Chapter 283 Ying Zheng burned the secret letter

Author: I slept until I woke up in the afternoon

Chapter 283 Ying Zheng burned the secret letter

"Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?"

For a time, the atmosphere in the court became more and more tense with Zhang Ji's words.

Although there are still many courtiers in the court who are not completely surrendered to Ying Zheng, one bottom line remains unchanged.

That is, Qin's interests cannot be harmed.

These dignitaries who have the confidence not to surrender to Ying Zheng for the time being are all native nobles of the Qin State, and their interests are naturally deeply bound to the Qin State.

And if Qin's interests are harmed, then their interests will also be harmed.

The most angry person was naturally Ying Zheng.

In this feudal era where the family is the world, for a monarch, the country is the family, and naturally he cannot tolerate those who treason.

"Who collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country?"

Ying Zheng's eyes instantly turned cold, and the temperature in the entire hall seemed to have dropped sharply, making the already serious court become even more solemn.

Zhang Ji smiled faintly, and his eyes looked around as if they were real, especially those who stood up to impeach him. His sharp eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the void to see the so-called treacherous villains who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

Those who were swept by his gaze showed guilty or fearful expressions and lowered their heads to avoid his gaze.

These people are not all collaborators and traitors, but they inevitably interact with people from other countries in Shandong and exchange gifts. If Zhang Ji uses this as an excuse to frame political enemies like them and use Ying Zheng's favor for Zhang Ji

, coupled with the use of snares, he might really be labeled as a collaborator and traitor.

No matter which country they are in, those who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country will not be able to avoid the torture of breaking a car, and clan execution is inevitable. It is just a question of how many clans to kill.

Of course, many people still held their heads high and did not avoid looking at Zhang Ji at all.

Zhang Ji leaned over and saluted Ying Zheng and said: "After careful investigation, it was found that on the third day of this month, at 1:00 a.m., the secret envoy of the Chu State met with the imperial censor Zhang An at his home, and accepted a hundred gold bribes, promising to prevent the king from going on his own expedition."

"I am angry that he has betrayed the country and aided thieves, and has violated the rules of conduct before the king. I ask the king to punish him."

After Zhang Ji finished speaking, Zhang An, who was pinned to the ground by two Yulin guards, trembled and his face turned ashen.

Such a secret matter, when only he and the Chu State's secret envoy were in the room, and there was no third person, how could Zhang Ji know about it?

"Is there any evidence?"

Ying Zheng shouted in a deep voice.

"Reporting to your Majesty, the Chu State's secret envoys have been lurking in Xianyang City for a long time, using their identity as merchants as a cover to conduct secret espionage. Luowang secretly monitored these people as early as a year ago, and these people only contacted each other every other month.

exchange of information, and these situations have been recorded.”

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, tried hard to keep his face calm, and whispered: "Have someone bring it up."

Outside the hall, two chamberlains had already walked into the hall quickly carrying a wooden box and placed the wooden box in front of Ying Zheng.

The wooden box fell to the ground and made a dull sound, which showed how heavy the wooden box was.

"Bamboo slips?"

Ying Zheng opened the wooden box, glanced at the rolls of bamboo slips inside, and was stunned for a moment.

Nowadays, paper has been almost universally used in the Qin State, but it is a bit strange to suddenly see so many bamboo slips.

"Your Majesty, a year ago, I was still studying the Buddhist scriptures and had not yet developed paper."

Ying Zheng understood and immediately looked through the box of information from Zhangji.

Inside the wooden box, there are mostly bamboo slips, but the contents in the second half of the year are mostly paper, or green sandalwood paper wrapped in waterproof and fireproof kraft paper.

The top one is about the censor Zhang An.

Ying Zheng picked up the green sandalwood paper and browsed it carefully. As Zhang Ji said, this information indeed recorded the transaction between the Chu State's secret envoy and the censor Zhang An.

This is a self-narrative similar to a ledger. It is narrated in the tone of the Chu State's secret envoy. It records how the Chu State's secret envoy who was responsible for contacting Zhang An learned about, approached, and bribed the censor Zhang An, as well as the secret conversations between the two.

time, place, frequency.

In fact, after the Chu State emissary bribed Zhang An that day, he was secretly arrested by a net. Through torture and extortion of confessions, he found out where the Chu State emissaries gathered, and killed all the Chu State emissaries in one go.

