The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 662: Take heart
It is mainly aimed at nobles, officials, big families, etc. Ordinary people have no right to get involved in these things, unless they are extremely stupid. It is better to kill such idiots as soon as possible.

Ying Zheng was also fed up with some shameless people. I have been so good to you, but you still refuse to submit and contribute to the Qin Dynasty. You always make small moves, complain, and fail to understand the situation.

You are shameless. I will get rid of you all this time!
Crack down hard! Kill the chicken to scare the monkey! Even those who don’t deserve to die must die.

If you don't kill a bunch of them, you won't know how sharp my sword is.

You can't keep pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, otherwise you will become a pig. Authority needs to be demonstrated frequently to deter villains.

The concept of benevolence is spoken to the common people. You officials, nobles, and big families, do you really believe it?
You all usually talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but I don’t see you following them.

Ying Zheng was still very satisfied with Ying Xin's previous actions. The queen finally behaved like a queen. She was able to share the same mind and purpose with him at the critical moment, and she knew who she was on the same page with.

He also lifted supervision over all Zhao noble officials in Xianyang, but soon after, those who committed crimes were arrested or killed.

The attitude towards the subsequent purge of Ying Zheng was also very clear. I only dealt with those damned bastards and cracked down on the shameless idiots. I had no special intention of targeting the people of Zhao, let alone deposing the queen, let alone taking this opportunity to depose her.

The people of Zhao are also my people!
This also made Ying Xin feel relieved.

Finally, another difficulty was overcome.

But I still have to apologize. It doesn't mean that I can pretend nothing happened just because the king won't pursue it.

After the court meeting of Emperor Ying Zheng, he took Queen Zhao Daochang with him to apologize. Only after receiving the clear forgiveness from Emperor Ying Zheng was the matter over.

Then the first snow fell that night and didn't leave.

She was just a little woman, and she was really scared these days. She especially needed the king's grace of rain and sun. If she didn't truly feel the emperor's grace, she really couldn't feel at ease.

As for Mi Yun, she came to see Ying Zheng right after court. She didn't sleep well the night before and had a very chaotic dream. When she woke up in the morning, she changed her underwear and bedding.

She misses Ying Zheng so much now.

However, considering the impact, Ying Zheng went to Ying Xin's place that night. With the consideration of Queen An and Zhao Xi's feelings, he went to Mi Yun's place the next day.

Mi Yun felt even more resentful because of this.

Queen! Queen! Queen! It’s just this one step. Just this one step away, it’s the limit! This one step away is an insurmountable gap!
As for the candidate for the diplomatic mission to the State of Wei, Ying Zheng chose Li Si. This small task was easy for him to do.

As for danger, there will be no danger. Even if King Jingmin of Wei is really crazy and wants to kill the envoy of Qin, the whole court will stop him.

Are you kidding? Even if you don’t want to live anymore, everyone else still wants to live!
Even the royal family would stop him. What a joke! If you humiliate the King of Qin like this, just look at what will happen to the neighboring State of Yan.

Even if he surrendered, he would still be a rich man. Even if he fought hard and lost, at most he would be demoted to a commoner. Even if there were more, only one leader would die, but the whole family would be safe.

But if you humiliate the King of Qin, that would be a different story. Your whole family would face a devastating disaster.

After Li Si made preparations, he headed towards Daliang at a relatively slow pace under Ying Zheng's orders.

What happened in Xianyang these days has not spread out yet, and this wind needs to be blown a little further.

But it won't be slow, because the wind is really strong.

This is not only because of the magnitude of what has happened in the past few days, but also because of Ying Zheng's unremitting publicity and positive guidance.

When a miracle happens in front of millions of people, will they believe it?

The answer is yes.

Even those who firmly do not believe in destiny or gods will still be half-believing and half-doubting.

After all, it can happen once but not again, and it can happen again but not three times.

But the King of Qin has been proven to be favored by heaven more than three times.

The first time Ying Zheng said that the black bird appeared in his dream and that Zhao was being punished by heaven and there would be a great disaster, many people did not believe it and thought that Ying Zheng was planning something.
But right after the sacrifice to heaven, the dragon bowed its head!
This is hard not to believe.

The dragon is an ancient mythical beast and a rare auspicious sign. Even if it appears, ordinary people will bow down and worship it.

However, surprisingly, such a huge dragon actually submitted to the King of Qin so meekly!
Moreover, this happened right in front of millions of people. It is absolutely impossible to fake it in front of so many people.

This scene is engraved in the hearts of millions of people like a brand, making it impossible not to believe it.

Legend has it that when the Holy Emperor Fuxi ruled the world in the past, he educated the people, implemented benevolent policies, and made the world peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Then a divine dragon was sent from heaven to come before the Holy Emperor Fuxi to assist him in ruling the world. The divine dragon was also very docile and bowed to Fuxi, who then climbed on its back and rode it around the world in the sky.

While riding the dragon to patrol the sky, Fuxi looked down at the earth and saw the operating laws of all things in the world, the flow of mountains and rivers, as well as every detail of the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Through this astronomical survey, Fuxi deeply comprehended the mysteries between heaven and earth. It was also because he could overlook the vast earth that he was able to further perfect the Eight Trigrams that he created.

Not only Fuxi, but also Emperor Xuanyuan and Emperor Zhuanxu.

