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Chapter 88: Inviting the Han Group to Watch the Ceremony (Please Order First!)
After Li Nian left, Ying Zheng sat in silence for a long time. Meng Yi and the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall did not dare to make a sound, and they even dared not breathe too hard.

Suddenly, Ying Zheng's voice rang out: "Mr. Meng, do you think I am a tyrant?"

Meng Yi suddenly felt his scalp tingling. Although he was favored by the king, this problem was still fatal.

After thinking for a while, Meng Yi gave an answer: "I think Your Majesty is not a tyrant at the moment, so Your Majesty does not need to worry too much. As Li Nian said, the world has just been settled, and it is not yet a time when things are too bad to turn around. There is still room for change."

Ying Zheng glanced at Meng Yi.

Isn't this an admission that in the future that Li Nian mentioned, he was a tyrant?

But he didn't say anything. He turned his gaze to the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall. Seeing how frightened they all looked, he lost interest in asking them any more questions.

He already knew the answer from the fear of these eunuchs and palace maids. Although if he asked, these people would answer that he was not a tyrant, what was the point?

A group of people who are clearly afraid of me in their hearts, but say one thing and think another!
Ying Zheng was filled with murderous intent and wanted to kill all the guards, eunuchs and palace maids in the palace except Meng Yi.

But thinking of his reputation as a tyrant in later generations, and the fact that these people already knew that Li Nian came from later generations, if he killed him, he would have to find a new batch, so Ying Zheng held back.

Ying Zheng said coldly: "Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. Anyone who violates this will be exterminated along with his entire clan!"

The eunuchs and palace maids also knew that they had just been through the gates of hell, so they hurriedly knelt down to accept the order and thanked the emperor, saying that they dared not do it.

After issuing the gag order, Ying Zheng asked Meng Yi, "Meng Qing, what do you think of what Li Nian said about Pei Gong and Xiang Yu? Is it true?"

Meng Yi said: "I think it is true. The matter of Xiang Yu may not be determined, but Pei Gong is already thirty-six years old, and Xiao He is also in Pei County. We can send someone to investigate and find out."

Today, Ying Zheng would suddenly ask Li Nian about Pei Gong and his founding heroes. His main purpose was not that Daqin was short of manpower and wanted Li Nian to provide some available talents from the early Han Dynasty, but that he wanted to bring Pei Gong and the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty to Xianyang to participate in his coronation ceremony.

By proclaiming himself emperor in front of the founding emperor and meritorious officials of the Han Dynasty, he satisfied his vanity: So what if the Han Dynasty replaced my Qin Dynasty? Now in this history, the founding emperor and meritorious officials of the Han Dynasty have to come and watch me!

The great man's comment on the First Emperor as "very boring" was truly appropriate and not wrong at all.

Ying Zheng thought for a while, then gave the order: "According to Li Nian's instructions, send people to Pei County to invite Liu Ji's clan, Xiao He's clan, Lu Zhi's clan, and Fan Kuai's clan..."

"Send another person to Huaiyin to search for Han Xin. If there is indeed such a person, please return to Xianyang!"

As for Han Xin, it was not yet the end of the Qin Dynasty and he might be very young. His attainments in military tactics were certainly not as good as the later "Military Genius". However, Ying Zheng was ready to find Han Xin and train him nearby.

He was not worried about wasting Han Xin's talent because he would assign Wei Liao, Wang Jian and Li Nian as teachers for Han Xin.

After Li Mu's death, is there any general in the world stronger than Wang Jian?

Li Nian was chosen as Han Xin's teacher because Li Nian knew Han Xin's history and should be able to find a way to correct Han Xin's character flaws.

"Send people to Xinzheng and Huaiyang to find out where Zhang Liang is. If you see him, ask him to return to Xianyang. If he refuses, take him back by force, but don't kill him."

Thinking of Zhang Liang being revered as a "strategist," Ying Zheng added, "He is very intelligent and resourceful. We must be cautious and never let our guard down. We must always keep an eye on him and not let him escape."

