My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 104: Does the King aspire to be the overlord or the world?

Ying Zheng's performance made Lu Buwei understand the truth.

Ying Zheng is really not worried about Ying Chengyu!

At least Ying Zheng, who was surrounded by worries at home and enemies outside, never regarded Ying Chengyu as an enemy at all, but as his closest comrade-in-arms.

Lu Buwei didn't know if Ying Zheng would redefine the relationship between him and Ying Chengyu after he completely took control of the Qin Dynasty.

But Lu Buwei knew that, at least for now, he no longer needed to spend time trying to drive a wedge between Ying Chengxuan and Ying Zheng.

Useless!

With a tired sigh, Lu Buwei quickly changed the direction of attack.

"Your Majesty." Lu Buwei looked at Ying Zheng and asked warmly: "What do you think about when you come to this prison today?"

Ying Zheng looked at Ying Chengyu with joy: "I thought that my brother's talent lies in his words, but I found that my brother is equally talented in Junlue."

"I originally thought that this is the only talent that my brother has, but now I know that my brother is also talented in medicine!"

"I am very happy!"

Lu Buwei looked outside the door: "The King's eyes should not only fall on Lord Chang'an and Suture Technique, but also on all the people in the world!"

"Your Majesty, are you willing to walk around this prison with your true form?"

Ying Zheng took one last look at the female prisoner and bowed her hands: "That's what you wish for."

Lu Buwei stepped out first, Ying Zheng walked side by side, and Ying Chengxuan and others followed after looking at each other.

Only Li Si deliberately lagged behind and whispered to Zhao Gao: "Go and ask Lord Changping and Lieutenant Ting to go and get sick."

Zhao Gao nodded in understanding and left in a hurry, and Li Si quickly followed the team.

Under the leadership of Lu Buwei, the group returned to the execution area.

"Because he left rubbish on the road, he got a tattoo."

"For stealing twenty coins, I am sentenced to chop off my toes and soles."

"Because he insulted others in the street, he was sentenced to thirty years of punishment."

"My uncle cut off his left arm because he cut down mulberry trees."

Passing by the execution victims one after another, introducing the crimes committed by each person, Lu Buwei suddenly looked at Ying Zheng and asked:

"Your Majesty, is this a prosperous time?"

Ying Zheng shook his head gently: "This is definitely not the scene of the prosperous times."

Lu Buwei asked again: "Has your Majesty heard the cries of these tortured people?"

"Does your Majesty think they really deserve such a severe punishment?"

Lu Buwei's questioning voice was so loud that many victims waiting for execution heard it.

Although they didn't know the court clothes, they could see the quality of the clothes and knew that they were a group of noble people.

Now that the nobles are taking pity on them, they cry frantically for help as if they are grasping at straws:

"Your Majesty, I just never took action to save the people who were killed within a hundred feet, but I really just didn't know that there were bad people who were killing people. I am guilty of right and wrong. Please show mercy and save my life!"

"I still have three children at home. If I have my toes chopped off first and then tortured for a year, what will they do?"

"Please, noble man, help us, we don't dare to do it anymore!"

Very few people would take the initiative to say negative things about themselves.

The explanations given by these prisoners were largely evasive, but the cries of the hundreds of people awaiting execution could not help but make people feel sad and cry.

Taking a deep breath to suppress the discomfort in his heart, Ying Zheng replied warmly: "The opinions of others are not important."

"We, Da Qin, govern the country according to the laws of Qin."

"How Qin's laws judge, they should be judged accordingly."

"It would be an injustice if one's crimes were reduced or even pardoned just because they couldn't bear it."

Lu Buwei said seriously: "The truth is not that I want to ask the king to forgive their crimes."

"The true meaning is to seek help from the king for the people of the world." Lu Buwei bowed his hands and said, "Please be lenient and suspend the administration!"

This sentence was what he wanted to say from the moment Lu Buwei gave "Lu's Spring and Autumn" to Ying Zheng.

In Lu Buwei's imagination, Ying Zheng should ask about the legal concepts in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".

