Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2634 Xun Wenruo impeached Li Jing, Yuwen Chengdu entered Yongliang
Chapter 2630: Xun Wenruo impeaches Li Jing, Yuwen Chengdu enters Yongliang
"Your Majesty, Xun Yu, Minister of the Minister's Department, impeached Li Jing, the governor of Yongliang, and forcibly attacked Hanzhong regardless of the lives of soldiers for his military merits, causing heavy losses to the Yongliang army and costing countless money, food and materials."

Xun Yu said with a cold face, with a look that I was very angry written on his face, obviously he was really angry because of the casualties in the Battle of Hanzhong.

The casualties in the battle of Hanzhong were really heavy. Although Ying Hao was very distressed, he didn't mean to blame Li Jing. After all, in his opinion, as long as he could get Hanzhong, the price he paid would be worth it.

But Xun Yu, who was in charge of managing money, almost fainted from anger after seeing the casualties in the Battle of Hanzhong.

The number of Qin soldiers who died in this battle was 5. Including the disabled soldiers who had to retire, the total number was close to [-].

Disabled soldiers are also required to pay pensions, which means that the imperial court will issue 20 yuan to families as pensions. This is undoubtedly a very large number, almost equivalent to the annual military salary of [-] troops.

In addition, the offensive and defensive battle of Yangping Pass, and the offensive and defensive battle of Xinzheng, consumed [-]% of the siege materials in the Yongliang Military Region, and re-preparing them was a huge expense.

In addition, the cost of recovery and treatment of wounded soldiers, the repair and maintenance of damaged ordnance, and the supply of food and grass for the 30 people in Hanzhong all require the Ministry of Households to get money.

Although Daqin is rich today, there are a lot of places to spend money, and the army has just expanded by 70, and the money in the treasury has not stopped.

It's not that the Ministry of Households can't afford so much money, and it's not that Xun Yu loves money, but from an economic point of view, the rewards and contributions of the Hanzhong War are no longer directly proportional.

Xun Yu doesn't even need to calculate carefully, he can roughly calculate by simply estimating that the wealth consumed by Daqin in Hanzhong has reached an astonishing 600 million taels of silver.

Given the population and economy of Hanzhong, even the sum of taxes in the next ten years will not be able to cover the money spent, not to mention that there are still a lot of broken things in Hanzhong, which need to continue to spend money to solve them.

Although Hanzhong is important to Great Qin, it is not absolutely necessary. Even without Hanzhong, Great Qin still has Sanguan to guard Guanzhong. With Longxi as a buffer for Liangzhou, it is not afraid of the invasion of the Shu army during the Western Expedition.

It is precisely because of this that before the start of the war, the Daqin Chaotang unanimously decided that in this battle, if Hanzhong can take it, he will take it, and if he can't take it, let it go.

The Daqin court originally had no intention of taking Hanzhong, but Li Jing knew that he couldn't do it, but he still forcibly captured Hanzhong, and he paid such a high price, which increased Daqin's financial burden.

In the eyes of Xun Yu, the Minister of the Household Department, and many civil officials, it naturally became Li Jing who disregarded the lives of the soldiers for the sake of credit, and they didn't care whether Li Jing was forced to take Hanzhong.

"Your Majesty, in this battle of Hanzhong, although our Great Qin successfully occupied Hanzhong County, the casualties and investment were too great.

Therefore, the minister believed that Li Jing not only had no merit, but also had demerits, so he was given a demotion punishment to prevent other generals from following Li Jing's behavior of disregarding the lives of soldiers for meritorious service. "Xun Yu said with a straight face.

As soon as this remark came out, many officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry all stood up to impeach Li Jing for more merit than merit.

This is also the first large-scale impeachment of a military general by civilian officials since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, and it was Li Jing, the second person in the military. Those who didn't know the inside story thought it was the civil servants who wanted to suppress the military general.

Ying Hao is naturally not willing to punish Li Jing, after all, fighting the world can not only be viewed from an economic point of view, but also from a strategic point of view.

From an economic point of view, the expenditure and return of capturing Hanzhong are indeed not directly proportional.

But from a strategic point of view, it has completely improved Daqin's Kansai defense line. In the future, as long as Hanzhong is defended, there is no need to worry about the threat of the Shuhan.

