The Jagged Empire of Daqin

At the same time, Chang Zifei said, "Your Majesty, this is the entire budget for this year that I and my colleagues from the six ministries have jointly calculated!"

Ying Chang picked up the memorial and unfolded it, carefully reading the contents of the memorial.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 140 cavalrymen on the Hebei Border Great Wall. It is estimated that they will consume 50 million shi of food and 100 military pay a year. Since the Hussar General took away 50 million shi of food before leaving, the imperial court's budget for the Hebei Border Great Wall is only 50. Wanshi grain and [-] taels of silver!"

"Wujin Pass has 55 infantry and 50 cavalry. It is estimated that they will consume 50 shi of grain and 50 shi of military pay a year. General Anyuan took away [-] shi of grain before leaving. Therefore, the imperial court's budget for Wujin Pass is [-] shi of grain. [-] silver!"

"Yangguan and the capital battalion have a total of 50 infantry and [-] cavalry. The consumption and budget are the same as Wujinguan. They are all [-] shi of grain and [-] taels of silver!"

"Xiguan and Nanguan have a total of 80 infantry and 50 cavalry. It is estimated that they will consume 80 and 50 taels of silver a year. The two generals Yang have already taken [-] shi of grain before that. Guan's budget is only [-] taels of silver for military pay, and the food budget is zero!"

"Three thousand heavy cavalry in the heavy cavalry camp originally had a lot of food, and the budget for food and grass was also zero, and the budget for military pay was 4 taels of silver!"

"Your Majesty, this is the budget for the garrisons in various parts of Daqin, a total of 60 shi of grain and 4 taels of silver!" Chang Zifei seemed to memorize the budget, and what he said was basically the same as what Ying Chang saw.

Ying Chang didn't answer, and continued to look at other budgets.

And Chang Zifei didn't stop, and continued to speak:

"The imperial government's salary budget for all officials and officials from all over the country is 100 million taels. Due to the expansion of the Ordnance Department, the annual budget is also 100 million taels. The annual budget for the construction of canals in charge of the Ministry of Industry is 80 shi grains. Your Majesty has not yet There are other plans, so this year's budget is just these, a total of 140 million grains and [-] million taels of silver, and the money and grains that my imperial treasury has at present can completely survive this year's consumption!"

Ying Chang had finished listening to it and finished watching it. Although the situation was not bad, Ying Chang was still a little disappointed. In the original plan, he planned to send troops to attack Jin, and he was ashamed, but the food and grass budget had already reached the ceiling. This Plans have to be set back a year.

"Didn't I ask the Ministry of Households to transfer 500 million taels to the four counties and the Qi Empire to buy grain before? Why hasn't there been any movement?" Ying Chang looked at Jia Luo, Minister of the Household Department, who quickly walked out of the queue of civil servants with a solemn expression He bowed down and replied; "Your Majesty, I have already sent people to the Qi Empire and the four counties to buy grain. Counting the time, they should still be on their way to buy grain. Please don't worry, Your Majesty!"

"They've been gone for two months, right? I'll give them another five months. If I can't see the food after five months, they will all be downgraded!" Ying Chang said solemnly.

"It's Your Majesty!" Jarrow bowed respectfully and responded.

"Your Majesty, do you want to see the envoy of Jin Dynasty?" Chang Zifei asked in vain.

The envoy of Jin that Chang Zifei was talking about was Qiu Yixiao. After several months of traveling, Qiu Yixiao had already arrived in Xianyang City yesterday. The people of the two countries are concerned about it, and they are all curious about how the Qin and Jin Dynasties will end this war.

"The Jin Empire will also talk about a truce one day, haha!"

"Yeah, before the war started, they clamored to destroy us, so why don't they go to Xianyang to ask us for a truce?"

"The current Jin Empire, it's too miserable. We didn't destroy Daqin, but almost destroyed ourselves."

"Ha ha!"

The hall was full of ear-piercing laughter, but fortunately Qiu Yixiao was not in the hall, otherwise he would have died of anger.

"Okay!" Ying Chang raised his hand to stop the ridicule of the ministers, "Xuanjin envoy will meet you!"

"Xuan Jin envoy to see you!" Tang Hua shouted loudly to the outside of the hall.

"Xuan Jin envoys have an audience!"

"Xuan Jin envoys have an audience!"

The eunuch outside the palace repeated the words of Tang paintings loudly.

