The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Ying Chang got up helplessly from the bed, stood in front of the Tang painting and spread his hands, Tang Hua immediately waved to the entrance of the hall, and saw several court ladies walking lightly, undressing Ying Chang, After wiping his body, after some washing, he put on the incomparably majestic court clothes, and took the dragon to the Qilin Hall.

When I arrived at the back hall of the Qilin Palace, the time had come to the quarter of Chen Shi, and Ying Chang missed the time by a full quarter of an hour. Fortunately, Ying Chang missed the court for the first time, otherwise the procuratorate would have to write:

During the morning court on the [-]th day of the ninth month in the ninth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, Emperor Ying of the Holy Qin Dynasty often missed a moment, neglecting the government over and over again, the king of a faint country!

"Why isn't His Majesty here yet?"

"Yeah, it's been a quarter of an hour!"

"Recently there have been rumors in the palace that His Majesty often orders Tang Hua, the head of the palace, to attend Xianyang Palace!"

"What? When did it happen?"

"A month or two!"

"Your Majesty is so greedy at the age of 14, what will happen in the future?"

Chapter 220 The imperial examination!

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"Your Majesty will come later, we have to play together, demote Tang to paint out of the palace!"

"That's right, Your Majesty is still young, and it's too late to bring His Majesty back on track as soon as possible. If His Majesty is in his twenties and has been sluggish for a long time, then it's too late!"

"Probably not? Your Majesty is a young hero, how could he make such a mistake!"

"In the early stage, we should be diligent in government and show our ambitions. In the later stage, there are still few emperors who disregard the government? Our Great Qin can't produce a foolish king, otherwise, Great Qin will really die!"

"Yes!"

In the Qilin Hall, all the officials were discussing with dignified faces, and the solemn court hall became as noisy as a market.

Only the six ministers, the capital censor Changqing, the prime minister Chang Zifei and other military generals remained silent, while the rest of the officials were discussing.

Yang Long and Yang Hu didn't know what was going on, they kept furrowing their brows tightly and sighed lightly from time to time, as if they encountered something difficult to solve.

"Shut up, my lord!" Bai Qi yelled softly with a cold face.

"Uh..."

The coldness filled the Qilin Hall, making all the officials seem to have jumped into the ice cave in an instant, and all of them shut their mouths obediently, not daring to continue speaking.

"His Majesty is here!"

An eunuch came out from the apse and shouted loudly to the ministers!

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials straightened up their court clothes, straightened their backs, and stared straight ahead without a smile. After about three or four happy hours, all civil and military officials saw Ying Chang walking out of the back hall, stepping up the high steps, step by step. Go up to the high platform.

Usually, the attention of civil and military officials must be on Yingchang, but this time, the eyes and attention of all officials are on Tang Hua, and many ministers' eyes are hostile and cautious.

Tang Hua also noticed the hostile eyes of the ministers, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty. When facing the officials, his eyes flickered and dodged. The people who can enter the Qilin Hall to participate in the court meeting are old foxes, and he can tell Tang Hua's heart at a glance. There are ghosts.

Yang Long and Yang Hu frowned deeper, and they became more determined in their inner thoughts.

Ying Chang didn't pay attention to these, his mind was full of political affairs.

Ying Chang lightly sat on the pitch-black carved dragon throne, and looked around the officials with sharp eyes. Seeing this, Tang Hua shouted loudly: "Go to court!"

The civil servant knelt down on the ground with both knees bent, and the military officer knelt on one knee. They all bent down and shouted: "I wait to pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

"Everyone loves you!" Ying Chang looked solemn, and raised his hand without anger and prestige.

The civil and military officials slowly got up, and then straightened their backs. Before Ying Chang could speak, Li Ke, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, took a step to the left, walked out of the queue of civil officials, and then bowed down to salute Ying Chang with a solemn expression. Said: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

"Yes!" Ying Chang replied calmly.

"I take the liberty to ask Your Majesty, who did Your Majesty sleep with last night?" Li Ke asked, staring at Ying Chang intently.

