Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 99 Suicide in fear of sin
Wait until the figure of the Empress Dowager Huayang completely disappears.

Only then did Ying Zheng turn around and return to Zhangtai Palace, and just after he turned around, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Return to the throne.

Yingzheng continued to deal with government affairs, but when he picked up the brush and reviewed the memorial, he said as if casually chatting: "Mr. Gai believes that the five thousand soldiers and horses privately raised by the 'Four Great Clans' in Nanjun this time are really good. Are they raised by themselves?"

Gai Nie at the side was silent for a moment, then bowed with his sword in his arms, and said, "I believe that the king already has the answer to this matter."

Ying Zheng closed his eyes slightly, put down the brush in his hand, and sighed: "Yes! I know it well, but I just don't want to believe it. After all, before this, even if they have been against the widow, but the widow feels that they are also A member of the Daqin royal family. But I didn't expect..."

Ying Zheng himself didn't know how to describe his current mood.

He once trusted him so much and treated him as his own younger brother who betrayed him.

His biological mother colluded with an outsider and wanted to rebel against her biological son.

Now even the 'Chu foreign relatives' who he thought were at least on the same side as the Qin royal family no matter what, were secretly plotting against him.

Could it be that he, the king, is really so incompetent?
Before this.

In fact, Ying Zheng still trusts the brothers Chang Pingjun and Chang Wenjun quite a lot. Even though the other party is against him in the court, he thought that the other party just refused to accept him, and at least he was still loyal to Qin and devoted himself to his duty.

That's why Ying Zheng chose to let Lord Changping and Lord Changwen lead the army to quell the rebellion when Lai Ai was wiped out.

Even after this incident, Yingzheng once promoted Changping Jun to be the right prime minister of Qin with the help of his "merit of countering the rebellion".

But later, because Mo Jun suddenly presented the 'first-generation improved rice seed', Ying Zheng was too excited for a while, so he temporarily put the matter behind him.

Not long ago, Ying Zheng thought of this again.

In the end, before he could take any action, another flood occurred in Nanjun. Mo Jun took the order to return to Nanjun for disaster relief, but he did not expect to uncover such a shocking case all at once.

"Hehe~~ The grain tax collected by the state of Qin in a year is only less than 800 million shi. Now it is only 27 nobles in a remote county, and they have confiscated 80 shi of grain and 20 gold coins."

"No matter how I look at it, I feel that I am the king of Qin is extremely absurd."

Ying Zheng randomly opened a roll of bamboo slips, which recorded the results reported by Mo Jun and Meng Wu.

The content of these reports, including the 20 gold coins retained by Mo Jun, the business channels of the major nobles in South County, and some real estate such as houses and fields, have not yet been recorded.

However, even so, the confiscated food and gold coins alone were enough to make Yingzheng furious and murderous.

To know.

Nowadays, the annual grain tax of Qin State's treasury is only about 800 million shi.

This is still a good time, and if there are some natural disasters, the annual grain tax revenue may only be 600 million shi.

of course.

Ying Zheng also knew that these grain taxes were not real taxes. After all, taxes would be added layer by layer when they were passed down to local governments, and deducted layer by layer when they were reported to Xianyang.

This kind of unspoken rule that almost the entire seven countries of the Central Plains have defaulted to now, Ying Zheng is not deaf and blind, so it is naturally impossible for him not to hear the wind at all.

But if you are neither deaf nor blind, you cannot be a family.

Some things are difficult to change even for Ying Zheng, so he usually turns a blind eye to some unspoken rules.

But even Ying Zheng didn't expect these local nobles to be so bold.

The 27 noble families in just one county in Nanjun actually confiscated 80 shi of grain and 20 gold coins, which together amounted to almost 280 million shi of grain.

Such property has even exceeded one-third of the total annual grain tax of the entire Qin State.

Where is this unspoken rule?

It's like lying on Qin Guo's body, sucking the blood of the people of Great Qin!
After this battle.

It is naturally impossible for Yingzheng to still want to promote Lord Changping to the right prime minister.

in contrast.

Now Yingzheng is a little more vigilant about the entire "Chu foreign relatives lineage".

seriously.

If it weren't for the fact that this matter involved too many things, Ying Zheng would have been quite happy this time. After all, the last time he sent Mo Jun back to Nanjun, he had just sent Mo Jun to help the disaster with the idea of ​​trying it out.

As a result, not only did Mo Jun calm down the disaster in the entire South County without spending a penny from the treasury, he even sent 60 shi of grain and 20 gold coins to Ying Zhengfan.

If there were more courtiers like this, Ying Zheng felt that he had already killed all Lu Buwei and Lai Ai long ago, so there was no need to suffer so many years of grievances.

Thinking of this.

