“This… This…”
This scene utterly shocked both Ying Zheng and Zhao Gao.
You must know, this was the ground, and it was their own sleeping chamber!
And Li Yuanba could actually create such an effect with a single hammer strike?
How much strength did he possess!
Ying Zheng’s scalp tingled.
Seeing Ying Zheng’s shocked expression, Ying Su felt a tinge of satisfaction.
Whether I, Ying Su, have any brains, whether I can govern this country well, I don’t know!
But I currently wield the strongest power in the world.
This is invincibility!
So what if you, Ying Zheng, are unwilling!
This was what he intended to show!
The might of force!
Ying Zheng, naturally, understood what he was trying to convey.
At that moment, he felt a pang of fear.
I had truly underestimated him, he even knows about the might of force.
Yes, though this is just a small display of force!
But if it were any other son, they might not understand.
Take Fusu, for instance, he was once my favorite, but he wouldn’t understand!
Before, when I ordered Meng Tian to deploy 300,000 troops along the Great Wall, Fusu advised me that deploying such a large army would be too costly and detrimental.
But he didn’t understand, this was the might of force, if we didn’t have 300,000 troops to deter the Xiongnu, wouldn’t they plunder the border into oblivion?
However… This isn’t Fusu’s fault, he’s been brainwashed by Confucianism, all he cares about is opposing military actions and strict laws, he believes all military activities and harsh punishments are acts of injustice!
This is what angered me the most!
How can a country be ruled solely by benevolence?
He sighed, but at the same time, he looked towards Ying Su, his eyes becoming cold:
“What would you do if I didn’t abdicate, if I didn’t write an Edict of Succession?”
He asked, his eyes fixed on Ying Su!
At this moment, he was unwilling to yield easily, unwilling to be intimidated by his force!
But also, he wanted to see how he would handle this!
Could he really commit patricide?
Ying Zheng shook his head!
He felt confident!
Ying Su wouldn’t dare commit patricide!
That infamy is too heavy, no one in history can bear the burden of being a patricide.
Li Shimin didn’t dare, neither did Yang Guang!
After rebelling, Li Shimin still cried to Li Yuan repeatedly, kneeling and sucking on his mother’s breast!
Yang Guang, let alone killing his father, didn’t even dare kill his brother, he could only learn from Zhao Gao and secretly forge a fake edict to make the crown prince commit suicide!
However, while he wouldn’t commit patricide, he dared to forge an edict!
“Xuanba, grab a literate man from outside and bring him here!”
He called out.
In the blink of an eye, a eunuch was brought in!
Ying Su directly forced him:
“Write, in the thirty-seventh year of Emperor Shi Huang, I, Ying Zheng, have toiled diligently for the sake of the nation, I have recently felt unwell, after much contemplation, I have decided to abdicate and let the capable take my place!”
“The Sixth Prince, Ying Su, is virtuous and talented, through repeated observations, I have deemed him a capable leader, and thus, I pass the throne onto the Sixth Prince, Ying Su!”
“All officials should devote their full efforts and diligently assist him!”
He shouted, and upon hearing these words, the eunuch was utterly dumbfounded.
At that moment, he looked at Ying Zheng in a daze, then at Ying Su.
Finally, he trembled, unable to write a single word!
Until Li Yuanba placed those double hammers before him, he didn’t dare hesitate and began writing!
He had no choice, he was too terrified!
He had witnessed with his own eyes Li Yuanba killing someone just a moment ago.
Such a terrifying person, even his mere presence was enough to scare him into writing!
But everything was seen by the First Emperor, at that moment, he was about to explode with rage.
A mere eunuch, dared to write something like this?
He was furious, he glared at the eunuch, and the eunuch was already terrified, his soul about to leave his body!
He couldn’t afford to offend either side, at this moment, he could only bury his head and write, as if he could be done with this as long as he finished writing the edict!
Soon, the edict was finished!
However… With just a glance at the edict, Ying Zheng couldn’t help but laugh coldly:
“You think you’re the Emperor just by writing something like this?”