After finishing the words, Tang Hua raised her heart all of a sudden, and lowered her head slightly with a guilty conscience.

Ying Chang frowned, and said with a displeased expression, "What does Li Aiqing mean?"

"There are rumors in the palace that His Majesty has summoned Director Tang to sleep in the palace for many months, and last night, His Majesty shared the bed with Director Tang, which delayed today's court meeting. What I want to say is that His Majesty is fourteen years old. Shen Se, I implore Your Majesty to withdraw from the post of Tang Painting Director and expel him from the palace!" Li Ke bowed down solemnly and said.

"My minister agrees!"

"Your Majesty, at the age of fourteen, has lost the court because of her color. If you can't help it now, what will happen in the future? I implore Your Majesty to expel Tang Hua from the palace!"

"My minister agrees!"

After a while, many ministers stood up to second the proposal, while the ministers such as the six ministers remained silent and did not make a statement.

Ying Chang rubbed his temples, feeling pain in his head, "Yesterday, the person who served the bed was indeed Tang Hua, but today I missed the court because I drank too much yesterday and didn't do Tang Hua's business. All lovers don't need to worry about my obsession." As for the matter of expelling Tang Hua from the palace, I don't need to talk about it, I won't listen to it!"

Ying Chang generously admitted that Tang paintings served the bed, because in Ying Chang's eyes, it was normal for him, as the emperor, to order his servants to serve the bed.

In the eyes of civil and military officials, this matter is also normal, but what the officials do not recognize is the wrong court, and the officials don't care who Ying Chang sleeps with or who he asks to sleep with, because this is Ying Chang's private matter, and it can be wronged by the court. It's about Qin Sheji.

"Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!" Ying Chang interrupted suddenly in a cold voice.

Li Ke hesitated to speak, but retreated to his seat in desperation, and the rest of the second ministers also retreated.

Tang Hua couldn't help but look at Ying Chang more, his eyes filled with affection and emotion.

For a woman like her, she had never expected to scold so many ministers.

"Can the envoy of Qi leave Xianyang?" Ying Chang asked, looking down at the officials with his eyes fixed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the envoy of Qi left Xianyang at dawn. In addition, Tang Hu, magistrate of Shangdong County, Chen Wu, magistrate of Huanghe County, Fan Sheng, magistrate of Donghe County, and Ma Zifei, magistrate of Qinghe County They have all left Xianyang!" Kong Wen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and responded.

Ying Chang nodded, and then said immediately: "I originally wanted to discuss some things with the courtiers during the canonization ceremony, but there are outsiders, so I can't say it. I can only talk about it at the court meeting today. Now let's talk about it." The first thing, this matter is the imperial examination, Chang Xiang, let’s talk about it!”

"Of order!" Chang Zifei bent down to compose an answer, and then said: "The imperial examination order has been issued to the four counties, which has caused the scholars of the four counties to sign up enthusiastically, but problems have also followed. For example, the government of the four counties is now They are all in charge of the soldiers, and it is impossible to carry out the rural and courtyard examinations, so how do the scholars from the four counties participate in the rural and courtyard examinations?"

"I have a solution!" Jia Luo, Minister of the Household Department, stood up and said immediately.

"Reconciliation?" Chang Zifei asked subconsciously.

All eyes turned to Jarrow, wondering what good solution Jarrow could come up with to solve this problem.

Jia Luo wrote a report to Ying Chang with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, only Guangfeng, Shangyang, and Hexi can conduct imperial examinations among the seven counties of the Great Qin Dynasty. I suggest that the scholars of Hebei and Hedong counties come to the Shangyang County will participate in the imperial examination, and scholars from Huainan and Nanyang counties will gather in Guangfeng County to participate in the imperial examination!"

"In this way, this problem will be solved easily. Although it is time-consuming, it is also the most available method at present. At the same time, I also suggest that the three counties of Hexi, Shangyang, and Guangfeng be opened up, allowing the scholars of the three counties to participate in the imperial examination again!"

