Xianyang Palace.

The case of the ministers is discussing political affairs.

Lü Buwei stepped forward and said, "King, the minister has something to do." ”

Zichu put down the book slip in his hand and asked, "What's the matter with the prime minister." ”

Lü Buwei said: "The minister heard that the land of the six counties of Jingyang has been flooded with drought and flood, and the locust plague will appear soon. ”

"What?"

"A plague of locusts?"

The six counties of Guanzhong suffer from a major drought every three years and a locust plague every ten years.

Unexpectedly, this time the locust plague will appear again.

Wang Di and Gong Gong glanced at each other, this is the fiefdom of Wuhou.

Zi Chu was shocked, and immediately asked, "It's all like this?" ”

Lü Buwei nodded: "The locust plague on both sides of Weishui is about to appear, if it is not controlled and relieved, the disaster is likely to continue to spread, affecting Hanguguan and Xianyang." ”

Zi Chu looked at the ministers and asked, "Thousands of people in the Qin Kingdom all feed on farming, once this happens, I don't know what good plan you have?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, but they didn't dare to take the lead.

Because once there is a drought in the Qin State, many things will be implicated.

At this time, it is natural that someone will speak out.

But what I never expected was that the first person to speak out was Yingzheng!

As the eldest son, Ying Zheng has the right to sit on the desk of Zichu's subordinates.

When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately got up and said, "Father, my son has something to say." ”

Zichu said: "What is the best plan for my son?" ”

Ying Zheng said: "Erchen thinks that the most important task now is to comfort the people and suppress the disaster, and Erchen wants to transfer 200,000 stone of grain from the treasury to the land of the six counties. ”

When Zi Chu heard this, although he didn't decide, he still nodded with satisfaction.

When Lu Buwei heard this, he said, "Eldest son, the minister thinks it's inappropriate. ”

Ying Zheng frowned and asked, "Why does the prime minister think it can't be?" ”

Lü Buwei said: "The land of Liucang is already tight, and the national grain stock is limited after all, for the time being, the minister believes that he should observe the disadvantages of the times, examine the place, and then return to the palace to make a policy according to the time, and find a way to get rid of the locust plague, so that the people can work in farming, and get through the current difficulties as soon as possible is the best policy." ”

Ying Zheng said: "Although what the prime minister said is reasonable, but now, the disaster can not give me enough time to measure, once the disaster appears, the people flee, Bashu, Guanzhong, Longxi, will all be affected, and if you want to treat the disaster, I am afraid it will be even more difficult, and you should do extraordinary things at extraordinary times." ”

Ying Zheng cares about the six counties, in addition to worrying about the people, he naturally knows that this is the fief of Wuhou.

Between the two of them, many people were extremely surprised that the eldest son actually refuted Lu Buwei's opinion, which is not a good phenomenon.

Changping Jun suddenly appeared and said: "The king, the minister thinks that this drought appears in Guanzhong, it must not only be in the land of six counties, I am afraid that it will affect more than ten counties, if you want to investigate the field in the policy, I am afraid it is really too late, but the eldest son said that the grain and disaster relief, although it is a law, but the eldest son does not know, and now the Qin country is flooded all over the country, it is really difficult to implement, so I don't know what is the magic of this?" ”

The ministers nodded their heads.

Changping Jun's name is Xiong Qi, and he is the biological son of King Chu Kaolie.

In the Qin State, the official position is Tianbu Shi, who is in charge of grain taxes, and when he speaks at this time, he also wants to hear what Lu Buwei has to do.

Lu Buwei said: "The minister's method is to imitate the ancient law!" ”

Lü Buwei continued: "The minister hopes that the king will issue a decree ordering the whole country to pay homage to all merchants, scholars, and people in Qin. As long as this decree is implemented, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and the national grain stocks are limited after all, and it is difficult to provide disaster relief, and if this decree is issued, it can just solve the disaster and supply the army. ”

Lü Buwei's words made everyone's eyes widen.

Although this method is good, it is contrary to the national policy, especially after Shang Jun.

Ying Zheng immediately said: "Father, the son thinks that it must not be. ”

Lu Buwei's expression moved.

