Chapter 570: Enthronement Ceremony (End)

The reason why these aristocratic families want to kill Shen Fei at all costs is very simple, that is, the issue of taxation. For those aristocratic families, it doesn't matter who will be the emperor, as long as their interests can be guaranteed.

A century-old dynasty, a millennium-old family, starting from Ying Zheng, the first emperor, to all subsequent dynasties, every time there was a change of dynasty, there was a family that was silently leading it in the dark.

The fundamental reason why the Great Qin Empire fell after the second generation was the aristocratic family, which was almost exactly the same as the Sui Dynasty that followed. What were the fundamental interests of the aristocratic family, and taxation was a crucial part.

It's not that the aristocratic family cares about the money. For a aristocratic family, a mere tax is nothing at all. What they care about is the privilege. Once the aristocratic family collects taxes, the loss is not just a mere amount of money, but the loss is the privilege.

Harsh government is fiercer than tigers. This is something that Confucius once experienced, but Confucianism is the largest group that does not have to pay taxes. For the country, money is needed. We cannot collect money from aristocratic families, so we can only pass it on. It’s up to the common people.

In modern society, the real reason why there is no tax on farmers and there is still supplies is that everyone must pay taxes, and the richer the people, the more they pay. In this case, the taxes paid by farmers are nothing at all. .

It can be said that Ying Zheng decided to tax the noble families. Once successful, it will be a reform that is thousands of years ahead of schedule. The country will definitely benefit immensely. The rich people's wine and meat are stinky, and the roads are frozen to death. This was the norm in ancient society.

This issue was originally a restricted area that Ying Zheng did not dare to touch now. Even Shang Yang's reform did not dare to touch this issue. If Shen Fei had not shown his absolute strength, Ying Zheng would have only slowly taken advantage of it. , but now that he has a long lifespan, he has plenty of time to slowly reform.

"The technique of wood escape and thorn killing."

Seeing a group of dead soldiers silently rushing towards him in a fan shape from the front, Shen Fei snorted coldly and put his hands together. The next moment, a large number of thorns appeared out of thin air on the ground, and in an instant, twenty-two black-clothed soldiers were killed. Everyone was entangled, and even if some people jumped into the sky, they could not escape the entanglement of thorns in the end.

These people are worthy of being dead soldiers. Even though a large number of thorns were wrapped around their bodies, they did not cry out in pain at all. Instead, everyone tried their best to burst out their true energy, trying to break free, but they were too underestimated. Now Shen Fei's wood escape is gone. The more he struggles, the tighter the restraint becomes.

"Die." Shen Fei had nothing to say to these dead soldiers. After scanning the surroundings with cold eyes, suddenly mana and powerful thorns immediately tore the bodies of these twenty-two dead soldiers apart. , twenty-two people turned into twenty-two masses of blood mist.

"No, let's go." Such a scene made people who saw this situation from a distance immediately couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice and prepared to leave.

Some people come to kill the Imperial Master of Great Qin, and some are optimistic about the success. At the same time, this is also the time to see the strength of Shen Fei, the Imperial Master of Great Qin. After all, hearing is false and seeing is believing. There are many legends about Shen Fei's strength, but Most people don't believe it. As the saying goes, the child has no words, strange power and chaos.

Due to the limitations of their own knowledge, they did not believe that Shen Fei was so powerful. Instead, they thought that someone was deliberately exaggerating, just like the supernova among the pirates who dared to clamor to defeat the Four Emperors.

It wasn't until I saw Shen Fei's strength with my own eyes that I realized that the rumors were not exaggerated, but by then it was too late.

"Let's go, where do you want to go." Following Shen Fei's faint voice, several sword lights flashed in the forest, and then several bodies were left on the scene.

"This is a misunderstanding." In the forest and on the mountain road, screams, angry roars, and begging for mercy were heard one after another. But it was a pity that no matter what these people said, Shen Fei would not show any mercy.

If it were anyone else, there really wouldn't be any good way to deal with those who were observing from a distance. However, with Shen Fei's knowledge and perception, no one within a radius of several kilometers could escape his perception.

"Bai Feng, this is not the place you should stay. Remember, there is no next time." In such a scene, people from Quicksand are naturally indispensable, but Wei Zhuang and others did not show up. Only Bai Feng came. In today's dark night, Wearing white clothes, standing at the highest point of the treetops, I have to say that I look very chic, but if someone finds me, I am not cool, but guilty.

Apart from Bai Feng, the other person who behaves similarly to Bai Feng is the Mo family's Robber Zhi. These Qing Kung masters all seem to like to stand in high places. Mo Ya and Ji Bu also seem to have this problem.

