Chapter 722 Cheng Jiao Killed Cheng Jiao Killed Cheng Jiao and Then Ying Zheng Killed Him! The Ministers Withdrew Their Smiles!

March 16, the 14th year of the reign of Qin.

Daqin, Xianyang City, Qilin Hall.

Daqin’s ministers gathered here.

And outside the hall, there were white-skinned criminals kneeling on the ground in shackles.

Li Si held a silk and spoke loudly: "Commoner Wei Chao, colluded with commoners Wei Chong, Zhang Qiong, Li Ze, commoners... a total of 131 people as a clique."

"Refusing to serve in the army, gathering without orders, secretly raising private soldiers, bribing officials, raising bandits, privately minting coins... deceiving the emperor and intending to rebel!"

"Now that the officials have judged, multiple crimes will be punished together!"

"The main offender, commoner Wei Chao, will be sentenced to five punishments and exterminated three clans!"

"Accomplices..."

Before Li Si finished speaking, Wei Chao had already raised his head against the suppression of the court guards, looking at Ying Zheng with spitting eyes , roared in a hoarse voice: "I have been farming and reading since the fall of Wei, and have never violated the law!"

"I think we are role models for the descendants of the fallen kingdom."

"However, Qin was not satisfied with destroying our Wei kingdom, and even wanted to destroy the remaining people of Wei!"

"I did this just to protect myself! To find a way to survive!"

"What crime have I committed!"

"What crime have I committed as a descendant of the Wei royal family!"

As a descendant of the Wei royal family, if Wei Chao was sentenced to exterminate his three clans, then all the descendants of the Wei royal family would be wiped out!

Except for those descendants of the Wei royal family who had already fled to other countries, all the royal descendants...

must die!

Even the former Wei Wang Zeng who was exiled to Fangling.

Must die! ! !

Two court guards pressed Wei Chao to the ground forcefully.

But Wei Chao still held his neck high, staring at Ying Zheng with his eyes fixed: "Today, Qin will not give the people of Wei a chance to live."

"If Qin is destroyed in the future, other countries will certainly not give the people of Qin a chance to live!"

"The King of Qin should think twice!"

Wei Chao's cry was so sad that it made the listeners cry.

Even Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the high platform, drooped his eyelids slightly.

In fact, Ying Zheng himself felt that the judgment was a bit too cruel.

But uprooting the forces of the old Wei that had the ability to cause chaos was a strategy initiated by Ying Chengjiao, and all the think tanks including Wei Liao, Wei Zhuang, and Han Fei agreed.

In addition to being too cruel, Ying Zheng also believed that this strategy had more advantages than disadvantages.

So although he couldn't bear it in his heart, Ying Zheng still laid a big net and took the opportunity of the people of the old Wei refusing to serve in the military to swing his iron fist.

And in public, Ying Zheng couldn't show any reluctance!

Ying Zheng just shouted angrily: "Ridiculous!"

"We, the Great Qin, treat the newly annexed lands with courtesy and leniency, and treat the people of the former Wei as the people of the Great Qin."

"We also govern the people with the "Provisional Law of the New District" to prevent the newly annexed people from being guilty without knowing it."

"Looking all over the world, no country is as kind as the Great Qin!"

"But you said that the Great Qin wanted to destroy the people of the former Wei?"

"I will give you a chance."

"You can tell the world where you know that the Great Qin wants to destroy the people of the former Wei! How did the Great Qin destroy the people of the former Wei!"

Wei Chao said angrily: "You..."

Wei Chao, who was furious, wanted to denounce the ten crimes of the tyrannical Qin on the spot.

Treating these children of the former Wei royal family as common people and not giving them any preferential treatment, isn't it going to force them to death!

The Qin State even wanted to recruit them to the battlefield as soldiers, isn't this asking them to die!

Not to mention that Wei Chao had heard from knights and retainers more than once that the tyrannical Qin was planning to murder all the remaining people of Wei!

But when the words came to his lips, Wei Chao felt that it was inappropriate.

Wei had also conquered many countries, but the means by which Wei treated the remaining people of those countries were only more cruel than those of Qin!

Wei had no right to accuse Qin from the perspective of the treatment after the destruction of the country.

Wei Chao could only shout with a slightly weaker momentum: "Today's punishment is a clear proof!"

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "The majesty of Qin law cannot be shaken!"

"Even though you were the descendants of the former Wei royal family in the past, you are now all common people of my Great Qin!"

"As common people of my Great Qin, if you violate the laws of my Great Qin, you should be punished according to the law."

"Is this my Qin trying to destroy the people of the former Wei? This is the people of the former Wei who want to disrupt my Great Qin!"

"Tingwei Si, continue to pronounce the verdict!"

Ignoring Wei Chao who was still roaring below, Li Si read out loudly in a louder voice:

"Accomplices commoner Wei Chong, commoner Zhang Qiong, commoner Li Ze... 131 people, sentenced to death in the market, and the whole family will be punished! Confiscate the property!"

Hearing Li Si's words, the criminals kneeling in the square in front of the Qilin Hall all looked up at the figure sitting on the high platform in disbelief.

As accomplices, their punishment was slightly lighter than Wei Chao's.

But it was only a little lighter.

Their parents, wives and children will all be killed together!

Their property will also be confiscated!

And more than a hundred of them are the clan leaders or sons of clan leaders of various powerful families in the old Wei Dynasty.

Once they and their parents and children are all killed, the clan will inevitably fall into chaos!

When the Qin court confiscates their property, it is very likely that they will take the opportunity of the search to carefully search for evidence of crimes in their clan.

Thereby further expanding the attack!

