Not long after the First Emperor changed his clothes and waited in the Zichen Palace, Meng Yi, Feng Qujian and others came, and the First Emperor instructed the palace maid to bring ice powder and slowly share the food with several humerus ministers.

"Di Daohou guarded Dunhuang, these three years are indeed hard, I also heard from the military reports delivered by the messenger from time to time, as far as I know, because of the long distance and difficult passage, although the supply of grain and grass in the Western Army is not sufficient, but all the countries in the Western Regions accept the Western Army's temperance and dispatch, there should be no shortage of food and drink, but the station is indeed a little cold, but it is not so bitter that you have to cry so much in the court!" After drinking a bowl of jelly slowly, the First Emperor wiped his mouth with his sleeve and opened his mouth lightly.

Belch! Li Xin almost threw away the spoon with a shake of his hand, and looked at the First Emperor with a flushed face and was a little at a loss.

"It's okay for Di Daohou to sit down, over the years, you and the Marquis of Yinshan and other soldiers of the Western Army have continuously conquered the Xiongnu Yue clan and the Western Regions countries, and laid such a vast territory for the Great Qin to open up the territory and expand the territory, the merits are high and hard, I have always kept it in my heart, this time the rebels of the Moon Clan are thousands of miles away, if you put it a few years ago, the military merits accumulated by the Marquis Di Dao are enough to reward the Marquis of Che, but I have never been rewarded, do you know why?"

"I don't know!" Li Xin replied embarrassedly.

The First Emperor sighed and stood up, looking at a huge world map hanging on the wall, "This world map, Qinghe Marquis has been dedicated to me for six years, I have to look at it several times a day, originally after conquering the Western Regions, I planned to continue to cross the snow-capped mountains and plateaus to attack the Western countries, but found that the distance was too far, and the grain, grass and ordnance could not be sufficiently supplied, and the Qinghe Marquis also suggested that I conquer Baiyue first and then slowly map it......"

"The Marquis of Tongwu won a great victory in the battle against Baiyue, but the general and the Marquis of Tongwu passed away one after another, and I lost two pillars, and the Northern Army also dismissed the Marquis of Wucheng because of the matter of Yanmen Pass, so I was a little anxious, and the move of plotting the West was put down, originally according to my plan, it was to wait for the envoys sent to the West to return, and after the detailed distribution and strength of the Western countries, I arranged for the Marquis of Di Dao and the Marquis of Yinshan to send troops at the same time, first Kekang Ju Dawan, and then Daxia, After receiving sufficient food and armament, they will fight against poison or rest in peace......"

The First Emperor pointed to the world map, his voice was flat and majestic, and Meng Yi, Feng Quji, and the others all put down their spoons and looked at this huge world map carefully.

This picture is no stranger to the people in the room at the moment, Meng Yi Feng Quji is already very familiar with it, and although Li Xin is stationed in the Western Regions, in fact, through the caravans and envoys who come and go, he has long known the general distribution and situation of the Western countries, and when he has nothing to do, he has also drawn a map in the military camp and analyzed the strategies and steps of attacking the West with a group of generals.

Because the main purpose of the Western Army was originally to plot against the West, not to be stationed in the Western Regions to eat soil.

"The difficulty of conquering the West by land is beyond my imagination, it takes half a year just to exchange letters and letters on weekdays, such a long distance, I am a little undecided, once the army crosses the snow-capped mountains and plateaus to the West, the time and place are not in me, the situation is complicated, coupled with the slow transmission of news and communication, and perhaps the disease of water and soil, I have been unable to decide to send troops, which is why you have been stationed in the Western Regions for three years......"

"I originally wanted to wait until the conquest of Dawan to be crowned the Marquis of Didao, but I never expected that within three years, the Western Army began to be chaotic and shaken, and did not abide by military laws and discipline, and the generals of the Western Army colluded to steal and sell armaments to deceive the court and deceive the ......."

Qin Shi Huang turned to look at Li Xin with a majestic expression.

"Your Majesty, the ministers deserve death!" Li Xin knelt on one knee with a pale face, and did not dare to look at the Great Qin Emperor with his head down.

"The world is so big, although I have ambitions, but I still need the help of all Aiqing, my hope is to plant my Great Qin Dragon Banner all over the four continents, Xianyang to achieve the imperial capital of the world, to come from all directions to congratulate all nations to come to the dynasty, all the ethnic groups in the world are to study my Chinese book, say my Chinese language, book Chinese literature, know my Chinese benevolence and etiquette, respect my Great Qin law, this is the world is also ......"

"But to fulfill this wish, without a strong armament and an elite army that abides by military orders, it is absolutely impossible, since the Marquis of Jingwu and the Marquis of Di Dao both said that the military system has accumulated for a long time, I also feel that it has indeed reached the point where it must be changed, so today, you Aiqing will have a good discussion to see how this military system should be changed, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past in the future, my name as a great Qin Ruishi is famous all over the world, how can I degenerate into a corrupt army......

The First Emperor sat down, looked at Li Xin, who was still kneeling on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Di Daohou, get up, I have already punished, if I commit it again, I will definitely be punished severely!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!" Li Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead and returned to his place and sat down.

Hearing the tone of the First Emperor, Feng Qujian frowned slightly, but after a moment, he put down his hand in a dejected manner.

