Chapter 103 Mao Jiao
The ancients said that when a king is angry, he will bleed and drift.
This sentence is not a casual statement.
After the failure of the Lao Ai rebellion, all the core elements of the Lao Ai party, Wei Wei Ge, Nei Shi Si, Zuo Yi Ge, Zhongdafu Ling Qi and others, were beheaded.
Even if you die in the chaos, you must find the body and cut off your head solemnly.
As time goes by, the punishment for the one-party punishment of Lao Ai has tended to expand political anti-counterfeiting.
Lao Ai was sentenced to splitting the car and his clan was destroyed.
The disciples who surrendered to Lao Ai, who had the least crime, were also sentenced to ghost wages. Those who were subject to repeated responsibilities were not only given additional titles, but also moved to Shu.
If you don’t even enter Shu, the CD plains of the Tianfu Kingdom will live a comfortable life and will wipe away people’s ambitions. However, in the Warring States Period, even after the large-scale development of the Qin State, Shu was still a barbarian in the eyes of the Qin people.
Like Australia in later generations, Shu County became a place where criminals were exiled by Qin.
For a moment, housing prices in Xianyang plummeted. After Lao Ai's party left, many houses were vacant in Xianyang.
Not long after Lao Ai died, another shocking news came that Prime Minister Lu Buwei was implicated by Lao Ai and lost his position as prime minister.
When Lu Buwei fell, the Qin people had no sympathy, and many people even gloated.
For ten years, Lu Buwei brought the atmosphere of disciples from the East. If it weren't for Lu Buwei's no noble blood, Lu Buwei would have long become the fifth eldest son of the Warring States Period.
A large number of people from the six countries in Shandong defected to Lu Buwei and became the disciples of the Prime Minister's Mansion. They were vast and glorious, which greatly affected the customs of Qin.
Now, Lu Buwei has fallen, some people are happy and some are sad.
The local ministers of Qin openly celebrated at home, but Lu Buwei's disciples were all worried.
They saw the fate of Lao Ai’s disciples and were afraid of it in their hearts.
"We cannot sit still and wait for death. Instead of waiting for the king to punish us, it is better to take the initiative!"
Several disciples from Lu Buwei and his group gathered together, and someone suggested.
"The Prime Minister has no military power, how can he take the initiative?" Another disciple retorted, "The lesson of Lao Ai's rebellion is right in front of him, so everyone should not be impulsive."
"Who said that he would definitely send troops to fight back." The clerk smiled contemptuously and pointed to the direction of Yongcheng. "The king puts the empress dowager in Yongcheng, and we can start from this aspect."
"How to start?" The guests immediately became interested when they heard this.
"The Qin people value filial piety and the king put the empress dowager under house arrest for unfilial piety. We should advise the king and ask the king to welcome the empress dowager back to Xianyang. As long as the king makes the gesture of forgiveness of the empress dowager, he will naturally not kill the prime minister......"
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A scholar dies for his confidant.
Once the pre-Qin period, once the taxi in the pre-Qin era showed their loyalty, they only had their masters and no country.
There are still a group of officials in Xianyang City, with deep Lu family imprints on them, with Lu Buwei as the backbone.
Soon, these people rumored that the king detained the empress dowager and was called unfilial. They wanted to enter the palace and advise the king, asking the king to correct his mistakes.
"These people are really impatient!"
In the Meng Mansion, when Meng Tian received the news that Gan Luo had found, he couldn't help but be stunned.
We really should not underestimate the ancients, who learned moral kidnapping so early.
Zhao Ji was so angry that he had committed suicide in the harem, interfered in the government affairs, and promoted the Lao Ai rebellion, which caused such a great deal of trouble. Ying Zheng was so angry that he asked Zhao Ji to continue living in Yongcheng in the future and did not allow her to return to Xianyang.
At the beginning, Zhao Ji went to Yongcheng but took the initiative to ask, but now the news came out, Ying Zheng was called "Mother Moving".
The reputation is not right, and the people above understand what Ying Zheng was doing to detain Zhao Ji. But the ordinary Qianshou did not know the inside story. When he heard that the king had placed his mother under house arrest, he felt that Ying Zheng had indeed done too much.
The Qin people valued filial piety and even wrote it into the law. Ying Zheng's behavior would indeed have a bad impact in the Qin people's hearts.
"Lu Buwei's disciples also have wise people. As long as he overwhelms the king with his filial piety, the king will not deal with Lu Buwei like he does to deal with Lao Ai." Gan Luo felt a little lucky. Fortunately, he did not surrender to Lu Buwei back then, otherwise, now he would only be in panic all day long.
