My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 868: Chang'an Jun has achieved his goal and received the title of Heaven and Earth? Ying Chengjiao's confusion and Ying Zheng's worries!

When they heard the number of casualties caused by the earth dragon's reversal, all the court officials in the Qilin Palace had their eyes wide open!
Lu Buwei held up four fingers and whispered in disbelief: "Only over 40,000?!"

"The earth dragon that affected thirteen counties and more than 630,000 people only lost more than 40,000 people?!"

Major earthquakes that affected thirteen counties have occurred in Daqin before.

Just over 20 years ago, a major earthquake struck the Bashu region, affecting 16 counties and more than 500,000 people.

That earthquake directly caused the deaths of more than 50,000 people, and the subsequent famine, plague, and unrest caused the deaths or escape of more than 200,000 people!

What about the Zhengxian earthquake this time?
Although the subsequent impact of the earthquake has not yet ended, Lu Buwei believes that with Ying Chengjiao's many years of experience in marching and fighting, it would be impossible for a large-scale plague and unrest to break out in the disaster area, let alone cause heavy casualties in the disaster area due to plague and unrest.

The total loss of manpower caused by the Zhengxian earthquake is probably around 50,000!

This means that Ying Chengjiao saved more than 100,000 lives by disobeying orders this time, and reduced the loss rate of disaster victims from nearly half to less than 10%!
Lu Buwei knew that if the court sent manpower to take the initiative to intervene in the rescue, more victims would be rescued.

But even Lu Buwei, who supported vigorous disaster relief, did not expect Ying Chengjiao to be able to do so!

When Zhao Gao read out Ying Chengjiao's request for relief for the victims and tax and labor service reduction, Chunyu Yue excitedly cried out: "They're back! They're all back!"

"Liu Ji is indeed a villain!"

"Now that Chang'an Jun has distanced himself from the deception of that villain Liu Ji, he has truly become a role model for a gentleman again!"

"It is a blessing for the Qin Dynasty to have a gentleman like Chang'an Jun."

"If our Great Qin can implement such benevolent policies, it will be a blessing for all the people and the world!"

Yuan Shou and other doctors also clenched their fists excitedly and looked at Ying Zheng with expectant eyes.

Feng Quji, Li Si, Han Fei and other ministers put away their smiles and looked solemn.

Feng Quji said bluntly: "Chang'an Jun disobeyed the king's order, no matter how much he did, it has nothing to do with the court. But if the king really accepts Chang'an Jun's advice, my Great Qin's relief of disaster victims will become a common practice and even written into the law."

"However, in recent decades, the Great Zhou has lost its moral integrity and natural disasters have occurred everywhere. If we distribute food, donate grain seeds, or even exempt the people in the disaster-stricken areas from taxes and labor service for one to three years every time a natural disaster occurs, how can we, the Great Qin, use our manpower! How can we use our money and food!"

"And once the people of our Great Qin get used to being rewarded without merit, the appeal of our Great Qin military merit titles will weaken, and the people of our Great Qin will be less motivated to strive for titles and rewards!"

"More importantly, Lord Chang'an's remonstrance is shaking the fundamental strategy of our Great Qin's governance!"

"This advice from Lord Chang'an is really unwise!"

Lu Buwei was just trying to find excuses to make room for Qin's policy of weakening the people.

But Ying Chengjiao's advice was tantamount to a direct attack on the Qin Dynasty's policy of weakening its people!
How could the court officials who advocated the idea of ​​weakening the people in order to control them agree with this!

But just as Feng Quji and other ministers were thinking about how to refute Ying Chengjiao, the last sentence in Ying Chengjiao's report had already hit the Qilin Hall.

"I again ask the king to build an altar in Zheng County."

"Yun Chen is in Zheng County, offering sacrifices to the Earth Dragon!"

Feng Quji, Lu Buwei and all the other court officials suddenly looked up with a look of deep astonishment in their eyes.

