The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Seeing this scene, Wei Long's face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground. It's over, everything is over.

"Catch it! Go in and search for anything valuable!" Chang Zifei shouted with a big wave of his hand.

With an order, the Imperial Forest Army immediately tied up Wei Long, rushed into the prime minister's mansion at the same time, and started ransacking the house.

Du Changjing and Bai Qi led a thousand Imperial Forest Army to the capital camp outside the city. It has to be said that there was an episode between the two of them on the way, that is, Wei Huai's entourage Jian Bian thought He ran out of Xianyang, but before leaving the city, he bumped into Bai Qi and Du Changjing.

Bai Qi and Du Changjing didn't know Jian Bi'an at all, but some officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest Army recognized him, and then Bai Qi killed him...

After Du Changjing and Bai Qi arrived at the capital camp, they rang the drums to gather [-] Jingshi troops in the school grounds. Then Du Changjing took out Wei Huai's head, and Wei Huai's head was taken out , immediately aroused the anger of many captains.

Because Wei Huai has served as the commander of the capital for almost ten years, all the lieutenants and generals in the capital's army are Wei Huai's cronies.

Just when the capital's army was about to lose control, Bai Qi once again showed the power of the gods and beheaded seventeen captains and deputy commanders in one breath. The entire army's [-] soldiers were shocked by Bai Qi, and no one dared to say a word no.

Just like that, Du Changjing held the control of the [-] capitals in his hands!

Time passed slowly, and the next day when the sun rose, the people in Xianyang City left their homes one after another. As soon as the people left their homes, they found that Xianyang City had changed overnight. Southeast Street belonged to the prosperous streets of dignitaries, and it became very immersive. There were even quite a few imperial guards washing the bloodstains from last night on the street.

Xianyang City was blocked, only entry and exit were not allowed. Many people discussed this and guessed what happened last night.

Imperial Palace, Xianyang Palace!

Yingchang cultivated for a night, and his spirit and body recovered. At this time, Yingchang, with disheveled hair, was standing in the nave of Xianyang Palace, surrounded by more than a dozen beautiful maids. There are wooden trays, and there are exquisite decorations and clothes on the wooden trays!

These court ladies are all members of the Shangguan Department and the Shangyi Department. The former is responsible for the emperor's various dresses and crowns, and the latter is responsible for the emperor's dressing. The highest officials of each department make orders, such as Shang Guanling...

It's three quarters!

At this time, Shang Guan ordered Tang Qian and Shang Yi to order Dong Ming to walk in front of Ying Chang, and bowed their knees with smiles on their faces, then Tang Qian respectfully said to Ying Chang: "Your Majesty, it's almost time for Chen Shi."

Tang Qian and Dong Ming are old men in the palace who once served the late emperor. They are both around 30 years old.

"Let's get started!" Ying Chang opened his hands blankly. Seeing this, Dong Ming winked at his subordinates. Afterwards, two maids from the Shangyi Department picked up the gold-threaded black dragon robes on the wooden tray, Carefully put it on Yingchang's body.

After the golden silk black dragon robe was put on, two court ladies walked up to Yingchang with a belt, then squatted down, and carefully put the belt around Yingchang's waist. The belt was all black with dragon patterns printed on it. The belt head is the dragon head, so this belt is called the dragon head belt, and only the emperor is eligible to wear it.

Originally, according to Yingchang's age, Yingchang was not qualified to wear this belt, because he could only wear it after the coming of age ceremony, including the crown, but now that Yingchang holds the imperial power, even if he is not qualified, he is still qualified.

This is the benefit of having the right to be an emperor, even the dress is different.

After the belt is put on, the boots are put on. These boots are long cloth boots, the whole body is black, embroidered with gold silk dragon patterns, very luxurious.

Wearing a gold silk black dragon robe, dragon head belt, and gold silk dragon pattern boots, Ying often feels that his whole body has changed, he has become mighty and domineering, extremely luxurious, and has the appearance of an emperor. Clothes, horses rely on saddles, there is nothing wrong with that.

