The Jagged Empire of Daqin

For some reason, a sense of loss rose in my heart, and the figure of Yang Xiao could not help but appear in my mind.

"Ah~"

Du Changjing sighed inwardly. He could guess why Yang Hu made this decision. He probably discovered the ambiguous relationship between Yang Xiao and His Majesty. Otherwise, Yang Hu would never have brought his precious sister to the border to live a hard life. .

Ruthless Emperor's House!

The Yang family has been with the emperor for 300 years, and he is very aware of how miserable the emperor's women are. It is precisely because of this that, from the beginning to the present, no Yang family woman has married into the palace.

Yang Hu took Yang Xiao away to cut off the relationship between Yang Xiao and Yingchang!

Du Changjing understands Yang Hu, but Luo Xing and Bai Qi don't understand why Yang Hu gave up the chance to become the uncle of the country.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Long and Yang Hu breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Yingchang would find a reason not to let them take Yang Xiao away, otherwise they really didn't know what to do, but fortunately Yingchang agreed.

"Retire!" Ying Chang waved his hand expressionlessly, then got up from the black carved dragon throne, and slowly walked down the high platform.

"Your Majesty is being sent off respectfully, long live my emperor!" All civil and military officials bowed down and shouted in salute.

Waiting to win often walked into the back hall of the Qilin Palace, and all the civil and military officials left one after another. Only Chang Zifei made a detour to the imperial study. The minister who saw this scene did not say much, knowing that His Majesty had something to talk to Chang Zi alone Fei said.

Yang Long and Yang Hu left the palace very quickly, and brought Yang Xiao out of Xianyang City even faster, as if they were afraid that Yingchang would suddenly regret it, but obviously, the two of them overestimated Yingchang's feelings for Yang Xiao .

For Yingchang, Yang Xiao's departure was just a loss.

Imperial study room!

Ying Chang took off the heavy flat-topped dragon crown, put on a light black jade dragon crown, gently sat on the black carved dragon throne, and closed his eyes for a while to rest.

tread... tread...

Not long after Ying Chang closed his eyes to rest his mind, there was a sound of strong footsteps outside the hall. Ying Chang opened his eyes gently, and saw Prime Minister Chang Zifei walking in with a trace of dignity. Regarding this, Ying Chang gently He waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.

Tang Hua and other court ladies and eunuchs nodded, and quietly exited the imperial study room, Tang Hua even closed the palace door of the imperial study room.

"Sit!" Ying Chang leaned on the dragon chair and waved to Chang Zifei. The latter thanked Chang Zifei and sat on the stool beside him. As soon as Chang Zifei took his seat, he turned to Ying Chang and said, "Your Majesty, These heavenly ministers have thought about it and found that it is difficult for the imperial court to implement national policies in the four counties, especially after the imperial examination, it may be even more difficult to move forward!"

Chang Zifei had a solemn expression and a sad tone.

Chang Zifei has always been deeply troubled by the implementation of national policies in the four counties. As for why it is more difficult to implement the national policy after the imperial examination, it is because most of the scholars in the four counties are descendants of aristocratic families, even though the people in the four counties are quite Wealthy, but those who can read books are all children of rich and powerful families.

In other words, in the future, all the children of the aristocratic families in the four counties will be the children of the aristocratic families in the four counties. Once the children of the aristocratic families in the four counties become officials, the aristocratic family will not only have the power of the people, but also the power of the government. Such a headache, let alone a family with official power.

"I have a solution!" Ying Chang replied softly with a calm expression.

"Oh?" Chang Zifei's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt pleasantly surprised and saw hope, and immediately asked impatiently, "What can your Majesty do?"

Ying Chang narrowed his eyes, and there was a glimmer of gloom in his eyes, "Who is blocking the national policy? The aristocratic family! Why is the aristocratic family blocking it? Benefits! How can the aristocratic family block it? High prestige and wide connections! They rebounded, maybe the imperial court can strike with thunder and kill them all, but there are so many aristocratic families, a family of a hundred people, a family of ten thousand people, once killed, it will be tens of thousands, I am afraid that in the end I will become a tyrant in the eyes of the people, It is extremely detrimental to the future rule!"

