Chapter 713 How about being the Prime Minister of the Great Qin?

Chapter 713 How about being the Prime Minister of the Great Qin?
Ying Zheng ordered Wang Jian to take the soldiers from the Lishan camp back to the camp and conduct strict and serious ideological investigations on the soldiers who participated in Ying Yu's rebellion to ensure that they only obey Ying Zheng and will not obey the private dispatch of a certain general.

Ying Zheng led the imperial guards to bring Lao Ai and other key members of the rebellion back to the Xianyang Palace, and summoned all civil and military officials to watch the execution.

Then, Ying Zheng and Yang Chen led the imperial guards to the Li Palace.

Zhao Ji had been guarding the door. When she saw Ying Zheng coming, her expression was obviously a little panicked. Without waiting for Ying Zheng to come closer, she ran in and urged the maid and eunuch to carry the two children out through the back door.

At this time, Ying Zheng's voice came in.

"Mother, I have already caught Lao Ai, please stop struggling!"

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly urged the palace maids and eunuchs to take the two children out through the back door, while she went to delay Ying Zheng to buy them some time.

When Ying Zheng walked into the palace, Zhao Ji ran out and hugged him and said, "Zheng'er, everything is the Queen Mother's fault. If you want to blame her, kill her and let your two brothers go. Okay?"

Ying Zheng looked at his mother in surprise and asked, "Mother, what do you think of your son? Ah? What do you think of your son? In order to protect the son of a traitor, you want your son to bear the eternal infamy of being a matricide? They are all your children, why am I not as good as them in your heart?"

Zhao Ji cried and explained: "No, no. You are my flesh and blood just like them. It's not that I don't care about you, but you want to kill them. I can't accept you two brothers killing each other."

Ying Zheng immediately said angrily: "They are not my brothers, and I am not their elder brother. My surname is Ying, not Lao."

At this time, four guards captured the palace maid and eunuch who had escaped with Lao Ai's two sons, and brought them back together with the children.

The two children were terrified and kept crying for their mother.

Zhao Ji wanted to go forward and hold the child, but was stopped by Ying Zheng.

"Can't you, Queen Mother, save some face for your son? Do you really have to let your son be ridiculed by the world?" Ying Zheng asked.

Zhao Ji immediately knelt down and said, "My Queen Mother kneels down to you. My Queen Mother begs you to let them go. Please let them go."

Ying Zheng immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Ji, saying, "I beg you to treat me as your own son, okay? Come on, take all the maids and eunuchs out of the palace and chop them up! Take these two bastards out and throw them to death!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ji immediately turned around and tried to snatch the child, but was pulled back by Ying Zheng.

"No! No! Let them go, don't kill them! Zheng'er, your mother begs you, please give them a way to live!" Zhao Ji said crying.

Ying Zheng had a cold expression on his face, and at this moment he was already heartbroken.

The palace maids and eunuchs cried and begged for mercy, but the guards ignored them and dragged them to the backyard and chopped off their heads.

Afterwards, Lao Ai's two children were also lifted up high by the guards and thrown to the ground, once, twice, three times... until the two children died completely.

Zhao Ji was in so much pain that she started beating Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng remained indifferent and let his mother beat him.

After a while, Zhao Ji got tired of beating him and stopped. Then she lay on the ground and started crying.

Ying Zheng released Zhao Ji and said, "Come here, send the Queen Mother to the Kuiyang Palace in Yongcheng. From now on, she is not allowed to step out of the palace gate, otherwise all the guards will behead her and display her head to the public."

The guards immediately came forward and asked Zhao Ji to go with them. Zhao Ji had cried so much that she had no more strength left, so Ying Zheng called the palace maids and eunuchs from other palaces to accompany Zhao Ji to the Aiyang Palace.

Ying Zheng calmed down, not caring about the pain on his face from being scratched by Zhao Ji, and said to Yang Chen with a smile: “Sir, is this how I handle it okay?”

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, and said: “Brother Zheng, of course there is no problem with your handling of this! Lao Ai’s child must die. The Queen Mother is your mother after all, so just put him under house arrest, and don’t hurt his life. Next, it’s time to deal with Lao Ai, Ying Yu and other traitors. Oh, there’s one more person you must kill.”

"Who?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Lü Buwei!" Yang Chen replied.

Ying Zheng said nothing.

Yang Chen continued, “You will soon banish Lü Buwei to Bashu. Lü Buwei knew that his relationship with you could not be repaired, and he could not stand the life of banishment, so he committed suicide by taking poison the next year. He was going to die anyway, so why not help him, Brother Zheng. This is a good opportunity for you to tell everyone that no matter how great their achievements are, they will not have a good ending if they do something to hurt you!”

Ying Zheng said in astonishment: "Sir, you are truly a god. I really want to send Lü Buwei to the Bashu region. Sir, you can see through my mind."