Shang Yisi finished his work, and it was Shang Guansi's turn next. Tang Qian picked up a jade comb on a wooden plate, and combed Ying Chang's hair with his own hands. After the hair was combed, Tang Qian tied Ying Chang's hair A steamed stuffed bun, and then put the nine-string beaded flat-topped dragon pattern imperial crown on it, and inserted a golden dragon hairpin as a fix.

After putting on the clothes, the tedious changing of clothes is finally over.

Yingchang waved his sleeves, looked at himself, then turned to Tang Qian and Dong Ming and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Because Yingchang was young, neither the Shangyi Division nor the Shang Guansi had suitable imperial attire, so last night, the two divisions rushed to make it overnight, and finally produced a suitable golden silk black dragon robe and so on.

Tang Qian and Dong Ming bowed to Yingchang again, only to hear Dong Ming say with a smile: "These are what slaves should do, how dare you talk about hard work!"

"As long as His Majesty likes it, everything is worth it!" Tang Qian replied with a smile.

"I'm going first!"

Yingchang turned around with a blank face, and walked towards the outside of the hall with his head held high. Tang Qian looked at the back of Yingchang leaving, and couldn't help admiring: "Your Majesty is really terrible. The power of the Empress Dowager was destroyed overnight. We uprooted and secured the throne, but fortunately we reacted quickly, otherwise we really couldn’t find a suitable royal crown!"

"Hush!" Dong Ming made a booing motion, glanced cautiously outside the hall, and then leaned into Tang Qian's ear and whispered: "You must pay attention to your words now, and don't call yourself the Empress Dowager, otherwise, Some people will think that you belong to the Demon Empress, when the time comes, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Tang Qian was so frightened that cold sweat broke out all over his body. He patted his chest with some gratitude, and said with gratitude on his face, "Thank you sister for reminding me!"

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Outside the Xianyang Palace, a car of Long Tuo stopped at the door, and twenty eunuchs stood respectfully in front of and behind Long Tuo, not only the eunuchs, but also a group of imperial guards.

The eunuchs were used to carry the dragon, and the Royal Forest Army naturally acted as bodyguards. When the Imperial Forest Army and eunuchs saw Yingchang walking out of Xianyang Palace, the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army immediately knelt down on one knee towards Yingchang, while the eunuchs knelt down on the ground.

There is a law in the Great Qin State that scholars and generals do not need to kneel down to greet the emperor, they only need to kneel on one knee to show respect, while eunuchs and common people kneel down to greet the emperor.

Ying Chang walked up to Long Huo, looked around at everyone, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the imperial guards and eunuchs thanked one after another, and then got up.

Chapter 64 Feels Totally Different!

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Ying often looked at the slightly older Long Huan, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Before he took power, he was alone in the court. Now that he is in power, there is Long Huan waiting for him as soon as he leaves the palace, and there are special guards from the Imperial Forest Army. One day at a time.

"Please, Your Majesty!"

An eunuch suddenly ran up to Long Chuan, lying on the ground like a dog, Ying Chang understood the meaning, immediately raised his foot and stepped on the eunuch's back, using it as a stepping stone to get on Long Chuan.

After sitting on Longzhu, the eunuchs raised their wooden shoulders, raised Longzhu, and walked towards the Qilin Palace. The officers and soldiers of the imperial forest army followed Longzhu on both sides. Kneeling on the ground and saluting, not even being able to lift his head, the hierarchy is extremely strict!

After about half a stick of incense, the time came to Chenshi. At this time, all the ministers had arrived in the Qilin Hall, but there were few people...

Yingchang walked into the main hall of Qilin from the apse, and walked up the small stairs to the high platform with his head held high. When he got to the dragon chair, Yingchang looked around at his highness and ministers, and then gently sat on the dragon chair with a solemn expression.

"Your Majesty, my lord, long live my emperor!"

At that time, the Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chang Zifei, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Jia Luo, Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Ze, and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Du Changjing, saluted Yingchang together.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all wiped out by Chang Zifei and the three last night. Only a few of them were left in the huge Qilin Hall, and King Wu Bai Qi, but Bai Qi did not shout long live, let alone kneel down, and won. Chang doesn't care about it.

