Qin Shi Huang watched Zhao Lang grit his teeth as he finished these words, before a smile appeared on his face and he said,
“Good, let it be as the Crown Prince has said.”
“Imperial son Fusu, Gao, has disturbed the rituals, after taking him into custody, he will be sent to the northern frontier tomorrow, and will not be allowed to return to Xianyang forever without a special pardon.”
Qin Shi Huang’s voice was soft, but in the ears of all the people, it was no less than a thunderbolt from a clear sky!
They had actually just come back to their senses.
What the First Emperor had done was clearly that he did not want to kill Fusu and Gao, otherwise he would not have forced Zhao Lang to beg for mercy for the two.
It was thought to be an imperial tactic that was raised high and put down gently.
But in the next instant, it was eternal exile!
This order, even if it had the intention of compensating Zhao Lang, this was still too cruel!
It was not much different from killing the other party!
At least this was still the prince!
Even the royal clansmen who had come to pay homage to their ancestors were slightly staggered.
Even the royal clansmen who had come to pay their respects to their ancestors were slightly stunned, and their thoughts of participating in the imperial court by following up the sacrifice faded away.
If they were so cruel to their own sons, if they had made any mistakes.
I’m afraid there was only one way to die!
It would be better to live an honest and wealthy life.
When Zhao Lang heard this, he couldn’t help but look at his old man, and the few moments of discontent he had just felt in his heart were thrown away to the clouds!
This was an opportunity for him to deter the clan!
With this example here, it would be much easier for him to punish the clan afterwards.
But he also had to admire Pop’s response; an unexpected situation, in Pop’s hands, was an opportunity that could be exploited.
As for the exile of Fusu and Gao, it was a breath of fresh air for him.
And that three words ‘no amnesty’ was a chance left for Fusu and Gao, just waiting for the day when he would use the amnesty to give the other side a favour.
After thinking clearly about all this, Zhao Lang could only reveal a bitter smile.
He still had a lot to learn.
The Black Ice Guards were not ambivalent, and directly dragged the ashen-faced Fusu and Gao off to be imprisoned.
The Black Ice Guards also dragged the benevolent scholars down with them, even though Emperor Qin had not specifically ordered them to do so.
Since they had come together, they had to go together, so they could go to the frontier honestly.
After dealing with Fusu and Gao, Qin Shi Huang then went on to say that
“From today onwards, the Crown Prince will attend court and listen to the government.”
This was not surprising; as Crown Prince, he naturally had to participate in court affairs.
What followed were all rather unusual matters, and this was a large courtroom where no important matters would be spoken of.
Only Zhao Lang obviously did not have this in mind and found an opportunity to quickly say that
“Father, the Chu rebellion needs to be put down as soon as possible, and as Crown Prince, my son has the responsibility to protect the country.”
“My son requests to fight in the land of Chu, to return the Great Qin to a clear state.”
This had been set in stone, and Qin Shi Huang naturally would not refuse.
“As the Crown Prince has said.”
“Thank you, Father, my son will leave tomorrow!”
Zhao Lang said in a loud voice.
He could not stay any longer.
It was better to be quick about the matter in Chu Di.
Qin Shi Huang did not stop him, but said indifferently that
“The proceedings are over, the Crown Prince will return to the palace with the Emperor.”
Zhao Lang was anxious to go to Chu, he could understand, but there were some things he had to teach the other side.
Although according to the original plan, this would have been the time to go to the imperial court, and there were some ceremonies like rewarding, the ministers didn’t say anything.
As far as the enthronement ceremony today was concerned, how many of them had followed the plan?
Besides, the most important thing to discuss was the pacification of the Chu region.
If Zhao Lang goes, there is nothing for everyone to discuss.
Right now, Great Qin simply cannot get extra soldiers and financial resources.
It’s all up to Zhao Lang, so others can just set their own.
It was just this empty feeling that made it a little difficult for the minister.
It was because Zhao Lang seemed to be able to accomplish the matter of levelling the Chu Di without having to go through them at all.
Soon, a ceremonial official at the side said in a loud voice that
“His Majesty returns to the palace!”
Soon the First Emperor, escorted by the Black Ice Guards, returned to his carriage, followed by his ministers.
Zhao Lang had to follow at this time too.
After giving an explanation to a few old men, but now was not the time to chat in detail with them, Zhao Lang re-entered his own carriage.
Soon, the whole of Xianyang resounded with a chorus of chants of
“Long live the Great Qin! Long live Your Majesty! Long live the Crown Prince!”
Soon, all the carriages disappeared into the streets.
Not long afterwards, inside the palace.
Qin Shi Huang sat in the top seat, while Zhao Lang stood below.
Zhao Gao waited on one side.
Qin Shi Huang quickly commanded that
“Zhao Gao, take the men and retire.”