"Of course, if there is no other way, I would rather wear the hat of a tyrant than kill them all. But now, I can surrender without fighting, and disintegrate the power of the family without killing a single person. Xiang, come and guess, guess what method I used to disintegrate the family!"

"Oh, Your Majesty, don't be fooled. If I can figure it out, I won't have such a sad face!" Chang Zifei said anxiously.

"Haha!" Ying Chang chuckled, and then said with a straight face: "To deal with these aristocratic families, the imperial court does not need to stand on the bright side. Although most of the scholars from the four counties are children of aristocratic families, there are also many children from poor families. His ambition is no less than that of the children of the aristocratic family!"

"The most important thing is that the children of the poor family have the most reason to support the implementation of the national policy, because there is no conflict of interest between the national policy and the children of the poor family. What I mean is to support the children of the poor family, suppress the children of the noble family, and use the children of the poor family to deal with the noble family. This is why I am inappropriate. The reason that the officials said!"

The matter of supporting children from poor families and suppressing children from aristocratic families must not be stated explicitly, otherwise people in the world will think that the court is unfair, and at the same time it will cause the aristocratic family to backlash. This kind of thing has to be done secretly.

"Support children from poor families, suppress children from aristocratic families..." Chang Zifei muttered to himself, repeating this sentence over and over again, "Crack!" Chang Zifei clapped his hands excitedly, his face flushed and said: "Okay, this trick is true and wonderful Impossible, Your Majesty is so wise, I am so impressed!"

"You can't go too far with this matter, or you will be noticed by the noble family. The county guards of the four counties can be served by two children from the noble families and two children from poor families. We must not only arrange the county guards, but also the county officials of the four counties. To use an analogy, if the sons of the aristocratic families serve as the sheriffs in Hedong County, then five of the eight counties in Hedong County must be the county magistrates who are from poor families!"

"And if the children of poor families serve as the county guards, then the eight counties will be the poor families and the four counties will be the aristocratic families. Remember, when dispatching officials, you must be clear about it. You must never let the officials serve as the parents of the hometown, whether it is a poor family or a scholar. , are all the same, so as to avoid the scene of using power to seek family benefits!"

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Chapter 223 The efforts of the three generations of the Jin Empire were in vain!

"Our imperial court can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, secretly support the children of the poor family, suppress the children of the aristocratic family, and let the influence of the poor family scholars spread throughout the four counties. One thing must be remembered, whether it is to choose a poor family or a noble family. , you must know whether the other party supports the implementation of the national policy, how do you know that I don’t care about it, you can say it clearly, you can make sidelines!"

"If there are scholars from aristocratic families who also support the national policy, we can't kill everyone with a stick. Such people must be registered and checked, and they are not allowed to be suppressed. Although it is absolutely unfair to support children from poor families and suppress children from aristocratic families, we must not hurt them. A child of an aristocratic family who is dedicated to serving the country and the people, do you understand?" Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei and asked.

"Your Majesty understands that I will handle this matter personally, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" Chang Zifei bowed down and replied solemnly.

In fact, sometimes, Ying Chang and Chang Zifei have the same thoughts, they don't want to hurt the children of the family who are dedicated to serving the country and the people.

"Well, step back, by the way, by the way, notify the Ministry of War, and order it to paint and recast the captured armor before the recruits arrive!" Ying Chang said aloud.

"Of order!" Chang Zifei bent down to compose a reply, turned around and opened the door of the palace and left the imperial study room. After Chang Zifei left, Ying Chang began to review the memorials, and a busy day began...

As soon as Chang Zifei left the palace, he went to the prisoner-of-war camp, gathered the Jin officials together, and asked them if they were willing to serve Daqin, but patriotism knows no borders, among the hundreds of Jinguans, none of them were willing to serve Daqin.

In desperation, Chang Zifei handed them over to the Ministry of Works, who arranged for them to repair the canal.

Time passed slowly, day by day.

When the merchants learned that the commercial tax was reduced by [-]%, everyone was so happy from ear to ear, they all shouted for His Majesty's wisdom.

The pensions and rewards issued by the imperial court are also implemented in the hands of every old Qin person, which makes countless old Qin people both happy and hurt. The happy thing is that the imperial court did not lie to them. These rewards and pensions are paid for by father, mother, and son with their lives.

The Gongming Hall is also under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and is being established!