When the emperor, it is very difficult to have a friend who can talk to each other. If he kneels in vain, Yingchang will feel uncomfortable instead. Like this, Yingchang feels very good.

"Pingshen!" Ying Changxu raised his hand and said softly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chang Zifei and the others thanked him, then slowly got up from the ground, straightened his official robes, and looked straight ahead with a solemn expression.

At this time, Du Changjing, who was standing in the second row on the right, took a small step forward, bowed to Ying Chang and saluted solemnly, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, there will be something to announce at the end!"

"Quasi-playing!" Ying Chang replied indifferently.

"Your Majesty, last night, General Mo and King Wu led a battalion of imperial forest troops to the capital camp outside the city. After entering the camp, General Mo took Wei Huai's head to show the public, which caused Wei Huaijiu to encourage resistance. Fortunately, King Wu used the power of the gods Wei, in a short while, beheaded the seventeen captains and deputy commanders of the entire army, shocking the entire army!"

"The last general made his own claim and promoted the subordinate who was once bullied by Wei Huaijiu's department to be a captain, so as to win the hearts of the army and use it for His Majesty. Now the [-] capital divisions have surrendered to His Majesty. As long as His Majesty gives an order, the [-] capital divisions will go out immediately! " Du Changjing reported sonorously and forcefully.

"Very good, this matter is well done!" Yingchang nodded in satisfaction, as long as he has an army in his hand, he will not be afraid of anything.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment!" Du Changjing replied respectfully.

"Okay, there are just a few people here, don't say some polite words, do you have a list of the generals you promoted?" Ying Chang suddenly said angrily, to be honest, Du Changjing is so serious, let him take a moment Neither can adapt.

"Uh..." Du Changjing couldn't help feeling embarrassed, Chang Zifei, Yang Ze, and Jia Luo also held back their smiles, feeling that His Majesty was very real and down-to-earth, which gave them a sense of security inexplicably, while Bai Qi The iceberg remained indifferent, as if he could not hear or see.

"Have!"

Du Changjing took out a memorial from his arms, trotted up to the high platform, placed the memorial on the imperial table, and then returned to his seat.

Yingchang picked up the memorial and unfolded it, looked at each name carefully, and said while reading: "Among these people, are there any good seedlings worth cultivating?"

"This...Your Majesty, the general doesn't know much about the capital at the moment. The captains promoted by the general are all enemies with the previous captain, but the general believes that among the [-] soldiers in the capital, there are always a few good candidates. But it takes time to find, please forgive me!" Du Changjing wrote back.

After hearing this, Yingchang put away the booklet and put it aside. The capital chief Jingdu said so, so why not read it carefully.

"I understand, I'm asking you, did the news of what happened last night get out?" Ying Chang asked again.

Hearing this, Chang Zifei immediately took a small step forward, bowed down with a solemn expression, and wrote a report: "My Majesty, because the imperial palace and Xianyang City were blocked in time, the common people did not know what happened in the palace last night, but the common people There is a lot of discussion about the changes that happened last night, but as for whether it has spread outside the city, I don't think so!"

"Phew!" Yingchang breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that things would get out of the way, and he had to take one step at a time. This step needs time, at least within a month, so he couldn't spread the news. Otherwise, Daqin's snow would be worsened, and chaos would begin again everywhere, and what worried him most would be Yangguan and Xiguan towns!

"Xianyang City and the Imperial Palace will continue to be sealed off, both in Changjing. You will send an order later. In the Imperial Palace, no more news of what happened last night is allowed. If anyone talks about their tongues, they will be shot!" Ying Chang said murderously.

"Of course!" Du Changjing nodded solemnly.

"How powerful is the capital's army? Do you have a judgment?" Ying Chang looked at Du Changjing and asked.

"Wei Huai regards the capital as his private army. The armors worn by the officers and men in the army are all high-quality chain mail, and the weapons are all the best and the latest. They are even equipped with a large number of crossbow carts and eight-stone crossbows. The capital's training is relatively low, and it's not even half of what the military law stipulates, and its combat effectiveness is a bit low!" Du Changjing replied with a respectful expression.

