Chapter 11 Eldest nephew, this is the Confucianism you like!
Chapter 11: Eldest nephew, this is the Confucianism you like!
Bang bang~
Ying Zheng forcefully patted the armrest of the throne twice to show that he was dissatisfied.
"I have said before that Li Xin's defeat was my fault! If you dare to mention this again! That is blaming me! You still haven't apologized to Li Xin!"
Ying Chengyu didn't hesitate at all, turned around and bowed deeply to Li Xin.
The thing that best reflects sincerity is probably the voice.
"Longxihou! I'm sorry!"
Ying Chengyu shouted loudly.
The sound was so loud that it could scatter clouds thousands of miles high in the sky, and frightened the officials in the hall.
Li Xin was not frightened.
There was still hatred in his eyes, and he wanted to cut Ying Chengyu into pieces with a thousand knives. He didn't want to accept Ying Chengyu's apology.
Ying Chengxuan's apology was not only devoid of sincerity, but full of dissatisfaction.
Everyone can tell that this is Ying Chengyu's unwilling apology because of Ying Zheng's majesty.
But he finally accepted it and sat down again with anger and tension all over.
Ying Chengyu apologized to Li Xin at the request of Ying Zheng. Li Xin did not have to accept Ying Chengyu's apology, but Li Xin could not go against Ying Zheng's wishes.
First of all, this was something he took the initiative to do.
Secondly, although Ying Chengxuan's words were unpleasant and heart-wrenching, they were all true. He had indeed suffered a great defeat.
On this basis, Ying Zheng stood up for him, took all the responsibility for the defeat on himself, and even asked Ying Chengyu to apologize to him.
The First Emperor had reached this level, and Li Xin had no reason not to let him go.
At least in today's court, this matter can only come to an end.
Ying Zheng saw that Ying Chengxuan's apology was not sincere, and he also saw that Li Xinyu was still angry.
The South Vietnam has not yet been pacified in the south, and the barbarians in the north have not been killed. These two major battles have not yet been fought.
Wang Jian is old and is not suitable to lead the army.
Wang Ben could do that, but when Wang Jian returned from breaking Chu, he told me that he only had one son, Wang Ben. Wang Ben had not yet married a wife, and the Wang family had not yet had a third generation.
The implicit meaning behind this statement was that he did not want Wang Ben to be involved in another war.
I understand that I am unwilling to do things that are difficult for others.
Apart from Wang Jian and Wang Ben's father and son, except for Meng Tian, I have Li Xin as the most important military officer, and I can be loyal.
That's all, let's let Cheng Xi feel a little aggrieved about this matter.
Ying Zheng thought very quickly, and he only thought about these things for a moment before he made up his mind.
The anger on his face became even brighter.
“If you don’t think about repentance, where is your righteousness?”
Zong Zheng stood up.
It would be disrespectful to sit down for this kind of formal question!
"I'm here."
Zongzheng was one of the Nine Qings. He was a senior official of Qin State with two thousand stones and was in charge of royal affairs.
"There is no need to pay Changan Jun's salary this year!"
"only!"
Being fined one year's salary is definitely not a light crime.
Qin's laws are strict and detailed, and almost no central official of Qin dares to accept bribes.
If you don't have great merit, you can get a reward from the emperor.
Then their salary is basically their annual expenses.
Of course, the salary in Qin is not low.
The highest positions, such as Prime Minister, Zong Zheng, and Tingwei, all carry two thousand dan of grain.
An adult in the Qin State can earn more than eighteen dan from a year's ration.
When Li Xin heard this, the anger on his face finally disappeared a lot visibly.
Because he said two more words, he lost a year's salary. If this price were placed on him, he would feel very painful.
So when Ying Chengyu was punished like this, Li Xin even felt that it was a little too severe. Why was it so?
Ying Fusu, who was sitting under Ying Chengyu, let out a long sigh of relief. He actually felt that the matter was resolved in this way and that Ying Chengyu had taken advantage of it.
In this day and age, there are many people who value reputation more than life.
Prince Dan of Yan approached Tian Guang and said that he wanted to assassinate the King of Qin. Tian Guang said that I am old and can no longer do it. Prince, you have to find Jing Ke.
Prince Dan of Yan said yes, help me find him. Except Jing Ke, please don't tell anyone else that I want to assassinate the King of Qin, otherwise I will die.
