The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 675: Got out of control? [Subscribe*Monthly ticket requested]

"Anqi will immediately convene all officials to discuss and formulate a set of regulations, and first select a county for a pilot project!" Anqisheng did not dare to use the entire royal capital for a pilot project as Yan Yan suggested, so it would be safer to select a small county for a pilot project.

Even if problems arise, the court will be able to discover and remedy them in time.

If the entire royal capital is used directly as a pilot project, once a problem arises, the entire court may not be able to suppress it. Especially since the royal capital area is the center of Bingzhou and a model for other places to learn from, problems cannot easily arise.

"Yunzhong County is under the jurisdiction of Yunlan County. It will be restructured and made into a county directly under the Beiye Royal Court and will be directly under the responsibility of the Prime Minister's Office!" An Qisheng thought about it and proposed the concept of direct jurisdiction.

Yan Yan looked at An Qisheng in surprise, he had never thought of the concept of direct jurisdiction, but he did not expect that An Qisheng could actually think of it. As expected, one should never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

"Okay!" There was no reason for Yan Yan to disagree.

The natural goal of the pilot is to gain greater freedom and authority.

Turning Yunlan County under Yunzhong County into a county directly under the central government can be carried out as a pilot project. Yunlan County will be directly responsible to the central government and a lot of trouble can be avoided.

"Then go ahead and do it. I feel very relieved to leave the internal affairs to Prime Minister Anqi!" Yan Yan encouraged Anqisheng.

As a king, he has to control the development direction of the entire country, while the specific internal affairs are the responsibility of the prime minister.

The ceremony of enthroning the emperor was held as scheduled. It was also the largest ceremony since the fall of the Zhou Dynasty. Although there were not many people attending the ceremony, they were all tycoons with great influence in their respective places and industries.

However, Bingzhou itself does not care too much about this. Whether to become an emperor or not is just a change of title.

Just from being the monarch to being Your Majesty.

For the people of Bingzhou, the biggest impact is that the Hetao Canal was finally built and officially put into use, and the transformation of Juyan Lake was also completely completed.

From then on, Bingzhou no longer had to rely entirely on foreign imports for food, and was able to achieve self-sufficiency in food to a certain extent.

At the same time, Bingzhou’s biggest move was to formally establish seven guards and thirteen offices in the fifteen counties of Bingzhou, completely transforming the conscription system into a military system.

The seven guards were stationed in the east, west, south and north of Bingzhou and the surrounding areas of the royal capital. The Chiyan Guard was set up in Danlin City in the east, the Huns Guard was set up in the north, the Western Regions Guard and Gaoquesai Guard were set up in the west, the Loufan Guard was set up in the south near the Lishi Fortress of Qin State, the Yanmen Guard was set up near the State of Yan, and the Yulin Guard was set up in the central royal capital.

The thirteen outposts were set up in the existing counties of Bingzhou according to the tribes and population of each county.

The smallest of the seven guards had a strength of 15,000 men, while the largest had a strength of 50,000.

The thirteen institutes have a minimum of three thousand and a maximum of six thousand.

The establishment of the Wei Suo abolished the conscription system of county soldiers and prefecture soldiers. All soldiers in the Wei Suo were military personnel and consisted of all-professional soldiers.

The soldiers of the garrisons usually do not participate in the management of county affairs. They are only responsible for guarding one side and preventing riots and rebellions. They are not under the jurisdiction of local county officials. They are under the jurisdiction of the next higher garrison, and the garrisons are directly under the jurisdiction of the National Guard.

The establishment of the guards directly shocked the royal tribes of the grasslands that had just surrendered.

After all, there are garrisons in all the four borders of Bingzhou to guard against them. If they dare to resist or rebel, there is no need to send troops from the Beiye royal court. The local garrisons are capable of suppressing them directly.

After the coronation ceremony, envoys from various countries and Ying Zheng returned to their respective countries to prepare their own plans.

Shortly after the envoys from various countries left, the food and fodder that were promised and pledged to be sent to Bingzhou were delivered on time without any withholding.

