Qin State, Xianyang, Zhangtai Palace.

King Qin entered Zhangtai Palace from the city gate, accompanied by civil and military ministers, all the way unimpeded, and there was no stopping.

Sitting on the dragon chair in the main hall, Ying Zheng was also thinking, making such a big ceremony, no one came out to stop it, what were those people thinking?

Others may not know, but it is impossible to say that the royal family can't see it. Now in Xianyang, in addition to the two clans of Mi Ying, there are also royal families such as Sanjin and Chu State, as well as representatives of the post houses of Yan and Qi, those are all royal people, can't they even see this?

Yingzheng did not say that this was the gift of the Nine Mansions, but only ordered in advance that all civil and military ministers and all subordinates must participate in today's court meeting. According to the rank and title, no weapons are allowed to be carried, and all of them enter the Zhangtai Palace.

In normal times, the military generals carry weapons, and the scribes carry swords, but today everyone collects their weapons before entering the temple, which should cause everyone to criticize. But no, not even a single person disagreed.

After the ministers saluted, Ying Zheng asked: "Li Si, today when you entered the Zhangtai Palace, the weapons have been confiscated, don't you have anything you want to ask?" ”

Li Si came out of the list and said with a smile: "I, Daqin, have occupied half of the Central Plains, and the trend of dominating the world has been achieved, and it is common sense for the king to call the emperor." Now that the Nine Graces Ceremony is being put on display, it is just an introduction to the emperor, even if Chu, Qi, and Yan join forces again, how can they endure me? What's more, the three countries are simply unable to form an alliance. ”

"Wang Jian's army divided the state of Chu into two, held the Yangtze River, and cut off the connection between the Chu people in the south and the north. The king of Qi is greedy and has received so much money and grain from my Great Qin, how can he offend the king for this matter? Not to mention the Yan Kingdom, Yan Wangxi has already moved north, maybe in a few days, the Yan capital will move to the bitter cold land of Liaodong. ”

"The kings are like this, what can the royal family say? The king should be like this, only by showing the heart of the emperor can he get the greatest support of the two clans, and we are even more happy to see this as courtiers. As long as the king becomes the emperor and the co-lord of the world, then our value can be reflected. ”

The ministers below all smiled, and all nodded to Li Si in approval, they had wanted to say this for a long time, but they didn't know Yingzheng's intentions, and no one dared to violate this taboo. Now that Yingzheng has done it himself, they should support themselves, and they don't even care about King Qin, so what are they afraid of.

Ying Zheng sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that he has gone wrong, he thought that someone would come out to interfere, but who knew that the ministers wanted to be the emperor themselves. The king and the emperor seem to be just one word difference, and the power of the two is not the same concept at all.

The king only exercises power in the princes' countries, but the emperor exercises great power in the entire Central Plains, and can become the emperor's courtier, and he can be more glorious, fame and fortune, and a fool will oppose it. I just didn't know Yingzheng's intentions before, but now Yingzheng clearly shows his attitude with the gift of nine people, even if someone stands up against it, it is estimated that the ministers will quote the scriptures and scriptures, and people will stop them in the future.

The biggest obstacle is easy to solve, but Yingzheng is a little unaccustomed. All along, every time he administered, he did not dare to speed up the pace of the new policy. When you come to this world, you must cater to the hearts of the people of this era, and you can't be in a hurry. The first few times we used troops against foreign countries were too fast, we were met with too many rumors, and many reform measures had to be fought for a long time before they could achieve some results, and they still needed to be digested gradually.

For example, the unified weights and measures are difficult for the Qin people to understand. In their opinion, the Central Plains has not yet been unified, even if the Qin State unifies the Central Plains, it is enough to directly use the standards of the Qin State, so why create new standards for writing, instruments, and carriages?

This is Ying Zheng's vision, if you just use the existing standards of the Qin State, what will the royal family of the countries think? Take Zhao as an example, Zhao was accustomed to the writing of the Three Jin Dynasty, and wanted to educate them to abandon their own writing and use the Qin script instead, and psychologically thought that the king of Qin was disgusting them. Only by creating a new script on the basis of the Qin script can the nations support it. Because of this kind of writing, the Qin people also need to learn, and everyone still has any complaints.

Every reform is a step toward a new society, and new knowledge and new culture can only be carried out imperceptibly. Every step you take, you must have the mentality of walking on thin ice, so as not to make too fast progress and others can't accept it, and then Yingzheng will be in big trouble.

Today's use of the Nine Graces Ceremony can be regarded as a ritual reform. This kind of etiquette was originally something that the Zhou royal family could do, and now a vassal state uses such etiquette, which is completely coveted. If no one stops it, then the laws of the Qin State will be in line with the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty. In this way, the Yan State and the Qi State will make a corresponding gesture and completely erase the traces of the Zhou Dynasty.

Yan and Qi didn't dare to do it, because they didn't have that national strength yet, for fear that if they did it today, they would be attacked by Qin tomorrow. The Qin State dared to do it, but they did not have the strength to attack, so they could only put pressure on the royal family to dissuade the King of Qin, saying that it was wrong for the King of Qin to do this. It's just that if it doesn't matter, the Qin people won't care, and Yingzheng won't mind.

But the current situation is really beyond Ying Zheng's expectations, and no one objected. In the past, I used to do things by myself, and I always followed the forbearance of the previous kings, and I was cautious, and my steps would not be so big. Now that such a ceremony is made, and when everyone is unprepared, it can still get the support of the ministers, and it is inevitable that there is a little imbalance in my heart. Ying Zheng is ready, as long as someone stands up against it, he will make some rhetoric to persuade the other party.

