Qin Dynasty: Your Majesty, I really am a time traveler.

In an instant, the scene in Xiong Meng's mind returned to yesterday, when Tang Yu had told him that he could make arrangements and preparations in advance. At that time, he thought that Tang Yu was on the side of their nobles.

Looking at Tang Yu now, he felt a chill run down his spine. After all, what kind of good person would propose a supplementary strategy to the county system for no reason?

More importantly, this strategy also directly uprooted the nobility of the six kingdoms, rendering their greatest advantage useless and turning them into caged beasts!

Thinking of this, Xiong Meng silently turned his head and looked at the group of nobles from the six kingdoms who had come with him. He realized that something was wrong; the Grand Preceptor probably did not intend to lift the torch high and then let it fall gently.

Yesterday, the fact that they sent me with my men probably wasn't a sign that they were going to let us off the hook, but rather that they wanted to wipe us all out in one fell swoop!

He glanced furtively at the other nobles from the six kingdoms behind him, who hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the situation. Xiong Meng swallowed hard and gave Tang Yu, who stood before the officials, a weak, awkward smile.

But what he received in response was Tang Yu's lukewarm smile.

Done!

Xiong Meng quickly cast a suggestive glance at the Chu officials in the court, and one of the officials immediately spoke up.

"Your Majesty, I believe this is inappropriate!"

With this person taking the lead, other officials followed suit and stepped forward one after another.

"Your Majesty, I second that proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Ying Zheng glanced at the crowd who had stepped forward, a slight smile playing on his lips, and then said:

"Since you ministers all object, it is not impossible for me to cancel this decree."

"But people want you to tell me why you oppose this decree. If the reasons are valid, I will immediately cancel the decree!"

Those who had just objected were dumbfounded; how could they possibly know any reasoning behind it?

If they knew, they would have spoken up before these people even hinted at it!

The reason they objected just now was simply because they were instructed to do so. Asking them to give a reason now is harder than climbing to heaven.

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Ying Zheng's cold voice echoed throughout the court.

"Since you all have no reason to oppose this formation, could it be that you are dissatisfied with me?!"

By the end of that sentence, these officials were already shaking uncontrollably.

What a joke! If you dared to be dissatisfied with Ying Zheng in the Qin state, you'd be like an old man eating poison!

"Your Majesty, please understand, we had absolutely no such intention!"

"In that case, this decree shall be implemented immediately from today. As for the central secretaries dispatched to various regions, they will be subject to unified assessment and selection by the Grand Preceptor!"

Tang Yu: ? ? ?

Seeing that they were powerless to stop it, and that if they spoke up again, the only result would be their beheading, these officials, though they wanted to speak out against it, could only open their mouths and then shake their heads and sigh.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

After the decree was passed, Ying Zheng and Tang Yu exchanged a glance, already knowing the next steps.

Tang Yu turned to look at Xiong Meng, his tone meaningful.

"Now that this application has been approved, let's deal with yesterday's case. Yesterday, a case of a horse running amok and injuring someone occurred in our Xianyang city!"

"What? A horse attacking someone? How is that possible?"

"That's right, horses are not allowed to be sent within Xianyang City unless it's a fast-track message that travels 800 li!"

"Could it be that the Xiongnu have invaded again?!"

Immediately, the expressions of most of the officials in the court changed.

After all, within Xianyang City, apart from the messengers who could deliver messages over 800 li, even Li Si could only ride in a carriage and not on horseback.

"If that's the case, the only reason must be that the Xiongnu have invaded?"

Tang Yu also loudly aloud the whispers among the officials.

"Yes, like you all, I'm curious about what kind of situation would require riding horses freely within the city of Xianyang?"

"But after careful investigation, I discovered that this kind of horse was not from the Xiongnu, nor was it an 800-li urgent delivery, but rather the son of a nobleman in our Qin state riding it at full speed!"

Nobles riding horses?

Upon hearing this, the Qin nobles exchanged glances and shook their heads frantically.

After all, as people of the Qin Dynasty, they had always been extremely supportive of Ying Zheng's policies!

They probably knew that even as nobles of Qin, if they led the way in violating Qin's laws, Ying Zheng would not only not show them mercy, but would instead make an example of them!

Seeing the Qin nobles frantically shaking their heads in denial, the crowd slowly shifted their suspicious gazes to the group of nobles from the six states brought by Xiong Meng.

All eyes turned to him, and before Xiong Meng could stop him, a nobleman from the Qi state behind him spoke up:

"The incident of the horse galloping and injuring someone yesterday is indeed true, but he only injured a lowly commoner, and didn't even mention the commoner's name. I think..."

He became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, but the others in the court unconsciously kept a step away from him, as if afraid that his blood would splatter on them when he died.

It's been so long since I've seen such a brainless idiot!

"Therefore, this time all that is needed is for His Highness Xiong Kuo to pay the medical expenses for that injured commoner. There is really no need for punishment."

"I wonder if what I said is correct, Your Majesty?"

After he finished speaking, he even raised his head smugly and looked at Ying Zheng on the dragon throne. Xiong Meng, who was next to him, was trembling like a leaf, his face was ashen, and he couldn't say a word. He could only keep tugging at his sleeve.

The noble groups of the six kingdoms are now behaving differently; half of them, like Xiong Meng, are ashen-faced, clearly having foreseen this outcome.

The other half, however, was just like the person who had just spoken, smug and self-satisfied, thinking that he was a nobleman and that he had only hurt a commoner, so why should he pay the price?

Tang Yu, who came from Earth, heard this person's outrageous words, and the anger that had been calm in his heart slowly rose.

"Bring the criminal Xiong Kuo up!"

At this moment, Xiong Meng let out a long sigh and closed his eyes in pain.

It’s over! All is lost!

He already knew that today's events were a complete trap set for him, or rather, a trap set for the nobles left behind by these six kingdoms!

Whether it was this reform or the subsequent interrogation of his son after the reform, the purpose was to ensure that his son and they could be tried!

However, his eyes were unusually clear at this moment, and his deep eyes seemed to speak volumes as he looked at Ying Zheng on the dragon throne.

"Is it worth it for Your Majesty to pay such a high price to punish someone who injures another person by riding a horse recklessly?"

His response was met with an even more resolute gaze from Ying Zheng.

"worth!"

Ying Zheng's actions not only upheld Qin law, but also the wounded citizens of Qin and the hearts of the people of Qin!