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Time is in a hurry, and it is already the end of January in the blink of an eye.

Winter goes to spring, the wheat seedlings on both sides of the Wei River are now more than a foot green, with the ups and downs of the slightly steep spring breeze, the dead trees sprout, the grass spits green, and there are sporadic flowers blooming between the fields, although the temperature is still very low, but the blowing on the human body is no longer the kind of cold like a knife cut.

After nearly three months of preparation, the good news from the counties one after another, as Chen Xu expected, this is less than February, according to the following summary of the news, 10,000 sets of new horse equipment in hundreds of businessmen enthusiastically built under the full effort has been completed, and now there is an endless stream of large caravans between Xianyang and the counties every day, transporting a large number of made saddles and weapons to the warehouse in Xianyang.

This morning, Chen Xu hurriedly finished breakfast and drove to the court.

Because the equipment of the horse pawn has been built, the emperor yesterday passed the news that the officials of the three provinces, the six departments and the four grades and above, and all the military generals above the rank of the chief must go to the court to discuss politics today.

And this time, everyone doesn't have to guess to know that His Majesty is preparing to send troops to sweep Henan.

And this is not news, since the emperor sent the emperor list in October last year, this matter has almost been confirmed without any transfer, and the people of Xianyang have almost become household names.

Chen Xu was also very excited.

This change has completely reversed the history of the later generations of the Great Qin.

And this is almost a change that he has brought about.

"Qinghe Hou Zao!"

Walking all the way up the steps leading to the main hall of the court, all the officials along the way greeted each other.

"Good morning, gentlemen!"

Chen Xu also smiled like a nodding doll, bowed all the way and saluted, walking into the hall is still the same, because there are more people inside, and the official positions are bigger, all of them are the main officials of the three provinces and six ministries, and when he walked to the front of his exclusive black bear skin chair, he felt that his lumbar intervertebral disc was protruding and could not be retracted, his back was sore, and the two big buns he ate in the morning were almost exhausted.

The main hall was soon full of people, and all the civil and military ministers were discussing the conquest of Henan.

It doesn't matter if some people are happy, some are excited, and some are excited, but overall everyone is excited.

Because since conquering the Qi State three years ago, Great Qin has not waged a war like this.

For most of the civil and military officials of the Great Qin Empire, they generally don't care much about the life and death of the common people, except for a few people such as Chen Xu, the civil and military officials are more concerned about their own rights and status, and they are concerned about whether they can be added to the ranks.

Now the three provinces and six ministries have been restructured for more than a month, and all the government offices have basically all been reformed in place, and the order for the restructuring has already been rushed to the world.

Therefore, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, the best way is to fight, especially military generals, if you don't fight, you won't have the slightest military merit, and their group of generals who have been idle in Xianyang for two or three years are even more unhappy every day, and they feel that their bones are about to rust.

Meng Tian with a vote of generals to guard in the northwest, although there is no big battle, but small fights often occur, the battle report is also a month back several times, today the general of a certain pass in Shangjun led Erlang to kill more than 100 Huns, captured hundreds of cattle, sheep and horses, tomorrow it is a certain pass guard of Yunzhong County to lead Erlang to raid the Donghu caravan, capture dozens of enemy heads, seize hundreds of leather goods and other news.

These are trivial victories in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but they can't bear it, once the news comes, the emperor will be happy, and then the knighthood and rewards will continue, these news will also Xianyang and a group of idle moldy generals stimulate the Mao scorched, and they are in a bad mood when they go to the toilet.

Originally, according to the emperor's previous plan, he was ready to attack Lingnan first.

Although the generals who can participate in the military intelligence exercise are full of entanglements about sweeping Baiyue, most of them cherish their feathers and are unwilling to risk their lives to confess their names in the wild land of Lingnan, so including Li Xin, Wei Yi and other generals who have a marquis in their bodies and have not been promoted have said that they should not rush to send troops, hoping to be fully prepared and slowly figure it out, but for middle and lower-level officers, sending troops to fight is a very much looking forward to, such as Zhao Tuo, Ren Huan, these middle-level officers, The temptation and excitement of fighting a war are still great.

But I didn't expect that after a winter, the task of conquering Baiyue turned out to be yellow, and it turned into a raid on the Xiongnu in the northwest, which made many middle and lower-level officers who knew the news as disappointed as if they were mourning.

The northwest is the back garden of General Meng Tian, and basically the Manchu Dynasty has no civil and military play, and it cannot be touched.