All the officials in the palace were solemn and solemn, subconsciously straightened their backs, stared straight ahead with no smile, and wanted to present the most solemn side of the Great Qin court to Qiu Yixiao.

After a period of time, Qiu Yixiao walked into the Qilin Hall wearing a dark blue white crane riding a cloud patch court dress, looking at the Great Qin Emperor Ying Chang on the high platform, Qiu Yixiao was deeply moved. Who would have thought that the young emperor of Qin could overthrow the emperor? The princess ruled to save the impending doom of the Great Qin Empire.

Knowing this earlier, she would rather let the eldest princess kill her son and completely tear herself apart from the Qin Empire than engage in any plans to steal the country.

Qiu Yixiao walked to the center of the hall with a complicated expression, bent over and saluted and said, "Foreign minister Qiu Yixiao, pay homage to His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor!"

All the ministers shifted their eyes to Qiu Yixiao one after another, and they all looked at the famous Jin Xiangqiu Yixiao wantonly with sizing eyes, while Ying Chang looked at Qiu Yixiao in the audience calmly, with scrutiny in his eyes, Qiu Yixiao saw Ying Chang didn't respond for a long time, and seeing Qin Chen looking at him wantonly, Qiu Yixiao felt humiliated.

"I want you to talk to me on your knees, okay?" Ying Chang looked at Qiu Yi with a blank expression and smiled.

Qiu Yixiao frowned, and said with an extremely displeased expression: "Emperor Qin, the Great Jin is not a subsidiary state of the Great Qin, why should the foreign minister kneel? The foreign minister reminded Emperor Qin that the foreign minister did not come here this time to submit to Emperor Qin They are here to negotiate a truce between the two countries!"

"In the first year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, I ascended the throne in the body and soul of a prince at the age of five. The eldest princess of your country and Wei Huai, a relative of the emperor of your country, took the opportunity to take charge of the state affairs of the Great Qin State. I invited the Taifu of your country to be my Taifu. The first time I saw your grand tutor, I forced me to bow down and taught me how to be a foolish emperor, and I wanted to use my hands to make Daqin a mess!"

"Facts have proved that tigers and wolves are tigers and wolves. No matter how much you fool me, I will still be the mighty Emperor of Qin. Which year was the most tragic year for Qin? The entire family was slaughtered, and the three tigers of the Yang family were imprisoned. The elite king master is destroyed!"

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Chapter 226 Talk to me on my knees!

"During the time when your eldest princess was in power, I didn't know how many capable and loyal ministers killed my Great Qin, and I didn't know how many people shed tears, stole my Qin land, and humiliated my Qin people. Did I let you kneel and talk too much? I tell you, Even if I destroy the Jin Empire, no one will complain for your Jin Empire!" Ying Chang's tone was light, but every word was full of fierce murderous intent.

"Emperor Qin's words are absurd!" Qiu Yixiao looked calm, with no emotion on his face, and then said: "What Emperor Qin said was all done by your queen mother. What are you doing in the Great Jin Dynasty? Your country ceded the land. It is voluntary, and I have never been persecuted by Da Jin. To put it bluntly, this is an internal affairs issue of the Qin Empire, and it should not be done by an outsider of the Jin Empire. I also ask Emperor Qin not to blame me Da Jin!"

"Shameless!" Chang Zifei couldn't help scolding coldly!

Many ministers also showed anger, wishing they could laugh at him.

"Haha!" Ying Chang couldn't help laughing loudly, "Okay, okay, this matter is my Daqin's bad luck, and a traitor has appeared, so I ask you, why did the Jin Empire send troops to attack my Daqin? They even dispatched 50 soldiers and horses , and kept saying that he wanted to destroy Daqin, may I ask Prime Minister Qiu, how did Daqin offend your country?"

When the ministers heard this, they all sneered, thinking, if you don't admit to stealing Qin, then you must admit to destroying Qin, right?

Qiu Yixiao's expression was still calm, and he said very calmly: "Qin and Jin have been married for generations, the queen mother of your country is my eldest princess, and the emperor of Qin imprisoned my eldest princess, killed my emperor's relative Wei Huai, and imprisoned my Taifu Qiu Yisheng , so bullying my Da Jin, how can Da Jin not send troops to destroy Qin!"

"The foreign ministers also know that my eldest princess committed a serious crime in Daqin, but Emperor Qin should return the person to Dajin and let Dajin deal with it, instead of making his own decisions. Therefore, it is justifiable for Dajin to send troops to destroy Qin. The wolf's ambition to destroy Qin Tundi is just pure revenge!"

