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

Xiong Meng's mournful laughter echoed within Xianyang Palace. At this moment, everyone realized what was about to happen and couldn't help but look at Tang Yu with wary eyes.

If an ordinary person is merely implicated, the number of people implicated is generally no more than 10.

But if it were these nobles, and if one of them committed a crime and was punished the same as a commoner, the number of people implicated would be exceptionally large!

Seeing Tang Yu's demeanor, the court officials seemed genuinely prepared to strictly enforce this law and were about to take it seriously.

However, some of the ministers did not believe it, and their eyes did not reveal much emotion.

"How could that be? If it were truly a case of implicating everyone, how many members of the Chu royal family would be affected? That would be terrible!"

"Yes, it's just the lives of a few ordinary, lowly people. We can just pay compensation, right?"

Upon witnessing this scene, the Confucian scholars exchanged excited glances.

Although they disliked the nobles of the six kingdoms, they hated Tang Yu, especially since Tang Yu's previous adaptation of the Analects was an act of going against the Heavenly Gang!

Most importantly, if Tang Yu offends the nobles of these six kingdoms in the name of Legalism, then in any future matters in the court, the nobles of the six kingdoms will unconsciously side with the Confucianists!

It's a classic case of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman reaps the benefits!

These people all looked at Tang Yu with complicated expressions, the majority of them puzzled and confused.

After all, in this era, commoners and nobles were completely different, and no one would really offend a noble over the affairs of a few commoners.

But what Tang Yu wanted to tell them was that this world belongs to all people!

Ordinary people are also part of the Qin state. If you break the Qin law, then you should be dealt with according to the law!

Tang Yu secretly sighed with relief. Fortunately, Zheng Ge firmly supported him; otherwise, even if he wanted to deal with it, they would have been completely unable to do so.

Ying Zheng, seated on the dragon throne, observed the reactions of Tang Yu and the people below the court, his mind replaying the words Tang Yu had spoken to him.

If there is no emperor, these people will remain the same as other rulers, but if an emperor has no people, he is no longer an emperor, but merely an empty shell.

Ying Zheng's eyes also revealed a strong killing intent. In fact, Xiong Meng had used this method to stop him many times before.

At that time, he was indeed controlled by these people because he had intricate relationships with the officials who governed various countries and regions.

But now, thanks to Tang Yu's appearance, this biggest concern has been resolved, and it's time to settle both old and new scores!

How could Ying Zheng, who had suffered such great humiliation, simply accept the situation?

Li Si, who had returned to the top of the officials, looked at Tang Yu with complicated eyes. Despite being a Legalist, he still insisted that the Qin law should not be insulted.

But he also knows that in this day and age, all he can do is to make the law as equal as possible!

After all, even Li Si had people he couldn't afford to offend. Tang Yu's actions seemed to have opened the door to a new world for him, proving that everyone could truly be equal!

"Prime Minister Li!"

At this moment, Tang Yu turned his head to look at Li Si, and he quickly came back to his senses.

"Master Imperial Master."

"Prime Minister Li, since Xiong Kuo's crimes should, according to Qin law, implicate his entire clan, how should this be carried out?"

"According to Qin law, Xiong Kuo's crime is unforgivable. If his entire group is implicated, they will be sentenced to one year of penal servitude at the very least, and hard labor at the worst."

Having obtained the answer he wanted, Tang Yu stopped looking at Li Si and turned his head directly to look at the nobles of the six kingdoms.

"Did everyone hear clearly what Prime Minister Li just said?"

"What a joke! Are we nobles really going to be punished for the sake of a mere commoner?!"

"How can they compare to us? They are nothing but a bunch of lowly people!"

Among these nobles, there were still those who continued to clamor, believing that Tang Yu was exaggerating or trying to scare them.

Anyway, they didn't think that Tang Yu was really going to attack them; they were nobles!

Even facing death, they still don't know how to repent.

Filtering out these ridiculous comments, Tang Yu set his sights on today's protagonist, Xiong Meng.

"Xiong Meng, did you hear me clearly?"

Xiong Meng looked at Tang Yu with a forced smile, and could only nod.

"Your Excellency, I heard you clearly."

"Good that you heard me."

Tang Yu nodded in satisfaction and said to Meng Tian:

"In that case, prepare to enforce the law!"

These nobles initially thought Tang Yu was joking, but to their surprise, as soon as Tang Yu finished speaking, countless imperial guards led by Meng Tian suddenly surged out from their sides and surrounded them.

These nobles, who were being held back by the guards, immediately panicked and stepped forward to question Ying Zheng:

"Your Majesty, what does the Grand Preceptor mean by this? Shouldn't this matter be handled by Your Majesty? What right does the Grand Preceptor have to judge me?"

When he saw that a nobleman had protested to him, Ying Zheng first raised his hand slightly.

"It is my will for the Grand Preceptor to handle this matter. As for the punishment you all receive, I believe the Grand Preceptor has done nothing wrong."

When Ying Zheng said the same thing, the nobles panicked.

"Tyrant, you tyrant! Didn't you say back then that all our past mistakes would be forgiven if we surrendered?"

"Yes, you even said that we could continue our aristocratic lives unaffected while we were in Xianyang City. You're a liar!"

"Ying Zheng, you tyrant, your Qin dynasty will surely perish!"

Despite the desperate shouting, Ying Zheng remained remarkably calm, while his tone towards the nobles was filled with disgust.

"I did promise back then to pardon your past mistakes, and I also said that you could continue to be nobles in Xianyang..."

But at this point, Ying Zheng stood up from the dragon throne, and drew the Tai'a sword directly from its sheath. His tone became unusually sinister.

"When did I ever say that I would forgive your future mistakes? When did I ever say that you could violate the laws of my Qin state at will? When did I ever promise that you could bully my Qin people at will without paying any price?"

"Guards! Drag him away!"

Ying Zheng's words stunned everyone in the court, but all the former Qin officials wholeheartedly agreed with them.

This is our true Emperor! This is the one we should follow!

Yes, who gave you the right to bully us Qin people, you trash from the six states?