"Your Majesty is in court~"

In the midst of the civil and military commotion of the Manchu Dynasty, with a long shout from the confessor, the entire court instantly quieted down, and all the civil and military officials stood in line respectfully to greet them.

Qin Shi Huang's face was as calm as ever, surrounded by guards and palace people, he strode out of the apse, walked to the dragon chair and stood up, his eyes swept over the entire hall, and finally nodded slightly to Chen Xu and then sat down with a big sleeve: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After a small commotion, most of them sat down, and nearly 100 officials who had temporarily gone to the court stood in a line, most of them looking at the officials seated, with all kinds of envious, jealous and hateful expressions on their faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the day before yesterday, the Marquis of Qinghe reported that 10,000 sets of new horse equipment have been built, and today the gathering of the court is to arrange the dispatch of troops to Henan, Qinghe Hou, please pass on the matter of the horse pawn equipment to the Manchu Dynasty Secretaries!" After Qin Shi Huang finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xu.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu stood up, took out a fold from his cuff, opened it and began to read: "Until the beginning of the imperial list of preparations for the new horse pawn equipment on the eighth day of November last year, to the preparation of 10,000 sets of equipment the day before yesterday, the time only took 80 days, from the summary of the information, Nanyang County is the fastest, the number of merchants who participated in the three chapters of the law reached sixty-eight, and a total of 6,300 qualified weapons, 5,800 sets of saddles and stirrups, and more than 7,000 horseshoes were completed, accounting for more than half of all equipment. It is the biggest contributor to the completion of equipment construction ahead of schedule this time, and the two counties of Shangdang in Hedong have each completed more than 1,500 weapons and more than 1,000 sets of saddle stirrups, and the remaining Sanchuan County has completed 1,000 sets each, and Hanzhong County has completed 2,600 sets of saddles and 800 weapons......"

Chen Xu spent a few minutes briefly reading through the summarized information, and these data had been presented to the emperor and the three provinces and six ministries the day before yesterday, so most of the officials above the court already knew about it.

After Chen Xu finished reading, Qin Shi Huang had a smile on his face, "Ten thousand sets of new-style horse pawn equipment were successfully completed in less than three months, thanks to the merits of the three chapters of the covenant proposed by the Marquis of Qinghe!" ”

Chen Xu hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your praise, this is not the credit of the minister alone, when it was originally agreed, the three provinces and six ministries were all involved in the advice, if there is no full support from the two prime ministers and the people of Mengda, there is no collective wisdom and efforts of the government offices, there is no full cooperation of the subordinate county officials, there is no strict supervision of the supervision officials, there is no tireless communication of the post officials to make the government decree smooth, it is impossible to complete the task in a short time, so the minister does not dare to be greedy for merit alone, Now that 10,000 sets of new horsemen and equipment have been successfully completed, the minister also wants to ask for credit for the merchants who participated in the three chapters of the covenant in each county, and hope that His Majesty will evaluate the merits of the merchants according to the emperor list of the three chapters of the covenant on that day, and at the same time issue an edict to fulfill the promise! ”

"What the Marquis of Qinghe said is very true, the matter of commendation has been approved, and the matter will be evaluated and discussed by the Ministry of Officials according to the information summarized by each county in accordance with the regulations of the three chapters of the law, and the merits of the two Zhonglang, five waiters, and ten Langzhong will be listed and handed over to the Zhongshu Province for review after the agreement is correct!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Si on the left, Feng Quji on the right, and Shen Gongyan on the right stood up and saluted at the same time.

Since the successful reform of the three provinces and six ministries, Qin Shi Huang's mood seems to be much better every day, and his smile is more, because in the past, such trivial things had to be personally asked in the court, and he had to personally watch the situation reported by the counties and personally agree on the credit, but now he doesn't need it, he will directly throw it to the ministry for review, and then Feng will check it, and after thinking that there is no problem with his subordinates' comments, he will hand it over to Zhongshu Province for review, if Li Si also thinks that there is no problem, it will be handed over to the emperor for approval. And the last thing the emperor saw was that it was almost already a state of execution, Qin Shi Huang's task at this time was to approve or not, if it was a major event he thought it was, he would naturally personally mobilize the file to review it again, if it was not important, he would naturally believe that the two prime ministers would directly issue the seal of the province and return it to the Ministry of Officials for implementation.