"For the sake of Mrs. Xu, I will save your life this time so that you can take care of yourself." After leaving these words in Daozhi's ears through Tianlai's sound transmission, Shen Fei slapped Daozhi on the shoulder. Pushed him off the top of the tree.

The sudden sound frightened Thief Zhi so much that after landing, he immediately showed his lightning-killing walking steps, split into a clone, and ran away in panic.

"The response is good, please lead the way."

Shen Fei naturally had his own intentions in letting Thief Zhi go. When he patted Thief Zhi on the shoulder, he had already left the mark of the Flying Thunder God on his body. The Mo family's mechanism city was very secretive, and he wanted to search for it, although It's not impossible, but it will take some time. In this case, wouldn't it be easier to let Robber Zhi lead the way?

As long as the news is released that the Qin is going to attack the Mo family's mechanical city, it will definitely attract a lot of anti-Qin forces there. In the original book, all the philosophers, including Zhang Liang, went to support. If Wei Zhuang had not used the poisonous feather Qianye, it would not be so easy to break through the mechanical city.

"The people of the Yin-Yang family have also taken action."

After Shen Fei dealt with the enemies here, when he rushed to Xianyang City, the battle was still going on, but the Qin side had already gained an absolute upper hand. Xinghun, Yueshen, and Da Shao Siming all took action, and with Gai Nie and others, the attacking masters were almost completely wiped out.

There is no shortage of top masters in the Shadow Secret Guard, and Ying Zheng does not rely on Gai Nie alone.

A night of chaos passed. At dawn the next day, although the atmosphere in Xianyang City was much more solemn, it was as lively as ever. Seeing Xianyang City at this moment, it is hard to imagine that it experienced a life-and-death battle last night.

After this incident, Ying Zheng finally took action. The Dragon and Tiger Cavalry was dispatched to the vicinity of Xianyang City. The Dragon and Tiger Cavalry of the Empire was an army controlled by the royal family. Its combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the Golden Fire Cavalry and the Hundred Battles Armored Soldiers. Its main job was to protect the safety of Xianyang. Therefore, the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry was not dispatched in the war to destroy the six countries.

After the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry was mobilized, the situation in Xianyang City became much safer, but it was only secretly safe. On the surface, the major families, nobles, and royal families were busy connecting.

At this time, they had only two biggest goals. The first one was naturally to stop the collection of taxes on the nobles, and the second one was naturally to stop the county system. If it really didn't work, stopping taxation was the first priority.

As time passed, it finally came to the day when Ying Zheng ascended the throne.

After the Great Qin Empire unified the world, it can be said that it was a celebration for all the people. Among them, some Confucianists proposed to pardon the world and let the people of the world feel the kindness of the first emperor. As a result, the person who proposed it was soon sent to the Tianlao.

General amnesty is easy to say, but it is actually a destruction of the rule of law in Qin. In later generations, we often hear such words. In the Warring States Period, there was actually a so-called general amnesty. When the king ascended the throne, celebrated birthdays, and other celebrations, someone would propose this.

However, this set of ideas has lost its market in Qin since Shang Yang's reform. Qin naturally celebrated important moments such as the king's enthronement, but this celebration was never achieved through general amnesty.

For the so-called benevolence and righteousness, Confucianism never considered how much unrest would be caused to the world after the general amnesty, especially after those heavy criminals and death row prisoners were released.

The topic of general amnesty also caused a lot of commotion in Xianyang City. Under the secret instruction of Shen Fei, Confucianism was refuted and there was nothing to say. Many so-called great Confucianists vomited blood in public.

Similarly, regarding the issue of collecting taxes from all people, the news was naturally released in advance, allowing the various schools of thought in Xianyang City to debate, of course, mainly the debate between Ying Zheng, the people arranged by Shen Fei and the aristocratic families of the various schools of thought.

The result was five words, which left the Confucianists speechless, that is, Confucius said that harsh government is more ferocious than a tiger, and using his own spear to attack his own shield.

Confucianism is famous for its double standards, and this is why many people cannot defeat Confucianism. However, that was when Confucianism was the only school of thought and Confucianism had the right to speak. Now it is the Qin Empire that has the right to speak.

Li Si actually had some opinions on collecting taxes from all people, but Li Si had one advantage, that is, he quickly distinguished the primary and secondary. For Li Si, he really didn't care about the difficult taxes. On the contrary, the reputation brought by doing so would definitely make him famous for generations and completely overwhelm Han Fei, so Li Si's fighting power immediately soared.

