my grandfather was qin shi huang

In short, Fusu left. Zhao Ying originally wanted Mi Ji to go with him, but unexpectedly, Fusu sternly refused this time, saying that it was a place for research and study, and that it would be like bringing a female family member with him.

Although Mi Ji muttered, Mr. Yin also brought his female dependents.

But Fusu looked at the sky and pretended not to hear.

In front of her children, Mi Ji couldn't say anything else. She could only watch Fu Su boarding the carriage with a look of resentment, followed the carriage lightly, and rushed to Afang Academy as if he was running away.

Finally, I arranged a place for my dad to go.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

But he couldn't relax for long, because the court was already quarreling over another matter.

Because the military uniform change he had been planning for a long time has officially begun.

In fact, from the day Qin Hengdao appeared, the overall change of the Qin army has become inevitable. In his opinion, compared with the bronze long sword, Qin Hengdao and other weapons made of hundreds of refined steel It is obviously more cost-effective.

But unexpectedly, as soon as his idea appeared, it aroused fierce rebuttal from the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Those who support and those who oppose it are almost clearly divided.

Zhangtai Palace.

Shi Teng, Zhisu Nei, sat upright and looked seriously at the emperor's grandson Zhao Ying, who was sitting at the top.

"Your Highness, although our Daqin's finances are a little better now, our Daqin has not been established for a long time and is full of waste. It is the time to use money. We are working together to restore production and accumulate national strength. How can we do this in this way? At that time, a large-scale change of clothes..."

As the internal history officer of the government, Nei Shiteng was extremely sensitive to the imperial court's expenditures. Therefore, when he heard that Zhao Ying was planning to gradually replace weapons and equipment for the garrisons in various places, he jumped out without hesitation.

During these days, he and a group of people had quarreled with military generals countless times in the court, and also approached Zhao Ying countless times, showing an attitude of not giving up until their goals were achieved.

"Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to support His Highness's decision, but that things have priorities. Now in the south of the Yangtze River, His Highness Yu Ze is still here, and the governors of various places are carrying out large-scale polder reclamation and building dams. This is a contribution to the contemporary era, Even if it is a great event that will benefit the future generations, future generations will still remember His Majesty’s kindness.”

"This is good governance and cannot be stopped. However, even if a wealthy family from the south of the Yangtze River comes to help, the burden on the court is still very heavy. The money and food allocated every month is not a small amount..."

"General Meng Yi just proposed to build a galloping road in the south of Lingnan. The terrain in Lingnan is complex and there are many steep mountains. Your Highness should know the difficulty of this and how much food it will cost once the construction starts. But, Your Highness, you have told me and others We have said that if we want to completely control Lingnan in our hands, it is imperative to build Chidao. Wei Chen believes that this is the advice of an old man who upholds the country. Even if the court has a harder time, it is worth it..."

Zhao Ying couldn't help but nodded slightly.

It was Meng Yi who put forward the suggestion of building a Chi Road in Lingnan and completely opening up the transportation pass between Lingnan and Guanzhong.

Originally, he had nothing to think about, until the news that Liu Bang had used gunpowder to build a road connecting all the countries in the Western Regions with astonishing efficiency reached Lingnan. He couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't bear it anymore.

Liu Ji can cultivate it, but I, Meng Yi, can’t!

修！
Although this proposal encountered some resistance from the court, it was finally passed smoothly with Zhao Ying's strong support. Because he understands better than anyone else the importance of transportation networks to the imperial court.

Without a developed and convenient transportation network, even if Lingnan was nominally owned by the imperial court, it would still be an enclave.

In fact, in later dynasties, the Lingnan tribes dared to confront the imperial court and regarded rebellion as commonplace. A large part of the reason was that transportation was underdeveloped and the imperial court was unable to effectively control Lingnan.

Therefore, there is only appeasement.

It was not until the Manchu and Qing dynasties, when the policy of changing the land to divert people and dispatching officials was introduced, that the situation changed slightly.

Obviously, the court ministers were all far-sighted and understood this truth very well. Therefore, Meng Yi's suggestion was passed smoothly despite considerable resistance.

Just like they originally supported the imperial court in building the Ling Canal to open up the north-south freight channel.

But the suggestion put forward by Meng Yi is really expensive.

Even with the help of gunpowder, it is still a big project that cannot be ignored. Coupled with Liu Bang's actions in the Western Regions, the court suddenly returned to tight days.

This does not include the three counties of Mobei, which are also in desperate need of support from the court.