No amount of money can buy it.

"Uh, this..."

Ying Hao refused on purpose, but before he could say anything, someone refuted Xun Yu on his behalf, and this person turned out to be Zhang Yi.

"Xun Shangshu's words are wrong..."

Zhang Yi's eloquence was too sharp, even Xun Yu, who was equally outstanding in eloquence, was rendered speechless by what he said.

Ying Hao looked at Zhang Yi in amazement. He didn't expect him to speak up for Li Jing. After all, Li Jing was forced to take Hanzhong by force this time, but Zhang Yi had a share of the credit for it.

Seeing that Ying Hao was looking at her, Zhang Yi shifted her gaze a little guilty. After all, Li Jing would be impeached by the officials, largely because he was tricked by him. Now helping Li Jing with good words can be regarded as a remedy for the dead.

It's not that Li Jing is unrelated among civil servants. After Zhang Yi took the lead, Liu Bowen and Zhang Liang also stood up to speak well for Li Jing.

"uh-huh."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, Ying Hao feigned a cough, and said, "What Xun Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing said are all reasonable, in my opinion, it's better to make up for the merits and demerits, so I only reward Li Jing with a thousand taels of gold and a thousand households, as an encouragement. "

"Your Majesty is wise." Xun Yu, who impeached Li Jing, and other officials said in unison.

"Your Majesty, although Hanzhong has been acquired by our Great Qin, it is only a mess. Therefore, the candidate for the prefect of Hanzhong needs to be determined as soon as possible." Prime Minister Wang Mengjin said.

Ying Hao also nodded in agreement, after all, Hanzhong is really a mess now.

After the Xinzheng grain depot was burned down by the Qin army, the Shu army forcibly confiscated the grain in the hands of the people for military use, and Shen Shiqi set fire to the grain depot again before withdrawing from Nanzheng.

This also means that the grain produced in Hanzhong is no longer enough for hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhong, and before the autumn harvest, it needs to be provided by Daqin to provide food relief, otherwise hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhong will turn into hungry people and then revolt.

Daqin has recuperated for three years, and the most important thing now is food, let alone hundreds of thousands of Hanzhong people, even ten times more can afford it, so the problem of food and grass is not a difficult problem.

For Daqin, the real problem in digesting Hanzhong was that more than one-third of Hanzhong's young and strong people were forced to be recruited by the Shu army and died in battle with the Qin army.

So many Hanzhong youths died in the battle with the Qin army, which also made the Hanzhong people complain about the Qin army, so Daqin is not popular in Hanzhong now.

In addition, although the Shu army has retreated, the spies left behind and lurking in the public are instigating the hatred of the people of Hanzhong against the Great Qin among the people, trying to encourage the people of Hanzhong to revolt against Qin.

Food and grass, public grievances, anti-espionage and other issues all need to be resolved by the future Hanzhong prefect in a short period of time, and there is also the threat of dealing with the southern Shuhan.

Therefore, the post of prefect of Hanzhong is quite challenging, and people who are not politically strong and have outstanding military skills cannot take up the post.

After Ying Hao pondered in his mind for a while, he soon found a suitable candidate, who was Daqin's first imperial examination champion, and the current Fufeng prefect, Ban Chao.

Ban Chao's political and military abilities are breakthroughs, and he made great contributions in the first battle against the Tang Dynasty. He is the best candidate for the prefect of Hanzhong. The only downside is that his qualifications are still young.

However, Ying Hao has always valued talent and merit when employing people, and naturally he will not abandon them just because of their qualifications.

"Pass down my will, transfer Ban Chao, the prefect of Fufeng, to take up the post of prefect of Hanzhong."

Hearing Ying Hao's words, all the officials below began to discuss, and they all felt that His Majesty favored Ban Chao.

It has been less than a year since Ban Chao was promoted from county minister to prefect, and now he is going to be reassigned as prefect of Hanzhong. Although it is a transfer at the same level, the position of prefect of Hanzhong County at the front obviously has much greater power than the post of prefect of Fufeng County at the rear. .

