"Li Xiang, please speak, what is it that you want me and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to testify for you?" The Emperor took his seat and spoke.

"In October last year, the old minister made a bet with the Marquis of Qinghe, if the Marquis of Qinghe repaired the new Oriental Road within a year, the old minister will admit defeat and support the Marquis of Qinghe to loosen the business law, and now more than half of the year has passed, and the Oriental Road is almost completed, although the old minister is unwilling to admit defeat, but he also has to admire the unbelievable preparation plan and construction speed of the Marquis of Qinghe, more than 2,000 miles of the Oriental Road will be completed on time, so this bet has been lost by the old minister, so today I specially invited the Marquis of Qinghe to the court, to admit defeat to Your Majesty and your colleagues!" Li Shiyi glanced at Chen Xu and said seriously.

"Wow~~" There was a violent uproar in the entire court in an instant, and all kinds of discussions instantly remembered.

No one would have thought that Li Si would admit defeat in advance.

Meng Yi and Feng Qujian both looked at Li Si with surprised faces.

And Chen Xu was also a little stunned for an instant, but he didn't expect that the first thing Li Si did after a serious illness was to admit defeat.

But in an instant, Chen Xu came to his senses again, and then couldn't help but scold the old fox in his heart.

Because according to the current construction speed and progress of the Eastern Road, it will be completed by the end of October at most, and there will be no problem with the whole line before the end of the year.

Feng Quji and Meng Yi obviously thought of this quickly, and after the two glanced at each other, Feng Quji stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Li Xiang and Qinghe Hou, the old ministers of the world, were witnesses that day, and Li Xiang was willing to gamble and lose, and he was really a humble gentleman!" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are all witnesses on the same day, today Li Xiang admits defeat and fulfills his promise, which is really a fortunate thing for the world's businessmen, congratulations to Qinghe Hou for his victory!" Meng Yi also stood up and said loudly.

"Li believes in keeping his promises, and he really has the style of a gentleman, and I admire him very much!" Many officials in the court stood up together to pat Li Si's ass, especially a group of Legalist disciples who only looked at Li Si's horse, although they all looked dissatisfied, but at this point, they had to admit that Li Si had lost this game, and there was no possibility of a half-point reversal.

"Well, Li Xiang is so generous to admit defeat, I am very pleased, the two Aiqing are both my arms, and they are both worried about me, this gamble I personally promised, since Li Xiang admits defeat, then this bet will be over today, and the matter of loosening the commercial law will be drafted by the Marquis of Qinghe and reported to the Zhongshu Province and me for review, I hope that the two Aiqing will work together more together in the future to make suggestions for me, so that my Daqin will become more prosperous and rich......"

The emperor's words set the tone for this round of stakes, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time, and they all looked at Chen Xu with fiery eyes.

Once the news of Li Si's admission of failure spread, Chen Xu's reputation among the people must have suddenly soared, and Chen Xu led the revision and negotiation of the commercial law, which was also disguised as taking away some of the right to make laws by the disciples of the Legalists and Li Si in the past, and from then on he had the opportunity to compete with Li Si on the national policy.

The relaxation of the Shang law did not have much resistance to the Manchu civil and military, as long as it did not touch the vested interests of the nobles who should belong to them, they would not be too excited, the interests of the nobles lay in the immunity of the law, in a large number of food and fiefdoms, in the management authority of the fiefdoms, and a large number of fields, real estate and taxes are the foundation on which they rely to maintain dignity.

At the end of the day, this is an era where the importance of population and agriculture is extremely important, and they will feel at ease when someone has land in their hands.

Although all the merchants were rich, there was no land, no fiefdom, no population who could cultivate and pay taxes, and it was not a stable class, and it was not worth paying special attention.

Moreover, the Marquis of Qinghe led the revision and relaxation of the Shang Law, but in the end it had to be submitted to the Zhongshu Province and the emperor for review, and any decree that touched the interests of the nobles too much would inevitably be opposed by countless princes and princes.

According to Chen Xu's consistent practice, he will not risk being enemies with all the princes and princes and civil and military officials, and drastically elevate the status of merchants to the level of aristocratic equality, because this is not in line with Chen Xu's own identity and status, in the final analysis, Chen Xu is also a nobleman, and he is a double marquis who has no one before or even after him, and he is also a relative of the emperor, and he will never make reforms that shake the foundation of Great Qin.

Chen Xu stood up, his face was flat, and he didn't seem to particularly care about Li Si's admission of defeat: "Your Majesty, since Li Xiang admits defeat, the minister will also plan to relax and revise the commercial law, but please rest assured, Your Majesty and your lords, Xu will definitely take the stability of the Great Qin National Foundation as the top, and he will never let the people be unstable because of this matter!" ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all nodded slightly, because Chen Xu's words were basically similar to what they thought.

"Aiqing said so, I will be relieved, the edict will be spread to the world, from today onwards, the officials of the six departments of the three provinces and the counties and counties of the whole country shall not attack and resist the matter of the young master's reform of the commercial law for no reason, if I find that there is a violation of the yang and the yin, it will definitely be punished!"

