As soon as Li Si's words came out, the entire hall suddenly became quiet.
Hu Hai was slightly startled when he heard Li Si's words and said, "Salary? Of course, Li Aiqing and others' salaries are still the same as before. Do Aiqing and others want me to increase their salaries?"
"I don't dare!"
Li Si and other ministers in the hall couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Hu Hai's words, and quickly bowed.
"Then let's keep our previous salary. Do you, dear friends, still have any objections to my plan to clear the land?"
Hu Hai saw the change in the expressions of Li Si and others and said calmly. However, he secretly kept it in mind and prepared to ask Zhang Han alone later.
"Your Majesty is wise, I have no objections."
"Okay! It is planned to establish the National Land Office immediately tomorrow and dispatch the attachés from each office to prepare for the investigation and measurement of the land."
Hu Hai waved his sleeves and said loudly.
"I obey the order!"
"Your Majesty, old minister, where is the country's government stationed?" Feng Quji stepped forward and asked.
"Where are you stationed?"
Hu Hai looked at Feng Quji and asked, "What does this mean?"
"Go back to your majesty, where you are stationed." Feng Quji affirmed.
Hu Hai was really confused now. Where did the National Government live? Did he have to find a place to live after establishing the National Government? Hu Hai looked around blankly.
Li Si next to him saw Hu Hai looking for help and said softly,
"Your Majesty, there is still a vacant room in the east side hall of Xianyang Palace, which can be used for the opening of the national government office."
Nima, you have been working for a long time to find an office. If you want to find an office, just find an office. Why bother asking where you are based? But Hu Hai cursed in his heart, but after hearing Li Si's words, he quickly said,
"Feng Aiqing can choose one of the vacant rooms in the east side hall of Xianyang Palace to use for his office."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Feng Quji thanked him with satisfaction.
Hu Hai didn't bother to look at Feng Quji, who looked like a villain, or at least that's what he thought. He turned his head to look at the map with a gloomy mood, his eyes suddenly stopped somewhere, and he was shocked.
"How many troops are there in the Beidi County frontier army in Longxi? Who is leading the army?"
The land west of Longxi and Beijun is now the land of the Qiang and Yue Di people. The Di and Qiang are two closely related ethnic groups with a long history in ancient my country. The original distribution areas of the Di people are in today's southeastern Gansu, southwest Shaanxi, and northwest Sichuan. That is, the area west of Qinbei County and Longxi County.
The original distribution area of the Qiang people is in the south of the Hexi Corridor, with its center in the ancient so-called "Meander of the River" in eastern Qinghai and the Jiu Bend of the present-day Yellow River and places to the west and north. The Qiang people are located in the area west of Longxi in Qin and north of Ba and Shu counties.
The Qiang and Yue Di people were probably the ancestors of the Tubo tribe in the later Tang Dynasty.
The reason why Hu Hai asked about the two counties of Longxi and Beijun was because he saw the two Hu people gathering places marked on the map, the Qiang and Yuedi, close to these two counties. He thought that he only thought of the Xiongnu and forgot about these same things.
Powerful barbarian tribe.
What Hu Hai didn't know was that the Yue Di tribe and other ethnic groups in the Western Regions to the west were being harassed and invaded by the Xiongnu for years, and were unable to harass the Qin Dynasty that bordered them. Wu Yi Yuanjian, the ancestor of the Qiang tribe, was captured by Qin Zeng Jin during the Warring States Period.
Went to be a slave.
Later, although Wuyi Yuanjian took the opportunity to escape back to the Qiang people, he brought back the farming methods he learned from the Qin Dynasty, taught the Qiang people farming, and became the leader of the Qiang people.
The fact that Wuyi Yuanjian was a slave in Da Qin cast a deep shadow on him. He has always been deeply afraid of Da Qin. This fear also affected the entire Qiang people, so the Qiang people will not invade Longxi.
Counties.
"Back to Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 people in the Longxi and Northern border troops. Longxi General Li Xin and Shang Qing Weng Zhong are leading the border troops in Longxi and Northern counties." Meng Tian heard Hu Hai's words and was the first to stand up and respond.
"Li Xin, Weng Zhong?" Hu Hai muttered twice and pointed at the map: "Have the Qiang and Yue Di tribes invaded our Qin border area?"
"Your Majesty, there have been attacks before, but in recent years, the Huns have become more powerful. Not only do they often go south to attack our country, they also often kill the neighboring Yue Di and other tribes. These two tribes have not harassed our country for many years.
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"That's good, that's good."
Hu Hai secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Meng Tian's words.
"In this case, when the Jiuyuan army arrives in Xianyang, Meng Aiqing immediately leads the army south to take control of the military, administrative and civil affairs of the four counties of Hanoi, Dongjun, Xuejun, and Langya to prevent the restoration armies of the Six Kingdoms from invading our land north of Shandong.
Any officials from the four counties who disobey orders will be executed!"
All the important ministers who heard Hu Hai's order couldn't help but were shocked and looked at each other, including Meng Tian himself.
The reason why the important ministers in the hall are like this is because the military and civil affairs of the Qin Dynasty are two different fields at this moment. No one person has ever been able to take charge of the military, political and civil affairs of even one county before.
Now, as soon as Hu Hai opened his mouth, he gave Meng Tian the right to take charge of the military and civil affairs of the four counties. This was unprecedented in the history of the Qin Dynasty. This trust is not unimportant, and this right is also not unimportant.
