Seeing a group of elderly senior civil servants from the Qin Empire kneeling before him, Hu Hai felt a little uncomfortable. After calming himself down, he smiled and said: "My dear friends, please stand up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Li Si and other ministers got up, they stood quietly on both sides of the hall, waiting for Hu Hai to enter the hall first. Hu Hai said no more and walked towards the government hall first.
Entering the hall, I saw that the meeting hall was wide and tall, but the furnishings were extremely simple. It was not as magnificent as Hu Hai thought.
In the center of the lobby is an eye-catching black wooden screen that almost stretches across the hall. The two large copper characters on the screen are particularly eye-catching. Unfortunately, Hu Hai doesn't recognize them, which makes him very upset.
There is a long and large book table in the middle of the wooden screen, and below the book table on both sides are a row of smaller book tables.
Outside the desk area, there are two huge bronze tripods and two almost equally huge incense burners. Apart from that, there are no other decorative furnishings. There is no red carpet on the floor paved with white jade, and even the seats behind the desk are very small.
Woven from ordinary grass.
As soon as Hu Hai entered the hall, he immediately felt empty and deserted. This palace was completely different from the noble and luxurious palace he had imagined. Hu Hai felt "cold" everywhere.
Isn't this palace with extremely simple decoration and furnishings a true portrayal of the Qin people's tenacity and frugality? And this tenacity and simplicity of character is probably why it was Da Qin that destroyed the Six Kingdoms instead of the other five states such as Chu or Zhao.
The reason is the country.
Hu Hai looked at the "cold" feeling of the main hall, and walked towards the long and large book table in front of the wooden screen with full of reverence. When he came to the book table, he turned around and said: "Dear ladies, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The neat voices were particularly loud in the empty and tall hall. Apparently Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Liao and other important ministers of the Qin Empire were also full of respect for this simple and cold palace.
Hu Hai lifted up the hem of his clothes and sat down cross-legged in a slightly awkward way, but he was thinking in his heart, it seems that this chair must be made as soon as possible, otherwise if he crosses his legs like this every day, sooner or later he will become bow-legged like a Japanese slave?
After Li Si and other ministers sat cross-legged one after another, they all looked at Hu Hai quietly, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.
Hu Hai's writing desk is obviously much higher than the writing desks of the ministers on both sides, and the main hall is brightly lit, and Hu Hai's eyes are definitely 1.5 without any myopia, so Hu Hai can clearly see the hall.
Below are every change in the expressions on the faces of these top ministers of the Great Qin Empire.
Among these people, except for Li Si, Feng Quji, Feng Jie, Wei Liao, the Meng brothers and Zhang Han, who he was already familiar with, he found that not all of the other ministers had never been seen before, at least some of them were vague to him.
Impression, although I can’t remember exactly when I saw it.
"Li Aiqing, have Wang Li's troops arranged all the food, grass and weapons they need?"
Hu Hai asked, and after speaking, he waved his hand to stop Li Si from getting up to salute, and continued.
"Today's discussion of politics, dear friends, you don't need to be polite, just sit back and answer."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Si and others thanked him in unison.
"Replying to Your Majesty, the veteran officer has sent Pegasus to pass the news to the Lantianyuan camp and ordered him to prepare the weapons and supplies required by General Wang Li. The soldiers of General Wang Li will carry the supplies needed along the way according to Your Majesty's order.
To meet daily needs. But Your Majesty, this will slow down the march of General Wang Li’s army.”
"My dear, don't worry. I ordered each soldier of Wang Li's army to carry only five days of food with him and march to the Lantianyuan camp. If the army from Nanyang to Chenjun needs enough, it only needs to be replenished in Lantianyuan to reach Chenjun. So I
Then I asked Aiqing to fly to the Lantianyuan camp to prepare enough mules and horses for Wang Li's use."
"Why doesn't Your Majesty recruit conscripts to accompany the king's general to escort grain, grass, ordnance?"
Meng Tian asked.
"My dear, can Xianyang of the Qin Dynasty still recruit enough soldiers to support an army of 100,000 people? Even if we can recruit enough soldiers, I don't think General Wang Li will lead his army to Chen County." Hu Hai said calmly.
"Your Majesty, why are you saying this?" Meng Tian was confused.
"Because then he will cause chaos in Xianyang! Haha!"
Hu Hai smiled, but his smile was a little bitter.
This sentence made all the ministers in the hall speechless. After a while, they all spoke in unison.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Whether I am a saint or not, it all depends on whether I can protect our country, Qin Dynasty!"
Hu Hai sighed, and then continued without waiting for the ministers to react,
"Li Aiqing and Feng Aiqing, have you sent all the edicts to Lishan and other places to build straight roads?"
"Your Majesty, the veteran is responsible for handling the aftermath of the straight roads in various places. The edict has been issued this morning. The veteran has also been assigned to the Su Neishi Mansion. Officials from the Shaofu Mansion left Xianyang at noon and rushed to the various straight roads. There are also officials from the left and right supervisory offices.
Accompany them to supervise the actions of the officials in these two governments and maintain order to prevent chaos."
After Li Si finished speaking, he looked at Feng Quji, who was sitting opposite. It was obvious that he was in charge of the two construction sites in Lishan.