Ziying, Zhao Tuo and Li Xin, etc., urged the court to allocate money and food, one after another. Although the grassland is not suitable for farming, if you want to truly control this land, you must have someone who can control this land. transportation network, and enough settlement locations with a certain radiation capacity.

All of these require a lot of money and food support.

If so, and taking into account the relief for local disasters, the allocation of money and grain, the expenditure of military salaries, the payment of official salaries, etc., a series of expenditures, Shi Teng in Su Nei was so exhausted every day that he wished he could break a copper coin into two. Half flower.

"Your Highness, there are too many ways to spend money. The court is really out of money. Why don't you just kill me..."

After Nei Shiteng finished speaking, he twisted his neck and stared at Zhao Ying without giving an inch. In the past few days, because of the large-scale military uniform change, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep well for several days in a row, and even the corners of his mouth had blisters.

Looking at Neishiteng, who looked tired and even had a little more silver hair on his temples, Zhao Ying couldn't think of getting angry at all. He had no choice but to find a minister who was so dedicated to running the court. ?

He stood up in person, walked to Nei Stern, and filled Nei Stern with a cup of hot tea.

"The internal history is serious, why is it like this..."

Zhao Ying smiled broadly.

"I have considered everything you are worried about. Although it is a bit difficult, replacing equipment can also save a lot of copper mines for the court..."

Nesten didn't say anything, but looked straight at him with a look like you're looking at me stupidly.

Zhao Ying:......

He suddenly couldn't continue.

Although replacing bronze weapons with iron weapons is the general trend, and the benefits are visible to the naked eye, it is really not of much use to the remaining copper mines.

Because, even if they are replaced, those finished bronze weapons cannot be directly melted into copper coins.

When making these weapons, in order to ensure the durability and toughness and sharpness of these bronze weapons, the craftsmen of Da Qin creatively added other trace amounts of metals. Their skills were so exquisite that even the craftsmanship of later generations would be Don't be surprised again and again. Some unearthed bronze swords are still as bright as new even after thousands of years.

You can imagine how difficult it is to recycle the copper in it.

The only advantage is probably that in the follow-up, there is no need to use bronze to forge weapons.

Seeing that Zhao Ying was dumbfounded, Nei Shiteng slowed down his tone, bowed deeply, and spoke sincerely.

"His Royal Highness wants to make great achievements and show off his talents. I understand, and I am willing to help you. However, the replacement of equipment should be done slowly rather than hastily. Instead of doing this, we might as well plan for it slowly..."

Having said this, Nei Shiteng turned his attention to Zhang Liang, who was standing aside with his hands down.

As a result, Zhang Liang looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if he didn't see anything. He could only sigh, retract his gaze, and continue.

"What's more, our Great Qin has now conquered all the barbarians. Now, as far as Mobei in the north, the sea in the east, Xiangjun and Guilin in the south, and going directly to the foot of the Alai Mountain in the west, looking around the fields, there is no danger of swordsmanship. , the worry of war, no matter how sharp and tough Qin Hengdao is, it has no use anymore, His Highness is eager to replace it, so what is the point of spending a lot of money and food..." In the end, it is still a question of money and food!

No money!

Zhao Ying opened his mouth but failed to answer.

Because, in this era, farming is still an unshakable destiny, and the methods of later generations to create more jobs and increase people's income by opening workshops, carrying out large-scale construction, and carrying out infrastructure construction are simply not feasible.

There are not enough people to farm the land, so where are the people to work?

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats in the past dynasties were extremely sensitive to large-scale construction projects, and they repeatedly stated the principle of frivolous corvee and resting with the people. In the past dynasties, even the most bastard kings knew that they should vigorously encourage farmers and mulberry trees and put businessmen's The position was placed at the end of the Four Farmers and has never wavered.

The purpose is to keep people on the land, grow food with peace of mind, and ensure the most basic means of survival.

Zhao Ying thought for a while and decided to change his mind.

"The internal history feels that Mr. Donghai made a profit or a loss during his trip to sea..."

Neishiteng didn't understand what Zhao Ying meant, but he nodded realistically.

"Of course I've made money. If it weren't for the goods that Lord Donghai sent back from overseas, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for Wei Chen to continue..."

Since the first tranche of silver was delivered to Xianyang, ships would come from the sea almost every once in a while, delivering a batch of silver and a large number of other less common products in Guanzhong.

This made all the ministers in the DPRK and China excited.