Of course, this alone cannot make the important ministers in the hall so frightened. The most important thing is the huge influence of the Meng clan and Meng Tian's own talents, plus Meng Yi is about to go to Jiuyuan to command 200,000 Qin's most elite frontier troops.
.If Meng Tian, who was in charge of the military, political and civil affairs of the four counties at this time, wanted to rebel, then the consequences would be a hundred times greater than those of the survivors of the Six Kingdoms, and the consequences would be equally serious.
After Hu Hai finished speaking, there was silence in the hall, and there was a strange silence for a while.
Of course, these important ministers did not speak out because they did not want to object. First of all, the Meng family is one of the two most outstanding martial arts families in the Qin Dynasty. It has been prosperous for a long time. No one wants to take it easy because of this matter that has not yet been decided.
Offend Meng Tian.
Secondly, there is the reason for Hu Hai. As for Hu Hai today, they all know what they can think of, and Hu Hai can also think of it. Since he thought of it but still said such an order, there are only two possibilities.
One is that Hu Hai is crazy, which is obviously impossible. The second is that Hu Hai is sure to control Meng Tian, or to put it more worryingly, if Meng Tian and the Meng clan rebel against the Qin Dynasty, Hu Hai is sure to win. But Hu Hai is sure to win.
On what grounds?
Seeing that Meng Tian didn't speak for a long time, Hu Hai, who had been staring at Meng Tian closely, said quietly,
"What? Isn't Meng Aiqing willing to take on this heavy responsibility?"
Hu Hai's words woke Meng Tian out of his dazed state. To be honest, he really couldn't understand Hu Hai's thoughts at this moment. He was the one who wanted to kill his two brothers at first, and he was the one who later let his two brothers go.
I won’t apologize before, but I first transferred Meng Yi to Jiuyuan to command 200,000 elite frontier troops. Originally, I thought that at most, I would be able to bring 100,000 Jiuyuan frontier troops to Xianyang to quell the rebellion. What I didn’t expect was that
Not only did he give himself a hundred thousand troops, but now he was the first of his kind in the Qin Dynasty and allowed himself to command the military, political and civil affairs of the four counties.
What is Your Majesty thinking? Meng Tian really can't figure out the reason. Isn't he afraid that his two brothers and the Meng family will rebel? Or does he want to take advantage of the opportunity to promote himself to praise the Meng family? Or does he really just trust himself?
"Your Majesty...this..." Meng Tian hesitated.
"My dear, just answer whether I will accept it or not."
Hu Hai looked at Meng Tian with a calm expression, his eyes calm.
After hearing Hu Hai's words, Meng Tian raised his head and looked at Hu Hai. Hu Hai looked calm. There was no worry or weirdness in Hu Hai's quiet and clear eyes. There was no trace of conspiracy in his clear eyes, except for trust.
The moment he saw Hu Hai's eyes, Meng Tian knew what choice he should make. A scholar will die for his confidant. If the Meng family did this to the First Emperor, they will do the same to Hu Hai in the future.
"I obey your order! The Meng clan is willing to lead horses and whips for Your Majesty and promote the power of our great Qin!"
Meng Tian fell to his knees on the ground with a "pop" sound, paid homage to Hu Hai and choked up loudly.
"Haha! Okay! Okay! Sure enough, I read Meng Aiqing correctly! What do you all, dear friends, think about this matter?"
Hu Hai laughed and stepped forward to help Meng Tian up with both hands and said excitedly.
Meng Tian had agreed to it himself. Wouldn't it be a slap in the Meng family's face if he came out to object at this time? Even if the important ministers in the hall had other ideas in their hearts, they could only say in unison at this moment: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty, I still have something to ask for. I hope your Majesty will grant it."
Meng Tian stood up and said cautiously. Li Si and others couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard Meng Tian's words. Isn't this a typical case of pushing beyond the limits?
"Oh? Meng Aiqing, do you want to hear it?"
"I hope that your majesty can pass on the military tactics mentioned earlier to me." Meng Tian glanced at Hu Hai secretly, fearing that Hu Hai would not agree, he quickly followed up and said: "I only need two methods of warfare: beheading and attack.
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"Haha, it turns out it's such a small thing. After I compile it into a book in a few days, I will pass it on to Aiqing. Not only Aiqing, but also all the generals in our Great Qin can practice the art of war I mentioned."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Meng Tian said happily.
Only then did many important ministers understand what Meng Tian requested. Do you know the art of war? And it has not been passed down to the world. Even generals like Meng Tian who are familiar with all kinds of military books are eager for the art of war. What else can your majesty do?
The calm look of Hu Hai in front of him made Li Si and others look a bit enigmatic.
Among them, Zhang Han and Yang Ruihe were especially happy. Even General Meng Tian praised His Majesty's art of war so much. It must be a peerless art of war.
"However, Meng Aiqing, the two methods of using troops, beheading and attacking, have limitations. I will tell you this later. But there is one thing you can prepare in advance. These two methods require a certain number of elites who are skilled in swords and horses and have high martial arts skills.
Soldiers must undergo special training before they can practice these two methods.
Of course, it would be best if there are dead soldiers. However, it is not an overnight process to train elite soldiers and dead soldiers. Our Great Qin Army does not seem to have such soldiers. My dear, please do not be anxious. I will also train them.
Tell Aiqing and others how to train soldiers."
After Hu Hai finished speaking, he saw Meng Tian looking at him strangely, as did Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Liao and other important ministers around him. Hu Hai felt uneasy. Did he say something wrong again? Or...
"Your Majesty! We in Da Qin, Heibingtai, have many dead soldiers, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts and loyal to Your Majesty."