Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Fighting the locust plague is an extremely arduous and long task.

Not to mention that what Great Qin is facing this time is an unprecedented super desert locust plague.

It can be said that even a thousand years later, the disaster level of this locust plague will be quite high!

If the desert locusts are allowed to multiply accidentally, the land of Guandong is likely to have no harvest for several consecutive quarters!
  At that time, even if the yield of sweet potatoes is so high, it will not be able to relieve the land of Guandong for a long time, and the Huns' wool trade will also need a large amount of sweet potatoes to support.

Otherwise, the Northern Territory of Great Qin, which had finally stabilized, would probably fall into chaos again.

This locust plague was an extraordinary test for the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng and Li Shimin stayed in Handan City to take charge of the overall situation.

Cui Yuan, Ying Yinman and Yin Gaofeng, under the leadership of Guo Li, began to patrol around Handan to check whether the officials were corrupt and perverting the law.

Guo Li is a very serious and responsible county guard.

Although Cui Yuan's decision was made on the spur of the moment, he clearly remembered the location of each disaster relief site and the responsible officials at all levels.

Under his guidance, everyone encountered little delay, and soon discovered that many corrupt officials were oppressing the people.

There are those who take advantage of the fact that the harvest of the people's fields has failed and want to annex the people's fields.

Some people saw the beautiful daughters of common people and forced them to sell their daughters to them as maids.

There are even people who use their power to seek personal gain through disaster relief, squeezing out the last bit of wealth from the people. Wherever there is more money, food will be distributed first.

There are all kinds of them, not all but one.

Along the way, both Ying Yinman and Yin Gaofeng were so angry that their teeth itched, and the blood on the swords of the guards beside them never dried up.

They didn't say anything, but their angry looks had more impact than any words!
  Especially Ying Yinman, she seemed to have never been so angry, her whole body was trembling.

"Governor Guo!"

"Obviously Da Qin has reformed the official evaluation system, allowing them to change places every few years. Why is the situation still like this?"

Ying Yinman was the one who couldn't understand this matter the most.

Although she was not in Kuaiji County at the time, she had heard from Wang Li.

At the beginning, Cui Yuan anticipated the corruption problem among the newly appointed officials, so he proposed in advance that the officials should be rotated every three years.

Pre-selected officials and supervisory censors were also set up!

But now, these measures seem to have completely failed!

Guo Li lowered his head and felt panicked. He didn't know how to answer. Fortunately, Cui Yuan helped him.

"Madam, it's because they feel that the court will enforce the law but not punish the public."

Cui Yuan spoke the answer calmly, his expression very calm from beginning to end.

No matter how good his reform measures are, when they are implemented at the grassroots level, it is still people who implement them.

Handan County is now full of locusts. Just walking along the road alone can kill hundreds of locusts.

Under such a serious natural disaster, let's not talk about how many of the candidate officials and supervisory censors can stick to their original intentions and perform their duties.

Just say that they are really selfless to report these behaviors. Who can be sent to investigate and punish Handan, which is now on the verge of collapse?

"These corrupt officials will only feel that the court has no time to care about them now that there is a catastrophe."

"And when the disaster is over and the people are almost dead, the court will not blame them because of a group of people who have died."

"At that time, the land and houses they occupy now will all belong to them."

Yin Gaofeng's expression was full of disbelief: "Are they crazy? How dare they covet such wealth?"

"Why not?"

Cui Yuan sneered and looked at Guo Li: "Governor Guo, did the situation I just mentioned happen often in the past?"

Guo Li nodded towards Yin Gaofeng and sighed: "Master Yin has been observing the celestial phenomena at the All-Sky Star Tower. It is actually normal to not understand these things."

"Since ancient times, [-]% of natural disaster losses have been caused by disasters, and the remaining [-]% are caused by various man-made disasters."

"Under this situation, the chaos in Handan can be expected!"

"In other words, the current situation is already very good. If it weren't for His Highness King Qin's reform measures, I'm afraid the current chaos would be ten times worse!"

"After all, this is a super locust plague. In the past, at least a million people would have died!"

“With so much land vacant, there will naturally be people who want to occupy it in advance.”

"It's so annoying!"