"The First Emperor's Order." When Ying Zheng ascended the altar to offer sacrifices to the heaven, Li Si took out an imperial edict and began to read it. This was the first imperial edict after Ying Zheng ascended the throne. In addition to the formal and clear title of the First Emperor, it also contained the laws of the empire. In later generations, it was probably a constitution.

"Kill the tyrant Ying Zheng."

Before Li Si finished reading the imperial edict, the long-planned anti-Qin forces finally jumped out and began to act. Many people in the people watching the ceremony and the Qin army that were supposed to be responsible for guarding directly defected.

This action was definitely planned for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible for so many enemies to be mixed into the people and the army. Only the participation of the local forces of the empire could achieve this step.

Just like Shen Fei was once curious about how Jing Ke put the dagger on the map in the history of the assassination of Qin, excluding other reasons, there is only one possibility, that someone in the empire did it deliberately.

Otherwise, as an item presented to Ying Zheng, it would be absolutely fine if it was checked a few times, not to mention a hundred or eighty times. Similarly, the people watching the ceremony and the Qin army responsible for guarding it all need to be investigated.

"Protect your majesty." Faced with the sudden rebellion, Zhang Han of the Shadow Secret Guard jumped out directly, commanding the Shadow Secret Guard and the assassin to fight in a group, and he himself rushed towards Ying Zheng, but soon Zhang Han was stopped by a soldier wearing Qin Army armor. Although this man was wearing ordinary Qin Army soldier armor, his martial arts was not inferior to Zhang Han at all.

As for Ying Zheng, many of the guards closest to him directly defected, and after killing other guards, they rushed directly towards Ying Zheng. At this moment, Ying Zheng looked extremely dangerous.

Gai Nie, who was supposed to be a personal guard, did not approach the platform because of the coronation ceremony. After the enemy took action, Gai Nie was also stopped.

However, Ying Zheng seemed to not feel the danger at all. He looked at the enemies rushing over with cold eyes, and did not even unsheathe the Tianwen Sword in his hand.

Seeing that these people were about to rush to Ying Zheng's side, they could then complete the unprecedented feat of killing Ying Zheng. At this moment, the members of the anti-Qin forces could not help but feel happy, and the noble families were also happy.

But unfortunately, just when these assassins stepped into the last step of the ninety-nine steps and were about to come to Ying Zheng's side, there was a thunderous roar in the sky, and then they saw countless lightnings falling from the sky. All the assassins who rushed to Ying Zheng were instantly struck into charcoal by thunder.

Then the group immediately found that the sky had darkened at some point. When everyone looked up at the sky, the two sides of the battle stopped fighting at the same time, because at this time, a black dragon about hundreds of meters long was staring at the bottom with its huge dragon eyes.

Such a magical scene immediately made both sides have no intention of fighting, and the two people confronted each other in the backstage at the same time.

Then, many people on the anti-Qin side looked very ugly, because the black dragon in the sky suddenly began to move, and then a large amount of thunder suddenly blasted towards the people gathered on the anti-Qin side. After a while, the thunder dissipated, and no member of the anti-Qin forces survived.

The black dragon's actions undoubtedly represented the black dragon's position.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for being protected by heaven." Li Si reacted the fastest, immediately put down the imperial edict, and knelt on the ground. As Li Si knelt down, the others around him also knelt down on the ground.

"This is impossible." Many people from the noble families saw this scene, although they were very unwilling, but they could only kneel down helplessly. Although many people suspected that the black dragon was fake, no one dared to offend at this time. After all, the black dragon might be caused by some strange martial arts or magic, but the power of thunder was not fake at all.

The black dragon that was hundreds of meters long appeared in the air. Naturally, it was not only seen by Ying Zheng and others, but also by the people of the entire Xianyang City. The people in the city knelt down on the ground at the first time.

This was the plan of Shen Fei and Ying Zheng, to let the black dragon appear at the coronation ceremony and stand up for Ying Zheng.

"How could this happen?"

Of course, not everyone knelt down. Han Fei, Zi Nu, Zhang Liang, Wei Zhuang, Yan Dan and others, who belonged to different positions in Xianyang City, did not kneel down, but although they did not kneel down, their faces were full of shock and disbelief.

This is exactly what Shen Fei wanted. In this era, the appearance of a dragon, a black dragon, can be said to have brought Ying Zheng's prestige in the Qin Empire to its peak. Although it did not lead to the direct surrender of the anti-Qin forces, it could definitely divide at least half of the anti-Qin forces.

"Why, on what basis?" Yan Dan's face was full of resentment when he saw the black dragon and the people kneeling in Xianyang City. The appearance of the dragon and its position were a huge blow to Yan Dan, who always regarded himself as a righteous man.