"Your Ministers obey!" The Manchu civil and military bowed together.

At this point, this grand gambling game that made the court and the people quarrel and discuss and even enthusiastically participate in it for a full year came to an end, and Qinghe Hou easily laughed to the end.

And although Li Si's admission of defeat in the game was somewhat unexpected, this was indeed Li Si's best choice.

The emperor seemed to be in a relaxed mood at this time, smiled and looked at the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu who was discussing in a low voice and said, "Do you Aiqing still have important things to do?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" The military department ordered the lieutenant to stand up.

"Captain, please speak!" The Emperor nodded.

"Your Majesty, the dismissal of the army in the northwest and the resettlement have now been completed, except for the 30,000 soldiers of the new armed forces and the soldiers of many passes and barracks in the northwest who will need to be personally determined and distributed by Your Majesty, the soldiers and generals who have been laid off are now all divided according to the plan of the Marquis of Qinghe that day, and the 973 counties in 38 counties across the country have properly placed more than 112,800 police officers, and they have all been distributed according to their titles, and the remaining more than 130,000 people without titles have also been sent back to their hometowns to distribute land and real estate. At this point, His Majesty's request for the six-month reduction of the Northwest Army has been completed as scheduled, and the minister has handed over to His Majesty today! ”

"Very good, hard work Lieutenant!" The Emperor nodded.

There were no emotional fluctuations in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty on this news.

After half a month of deliberation after Jiang Bu proposed the disarmament in February, Chen Xu took out the preparation for the establishment of a national police system to settle the matter, and under the emperor's consistent and resolute decision-making, half a year passed in a flash, and the 300,000 troops were quickly dismantled and properly settled.

In fact, officials from the three provinces and six ministries report on the progress of disarmament every day, but today it is considered to be completely completed.

"The disarmament matter is complicated, many officials of the three provinces and six ministries and all of you Aiqing are also diligent and conscientious, so there is a smooth end today, I am very relieved, 300,000 soldiers are cut down, not only so that the imperial court saves millions of stone grain and forage and ordnance every year, but also forms more than 100,000 police officers all over the counties and towns of Daqin, so far it has become an important force to stabilize my Daqin, it is really a policy to stabilize the country, this matter should be the first merit, pass on the edict, the young master food and seal 2,000 households, reward 100 slaves, 50 horses, 100,000 yuan, five cars of silk and silk and ......"

The emperor was happy and gave Chen Xu a lot of rewards, and many officials directly involved in the disarmament arrangements of the three provinces and six ministries also received different rewards, so that the matter of disarmament can be regarded as finally settled today.

At the end of the day, the court meeting ended, and the hundred officials retreated from the court and returned to the government to continue their work, Chen Xu chatted with Feng Quji and Meng Yi and a group of familiar officials at the gate of the court hall for a while, and then left by car to go to the newspaper hall.

Li Si's admission of defeat in the court will inevitably spread throughout Xianyang soon, and the matter of restructuring commercial law will also be put on the agenda, so Chen Xu must implement this matter as soon as possible and recruit elites who are familiar with business and law to discuss new commercial law reform measures.

And the completion of the two things in the court today is almost the two most important decisions that Chen Xu has been planning and promoting since he came to Xianyang.

The disarmament is to allow Daqin to travel lightly in the future, the supply of millions of stone of grain, grass and ordnance supplies every year is huge, and it also occupies a large amount of labor and civilian power, and it has always been an extremely heavy burden to transfer so many military supplies back and forth, and now that it is finally over, from the emperor to the dismissed soldiers, they are finally completely at ease.

Li Si admitted defeat, then the reform of commercial law is also put on the agenda, this is a huge reform for the people, so far the law to suppress the business will be greatly relaxed, from then on will greatly release the commercial power of the people, which will bring about the rapid promotion of steel smelting and iron farm tools, coupled with the emergence of cement, the country's roads, bridges, ditches and reservoirs will inevitably be greatly expanded and repaired, while enhancing the vitality of commerce, it will also greatly promote private transactions, and the people can also obtain money and increase wealth in addition to planting food.

Therefore, after the completion of these two reforms for different levels, Chen Xu felt that he was instantly relieved.

Chen Xu's carriage entered the newspaper hall and was soon surrounded by countless people who heard the news.

In particular, Chen Ping, Fu An, Qiu Cheng, Ji Tong, Pang Que and other high-level newspapers were even more excited.

"Master Hou, I just heard that Li Xiang in the court admitted defeat in person, yes or no?" Chen Ping pulled Chen Xu's sleeve and shouted excitedly.

"Well, Li Xiang has indeed admitted defeat in advance, everyone be quiet, go to the conference room, Ben Hou has something to explain!" Chen Xu nodded, feeling like there were five hundred ducks around him, and he couldn't open his eyes anymore.

"Oh~~, Hou Ye has won!"

The entire newspaper hall was jubilant in an instant, and then noisy, shouting, excited, and excited, hugged Chen Xu and walked to the conference room.