After hearing this, Ying Yinman was so angry that she stepped forward and kicked a corrupt official who was bullying the people!

Although Yin Gaofeng was not like this, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes!
  But it seems that they got wind of it, and the further they go, the fewer corrupt officials they encounter.

After a day of patrolling, more than twenty people were killed in the morning, but in the afternoon, less than five were killed.

"It seems the deterrent effect has been accomplished."

Cui Yuan shook the blood on his robe, called Guo Li, and ordered: "It's probably useless to go any further. Those corrupt officials must have gotten the news and learned of my arrival, and they will restrain themselves." .”

"But they will definitely continue to cause chaos before long."

"Governor Guo, please send out several supervision teams every few days and let them hide their identities to monitor these corrupt officials. If you have time, it is best if you are among them."

"As long as they are found to be bullying the people, they can be arrested and imprisoned. Anyone who dares to resist will be executed on the spot!"

"In troubled times, heavy regulations should be used. Even if Handan is extremely short of manpower, we cannot let these corrupt officials run wild and chill the hearts of the people!"

Locusts cannot destroy the country, but the people's hearts will!

Cui Yuan understands this truth better than anyone in this era!
  After listening to Cui Yuan's words, Guo Li was stunned for dozens of breaths before he breathed rapidly and said: "Your Highness, King Qin, please rest assured, I will definitely follow your instructions!"

The reason why he behaves like this is not because the task given by Cui Yuan is too difficult to complete!
  But because the importance of this task is too high!

He has not forgotten that although the killing just now was bloody, every time Cui Yuan revealed his identity and executed those corrupt officials. The oppressed people around him all looked at Cui Yuan with fanatical eyes!

It can be said that Cui Yuan acted too fast and wanted to kill more corrupt officials before they could react. He would leave immediately as soon as the treatment was completed.

As long as he stays a little longer, the people will definitely be grateful to him!
  Now, Cui Yuan has actually given this task to himself. It can be said that he is giving himself the credit for eradicating treachery and making himself loved by the people!

As long as he can show up frequently and successfully solve the locust plague as a commander, he will definitely be loved by the people and become a household name in Handan County, everyone knows it!

Unlike His Highness the King of Qin, whose reputation has reached its peak, although Guo Li is the governor of Handan County, the people of Handan actually don't care much about him, and even hate him very much.

There is no other reason, just because his father, Guo Kai, is a well-known traitor in Zhao!
  When Qin attacked Zhao, it encountered a lot of troubles. Especially the Zhao general Li Mu at that time was extremely stable and held Qin unable to attack for a long time.

As a last resort, Da Qin chose to bribe Guo Kai, a popular figure next to King Zhao at the time, to slander Li Mu and indirectly prevent Lian Po, another general of Zhao State, from returning.

After the Qin Dynasty conquered the State of Zhao, Guo Kai thought he had done something good for Qin, so he followed Wang Jian to Xianyang, the capital of Qin.

Due to his many years of corruption and bribery, and plundering people's wealth, he accumulated countless gold, silver and jewelry, which he could not carry with him, and most of them were hidden in the cellar of his Handan residence. When the war subsided a little, he reported to the King of Qin and asked for leave to return to Zhao to move his family property. His Majesty agreed.

However, what he didn't expect was that when he returned to Handan to collect the gold, loaded it with several cars, and prepared to rush to Xianyang proudly.

Suddenly a group of robbers appeared in the middle of the journey and not only robbed him of all his money. And he was cut in half in the name of a traitor!
  Guo Li was able to become the governor of Handan County not only because of his outstanding abilities, but also because he was a descendant of Zhao traitor, which made Da Qin particularly trust him.

However, it is because of this, and it is also due to this!
  Because he was a descendant of Zhao traitor, he was trusted by the Qin court and became the governor of Handan County.

At the same time, because of this identity, he encountered obstacles everywhere in Handan County and had no hope of promotion!

Cui Yuan's current order is no less than a gift to Guo Li!
  As long as he can grasp it, not only can he gain a lot of reputation, he can even be promoted to work in Xianyang!

Great opportunity!
  I must catch it!
  Thinking of this, Guo Li seemed to feel that his answer just now was not decisive enough, and immediately added: "I will definitely live up to His Highness the King of Qin's trust, and I will find out all the traitors!"