Today's affairs in the court are obvious to all, the general in charge of the Western Army, Meng Tian, who is in charge of the Western Army, exonerates the soldiers of the Western Army with the Marquis of Che, Chen Qing Emperor's current military system is malfunctional, and he wrote a letter to implore the reform of the military system, which has been supported by many civil and military ministers, including the commander of the Ministry of War, although Meng Yi has never spoken, but the news of the Montessori brothers' continuous private contact with many figures in the past two days is not hidden, and everything that happened in the court today is under the control of the Montessori brothers.

In addition, there was also the complaint of Li Xin, the Marquis of Di Daohou, who was moved by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and wiped his tears and blew his nose to call Li Xin together, so that the first emperor was finally punished for half a year and a year.

Right now, the First Emperor summoned five important ministers to discuss the military system, and he was obviously moved, and Feng Quji felt that there was not much to do in this matter.

The reform of the military system will inevitably be carried out from top to bottom, and if the selective recruitment system proposed by Meng Tian is followed, it will make the state tax collection a large amount of exemption money, once this money is less, some of the imperial court's expenditures will inevitably be more austere and unsustainable, but if this excuse is used to block the reform of the military system, I am afraid it is not very possible.

Feng Qujian didn't want to stop the reform of the military system, but how to get more money, after all, this ***** is not good, except for Chen Xu, the left minister who spent money at the meeting, now the imperial court is not enough to pay taxes every year, and after the issuance of 500 million treasury bonds, he will have to pay an extra 25 million in interest every year.

And three years later, there will be a second phase of one billion treasury bonds issued, and the imperial court will have to pay an extra 50 million yuan of interest every year, Feng Quji even feels a little desperate, as for the third phase of two billion treasury bonds, he doesn't dare to think about it, the interest of 100 million yuan a year, many officials in the imperial court are afraid that they will have to eat the soil.

I'm old, shouldn't I resign and go home to retire!

Feng Quji sighed in his heart.

Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked. Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is calculated, and the feelings are asked: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law......"

"The Taoist, with the consent of the people, can die with it, can live with it, and will not be in danger; Heaven, yin and yang, cold and heat, and time system; The land is far and near, dangerous and easy, wide and narrow, dead and alive; generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, bravery, strictness; The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use. Those who know will win, and those who do not know will win......"

"The disadvantage of the Western Army lies in the distance from Beijing, the government decree is not smooth, the road does not exist, the sky is not profitable, the land is dissatisfied, the order will not be carried out, the law is not the master, and the five laws do not exist, it is a big taboo, and the minister thinks that the matter of Jingwu Marquis to reform the military system is urgent, and I hope that Your Majesty will make arrangements as soon as possible!"

Regarding the question of the First Emperor, the military department ordered Wei Yu to stand up and state his family's opinion.

"What the Lieutenant and Military Department said is right, the military system has accumulated for a long time, and it has indeed reached the point where it must be changed, what I need is the most complete reform strategy, to be able to create a truly invincible Great Qin Rui Shi, to conquer the West, infantry fighting vehicles are all out of date, only horses and crossbows, and skilled cavalry fighters are not able to be filled, they need to be carefully selected and strictly trained, so the selection of military recruitment system mentioned by Jingwu Hou is the best method, but for the military merit law of the knighthood system, it needs to be renegotiated, The 20th rank of Lord introduced by Shang Jun has become the norm, and if it is changed rashly, it may cause chaos......" Qin Shi Huang said as he slowly thought about it, tugging at his beard.

"Your Majesty is thoughtful, and the minister is still worried about this, the twenty-level military lords are all based on the accumulation of soldiers' battles, but in order to boost the morale of the army, it is necessary to change this way of purely relying on the battlefield to kill the enemy to obtain military merits, and more evaluation methods need to be introduced, the minister thinks that you can comprehensively evaluate from the time of enlistment, the quality of training, the drill confrontation and some competitions, of course, the battlefield military merit is still the heaviest, and only by killing the enemy can you get great merit......" Meng Tian said his opinion according to some of the methods that Chen Xu had mentioned.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current twenty-level military lords are too complicated, and now that Daqin has decided to unify the Central Plains of China, there will be fewer and fewer wars, so that my Daqin will not be able to fight, and naturally the soldiers will not be able to accumulate military merits to improve their titles, and there will be no way to obtain military merits, so they will inevitably slowly slack off in government affairs and military, since they want to form a standing elite army to fight in Western countries, then the military and government can be completely separated, abolish the military law, and reformulate the military law specifically for the military merit award!" Meng Yi, who had never spoken, stood up and said.

"Doctor Meng's words are very kind!" Feng Quji couldn't help but nodded, "It has been more than 100 years since Shang Jun proposed to award knights for military merits, and now there are almost no wars in Daqin, if you can't change the restrictions of this military lordship law, not only will the royal family not be able to award merits, but hundreds of officials will not be honorable, and in a few decades, won't there be no nobles in my Great Qin?" ”

"Well, Feng Xiang's words are reasonable, it is true, it seems that if you want to change the military system, you must first change the military lord law, and to change the military lord law, you must first plan an independent and complete military knighthood system to replace the current 20-level military merit knighthood ......"

Qin Shi Huang nodded again and again, and after thinking about it, he habitually turned his head to look at his right, and found that he was in the Zichen Hall at this time, and Taishi Chen Xu was not sitting on top of him, so he felt a burst of disappointment in his heart.