“Is Sima Yan getting too old? Should he step aside?”
“Should Xiao He be the new Minister of Finance?”
The moment those words left his lips, everyone in the court was stunned.
Everyone was shocked, their scalps tingling!
You must know, that was the Minister of Finance!
And what kind of position was the Minister of Finance?
He was in charge of the national treasury and population!
Equivalent to the later Minister of Revenue!
Similarly, he was one of the Nine Ministers!
This position was of great importance, with two people in charge, the left being Yang Chun, and the right being Sima Yan!
In the Qin Dynasty, where the right was considered greater, the right position represented supreme power.
But now, with just one sentence, Ying Su wanted to replace Sima Yan, who was in charge of the nation's finances?
Everyone was stunned.
Xiao He was equally shocked!
These past few days, Ying Su hadn't given him any assignments.
He never expected that Ying Su would give him such a high-ranking position right off the bat.
At this moment, he was utterly terrified and overwhelmed!
Sima Yan was completely dumbfounded!
He couldn't understand, he hadn't done anything to offend Ying Su!
Although he wasn't present during his first court appearance, everything was reported by Yang Chun!
But… he hadn't made any major mistakes since then!
Every time he saw Ying Su, he addressed him as the Emperor, and he hadn't talked about Ying Su rebelling either.
But now… with just one sentence, Ying Su was going to remove him?
Moreover, the reason was that he was too old?
“Your Majesty… I… my age is not great, I am only forty-three years old, I am in the prime of my life, these years, I have been diligently managing the treasury, I haven't done anything wrong, Your Majesty… please be merciful!”
At that moment, Sima Yan kept bowing and begging!
Ying Su simply smiled: “Merciful? Nothing wrong? Are you sure?”
He asked, a coldness flashing in his eyes.
Sima Yan panicked, he felt fear when he saw Ying Su, but at that moment, he straightened his spine and said to Ying Su: “I… I am sure!”
Ying Su sighed:
“I wanted to give you a graceful exit, but you don't want it, come, Yu Hua Tian!”
Ying Su called out, and instantly, Yu Hua Tian brought in a basket of bamboo slips, he picked up a scroll and directly began to read:
“In the fifth year of the First Emperor's reign, due to errors in grain submissions, the national treasury had an extra thousand bushels of grain, the left minister advised that the grain should be stored, however, there was no record of storing this thousand bushels of grain, and later, the thousand bushels of grain vanished without a trace!”
“In the third year of the First Emperor's reign, there was a drought in Sanchuan County, the First Emperor ordered the release of 200,000 bushels of disaster relief grain, however, when the disaster relief grain arrived, after checking, it was found that there were only 195,000 bushels, missing 5,000 bushels, later, the First Emperor investigated, you explained it as being lost due to spillage during transportation, the First Emperor believed it, and did not investigate further, but… just a few days later, your grain storehouse gained 5,000 bushels of grain!”
“In the fifteenth year of King Zheng's reign, Wang Jian's army was engaged in battle with the Chu army, the court sent 400,000 bushels of military rations, but, when the rations arrived, there were only 398,000 bushels, missing 2,000 bushels, at the time, Wang Jian's army won, and destroyed Chu, the First Emperor was happy, so he didn't investigate, but… those 2,000 bushels of grain disappeared into thin air!”
“In the thirteenth year of King Zheng's reign…”
At that moment, Yu Hua Tian kept picking up the bamboo slips and reading aloud!
As he read aloud, Sima Yan panicked, his whole body trembled, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down like a waterfall.
Ying Su waved his hand and interrupted Yu Hua Tian, finally, he looked at Sima Yan, the Minister of Finance:
“What? Do you want me to keep reading?”
“I… I…”
Sima Yan opened his mouth repeatedly, but couldn't speak!
Ying Su ignored him, and instead, addressed the entire court: “From today, the position of Minister of Finance, Right Minister, will be held by Xiao He, does anyone have any objections?”
At that moment, Ying Su asked.
His eyes were like those of a hawk, sweeping across the court officials!
Under his gaze, none of the court officials spoke a word, not a single person dared to speak!
At that moment, the air was eerily silent.
You could hear a pin drop!
Still, no one in the court spoke!
Ying Su's gaze was cold: “What? Does anyone want to speak?”
He asked again!
The air remained silent!
After a long pause, one person stood up!
Wang Wan bowed and said: “This subject has no objections!”
“The Emperor is wise, this subject has no objections!”
“The Emperor is wise, this subject has no objections!”
“The Emperor is wise, this subject has no objections!”
At that moment, everyone in the court bowed, everyone was shouting!
Ying Su's eyes were cold, he glanced at everyone present, and finally, he shouted: “Dismiss court!”
“Dismiss court!”
The court official called out.
Conveying Ying Su's decree!
In an instant, the court was dismissed!
Those who had previously had no objections, exploded the moment they left the Xianyang Palace!
Wei Liao, one of the Three Dukes of the Qin Dynasty, immediately grabbed Wang Wan by the collar as they walked out of the Xianyang Palace and roared at him:
“No objections?”
“Wang Wan, you've been a high official for two reigns, how dare you say you have no objections?”
“Sima Yan may have made mistakes, but are they major mistakes? Taking a thousand or two bushels of grain out of hundreds of thousands of bushels, is that a crime?”
“Is this kind of embezzlement a crime?”
“If this is the case, then everyone in this court should be punished by being cut into five pieces and displayed on the market!”
“And Xiao He, who is he?”
“A person of unknown origin, and he's going to be the Minister of Finance of our Great Qin?”
“What is he?”
“What is he?!”
“The little brat Ying Su, this is clearly him eliminating dissent, trying to replace the position of the Minister of Finance with someone of his own!”
Wei Liao held Wang Wan's collar and gritted his teeth, his anger knew no bounds!
Behind them, a group of people were also gnashing their teeth!
One of them angrily said: “The Grand Marshal is right, the little brat Ying Su, how could it be because Sima Yan made mistakes? It's clearly him getting rid of his opposition!”
“Back then, promoting Yu Hua Tian to the head of the Guard was like this, separating the Bureau of Works from the Inner Treasury was also like this!”
“Zheng He's voyages, were all for him to find the elixir of immortality!”
“This boy is ambitious, once he usurps the throne, he will tightly grasp all power in his own hands!”
“This boy is even more hateful and cruel than Ying Zheng!”
They spoke angrily, discussing repeatedly!
Hearing their discussions, Wang Wan smiled: “Even if that's the case, what can you do?”
“Dare you rebel against him?”
“Can you defeat Li Yuanba?”
“Ah?”
The moment he spoke, everyone was stunned!
Li Yuanba!
Everyone had already figured out the truth about the past incident!
Li Yuanba, he single-handedly killed 50,000 Qin soldiers!
Such terrifying battle prowess, who wouldn't be afraid?
Similarly, this was the main reason why no one in the court dared to oppose Ying Su!
At that moment, everyone was terrified!
Wang Wan continued: “If it were just Li Yuanba, that would be fine, the key is, this boy has already started training troops!”
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