After all, the rule of law thought in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" is completely different from that in "Shang Jun Shu".

But what Lu Buwei didn't expect was that Ying Zheng hadn't asked any questions to this day.

Lu Buwei was already a little anxious.

As luck would have it today, Lu Buwei directly asked this question to Ying Zheng.

The truth is that I hope that Da Qin can be lenient and have a reprieve. Are you willing, Your Majesty?
However, before Ying Zheng could answer, Li Si suddenly raised his hand and said, "I thought that if the government was lenient and suspended, the people of Qin would be harmonious and harmonious."

"The people of Qin respect and fear severe punishments and laws."

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and asked, "Do you also think that Great Qin should be lenient and suspend its administration?"

Li Si shook his head: "It's not what I think should be done, but what the king thinks should be done."

"There is no right or wrong between reverence and affinity, it just depends on the king's decision."

This is the difference between Li Si and Lu Buwei.

Deep in Li Si's heart, he also had the desire to ease the government and suspend the government, and he did not want to see the people of the world suffer.

But unless it was related to his own interests, Li Si would never confront Ying Zheng, but would tell Ying Zheng the way.

Your Majesty has the final say on how the country should develop. Whatever you say will come true!

You take the helm, and I'll be the oarsman.

But in the process of paddling, that is, when the charter was drawn up in detail, Li Si would choose a more moderate method and leave it to Ying Zheng to decide.

If Ying Zheng still insists on severe punishment, then Li Si will immediately do it and wait until he has the opportunity to submit a remonstrance later.

Ying Zheng asked thoughtfully: "How to make a decision?"

Li Si responded in a deep voice: "Decide according to the king's will, and decide according to the plan of governing the country!"

"If the king's ambition is to strengthen his army to quell strife and unify the world, he should impose severe punishments."

"If the king's ambition is to be the leader of the feudal lords and coexist with the six countries in the world, then he should be lenient and suspended!"

Ying Zheng's heart trembled suddenly.If you want to unite the world, should you impose harsh punishments?

Looking at those pleading eyes, the compassion in Ying Zheng's heart slowly turned to determination.

Today, hundreds of people begged me to reduce my guilt.

But when the heroes compete for hegemony, there are so many battles with tens of thousands of casualties!

Which is lighter?

Which is heavier?

Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei with complicated eyes: "Is this the way to be most benevolent and forget benevolence?"

"I need you to be taught a lesson!"

Lu Buwei felt numb when he saw Ying Zheng bowing his hand.

The purpose of this lesson is to teach you that "the most wise abandon wisdom, the most benevolent and benevolent, the most virtuous and immoral", so that you can understand the most virtuous and immoral, and don't hesitate to deal harshly with Ying Chenglong.

In the end, you focus on studying the most benevolent and forgetting benevolence, and you have your own understanding?

Lu Buwei immediately refuted: "Mr. Li's statement is totally wrong!"

"If the king's ambition is to strengthen his army and quell disputes and unify the world, he should also be lenient and suspend his administration!"

"Otherwise, where will the people's support be?"

“The rulers and people of ancient times governed them with benevolence and righteousness, loved profits to bring them peace, and guided them with loyalty and trust, seeking to eliminate disasters and bring blessings to them.”

"In ancient times, monarchs governed Guizhou with benevolence and righteousness, stabilized Guizhou with love and benefit, guided Guizhou with loyalty and trust, devoted themselves to eliminating harm for the people, and thought about benefiting the people. This is why the Five Emperors and Three Kings are invincible in the world. s reason!"

Suddenly, a shout came from outside the door.

"But they're all dead!"

Lu Buwei followed the sound and saw Xiong Qi, Feng Quji and others coming in a hurry.

"Censor Xiong Qi, Feng Chang Xiong Mao, and Tingwei Feng Quji pay their respects to the King!"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly: "You are here just in time, you can listen to what Prime Minister Lu said together."

Feng Quji was not so resistant to Lu Buwei's thoughts, and even supported Lu Buwei's ideas of loyalty and filial piety.

