queens and not register queens, so as to avoid the dictatorship of foreign relatives and move. Chaos regime.
Therefore, there are only beauties in Yingzheng's harem, but there is no queen.
Ying Zheng didn't speak, he moved forward, lay down directly on the couch on the side, and said in a deep voice to Zhao.
"The good son you raised, he is stubborn, and he will have a lot of success in the future!"
Ying Zheng said for no reason, and Zhao was slightly stunned.
But she reacted quickly, got up immediately, and said softly.
"The eldest son is stubborn, which makes His Majesty unhappy."
"Please also ask Your Majesty not to be angry in front of the concubines."
As he spoke, a smile appeared on Zhao's face, which could be described as seeing the sun and fluorescent.
The anger on Ying Zheng's face gradually faded, and he waved his hand lightly and took Zhao in his arms.
"In a few days, I'll go see him."
"By the way, check out his recent schoolwork."