mtlumby2d Chapter 374 Another court appearance
Chapter 374 Another court appearance
Outside Xianyang Palace.
The group, led by Li Chengjia, stood at attention and waited.
They wore their most glamorous formal attire, making them look quite distinguished.
Clearly, this feeling and attitude are definitely looking for trouble!
Their faces were filled with indignation, and they whispered among themselves.
"Have you heard? The Imperial Advisor Tang Yu is actually going to break his previous promise."
"Originally, we were supposed to have our names engraved and have the entire Qin state sing praises of our merits."
"But now he's broken his promise."
"Yes, I donated so much money, how much merit is that?"
"How many great acts of charity do you have to do to have so much money? Is it easy for me to earn this hard-earned money?"
As soon as he said this, everyone else gave him strange looks.
"Brother, we're all just fooling ourselves."
"Don't even mention that you believe it yourself. Do we need to explain where this money came from?"
"We are indeed working quite hard."
"It's just that they work hard to exploit the people and oppress ordinary people."
At this moment, Li Chengjia stood in front of the crowd and spoke loudly.
"No, this time we must make Tang Yu suffer."
"Besides, we're in the right, we're not afraid, right?"
"Tang Yu made promises to us, but he failed to keep them."
"Therefore, this time we must make His Majesty punish him severely."
"He ignored us this time, so we don't need to be afraid of him."
He reiterated at the end that his people were in the right.
The others were initially startled by these words, but then their eyes lit up.
"Yes, our people are in the right."
"After all, Tang Yu's promise last time was made in the imperial court, and everyone knew about it."
After Tang Yu mentioned the possibility of having names engraved, many people were tempted when the court session ended.
They caught up with him and specifically inquired about the money donation.
This scene left an impression on countless Qin officials at the time.
Quite a few people know about this incident.
That proves that Tang Yu's actions were witnessed by others.
But now Tang Yu is only taking money and not doing anything. From both a moral and legal standpoint, Tang Yu's actions are unethical.
Since Tang Yu's actions were unreasonable, it's perfectly reasonable for them to seek trouble with him.
……
Seeing Meng Tian go to open the door, preparing to let this group of people into Xianyang Palace.
After thinking for a moment, Ying Zheng slowly spoke to a eunuch beside him.
"Since so many of them have come, why don't we let the officials attend court again?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yu looked at Ying Zheng with a completely bewildered expression.
"No, Your Majesty, they've been out of court for quite some time now."
"Isn't it making things difficult for them to attend court again?"
Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, I am making things difficult for them."
"Moreover, it is just as Mr. Tang said."
“If they don’t want to be officials, then they can simply replace them with someone else.”
"Throughout the entire Great Qin Dynasty, is it really impossible to find even one person who wants to be an official?"
"We're doomed, His Majesty has gone astray."
A mask of pain crossed Tang Yu's face as he silently repeated to himself.
"Brothers, I'm not trying to trap you guys."
"It's just that His Majesty learns too fast. It's not easy to learn well, but he can easily learn bad things!"
And so, the second court session of the entire Qin state began today.
The officials and nobles who wanted to accuse Tang Yu were all somewhat bewildered.
Now, accompanying them to the gates of Xianyang are all the officials, large and small, from the entire Qin state.
Anyone who could attend court had to come.
For a moment, they were also panting as they asked.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly in such a hurry to attend court?"
"I don't know either, I just got the notification suddenly."
"I'm still fighting with my wife."
"Fighting? What fighting?"
Just as the officials were whispering among themselves, Meng Tian stepped out, dressed in armor.
"His Majesty commands all officials to enter the palace immediately!"
His voice was cold and ruthless, like that of a machine.
After Meng Tian finished speaking, he looked at the hurried backs of the group of officials.
He had just figured out the cause and effect of the matter along the way.
He knew that another bloody storm was about to erupt in the Qin Dynasty.
Meng Tian, the captain of the Imperial Guard, began to polish his sword.
He knew that if he waited any longer...
The sword in his hand is meant to cut off countless heads.
Otherwise, this matter would definitely not be over today.
The imperial guards standing nearby, watching Meng Tian's actions, seemed to remember something.
They all began to wipe their weapons clean.
They wanted to see how the Grand Preceptor would deal with these corrupt officials today.
Just thinking about it is exciting.
As soon as they entered Xianyang Palace.
The group of nobles who were originally agitated outside wanted to accuse Tang Yu.
But when they came in, they were dumbfounded.
Especially when they saw that other officials had arrived together, and it was time to attend court again.
Before they could react, they were called in.
But now when they looked up, they saw Tang Yu, who was sitting on equal footing with Ying Zheng.
Not far from the dragon throne sat Tang Yu, with his legs crossed.
At this moment, Ying Zheng raised his head and looked at them.
"What brings you all here to see me at this hour?"
Since Ying Zheng had actually asked a question, even if these people were cowardly, they could no longer back down.
Otherwise, he would absolutely not be able to escape the crime of deceiving the emperor.
Li Chengjia was their leader.
He was also the person who was cheated out of the largest amount of money by Tang Yu in this incident.
When he saw Tang Yu's nonchalant expression, he could no longer control himself.
He took the initiative to step forward and speak.
"Your Majesty, we have only one purpose in coming here today."
"That is, we hope that the Grand Preceptor will fulfill his promise."
With him taking the lead, the other officials also felt more confident.
After all, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, and it wasn't me who stood out anyway.
When someone takes the lead, just follow along.
They all stepped forward and said.
"We hope that the Imperial Advisor will keep his promise!"
Upon hearing this, a look of confusion flashed across Tang Yu's face as he looked at them and said.
"What exactly is it that you are talking about?"
"Fulfill your promise? What promises have you made?"
Tang Yu's expression was genuine, which immediately enraged the officials even more.
Isn't this blatant fraud?
I told them that at the time.
When they were offered money to have their names engraved on a statue in the Qin state that would be remembered for eternity.
That's not how it's said.
But why the sudden change of heart?
The surrounding officials witnessed this scene.
I was also pondering what exactly this play was about today.
At the same time, they were also very clear about the promise Tang Yu had made when he last encouraged donations.
At this moment, a few of the more intelligent officials had already realized what was happening.
They all looked up, their expressions filled with shock, at Tang Yu and Ying Zheng sitting high above them.
They never expected that these two would be so decisive and reckless.
As they watched the nobles still passionately accusing them, they silently took a step away.
They didn't want the blood of these nobles to splatter on them later.