Zhao Gao hesitated and looked at Zhao Lang, reckoning that the other man should not be able to commit patricide.
Only then did he take his men and retreat.
Inside the palace, only two people were left at once, and the atmosphere in the air could not help but become somewhat stagnant.
Zhao Lang blinked, not knowing what medicine his old man was selling in his gourd, and anyway, there were no outsiders here, so he gritted his teeth and asked.
“Father, you…”
“Call me Father.”
“Father.”
Qin Shi Huang walked from the topmost position to Zhao Lang’s side at this time and said that
“Long’er, did you arrange for the hundred families to come and congratulate you today?”
Zhao Lang hurriedly shook his head and said.
“Father, I didn’t arrange these.”
What the Hundred Families had done today was indeed a bit over the line.
To be honest, he himself had no intention of usurping the throne.
Did he really think that being emperor would be that easy?
Hearing these words, Qin Shi Huang’s face was instead slightly disappointed, saying that
“Father would have liked it to be your arrangement.”
“In that case, you have not yet reached absolute control over the Hundred Schools.”
Today’s incident, if it was arranged by Zhao Lang, then it meant that the Hundred Schools had been completely controlled by Zhao Lang.
The opposite was also true.
Zhao Lang thought about it and returned.
“Father, Elder Qin and the others won’t betray me, they just want to…”
Just before Zhao Lang could finish his sentence, Qin Shi Huang interrupted and said.
“Long’er, even if those people won’t betray you, what about their subordinates?”
Zhao Lang was instantly silent.
The Spider Web was built by him, and all of them had produced traitors, so of course he didn’t dare to say that he was absolutely sure.
“Father knows that you don’t like those ministerial nobles in the imperial court.”
Of course, Qin Shi Huang could feel that Zhao Lang was disgusted with those ministerial nobles.
“Father also does not object to you using the hundred schools of thought to restrain them, but you must remember that you must never give them all the trust that you can.”
Zhao Lang frowned slightly, he understood what his old father meant, the
“Father, don’t worry, my son will not be gullible.”
“Moreover, for the Hundred Families, my son also has a means of restraint.”
“Although the Hundred Families are powerful, their sources are mostly ordinary people.”
“My son has an extremely deep grasp of the peasants, and the people’s hearts are on my son’s side.”
Qin Shi Huang shook his head slightly at this time, however
“Lang’er, father knows that you have always attached great importance to the people, but you absolutely cannot give them all your trust either!”
Zhao Lang frowned slightly, his father was limited by the times, but he could not see the power of the people.
He was about to explain, but he heard his old father continue to say that
“Father has seen the power of the people you mentioned today, and it is indeed incomparably powerful! But the more so, the more worried Father is.”
At this point, Qin Shi Huang’s face was already slightly grave, the
“What the ministerial nobles want, father knows, they want nothing more than high ranking marquises.”
“What the sons and daughters want is somewhat nebulous, but they also want nothing more than to pass on their own scholarship to the next hundred generations.”
“But what the people want, Father cannot see through.”
Zhao Lang returned, at this time
“Father, the people want nothing more than to be fed and clothed!”
Having mastered the farming family for so long, Zhao Long naturally knew that the greatest desire of the farmers now was nothing more than to be fed and clothed.
How many people had never had a full meal in their lives?
However, Qin Shi Huang shook his head slightly and said that
“Long’er, you are wrong.”
“It’s nice that the people want to be fed and clothed now, but what about later?”
“There is no end to human greed, there are millions of people in the Great Qin, whatever they want, it will be a huge number.”
“You are using food, clothing and warmth to enlist the people’s minds today, once the day comes when you can no longer satisfy, what awaits you will be an unstoppable backlash!”
“That is why, after the establishment of the Great Qin Dynasty, the people were restrained by the law!”
Hearing these words, Zhao Lang’s face couldn’t help but turn a little white.
He knew that, from a certain perspective, what his old father said was correct.
Could it be that he was really wrong?
For the first time, Zhao Lang was shaken in his faith!
Looking at Zhao Lang’s expression, Qin Shi Huang knew that the other party had listened to his words, so he said, with a bit of ruthlessness
“Long’er, those who are emperors must be ruthless! Merciless! ”
“This world is your world!”
“All the peoples of the world are your people, the ministers and nobles, the sons and daughters, are also your subjects! But in the end, they are all just your pawns!”
This was what he was going to hand to Zhao Lang, the
The art of the emperor’s heart!
There is no right or wrong, everything is just for his use!
These words flew straight from Zhao Lang’s ears as if they had grown wings, and then drilled into his heart sentence by sentence.
It stirred Zhao Lang’s mind to the core.
When.
In the end, Zhao Lang was unable to resist the assault of these words, his mind loosened and he sat down on his butt without any grace.
He did not try to help him, but said.
“Father is waiting for you outside. ”
Having said that, he left the room, knowing that when Zhao Lang walked out again.