The recruitment of soldiers in the four counties and the imperial examination are also going on like a fire. For a while, on the official roads to Shangyang County and Guangfeng County, there are groups of scholars every day. Accompanied by the maid, the humble scholar hurried on the road happily while traveling around the mountains and rivers with their burdens on their backs.

Living next to the temple, reading books with the help of Buddha lamps, eating dry food, drinking river water, the poor family will bring the spirit of hard work to the extreme.

The Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War is also in full swing. The siege equipment and armor weapons seized from the Jin army are continuously painted, refurbished, recast, and repaired by the artisans of the Ordnance Department.

The number of craftsmen in the Ordnance Department has exceeded 500, and they are all hired from all over the country, which has greatly increased the output of the Ordnance Department. It has to be said that the Ordnance Department also recruits skilled craftsmen from the Kyushu countries in the name of the Ministry of War, and the treatment is favorable.

The Great Qin court paid so much attention to craftsmen, which indirectly raised the status of craftsmen in the Great Qin Empire, which made many elderly Qin people think that it is not bad for their children and grandchildren to become craftsmen. They are all from the yamen, which is better than mud legs.

Of course, not all craftsmen can enter the Ordnance Department. If you don't have the Ordnance Department, you are a mediocre craftsman with poor skills!

Not only was the Ordnance Bureau in full swing, but the entire Shangyang County was in full swing. More than [-] prisoners of war dug ditches for Daqin day after day!

In November of the ninth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, the Qi Empire!

"The Qin Empire has reduced tariffs by a full [-]%!"

"What? The [-]% tariff, the Qin Empire really paid for it!"

"What's the matter? Our Great Qi repays grievances with virtue and sends troops to help Qin. The Qin Empire should reduce tariffs!"

"Sincerity is not bad. Qin's reduction of tariffs is beneficial to us!"

"I heard that some merchants have gone to Qin to do business!"

"In the battle between Qin and Jin, although Qin won a great victory, he also lost a lot. There should be a shortage of food at present. Going to Qin to sell food now will definitely be a huge profit!"

After the Qi envoy Tang Wen returned to Qi, the news that the Great Qin Empire reduced the tariff by [-]% spread throughout the Great Qi Empire. The profit-oriented Qi merchants immediately seized the opportunity and went to the Qin Empire to sell goods. The Qi people reduced the tariff for the Qin Empire. , is also quite satisfied.

For a while, Nanguan became the busiest place in Qin and Qi. Countless Qi merchants and Qin merchants sold goods at Nanguankou, and some Qi merchants went deep into Qin to sell goods, some of them exchanged goods for silver, and some exchanged goods for goods.

At the same time, the Imperial Examination of the Great Qin Empire officially opened, and Shangyang County and Guangfeng County became the most lively places in the Great Qin Dynasty, which greatly promoted the development of the local economy and made many Qin merchants who opened inns and restaurants earn a lot of money.

Four months after the end of the Qin-Jin War, Daqin gradually entered a stable stage. The Daqin court and local governments are all working together. At this time and stage, Daqin is extremely busy. Anyone who can be used is sent to use it.

Compared with the increasing stability of the Great Qin Empire, which is gradually recovering its national strength, the Great Jin Empire is miserable. Although the front line did not say that it suffered a series of disastrous defeats, it was also defeated by the Yan and Zhao armies. Many Jin people were forced to pick up hoes, Door bolts and kitchen knives went to the battlefield, giving the Great Jin Empire a taste of the Great Qin Empire.

The Great Jin Empire has already sent several groups of people to Yanzhao and Yanzhao countries. Yanzhao and Yanzhao adopted the tactics of dealing with each other very tacitly. While talking about a truce, they did not sign the truce agreement for a long time, and the frontline fought more fiercely.

In December of the ninth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, at the cost of ceding Fengtai County and Fangshan County, the Jin Empire stopped Yan and Zhao from conquering the Jin Empire. The war between Jin, Yan and Zhao, which lasted for five months, came to an end.

The Great Jin Empire fought the Qin-Jin War and the Jin-Yan-Zhao War within a year, losing a total of six counties and a population of 200 million. The national strength was severely damaged. The efforts of the three generations of the Great Jin Empire were in vain. There are dirges everywhere.

Great Jin Empire, Jinling City, Imperial Palace, Taihe Palace.