Since the three counties of Hexi, Shangyang, and Guangfeng had just passed the exam not long ago, this time the imperial examination was only for the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang.

The ministers fell silent, lost in thought between their brows, thinking about the pros and cons of it.

"Do you have any objections to this?" Ying Chang asked aloud.

The ministers were silent...

Chapter 221 Deployment of Troops, Arrangements by Generals!

Ying saw the situation, so he made up his mind and said, "Everyone who loves you is the same, so I will do as Jia Aiqing said. In addition, the scholar's travel expenses can be paid on credit. After the imperial examination is over, no matter whether you are in high school or not, you can pay for it." Hand over the account to the account department, and the account department will reimburse you!"

"I obey the order!" Jarrow bowed respectfully and responded.

"The second thing is to garrison the major passes. Where is General Hu Lie, Yang Hu!" Ying Chang shouted softly!

Yang Hu immediately stepped out of the ranks of military officers, bent over respectfully and responded, "The minister is here!"

"You were originally stationed at Xiguan, but this time I still let you station at Xiguan. After the court meeting, you led [-] Yang family troops back to Xiguan. In this way, Xiguan has [-] troops, which is enough to resist the Qiang people!" Ying Chang said.

"I obey the order!" Yang Hu replied without any objection, and then returned to his seat.

"Where is General Yang Long?" Ying Chang called softly.

"The minister is here!" Yang Long stood up and responded.

"In the past, Old General Yang guarded the South Pass with you for many years. This time, I will let you lead the army to garrison the South Pass and be responsible for all the defenses of the South Pass. There are still [-] Yang troops in the capital battalion. You can transfer [-] to go to the South Pass Close the garrison!"

Ying Chang did not dare to ask Yang Long to transfer all the soldiers away, because there were still more than [-] captives who needed soldiers and horses to guard them. As for whether the [-] soldiers and horses stationed at Nanguan would be less, it was naturally less, but Nanguan was in a short period of time. Inside, there is no problem, the Qi Empire will not send troops to attack Qin.

And when the recruitment is over and the transfer of officials from the four counties is over, the soldiers stationed in the four counties will return to Nanguan to supplement the troops stationed at Nanguan.

"I obey the order!" Yang Long replied with a solemn expression.

"Now the imperial court is recruiting troops. It is expected to recruit 30 troops. I have already thought about the deployment of these 30 troops. Wujin has [-] troops, the Great Wall of Hebei border has [-] troops, Yangguan has [-] troops, and the capital has [-] troops. Xing, the guards of the Great Wall on the border of Hebei, the Hussars and the Generals are all in Changjing, and Yangguan and the capital are all up for King Wu!" Ying Chang said with a solemn expression.

"Your Majesty, I need at least [-] horses!" Du Changjing stood up and said with a serious face.

Ying Chang looked at Yang Ze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and asked calmly, "Yang Aiqing, how many war horses does our Great Qin have now?"

"Report to Your Majesty, a total of 15 horses!" Yang Ze replied with a smile.

"15 horses?" Ying Chang couldn't help being surprised, "I remember the battle of Yangguan. Our army captured only 15 horses in total. How did [-] horses come from?"

"Ha ha!"

At this moment, Chang Zifei laughed lightly, and Ying Chang's eyes immediately looked over, only to see Chang Zifei took a step forward, with a smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, the two generals Yang Long and Yang Hu have recovered At the same time as the loss of land, 110 war horses were seized at the Hebei horse farm. In addition, food and money from county treasuries in various places were also seized, totaling 80 million shi of grain and [-] taels of silver. Now these moneys have been filled into the treasury, and there is no time in the future Report to His Majesty!"

"Okay!" Ying Chang couldn't help shouting "Okay, 15 war horses, 110 shi of grain, and 80 taels of silver. Except for the latter, Daqin didn't have much shortage, and the former really solved Daqin's urgent needs!"

Seeing that Yingchang was so happy, many ministers couldn't help showing bright smiles.

The Great Jin Empire is really a good person.

