Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 644 Autumn Hunting Ceremony (Updated from yesterday)
Xianyang City, Shanglin Garden.

After driving away [-] Xianyang people, the price was that Qin II had to guard against more people.

This time during the Autumn Hunting Ceremony, Qin Ershi was surrounded by five layers of guards all the time, and the arrival of the lower ranks could not even see the second emperor's back.

Such a tight defense would naturally hinder hunting, so the Second King simply gave up hunting with the soldiers.

There are only eight people who can accompany the Second Emperor in the same tent.

Meng Tian, ​​Meng Zhong, Meng Qiu, Li Xin, Li Yafu, Zhang Han, Sima Wuyi, Wang Li.

These people were crowded into one room, and everyone could naturally see the status of the noble family in the court.The Meng family is the first, followed by the Li family, the Zhang family, the Sima family, and the Wang family.

As for these young people who have emerged around the second generation, anyone with a discerning eye can understand at a glance that these are talents that the second generation will continue to use in the future.

Wang Li was able to get such an opportunity today, and he was naturally grateful to His Majesty from the bottom of his heart.You must know that the Wang family was almost hit by the second generation, and the once leafy tree was now only a bunch of branches with only a few leaves floating on it.

Although Wang Li was sitting in the tent, he was very afraid in his heart. He was afraid of offending the emperor, so he cut off the last bloodline of the Wang family in the court.

"Champion Hou——"

"The minister is here."

"I have something to entrust to you today."

Li Xin stood in the court and bowed.

"I ordered all the generals to bring the youngest son of the family with me in the autumn hunting ceremony. Now that all the young masters gather in Shanglinyuan, I want the champion to take all the youngest sons to hunt together and hold an archery competition. Every year between eighteen and thirty , you can just participate. Just ask the champion marquis to supervise the younger sons, and the competition will be fair, and whoever can win the first place in the end, I will give him the post of deputy guard of Habayashi guard."

"No. 2, I let him join the Forbidden Army, and No. 3, I chose him to join the Huben Guard. As for the others, I will give them all I hunted in Shanglin Garden, but after the ceremony is over, I will take him home. go."

Huo Cheng was naturally overjoyed after hearing this.This is a good thing.

Once His Majesty chooses the deputy guard, doesn't that mean that someone will act as his captain in the future, so he can be promoted.

It's always been like this.

After hearing this, all the soldiers secretly began to fight in their hearts.The deputy guard of the Yulin Guards can accompany the emperor on his errands, and he is the best choice to lead the army in the future.

"only!"

Li Xin took the order, turned around and went outside the tent.

The three young men all looked at Niji eagerly.

The second generation naturally urged:

"Hurry up and go one by one!"

The three young people were very excited after hearing this. This was an opportunity given to them by His Majesty.

Li Yafu was the most excited and immediately stood up to bow to the emperor.

Seeing the young man's speech and behavior, the Second King looked very much like Li Xin when he was young, and couldn't help but praise him.

"The young son of a champion prince is quite like his father!"

Li Yafu was even more excited after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, the young general will definitely take the lead and come back to meet Your Majesty."

"Then I will wait for your good news in this tent."

Both Wang Li and Sima Wuyi were indifferent. They looked young, but they already held important positions and did not need to do this.And Wang Li was still in the tent, his heart at home, with a bitter look on his face.

The second could not help asking:
"Wang Li, why are you so gloomy today?"

"Your Majesty, my father has been on the bed of illness recently, and I am worried."

"In that case, why not report earlier."

"The minister wanted to report to His Majesty earlier, but my father insisted on refusing, and asked me to come and serve His Majesty."

The number of people in the autumn hunting ceremony this time was more than half less than before, and the Second Emperor called the youngest sons of these people over to fill the field.

There were only a few people there, and if Wang Li, as a lieutenant, did not come again, Wang Ben was worried that the emperor would be dissatisfied with their family.

"I order you to go back and serve your father."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Originally, this year's autumn hunting was very deserted, and when strict precautions were needed, there were already few people in the tent. Now five of them have left, and the emperor only has four left.

For a moment, the tent became deserted, and Meng Tian naturally frowned in solemnity.

If this were Zhangtai Palace, a solemn and solemn place, it wouldn't matter if there were fewer people on weekdays.But today is the Autumn Hunting Ceremony, the favorite ceremony of the mighty and martial Qin Empire. It is a time when famous generals gather and everyone is noisy.

Meng Tian had been with the First Emperor for a long time, and had seen many big scenes. But now during this grand ceremony, the emperor was so lonely around him, and Meng Tian couldn't stand it.

Meng Tian was very worried about the future of the second generation, and even more worried about the future of Qin.Without strong military power, it is impossible to control border areas just by relying on reputation.

This time, he saw that the second generation was not in the mood to hold the Autumn Hunting Ceremony.Meng Tian knew very well that the second generation was having trouble sleeping at night, fearing that the descendants of the deposed officials would come and take revenge.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to Your Majesty, but I'm just worried about disturbing Your Majesty's leisurely pursuit of autumn hunting."

"Dazhu Kingdom, there is no one else around me now, Dazhu Kingdom will just say it."

"Your Majesty, the world is in peace now, but I think that your Majesty should think about the foundation of the Qin State a hundred years from now. In the past, when the late emperor was still alive, he had vigorously built Chidao in order to open up the roads from Xianyang City to all parts of the world, so as to be surrounded by the frontiers. I have the courage to ask Your Majesty to send General Zhao Tuo back to Guanzhong to frighten the world."

Zhao Tuo's 30 troops...

When this matter was mentioned, the atmosphere in the tent became solemn for a while.

Now the only person in this account who understands military affairs is Meng Tian, ​​and Zhang Han is one of them. Although Sima Wuyi is an internal historian, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, he is actually a local governor, not good at military affairs.

"In the past, the Qin State had millions of troops, but the total population of the country was only less than ten million. All kinds of taxes were added up, and the construction of imperial mausoleums, palaces, and imperial cities one after another cost another one million people. The young and middle-aged people in the country Labor, guarding the border, repairing the tombs, this is already a population of 100 million."

"However, there are tens of millions of people in the world. After removing the elderly, women, and children, and removing the millions of troops, the manpower allocated to build the imperial mausoleum, and the remaining men who are used to work, even if it exceeds 100 million, they will definitely not be able to support the people of the world. .”

"China has always been based on agriculture, and everyone in the empire should pay attention to people's livelihood. But in the capital of Qin, there are already millions of people. In Guanzhong, there are even millions of people. The people's livelihood in the world has been exhausted for a long time, and there are many people in Guanzhong. Being a drag on the capital, now that taxes have just been reduced, we should go all out and insist on implementing the policy of light corvee and low tax for several years, so as to completely dismantle the support of the common people of the six countries for the nobles of the six countries."

"In this way, the unstable factors in the world will naturally be eliminated. If the resentment and pain of the people's livelihood cannot be resolved, naturally no one will support the empire, let alone select people to serve the empire."

(There are two more chapters later.)
(End of this chapter)