In the hall on the right side, Jin Emperor Min Ziying was extremely haggard, lying on the dragon couch with a pale face, with a white scarf on his forehead, his face was haggard, and his face was covered with wrinkles like hills. for 20 years.

The prime minister, Qiu Yixiao, knelt beside the dragon couch, his face was exhausted and haggard, and he no longer had the spirit of the past.

This year was indeed a tragic year for the Jin Empire, with heavy losses. The efforts of the three generations of monarchs and ministers were all in vain as a gift to other countries.

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Chapter 224 The imperial examination is over!

"My Great Jin... How many soldiers and horses are there..." Jin Emperor Min Ziying said weakly, like a candle that was about to burn out.

Qiu Yixiao closed his eyes, and said softly with a look of grief on his face: "Your Majesty, there are still [-] cavalry on the Great Wall in the North, [-] infantry in Huangshi, and only a few thousand remnant soldiers in the rest of the country. There are less than [-] people, and the citizens are all widows."

"In 20 years, it will take us at least 20 years to restore 100% of the previous national power, and it will take [-] years to recover all of it. Your Majesty, our Great Jin can no longer fight wars with more than [-] people. From then on, our Great Jin will become a first-class empire. Become a third-rate..."

"Cough cough!" Before Jin Emperor Min Ziying had finished listening, he coughed suddenly and coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. Qiu Yixiao quickly opened his eyes, and when he saw Jin Emperor Min Ziying coughing up blood, he immediately took out a white cloth and wiped Jin Emperor Min Ziying's face. mouth.

"Soldiers have no soldiers, generals have no generals, it's my fault, ahem...or the heavens are going to kill me, Dajin...cough!" Jin Emperor Min Ziyi's face became paler, and his breath became weaker and weaker.

"What's the difference if you ask these things now? The most important thing now is to sign an armistice agreement with the Qin Empire as soon as possible. I heard that the Qin Empire has recruited 30 troops in Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang. This does not rule out that the Qin Empire will retaliate against us. Possibly!" Qiu Yixiao said worriedly.

"30..." Jin Emperor Min Ziying's eyes flashed with hatred, "I was wrong, and I regret that I should not have treated the people of Qin preferentially. If I had captured the people of Qin and used them to fight against Qin when I was recruiting soldiers, how could my Jin Dynasty have fallen into such a situation?" To such an extent, I hate it, should I have done it back then! Cough cough! Cough cough!"

Jin Emperor Min Ziying was out of breath, and coughed up blood again, and his complexion became weaker, so weak that Jin Emperor Min Ziying felt struggling to open his eyes.

Qiu Yixiao hastily wiped the bruises on Jin Emperor Min Ziying's body, but he did not refute Jin Emperor Min Ziying, it's not because he was speechless, but because he didn't dare to refute. .

"By the way, in the Battle of Yangguan, the Qin Empire captured 20 prisoners of war from me. In the Battle of Qin and Jin Dynasties, the Qin Empire captured 20 prisoners of war. There are still many officials, the prime minister. Immediately send someone to the Qin Empire to negotiate a truce, and tell the Qin Empire that the Jin Empire I am willing to cease the war, and I am willing to return the household registrations of the four counties, but the more than [-] prisoners of war must be returned to Dajin, or they will not even think about obtaining household registrations!"

Jin Emperor Min Ziyi suddenly remembered that there were more than 20 prisoners of war in the Qin Empire. If more than 20 prisoners of war could be brought back, the Jin Empire would be able to recover its troops in a short time. sufficient.

Thinking of this, Jin Emperor Min Ziying suddenly regained his spirits, as if returning to the light!

Qiu Yixiao frowned slightly, lost in thought.

Household registration is an artifact to rule the people, and Dajin holds the artifact of the four counties in his hands. The Qin Empire must either take back the household registration from the Jin Empire, or re-send officials to formulate the household registration. The former is simple, and the latter is time-consuming and laborious. The Qin Empire will definitely choose the former .

This is the bargaining chip in the hands of the Jin Empire, while the bargaining chip of the Qin Empire is more than 20 prisoners of war.

In exchange, the two win-win, it's okay!

"I would like to go to Xianyang to negotiate in person!"

Qiu Yixiao decided that this matter had to be done in person, so as to ensure that the matter was safe.