But as the new Tingwei, Feng Quji firmly supported Ying Zheng.

In Feng Quji's mind, issues such as the great governance of the world and the unification of the world are not the main issues in the Qin Dynasty today.

There is only one thing they have to do now, and that is to protect Ying Zheng and crown him as his pro-government!

Feng Quji was very aware of the influence of Shang Jun's Law in Da Qin. Reforming Shang Jun's Law would definitely create turmoil, which would be detrimental to Ying Zheng's crowning.

So Feng Quji bowed to Lu Buwei and then fired mercilessly:
"Xiang Bang sincerely has thoughts on governing the country, but what he thinks is not suitable for our country, Qin. What's the use of listening to it?"

"The Five Emperors and Three Kings are certainly saints, but times have changed."

"The State of Lu respects Zhou's etiquette and governs the country. Where is the State of Lu!"

"Where are you now, Lord Zhou Li?"

"Zhou, An is here today!"

Feng Qu took a quick step forward and spoke in a serious voice: "Zhou was destroyed by our great Qin!"

Lu Buwei said calmly: "Zhou Cheng is dead."

"However, the Zhou Dynasty died due to the collapse of rituals and music!"

"The people of the world should understand the death of Zhou Dynasty, and the king's benevolence and righteousness should have limits."

"Just like salt is indispensable for taste, but if you add salt casually, the dish will be inedible."

"Similarly, the power of a king should have limits. What limits? Ai Li!"

"The king should have a loving heart when formulating laws, so that the leaders of Guizhou can feel the respect of the king and feel that the king is acting in this way for the sake of the great governance of the country and to safeguard the interests of every leader of Guizhou."

"In this way, the country can prosper!"

Feng Quji shook his head: "Why prosper?"

"Guizhou leaders are not ignorant. They know very well what is true kindness and what is false kindness."

"If you want to make the leaders of Guizhou appreciate the kindness of the King, you must first let them have enough to eat and live a good life."

Lu Buwei immediately said: "Then let all the leaders of Guizhou live a good life!"

Ying Xi also stepped forward to join the battle: "The leaders of Guizhou are living a good life and the people are strong, but what about the country?"

"If all the capitals of Guizhou can have enough to eat and drink, and be satisfied physically and mentally, why would they bother to fight for the country?"

“When the people are strong, the country is weak!”

"If you want a strong country, you can only make the people weak!"

Ying Xi emphasized his tone: "Heavy punishment but light reward is the true love and care of the monarch for the people."

"Guizhou leaders will fight tooth and nail for rewards and change their own destiny."

"Even those with high positions and high salaries must abide by the law, otherwise their descendants will become the heads of Guizhou."

"Reducing the sentence and giving a large reward is the harsh treatment of the monarch to the people."

"Guizhou leaders will not fight to the death for rewards. They will be Guizhou leaders for the rest of their lives."

"Those in high positions can become stronger by receiving more rewards, or even intercepting the rewards given to the head of Guizhou by the monarch!"

Lu Buwei sighed helplessly: "When the people advance, they want to be rewarded, but when they retreat, they are afraid of their sins."

"When the leader of Guizhou knows that he is not capable but is afraid of punishment, he will resort to fraud."

"The monarch will punish you after you make a false statement. Isn't this a crime due to fear of crime?"

"This is where the hatred between the monarch and the head of Guizhou begins!"

Lu Buwei looked at Ying Zheng sincerely: "Your Majesty, in the past Ziyang (Zheng Guo Xiangbang Si Ziyang) was a harsh man. There was a man who was worried that he would be killed by Ziyang after making a mistake, so he took the opportunity to chase a mad dog and killed Ziyang. "

"Strict rules and light rewards may not necessarily mean that the monarch treats the people harshly, but it will definitely make the monarch and the people stand on opposite sides and become enemies!"

"Who would want to fight for an enemy?"

"Afraid of the military front, the leaders of Guizhou do not dare to cause chaos on weekdays."

"But once Great Qin begins to decline, the whole world will turn against it!"

(End of this chapter)