Although Ban Chao was the first champion of Daqin, he was just a political rookie who had been in office for less than three years, but he had already been promoted to the rank of prefect, and he was about to become the prefect of the second county. This promotion speed was indeed a bit too fast.

Ying Hao said: "Tell Ban Chao that I trust him to hand over Hanzhong to him, but if he can't give me back a stable Hanzhong before my Daqin and all the princes go to war, then take the initiative to hand in your resignation. "

As soon as this remark came out, many people began to gloat. After all, the problem in Hanzhong is not easy to solve, and it is not far from a full-scale war with the princes.

The time is short, the tasks are heavy, and there are many troubles. The position of the prefect of Hanzhong is simply a hot potato.

"In the Battle of Hanzhong, my Great Qin lost nearly [-] troops, and the [-] troops must be replenished as soon as possible."

Ying Hao's plan is to increase the total army strength of Daqin to 150 million through army expansion, and then directly push the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui with the absolute superiority of troops.

Now that the army expansion plan has been completed, the new army has been scattered all over the country for secret training, but the Battle of Hanzhong caused Daqin to lose [-] troops.

Although the presence or absence of the [-] army will not affect Daqin's next plan, it is better to make up just in case.

"The big conscription has ended, if the conscription is carried out on a large scale, it will stimulate the major princes.

In order to prevent surprises, only prisoners of the Shu army will be recruited in this expansion of the army. If the number is not enough, they will be recruited in Hanzhong to supplement them. "

Although the people in Hanzhong resented the Qin army, relatively speaking, they still hated the Shu Han even more. After all, if there were no atrocities committed by the Shu Han, so many young people would not have died in Hanzhong.

If this hatred is well directed, it will not only resolve the resentment of the Hanzhong people towards the Great Qin, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in Hanzhong. After all, if you fight against Shu in this way, it is not an invasion, and you will seek revenge.

"As for sending additional generals to join the Yongliang Army..."

Through Li Jing's message, Ying Hao already knew that Li Yuanba had appeared and his left arm was connected, so he also attached great importance to Li Jing's request to send more generals to Yongliang.

Li Jing knew that he couldn't win over Li Cunxiao, so he wanted to send any two of Jiang Song, Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Bu, and Gao Chong to join the Yongliang Army, but Ying Hao couldn't agree to this request.

The number of fierce generals in the Yongliang Army is quite saturated. Yang Jian, Xuanyuan, Longqi, Longyang and many other Gods of War are all in the Yongliang Military Region.

It is obviously impossible for Li Jing to ask for two super generals. If he really does this, other military regions will definitely have opinions.

After thinking about it for a while, Ying Hao decided to ask the opinions of these four generals, but he didn't expect Yu Wencheng to apply to join the Yongliang Military Region after learning about Li Yuanba.

Ying Hao knew that Yuwen Chengdu was running after Li Yuanba. He regarded Li Yuanba as his old enemy, but he only defeated the one-armed Li Yuanba once in the battle of destroying Tang Dynasty. became his demon.

Today's Yuwen Chengdu has also been reborn, and its strength far exceeds that of the past, but if it wants to continue to improve, it must get rid of the demons.

Ying Hao had no reason to prevent Yu Wencheng from getting rid of his inner demons, not to mention the fateful struggle between him and Li Yuanba, so he agreed to Yu Wencheng's request to join the Yongliang Army.

On the other hand, after Li Jing received the order from the court, he also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was already prepared to be reprimanded, or even downgraded. After all, the loss in this battle was indeed too great.

The last time the Qin army suffered so many casualties was the second Guanzhong battle with Li Tang.

But in this battle, the Qin army not only captured the three counties of Guanzhong, Longxi, and Shangyong, but also captured one and a half counties of Liangzhou.

Now that he only paid such a high price for the land of one county and ten counties in Hanzhong, the pay and reward are indeed somewhat disproportionate. It is impossible for the civil servants in the court not to impeach him.

But His Majesty not only didn't blame him, but even rewarded him with a thousand pieces of gold, and added a crown to him, which naturally moved Li Jing very much.

However, when he learned that when the officials impeached him, the first person to speak for him was Zhang Yi, a bad breed, Li Jing was also very surprised, and his resentment towards Zhang Yi also subsided a lot.

(End of this chapter)