"The Great Wall on the Hebei border guards against the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu are good at riding, and the General Hussars. I will give you 15 horses. The remaining [-] horses will be divided into [-] for King Wu, [-] for General Anyuan, and [-] for General Chariots!" Chang immediately divided up the [-] horses.

Du Changjing was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately bowed down respectfully to thank you: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Luo Xing and Yang Long also stood up to express their gratitude.

"Jia Aiqing, how much money is left in the treasury?" Ying Chang looked at Jia Luo and asked.

"Your Majesty, the treasury currently has 350 million shi of grain, 3000 million taels of silver, and 5 taels of gold!" Jarrow bowed and responded.

A few days ago, the state treasury spent 50 shi of grain to supplement county treasuries in various places, and 650 million taels of silver was spent before and after the canonization ceremony.

After listening to these words, Ying Chang couldn't help but fell into deep thought. After recruiting troops, the Great Qin Empire had 40 soldiers and 18 horses. The former consumed about 150 million grains per year, and the latter consumed 200 million shi grains per year. , Daqin spends 350 million shi of grain every year just for the army.

Liquidated!

There are too many troops, I can't afford to support them... Ying Chang thought in distress.

"Jia Aiqing, I order you to transfer 500 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs, send people to the four counties and even the Qi Empire to buy grain, and do your best to supplement the treasury with grain. Money can be small, but grain must be absolutely indispensable!" Ying Chang made up his mind and decided Go to the four counties and the Qi Empire to buy food.

"The minister takes orders!" Jia Luo bent down and responded.

"The deployment of troops is decided in this way. Let's talk about the prisoners of war. The affairs of prisoners of war are still the same as before. They are all in charge of the Ministry of Industry. Jiang Aiqing, this time 20 prisoners of war plus the original 23 prisoners of war. There are [-] laborers!"

"I don't give you any major tasks. I will give you one year. After one year, I will make water canals everywhere in Shangyang County. Every inch of land in Shangyang County can be reclaimed into fields. Can you do it? "Ying Chang said with a solemn expression, staring at Jiang Haiyou, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Jiang Haiyou was silent for a while, then stood out of the queue of civil servants, and responded sonorously and forcefully: "I obey the order!"

23 manpower to complete the Shangyang County Water Canal Project within one year, it is difficult!

Very difficult!

But even if it is difficult, find a way to complete it!

It is not so easy to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry!

"Your Majesty, how should Your Majesty deal with those promoted officials?" Chang Zifei took a step forward and asked solemnly.

"What does Chang Xiang mean?" Ying Chang asked back.

"I believe that if Jin officials are willing to work for our Daqin, they can be treated equally and sent to the four counties to take up positions. If they are not willing, they will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry and let them build canals for our Daqin!" Chang Zifei looked composed. said back.

Ying Chang took a deep breath, remained silent for a while, and then said: "Then do as Chang Xiang said!"

"Obey!" Chang Zifei bent down and responded, and then retreated to his stand.

"Is there anything else to say? If there is nothing else, then retreat!" Ying Chang said, looking around at the officials.

After the words fell, all the ministers were silent, but just when Tang Hua was about to announce his retirement, Yang Hu walked out from the ranks of military officers, bowed down with a solemn expression and wrote a report: "I want to report to your majesty, I have something to ask your majesty !"

Chapter 222 Support the poor family and suppress the noble family!

"Oh?" Ying Chang chuckled, "What happened to General Hu Lie, and he wants to beg me, let me hear it!"

Ying Chang's tone was curious, and after finishing speaking, Ying Chang picked up the teacup on the royal case, ready to take a sip to moisten his throat, at the same time, Yang Hu said: "Your Majesty, my sister Yang Xiao has a bad temper. There is no one in the eyes, and my brothers will go to guard the gate, and there will be no one to discipline her, and I am afraid that it will become even more lawless!"

"That's why my two brothers decided that I will take my sister to Xiguan and personally discipline the naughty sister. Please agree with your Majesty!"

After the words fell, Yingchang paused for a moment with the hand holding the teacup, then pretended to be nonchalant and took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup and forced a smile.

"I...sure!"