Prime Minister of Great Qin

A month passed quickly.

The old system of the former Doctoral Academy has now been cleared.

The door plaque was re-hung.

Restructure the government.

Xiao He, Chen Ping and others basically worked inside for most of the next half month. In the second half of the month, Li Erlang from Bashu, Gong Shuzhang from Guandong and others also arrived one after another, and each of them got a large office space.

However, Ji Heng, as the chief official, had not been here since then except for a visit after the court meeting that day.

It’s Zhang Liang.

Go from time to time in the second half of the month.

It's just that Zhang Liang's status is somewhat special after all. Xiao He and Chen Ping also subconsciously kept a certain distance from Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang didn't care either.

In addition to asking about basic information, he also inquired about court news in the restructured mansion.

have to say.

Nearing the imperial city, the news from all sources is always more complete and faster than the outside world. At least in this half month, Zhang Liang has a more specific understanding of the situation in northern Xinjiang. He has a more detailed understanding of what Ji Heng said about the economy. Zhan', also gained a lot of understanding.

With the exchange of trade between Da Qin and the Xiongnu, Da Qin showed a great need for livestock.

Especially cattle and sheep.

In the first one or two years, they were acquired at high prices.

Therefore, seeing the profits, the Huns used a lot of grassland for grazing cattle and sheep in the following years in exchange for high returns.

Da Qin has always kept its promise. Whenever the Xiongnu sells a thousand cattle and sheep, they can sell them at a high price. However, if the number is less than a thousand, they will only fall into the hands of small traders on the frontier. These small businessmen are only interested in profit and care about every detail, and will eventually keep lowering prices.

Therefore, in the following years, all major Xiongnu tribes actually made adjustments.

Mainly livestock raising cattle and sheep.

And this will naturally occupy the playground of other tribes.

This undoubtedly squeezed the living environment of other small tribes, and even the annexation of small tribes by most of the Xiongnu was accelerated because of this, and all this was just for the purpose of exchanging trade with the Qin Dynasty. With the profit, many Xiongnu pastures were transformed into It became a grazing land for cattle and sheep, and the number of horses also decreased a lot.

As the two sides exchanged what they had, the number of cattle and sheep increased.

Da Qin Chaotang began to intentionally lower prices.

This directly led to a sharp drop in the price of livestock in the grassland. The grassland originally raised so many livestock for sale. Now that the prices have been lowered, the economic situation of the entire grassland has suddenly taken a sharp turn. If it cannot be sold, the grassland will continue to be consumed.

In addition, we encountered several droughts and snow disasters of a certain scale, which made the already urgent situation of the grassland even worse.

finally.

Take some inventory.

The Huns' profit from selling a cow and sheep to Da Qin was actually more than they could make ends meet compared to what they had spent in the past few years.

Under various complaints, the Huns quit.

That’s why we went south this time.

When Zhang Liang paid attention to the situation in the North, Xiao He and Chen Ping also noticed it.

After some deep thought, the two also discovered this clue.

Compared to Chen Ping and Zhang Liang, Xiao He was more proficient and proficient in internal affairs, and he easily understood the key. Mutual trading is essentially mutual, but the Qin Dynasty is vast and rich in resources. If the Central Plains is really discussed, it needs the grassland more. Of horses, it’s just that Da Qin didn’t have much of a shortage of horses.

Not that there is a shortage.

It’s just that Da Qin is very good at raising horses.

Qin Feizi, who was based in Guanzhong during the Qin Dynasty, was good at raising horses.

Subsequent generations of monarchs also relied more or less on "driving" or sending good horses to the Zhou royal family to build up their own fortunes. Therefore, the art of raising horses was very valued by the Qin royal family.

This resulted in Great Qin's demand for horses not being that high.

The Qin Dynasty demanded more cattle, sheep and other meat from the Xiongnu, which caused the Xiongnu to fall into the same calculations as Guan Zhong's plan against small countries in history, but the Huns reacted too late.

Merely through commerce, in fact, the effect cannot be achieved.

Key among them is the Great Wall.

In some ways, the Great Wall at this time was no longer a military facility, but closer to a trade barrier. Through the Great Wall, the Great Qin tightly controlled the trade routes and trading nodes between the Central Plains and the Xiongnu, making it impossible for the Xiongnu to bargain.

This is just one of them.

There is another key point in the exchange of trade between Da Qin and the Xiongnu.

There were merchants involved.

And he's a big businessman.

These big merchants were different from the past. They were controlled by the imperial court behind the scenes, and these people were well versed in the ways of doing business, so they carried out encirclement and suppression of small traders in the border areas who might have colluded with the Xiongnu, thereby ensuring the initiative in trade, and they were caught to death In the hands of Da Qin, the early high prices also forced those small merchants to death.

This resulted in the formation of a dominant 'Imperial Merchant' family.

The store bullies customers.

From the beginning to the end, the initiative in trade between Da Qin and the Xiongnu was firmly held by Da Qin. The Xiongnu could not counterattack at all. Da Qin could not exchange the Xiongnu’s cattle, sheep and horses, but the Xiongnu could not bear the lack of tea, salt, and silk. thing.