It's a pity that no, it's like a prepared punch, and before it can be hit, I swallowed it back, and it was still a little uncomfortable in my heart. This kind of taste, he can't tell outsiders yet, otherwise others will think that King Qin sells his reputation and reputation, and he has to publicize it everywhere when he gets benefits, which is not what an emperor should do.

Ying Zheng coughed and said, "Do you all think so? ”

Led by Li Si, Mi Chen, Yao Jia and other ministers said in unison: "It should be like this." ”

Yao Jia even said: "Enlighten my king, looking at the Central Plains, no country dares to compete with the Great Qin soldiers. I don't need to keep a low profile anymore, when I take the entire territory of Chu State, I will go all out to attack Chu State, and the entire Central Plains can see this. Do they dare to stop it? Don't dare at all. ”

"The Lanling City occupied by Mi Qi has been surviving for a long time, and it is difficult to survive this winter; King Qi was dumbfounded, waiting for the money and food we would give in the future, where did he dare to contact Chu Yan; King Yan is even more unbearable, he is already preparing to move the capital, retreating to the land of Liaodong, which is equivalent to giving up the dispute in the Central Plains. ”

"In this war of dominance in the Central Plains, apart from my Great Qin, which other vassal states dare to come out and fight? We are not for one place, let alone any alliance of the Great Nations, to be the hegemon, but to occupy the entire Central Plains and exercise the power of the Zhou Dynasty as the co-ruler of the world. O king, if you don't become an emperor, how can this work? In the past, we didn't dare to propose to you, mainly because we didn't know your mind, and sooner or later we couldn't see that you had the determination to become emperor. ”

"It's different now, the king has this determination, the lord humiliates the ministers to death, even if someone stands up to dissuade him at this time, we will reason with him and tell the other party back. At the same time, not only the ceremony of the Nine Mansions, but also my Great Qin also had to travel in chariots and horses, and carry out some reforms in various counties, all etiquette must be implemented in the sub-fiefdoms, and each marquis must be re-canonized. ”

Mi Chen also said: "In terms of etiquette, the military and political should also be reformed, and the taxes in various places should be redefined according to the degree of destruction of the war. The nations are fighting every year, and once my Great Qin has unified the Central Plains, we must make rules and regulations that conform to the local conditions. Waste to be revived, to give different regions to recuperate, tax specifications will be different, I think the Zhou Dynasty implemented the tax is very good. ”

Li Si shook his head and said: "That's not good, the taxes of the Zhou Dynasty made the vassal states in various places stronger, forming a situation where the tail is too big to fall, we should take this as a warning and formulate a system that is in line with the interests of our Great Qin." I think that the taxes in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty should be reduced and reduced, and the famine in some areas still exists, and when the Qin Straight Road is completed, the taxes in the land of Bashu will be slightly increased, and the old lady will not have any complaints, and her old man may hope that the king will be the emperor more than us. ”

Several ministers nodded, you and I, there was a discussion about Yingzheng being about to become emperor, and Yingzheng didn't have a temper at all. It is too early to be called the emperor, and the courtiers have made various proposals accordingly, as if Yingzheng is already the emperor.

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Stop, it's too early to be called emperor now, and this matter will be discussed later." Right Prime Minister, what do you think? ”

The right prime minister, Feng Qu, came out of the queue and said: "The king is indeed not suitable to be the emperor now, as long as the Central Plains has not been unified, he must give the royal family of all countries a little thin face." But we, as courtiers, still have to consult on the law, otherwise after the king unifies the Central Plains, the corresponding rules and regulations are not ready, which will affect the progress of becoming the emperor. In general, he is not the emperor for the time being, but the management system of various places should be put on the agenda as soon as possible in case of emergency. ”

Yes, Yingzheng completely lost his temper, and Feng Quji's words won the response of the civil and military ministers. Ying Zheng regretted doing this a little, even the iron-faced and selfless Feng Quji was advocating for this, so who would dare to oppose it? The ministers frequently nodded to Feng Quji, which was also a rare unanimous opinion.

Feng Qujian has always done things in a business-like manner, never without favoritism, and has not talked about favoritism at all, which has offended many people. Today, in this matter, it finally meets everyone's wishes, and now we are waiting for someone to stand up and speak against it, and everyone will work together to scold that person back. When it comes to scolding, Feng Quji is the most powerful, he even dares to scold Li Si and Yao Jia, who else will he be afraid of? With this person in the way, everyone smiled and was relieved.

Even this one said so, and the few people who had something to say retreated. Ying Zheng could only show a wry smile, it seems that everyone wants to be the emperor themselves. Ying Zheng also knew that Feng Quji followed one of his nostrils to breathe, and today he implemented such a specification as the Gift of the Nine Servants, he didn't care if Ying Zheng did it right or wrong, he would do it in the footsteps of Ying Zheng.

Since you have this determination, then he will resolutely carry it out, and he is not afraid of offending people anyway. A little pressure, it is impossible for Yingzheng to bear it alone, and as a courtier, he will also bear it. For example, the impact on the royal family, someone from the royal family will definitely come out to say something, and everyone needs to work together to face it.

is really helpless, Ying Zheng stubbornly pointed out one person, and he must let people stand up and sing the opposite, so that his heart will be comfortable. If everyone is of the same mind and there is no opposition at all, then what else needs to be discussed?

When the man stood up, the people in the hall were silent, and they were all ready to refute them, but what he said, except for Ying Zheng, others really didn't know how to answer.