Ying Zheng continued: "I have the law of Daqin, since the Shang monarch, are all military merits, so there are soldiers in front of the brave to kill the enemy, now ignoring the ancient law, the policy of receiving food for disaster relief and giving the knight, will undoubtedly greatly blow the heart of the whole country soldiers to go into battle to kill, the benefit will be those who only know how to gather wealth and goods, do not know the rise and fall of the world businessmen, so if it continues, it will shake the country, although the ancient law is law, but it is not suitable for the current law!" ”

Ying Zheng's sonorous words made Zichu's heart shake, and the ministers never imagined that the eldest son could be so far-sighted.

Lu Buwei looked a little dissatisfied, and said: "Eldest son, if this method is not feasible, and the Great Qin Six Cangs are indeed insufficient, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers who need to be supplied with rations, then the disaster relief matter, according to the legal system, also needs to be solved by Wuhou himself." ”

Wang Yi looked at the two of them with heavy eyes.

I almost wanted to step forward and speak, but I couldn't help it! Three more days! Now is not the time to speak.

Zichu interrupted the two of them loudly, and said: "The widow thinks that what the prime minister and Zheng'er said makes sense, these six counties were given to Wuhou by the widow, but I didn't expect that it was only a few days before such a situation occurred, and the widow felt deeply guilty, if he stood by and watched, it was natural that the widow would tell the prime minister what Wuhou meant, and let Wuhou decide, how." ”

The ministers bowed their heads one after another: "The king is wise! ”

After the court discussion, the ministers retreated one after another, and Yingzheng looked gloomy.

He naturally cares about Wuhou, and at the same time, he also cares about the people, what Lu Buwei said is really at a loss, and it has been implemented in ancient times, but whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, this point cannot be studied.

However, if this matter is left to Su Zheng to decide, no one will have anything to say.

Ying Zheng saw that the ministers had left, so he turned around and left.

Suddenly, a voice came: "Eldest son, please stay!" ”

Ying Zheng turned around, and when he saw that it was Wang Yu, he immediately saluted and said: "Ying Zheng has seen General Wang, I don't know what General Wang has to teach!" ”

Wang Yi said with a smile: "What the eldest son said today, the old minister also thinks so!" ”

Ying Zheng was stunned and said: "General Wang smiled, Zheng'er is young, there is only a corner of the place where he can see, and he can't consider the overall situation, the rest of my Qin country is short of food, where can the food come from to save the territory of the Marquis of Wu." ”

Wang Yi nodded and continued: "The eldest son knows why Prime Minister Lu Cheng advocates this matter of paying grain and giving knights!" ”

Ying Zheng shook his head.

Wang Ji hesitated for a moment and said: "The officials of the Qin State have always acted to report good news and not bad news, if they deliberately conceal the disaster and store grain and strange goods, once the edict is promulgated, can they profit from it?" ”

Ying Zheng was taken aback and asked, "General Wang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Wang Yi said: "Wuhou wrote to me, saying that he beheaded the county orders of the six counties because he found that these people had done things that harmed the people!" But Gu Wuhou investigated, and the strange goods were far more than the six counties, did the son understand? Wuhou said that he wanted the eldest son to study with peace of mind, and the disaster would arrive in Xianyang in a few days, and the eldest son would know about it! ”

Wang Di left.

Ying Zheng looked sluggish, how could he not understand what Wang Yi meant with his intelligence?

Why do these people want to store grain, isn't it just for promotion?

Looking for whom?

After Lü Buwei returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Sima Kong, who was presiding over the compilation of Lu's Spring and Autumn Period, called over.

Told Sima Kong everything about today!

Sima Kong said with a smile: "The prime minister doesn't need to worry too much, the eldest son doesn't know the reason, so he naturally won't agree, but Su Zheng will definitely agree, who will let the people under his rule be displaced, homeless, starved to death, he has no other way but to promise." ”

Lu Buwei nodded.

Sima Kong continued: "Once Su Zheng agrees to this policy, then, the officials and people under Su Zheng's rule, and the officials will all use this to attach themselves to the prime minister, and the people will live because of the prime minister, will they thank the prime minister, or thank their martial marquis." ”