“What? What?”
“The Eastern Tour is cancelled?”
“The First Emperor is abdicating?”
“The throne is being passed to the Sixth Prince, Ying Su?”
The moment Ying Zheng uttered these three things, everyone outside the Xianyang Palace was stunned!
These three things that the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had said were truly shocking, one more so than the last!
First, there was the Eastern Tour!
Everyone knew that the First Emperor’s outings were always extravagant affairs!
Each tour required at least half a year of preparation!
The route of the First Emperor’s current Eastern Tour, as well as the chariots and guards, had been arranged half a year ago!
Now, the First Emperor simply said he wasn’t going?
All the chariots and guards, all the arrangements along the way, wouldn’t it all be a waste?
In the past, many people would have cursed Ying Zheng in their hearts over this.
They would have cursed him for wasting so many resources and manpower!
But now… with the second and third points, this first one seemed to be less worthy of blame!
The First Emperor was abdicating!
The Sixth Prince, Ying Su, would ascend the throne!
Everyone knew, this was the First Emperor!
And now, he… he was actually going to announce his abdication?
And, he was passing the throne to the Sixth Prince, Ying Su?
Was this… was this a case of favoring the younger over the elder?
At that moment, everyone was dumbfounded!
At that moment, everyone was shocked!
Everyone’s minds buzzed.
“Why?”
“Why, Your Majesty?!”
In an instant, countless people began to kneel, begging the First Emperor for an explanation!
They wanted a reason!
However, Ying Zheng completely ignored them!
As an emperor, he had his pride!
He wouldn’t admit that he had been forced into this situation by his rebellious son.
At that moment, he glared at Ying Su viciously, then turned and walked away!
But just as he turned, he turned back and looked at Ying Su:
“This is my declaration. Now, are you satisfied?”
“But don’t get too cocky!”
“Because you will soon face your first major problem!”
“Sigh! You, you rebellious son!”
“I originally planned to let this problem arise after you ascended the throne, to teach you how difficult it is to be an emperor, to force you to step down!”
“But considering that you have someone like Li Yuanba, considering that you would be prone to killing, and considering the future of our Great Qin, so I will give you a heads-up!”
“This problem is the one brought by Fu Su!”
“Do you know why your elder brother repeatedly brought up the issue of enfeoffment, something that displeased me, and why I never considered abandoning him?”
“Besides him being the eldest son, besides me pouring so much effort into him, there is another important reason!”
“He is the eldest son!”
“The eldest son takes precedence, and from the moment he was born, he was destined for greatness, so over these years, this Great Qin, this court, there are countless people who have been investing in him early on!”
“If he cannot inherit the throne, many people will go mad and desperate!”
“Just like now, all the officials you see, they all have significant connections to Fu Su!”
“And among them, there are the Meng family, the Li family, the Wei family, the Mi family, and other big families and powerful forces!”
“If you handle this problem poorly, the Great Qin might not perish in your lifetime, but it will definitely perish in your third generation.”
“Or, if you are foolish enough, you might not even be able to hold onto your own reign!”
“If your methods are too drastic, you might not even survive two months, no, one month!”
“Because… there are countless ways to kill someone in this world, even with Li Yuanba’s unparalleled martial prowess, you can’t guarantee you won’t be killed. And besides, the one who possesses this unparalleled martial prowess is not you!”
“Can you eat, sleep, even use the toilet with Li Yuanba by your side?”
“It’s impossible!”
“Many people will try to kill you!”
“You will face more assassination attempts than I did!”
“If you… if you can’t hold on one day, then… run. I will pretend I never had a son like you. I’ll clean up the mess you leave behind.”
“If that day comes, in exchange, you have to leave Li Yuanba with me. This blade, in my hands, would be more useful than in yours!”
At that moment, Ying Zheng spoke, looking at Li Yuanba, he was still envious!
But unfortunately… why did he swear loyalty to Ying Su, and not himself?
Hearing Ying Zheng’s words, Ying Su was furious!
Good heavens, when he first heard those words, heard him tell him to run, he was actually touched!
This was his father after all, in a crucial moment, he was still thinking of him!
But this dog father, was actually badmouthing his Li Yuanba?
“Humph!”
Ying Su coldly snorted and simply ignored him.
But, naturally, he didn’t dare take Ying Zheng’s warning lightly!
Yes!
Looking at history, why did the Great Qin perish less than three years after Ying Zheng’s death?
Some say that Hu Hai was incompetent and spent recklessly, while others say that the First Emperor’s tyranny had already built up a lot of resentment among the people, and after his death, the whole world rose up in rebellion!
Ying Su admitted that both explanations had some truth to them!
But Ying Su believed there was a more important issue!
Everyone knew, no matter how recklessly Hu Hai spent, he couldn’t spend as recklessly as Yang Guang. No matter how tyrannical Ying Zheng was, he couldn’t be as tyrannical as Jie of Xia.
But Yang Guang spent recklessly just for fun, and he did it for nearly fourteen years.
Jie of Xia was cruel to the point of brutality, and he ruled for nearly fifty-two years!
But why did the Great Qin, after unifying the world, not even last twenty years?
In Ying Su’s opinion, the real reason was closely related to Fu Su’s death!
As Ying Zheng said, from the moment Fu Su was born, countless people invested in him.
Almost everyone treated him as an emperor. But in the end, he didn’t become emperor, and the group of interest groups in Qin who supported Fu Su were naturally unwilling to accept it.
In the end, coupled with Hu Hai’s reckless and murderous acts, making everyone in the court terrified, then the whole world rebelled. Without anyone to help, the Great Qin naturally perished!
In other words, after Hu Hai ascended the throne, the Great Qin not only lost the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of the court nobles.
With such internal and external troubles, how could the Great Qin not perish?
Ying Su deeply understood this, but he didn’t feel worried. At that moment, he looked at the officials in the court gathered at the entrance of the Xianyang Palace and declared:
“I have newly ascended the throne, now, I am granting a general amnesty to the entire world. Those who have been convicted will have their sentences reduced by one level!”
“All the common people will have their taxes reduced for three years!”
“All officials in the Great Qin, from the rank of scholar-official upwards, will be promoted one level. Those who have reached the highest rank, such as the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers, and have no further promotions to receive, will have their salaries doubled!”
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