Yang Chen laughed loudly, and said, “That’s not the case. I came from 2000 years later. I have read history books, so I naturally know how you plan to deal with Lü Buwei.” Ying Zheng nodded, and said, “Sir, that’s true. Since you have read in history books that Lü Buwei will commit suicide by taking poison next year, then I will not exile him to the Bashu area. After dealing with Lao Ai and Ying Yu, I will give him a cup of poisoned wine.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Alright. Let’s go, they should be ready now, we can execute Lao Ai and Ying Yu.”

Ying Zheng nodded and hurried back to Xianyang Palace.

At this time, the square outside the palace was ready. The rebels such as Ying Yu had their hands tied behind their backs and knelt on the ground waiting to be beheaded, while Lao Ai's neck and limbs were tied with thick ropes, and the other ends of the ropes were tied to five horses.

Ying Zheng said loudly: "Since I ascended the throne, I have worked hard to govern the country in order to fulfill the wishes of my ancestors and lead the Qin Dynasty to a powerful path. I thought I treated every loyal minister well enough, but I never expected that Ying Yu would be bewitched by Lao Ai and want to rebel and kill me. I am ashamed of Ying Yu, and the Ying family is ashamed of Ying Yu! Today, I will kill these rebels in front of you, my dear ministers!"

At this time, a group of ministers with the surname Ying came out to plead for Ying Yu. Their reasoning was that Ying Yu was bewitched by Lao Ai and was confused for a moment, which was why he did such a thing. He did not necessarily want to kill Ying Zheng, so they hoped that Ying Zheng would give Ying Yu a way out because of their common ancestry.

Ying Zheng was furious. He immediately drew his sword and pointed it at the ministers, shouting, "You...you are so nice! What do you think of me? Why don't you consider my feelings and only care about your own feelings! Who wants to plead for Ying Yu? Come and speak to me! Come here!"

Veins bulged on Ying Zheng's hands. Even if Zhao Ji came at this time, she would probably be stabbed to death. The ministers were not fools. They would just say a few words and ask them to risk their lives to plead for Ying Yu. They would not do that.

Seeing that no one dared to respond, Ying Zheng immediately shouted: "Except for the main culprit Lao Ai, everyone else will be beheaded immediately!"

The executioner immediately picked up the knife and walked behind Ying Yu and others, then raised the guillotine and chopped it down.

Although Yang Chen was mentally prepared, he still felt uncomfortable seeing such a bloody scene.

When Ying Yu's relatives saw this scene, they sighed helplessly. They could only blame Ying Yu for his own stupidity and not others.

Ying Zheng turned his attention to Lao Ai and shouted, "Lao Ai led his followers to assassinate me. His crime is unforgivable! I sentence him to be torn into pieces by five horses and to exterminate his entire clan! Execute!"

Lao Ai knew that he had no chance of survival, and since Ying Zheng wanted to exterminate his entire clan, he let go completely and cursed, "Ying Zheng, little bastard, I am your father! Haha...hahaha...ha...ou...ou..."

The five horses ran in different directions at the same time, and Lao Ai's body was immediately stretched straight by the ropes.

The guards kept whipping the horse's buttocks with a whip, and the horse ran forward desperately in pain. Lao Ai felt severe pulling pain in his neck and limbs. When the horse's pulling force reached a certain level, Lao Ai's head and limbs were pulled off one after another.

Yang Chen immediately covered his eyes. This is too bloody.

The ancient people were cruel. There were many cruel punishments, such as burning with fire, lingchi, etc., each one more cruel and bloody than the other.

Ying Zheng said loudly: "If there are any more traitors, their fate will be even worse than theirs! I don't want to go through this again, I hope you will be loyal to me!"

Civil and military officials immediately expressed their loyalty to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Please come into the palace to talk. I want to introduce you to a very important gentleman."

Ying Zheng smiled at Yang Chen, and the two of them understood each other and went into the palace.

All the civil and military officials hurriedly followed.

"Who would you like to introduce to us, my king?"

"I heard that the king met a man who was dressed strangely. It was he who helped the king escape from danger, eliminated Lao Ai's followers, and captured Lao Ai alive."

"Ah? So impressive! It looks like the king is going to reward him. I guess his official position won't be low, maybe even at the level of prime minister."

"No way? Even if the king wants to thank him, he can't give him such a high position all at once. Give him a small position first, and then find an opportunity to promote him later."

"I agree with this approach. Giving him a high position all at once is too unconvincing. The king should understand this and would not do such a foolish thing."

……

When everyone was present, Ying Zheng said loudly: "Although I was assassinated, I am still very happy. Why? First, I eliminated the hidden danger. Second, from now on, I will officially rule the country and no longer be controlled by anyone. Third, I have gained a very powerful teacher. This is the one next to me, his name is Yang Chen, it was he who helped me escape danger and eliminated Lao Ai's followers. Mr. Yang, please say hello to all the beloved ministers."

Yang Chen smiled and said: “Hello, seniors, my name is Yang Chen. If there is anything in the future, let’s discuss it together and help the king unify the six kingdoms together!”

Ying Zheng laughed and said, "Mr. Yang, you are right! To express my gratitude to you, I want to appoint you as prime minister. Are you willing?"