"Bastard!"

"Shameless, shameless!"

After saying these words, the angry group of ministers cursed one after another, and even many ministers reached out to touch the hilt of their swords, wanting to rush over and chop off that shameless Qiu Yixiao with a sword.

Facing Qin Chen's scolding, Qiu Yixiao chose to ignore it, with full concentration, he stared directly at Yingchang with bright eyes.

When he said this, he abruptly turned black into white, and made the Qin Empire deserve to be beaten.

"According to what Prime Minister Qiu said, it seems that he is not here to discuss the truce, but to inquire about crimes!" Chang Zifei said in a cold voice with a cold face.

Qiu Yixiao raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "The truce is the truce, the foreign ministers are just trying to prove Da Jin's innocence!"

"As expected of the famous Qiu Yixiao, I was speechless with his words. He said that I, Daqin, seemed to deserve to be beaten by your Dajin. If so, then continue to fight. Lead Yangguan and Wujinguan with 15 soldiers and horses to attack Jin!" Ying Chang ordered decisively.

"I obey the order!" Chang Zifei hurriedly responded.

"Haha!" Qiu Yixiao smiled instead of panic, Ying Chang and other officials couldn't help frowning when they saw this.

"Emperor Qin, stop making trouble. I really can't afford to fight the Great Jin now, but neither can the Qin Empire. Yes, the Qin Empire currently has 40 troops, but can the treasury support the army's expedition to the Great Jin? Doesn't the emperor want the household registration of the four counties?" Qiu Yixiao looked indifferent, as if he had a winning ticket.

The corners of Ying Chang's mouth curled into a sneer, and Jia Luo, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, saw this, and said coldly at Qiu Yi with a blank face: "It is true that our Great Qin Treasury does not have any extra food to support the Qin army's expedition, but our Great Qin Treasury There is plenty of money, two months ago, His Majesty ordered people to bring 500 million taels of silver to the people of the four counties and the Qi Empire to buy grain, and it is estimated that in half a year, the granary of our Great Qin Treasury will be full!"

"At that time, can our Great Qin go on an expedition? At that time, will the Jin Empire be able to resist our Great Qin's tiger and wolf division? Just my Great Qin, a Wu Wang Bai Qi, can scare your Jin army out of courage. Moreover, even if you can't buy food, My Great Qin court can also forcibly confiscate the food of the four counties, how rich the four counties are, presumably Qiu knows better than us!"

"Our Daqin court is based on the people, and we don't want to use forced expropriation to obtain the people's surplus food, but if our Daqin is forced to rush, I, Daqin, will not care about these things. At worst, you will destroy your Jin Empire and rob your Jin people of food. By the way, your Jin Empire also has a lot of food, but unfortunately, there is so much food and no one guards it, it can only be cheaper for me, Daqin."

"Ah~"

Qiu Yixiao sighed inwardly, then knelt down on his knees in humiliation, his eyes turned red.

shame!humiliation!

But what can be done, the Great Qin has 40 soldiers, and the Great Jin employs [-] soldiers. How to fight, just as Jia Luo said, just one Qin Wu Wang Bai Qi can scare away the courage of the Jin army.

Regret, I regret it so much, my guts are green with regret, helping Daqin to raise four fat pigs for nothing, it is really shooting myself in the foot.

Seeing Qiu Yixiao kneeling on the ground, all the ministers sneered complacently.

Continue to fight with reason, continue, believe it or not, destroy your country!

Disgrace yourself!

"Okay, now we can discuss the truce. The conditions for the truce in Daqin are very simple. The truce is fine, but the household registration must be returned to Daqin within three months. Otherwise, we will attack Jin and destroy Jin!" Ying Chang said simply with a smile on his face. Neatly said.

Qiu Yixiao took a deep breath, "My Great Jin armistice condition is also very simple, and the household registration can also be returned to Da Qin, but Da Qin must return more than 20 prisoners of war. This is the only condition of Da Jin, and Da Jin will not retreat in this regard. In the next step, if Emperor Qin disagrees, then the ministers will wait in Jinling for the Qin army to attack!"

Qiu Yixiao's attitude was firm, and he didn't intend to take a step back at all.

When the ministers heard the words, they couldn't help showing embarrassment.

