Chapter 141 Chapter Six: The First Emperor's Prestige

In the Council Hall of the West Palace of Xianyang Palace, Xiaopan occupies the dragon seat on the top floor of the three steps. Li Si, who is in charge of documents and records, is seated behind him, and the Empress Dowager Zhu Ji sits on the next floor. The other ministers lined up on both sides and sat on the ground.On one side are Lu Buwei, Cai Ze, Wang Wan, and Meng Ao, and on the other side are Xu Xian, Lu Gong, and Wang Yan. When discussing the matter of Zheng Guoqu, Lord Chang Ping came in with a solemn expression and reported that Xiang Shaolong had urgent matters to see, everyone was shocked.

Xiao Pan naturally knew it well, and immediately ordered Lord Changping to call Xiang Shaolong in. Xiang Shaolong entered the hall boldly, and after performing the courtesies of the emperor and ministers, he explained the whole matter, and then said: "This matter is a matter within the scope of the minister's authority, but Lu Xiong kept saying that Lu Xiang should judge it. Guan Lu Xiangqing reputation, the ministers dare not deal with it privately, so report it to the Crown Prince, Queen Mother and Lu Xiang to decide." Lu Buwei was so angry that his face turned blue, and he said angrily, "Where is this bastard now?"

Just by looking at this sentence, one can know Lu Buwei's domineering.Under such circumstances, only after Xiaopan, who is the crown prince, expresses his opinion, will it be the turn of others to speak. Lu Buwei's domineering speech is really a crime of disregarding seniority. And although he expressed his dissatisfaction with Lu Xiong, he still took the tone of a parent blaming the younger generation, not an attitude of dealing with it impartially. Xiao Pan had been prepared for a long time, and said calmly: "You Xiangguo, please don't get angry, first let us make things clear."

Turning to Zhu Ji, he said, "Queen Mother! Is Wang'er doing the right thing?" Zhu Ji looked at Xiang Shaolong who was standing proudly at the bottom of the steps, her phoenix eyes showed an extremely complicated expression, then she glanced at Lu Buwei who was staring at her, and sighed faintly: "Do as Wang Er wants!" In this case, she can only support her beloved son. Lu Gong Xu Xian and others showed surprise. They never thought that this young prince would have the style of a general to deal with complicated crises. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter involves the struggle between Lu Buwei and Xiang Shaolong, which can be big or small.

Xiao Pan suppressed the excitement in his heart, ignored Lu Buwei, and calmly said to Xiang Shaolong: "The reason why Lu Bang has not committed adultery is because he was exposed in time and he couldn't get it. This is a serious crime. I wonder if there are any witnesses in Xiang Qing's family? " Xiang Shaolong said: "The couple are waiting for orders outside the hall, they can be summoned immediately for the prince to question." Cai Ze interjected: "Chu Jun Mingjian, such trivial matters can be sent to the capital law office to deal with, and there is no need to worry about it. I believe that the current urgent task should be to find out whether Vice Commander Lu is out of misunderstanding. There was a collision, which offended Commander Xiang. The two armies of the capital, the capital and the guard are the two pillars of the city defense. The most important thing is peace, and turning hostility into friendship, please be careful."

These words belonged to Ming Bang Lu Xiong. Cai Ze is the former prime minister with a respected status. Under normal circumstances, Xiao Pan would give him a little affection, but of course he won't let it go now.Xu Xian and Lu Gong, who were about to speak, had no choice but to swallow the words that reached their throats. Lu Buwei's expression softened. When everyone except Li Si and Xiang Shaolong thought that Xiao Pan would accept Cai Ze's proposal, the future Qin Shi Huang stood up proudly and walked down the dragon steps with his hands behind his back. When he arrived at Zhu Ji's table, he said coldly: "Cai Qing's family's words are wrong! Since the Great Qin Dynasty reformed in Shangyang, the most important thing is that the generals obey the military law and follow the order of superiority and inferiority. Therefore, we can order from the top to the bottom, and the soldiers use their orders to make our army Invincible vertically and horizontally, rule the world."