The criticism caused by Prince Gao leading his army to sea to obtain the elixir belt for the First Emperor was wiped out.

Now, from top to bottom, there is overwhelming praise for this matter.

Zhao Ying smiled.

"The solution to the shortage of money is nothing more than to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Internal history should know that in fact, cutting expenditure cannot save much. How much money can be saved only by tightening the belt. If you really want to completely solve the problem of financial shortage, it is best to The best way is to open up sources - outside of Great Qin, not all land is barren..."

When Nei Shiteng heard this, his eyes could not help but gleam.

"Your Highness, although the country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish..."

Zhao Ying couldn't help laughing.

"What kind of war are we fighting? Are we going to fight others? We are under His Majesty's orders to preach enlightenment and give kindness. Without us, those barbarian lands would not know how long it would take to understand the world. The truth..."

In this era, Da Qin was the only one in the world. Needless to say, there was a civilization in the West that could rival Da Qin.

Not to mention whether their civilization actually existed, or even if it did, it wouldn't be much better?

Think about it.

At that time, the Xiongnu and the Yueshi, who were driven away like rabbits by the Qin and Han Dynasties, had to flee in embarrassment. They fled to the west. They were able to rely on their defeated troops and exhausted divisions to defeat the wolves in the west and establish themselves. A huge empire.

Even small branches of the Yuezhi tribe could develop and establish the Kushan Empire after running to the west.

We can then know what rank Da Qin was in at that era.

Nestern is still struggling there.

After all, it is said that war will lead to death, so why do I still hear that war will make you rich...

Just as Nei Shiteng was struggling in his heart, pondering over the truths that the emperor's grandson had told him today, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly came from outside the palace gate.

"Good news, General Liu Ji of Zhenyuan captured Dawan easily, opened up thousands of miles of territory, obtained hundreds of carts of gold and silver, tens of thousands of Dawan horses, and ten horses of blood..."

Listening to the faintly hoarse sound of the victory announcement coming from outside the palace gate.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, with a smile on his face.

This Liu Ji!

I had known that this guy must be restless, but I didn't expect that he could bring such a big surprise to me.

Nei Shiteng saw that the corners of Zhao Ying's mouth suddenly turned up, and a smile that could not be concealed appeared on his face. He almost thought that the emperor's grandson was laughing at his short-sightedness and his inability to adapt, and his old face suddenly turned red.

Then, he saw Zhao Ying waving to him with a smile on his face.

"Wasn't the internal history worried just now about the lack of treasury and the shortage of money and food? Now, the person who sent us the money has arrived——"

Neishiteng was startled when he heard this and was about to ask a question.

At this time, I could faintly hear the sound of good news outside.

"...Good news, General Liu Ji of Zhenyuan captured Dawan easily, opened up thousands of miles of territory, obtained hundreds of carts of gold and silver, tens of thousands of Dawan horses, and tens of thousands of horses with blood..."

He couldn't help but stood up suddenly.

There was a look of extreme shock in his eyes.

"General Liu Ji actually captured the Kingdom of Dawan!"

Looking at the shocked Nei Shiteng, the smile on Zhao Ying's face couldn't help but become brighter and brighter. He didn't expect that the casual move he made at the beginning would bring such a big surprise to him.

Sure enough, gold can shine wherever it is placed.

He is worthy of being the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who was able to create the foundation of the Han Dynasty for more than 200 years.

At this time, even the First Emperor, who had been staying in the side hall to watch the excitement, had heard the news of victory coming from outside the main hall. He couldn't help but look at each other, then stood up and walked to the side of the palace specially created for him. In front of the Sheji map.

Yes, in order to put the First Emperor in a good mood every day, Zhao Ying, who knew the First Emperor's thoughts very well, personally found Miss Wei Weiyang and asked her to take the people from the Jiangshan Sheji Department to create a map of the Jiangshan Sheji Department for the First Emperor. .

At this time, this map was already very different from the previous days.

Yingzhou, Fusang is already on the list, with the distinctive Daqin Xuanniao flag on it. Going west, it also covers almost the entire Western Region. Some time ago, the places that were still classified as "national" are now all replaced by the flag of the Qin Dynasty. A "county" that is pleasing to the eye.

"Here?"

The First Emperor picked up a black bird flag, crossed his fingers across a mountain range, and firmly inserted it into the spot where the Dawan Kingdom was originally marked. At this moment, his eyes were so bright that it was scary. (End of chapter)