Once these more than 20 prisoners of war are returned, the Shangyang County Water Canal Project will be aborted, and once these more than 20 prisoners of war return, there will be 20 Jin troops. At that time, the Jin Empire will be able to recover a little vitality and threaten Daqin .

But Daqin really needs household registration, and it is difficult to control the four counties without household registration.

For a while, the ministers chose to remain silent and decided to give this multiple-choice question to Ying Changxuan.

Yingchang fell into deep thought, and after a moment of thought, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Qiu Yi with a calm face and said with a smile: "The prisoners of war can be given, but the Jin Empire must first return the household registration, and I, the Great Qin, will release the prisoners of war and return to Jin!"

"No!" Qiu Yixiao shook his head and refused without hesitation.

"Don't believe me?" Ying Chang asked back.

"Emperor Qin, why bother to ask questions knowingly!" Qiu Yixiao replied indifferently.

"I don't trust you either. You and I don't trust each other. How can we negotiate terms? Well, it seems that I have to write a letter to ask Emperor Zhao and Emperor Yan if they would like to divide the Jin Dynasty!" Ying Chang The tone was calm, but everyone could hear that the words were full of threats.

Chapter 227 Signing the armistice agreement!

"Why is Emperor Qin so naive!" Qiu Yixiao raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a sarcastic sneer.

"How do you say that?" Ying Chang replied with a half-smile.

"Why did Yanzhao want to cease fighting? Don't they two have the strength to join forces to destroy Jin? No, they have. As long as they are willing, within half a year, Jin will fall, but why did Yanzhao cease fighting? Because they know that a weak Jin is better than a weak Jin." The ruined Jin Empire is more cost-effective!"

"Everyone knows the Qin of tigers and wolves. Qin defeated 16 elite Jin troops with 50 soldiers and civilians. Such strength is enough to make the kingdoms of Kyushu panic. If Jin perishes, who will contain Qin? The better Qin performs, the more it will make Yan Zhao even Don't be afraid!"

"It makes foreign officials feel sad that Yan and Zhao will not destroy Jin, so that the weak Jin will become a buffer between Qin, Yan, and Zhao. No matter whether it is Yan, Zhao, or even Qi, they will not look at the Jin Empire. To perish, if the Qin Empire develops rapidly and threatens them, then it will not be Yan Zhao conquering Jin, but the four kingdoms of Yan Zhao Qi Jin conquering Qin!"

"Emperor Qin should not try to force foreign ministers to compromise by destroying Jin. What the foreign ministers said is very clear. The Jin Empire does not want to fight anymore, nor is it able to fight anymore, but the Qin Empire should not even think about destroying Jin. Even if the Qin Empire insists on sending troops to destroy Jin Yanzhao and the two countries will not agree!" Qiu Yixiao analyzed the situation very thoroughly, and it was precisely because he knew the situation that he was so calm in the face of danger.

Yingchang waited for the officials to be silent, Qiu Yixiao said it was right, Yanzhao and even Qi would not let the Jin Empire perish, now, Great Qin has only two options, one is to kill the fish and break the net, send troops to attack Jin at any cost, and snatch the household registration back with his own hands , Note, you can only grab the household registration, you can't occupy Jin land to destroy the Jin country, otherwise the two countries of Yan and Zhao will intervene, and it is very likely to send troops to help Jin resist Qin!

Second, agree to Qiu Yixiao's conditions, and release more than [-] prisoners of war to return to Jin, and use them to exchange household registration for the four counties.

"I still say the same thing, a truce is fine, but the Jin Empire must first return the household registration. After the household registration is returned to Qin, Daqin returns the prisoners of war. If the enemy does not agree, then I can only let me, Daqin Ruishi, go to Jinling City to get it. Whether Yanzhao sends troops to aid Jin, I can't care, if they want to come, Daqin will fight with them!" Ying Chang said with a solemn expression and a firm attitude.

"Emperor Qin seriously?" Qiu Yixiao stared at Ying Chang, as if he wanted to see through Ying Chang's true meaning, but unfortunately, he couldn't see through those deep and shining eyes.

"Really, Prime Minister Qiu can return to Jin!" Ying Chang waved his hand indifferently, without any intention of keeping him.

Originally, Yingchang wanted to go the second way, but suddenly thought that the household registration belonged to Daqin, so why would Daqin have to pay a price to get back his own things?What's the point?