“If it were that simple, the world would be in chaos!”
He shook his head with a smile, looking at Ying Su, though smiling, there was also a hint of disappointment in his heart.
Sigh!
As expected, none of my sons can amount to anything!
While I still have a shred of hope for Fusu, my reason has told me countless times that he’s useless!
Fusu is finished!
Gongzi Gao, Gongzi Jianglü, they’re even worse!
This Ying Su, seeing he has absolute power and can even rebel in front of me, thought he could amount to something.
But now it seems, he’s nothing!
He’s not even as good as Fusu!
At least Fusu knows how to write an edict, and he knows how it should be made effective!
But what about him?
He has no idea!
Ying Zheng laughed and shook his head!
But at the same time, his disappointment grew!
It seems, this great Qin Dynasty can only rely on me!
This great Qin’s legacy can only rely on me!
No one else can do it!
But Xu Fu… Can he bring back the Elixir of Life for me?
Ying Zheng was thinking.
Even at this moment, he didn’t take Ying Su’s rebellion seriously at all!
But soon, he had to take it seriously!
Because…
He didn’t know when, but he took something out from his chest, waved it in front of Ying Zheng, and said:
“Father, you said the world would be in chaos, you said my actions are too childish, is it because of this missing thing?”
“This… The Imperial Seal?”
Ying Zheng was astonished!
At that moment, his whole body trembled!
Yes, the Imperial Seal!
What an important object this is!
Any edict, without the seal, is just a piece of useless cloth!
But if the seal is stamped, it’s an edict!
It represents the law of Qin!
And now, he actually has the Imperial Seal in his hand?
Wasn’t this always under Zhao Gao’s custody?
When did this get into his hands?
Ying Zheng was astonished beyond measure!
And under his utterly shocked expression, Ying Su just stamped the Imperial Seal on the edict!
Thus, this edict took effect!
It possessed the law of Qin!
It represented the law of Qin!
“Zhao Gao!”
At that moment, Ying Zheng was furious, his eyes stared straight at Zhao Gao, his voice ice-cold and hoarse!
He was filled with rage!
His eyes were full of murderous intent!
And Zhao Gao was so terrified, he immediately knelt down and started crying:
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with this servant!”
“I didn’t give it to him!”
“This servant is guilty, this servant is greatly guilty!”
He cried unceasingly!
Seeing this, Ying Su couldn’t help but admire Zhao Gao’s intelligence.
Just now, Ying Zheng clearly suspected he had colluded with him, that he had given the Imperial Seal to him.
But he immediately explained himself.
Moreover, not only did he explain, but he also pleaded guilty!
Guilty of what?
Guilty of not guarding the Imperial Seal well!
This way, regardless of whether Ying Zheng would blame him later, upon remembering his loyalty and his early confession, he would forgive him in the future!
Zhao Gao, indeed a clever man!
Ying Su sighed, but at this moment, he didn’t pay much attention to Zhao Gao.
He looked at Ying Zheng, for there was one more important thing he needed to do!
“Father, although I now have your Edict of Abdication and Edict of Succession!”
“But… To get the officials to acknowledge it, we need to use your private seal!”
“Private Seal?”
Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng was startled, and immediately hid something behind his back!
Yes, stamping the Imperial Seal gives it the effect of the law of Qin, but to gain the officials’ trust, it still needs the private seal!
After all, the Imperial Seal could be stolen and used, but the private seal was kept close to Ying Zheng’s person!
Therefore, almost all important edicts needed both the Imperial Seal and the Emperor’s private seal to be valid!
Similarly, only when the Imperial Seal and Ying Zheng’s private seal appear together on the same edict, will its credibility be the highest!
“Impossible!”
“I will never give you this!”
Ying Zheng shouted angrily.
And Ying Su was not polite at all, he directly nodded towards Li Yuanba!
“Xuanba!”
Instantly, Li Yuanba understood, he walked towards Ying Zheng!
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