Tian Guang agreed and went to find Jing Ke. After finding Jing Ke, he told Jing Ke that Prince Dan asked you to assassinate the King of Qin. You should go and see him. Jing Ke said, why don't you go? Let's go together.
Tian Guang said that Prince Dan asked me to keep a secret, because he didn’t trust me and felt that I was not strict with my words. A noble person will not be suspected by others, so I want to die to make my ambition known. You go tell Prince Dan that I am dead.
No one else will know about it.
After saying this, Tian Guang committed suicide.
Jing Ke brought the news to Prince Dan of Yan, who cried loudly and said, "That's not what I meant. I didn't expect to kill my husband!"
Therefore, in the case of Ying Chengyu, some people would think that the penalty of one year's salary was too heavy, such as Li Xin, who was good at military affairs.
But some people will think it is too light, such as the gentle, courteous and thrifty Ying Fusu.
After the court meeting, I should go to the Marquis of Longxi to apologize on behalf of my uncle, hoping to eliminate the grudge in the Marquis of Longxi.
Just as Ying Fusu was thinking this, a very familiar voice sounded through the hall.
"Your Majesty, this fact is inappropriate. There was a quarrel between the Lord of Chang'an and the Marquis of Longxi. It was the Marquis of Longxi who attacked first, and the Lord of Chang'an just fought back. Is this wrong? Confucius said: 'Repay evil with kindness, how can we repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness.
, repay your grievances directly! 'The Queen Mother made a big mistake and joined forces with Lao Ai to assassinate His Majesty. His Majesty imprisoned the Queen Mother in Yongdi afterwards and did not allow anyone to persuade the Queen Mother to release her. Anyone who violated the rules would be chopped into several pieces and thrown into the square of Xianyang Palace.
superior."
"Your Majesty killed 18 admonishers in a row, and the smell of blood still lingers in the Xianyang Palace Square. Lord Chang'an just paid back a few words today, how can your Majesty punish them?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole court fell silent!
Everyone's eyes turn to the speaker!
This man had a solemn look on his face and was standing talking to Ying Zheng, bending down and holding his hands.
The angle of bending and the width of the hand arch are completely in line with etiquette and are at the textbook level.
This person was a servant of the Qin State. His surname was Chunyu and his given name was Yue. He was the tutor of the eldest son of the Qin State, Ying Fusu.
Those familiar words reached Ying Fusu's ears, like a thunder that struck him dizzy.
His body was as stiff as a zombie, his hands were trembling as he supported the ground and slowly turned around.
He saw it.
It was his teacher Chun Yuyue who spoke!
It was Chunyu Yue, the teacher who taught him that the gentleman died because of his illness and was still unnamed!
Teacher, you taught me that a gentleman is worried that his reputation will not be praised by the world after death. Why do you say such words today?
You want me to go to Yongdi often to visit the Queen Mother. Why do you use this to excuse your uncle today?
Ying Fusu couldn't understand.
What his teacher Chunyu Yue taught and what he did were not the same.
He looked at Chun Yuyue's familiar, upright face, and felt so strange.
His mind was full of distractions and seemed to be completely blank.
He knew he was sitting in the court, but he didn't know where he was.
He looked in a daze. If someone was holding a steel knife and looking directly at him, he would not dodge.
This state was something that Ying Fusu had never been in before, even when he tried to confront Ying Zheng yesterday with the intention to die, he was not like this.
"Come back to your senses!"
A palm was slapped on Ying Fusu's Tianling Gai, and the warm breath poured in from his Baihui point, like a gurgling stream, swirling around his limbs.
This peaceful warmth sorted out Ying Fusu's chaotic thoughts, calmed his restless heart, and allowed his eyes to refocus and come back to his senses.
Ying Fusu looked up blankly, looked at Ying Chengyu's cynical face, and shouted in confusion: "Uncle..."
Seeing Ying Fusu's appearance like a newborn cub, Ying Chengyu sighed.
It was a complete accident that Chun Yuyue would stand up.
As a Confucian scholar, you should not say such things.
All he could say was that the Confucian scholars in the court were worse than he imagined.
"Eldest nephew, this is the Confucianism you like."
He felt a little sorry for Ying Fusu.
But on the path Ying Fusu has chosen, this is inevitable.
What his eldest nephew wanted was not to inherit the throne of the emperor. Ying Fusu wanted even more.