Not to mention that the household registration is not available now, even if the household registration is available, none of the 23 prisoners of war should leave.

Qiu Yixiao's expression changed, became gloomy, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said: "More than two hundred thousand prisoners of war consume food and grass every day..."

Ying Chang suddenly interrupted: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Qiu. Although the Daqin treasury lacks food and grass, the Daqin court has already made a budget for this year. From the budget, the Daqin treasury can fully support this year. Furthermore, I have adjusted 500 million taels When Baiyin goes to buy food and grass, Prime Minister Qiu doesn’t need to worry about the lack of food and grass in Daqin, let alone worry about the hungry prisoners of war, go back, the Jin Empire only has half a year to prepare, go back early and make preparations sooner!”

"call!"

Qiu Yixiao took a deep breath, got up slowly from the ground, bowed down expressionlessly, and made a farewell ceremony, saying: "It's so, the foreign minister is leaving!"

After finishing speaking, Qiu Yixiao shook his sleeves and left. At the same time, Ying Chang said: "I will pass on my order to order General Anyuan and King Wu to speed up their military training, prepare all strategic equipment, and send troops to attack Jin in autumn!"

"Your Majesty is holy! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers bowed down and flattered.

Qiu Yixiao, who was walking at the gate of the Qilin Hall, stopped suddenly, and Ying Chang looked at Qiu Yixiao's back with interest, only to see Qiu Yixiao turned around, walked back to the center of the hall, gritted his teeth and said to Ying Chang: " Da Jin can return the household registration first, but must first release half of the prisoners of war to Jin!"

"Since Prime Minister Qiu takes a step back, I will also take a step back. I can release the promoted officials first, but the prisoners of war will not be released!" Ying Chang said with a calm expression, but actually smiled inwardly.

In a duel between masters, whoever turns back first loses.

All the ministers also felt relieved, knowing that Qiu Yixiao had to compromise.

Qiu Yixiao was silent for a while, and finally said helplessly: "Okay, I hope that after the household registration is returned, Emperor Qin will not forget the promise!"

"Naturally!" Yingchang nodded with a smile on his face.

Chang Zifei walked out of the queue of civil servants, turned around and waved to the outside of the hall, only to see two Imperial Guards walking towards with a large scroll on their shoulders, the two Imperial Guards walked to the center of the hall, and unfolded the large scroll. It is a large map, and the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang are in it.

Ying Chang got up from the black carved dragon throne, walked down the high platform step by step, stood beside Qiu Yixiao, Qiu Yixiao looked at the four counties on the map, his heart was bleeding, four counties, just returned it like this.

Chang Zifei took out two pieces of golden silk from his bosom with a blank expression. This was the return of the credentials of the four counties and the armistice agreement that the Daqin court had already prepared. Chang Zifei unfolded the credentials and the armistice agreement on the map At this time, Tang Hua also came over with an inkstone and two writing brushes, Qiu Yixiao and Ying Ying saw the situation, each took a writing brush, and signed the armistice agreement and the letter of credence.

Qiu Yixiao affixed the seal of the Prime Minister of Jin and replaced the seal of the Emperor Jin with the seal of the prime minister, while Ying Chang affixed the seal of the Emperor Qin, and signed both seals, and declared that the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang belonged to each other. The Great Qin Empire, in the true sense, regained the lost land of Great Qin, and also represented a truce between the two countries!

Although the letter of credence and the armistice agreement did not state that the Jin Empire would return the household registration first, the signing of the return of the four counties' national certificates acquiesced that the Jin Empire must return the household registration. On behalf of the Qin Empire, the prisoners of war must be returned, which does not have a recognized effect.

If the Jin Empire does not return the household registration, then the Qin Empire can launch a just war against Jin.

When Chang Zifei and other senior officials saw this scene, they felt filled with emotion. When they cut off the land, they also cut it in the same way, and now they have finally got it back.

After signing the armistice agreement and returning the credentials of the four counties, Qiu Yixiao left without saying a word, with no face to wait any longer.

Chang Zifei put away the letter of credence and the armistice agreement, and the two imperial guards also put away the big map, and carried it out as they carried it in. Ying Chang also walked back to the high platform and sat on the black dragon throne Looking around the ministers with a hint of joy on his face, he said: "My dear friends, the ancestral land that has been lost for several years has finally been recovered!"

Chapter 228 500 million 20 acres of fertile land!

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Great Qin! Long live! Long live! Long live!"