In an instant, a huge uproar broke out in the square in front of the Qilin Hall:

"The King of Qin has the cruelty of Jie! The violence of Zhou! If you kill us now, the people of the world will rise up and destroy Qin in the future!"

"King Qin, spare me! Spare me! I really have never colluded with them. I was just forced to provide some money and armor. I am innocent! I am loyal to the Qin!"

"Qin Wangzheng, let's wait and see! Today you make us have no descendants, and tomorrow you, Qin Wangzheng, will definitely have no descendants! No descendants!!!"

"I can't just sit there and wait for death! Even if I die, I will fight Qin Wangzheng to the death!"

The criminals struggled hard, and several of them even broke free from the guards who were holding them down, and rushed to the Qilin Hall.

Fortunately, all the criminals were wearing heavy shackles, and there were a large number of assistant ministers and police officers guarding here, so the flames of unrest were finally extinguished.

Ying Zheng looked at everything happening under his feet with deep eyes and calm face, and said in a calm voice: "I think the judgment of the court judge is correct."

"Execute, and execute immediately!"

Li Si bowed solemnly: "Yes!"

"Pass the king's order!"

"Execute, and execute immediately!"

The court judge's subordinates and law clerks walked into the square in front of the Qilin Hall with swords in hand.

The shouting and wailing in the square in front of the hall suddenly rose.

One by one, the former princes and nobles were forcibly escorted out of the Xianyang Palace and walked towards the city gate, heading for their own end.

But Danfu brushed past these death row prisoners with the help of two guards.

"Report!!!"

"Urgent military information from Chang'an Jun's troops!"

Danfu just glanced at the former nobles who were escorted out of the Xianyang Palace, and then screamed loudly with practiced skill.

Ying Zheng suddenly looked in the direction of Danfu and hurriedly ordered: "Pass!"

The assistant minister took over the position of the guard, carried Danfu and ran away, rushed up the stairs of the Qilin Hall in two steps and three steps, and stepped into the Qilin Hall.

Without waiting for Danfu to greet him, Ying Zheng couldn't wait to ask: "Doctor Dan, is Chang'an Jun all right?!"

Danfu broke away from the minister's support, knelt on the ground, and bowed his hands and shouted: "Report to the king."

"Chang'an Jun is all right!"

"Chang'an Jun defeated the Zhao army at Fukouxing!"

"Our army, a great victory!"

"Here is our military report, please read it, Your Majesty!"

Danfu took out a bamboo tube from his arms and presented it with both hands.

In the Qilin Hall, there was complete silence, and everyone's face was filled with deep surprise.

Although Li Mu not only killed Huan Xi in battle, but was also particularly feared by Ying Chengjiao.

But the king and his ministers of the Qin Dynasty never doubted whether Ying Chengjiao could win.

They were just surprised to hear the victory report today!

Wang Ben asked with a question mark on his head: "Chang'an Jun, have you defeated the Zhao army?"

"According to the time, the main force of our army should have just entered Changzhi today."

"Even if Zhao Wu'an Jun launched a surprise attack in this battle, our army and Zhao army should have just started fighting."

"So, we won?!"

The time doesn't match up!

Ying Zheng didn't think too much, but immediately ordered: "Present!"

Meng Yi ran down the platform quickly, took the bamboo tube from Dan Fu, and quickly opened it after checking the seal, and presented the bamboo tube to Ying Zheng.

【I obey the king's order and lead the main force of our army to the east to Taihang to resist foreign invasion and protect the people of our Great Qin. 】

【I think that Zhao Wu'an Jun will definitely try to end this battle quickly and launch a surprise attack on our Great Qin. 】

【Therefore, I personally led all the generals and 11,000 elite soldiers to attack, and also selected 70,000 soldiers in Shangdang County to rush to support Fukouxing. 】

【On March 4, the 14th year, I lifted the siege of Licheng and confronted the Zhao army. 】

【On March 6, the 14th year, I led the vanguard to fight the Zhao army at Houpei Mountain and won. 】

【In this battle, my troops and the Licheng defenders captured 49,762 enemy heads, 101,396 enemy soldiers, 32,891 comrades died in the battle, and 23,104 were seriously injured. 】

【Two Zhao army captains were killed and five Zhao army captains were captured. 】

【On March 11, the 14th year, Zhao Wuanjun abandoned Shexian and fled. 】

【I think that Zhao Wuanjun intends to occupy the east Xingkou of Fukouxing, take advantage of the terrain to confront our army for a long time, and try to use the steepness of Taihang to drag down our Qin granary! 】

【How to deal with the enemy, please tell me, Your Majesty! 】

【On March 11, the 14th year, Prince Chengjiao of the Chang'an Lord of Qin paid homage to the king at Fukou Xing! 】

In this battle alone, Ying Chengjiao's troops killed or captured more than 150,000 Zhao soldiers!

But Ying Zheng couldn't laugh.

Ying Zheng's hands were shaking as he held the military report, but his body was as stiff as a tree!

Wei Liao was very nervous when he saw this. Seeing that Ying Zheng hadn't spoken for a long time, he had to step forward and ask with a bow: "May I ask the king, how is the battle going?"

Ying Zheng then handed the military report to Meng Yi, and his voice was extremely complicated: "Read it to the ministers."

Meng Yi hurriedly took the military report and read aloud: "I obey the king's order... captured 101,396 enemies!"

When Meng Yi read out Ying Chengjiao's gains in this battle, all the ministers in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.

Many court officials even showed expressions of emotion or admiration.

This battle was a great victory!

But when Meng Yi read out the number of casualties of Ying Chengjiao's troops, the smiles that had just risen in the palace quickly subsided, and every court official was shocked.

They finally understood why Ying Zheng had such an expression.

It was because this battle was too tragic!