Diqin Designer

Chapter 124: The Xiang Clan is destroyed, and the Marquis of Liu is coming (for Nuan Yang)
Fusu was surprised that there were deeper secrets behind the Xiang family.

This secret can only be known by him if he becomes the crown prince?
Thinking of the Li Nian who had been spreading throughout the court and the country recently, Fusu keenly felt that it was related to this person!
Ying Zheng said: "After I am crowned emperor, I will enfeoff your brothers in various places, but you will not be granted one."

Fusu already knew about this matter, and today his father just brought it up again.

He also understood that this was a test from his father to him and his brothers, but it was an even greater test for him.

As for why the test for him was even more severe...

Fusu knew that his father had higher expectations of him than of his other brothers, and was also dissatisfied with his irritable temper and wanted to change him by testing him.

Ying Zheng said: "You will change your name and surname to become a Qin soldier. I will designate a place for you to govern. You should be aware of the consequences."

This is a game between him and his father.

If he does not govern that place well, it proves that his father is right. If he governs it well, it proves that his way of governing the country with benevolence is correct.

Moreover, if he fails to govern well, it will not only mean that his philosophy of governing the country is wrong, but also that he will lose his position as the crown prince of Qin, unless he is willing to take the initiative to admit his mistakes to his father.

Fusu said seriously: "I know!"

After answering this, Fusu wanted to persuade his father not to exterminate the Xiang clan, but Ying Zheng was too lazy to listen and said first: "Come here, send him back. Without my order, he is not allowed to leave Yichun Palace!"

Several guards immediately stepped forward and said to Fusu, "Sir, please don't embarrass us!"

Looking at his father sitting high on the throne, Fusu sighed, and under the escort of the guards, he left Zhangtai Palace and returned to Yichun Palace.

Three days later, many members of the Xiang clan were brought to the gate of the east city of Xianyang, but the young children were missing.

Because they were about to die, some women in the Xiang clan were crying.

Hearing these cries, Xiang Yu was very annoyed and said, "It's just a broken head and a fist-sized scar, why are you crying?"

This time, the women did not stop crying. Instead, some of them responded, “If you were not incompetent, how could we have come to this day?”

"Now I cry a few times before dying, and you still scold me. If you have the ability, why don't you take us away?"

Xiang Yu was speechless after being rebuked, and Xiang Liang and other men of the Xiang family all lowered their heads in shame.

Yes, if they were not so incompetent, they would not have been captured by the Qin army and ended up with the entire clan being wiped out.

The person in charge of the execution was Meng Yi. Seeing that the time had come, he ordered the execution of all members of the Xiang family.

Facing the executioner holding a knife, Xiang Yu was not afraid at all. He touched his neck and laughed, "What a nice head! I'll kill you today!"

Xiang Liang looked up at the sky, as if he saw his dead father and brother. It was all his fault. If he had been more careful and alert, not so proud and arrogant, and had not let the news of Yuzuru have double pupils spread, he would not have encountered this disaster.

Until this time, he still thought that the Qin royal family exterminated their Xiang clan because they learned that Xiang Yu had double pupils, so they took precautions in advance and eliminated the enemy in advance.

Watching the heads of Xiang clan members being chopped off one by one, Meng Yi did not feel happy at all, but instead felt complicated and heavy.

How much difference is there between the Meng family and the Xiang family? How do we know that the Xiang family today will not be the Meng family tomorrow?
The people of Xianyang who watched the execution were all saddened. The Xiang clan was one of the most powerful clans in the State of Chu, and now it was destroyed like this.

Don't think that the king is benevolent just because he has issued some benevolent policies recently. He has just restrained his claws and teeth, but he is still a man-eating tiger.

The news of the Xiang clan's genocide spread from Xianyang to the world, and Zhang Liang, who was on his way to Xianyang, naturally learned about it as well.

His first reaction was to feel sad for the fate of the Xiang family. They all lost their country because of Qin. Maybe in the past, their countries had grievances, but now that their countries were destroyed by Qin, those grievances also disappeared. Instead, they all had the same wish to resist Qin. Now that the Xiang family was destroyed, they lost another force in the anti-Qin movement.

What follows is joy and excitement.

The Qin royal family exterminated the Xiang clan, leaving no one alive. Such a cruel method would surely make the nobles of the other six countries feel threatened, strengthen their determination to resist and oppose Qin, and also cut off those who wavered and wanted to surrender to the King of Qin.

Secondly, from the extermination of the Xiang clan, it can be seen that the King of Qin is still the King of Qin. Although he has changed a little in recent days, his nature remains cruel and tyrannical.

With this King of Qin, Qin can be destroyed. We just need to get rid of the person who advised the King of Qin!

From these two aspects, although the Xiang clan was exterminated, it was not in vain.

Zhang Liang hurried on his way; he wanted to get to Xianyang as quickly as possible, the sooner the better.

Therefore, after Meng Yi and Meng Tian returned to Xianyang with the Xiang clan, the second person to arrive in Xianyang was Zhang Liang.

But what arrived in Xianyang faster than Zhang Liang was a letter of recommendation for Zhang Liang.

Ying Zheng had read the bamboo slips that were sent to Xianyang on an urgent basis several times, with a strange look on his face:
This bamboo slip was sent by a local official of the Qin Dynasty, who said that he would recommend a rare and amazing talent to him. This talent was the grandson of Zhang Kaidi, the former prime minister of the Kingdom of Han, and the son of Zhang Ping, whose name was Zhang Liang.

In the bamboo slips, the official praised Zhang Liang as a rare genius who had the wisdom to plan for the country and the ability to assist the king. If he could use him, he would be able to ensure long-term stability and prosperity for the Qin Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, when he sent people to look for Zhang Liang but failed to find him, Zhang Liang came to him on his own initiative.

Ying Zheng only needed to think about it for a moment before he understood Zhang Liang's purpose of coming to Xianyang.

Let the Qin Dynasty enjoy long-term peace and prosperity?

I'm afraid that after seeing his recent decrees and seeing that Daqin is getting better, he can't sit still anymore and wants to come and destroy it and put Daqin to death.

But how can Zhang Liang destroy it?
Ying Zheng quickly figured out the whole story, 'His target is that kid Li Nian!'

'He thought that someone around me was giving me advice, which might have caused me to change my mind. So he went to Xianyang to get rid of the person who gave me advice, regardless of the possibility of death. He treated himself as a chess piece and entered the game with his body!'

'He will show me his talents, gain my trust, and then gradually find out about Li Nian, and finally try to get rid of him.'

"If Li Nian hadn't told me the history, I might have really been deceived by him..."

Unfortunately, Li Nian had already told him the history, and he saw through the plan of this "sage of strategy" who was famous throughout the ages at a glance.

Ying Zheng sighed in his heart. He was willing to sacrifice himself to destroy the Qin Dynasty. Even if he pitied his talent and was willing to let it go, this wise strategist would probably not let it go.

"Pity!"

Ying Zheng shook his head and pointed at the bamboo slips, saying, "Find the person who sent this bamboo slip and tell me everything about his background. Send this bamboo slip to Liuying Palace!"

In Liuying Palace, Li Nian raised his eyebrows when he saw the bamboo slips sent by the First Emperor.

Although he was probably not as intelligent as Qin Shi Huang and Liu Hou, he was not a fool. How could he not see that this bamboo slip was planned by Liu Hou?
Li Nian had a favorable impression of Zhang Liang, the great strategist of all ages, but now that Marquis Liu wanted to come to Xianyang to kill him, he could only shake his head and sigh.

"Liu Hou, if possible, I really don't want you to come to Xianyang!"

(End of this chapter)