Chang'an Jun has always firmly said that he cannot communicate with ghosts and gods, understand the universe, or contact the previous kings of the Qin Dynasty, and he is not a great witch. He has even publicly stated many times that there are no ghosts, immortals or gods in the world! Even though the Qin emperor and his ministers and even the people of the world have exposed Chang'an Jun's lies, Chang'an Jun is unwilling to admit it.

And today, Chang'an Jun actually took the initiative to ask for a sacrifice to the Earth Dragon? !
Ying Le couldn't help but take two steps forward excitedly, looking at Ying Zheng and shouting excitedly: "Your Majesty!"

"In the past, Chang'an Jun was determined not to admit that he was a great sorcerer who could communicate with ghosts and gods and understand heaven and earth. I think that perhaps Chang'an Jun has not yet been recognized by heaven and earth, so he cannot speak openly."

"Now, Lord Chang'an is finally willing to frankly acknowledge his status as a great witch, and is even willing to preside over the Earth Dragon sacrifice as a great witch."

“But is it because Lord Chang’an has achieved the right result and has been granted the title of Heaven and Earth?!”

If Ying Chengjiao recognizes the identity of the Great Wizard, it will directly threaten Ying Le's official position and authority.

But Ying Le was more eager than anyone else to have Ying Chengjiao recognize his identity as the great wizard.

It’s a pity that Ying Zheng’s mind was not on the court at all. He just stared blankly at the bamboo slips in his hand.

[Brother, I thought I had seen too many dead and injured people, and my heart was colder than a fish-killing knife, but when I saw the disaster victims in Zheng County, I still felt sorry for them.]

[They paid their taxes to the Qin Dynasty. They thought they were Qin people. How could the Qin Dynasty just turn a blind eye when they were in trouble?]

[The rise of our Great Qin is not just the work of you and me, but also the work of the Qin people! ]

[I cannot understand the way our Great Qin is providing disaster relief, and I do not want to cause trouble to you, so I will go to the disaster area to rescue the victims on my own.]

[Of course, the physical suffering of the victims can be relieved by relief and rescue, but how can the mental suffering of the victims be relieved? ]

[I am not a great witch, but everyone in the world thinks I am a great witch. The disaster victims in Zheng County place their hopes and thoughts on me.]

[I think it would be better to simply acknowledge this identity, or even to offer sacrifices to the earth dragon as a great witch to give more encouragement and comfort to the victims.]

[I don’t know if this move will affect my elder brother’s policy of governing the country. I am also confused and at a loss right now.]

【Brother, what should I do? 】

Rarely, Ying Chengjiao did not add any emoticons in his private message to Ying Zheng.

Ying Chengjiao's handwriting is filled with deep confusion and helplessness.

Ying Chengjiao didn't know whether there was a place for a great wizard in the official structure designed by Ying Zheng. Ying Chengjiao didn't know whether Ying Zheng would be willing to accept a great wizard who was deeply loved by the people. Ying Chengjiao didn't even know whether his actions were reversing history and making Chinese civilization one step further away from entering the scientific age.

Ying Chengjiao was worried that his actions would make Ying Zheng, who already believed in the existence of immortals and gods, even more keen on seeking immortals and asking gods for advice. He was worried that the two brothers would have conflicts in the future due to the dispute over royal power and divine power. He was worried that he would misremember disasters or climate and betray the trust of the people of the world. He was worried that one day the world would discover that he was a big liar and cause unrest.

There are so many worries and confusions that I cannot put them into words.

But Ying Zheng could see from the words written by Ying Chengjiao that Ying Chengjiao was unwilling and helpless but had to do it!

What made Ying Zheng even more uneasy was that Ying Chengjiao always resolutely refused to have anything to do with the gods and ghosts, and would never reveal his abilities unless it was absolutely necessary.

In Ying Zheng's opinion, this is enough to show that there is a price to pay for Ying Chengjiao to use his abilities!
Ying Zheng was not afraid that Ying Chengjiao would become a great wizard admired by everyone in Qin, nor was he afraid to change the power structure of Qin for Ying Chengjiao.

Ying Zheng was only afraid that Ying Chengjiao would have to pay a heavy price for the Qin Dynasty, or even sacrifice his life as firewood to sacrifice to heaven and earth!

(End of this chapter)