Chapter 44: Farming

"Feng Quzhi and Li Si have died one after another?"

In the Zhangtai Palace, Ying Ziyi was lying on the couch, listening to the inner supervisor on the side. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Follow the rules!"

For example, when officials of the level of Feng Quji and Li Si reported illness, the imperial court wanted to send soup and medicine, and give a lot of condolences to show their kindness to the old ministers. "Yes, Your Majesty!"

The inner supervisor was just about to retreat, but Ying Ziyi waved his hand and said, "Wait! ”

The inner prisoner turned around and bowed down.

"Feng Quji and Li Si are the elders of Great Qin, and they have worked hard. Today, Tejia Feng went to 1,200 households in Jiyong County and 1,000 households in Li Siyu County. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

In the hall, under the seat of Ying Ziyi, a group of people stood with bated breath.

Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xiao He, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang and others are among them.

After listening to Ying Ziyi's words, everyone was silent.

The so-called once the Son of Heaven and a courtier, although today's Son of Heaven is not as harsh as the previous emperor, but every move is not to be underestimated. It's just a few months, and today's Son of Heaven has joined forces and taken a series of means, and all those big and small nobles in Guanzhong are respectful.

In this pass, inside and out, up and down, from the head of a county to the commander of an army, the transition has basically been completed, and the important positions are in the hands of today's son.

And Feng Quji and Li Si were both courtiers of the first emperor, and they were sick at this moment, undoubtedly preparing for Zhishi.

An era has passed!

"Where did you just go?"

Ying Ziyi picked up a grape on the table, stuffed it into her mouth, and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Changping positions everywhere have basically been built, and the grain transferred from the Ao Cang has also reached millions of stones. At this point, food prices in the counties have stabilized. Xiao He said with his hands in his hand.

In the era of cold weapons, the most important resource of the country was food. Historically, food prices have skyrocketed and cannot be contained, and they are all the symptoms of troubled times. Since the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the coins of the Six Kingdoms have been abolished, and the Qin Half Liang has been used as the official currency.

However, in remote counties, the old coins of the Six Kingdoms are still being used, and even Qin Banliang is regarded as bad coins. Why? Illegal minting of coins is rampant in the local area, and a large amount of important resources and food are still in the hands of the old clans of the six local countries.

Of course, stabilizing food prices is not an easy task. Ying Ziyi sat on the couch and glanced at Wei Zhuang. In the process of transporting grain to various counties, there are many inexplicable bandits who want to intercept grain ships and grain trucks.

Weizhuang's murderous reputation has now spread to Hedong, Shangdang and other counties. It is said that in the local area, as long as the name of Weizhuang is mentioned, children can stop crying at night.

Xuan Ce's army came out, and the local heroes were all trembling, afraid of becoming the next target. And Wei Zhuang's shark-toothed sword has become the symbol of the Xuan Ce Army at this moment.

Feeling Ying Ziyi's gaze, Wei Zhuang did not have a superfluous expression, and looked indifferent. But it is this indifferent appearance that silences the outlaws who are bloodied in the rivers and lakes, and they can hide as far as they can.

"Changping is a local grain storage system to stabilize grain prices, but it is still not the most important at the moment, so what about the resettlement of 700,000 prisoners?"

"The counties have been divided, and in Shang County, the two batches of Hanzhong County have arrived one after another, and the Tuntian matter has begun. It's just that there are very few people in Nanyang County who are willing to go. Xiao He said, and there was a lot of helplessness in his words.

The resettlement of Tuntian this time is not mandatory. Since the empire has granted amnesty to the world, the 700,000 prisoners are already civilians of the empire, and they are no longer slaves.

No one is a fool, and at present, the east and west of the empire are facing each other, and Nanyang County and Sanchuan County are the main battlefields of the two sides.

One side passes through Wuguan, and the other side is the important town of Xingyang. Maybe when the enemy army will come and go to Tuntian, but you have to be careful. In such a situation, how many people are willing to go, it is better to honestly farm in the rear, as long as a few years later, this field will be their own, how good!

Ying Ziyi nodded, this is also human nature.

"Your Majesty, at this moment, many chariots in Guanzhong have been damaged, and the Zhuye Supervisor has asked for three hundred new chariots to replace the old chariots for military use, and His Majesty will decide."

Shaofu Zhang Han said.

Now that the Western Regions have been stabilized, Yingziyi's fiefdom is divided into four counties: Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, each of which dispatches county guards and county magistrates. And Ying Ziyi's 30,000 cavalry troops were stationed in Zhaowu City, which was also the location of the Western Regions Protectorate, to deter the countries of the Western Regions. Zhang Han and Li Zuoche were transferred back one after another and awarded important positions.

"Chariots?" Ying Ziyi thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Han Xin, what happened to the 100,000 athletes of the Longxiang Camp and the Xiaoyu Camp now?" ”

Han Xin took a step forward and said, "The 50,000 people in the Xiaoyu camp have moved to Guanzhong, and the 50,000 people in the Longxiang camp have been placed in Shanglin Yuan, practicing day and night. ”

"Completely abolish the chariot, and let the Zhuye Supervisor build 50,000 pairs of harnesses first."

The combat vehicle on the battlefield is certainly powerful, but it is also quite limited, not only requires a lot of logistical support, but also has a very limited role on the battlefield.

Chariots are naturally used to charge into battle, but they are also limited to this, and they are often not as useful as cavalry. Especially with the advent of saddle horses, the value of training cavalry is often more advantageous than chariots.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Han Xin asked tentatively.

"That's right, I'm going to build a 100,000 cavalry army." Ying Ziyi said affirmatively. The 100,000 athletes in the Longxiang Camp and the Xiaoyu Camp were selected to join the camp since childhood, and they all carried out closed training. They come from all over the world, but they are loyal to Great Qin, and they can be described as the reserve of the Son of Heaven's army.

Since the opening of the Western Regions, a large number of horses have flowed in, and there are as many as 300,000 horses in Guanzhong. The conditions are ripe for the transformation of the cavalry, and what is lacking is long-lasting adaptation and training.

There were 200,000 troops in Guanzhong, including 100,000 troops in Xianyang alone, and 60,000 forbidden troops guarding the Qin Palace, which were under the command of the new guard commander Gai Nie and Lang Zhongling Han Xin. With the addition of these 100,000 people, the military strength under the direct command of Ying Ziyi will be 200,000.

At such a scale, the consumption of grain and grass materials is also huge. In fact, the loss of a large amount of wealthy land in the east, coupled with a series of changes, has put the empire's treasury on a strained.

Thanks to the blood transfusion of the Silk Road, Yingziyi can now support it. And the military front of the empire in the east also changed from the initial offensive to a contraction defense.

In the east, Xingyang is an important town, in the north is Handan as a stronghold, and in the south is Wancheng as a defensive line.

The joint defense system of these three cities was the strategic depth to prevent the westward invasion of the Fusu army.

"Nanyang Shou Emergency!"

The guard of the herald handed the silk letter in his hand to the chamberlain, Ying Ziyi received it in his hand, opened it, and muttered: "Xiang Shaoyu, the head of the Xiang bandits, colluded with the traitor Yingbu and Ji Bu, and led 50,000 rebels to invade Nanyang County, and has gone down to two cities, please send reinforcements quickly!" ”

Ying Ziyi secretly said in her heart, can't you let people farm in peace? (To be continued.) )