"How's the military discipline?" Ying Chang asked again.

"Military discipline is chaotic. When we were about to enter the camp at the end, we found that there was a brothel woman hidden in a captain's tent, and many soldiers gathered to gamble. Drinking is even more normal!" Said.

In Du Changjing's eyes, military discipline is more important than combat effectiveness, because military discipline is strict, and combat effectiveness is naturally easy to increase, but military discipline is chaotic, and it will take a long time to clean up.

"What a pity!" Yingchang shook his head with a look of pity. Originally, Yingchang planned to use the capital directly to regain the lost ground. Now it seems that sending the capital is to send people's heads to give military achievements. Although the capital Changjing will fight, But he alone can't hold back 5 people.

"Just kill a few more people to gain power!"

Bai Qi, who had been silent all this time, said something out of the blue.

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Chang Zifei, Du Changjing and the others were speechless for a while. It is true that it is easy to achieve results by killing people, but this will create a gap between soldiers and generals. This gap will not have any effect in a short time, but as time goes by, this gap is fatal.

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Chapter 65 Found the home!

"King Wu is right. It's okay to kill people to build power, but there is no need to kill people to build power. If you can control it, you can control it. If you can't control it, you can pick a few stabs. If you kill it like this, it won't have any effect!" Ying Chang Said expressionlessly.

Du Changjing showed approval, while Bai Qi continued to remain silent.

"Although the military discipline of the capital is chaotic, there will always be some good soldiers in the whole army of [-]. Let's choose people from the capital to form a new army. There is no limit to the number of people. It doesn't matter if there are fewer soldiers. Fine!" Ying Chang said solemnly looking around at the crowd.

According to what Du Changjing said, there is serious corruption in the military discipline of the capital, and it will take time to clean it up. Even if the clean-up is completed, there is no guarantee that the soldiers in this army will have two hearts. After all, Wei Huai treated them as private troops before. , the most important thing is that the establishment of a new army was planned by Ying Chang long ago, because only the army that truly belongs to him can be used comfortably and with confidence!

"Really?" Du Changjing couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that.

Yingchang's words can be said in Du Changjing's heart. In fact, his idea is to form a new army and then turn them into an elite army. He is not very relieved in the capital.

Seeing the excited look on Du Changjing's face, Ying Chang knew that Du Changjing's thoughts coincided with his own, and then he affirmed: "I say everything I say, and it is naturally true. I can tell that General Du It coincides with my thoughts!"

"Hey, that's natural!" Du Changjing smiled foolishly, and then said immediately: "Your Majesty, you have decided to train the new army, so which type of army should you mainly train?"

The army is divided into arms, and each army has its own main arm. For example, the Ever Victorious Army is an elite army mainly composed of swords and shields.

There are many types of arms. There are four series of light infantry. The first series is sword and shield soldiers. The soldiers hold a broadsword and a shield in one hand. The third series, crossbowmen, the fourth series, pikemen!

This is not considered a small series of arms, such as chariot soldiers, chariot soldiers, etc.

"How about heavy riding?" Ying Chang said calmly.

"Heavy cavalry?" Du Changjing was taken aback for a moment, and Chang Zifei and the others also frowned. As we all know, heavy cavalry is the most difficult of several arms to train. It also needs the best, and at the same time, it needs to spend a lot of money to build heavy armor, not only the heavy armor worn by humans, but also the heavy armor worn by war horses.

Compared with training ten ordinary cavalry, the loss of training one heavy cavalry is not so large. Generally, the empire would rather train ten thousand cavalry than one thousand heavy cavalry.

"Your Majesty, the heavy cavalry is indeed the strongest among all types of arms. It is almost invincible, but it is very attrition. With the current national strength of the Great Qin Empire, it is impossible to train it. Please think twice, why not train light cavalry?" Chang Jing said.

"It is precisely because I can't afford training that I want to train. If the Great Qin Empire wants to be strong, it must build a heavy cavalry that is invincible in the world. Just ask, who can stop the heavy cavalry? As for the money, I guess I should have it. ..." Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei with a faint smile on his face.

