"Collaboration with the enemy and traitor?"

For a while, the atmosphere in the court became more and more tense with Zhang Ji's words.

Although there are still many courtiers in the court who are not completely subservient to Yingzheng, there is a bottom line that remains the same.

That is, the interests of the Qin State cannot be harmed.

These magnates who have the confidence not to submit to Yingzheng for the time being are all local nobles of the Qin State, and their interests are naturally deeply bound to the Qin State.

And if the interests of the Qin State are damaged, then their interests will also be damaged.

The most angry is naturally Yingzheng.

In this feudal era of the world, for a monarch, the country is home, and naturally he cannot tolerate treason.

"Who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country?"

Ying Zheng's eyes instantly became cold, and the temperature of the entire hall seemed to drop by a few points, making the already very serious court even more dignified.

Zhang Ji smiled faintly, his eyes scanned the surroundings as if he was substance, especially the person who stood up to impeach him, his sharp gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the void to see the so-called traitorous villain who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

And the person whose gaze swept by, either showing weakness or fear, lowered his head to avoid his gaze.

These people are not all collaborators and traitors, but it is inevitable that they will have contacts with people from Shandong countries on weekdays, and exchange gifts.

No matter which country it is, those who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country will inevitably be tortured, and ethnic punishment is inevitable, and it is nothing more than a matter of punishment of several ethnic groups.

Of course, many people still hold their heads high and do not shy away from looking at Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji leaned over and saluted Ying Zheng and said: "After a detailed investigation, on the third day of the first month of this month, at the next hour, the secret envoy of the State of Chu met with the imperial historian Zhang An at home, accepted a bribe of 100 gold, and promised to prevent the king from recruiting in person. ”

"The minister is angry that he treasoned and helped the thief, and the king lost his honor, so please ask the king to surrender."

Zhang Ji's words fell, and Zhang An's body, who was pressed to the ground by the two Yu Lin Guards, trembled, and his face was like ashes.

Such a secret matter, there were only him and the secret envoy of the Chu State in the house at that time, and there was no third person, how could Zhang Ji know?

"Is there any evidence?"

Ying Zheng shouted in a deep voice.

"Back to the king, the secret envoy of the Chu State has been lurking in Xianyang City for a long time, using the identity of a merchant as a cover to do secret spying things. The Nets had been secretly monitoring the men for a year, and they had only been in contact every month to exchange information with each other, all of which had been documented. ”

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, tried to keep his face calm, and whispered, "Let people present it." ”

Outside the hall, two chamberlains walked into the hall quickly holding a wooden box and placed the wooden box in front of Ying Zheng.

The wooden box fell to the ground with a dull sound, which shows how heavy the wooden box really is.

"Bamboo slips?"

Ying Zheng opened the wooden box, glanced at the roll of bamboo slips inside, and was stunned for a moment.

Now that the paper has almost been popularized in the Qin Kingdom, it is a little unaccustomed to seeing so many bamboo slips.

"Your Majesty, a year ago, the minister was still studying the Book of Ink, and he had not yet developed paper."

Ying Zheng understood, and immediately flipped through Zhang Ji's box of information.

In the wooden box, bamboo slips are the majority, but the content of the second half of the year is mostly paper, or sandalwood paper wrapped in waterproof and fireproof kraft paper.

And the top one is about the imperial history Zhang An.

Ying Zheng picked up the green sandalwood paper and carefully browsed it, and sure enough, as Zhang Ji said, this information did record the transaction between the secret envoy of the Chu State and the imperial history Zhang An.

This is a self-report similar to an account book, narrated in the tone of the secret envoy of the state of Chu, recording how the secret envoy of the state of Chu who was in charge of contact with Zhang An understood, approached, and bribed Zhang An, the imperial historian, as well as the time, place, and number of secret conversations between the two.

In fact, after the secret envoy of Chu State had just finished bribing Zhang An that day, he was secretly arrested by Luo Net, and through torture to extract confessions, he found out the assembly location of the secret envoys of Chu State, and served this group of secret envoys of Chu State in a pot.

The reason why there was no big effort to arrest those courtiers who recorded secret contact with the secret envoys of Chu was only to collect the actual treason of these people after accepting bribes.

"Pull this person down, the car will be split, and the clan will be punished!"

Ying Zheng's face was extremely cold, and he directly threw the information in his hand on the ground, and ordered indifferently.

