Longyang loves Qin

Ye Yu sat in the main tent. It was not that he had never been in the main tent, but it was the first time he was sitting in the main seat.

After taking off his armor, he was wearing an apricot-colored beard and knelt behind a few desks. He was a little less heroic but a little more beautiful. It's a pity that he buried his head in the file, which covered up his beauty.

He didn't feel it when he was a lieutenant general, but now he only feels a lot of pressure to be a small general leading 5 people.

Rubbing the sore and numb legs, Ye Yu adjusted his posture, looked up at the sky outside the tent, sighed lightly, put down his pen, and said to Tong Liang and the others who were also staring at the wooden slips: "Thank you for your hard work, let's rest for a while."

He waved to the attendants beside him to bring in the food.

Then everyone put down the files and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there were only 5 people this time, the military equipment was not as good as in previous years, the food and grass were also insufficient, and there were countless hungry civilians who would do anything to join the army for a bite of food, making the situation a bit chaotic.

There were slight conversations in the tent one after another, but it was not as solemn as before.

Ye Yu pressed his temples, thinking that there are many more than the following military management.

Yingzheng gave him 5 people, which is almost the number of people who can attack the city. It is used to fight against the Zhao army who only sent less than 2 people. Even if the troops are messy, it is too extravagant in this locust famine. up.

There is a saying that "before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first", Ye Yu just imagined the wasted food and grass in the middle and felt distressed.

Of course Ying Zheng would not do that kind of stupid thing, so obviously, his intention of giving Ye Yu 5 people was not to simply repel the disturbing Zhao army, but to let Ye Yu fight back.

The combined total of the two armies is less than 10 people. As long as the generals of both sides are in a normal mind, it is impossible to lead to a war. That's why Ying Zheng asked Ye Yu to save face for Qin without any consideration.

Ye Yu touched the hilt of the Zhanlu sword hanging on his waist. In this situation, he didn't really support this approach, but Qin State needed it.

The Qin State has made too many enemies, even when it is weak and tired, it is determined not to be taken advantage of by other countries, otherwise it will be out of control, and anyone will pinch it.

Strong Qin is strong, but it cannot be weakened.

It didn't take long for the food to be delivered. Ye Yu arrived after the meal time, so he didn't know the current food situation in the army.

The attendant lifted the lid of the food box and put bowls on his table. The amount was less than before, but most of the food remained the same, and it was many times better than what he ate in the mansion.

Ye Yu suddenly thought of the words "the wine and meat of Zhumen stinks, and the road is frozen to death", and immediately drooped his face, straightened his body and said angrily, "Where do you get so much food?"

The attendant suddenly heard his loud reprimand, hurriedly put down the food box and explained: "This is your order..."

Ye Yu choked, and suddenly remembered that this was a society of slavery. Even if the lower class starved to death, the upper class had to be fed and clothed.

He said that no matter how disaster prevention preparations have been made in advance, the food shortage will still be so large.Originally, he thought that the plague of locusts was too severe, but now it seems that it was dark under his lamp.

People with titles and official positions all eat public food, and there are rules for them.He doesn't know how many people have titles, but just those who have official positions, there are tens of thousands of people, big and small. If you count the titles, it has to be doubled.

These people are different from the general Qianshou, their salaries are only a few stones of chestnut rice, of course it is impossible to eat tree bark and grass roots, even the smallest officials eat coarse rice, where does this rice come from?Of course it is issued by the state.Where does the country come from?It was an ordinary place in Guizhou that probably couldn't even eat a bite of food that day.

He seemed to be holding a breath in his chest, his face flushed red, he was ashamed and angry.

The people around looked at him anxiously, perhaps they also knew that they shouldn't be extravagant at this time, they knew why he was angry, but they couldn't think as far as Ye Yu.

Ye Yu's mind was full of confusion, and after a while, he let out a long breath, stretched out his hand and moved the clay bowl containing the rice, and said to the attendant who was serving the rice just now: "Except for this, all the rest will be given to the soldiers outside. Bar."

The attendant looked at the bowl of rice in his hand in surprise, "General?"

Ye Yu said to Tong Liang again: "I will follow this for my future servings." He tapped the rim of the bowl with his index finger, and added: "No, I don't even use polished rice, just replace it with coarse rice. Alright, all the extra cases will be handed out."

Tong Liang was a bit embarrassing, he didn't have the guts to feed the dignified general poor coarse rice.

Ye Yu glanced over coldly, Tong Liang's body trembled, so he could only bow his head in response.

The rest of the people looked at the bowl of rice in front of him, and then looked at the food on their own table, and they also felt burning shame on their faces. They didn't know who started it, and said one after another: "General, our quota will also be reduced. Alright."

Ye Yu didn't care what the reason was for them to do this, and agreed together.

Also taking this opportunity, Ye Yu thought of one thing, and even ignoring the meal time, he took out the bamboo slips and pen from the side and started writing on the spot.