The reason why no major effort was made to arrest those courtiers who recorded secret contacts with Chu's secret envoys was to collect actual treasonous behavior of these people after accepting bribes.

"Pull this man down, the car will be broken, and the clan will be executed!"

Ying Zheng's face was extremely cold, and he threw the information in his hand on the ground and gave the order with indifference.

The two Yulin guards who were escorting Zhang An took the order and dragged the trembling Zhang An out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Zhang An's face was pale, and he wanted to struggle to salute and beg for mercy, but he was held down by the two Yulin guards behind him and dragged all the way out of the palace. His shouts did not win any sympathy from Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng turned his attention to the remaining courtiers and said calmly: "Who else is colluding with other countries?"

Ying Zheng's voice was very soft, but it was as loud as thunder in everyone's ears.

For a moment, many officials were as silent as a cicada, with their heads lowered and not daring to look at Ying Zheng.

Because they know in their hearts that Ying Zheng is now on the verge of rage. If he is not careful, he may be implicated as a traitor and executed.

Moreover, Ying Zheng obviously didn't ask them this.

"Here is the list. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

"Yu Shi Qi Ti, Zuo Ye Iron Official Xu Qi..."

Names came out of Ying Zheng's mouth one by one, and Ying Zheng's eyes followed the figures of the courtiers who were mentioned one by one, with a cold murderous intent in his eyes.

The courtier who heard his name suddenly felt cold all over, and a terrifying aura swept through the hall.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the list in Ying Zheng's hand. Although they could not clearly see whose names were written on the list, judging from the thickness of the list, there were not many courtiers involved.

Moreover, there are many secret messages in the wooden box between people and the Chu State's envoys. If Ying Zheng sees it...

But Ying Zheng only read four more names after Zhang An and stopped reading any more.

"These four people will be pulled out and the car will be torn apart, and they will be executed by their clan."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly and put the list into the wooden box.

Obviously, there can never be only such a few names on this list, but Ying Zheng did not intend to continue reading. Instead, he asked a Yulin guard to place the wooden box outside the palace door, and asked the old man to

The eunuch ordered a torch to be fetched.

"Sir, are all the collaborating intelligence captured from the Chu State's secret envoys here?"

Ying Zheng held a torch and looked at the wooden box.

Zhang Ji nodded: "All the collaborating information intercepted from the Chu State's secret envoys are here, and there is no omission."

"good."

Ying Zheng turned around and walked towards the door of the palace. Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he threw the torch into the wooden box.

The fire was ignited as the high temperature burned the bamboo slips and paper. The firelight reflected Ying Zheng's cold and resolute profile. There was no hesitation on that resolute face like a knife and an axe.

"Except for these five people, I will no longer pursue those who colluded with other countries in Shandong in the past. But if anyone else is found to have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, then don't blame the country's law for being ruthless, and don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Three days later, I will lead the Yulin Army to conquer in person. Who else will object?"

Ying Zheng glanced at the courtiers below, his expression stern, his eyes as sharp as a knife, making people afraid to look directly at them.

"I second the proposal and would like to follow the king's chariot and lead the expedition in person."

"I second the proposal and would like to follow the king's chariot to conquer in person."

The ministers agreed one after another, whether it was true or false, but the statement was always correct.

After all, Ying Zheng had just sentenced five people to death and clan execution today. He was so powerful that no one dared to disobey him.

Coupled with Ying Zheng's broad-mindedness and magnanimity, he also impressed many people.

For a while, many people lamented that it was no wonder that Lu Buwei, one person inferior to ten thousand people, was willing to give up his power.

"Let's disperse."

When Ying Zheng saw that there was no longer any objection to his personal expedition, he stopped talking to the ministers, waved his hands, and left the hall.

Zhang Ji followed up with a wink, and followed Ying Zheng into the harem. After making sure that no foreign ministers were there, he turned to look at Zhang Ji.

"This is indeed the only piece of information intercepted from the Chu State's secret envoy." Zhang Ji said with a half-smile, "It's just that I was worried that the information would be damaged, so I had someone copy it in advance."

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing and patted Zhang Ji on the shoulder with a smile: "Hahahaha, sir, you are so bad."

"Whatever is good from above will follow suit below. I am just guessing what the king wants to do."

Zhang Ji raised the corners of his mouth slightly, took the blame off his head and handed it back to Ying Zheng.

The king and his ministers looked at each other, unable to hold back, and laughed loudly at the same time.

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