Then Bingzhou also took the money and took corresponding actions.

Gaoquesai Guard, one of the seven guards of Bingzhou, dispatched 30,000 troops and stationed them on the northern border of Longxi.

The Qin army was also forced to dispatch the Northern Army and station troops at the border to confront the Bingzhou army.

Even after the news came out, the whole world was shaken, and everyone was shocked that the two most powerful princes in the world were finally going to fight each other.

The alliance of Yan, Wei and Chu could not have imagined that Bingzhou would act so quickly.

"Is it a real fight or a fake one?" The kings of the Three Kingdoms were all hesitant. Deploying troops at the border was just a cold war, and no fighting had begun.

What if Bingzhou and Qin were just pretending to test and fear each other? "Report, report, report~Urgent news from Qin Beidi and Bingzhou Wuyuan!" The urgent secret report was transmitted to Jicheng, Daliang and Shouchun Palace over a thousand miles.

Qin and Bingzhou went to war.

Gaoquesai in Bingzhou sent out 30,000 troops and directly captured the Yiqu County of Qin.

The Qin State was not to be outdone and sent out 50,000 troops to capture three cities in the Hetao area of ​​Bingzhou.

"Did a fight really break out?" Yan Chunjun and Fan Yuqi were both a little bit incredulous when they received the news.

This was not a field battle, but a real capture of the enemy's city.

Yiqu is one of the most important cities in the west of Qin State. It is extremely important in strategic terms. Controlling Yiqu is equivalent to strangling the throat of Qin State in the west.

Hetao is also of great significance to Bingzhou, as it is the granary of Bingzhou.

This is a never-ending rhythm.

"Bingzhou is so big?" The princes of the Three Kingdoms were a little confused.

They asked Bingzhou to contain Qin, but it was just a containment. They never thought that Qin and Bingzhou would completely break up and fight to the death.

Can 300,000 grains and fodder really cause Bingzhou to completely break off with the Qin State?

Isn’t this price too low?

"Huh?" Ying Zheng and Yan Yan were also a little confused when they received the news.

They all told the generals at the front line that it was just an exercise, to be performed for the princes, and there was no need to cause real casualties.

"What is Li Xin (Cao Shen) doing!" Ying Zheng and Yan Yan asked the question immediately, wondering whether the generals on the front line understood what they meant.

Li Xin replied that he knew Xianyang's intention, but who would have thought that Bingzhou would suddenly appear in Yiqiu and besiege Yiqiu, so he could only send troops to besiege the three counties in the Hetao area.

Cao Shen was also helpless. He had to act realistically as this was the order from the Beiye royal court. However, Gaoque Pass was a bit far from the Qin border. If he just wandered around on the grassland, anyone with a discerning eye would know that he was acting. So he could only send troops to appear under the city of Yiqiu.

"So, actually... neither of them captured the other's city?" Yan Yan and Ying Zheng both breathed a sigh of relief after reading the report.

It’s good that there is no siege, otherwise it would really become a real thing.

"You scared me!" Yan Yan cursed in a low voice.

but……

"Call the Foreign Minister!" Yan Yan thought for a moment and spoke directly.

Soon, Gongsun Linglong arrived at the school administration hall.

"You go tell the three kingdoms of Yan, Wei and Chu that we accidentally messed up and we have to pay more money!" Yan Yan said to Gongsun Linglong.

Three hundred thousand shi of grain and grass will make Bingzhou and Qin break up completely? What are you thinking? You have to pay more!
"Did a fight really break out?" Gongsun Linglong was also a little confused.

They knew about Qin Bing's exercises.

But this performance is quite realistic!

"Cao Shen and Li Xin are playing a little too big, making it a little too realistic. Even I was almost deceived, not to mention those princes, so, add more money!"

Yan Yan said calmly.

Cao Shen and Li Xin also asked for instructions respectively, and the two met privately. They cleared several cities and evacuated the people, treating it as a real combat exercise.

(End of this chapter)