One is riding a dragon to ascend to heaven, and the other is riding a dragon to travel around the world.

These are all ancient holy emperors who have been blessed by heaven. This also proves that those who can gain the bow of the dragon are destined to be extraordinary.

At this point, even the most stubborn person would not believe it in his heart if he was forced to say that the King of Qin did not have the Mandate of Heaven. The common people in particular believed it without a doubt.

So now the people of Zhao really believe it. Even though they haven't suffered a disaster yet, they already believe it 100%.

Ying Zheng had a good reputation to begin with, and everyone knew that he valued trust and righteousness. Even if people were skeptical before, now with the evidence of the dragon, no one would disbelieve it.

For a moment, people were both happy and sad, and very frightened.

The good news is that the big disaster turned into a small one. If it was really like what the king said before, there would be nine disasters every nine years, then there would be no need to consider survival.

Moreover, they knew what disasters had occurred in the previous two years and had prepared countermeasures in advance, which was already a great improvement. The king did not ignore it, but instead put aside past grudges, returned grievances with kindness, and made great efforts to prepare for disasters.

The Holy Lord is a real Holy Lord! To have other thoughts under such a Holy Lord is really damnable. He deserves to be punished by God!
The sad thing is that there are still three years of disaster. Although the king has ordered disaster preparations and there is support from Guanzhong, so we don’t have to wait to die, but we are still inevitably going to suffer more.

The frightening thing is that no one knows what disaster will happen in the third year, nor where it will occur, so there is no way to prepare for it.

I just hope that I can atone for my sins and behave well in the next two years, and God will forgive my punishment.

This also led to the people of Zhao being particularly enthusiastic and active in reporting treasonous elements. In addition to merit and rewards, the main purpose was to atone for sins and pray for God's forgiveness.

The people of Yan and Zhao are simple and honest, and this is also a way of repaying Ying Zheng's kindness.

It has to be said that this drama carefully planned by Ying Zheng was extremely shocking and deeply moved the people.

After this series of moves, the blame belongs to God. How dare ordinary people blame God? Naturally, they hate the people who caused the disaster to be sent down by God.

All Ying Zheng gained was a reputation for being kind and generous, and he completely won the hearts of the people. After all, no citizen wanted to go against God, and no citizen wanted to suffer from natural disasters or divine punishment.

Under the majesty of God, no one can help but prostrate themselves in submission.

As for the people in other places, since the disaster will not befall them, they have nothing to worry about.

However, it still had a great psychological impact on them.

There is no common people who does not want to live under the rule of a wise king.

If so, he is definitely not an ordinary citizen.

In those areas that unfortunately have not yet been integrated into the Qin Dynasty, many of the people are wavering in their hearts and hope to become the people of the holy king.

Some areas that had already belonged to the Qin people, such as the Han and Yan areas, and even part of the Chu area that had been conquered, were now both grateful and proud of it.

Fortunately, I did not stubbornly resist and reject the integration into the Qin Dynasty. Fortunately, I can live under the rule of a sage monarch. Life is better than before, and it will definitely be better in the future.

Including the Xiongnu and Donghu people in the northern grasslands, the Qiang people in the west and the Western Regions, after learning of the miracle that took place in Xianyang, they completely lost their will to resist, surrendered willingly, and longed to be loyal to the Qin Dynasty and become Qin people.

They had no choice but to believe this. The hostages from various countries who served as personal guards beside Ying Zheng had watched the dragon bow down with their own eyes. Where had they ever seen such a miracle? They were already shocked to the point of prostrating themselves.

The barbarians and the Hu people, who had been taught to be loyal to Ying Zheng, had always accepted the idea that Ying Zheng was a divinely favored monarch. They believed that Ying Zheng was the Son of Heaven, and now they had truly seen the miracle. Even if someone told them it was fake, they would absolutely not believe it.

One by one, they hurriedly sent messages to their tribesmen. The letters were filled with curses and oaths, describing in solemn assurance what had happened, asking their fathers, brothers, clan leaders, chiefs, kings, and others back home to never act against the will of heaven!

The King of Qin is the Son of Heaven! He is a god descended from heaven! You must obey him absolutely and completely. It is a great honor to be the King of Qin's loyal dog!

If you are lucky, one day the king will ascend to heaven, and everyone will be able to ascend to heaven with him! Just like the ministers who were lucky enough to follow the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and ascend to heaven.

The people who came from these small and backward areas now have a fanatical worship for Ying Zheng. If Ying Zheng gives an order, they will never hesitate to let them die.

There must have been people in the world who didn't believe it at first, but there were too many people who saw it and talked about it.

As word of mouth spread, everyone swore to it as if they had seen it with their own eyes, and everyone dared to swear.

In such an environment, it is hard not to believe.

Ying Zheng was very satisfied with this and would use useful tactics without hesitation.

As long as it is beneficial to his rule, as long as it is beneficial to his inherited rule, he will do it without hesitation.

"Guiding" the people is something that any regime will tacitly strive to do.

He's just being more genuine now.

Although hundreds of years later, these will still be just legends, people often don't believe in things they haven't seen with their own eyes.

But now he can have a rule that is beneficial to him, allowing him to thoroughly enforce his will on everyone, and that is enough.

There is nothing in this world that remains unchanged forever.

The only priority is to maintain stable rule at present.

Only by taking good care of the present can you have a future.

(End of this chapter)