This is for Pei Gong and the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty. Ying Zheng used the word "please". Next is the Xiang family.

Thinking of what Li Nian said about Xiang Yu's massacre in Xianyang, Ying Zheng's eyes turned cold. He did not intend to kill all the Xiang family members immediately. He wanted to see the overlord who was famous in history first to see if he had double pupils, was born with extraordinary strength, and had the character to say "He can be replaced".

However, although he did not intend to strangle the Xiang family immediately, he would not "please" like he did to Pei Gong and others. He looked at Meng Yi and said, "Meng Yi, listen to the order!"

"Chen is here!"

Meng Yi immediately knelt on one knee.

"I order you to go to Xiaxiang and Kuaiji to investigate the Xiang clan. If there are any Xiang clan members hiding, arrest them all and bring them back to Xianyang."

"Follow the king's order!"

After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng said: "Let Meng Tian go with you. If necessary, you can tell Meng Tian about the Xiang family. Make sure that the Xiang family does not escape."

Given the influence of the Xiang clan, if they went to capture the enemy without being well prepared, the capture would probably have to turn into suppressing a rebellion. Ying Zheng was worried about letting Meng Yi go alone, so he asked his brother Meng Tian to go with him. The two brothers could help each other, and if they encountered any difficulties, there would be someone to take care of them and discuss things with them.

Meng Yi also understood the importance of the Xiang family in Ying Zheng's heart, and solemnly replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will not fail your command!"

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "For the Xiang family, I allow you to allocate 50,000 troops. Prepare food and fodder, set out as soon as possible, and return to Xianyang as soon as possible. If you cannot capture the Xiang family alive, then kill them without mercy!"

If he directly let Meng Tian and Meng Yi lead 50,000 troops to deal with the Xiang family, Xiang Yu would probably be confused: 50,000 elite Qin troops would surround him and Xiang Liang, and two Qin generals would walk out of the army, ready to fight against this child.

One of the reasons why Ying Zheng told Li Nian not to come again within a month was that Meng Yi was going to be sent away by him. If he chose Meng Yi, were there other available people in the palace?

Looking at Meng Yi's leaving back, Ying Zheng had an idea in his mind: Maybe more people would know Li Nian's origins and come to listen to Li Nian's talk.

But, who to choose?
When Meng Yi returned home, his brother Meng Tian was still awake. Seeing his brother coming back from duty, he nodded to Meng Yi and prepared to go back to his room to rest, but he heard Meng Yi say, "Wait a minute, brother. I have something to discuss with you!"

Meng Tian probably knew why his brother came back so late tonight. It must be that the king was summoning someone. However, he did not expect that the king would give him an order so late at night.

Meng Yi said: "This matter is confidential, we cannot discuss it in detail here, please, brother!"

After entering Meng Tian's study, Meng Tian asked, "Is it the king's order?"

Meng Yi nodded and said, "The king ordered my brother and I to lead 50,000 soldiers to Xiaxiang and Kuaiji to capture the Xiang family. This is a secret order and must not be disclosed to the outside world. Only the king and my brother know it."

It turned out that they were asked to secretly lead their troops to wipe out the Xiang clan, but what was the reason for this?
What did the Xiang family do to make the king issue this secret order?
Maybe……

It’s not the Xiang family’s problem. Maybe they didn’t do anything. It was the “that person” mentioned by the king who said something, which led to the king giving the order.

The influence of "that person" on the king was greater than he imagined.

Meng Tian glanced at his younger brother Meng Yi, but saw Meng Yi shaking his head. Meng Tian decisively gave up the idea of ​​asking.

He is a smart man. He knows what to ask and what not to ask, what to know and what not to know. Being too curious can be fatal.

Since his younger brother Meng Yi didn't say anything, it must be that the king felt that he shouldn't know.

(End of this chapter)