"If I miss even one mistake, I will kill myself on the spot to apologize!"

Cui Yuan looked strange: "..."

No, I just issued an order casually, why did you have such a big reaction?
  Those who know understand that you are providing disaster relief, but those who don’t know probably think that you are going to go to war, so why bother setting up a military order?

At this time, Cui Yuan has not yet realized that his current status and a casual word can change a person's destiny.

But seeing Guo Li being so enthusiastic, Cui Yuan couldn't dissuade him.

And this guy looks pretty good, I might use him again in the future.

"Very good!"

Cui Yuan replied lightly, and then had dozens of fires set up in the wasteland by the roadside, and then returned to Handan City with Ying Yinman and Yin Gaofeng.

The next day, in response to Cui Yuan's order, the first batch of about five thousand poultry arrived quickly.

This made Guo Li admire him even more. He had been begging and working hard for several days, and he only managed to collect less than [-] poultry.

But now Cui Yuan gives an order, and there are five thousand in one day, and it is conceivable that there must be more poultry on the way!
  "There is no need to send people to inspect today. We just inspected yesterday and killed many people. Now those corrupt officials should die of old age temporarily."

"Just follow me and see how to control this locust plague!"

"This way, you won't be in a hurry when there is a locust plague in the future!"

"Thank you, His Highness King Qin, for your advice. I will definitely keep it in mind!"

Guo Li puffed up his chest and beat loudly!
  "Then let's get started!"

Cui Yuan nodded noncommittally.

Although he ordered his followers to drive these five thousand plus the original three thousand, a total of eight thousand birds to the outside of the city, preparing to deal with the locusts flying in the sky.

Those birds were a little disobedient at first, but under the pressure of national destiny released by Cui Yuan and the effect of the title, they became obedient in an instant.

What means is this?
  Guo Li was shocked and followed him step by step.

Soon, Cui Yuan drove many birds to the outside of the city.

Almost the moment they set foot outside the city, they met the locusts flying in the sky outside the city.

These poultry, which had been quiet at first, immediately started clucking and squawking towards the locust swarm!
  The basic appearance is like a wolf that has been hungry for three days and three nights and suddenly sees delicious meat!

Large swaths of locusts quickly disappeared in their mouths, leaving behind a vacuum without any locusts!
  The speed was so fast that it was unprecedented, and Guo Li was almost dumbfounded on the spot!
  On the Handan city wall, Ying Zheng, Li Shimin and others who did not follow him out of the city due to safety concerns were extremely shocked when they saw this scene.

Although Cui Yuan had already said that birds were the natural enemies of locusts, this clear effect still scared them!
  Although the disappearing locusts are just a drop in the bucket of the army of locusts in Handan County, poultry from all major prefectures and counties are also being sent in a steady stream!

"His Majesty the First Emperor, I am so envious!"

Li Shimin's expression was complicated and his tone was extremely envious: "If Cui Yuan were with me, my journey would be much easier!"

He was jealous, but at the same time he was helpless.

Because Li Shimin understood that this was just his wishful thinking after all.

If something happens, it's not if.

Ying Zheng smiled and said nothing, but his eyes showed undisguised relief.

……

"Quick! Everyone obeys the order!"

"Raise a bonfire around the poultry flocks and put hay to attract more locusts!"

Outside Handan City, Cui Yuan was not satisfied with this momentary success, but immediately ordered the following guards to consolidate the results.

If these birds are allowed to get high and follow the locust swarms around, it will be very troublesome to catch them again.

He had promised to return these birds intact to the people!
  The best way is to use firelight to attract all the locusts and allow the birds to move only within a certain range.

It was already evening. As the fire rose, large numbers of locusts were attracted, hovered around the fire, and were then devoured by the birds.

Next to each fire, there are guards guarding it, driving away the approaching birds and cleaning up the burned locust corpses!

Time passed slowly, and when the next day came, a new batch of ten thousand birds was delivered.

Outside Xianyang City, seven large piles of locust corpses have risen, and a large number of birds have fallen to the ground to rest!
  At this moment, the locusts surrounding Handan City had become much thinner. (End of chapter)