Then he moved forward and stepped down the lowest step, looked around the officials with sharp eyes, and said calmly: "If someone violates the military law and openly violates the law, but we turn a blind eye to it, if the news spreads, it will affect the morale of the army. Who can estimate how big it is? Therefore, I will never let this matter pass by. If it is confirmed that Vice Commander Lu has indeed committed such a serious crime, he must be dealt with according to military law and cannot be lightly forgiven." Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded when they heard this, they never expected that the prince who was still a big boy could speak so eloquently and with reason, full of the spirit of a generation of overlord.Lu Buwei and Zhu Ji listened in astonishment as if they knew Xiaopan for the first time.Only Li Si, who bowed his head in a humble manner, was elated, because he was the writer of these two words.

Duke Lu raised his arms and shouted: "Okay! As worthy of my Great Qin Prince, the military order is like a mountain, and the rewards and punishments are clearly defined. This is the basis of my Great Qin Army's invincibility." After Xiao Pan smiled slightly, seeing everyone's eyes on him, he couldn't help feeling timid, hurried back to sit down at the Long Mat, and said a little discouraged, "What's your opinion?" Cai Ze was scolded indirectly by him, how dare he make a sound?He lowered his head silently. Although Lu Buwei was furious and loved and hated this "son", he still didn't dare to contradict him openly in front of everyone. In fact, he also knew that the little crown prince was right, so he could only look at Zhu Ji. Hope to be rescued by her.

Zhu Ji knew that Lu Buwei was begging her for help, and if it wasn't Xiang Shaolong, she would have done so without hesitation, so now she has no choice but to pretend to be gone. Meng Ao coughed dryly, and said, "Shaolong and Deputy Commander Lu are both people I know very well, and this shouldn't have happened. According to my guess, it may involve the two armies of the capital and the guard. However, because the two have not been in office for a long time, they did not notice it for a while, resulting in misunderstandings, and I hope the prince will learn from him." Zhu Ji finally nodded and said: "General Meng's words are justified, Wang Er must not act recklessly and hurt the peace of the army."

Seeing that Zhu Ji was finally willing to speak up for him, Lu Buwei heaved a sigh of relief and said, "This matter can be handled by the truth, and I promise that anyone who violates the military law will not be lightly forgiven. You can rest assured." When Xiaopan, Xiang Shaolong, and Li Si heard the yelling, Xu Xian, who had been silent all this time, stood up and came to Xiang Shaolong, and said calmly: "I want to go outside with Shaolong for a while. , After returning, I will speak out what I think in my heart, please give me your permission!" Except for the three of Xiang Shaolong, the others were greatly astonished, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.