He would get an emperor!
Soon, Zhao Lang was the only one left in the slightly dimly lit room.
An unnamable feeling of loneliness arrived in Zhao Lang’s body along with the dimness.
“Don’t trust anyone, don’t be loyal to anyone, use all that is advantageous.”
Zhao Lang distilled the core of his old man’s thoughts and muttered that
“Is this the emperor?”
He instantly understood what Pops had done.
Everything was for the sake of the Great Qin!
With his own insights, Zhao Lang slowly opened the door to his room.
Seeing Zhao Lang, who was carrying his solitude, Qin Shi Huang revealed a satisfied smile.
The goodness of Long’s son had been completely cut off by him today!
The Great Qin, has a true heir!
“Long’er, you are leaving tomorrow, go back and rest.”
Qin Shi Huang said blandly.
Zhao Lang quickly returned and
“Yes, Father.”
He then left, but this time, he ignored Zhao Gao who was standing by.
Zhao Gao was useful, but Uncle Zhao, however, was useless.
Since it was useless, there was no need to bother more.
Looking at Zhao Lang’s back as he left, a trace of regret was also faintly revealed in Qin Shi Huang’s eyes.
But he knew that, with his own status, he was not destined to enjoy the love of an ordinary father and son.
These days, it was already a mercy from the heavens!
Qin Shi Huang soon returned to his room.
Zhao Gao also understood what was going on, and looking at the equally lonely figures of the two men, muttered to himself that
“Your Majesty, what is the need for this?”
By now, Zhao Lang had reached his palace and was standing at the entrance, the sunlight falling on his face but looking somewhat cold.
“Master, call your slave if you need anything, slave is waiting outside.”
Slave spoke at this time.
He didn’t know why, he felt as if his master had changed since he returned.
The aura emanating from him was unbearable!
Tianyi, who was guarding the door, even looked sad and miserable.
He could sense the change in Zhao Lang, yet he didn’t know what to do.
Zhao Lang didn’t look at the other party, he just nodded indifferently.
Nu saluted and left, then slowly closed the door.
The sunlight on Zhao Lang’s face looked like it was about to disappear.
Suddenly a teenager rushed over and went straight to Zhao Lang’s side, held the other man’s hand and said
“House Master! I’m being bullied!”
The teenager was none other than Nameless, who had been left by Zhao Lang’s side before, the other party was still a child after all, and had a cold, bitter look on his face to outsiders.
It was only in front of Zhao Lang that he would be enough to reveal his childlike nature.
As for the aura on Zhao Lang’s body, it seemed to have no effect on him at all.
Nu frowned at this time and said
“Nameless, do not disturb the master!”
Feeling the warmth coming from the teenager Wu Ming’s hand, Zhao Lang’s expression moved slightly and a smile appeared on his face as he said that
“Who’s bullying you?”
Nameless said with a puff of anger at this time.
“It’s one called Ziying!”
Ziying?
Hearing this name, a trace of oddity appeared on Zhao Lang’s face, a name that he had heard before.
quickly said.
“Go, the family head will go and avenge you.”
After saying that, he led Nameless towards the outside.
Watching Zhao Lang’s back as he left, Nou froze slightly as he felt as if his master was slowly changing back again!
He hurriedly followed him.
Nameless had a backer at this point and walked as fast as he could all the way, shouting as he went.
“House Master, that Ziying is just ahead! You have to help me!”
Looking at Wu Ming’s cheerful appearance, the trace of loneliness in Zhao Lang’s heart gradually dispersed.
Soon, the group arrived at a rather isolated palace, and Nameless said in a loud voice that
“Zi Ying! You come out here!”
A short while later, a young boy, slightly older than Nameless, came out and, seeing Nameless, said
“Nameless, are you still here to get beaten up? So you brought helpers.”
Zhao Lang looked at the extraordinary looking Zi Ying in front of him and said, with a smile
“I won’t help him, you guys have a fair fight again.”
Zi Ying looked at Zhao Lang with a slightly moved expression at this time, and then said that
“Good.”
Soon after, Wu Ming and wrestled, but Wu Ming, who had grown up in the countryside, was no match for Zi Ying.
Within moments, he was knocked back down to the ground by Ziying.
Nameless returned to Zhao Lang’s side with a bruised nose and was about to cry, when Zhao Lang whispered something to him.
At once, Nameless regrouped and charged at Ziying again.
This time, Nameless still took a beating.
But in the end, he caught a break in Ziying’s game and flipped his opponent to the ground!
Soon after, Nameless joined Ziying and reached Zhao Lang’s face.
“House Master! I’ve won!”
Nameless said excitedly with two panda eyes on top of him.
And Zi Ying glanced at Zhao Lang and quickly curtsied and said
“Zi Ying has met His Highness the Crown Prince.”