Although there may be more collusion and corruption of officials, the emperor's work pressure is less than half, and most of them are transferred to the officials of the three provinces, six ministries and various ministries, and this pattern actually disperses the dictatorial nature of the imperial power in disguise, so on the whole this is a huge progress across the times.

Because even if Qin Shi Huang used to deal with big and small things in detail, officials want to collude with corruption or can not be eliminated, or even more serious, because there is no power to supervise and restrain each other, many things are now supervised by the three provinces, and the six ministries are responsible for implementation, and there are already some meanings of separation of powers, which also makes the handling of things more fair and reasonable in disguise.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the new equipment has been built, and the matter of my plan to send troops to Henan in March can be carried out smoothly, the three provinces, six ministries, and various government offices must fully cooperate with this dispatch of troops, and the military department orders the lieutenant to obey the order...... Qin Shi Huang swept the hall with cold eyes.

"The minister is here!" An old man in a brocade robe, with gray hair and a slight thinness, stood up.

"Quickly arrange for the soldiers and servants to send the built horse pawn equipment to Yunzhong County to General Meng Tian, and at the same time gather the craftsmen to accompany them to nail the horses and guide the use of the saddle, etc., and urge the selected horse pawns to step up their training and send troops after the Shangsi Festival!"

"Whoa!" The lieutenant bowed down to receive the order.

"The household department orders Gao Teng to obey the order!"

"The minister is here!" Gao Teng stood up.

"It is rumored that the officials of the three counties of Taiyuan, Yunzhong, and Jiuyuan are raising grain and grass, and they must ensure the supply of grain and grass for this dispatch, and those who are slack will be punished!"

"Whoa!" Ma Teng bowed down to receive the order.

"The Ministry of Industry ordered Zaihong to obey the order!"

"The minister is here!" Jae Hong, who was gray and fat, stood up.

"It is spread that all the counties along the way from Xianyang to Jiuyuan must keep the road clear, and if there are unscrupulous people who destroy traffic, there will be no mercy!"

"Whoa!" Zai Hong surrendered his hand.

"The officials ordered Shen Gongyan to obey the order!"

"The minister is here!" Shen Gongyan stood up and bowed his hand.

"Spread the word to the counties, and arrange for the merchants who signed the three chapters of the covenant to rush to Yunzhong County with an edict to listen to General Meng Tian's dispatch of the army, and prepare to receive the spoils of war according to the equipment of the soldiers they have completed, so as to fulfill the promise of the emperor, and at the same time, the household department also sent officials to accompany the caravan to coordinate and register."

"Whoa!" Shen Gongyan received the order.

"Di Daohou Li Xin obeys the order!"

"The minister is here!" Li Xinhua jumped up with joy.

"General Li is my great Qin Xiao brave general, faithful and brave, I want to give you the task of sweeping the enemy in Henan, I wonder if the general can have the confidence to calm the enemy for me?"

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust, lead my Great Qin Erlang to sweep Henan, and expand the territory for Your Majesty in the bloody battlefield, if not, the minister is willing to come to see him!" Li Xin's face turned red with excitement.

"Okay, I will appoint you as the general, go to General Meng Tian's tent to listen to orders, everything obeys General Meng's orders, if you violate the order, I will definitely be punished!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Xin was a little trembling with excitement.

"Zhongshu Province Li Xiang listens to the order!"

"The minister is here!" Lees stood up.

"Quickly issue an edict to General Meng Tian, I give him full authority to plan the dispatch of troops, grant General Li Xin as the chief general of 10,000 new-style horses, and grant Jiang Hu as the deputy general of the new-style horses, and be sure to level Henan before the end of May!"

"Whoa!" Li Si bowed.

"Shangshu Province Feng Xiang listens to the order!"

"The minister is here!" Feng Qujian stood up.

"Feng Xiang must coordinate the six deployment offices under Shangshu Province to closely cooperate with this army operation, once Henan is swept away, quickly divide the counties and counties, select the best war horses and hand them over to General Meng to re-form two horse pawn troops, and properly distribute and dispose of the captured materials, livestock, prisoners, etc., do not cause chaos, if there is prevarication, slackness, collaborating with the enemy's goods, and those who disturb the morale of the army will not be severely punished according to the law!"

"Whoa!" Feng went to bow down and take the order.

"From today onwards, all the secretaries must focus on this military affairs and not slack off on government!" Qin Shi Huang's expression was serious, his eyes swept across the entire hall like ice, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all felt a chill in their hearts for no reason, and some people couldn't help but gently slap a few times.

"Your Majesty's decree!" The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all stood up.