The two Yu Linwei who were escorting Zhang An received the order, and dragged Zhang An, who was trembling, to leave the hall.

"The king spares his life!"

Zhang An's face was pale, and he wanted to struggle to salute and beg for mercy, but he was pressed by the two Yulin guards behind him, and dragged all the way to the outside of the hall, and his shouts did not exchange for half of Yingzheng's pity.

Ying Zheng looked at the remaining courtiers again, and said lightly: "Who else colludes with other countries?" ”

Ying Zheng's voice was very soft, but it was as loud as thunder in everyone's ears.

For a moment, many officials were silent, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Yingzheng.

Because they know in their hearts that the current Yingzheng is already on the verge of rage, and if they are not careful, they will be implicated and executed as traitors.

Moreover, Ying Zheng obviously didn't ask them this way.

"The list is here, please look at it king."

"Imperial Shi Qi Yi, Zuo Ye Iron Official Promise ......"

One by one, the names spit out from Ying Zheng's mouth, and Ying Zheng's eyes also turned with the figures of the courtiers who were read one by one, with a cold killing intent in his eyes.

The courtiers whose names were read suddenly felt a chill all over their bodies, and a terrifying aura swept through the hall.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the list in Ying Zheng's hand, although they couldn't see whose name was written on the list, but judging from the thickness of that list, the number of courtiers involved was not small.

Moreover, there are many secret letters exchanged between people and the secret envoys of Chu State in the wooden box, if they are seen by Yingzheng......

But Ying Zheng only read four more names after Zhang An, and then did not continue to read them.

"These four people, pull out the car and crack it, and the clan will be punished."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly and put the list into the wooden box.

Obviously, there can never be only so many names on this list, but Ying Zheng does not plan to continue reading. Instead, he asked a Yulin guard to put the wooden box outside the temple gate, and asked the old eunuch to order a torch.

"Sir, all the collaborator information captured from the secret envoy of the State of Chu is here, right?"

Ying Zheng held a torch and looked at the wooden box.

Zhang Ji nodded: "The information intercepted from the secret envoy of the Chu State is here, and there is nothing missing. ”

"Okay."

Ying Zheng turned around and walked outside the temple gate, and under the surprised gaze of everyone, he threw the torch into the wooden box.

The fire was ignited by the heat burning the bamboo slips and paper, and the light of the fire reflected the cold and resolute side face of Ying Zheng, who did not hesitate in his resolute face like a knife and an axe.

"Those who colluded with the countries of Shandong in the past, except for these five people, the widow will no longer be investigated, but if anyone is found to have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, then don't blame the national law for being ruthless, don't blame the widow for being ruthless!"

"Three days later, the widow will lead the Yulin army to march in person, who else is against it?"

Ying Zheng glanced at the courtiers below, his expression was awe-inspiring, and his eyes were as sharp as a blade, making people dare not look directly.

"The minister seconded the proposal and is willing to follow the king's personal expedition."

"The ministers seconded the proposal and are willing to follow the king's personal expedition."

The ministers agreed, whether it was true or false, but their statements were always correct.

After all, Ying Zheng just sentenced the five people to the car split and the clan punishment today, which can be said to be powerful, and no one dares to rebel.

Coupled with Ying Zheng's open-mindedness and bearing, he also convinced many people.

For a while, many people sighed, no wonder Lu Buwei was above 10,000 people under him, but he was willing to give up power.

"Let's disperse."

Ying Zheng saw that no one objected to his personal conquest, so he no longer talked to the ministers, waved his hand, and left the hall directly.

Zhang Ji followed with a very eye-catching look, and followed Yingzheng into the harem, and made sure that there could be no foreign ministers behind, so he turned to look at Zhang Ji.

"This is indeed the only piece of information intercepted from the secret envoy of the Chu State." Zhang Ji said with a smile, "It's just that the minister was worried about the damage to the information, so he asked someone to copy a copy in advance." ”

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing, and patted Zhang Ji's shoulder with a smile: "Hahahaha, sir, you are really bad." ”

"If something is good at the top, it will be good at the bottom, and the minister is just guessing the king's thoughts and acting."

The corners of Zhang Ji's mouth turned up slightly, and he took the black cauldron off his head and returned it to Ying Zheng.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other, but they couldn't hold back, and laughed loudly at the same time.

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