"Okay, then Prime Minister Lao!" Jin Emperor Min Ziying nodded, and he also thought that it would be safer for Qiu Yixiao to go out in person.

After a period of time, Qiu Yixiao left the palace, went back to the mansion to simply pack his bags, and then left Jinling with a hundred guards on horseback, heading west all the way.

The first day of the first month of the tenth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty.

The imperial examination has been carried out for almost two-thirds, and it will end in almost a month!

After several months, the 30 young men recruited by the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang have all been sent to Xianyang. It is very powerful. Before the source of troops came to Xianyang City, they successfully refurbished the captured armor and weapons of the Jin army, but not all of them were refurbished. Only 30 sets were refurbished, just enough for 30 troops.

The recruits arrived, and the armor was also available. Du Changjing and Luo Xing did not stay long. The former transferred 100 million shi of grain from the household department to lead troops to the Great Wall at the border of Hebei, and the latter transferred 50 shi of grain from the household department to lead troops to Wujin. .

Bai Qi also transferred 50 shi of grain from the Ministry of Households, 25 shi each from Yangguan and Jingshi Daying, plus Yang Long and Yang Hu took away 80 shi of grain before, and took 280 million from the treasury at once. Stone grain, leaving the treasury with only 70 stone grain.

Fortunately, the three counties of Shangyang County, Guangfeng County, and Hexi County all sent the taxes of the ninth year of Shengqin to the Ministry of Households, and Nanguan also sent the customs duties of recent months to the Ministry of Households. The total county grain tax is 100 million shi, the commercial tax is 38 taels of silver, the salt tax is 40 taels of silver, and the customs duty is 10 taels of silver!

Compared with the eighth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, the grain tax fell by 60 shi in the ninth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, while the business tax and salt tax did not fluctuate much, and more tariffs were imported. The war affected the output. This is the result. Fortunately, the Qin-Jin War continued It didn't take long, and it only affected Shangyang County. If it spread to Guangfeng and Hexi, the grain tax would have to drop by more than half.

Since the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang had just been taken back, the household registration had not been obtained, and the government was in a state of quiescence, so the imperial court did not collect taxes from the four counties.

Where there is an entry, there is an exit. The imperial court pays 50 Yang family troops a total of 80 taels of silver. In addition to the military salaries, there are also the salaries of the court officials and officials from various places, which cost [-] taels of silver, which exceeds the imperial court’s annual food tax The sum of the three taxes, salt tax and customs duty!

The treasury currently has 170 million shi of grain, 470 million taels of silver, and 5 taels of gold. It has to be said that some officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs have gone to the four counties and the Qi Empire to buy grain. The budget for buying grain is 500 million taels. When these officials return to Xianyang, the treasury will be full of food.

February [-]th, the tenth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty!

On this day, the imperial examination was announced to be over. The Daqin court first arranged for a small number of middle-ranked scholars to supplement the six yamen, and the rest of the middle-ranked scholars were all transferred to the four counties as officials. Scholars went to serve as officials in some important areas.

With a large number of officials stationed in the government offices of the four counties, the garrisons from all over the country also returned to Nanguan one after another, which greatly increased the strength of the Nanguan garrison. Of course, this is a later story.

Great Qin Empire, Xianyang City, Imperial Palace, Qilin Palace!

On the black carved dragon throne on the high platform, sat an emperor looking down on the world. He often wore a gold silk black dragon robe, a dragon head belt around his waist, gold-plated dragon boots on his feet, and a flat-topped dragon crown on his head. A pair of deep and sharp His eyes stared at the officials through the twelve strings of colored beads.

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Chapter 225 Qin and Jin Discuss Armistice!

On both sides of the main hall, civil and military officials stood on each side. Since Du Changjing and other generals were stationed in various places, the ranks of military officers were empty, and the main hall only had civil officials.

At this time, Chang Zifei stepped forward and took a small step, bowing down respectfully to make a report: "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Quasi-playing!" Ying Chang nodded indifferently.

Chang Zifei took out a memorial from his big sleeve, and presented it with respectful hands. Seeing this, Tang Hua hurriedly walked down the high platform to take the memorial from Chang Zifei's hand, and then walked up to the high platform with his hands carefully, holding the memorial. The memorial is placed on the imperial case.