This way.

'Forcing' the Xiongnu to rebel was also something Qin could control.

Think of this.

Xiao He looked shocked.

He had noticed something was wrong.

If it was true that the imperial court was forcing the Xiongnu to 'resist', which then led to this southward plunder, does that also mean that Han Xin's northward journey was also premeditated by the imperial court?

Just to support Han Xin's rise to power.

Then suppress the Guanzhong Group?
"Brother Xiao, did you see anything?" Seeing Xiao He's shocked expression, Chen Ping couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xiao He took back his mind. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and said calmly: "I just thought of something unusual and made Brother Chen laugh."

But when he said this, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhang Liang.

He had a premonition.

Zhang Liang must have noticed it too.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have inquired about news about Northern Xinjiang as soon as I arrived.

When Xiao He looked at Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang also looked at Xiao He. The two looked at each other. Zhang Liang smiled slightly, showing a kind smile and an indescribable appreciation to Xiao He.

See this.

Xiao He understood immediately.

He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhang Liang, did you notice it early in the morning?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said calmly: "No, but I gradually saw it clearly later."

"This is a game. One was set up very early, one was deliberately aimed at the Huns, and the other was triggered recently just to change the current situation."

"For us, the situation in northern Xinjiang is actually not important."

"The important thing is reform!"

Chen Ping frowned.

He could see that from the documents written during this period, Xiao He saw something that he had not seen, and from Zhang Liang's words, he was even more keen to hear the smell of a hidden conspiracy.

And he calculated it for a long time and very deeply.

But he hasn't seen it yet.

Xiao He nodded slightly, saluted Zhang Liang again, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhang Liang, Xiao He has learned a lesson."

Zhang Liang shook his head and said calmly: "I can't bear your bow."

"I also realized it later, but it was a little earlier than you, so I did think further than you. However, the direction and key to the restructuring are not in our hands, but in the hands of the Palace Master."

Hear the words.

Xiao He was stunned.

He took a deep look at Zhang Liang and saw that Zhang Liang was not lying. Does that mean that the master of the restructured mansion had actually seen through this matter very early, so he could remain calm despite the rain? Waiting for 'I have the advantage'? !

But this is too surprising.

Chen Ping stood still.

His eyes glanced back and forth between Zhang Liang and Xiao He, and he became more and more curious, because he could clearly know that the two of them were actually talking about something very unusual, but he couldn't get in.

This made Chen Ping feel quite depressed.

He boasted that he was more intelligent than anyone else. Although he was indeed suppressed by Zhang Liang back then, he was not as clear-cut as he is now. And Xiao He, a person who manages internal affairs, had no reason to react faster than him.

He calmed down and looked at the bamboo slips on the case again.

It's time to see something strange.

The other people in the Restructured Mansion were also confused at the moment and had no idea what was going on. They only knew that the two seemed to be talking about a very complicated and important matter. They looked at each other for a few times and, like Chen Ping, immersed themselves in these bamboo slips. .

Seeing the strange movements around him, Zhang Liang frowned slightly.

He soon felt relieved again.

Zhang Liang said: "The world today is different from the past."

"There will be more and more in the future."

"Many of today's Qin court officials can no longer keep up."

Xiao He looked at the other people nearby and smiled bitterly. He didn't know what to say. If he hadn't been very familiar with economic and internal affairs, it would have been difficult for him to grasp the key, let alone think of so many things so quickly.

And from Zhang Liang's words, he could clearly feel it.

The 'war' launched by the Qin Dynasty against the Xiongnu may not be an accident, but an inevitable one. It will even gradually become a weapon used by the Qin Dynasty to attack the border tribes. Compared with the swords and weapons of the past, this kind of attack is undoubtedly bloodless, but The brutality of the war may not be inferior to the weapons of the past.

And this kind of war happens outside the borders of the country.

This new type of war, coupled with restructuring, I am afraid that many officials in the Qin Dynasty will not be able to react at all, and will not even realize what is happening. They can only wait until the 'war' is over, or the Xiongnu and other tribes have no choice but to turn back. , they will realize it later.

But it was too late.

How can such an official steal a high position?
It is bound to be cleared out step by step by His Majesty.

now
Your Majesty is already doing it.

It's just that through the restructuring, the courtiers were purged or forced to retreat step by step, leaving a certain amount of dignity for these people.

Think of this.

Xiao He's heart was heavy.

He has realized how important the matter in his hands is.

It is a matter of life and death for many people.

It also determines the future of Great Qin!
The reformed mansion is very quiet.

Xiao He has once again devoted himself to the restructuring task. He now has a different understanding of some of the ideas and insights he compiled before, and many of them have been erased by him.

Japan and China.

After sitting at my desk for an hour or two.

Chen Ping's eyes were bloodshot, and there were many 'keys' written on the big case in front of him. After thinking deeply about it over and over again, he finally understood what Zhang Liang and Xiao He were talking about.

It’s the Huns’ change.

It is a change in the world.

The changes in Da Qin will also officially kick off from this 'change'. (End of chapter)