Ying Zheng suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and subconsciously sighed: "Mo Qing, you really are the humerus of a widow!"

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the other side.

Lord Changping led Changwen Lord all the way back to the mansion with a gloomy face.

After returning to the room and closing the door, Chang Wenjun hadn't waited for him to react, and a big bully slapped him on the face.

"Did you do the five thousand soldiers and horses in Nanjun?"

This big brat directly shut down Chang Wenjun's brain, until he heard his elder brother's suppressed angry questioning, Chang Wenjun covered his face and said aggrievedly: "This... I didn't expect that group of guys to be so stupid that they would keep those 5000 people in their own home!"

"You still dare to quibble?"

It's okay not to mention it, Chang Wenjun said this, Changping Jun became even more angry, and stretched out his hand, wanting to add another big fight to the idiot in front of him.

But in the end he endured it.

no way.

After all, this is his own younger brother, and if he really wanted to do something good or bad, he would be the one who felt sorry for him.

Mr. Changping had no choice but to put away his anger. After calming down, he asked in a low voice: "Why are you secretly training so many troops in Nanjun? Do you want to rebel?"

Chang Wenjun said aggrievedly: "I didn't want to rebel, I just wanted to keep a backup there."

In fact, speaking of it, Chang Wenjun really couldn't be blamed for this matter.

Because although he was indeed the one who sent the 5000 soldiers and horses to Nanjun, he was not so stupid as to put the whole [-] soldiers in other people's homes.

The cause of the matter can be traced back to the secret order of the Empress Dowager Huayang to ask the four major clans in Nanjun to prepare food and help the Chu State with disaster relief.

After getting this secret order at first.

The four major clans quickly raised 40 shi of grain through their respective channels.

However, it is easy to raise food, but to secretly transport so much food to Chu State requires not only secret channels, but also a lot of manpower.

After all, 40 shi of grain is not a small amount, and the four major clans' own manpower is still useful, and they can't use too much at one time.

But if the staff is called up temporarily, confidentiality will become a problem again.

So at that time, someone thought of the 'five thousand troops' that Chang Wenjun sent to Nanjun and asked their four major clans to train on their behalf.

These people are strong, there are many people, and their identities are secret, and there is no problem with their loyalty. They are simply the best candidates for food transportation.

So that night, these 5000 people did not hide in the homes of the four major clans all the time, but came to the four major clans temporarily to help carry food.

It turned out to be such a coincidence.

Mo Jun happened to lead the black armor soldiers to surround the four major clans just in time for that night.

What the four major clans didn't expect was that after the arrival of the reckless Mo Jun, he didn't even give them time to 'quibble', and he just raised his sword and slashed and killed.

All the way from the front door to the back door, without blinking an eye.

In the end, the four major clans were forced to have no choice but to expose the "five thousand soldiers and horses" in order to protect themselves.

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There is no more then.

Mr. Changping and Mr. Changwen obviously didn't know about these coincidences, but after listening to Mr. Changwen's explanation, Mr. Changping really had the idea of ​​strangling his own brother to death.

But now is not the best time, because they still have some things not cleaned up.

"Those Nanjun officials who are locked in the dungeon now probably don't know about the 'five thousand soldiers and horses', but if you don't tolerate Yun and the few old foxes inside, they will be able to guess the truth of the matter sooner or later."

"Brother, what do you mean..."

A cold light flashed in Mr. Changping's eyes, and he said coldly: "To avoid long nights and dreams, it is best to let them shut their mouths forever before execution tomorrow."

Chang Wenjun was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said in a low voice, "I'll do it now."

Mr. Changping reminded: "Remember, be careful to hide yourself in this matter. You are still grounded. Be careful not to be caught by others."

Chang Wenjun nodded and said, "I understand, brother!"

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The next morning.

In the death row.

Several prison guards, carrying food boxes and wearing prison uniforms, walked into the death row.Seeing these prison guards with unfamiliar faces, the prison guard on duty today was about to step forward to inquire, but at this moment, the leading prison guard took out a token and shook it towards the prison guard. .

The cell leader's face changed, and then he stopped quickly and returned to his original position without looking sideways, as if he hadn't seen these people at all, and let the other party walk into the death row.

After a while.

There were bursts of shrill screams suddenly from the death cell.

But this did not attract anyone's attention. After all, in a place like death row, there are dozens of screams every day, which is not worth mentioning at all.

When the screams gradually subsided, the prison guards carrying food boxes came out again, and at this time the cell boss on duty had already left the gate temporarily because of his urgency.

So a group of people came quietly, and then disappeared without a trace.

Until an hour later.

Someone came to the death row to take away the death row inmates who were to be executed today, only to find out that the dozen or so treason criminals who were to be executed today had already committed suicide in fear of crime...

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(End of this chapter)