A Romantic Story of a Girl from the Qin Dynasty

The two looked at each other, Shimi trying his best to hide his fear, but Ying Zheng knew her so well that he had already seen through her pretense of calmness.

Ying Zheng grabbed her hand, originally wanting to ask why it was not appropriate to go out this year, but when he opened his mouth to ask, he saw the faint uneasiness in her eyes, and saw that her palm was covering the word "Sand Dune", and he seemed to have guessed the reason. .

Shiya looked at Ying Zheng, half-smiling but not smiling. She wanted to break the deadlock at the moment, so she had no choice but to smile and said very mechanically.

"I am discourteous. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"No way! You also care about me. Since you are so opposed to traveling this year, then we won't go."

Ying Zheng smiled far-fetchedly. Both of them wanted to break the deadlock but made the atmosphere very awkward. Ying Zheng stroked Shimi's hair and asked no more questions.

"I also feel that my health has not been good this year. I think it is really not suitable for such a long journey. In addition, Fusu's two children are still young. Let's wait until they are older..."

While the two were talking, a servant outside the house came to report that Fu Su had come to the palace to pay his respects.

"Quickly, call the prince in. I haven't seen him for a long time."

Fusu's appearance broke the deadlock at the moment. Shimi put away the map and saw that Fusu had entered the palace.

"See the father, queen and queen..."

He has become a prince, and now he has become more mature and stable. Ying Zheng is very satisfied with this. In the past few months, he has sent a doctor to go with him to understand the people's sentiments. He hopes that he can learn more about the people's needs. He also asked him to visit the people who were recaptured by the Qin State. Territory, Fusu shoulders a heavy responsibility and has not been in Xianyang for most of the year.

"In the past six months, you have visited the people with the ministers. What have you gained?"

Ying Zheng restored the majesty of the emperor, and treated Fusu no longer as a father, but as a king and minister.

"My son has gained a lot. I have eaten and lived with the people these days, deeply understood the people's sentiments, and gained a deep understanding of what kind of life they need."

"Are they satisfied with my governance?"

This question made Fusu slightly hesitant. He glanced at his mother and saw her pleasant face, so he boldly spoke.

"Returning to my father, the world is peaceful now, but the people have no land to plant. Large areas of land are abandoned and no one is cultivating it. Now that spring is approaching, the land should be plowed and sown early, but no one is taking care of the abandoned land. , if the depression continues for a long time, the people will have nothing to eat, resulting in a large number of hungry people."

"Why is this? Now that the world is peaceful and there should be time for farming, why don't the people go?"

Ying Zheng asked with a serious face

Fusu was a little hesitant in answering, because even he himself didn't know whether what he was going to say would make his father happy or angry, but what he had seen and heard in the past six months had deepened the suffering of the people, and Fusu Su didn't want to deceive the people, nor did he want to deceive his father. For the people in the agricultural era, not cultivating the land and not sowing seeds meant that next year there would be a large number of refugees who would starve and if serious, it would also spread to the Qin Palace.

"Is such that……"

Fusu thought for a moment and said slowly

"After my father pacified the world, he called on all the people in the world to implement Qin's laws. He also promulgated the system of unifying weights and measures in the same way as books and chariots. These are indeed good things and help my father unify the world, but the people can't do it. The son adapted, resulting in a somewhat chaotic scene. In addition, after the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, a large number of young and middle-aged laborers died. Many families did not have young men available. Now, the father began to build the Great Wall and the imperial mausoleum non-stop. , overhauling Chidao, these... all consumed a lot of labor, so the fields were abandoned, and only the old and weak people were left at home and did not have the conditions for farming, so... it led to large areas of fields being abandoned. If it goes on for a long time... it will be determined There will be famine and riots..."

After Fusu finished speaking, he looked up at Ying Zheng and saw his displeasure.

"Then what do you think... should be done?"

Fusu was a little flustered. He looked at his mother again and saw that the queen shook her head at him, indicating that he should speak more tactfully. But Fusu had seen a lot of suffering of the people in the past six months. As the prince, he would naturally want to be the master of Daqin in the future. My people are living a good life! I want to be bold enough to petition for the people

Look, he bowed deeply and mustered up the courage to say

"Father, I wonder if we can get the people who built the Great Wall and built the imperial tombs to come in batches? In the spring, it is the turn of one side, and in the summer, it is the turn of the other side, so that they can have time to go home to farm and work! Also! …”

Fusu said again

"I feel that the construction of the Chi Road and the urgent construction of the Imperial Tomb can be postponed for the time being. These two projects consume a huge amount of manpower and material resources. As for the Chi Road alone, the terrain of the project is complex. The road is steep and the distance is unprecedentedly long. Now that the world is at peace, can... can we slow down?"

Ying Zheng closed his eyes and asked again

"anything else?"

"Also...the construction of the imperial mausoleum is on a huge scale, and almost all the people are mobilized to repair it day and night. It is really..."

"I asked them to build the Great Wall, build imperial mausoleums, and repair roads. I didn't ask them to work in vain. I paid them money! Are they still dissatisfied?!"

Ying Zheng was already a little angry.

"No, people are naturally happy to have money, but... what we should do now is to recuperate, hide our strength and bide our time. We should develop the agricultural economy first, and only when the people have food to eat and clothes to wear, can we make other arrangements... …”

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Ying Zheng laughed suddenly, which startled Fusu. He looked at his mother, who signaled him to stop talking.

"It's a good thing that you can penetrate into the hearts of the people, but with the Great Wall and the Imperial Tombs running along the road, which discomfort is the most important? Without the Great Wall, how can we resist the Huns' invasion? Without the Chidao, how can I quickly go to other places to understand the sentiments of the people? Without the Imperial Tombs... ...If the imperial mausoleum is not completed, where do you think I will be...in a hundred years?"

Ying Zheng was obviously angry, but he suppressed his anger and did not want to fall out with Fusu. He waved his hand to signal him to go down. Unexpectedly, Fusu was not so easy to dismiss today. Seeing that his father did not directly respond to his question, he was so bold. said

"Father, I heard that you are going to send troops to attack the Huns, but now the Huns have not taken the initiative to attack. Should we slow down? The storm of pacifying the Six Kingdoms has not passed yet, and now we have to consume a lot of troops. Isn't it... a little too hasty? How much?"

"very good……"

Ying Zheng was originally resentful about his trip just now, and now that Fusu has repeatedly hit him at gunpoint, he is even more displeased.

"The Xiongnu have coveted the territory of Qin for more than a day or two. You also understand this. Since you care about the people so much, then I will send you and Meng Tian to lead the army to attack the Xiongnu! What do you think?"