The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 675: The King of Qi surrenders, and Qi falls

Ying Zheng sighed, his face full of hesitation and embarrassment, and he slowly said: "Your two countries are related by marriage, and our relationship is very close, just like one family. Why do you have to do this? How could I have the intention to forcibly annex you? What if my subjects don't understand?"

At this moment, Hou Sheng was the first to jump out, raised his hands high, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Ying Zheng looked at Hou Sheng, nodded slightly, and said gently: "Please speak, Prime Minister."

Hou Sheng said loudly: "Your Majesty is blessed by Heaven, how dare people go against Heaven? Your Majesty is kind and benevolent, and all people respect you. The people are like wheat waiting for rain, and they admire your rule."

"My king admires you, and so does this minister!"

Hou Sheng's voice became louder and louder: "Unification is the will of heaven, how can we go against it? The people in the world who have not yet received the king's rule are all hungry and waiting for a sage king. Your Majesty, for the sake of all people in the world, you should completely unite the two families into one." When Hou Sheng said this, he spread his hands, his face full of righteousness.

"Qin and Qi have always been on good terms, and they are actually related by marriage. The two families are already close as one family, and now we can go one step further and truly become one family, with no distinction between the two, and no more disputes or conflicts. Isn't that wonderful?"

"I am the Prime Minister of Qi, and on behalf of all the officials of Qi, I beg the king to grant me the peace agreement!"

After Hou Sheng finished speaking, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily, with his forehead touching the ground with a dull sound.

After Hou Sheng said this, many reluctant officials of Qi State were shocked and angry.

The king and the prime minister are singing the same tune and are going to sell out Qi completely! They don't even give us a chance!
At this moment, we are all in Xianyang, and we are at the mercy of others. The king and the prime minister have already expressed their positions. If we object at this time, we will be killed on the spot, and no one can say anything.

After all, in name, Qi belonged to the King of Qi, and the Prime Minister was the head of all officials. Both the King of Qi and the Prime Minister agreed to submit to the state, so how could anyone else have a say?

Okay, okay. I now understand why the attitude is so tough this time and why everyone has to follow along.

It turns out that he was waiting here to sell everyone at a good price!
Okay, okay, you are such a son who sells his father's land without feeling any regret. Are you, Tian Jian, worthy of your ancestors of the Tian family?

Those who wanted to oppose thought and thought again, hated and hated again, clenched their fists again and again, but still dared not speak.

If this happened in Qi, there would be no problem, but now it was in Xianyang! Right in the Xianyang Palace!

If he utters a word of opposition, His Majesty will ask the King of Qin to clean up the house, and his death will be in vain.

Ying Zheng was still pretending to be hesitant. After all, he agreed so easily. It was too shameful and would damage his holy name for thousands of years.

Ying Zheng's eyes seemed to accidentally sweep over Lü Buwei, who understood what he meant and immediately stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to start my speech."

"Please speak, Prime Minister." Ying Zheng nodded slightly, his expression calm.

Lü Buwei bowed, then turned sideways to bow to King Jian of Qi and Hou Sheng, and then he praised: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi wholeheartedly obeys the will of heaven for the sake of the people of the world. His heart is no different from yours. Both are acts of great virtue, great kindness, great benevolence and great righteousness."

"Now that Your Majesty has received the mandate of heaven, you are responsible for unifying the world. The four seas and eight wildernesses are all your responsibility. When the world is in turmoil, the people will always suffer. The people have long desired a unified and peaceful world. Now you can avoid using weapons and hurting the people. How can you not agree?"

"If Your Majesty does not do it, at the very least, it will hurt the hearts of the King of Qi and the people of Qi; at the most, if there is friction between the two countries in the future, won't we have to fight on the battlefield again? At that time, countless civilians and soldiers will be killed and injured, how can Your Majesty bear it?" Lu Buwei shook his head slightly, looking extremely reluctant.

"Although Qin and Qi are on good terms now, that is because the king is benevolent and wise, and the king of Qi is loyal and righteous, but the two families are still two families after all, not one family. As time passes, if the two countries quarrel again in the future, Qin will be strong and Qi will be weak, and Qi will be unstoppable. By then, all lives will be lost, and the people will suffer from war. Isn't this a disaster for the people of Qi?"

"My king, I don't see you. What happened to the friendship between Qin and Jin in the past?"

"I know that Your Majesty respects the King of Qi and does not want to deceive him, but this is not a deception, but the beginning of peace and tranquility. It is what Heaven wishes, what the King of Qi wishes, and what the people of Qi wish."

"I believe that all the other officials of Qi are in agreement and are willing to unite the two families. They are unwilling to go against the will of heaven, in order to avoid the calamity of heaven's punishment and the disaster of war and death."

After Lu Buwei finished speaking, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile, but he looked at the Qi officials with a hint of coldness. The senior officials were frightened by Lu Buwei's last naked threat.

Even if there are those who are unwilling, they dare not speak out.

Seeing this, Hou Sheng winked at several officials, and that look was like a secret signal. Several officials hesitated, their steps were unsteady, but they still jumped out, ran to the hall in small steps, and bowed down in panic, with a trembling voice of flattery: "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Lu said is very true!"

"My king is devoted to the people. He feels sorry for the people's hardship and cannot bear to endure the chaos of war. Your Majesty is destined to be with you. Now my king sincerely offers his country to us. It is also what we, the ministers, have been thinking about. Please accept it!"