After Xiang Shaolong happily followed Xu Xian, Wang Wan wanted to take the opportunity to speak, so he waved to Xiao Pan to stop him: "Let's talk about it after Zuo Xiangguo comes back!" Wang Wan didn't expect Xiao Pan to be so domineering, so she swallowed her words. The council hall was eerily silent. Everyone couldn't help turning their eyes to Xiaopan, the future Qin Shihuang, and looked at him as if they were meeting him for the first time. He still has a childish square face with a calm and confident expression, sitting as firmly as Mount Tai, with long eyes shining, making it hard to understand what is going on in his heart. Zhu Ji's first thought was that her son had grown up.These days, just like Xiang Shaolong's description of the sweet dew after a long drought, she and Lai Ai are as gluey as glue, cutting down every once in a while, showing love between men and women, so as to use lust to anesthetize herself and avoid this cold reality. In her legendary life, the four most important men are King Zhuang Xiang, Lu Buwei, Xiang Shaolong and Ai'er in front of her, but fate made her form a complicated and unspeakable relationship with them. In particular, Lu Buwei murdered King Zhuang Xiang to death, which made her not know how to deal with herself, and made her ashamed of Xiao Pan and Xiang Shaolong.The most terrible thing is that her personal interests forced her to join forces with Lu Buwei to protect the status of her mother and son. Only Lao Ai can make her forget everything. At this moment, she intuitively felt that there was a gap between her and her son that didn't exist in the past, making it difficult for her to understand her heir son. Lu Buwei was even more contradictory. For a long time, he has maintained a very close relationship with Xiao Pan, the "son", and worked hard to cultivate him, hoping that he will become a man, so that the father and son can rule the Great Qin, and even rule the world, establishing an immortal hegemony. This is also the reason why he wanted to put Xiang Shaolong to death by all means, and he would never allow anyone to dilute Xiao Pan's respect and love for him. But he never thought that Xiao Pan would conflict with him because of royal power, but at this moment, he felt it clearly. At this time, he still didn't see that the whole thing was a well-designed layout, and he only thought that Xiao Pan was dealing with this sudden incident impartially. Lu Xiong's incompetence and stupidity, he had already known, otherwise he would not have Guan Zhongxie as the main and Lu Xiong as the deputy. The death of Zhu Meng at the hands of Xiang Shaolong dealt a serious blow to his strength, and made his arrangement in the hands of people in chaos.Now Lu Xiong finally stirred up an unmanageable situation. The only thing on his mind at this moment is to kill Xiang Shaolong, so that his dream of hegemony will not be disturbed. As for Cai Ze and Wang Wan, the two followers who tended to Lu Buwei, they realized for the first time that the royal power controlled by Xiao Pan was always above Lu Buwei, and it was not just letting the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister manipulate.As he grows, one day he will become the king in charge. Meng Ao's thinking is relatively simple.The reason why he is today is thanks to Lu Buwei, and he can be said to be completely devoted to Lu Buwei. At present, he has more military power than the king, and he has become the biggest bargaining chip in Lu Buwei's hands.No matter what happens, he will only be loyal to Lu Buwei. Wang Lu's thoughts were much more complicated than his.The Qin general was an expansionist and warlike soldier.Only by fighting north and south can he feel the meaning of life.This made him gradually lean towards Lu Buwei, because under Lu Buwei's bold and adventurous spirit, it happened to enable him to make full use of his strengths and invade the six kingdoms eastward.But all of a sudden, he realized that the prince who was underage had already faintly shown the kind of courage and spirit with lofty ambitions and arrogance, which made him have to reconsider his position. Lu Gong, the most respected person in the military, is a supporter of the orthodox Daqinist, and he didn't like Lu Buwei, an outsider, from the very beginning.And because of Xiang Shaolong's relationship, he let go of his doubts, convinced that Xiao Pan is the flesh and blood of King Zhuang Xiang, and seeing Xiao Pan's outstanding performance, he made up his mind and decided to do his best to help this future Ming Lord. Everyone in the hall was thinking about their own things, and there was no sound for a while, forming a weird atmosphere and tension before the mountain rain was about to come. A moment later Xu Xian and Xiang Shaolong came back. Xiang Shaolong stopped standing next to Wang He, leaving Xu Xian to go down the dragon steps alone. After Xu Xiang and Xu Xiang saluted, Xu Xian spoke eloquently: "Speak to the Queen Mother, I can absolutely guarantee that this matter is not about the factional struggle between the people under the two armies of Duqi and Duwei, which will cause misunderstanding and conflict." Lu Buwei said displeased: "How can Zuo Xiangguo say it so confidently?" Xu Xian said with his usual calm, unrestrained and easy-going attitude: "On the streets of Xianyang, Lu Bang once molested other people's wives in public, stopped my ministers from passing by, and even reprimanded Lu Bang. At that time, I already felt that Lu Bang was dissatisfied. Just now, I took a turn outside, just to see if the young couple were people I had met, and now it has been verified, so we know that there are causes and consequences of this matter, not all of them Someone in the cavalry framed Lu Bang and caused trouble. As for Lu Xiong forcefully breaking into the government office in the capital, extorting his son, drawing his sword first, and then committing the previous crime, there are all witnesses and witnesses, which cannot be denied." Only now did everyone understand the reason why he wanted to go outside, even Meng Ao was speechless. Lu Buwei wished he could pinch Lu Bang to death with his own hands. After Xu Xian's warning, this kid was still daring to do such stupid things. Xiao Pan snorted coldly and said, "Lu Bang must have wanted to kill people afterwards, so he dared not to take Zuo Xiangguo's words to heart." Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that the young prince had murderous intentions. This is the most delicate part of the whole layout, because of Xu Xian's testimony, no one will suspect that Jing Jun deliberately dealt with Lu Xiong and his son. Zhu Ji frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Bang acted deliberately, there should be no doubt; but how can Zuo Xiangguo be sure that Lu Xiong was the first to draw his sword, and the next to commit the crime?" Xu Xian said indifferently: "Because Ying Ying and Lu Dan'er were both present at the time, they can be witnesses." Lu Gong was stunned and said, "How did Xiao Dan'er end up there?" Lu Buwei sneered and said, "This is really strange, I wonder how Shaolong can explain it?" Everyone's eyes focused on Xiang Shaolong who stood at the end of the left column. Xu Xiandao: "I have already asked Shaolong about this matter. It would be most appropriate to call Chang Wenjun here and let him explain it." Xiaopan ordered: "Zhaochang Wenjun!" The guards guarding the gate immediately conveyed the decree. Chang Wenjun outside the waiting hall walked into the palace, knelt down to report, and told Ying Ying and Lu Dan'er that they were guarding the palace gate, pestering Xiang Shaolong for a fight. Lu Buwei's face became extremely ugly, he jumped out, knelt down and said: "The prince is clear, Lu Xiong disobeyed the orders of his superiors without distinction, the humble minister cannot absolve himself of the guilt, please punish him together." This time even Xiang Shaolong was stunned, not knowing how to deal with it, Lu Buwei took the matter on him like this, Zhu Ji would never allow Xiao Pan to make it difficult for Lu Buwei to step down. Zhu Ji really said: "Xiangguo, please, let the Ai family talk to Wang'er for a few words before deciding how to deal with this matter." Lu Buwei knew that Zhu Ji would not allow Xiao Pan to convict him, so he still knelt on the ground, "broken heartbroken" and said: "Queen Mother, please issue a punishment, I am willing to be punished!" Seeing his arrogance, Zhu Ji cursed inwardly, and there was nothing she could do about him, she whispered to Xiao Pan: "The Right Prime Minister has made great contributions to our great Qin, and because of the many affairs of the day, sometimes it is inevitable that he can't control the people below, Wang Erwu We have to look at Xiangguo's face and deal with this matter leniently." Xiao Pan remained expressionless and remained silent for a while, before everyone expected him to say: "Since You Xiangguo has come forward to intercede, Lu Xiong and his son will be spared the death penalty. But what happened today is related to the heart of our Great Qin army. And so on, including Lu Xiong, all were dismissed from their posts and never allowed to rejoin the army. Lu Bang had to receive fifty sticks in public as an example. Guan Zhongxie, as Lu Xiong's superior, had no way to rule his subordinates, so he was demoted. As for the leader, Xiang Qing's family will concurrently be in charge. You Xiangguo invites you." Zhu Ji was dumbfounded when he heard that, Lu Buwei lost his composure and stood up in a daze, even forgetting Xie En's words for a while. Xiang Shaolong stepped forward and knelt down to accept the order, he thought to himself that this clever trick to make him directly rule the guard must have come from Li Si's head. Xiao Pan suddenly stood up, and said coldly: "This matter is so decided, retire from the court!" Everyone fell to their knees on the ground. Xiao Pan invited Zhu Ji up, and walked away surrounded by the guards and Li Si. Xiang Shaolong had a strange and incomparable feeling in his heart, and at the same time, he knew that these important ministers and generals of the Qin State in the hall, like him, had finally truly experienced the courage and means of "Qin Shihuang" looking down on the world. But he was only a minor child. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In order to avoid being haunted by Lu Dan'er and Ying Ying again, Xiang Shaolong deliberately left with Lu Gong, Xu Xian, Wang Lu and others. After stepping out of the palace gate, Lu Buwei and Meng Ao were waiting outside the gate. Seeing Xiang Shaolong coming out, they greeted him and said, "What happened today was all caused by Lu Xiong. Although the crown prince pardoned his death crime, the truth is not true." He won't treat him lightly, Shaolong must not take this matter to heart." Lu Gong and others were very surprised, they didn't expect Lu Buwei to be so generous. Only Xiang Shaolong knew that Lu Buwei was determined to kill himself during the three-day field hunting period starting from the day after tomorrow, so he deliberately showed his favor to everyone, so that others would not suspect his conspiracy.Of course, the killing scheme conceived by Mo Ao and Guan Zhongxie must be seamless, with no trace of flaws to be found. Xiang Shaolong feigned embarrassment, and said apologetically, "Young general has no choice but to do this, Mr. Lu, please don't take offense." Lu Buwei laughed, and after chatting with Duke Lu and others, he affectionately dragged Xiang Shaolong out of the palace, Lu Dan'er and Ying Ying who were guarding outside the door were so angry that they could only stare blankly. Looking at Lu Buwei talking and laughing freely, as if nothing had happened, Xiang Shaolong couldn't help admiring him. Hiding a knife in a smile is the most powerful!