"The king once respected Lu Buwei as Zhong's father. If Lu Buwei was executed, he would also have flaws in his filial piety."
Lu Buwei's life is temporarily worry-free. As long as Lu Buwei does not commit suicide by himself, with Ying Zheng's mind, let Lu Buwei spend his old age with peace of mind, there will naturally be no problem.
But Lu Buwei is used to the highly anticipated life. Even if he retires, he does not know how to be a low-key person.
While Meng Tian was experiencing political wisdom, he saw Ying Zheng's close eunuch Song Wu jogging over.
"General Meng, the king has an order to gather your troops and prepare to go to Yongcheng."
"Yongcheng?" Meng Tian was stunned. Ying Zheng's temperament was too anxious.
"One officials advised the king and criticized the king for being unfilial. Many people lost their heads......" Song Wu shrank his neck, as if he was a little scared and disdainful. "Those people really don't know what they think. The king is angry and insists on getting angry again."
"But the king is going to Yongcheng now. Could it be that he has adopted their advice?" Meng Tian greeted Meng Bao and other personal soldiers and asked them to go and notify Meng Hu, and he followed Song Wu to Xianyang Palace.
"No, the king sent someone to chop their heads. In the end, as long as someone comes to give advice, the guards will shut up forever without waiting for them to speak." Song Wu whispered in a voice.
Meng Tian had no airs in front of Song Wu and never looked at him with a different look, so he was willing to say a few more words.
"What happened later? Why did the king change his decision?"
"Later, a guest of Qi State, Mao Jiao, who saw that the king had killed so many people, came to give advice. Mao Jiao was also interesting. After entering the hall, he took off his clothes while walking, and took off his clothes. The guards were stunned for a moment and forgot to take action."
Song Wu fell into memories and continued, "The king was stunned at that time, but became interested, so he asked, why did the gentleman take off his clothes? Don't he feel very rude? Mao Jiao replied, "The king ignited the boiling pot of my clothes. My clothes were not clean, and I didn't want to defile a pot of good soup..."
Mao Jiao looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, so Ying Zheng lost interest in torture him. Besides, Mao Jiao was not young anymore, bullying the old man, and his reputation was not good if it spread.
"Sir, do you also want to accuse me of being unfilial?" Ying Zheng asked coldly. He did not want to bully the old man, except those who did not know the current affairs.
"My parents do not allow me to enter Qin, saying that Qin is a country of tigers and wolves." Mao Jiao's face was calm and there was no fear at all.
In the eyes of later generations, tigers and wolfs represent martial arts and courage, but in the eyes of the people of the six countries, the so-called tigers and wolfs are birds and beasts.
Sure enough, the Langwei and his friends were all staring with their eyes wide open, wishing they could immediately throw the Mao Jiao into the boiling bronze cauldron.
"But I still left home secretly and came to Qin State resolutely. After so many years, my parents refused to meet me. Speaking of which, I am also an unfilial person, so how can I be qualified to accuse the king?"
The same experience makes it easier to get closer to the two people. Mao Jiao's attitude is very clear, and he is not here to criticize Ying Zheng.
"What can I teach you sir?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but start to look at the old man in front of him.
"I am not filial to my parents, but the people in the world will not blame me."
“Why?”
"The people in the world don't know who Mao Jiao is. After a hundred years, the history books will not record a single note for me!" Mao Jiao raised his head, faced Ying Zheng's cold gaze, and said loudly, "But the king is different. Everyone in the world knows who the king is!"
"The Qianshou, who is far away in the countryside and fields, does not know the wrongs of the king, nor does the queen mother's fault. They will only hear the news that the king detains his mother and does not uphold filial piety. The Qianshou does not know the truth, only knows that unfilial piety is unrighteous, and unrighteous will not go smoothly. If you are not convinced, do you have to rely on people who are unsatisfied? When the people of the six countries know, their mother will dissuade their son from serving Qin, and they will be more resistant to Qin. The king's hegemony will only increase more resistance in vain!"
Mao Jiao said while secretly observing Ying Zheng's reaction. He saw that Ying Zheng had completely relieved from the initial silence to the startle, to the thoughtfulness.
"I've finished saying this. No matter how the king punishes me, I'm willing to kill me!"
After saying that, Mao Jiao moved his steps, trembling, and was about to jump into the cauldron. His posture was like a moth to a fire, vivid and serious.
Stop me quickly, Mao Jiao shouted in his heart.
"Sir, please wait!" Ying Zheng's words rang out at the right time, and the guards quickly grabbed Mao Jiao, "The weather is cold, I hope you can put on your clothes first. Please teach me how you should behave!"
Chapter completed!