As soon as he wrote a word, Ye Yu suddenly called out to the attendant who was about to leave and asked, "Is there anyone in the army who catches those locusts to eat?"

The servant nodded.

Ye Yu said solemnly: "Give me an order, if there are any locusts in the army who catch and eat them, they will use thirty army sticks."

Immediately, someone retorted: "General, they preyed on the locusts to eat, but it was just to fill their stomachs, and that's it?"

They were also puzzled, just now Ye Yu kindly asked those people to eat as much as possible, why did he turn around and give a contradictory order?

Ye Yu replied: "There are horse grass in the army. If locusts are attracted in, it will cause a big disaster sooner or later." Now horse grass is more in short supply than food.

Some people were still puzzled, "The locust is dead after all, how could it come back with people?"

Ye Yu replied again: "The adult insects are dead, but the eggs can be covered on the clothes and brought in by people. It is also a time when locusts are flooding. If one is not careful, it will be another locust crossing."

Everyone thought about what he said, and felt cold sweat, and there was no one to refute.

Seeing this, Ye Yu said to the attendant: "Tell the reason, and also, send people to patrol the surroundings day and night, one is to prevent people from catching locusts at night, and the other is to pay attention to the locusts around you." If the number is small, it will be killed and burned on the spot; if there is a large number of insects, it will report immediately! In addition, the inspectors should pay attention to washing clothes."

The attendant responded and went out with the food box.

Ye Yu continued to write the letter to Ying Zheng.

***

"... the army cannot eat locusts... I am willing to donate the annual salary to help the disaster..."

Looking at the bamboo slips presented by Ye Yu, Ying Zheng frowned.

The former was right, he planned to inform immediately, but the latter made Ying Zheng suddenly want to ask Ye Yu face to face.

He donated his annual salary to help the disaster, which is a great thing from the perspective of the head of Guizhou, but it has harmed the interests of other nobles.

Because he took the lead in donating, if others don't donate, it is inhumane and has a bad reputation, but if he goes to donate, then who would be willing?Following him will definitely become a foil, and if you don't donate all your annual salary like him, even if you have more than him, it will inevitably appear not generous enough.

This is not a good thing for the nobles at all.

Although his incident did not fundamentally shake the power and interests of the nobility like Shang Yang and Wu Qi did, but in the end he would end up in a feud, and the accumulation of small things would make a lot. Isn't that how Shang Yang died?

Ying Zheng looked at the unrefined but upright handwriting, laughed heartily, and put away the bamboo slips.

At the court meeting the next day, Ying Zheng first announced that the army should not eat locusts, and then brought out the matter of Ye Yu's donation.

"General Ye sees that the soldiers are suffering, and those who have no titles can't fill their stomachs. He is willing to offer a yearly salary of one thousand shi to help the disaster. What do you think?"

Sure enough, as Ying Zheng expected, someone immediately stood up to object, "Your Majesty, this case cannot be opened."

Someone else echoed: "That's right, all the merchants have gone out of the valley, how can we be like them?"

Even if the Qin State did not reject merchants like other countries, none of the nobles and nobles were willing to surrender their status.

Some people even maliciously said: "Your Majesty, Ye Changli is definitely for the 'Level One of the Noble One', you can't believe it!"

Ying Zheng didn't speak, but just looked at the camp of generals.

Meng Ao came out of the queue before Ying Zheng's eyes swept over him, his voice immediately overshadowed the other ministers, "Your Majesty, the old minister is also willing to donate his annual salary to help the disaster."

None of those ministers expected that Meng Ao would say that, and all of a sudden there was no sound.

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Ao and asked, "What is General Meng thinking?"

Meng Ao replied: "I am also a general, so I understand General Ye's compassion and compassion. Besides, the old minister's annual salary is over ten thousand. If those thousands of stones that are not needed can save me the generals of the Great Qin and the head of the Great Qin, why not for?"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, "What General Meng said makes sense." He then looked at Lu Buwei, the head of civil servants.

Lu Buwei's complexion was not very good since he was in the court, and he waited for Ying Zheng to look at him for a while before reacting, and stepped forward and said: "I agree with what General Meng said, but what the doctor said just now is also reasonable, since the words come first. If officials and nobles do the same, I'm afraid it will be unfair."

The doctor who was pointed by Lu Buwei raised his head, very proud.

Meng Ao was dissatisfied, "To save tens of thousands of people from dying, this is a great achievement, enough to be added to the rank."

Seeing that his generals were about to quarrel, Ying Zheng said, "What can Father Zhong do?"

Lu Buwei nodded and said: "I think that it should be the same as before, and set the rules."

As soon as Lu Buwei's words fell, Chao Shang thought of whispering, and Ying Zheng also followed his words to think.

After a while, Ying Zheng seemed to have made up his mind, and said, "Then follow the advice of General Meng and Father Zhong."