"Your Majesty, I am responsible for the handling of the labor at the Lishan Mausoleum and the Palace. The edicts and subsequent officials will also handle the same as Mr. Li."
Feng Quji said concisely and concisely. He was very lazy.
"Can we prepare enough food to compensate the people working in these three places? Is there enough food near Xianyang?"
Hu Hai was a little worried about this. Although he knew that Da Qin had twelve major official warehouses, Aocang in Sanchuan County, Chenliucang in Dang County, Langxie County in Langye County, Huangcang in Jiaodong County, Xuancang in Linzi County, and Jiucang County.
The nine official warehouses, Beihecang in Yuanjun County, Chengducang in Shujun, Wancang in Nanyang County, and Dudaocang in Dongjun are not in Guanzhong.
If the grain storage in the three official warehouses near Xianyang in Guanzhong is not enough, grain must be transferred from the official warehouse near Guanzhong. The nearest Aocang in Sanchuan County is also hundreds of miles away from Guanzhong. This will be a big problem for today's Daqin.
It's a huge problem.
Why? Because we can no longer recruit laborers, and there are no more ones to recruit. We can’t re-levy those who were just said to be sent back to complete their labor service. It is also feasible, but will they be willing?
If there are no servants, we can only rely on the army to transport it. Not to mention how many troops and journeys are required. The key is that the distance is so far and a round trip will take a lot of time. All Hu Hai's plans will be disrupted.
Li Si obviously knew what Hu Hai was worried about, so he cupped his hands and said,
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The total number of laborers in these three places is more than 4.3 million. According to your Majesty's decree, one person and one stone will require more than 4 million stone. The three warehouses of grain in our Neishi County only need two warehouses."
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Hu Hai was really "shocked" when he heard Li Si's words. Darling, these are just the three official warehouses near Xianyang, and they are not the most famous Aocang in later generations that he knows. There is so much grain in two warehouses, and Aocang
How many are there?
As far as he knew, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the people were in trouble due to years of war. At that time, people were fighting and could not engage in agricultural production. After Aocang was occupied, the grain stored in it supported Liu Bang and Xiang Yu in destroying Qin, and then supported Liu Bang in destroying Chu.
It was used until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to transfer grain from Aocang.
This shows that Ao Cang has a lot of grain stored in it.
Except for the Chenliucang in Dang County, which has been in chaos, the grain of the other twelve official warehouses must be preserved. Food is the most important strategic material in this era, especially at this time.
Hu Hai secretly made up his mind. He pressed on what was in his mind, nodded and said,
"Inform the laborers in these three places of the current general trend of the world. If the laborers are willing to return to their hometowns, they will be allowed to return to their hometowns. Presumably my edict will have reached all counties by then, and no one will stop them. If the laborers are unwilling to return to their hometowns, you two
My beloved, I need to find a place to settle it properly, and there must be no chaos."
"Your Majesty, this..."
Li Si and Feng Quji hesitated and said that Hu Hai's order was different from what they had discussed before. Originally, all laborers were sent back to their hometowns, but now Hu Hai wants to keep those who are unwilling to go back. This is a time bomb.
Many other ministers also started talking in low voices after hearing Hu Hai's words.
"My dear friends, don't worry, I have my own plan."
Hu Hai said calmly and confidently. Seeing the emperor's behavior, Li Si and Feng Quji gave each other a look and responded helplessly.
"There are more than 4 million people working in these three places. Dear ministers, you must help the two prime ministers to deal with it properly and prevent chaos. However, the officials sent here only use their power to bully the people. Those who are corrupt and bribery will be executed, and their property will be returned to the national treasury. Dear friends,
Your Majesty, there are people who are obstructing and obstructing me! Don’t blame me for being unkind!"
Hu Hai's murderous words immediately made all the ministers who knew and did not understand Hu Hai feel trembling in their hearts. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, they immediately stood up and said: "I obey the order!"
If Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Liao, the Meng brothers, Zhang Han and others had not come to help, then Hu Hai might have considered the opinions of these ministers and discussed with them.
But now that Xianyang's troops were under control, and with the help of these famous ministers and good generals, Hu Hai decided to unswervingly use what he thought was the most correct method and the fastest speed to resolve the chaos in Guanzhong and Shandong.
Not only to prepare for the coming war, but more importantly, to restore China's vitality as soon as possible after the war. In addition to these two reasons, there is also the most important reason that he cannot explain.
That's why, for some reason, Hu Hai always had an inexplicable sense of crisis urging him after returning to Xianyang. He didn't know where this sense of crisis came from, but it always existed, making him terrified.
Over the past two days, he even felt that he was a little nervous, but then he thought about how a lot of history has changed because of his arrival. Could there be a great enemy that did not exist in history?
He wasn't sure, but it was always good to make plans early. Even if such a powerful enemy that he didn't know did appear, he would be able to deal with it calmly.
"All of you, dear friends, are the pillars of our Great Qin. Naturally, you are aware of the current danger of our Great Qin. Therefore, I ask all of you to be sincere and dedicated to defend our great Qin, so that the foundation that our father has worked so hard throughout his life can be continued! Hai is here.
Please, my dear friends!"
As he spoke, Hu Hai stood up and saluted all the ministers in the hall, and said solemnly.
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