Through Time Chapter 289

Above the courtroom.

Qin Shi Huang, wearing the imperial crown, sits at the top, with Zhao Gao at his side.

At the forefront are Li Si, Wang Jian, Wang Ben and Meng Yi.

Below, the civil and military officials are on either side.

Next to them are Chun Yu Yue and other doctors.

In the middle stands the Great Prince with the head of a pig.

The officials were also a little surprised, not because of the Great Prince of Goryeo.

They had heard about this reparation long ago.

And it was just a small Goguryeo, if not for the fact that the Great Qin could not spare their hands now.

They would have taken it long ago.

What surprised them was that Wang Jian and his son, who had long since ignored the government, were here.

What was this to do?

All the officials’ minds were speculating, and soon, everyone was relieved.

It was because several imperial sons had also appeared in the courtroom.

This was the political observation.

It is for the prince to watch how the court affairs are handled from the sidelines so that he can prepare for his own government afterwards.

Everyone was extremely surprised that their majesty, at last, was going to make a prince for the country!

It is actually an extremely dangerous thing for a country to be without a crown prince.

Because the successor is unclear, if there is an accident, the resulting harm could even affect the whole country!

So it is not surprising that Wang Jian and his father appeared in the courtroom.

Older ministers were always more stable.

So even though the three princes were watching the government at the same time, the ministers did not dare to say much.

Soon afterwards, the eldest prince of Goguryeo cried out about his situation and prayed for a reduction of the indemnity.

The Grand Prince was extremely distraught at this point, as normal negotiations for reparations don’t work that way!

He now felt like a sheep being stripped naked and surrounded by hungry wolves with green eyes.

Only Fusu, at the top, could give him a shred of comfort.

If it were normal, the ministers would have already started to advise, but this time, everyone waited for the First Emperor to speak with a tacit understanding.

Sure enough, Qin Shi Huang soon said that

“Hai’er, what do you think of the fact that the third prince of Goguryeo has entered the Great Qin without permission and died in the land of the Great Qin.”

Today he was to see the final attitude of several people, and as for Zhao Lang, he had already been clear about it.

Hearing the question, Hu Hai said almost without hesitation that

“Father, my son thinks that this matter is a great crime for Goguryeo and deserves a heavy punishment!”

Ever since he knew that Zhao Lang had killed the third prince, Hu Hai’s attitude had been extremely firm!

He even wanted to find a chance to get the other party killed, so that he could sell his brother Long a favour.

God knew how hard it was to sell a favour to Zhao Lang.

Originally, he had expected to sell Ying Yin Man to Brother Long, but it turned out that the other party had changed like a different person recently.

She was dragged to Zhao Lang, but she wouldn’t even go.

Now it’s a rare chance to do so.

Qin Shi Huang smiled because he had figured out through his chamberlain that Hu Hai had beaten the Grand Prince because of Zhao Lang.

In his heart, he could not help but think that

“It’s true that Long’s son has taught us well.”

“It is indeed a good idea to put Hu Hai at the side of Lang’er.”

Hu Hai looked at the smile on Qin Shi Huang’s face, and his heart grew happier and happier.

His father had fined him and beaten him up, though.

But, the father still had him in his heart.

The eldest prince tried to speak at this point, but found that no one cared about him; everyone waited for the other princes to speak.

“Gao’er, what about you.”

Gao pondered slightly at this point and spoke to

“By the laws of my Great Qin, the son of his king is naturally guilty of entering the country without permission.”

“But the third prince who entered the country has already died, then there is no need to pursue the matter excessively, and the ministers can just negotiate compensation.”

“In the future, Great Qin can also be subject to the law in all matters!”

After saying this, Gao then looked at Li Si.

He deliberately said it at this time, in order to sell Li Si a favour, and to gain the other party’s support.

But he found that the other party did not even look at him.

Hearing Gao’s words, many of the disciples of the Fa family in the courtroom were somewhat excited.

An imperial son had come to raise this matter for the Fa family, how good an opportunity was this?

As long as Li Si spoke out, they would surely follow in unison and advise the court directly in the courtroom.

Let the whole of Qin be taught by the law and taught by officials!

From now on, the Legalists will be the only family!

This is the glory of all Fa disciples!

Everyone looked at Li Si, even Qin Shi Huang.

But what everyone didn’t expect was that Li Si acted as if he hadn’t heard it at that moment.

In the courtroom, he did not move a muscle.

It was Qin Shi Huang who finally took the initiative to say that

“Prime Minister, what do you think?”

Only then did Li Si speak up and

“Your Majesty, I have heard a great talent say that the law is not a foolproof solution, and that it would be better for Your Majesty and the ministers to discuss this matter of foreign reparations.”

Hearing these words, all the officials froze for a moment.

The usual Prime Minister, Li Si, would have hated to fill the courtroom with people of the Law!

What was wrong with him today?

Gao was also frozen.

Only Qin Shi Huang understood what was going on, and the one great talent Li Si spoke of was naturally Zhao Lang.

It seemed that the other party had really changed his mind.

Qin Shi Huang did not think much about it and quickly looked to the side of Fusu and said that

“Su’er, what do you think.”

Fu Su was prepared for this and said that

“Father, my son thinks that we should not be too hard on Goguryeo, but instead we should show benevolence, give some money and give appeas*ment.”

This statement was made.

The vast majority of officials in the courtroom were stunned.

Only the pig-headed Grand Prince in the middle of the courtroom showed a look of surprise.

He had originally just wanted the other side to plead for him and pay less compensation.

Unexpectedly, now Fusu actually proposed that Great Qin should give money to Goguryeo!

This was something he could not even dream of!

The Emperor’s son, Fusu, was indeed merciful!

Even if this doesn’t work out in the end, the Great Qin can’t ask them for more compensation!

Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s face also looked slightly ugly.

Fu Su continued at this point, saying that

“Father, this is also a move to show the benevolence of my Great Qin to foreign countries.”

“Thus, it will also enable them to move from confronting my Great Qin to attaching to and admiring it!”

“In the long run, without having to spend a single soldier, we will be able to have foreign states come to our dynasty and Great Qin will be able to recuperate!”

Hearing these words, the officials in the courtroom were slightly impressed.

They were aware of the situation of the Great Qin, which was indeed somewhat exhausted.

At this time, the Grand Prince of Goguryeo even bowed to the ground and echoed loudly to

“Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Qin! I, Goguryeo, wish to serve the Great Qin with the same courtesy as I served my father!”

At once, everyone looked to Qin Shi Huang, no matter what they said.

It was still their majesty who made the decision.

Although Qin Shi Huang was somewhat annoyed in his heart at this time, he did not move his face and said to Meng Yi, who was standing by, that

“Admiral Meng, your brother is responsible for guarding the northern frontier, what do you think.”

Meng Yi gave the Goguryeo prince a disdainful look and said in a loud voice.

“Your Majesty, even if you recognize your son, it depends on the character of the other party!”

“Sneaky character, accepting as a son, I am instead worried about theft of the family’s things in the future.”

Hearing these words, the crowd burst out in laughter.