Chang Zifei saw Yingchang looked at himself, and knew what Yingchang meant, and immediately bowed down to compose an editorial report: "Report to Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Quasi-play!" Ying Chang shouted lightly.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister's mansion was searched yesterday, and a total of 18 taels of silver, 3 taels of gold, 38 strings of pearls, twelve agates, one piece of silverware, 380 pieces of goldware, and 230 pieces of jadeware were found. People have calculated that the total value of these accessories is 91 million taels, and if you add the golden pearls that Wei Huai gave to the demon queen last night, the total is 150 million taels, a total of 250 million taels of silver and 2608 taels of gold!"

"In addition to the prime minister's mansion, I searched the mansion of Fangyou, the former Minister of the Household Department. A total of 81 taels of silver, 10 taels of gold, and about 80 taels of gold, silver and jade articles were found, totaling 160 million taels of silver and 10 taels of gold. !"

"Seizure the former minister of the Ministry of War, Jiang, claiming that the total..."

Chang Zifei reported the gains of last night one by one, adding them all up, a total of 400 million taels of silver, 80 taels of gold, and even the 100 million 30 taels he coveted. Counting the properties of those corrupt officials, if the properties and yards are included, it is estimated that the total amount can be increased by [-]%!

"Did you hear that? No money? There is a lot of money, hmph, these years they have been greedy for this and that, and now they have spit out all the money and stomach in one breath!" Ying Chang couldn't help sneering, no matter how much you are greedy, I A house raid, you have nothing.

"Jarrow!" Ying Chang immediately called softly!

"The minister is here!" Jarrow quickly stood up and responded.

"Now, how much food is left in the national treasury? If I guess correctly, in a few days, the counties will send people to Xianyang to send this year's tax revenue? Tell me, how much is this year's tax revenue!" Win Asked with a blank face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are only 10 taels of silver, 3000 taels of gold, and 20 shi of grain left in the treasury. As for the gold and silver artifacts, they were all taken away bit by bit by Wei Huai... As for Tax revenue, Your Majesty guessed correctly, in a few days, people from various counties will send this year's tax revenue. Last night, I checked the memorials sent by the prefects of Nanfeng County, Hexi County, and Shangyang County. This year, the three counties have paid a total of 1 taels of silver for business tax, 1 taels of silver for salt tax, and [-] shi for grain tax. Compared to the wealth of the civil and military families of the Manchu Dynasty before, it can be said to be a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning!" Jia Luo said with a face. Said with sorrow.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he felt a headache when he saw that this year's tax was only so small. This little thing is enough.

"Chang Xiang, do you have anything to say about this year's taxes?" Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei and asked.

"Your Majesty, I believe that although Daqin cut off the four counties, there are still millions of acres of fertile land in the three counties. There have been no natural disasters in recent years. Generally speaking, the imperial court can collect at least 60 shi of grain tax every year for millions of acres of fertile land. There is also the salt tax. Salt is absolutely indispensable to the common people. If the supply is not demanded every year, how can it be possible to only collect a salt tax of 1 taels of silver? As for the commercial tax, it is even more impossible. On average, every time Qin merchants go abroad to sell, they can earn at least a thousand taels of silver. Ten Qin merchants are 1 taels, and a hundred are 10 taels. The court charges 3% of the profit, which is [-] taels. The tariffs and property taxes paid by merchants from other countries entering the Qin Dynasty, therefore, I believe that officials from all over the country must be corrupt, or collusion between officials and businessmen, and they will not report it!" Chang Zifei finished speaking in one breath.

Chapter 66 Rising Plan!

"Have you heard everything?" Ying Chang looked around at everyone.

"I heard..." Everyone replied in unison.

"What does this mean? It means that although we have purged the corrupt officials in the court, there are still many corrupt officials under the court. These people need to be eradicated, and then promote clean and honest officials to take office. Only in this way can Daqin be stable , in addition to the need to promote officials under the court, the vacancies in the court must also be filled in the shortest possible time!"