Ying Zheng still said nothing, but glanced at the Qi officials who were still sitting there, with a smile on his face, looking gentle.

This time, more people jumped out, more than a dozen of them, hurriedly walked, bowed down in surrender, and urged Ying Zheng to allow Qi to submit.

The important officials who came to Qin from Qi were all core civil and military officials and great nobles, and there were no more than 20 to 30 of them.

More than half of them have already knelt down, and the remaining dozen or so people who are still sitting scattered around are really feeling very uncomfortable.

In his heart he was extremely unwilling to surrender, but as the gazes of the Qin officials continued to stare at him, their eyes became increasingly colder, and more and more people stood up and knelt in the hall.

Until the end, all the people who followed King Jian of Qi to Qin knelt down and surrendered.

Even if one is unwilling, those who are still stubborn should always consider their family. Even if the King of Qin will not kill him on the spot for the sake of his reputation, he will definitely remember this grudge, and the destruction of the family is imminent.

Now the trend is irresistible, the king and the prime minister have surrendered voluntarily, what is the point of persisting?

If it's for the sake of the family, then you shouldn't insist.

At this time, King Jian of Qi bowed down, kowtowed heavily, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, submitting to Qin is the sincere wish of all the officials and subjects of Qi. Please don't disappoint the sincere expectations of hundreds of millions of people."

Lü Buwei winked at all the officials and was the first to bow down: "I beg Your Majesty, for the sake of the people of the world, please do not hesitate, take the world as your own responsibility, think about the millions of people, and act in accordance with the will of heaven. Please grant me your permission."

At this time, all the officials of the Qin Dynasty, including the Queen Ying Xin and her concubines and children, all bowed down and shouted in unison: "We beg the King to obey the will of Heaven and unite the Qin and Qi countries to create a peaceful world."

The voices of the crowd's requests echoed in the hall for a long time. Ying Zheng sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face. He slowly said, "My reputation is not worth mentioning. The King of Qi has sincerely offered his country. The king and his subjects are one and the same. I, for the sake of the people of the world, cannot refuse any more."

"Since this is the case, I am ashamed to accept it."

Ying Zheng bowed deeply to King Jian of Qi, his movements extremely solemn and polite.

"I hereby promise to the King of Qi that I will stabilize the people and benefit the people, so that the people of Qi can enjoy peace and prosperity!"

King Jian of Qi shouted: "Your Majesty is wise and wise. I thank you very much!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" For a moment, the shouts of the ministers resounded throughout the hall and reached the sky!

At this point, the King of Qi submitted to Qin, and the state of Qi came to an end.

Ying Zheng waved his sleeves and said loudly: "The King of Qi is righteous and kind to the people. He voluntarily gave up his throne and ceded it to Qin. I admire him."

"Now Tian Jian is enfeoffed as Marquis of Deyi, with a fief of 20,000 households in Linzi, which shall be hereditary and shall not be reduced from generation to generation."

"The Marquis of Deyi was given the title of a monk, but he did not need to bow or move forward when entering the court. He only needed to wear a sword and shoes when entering the palace."

"Twenty li of land was reserved for the Tian family in Wanqiu and Tiandi as a place for ancestral worship and fiefdom."

"He built a temporary palace on the bank of the Wei River according to the royal etiquette and made it his residence, and gave him a golden carriage with four imperial carriages."

"Give me ten thousand gold, five thousand pieces of silk, a thousand pieces of treasures of all kinds, a thousand jars of fine wine, a hundred beauties of every kind in the world, and a hundred slaves and maids."

"All the treasures and goods in the palace treasury, as well as the beauties and maids in the palace, will still belong to the Marquis of Deyi."

"Take another large jade sceptre and engrave the merits and virtues of Marquis Deyi on it. With this large jade sceptre, even if the descendants of future generations are unworthy, no matter what the crime is, they will be exempted from death three times!"

After Ying Zheng finished talking about this long list of rewards, King Jian of Qi was overjoyed. The King of Qin was truly an honorable man. It was worthy of his years of close friendship and careful service to Qin. Now the whole country was coming to surrender to him.

Tian Jian immediately bowed his head and kowtowed, his movements quick and urgent: "Your Majesty, I thank you very much for your kindness! Long live the king!"

Ying Zheng personally went down the stairs and helped King Jian of Qi to stand up. He was extremely delighted. These rewards were indeed a lot, but compared with the huge State of Qi, they were just a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning.

Although it is too hasty to swallow up Qi now, and it will take longer time and be more difficult to digest two big countries in a short period of time.

But it is impossible to refuse such a good opportunity.

It’s been delivered to my door, so why not eat it?

If God does not take it, you must suffer the consequences.

Hou Sheng, who was standing by, was anxious. He had done so many things for Daqin and cooperated so hard this time, but what about his own arrangements? ? ?
The State of Qi was not sold by the king alone, I was also involved!

Hou Sheng has been quietly casting anxious glances at me

Ying Zheng just glanced over and understood Hou Sheng's thoughts.

We cannot let the hearts of those who are loyal to the Qin Dynasty be chilled.

Ying Zheng laughed and said, "Your Majesty has a heart of justice and has always been loyal to the emperor. I have heard of this. The peace of Qi is also inseparable from your assistance to the Marquis of Deyi. From now on, if you are loyal to justice, how can I not reward you?"

"Hou Sheng Ting Feng."

Hou Sheng was overjoyed, a brilliant smile instantly blossomed on his face, his old face was as bright as a flower, and he quickly knelt down with extremely swift movements.

(End of this chapter)