Chapter 570

The people's protest against this incident caused a stir in Xianyang, and many officials' residences were blocked.

As long as these officials go to the Xianyang Palace to petition, the people will also go to the outside of the Xianyang Palace to petition, anyway, where these officials are, the people will go to protest.

It's not that there are no officials who instructed the family to break up the people, but as soon as they started, they were arrested by the Praetorian Guards, and even the officials themselves were fined a large sum of money.

The officials had nothing to say about this, because there was no provision in the laws of Great Qin that the people could not protest and march, which was after all a new thing made by Qin Xi.

However, the laws of Great Qin stipulate that no one may instruct others to harm other innocent people, and if it is not for the forbidden army to arrest people quickly, these officials will be imprisoned.

What made these officials even more angry was that some of them had joined in opposing them.

Two days later, the First Emperor finally stood up and convened a court meeting that had not been held for a long time.

In the court, the face of the First Emperor was very gloomy, and the atmosphere in the entire court was also very depressing.

"Let's talk about what's going on in the city lately." The First Emperor said coldly.

All the ministers bowed their heads, and none of them dared to speak.

"Didn't anyone say that? Let's talk about it. The First Emperor leaned on the table and said, "The people in the city gathered to protest, why, some officials prevented them from buying real estate behind Luoyang City!" Is there such a thing. ”

"Back to Your Majesty! These Diao people are completely disrupting the order of Xianyang, because so far, no one has stopped them from buying real estate in Luoyang. An official stepped forward and said.

"Nope!"

"Smack!"

The First Emperor slapped the table with a slap, causing everyone to tremble.

The First Emperor pointed at the official and asked, "No one stopped you, so why did they block your door with banners instead of other officials!" ”

"This ~ the minister doesn't know." The official was speechless.

Qin Xi, who was the crown prince, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, the public opinion is boiling, for the sake of the people, Your Majesty should obey the will of the people, support the people to buy real estate in Luoyang, and deal with the main officials who prevent the people from buying real estate." ”

Some officials suddenly chuckled in their hearts, the prince is going to fight back.

"Your Majesty, this is a civil unrest, and it is reasonable to send troops to suppress it, rather than using the lives of my Great Qin officials to quell the civil unrest. I implore Your Majesty to transfer troops to Xianyang to quell the civil unrest! Elder Yan stood up and said.

Li Si glanced at Elder Yan, stood up to block Elder Yan, and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the people gather but not chaos, so it is not civil chaos." I, the officials of Great Qin, can gather to petition His Majesty, and the people can naturally gather to petition His Majesty. ”

Now Yan Lao Xingyao distorted the fact that the people were protesting against this matter, and Li Si brought back the facts of this matter in one sentence.

Qin Xi said at this time: "Your Majesty, please Your Majesty strictly investigate the officials involved, and give justice to the people of Xianyang." ”

Elder Yan looked at Qin Xi and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it is the property in the name of the prince that pre-sells the house in Luoyang, since it is the property of His Royal Highness the Prince, then the prince should know that we did not ask the prince not to sell it, and we don't dare." ”

"Don't you dare?" Qin Xi snorted coldly and said, "You all went to find the three brothers of the prince, saying that I am in chaos and want to drive me out of the crown prince, isn't this forcing me not to sell?" Do I still dare to sell? ”

Yan Lao's heart beat wildly, how did the prince know about this? Could it be that the relationship between their brothers is not as bad as imagined, don't those people want to be princes?!

A small official stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of Luoyang City is an expenditure of the state treasury, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is buying and selling houses in Luoyang privately, which is unreasonable. ”

Qin Xi immediately said: "The Qinxi Chamber of Commerce is just selling on behalf of the company, and all the proceeds from the sale of buildings in Luoyang are from the state treasury. ”

"The Qinxi Chamber of Commerce provided a place to buy and sell, and spent a lot of money to build momentum for Luoyang, but it didn't make a penny, which is already very against the rules of doing business."

"If you think that anyone can do better and who can make some money for the treasury, this prince doesn't care at this time."

The courtiers were silent for a moment, there was nothing wrong with the prince's words, as for whether the Qin Xi Chamber of Commerce made money or not, everyone knew in their hearts that when the time came, the bill would be a pair.

Xiao He also said: "Now that the battle between my Great Qin and Donghu has not ended, and the construction of Luoyang City cannot be stopped, the treasury really needs money. Buying and selling houses in Luoyang is the fastest way to enrich the treasury, and the minister fully agrees. ”

The First Emperor tapped his fingers on the table, looked down at the hundred officials, and said, "Who can replace the crown prince with this method to enrich the treasury?" ”

The First Emperor looked around, but no one stood up, so he continued: "If not, then I can only calm the public opinion according to what the prince said." ”

Yan Lao suddenly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The minister has been!" intends to prevent the sale of houses in Luoyang, and the minister is willing to resign and return to his hometown to calm public opinion! ”

The officials who followed Yan Lao's pace before were taken aback, they didn't expect Yan Lao to take the initiative to admit their mistakes, but none of these people stood up.

The First Emperor snorted coldly in his heart, this old guy is really scheming, and confession and confession are completely different concepts.

admit it, but there is negligence, even if the punishment is definitely not too heavy.

If you admit your guilt, it will be serious, and you will lose your official position at least and be a capital crime at worst.

However, at this time, the First Emperor no longer wanted to use this veteran of the Three Dynasties, so he said: "Since Yan Lao Aiqing is determined to resign and return to his hometown, it is not easy for me to keep it, so I am right." ”

Yan Lao didn't expect this to be the end, he was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed and thanked him: "Old Minister Xie Emperor for his kindness, Great Qin Wannian!" Ten thousand years for His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Come on, send Yan Lao Aiqing back. I know that Yan Lao Aiqing is incorruptible, but I can't let people tarnish Yan Lao Aiqing's reputation. The First Emperor said.

Yan Lao almost fainted in front of him, how could he not understand that he was not honest at all, the reason why the emperor said this was to spit out all the gains from corruption over the years.

Soon the guards came in and helped the patriarch of the Three Dynasties down.

At this time, the court was as quiet as a cicada, such a patriarch of the three dynasties was pushed down, and the other people involved were even more frightened.

Sure enough, the First Emperor ordered three more officials, and all of them were taken down, so that no one dared to make any moves.

The First Emperor looked at Li Si and asked, "How long is there until the scientific expedition?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are still four months left before this scientific expedition." Li Si replied.

"Well, there are still four months, it's almost over, and a group of talents can be promoted, even if there are a few more wasted people in the court, someone can make up for it." The First Emperor said lightly.

However, in the ears of these officials, this is a warning, if they do not do well, someone will replace them.

After this matter was over, there was basically no major incident, so they dispersed, but Qin Xi was left behind.