"To tell you the truth, Jing Jian's plan is an emergency strategy."

Qin Xiaogong walked down the three steps and paced slowly, "Heavy gold beauty, heavy gold is the key point." As for the beauties, it doesn't matter if they have it, and it doesn't hurt the overall situation if they don't. The 8,000 gold stored in the state government cannot be used at all, which is the lifeblood of the 100,000 army of the Qin State. On the other hand, it cannot be collected from the public on an emergency basis. After a hundred years of turbulent conquest, more than half of the people of Qin fled and those who remained were old Qin people. They are almost drained, their families are surrounded by walls, and they are destitute, leaving only the blood of the old Qin people. ”

"No matter how difficult the government is, it can't beat their ideas." When the young monarch said this, his eyes were already full of tears, and he was so heavy that he stopped and bowed his head to gasp.

After a while, Qin Xiaogong raised his head and said excitedly, "When the national disaster is at hand, where does the gold come from?" As the king of Qin, Yingquliang is willing to take out the two thousand gold from the monarch's private treasury, and then dedicate the treasures and treasures given by the Zhou royal family in the past dynasties stored in the office. The rest are still vacancies......" Suddenly, he said no more.

In an instant, the hall of the government hall was silent.

The ministers were deeply shaken by the young monarch's announcement. Since ancient times, it has never been heard of by a monarch who uses a private treasury and gives away all the treasures in the treasury.

The monarch's private treasury is actually a disguised form of the treasury. These treasures were used for two main purposes, one was for the daily expenses of the king's palace, and the other was for rewarding meritorious subjects.

Since both of these purposes were decided by the monarch without going through the Minister of Finance, it was customary to consider the treasury of the palace as the private treasury of the monarch. The palace of the Qin State has always been simple, and the monarch's guards, chamberlains, maids, workshop craftsmen, and various clerical offices add up to less than 1,000 people.

The descendants of the monarch of the Qin State have never lived in the palace, but like all the great clans of the Qin State, except for the old and young women who work in the fiefdoms, the men are almost all in the army, and they do not want to be supported by the palace.

In this way, the main use of the money in the private treasury of the Qin State Palace was actually to reward and compensate the soldiers who died in battle.

For the monarch of a country, the authority under the rule is less than the words official and lu, and the monarch's treasury has no money and treasures, which means that the king of a country will be reduced to a miserable situation where there is no reward for meritorious heroes, and anyone who wants to come will feel empty from the bottom of his heart. The duty of the subordinates is to share their worries with the king. The monarch's family is surrounded by walls, where does the minister's face exist?

The seven courtiers in the hall stood up and knelt down together and cried: "Your Majesty, don't-"

The white-haired Ganlong trembled, "How can a king of a country be destitute?" Please take back your life, Gan Long is willing to sacrifice a thousand gold! ”

"Zuo Shu Changying is willing to sacrifice three hundred gold, and the family heirloom is the Tianyue Sword!" Ying Qian said generously.

"Changshi Gongsun Jia offers three hundred gold!"

"Liyang Lingzi'an offers five hundred gold, plus the family heirloom ancestor soft armor!"

"Dr. Du Zhi of Zhongda will give 300 gold!"

Jing Jian cried, "Your Majesty, Jing Jian only has five hundred knife coins." ”

Qin Feng was even more embarrassed, when it came to money, he could be said to be destitute. But he also had some decorations that he brought with him, such as a flashlight. If it is shown to those powerful ministers who love rare treasures, I am afraid that they will be preserved as treasures.

Qin Xiaogong stood quietly in the hall without a single tear. He bowed deeply to the kneeling ministers again, "In this way, Yingquliang has thanked you." Doctor, please get up, everyone, please get up. ”

When the ministers got up with a sigh, he calmly ordered to the hall door: "Uncle Hey, within today, set up a special treasury to accept the contributions of the ministers." ”

Heber said yes and hurried away. Qin Xiaogong looked around the hall and smiled: "Don't be sad, everyone. Money is the fire of the world, life does not bring, death does not take away, use it properly, it is priceless. There is no place to go, and the copper stinks like dung. Even if you are the king of a country, you can't be exempt. If the Qin State has a rich and strong day, Yingqu Liang should repay you tenfold. Gongsun Changshi, please write down Yingquliang's promise today. ”

Gongsun Jia arched his hand and said: "Obey the order, the minister will be transferred to the Taishi, and the carving will be kept." ”

"Who do you think is a secret envoy?" Qin Xiaogong restrained his smile and changed the subject.

Gan Long said angrily: "This strategy is planned by General Jingjian and Qin Feng Keqing, the general and Keqing must be successful, and they should be made by Jingjian and Qin Feng." ”

"Ying Qian also agrees with Jing Jian Qin Feng as a special envoy." Zuo Chang Yingqian immediately supported.

"We agree." Gongsun Jia, Zi'an, and Du Zhi expressed their positions in unison.

Qin Xiaogong nodded, as if he was not surprised by the unexpected unanimity of the ministers. He looked at Jing Jian and Qin Feng, "What do you think?" ”

Jing Jian and Qin Feng glanced at each other, bowed down at the same time, and replied solemnly: "Old Qin, go to the national disaster together." ”

Qin Xiaogong silently looked at Jing Jian Qin Feng, and tears suddenly overflowed his eyes.

Qin Feng also didn't expect that after he came to the Qin State, the first brother who was about to entrust his life and death would actually be such a Qin State general ---- Jingjian.

In late spring and early summer, although the grass is already growing and the warbler is flying, the morning and evening of the Weiping River are still quite cool. Especially in the valley passes, the cool breeze in the morning and evening is still a little cold.

The sun is still a pole high from the West Mountain, and the Qin people of Liyang who go out of the city to work begin to return to the city in an endless stream. But on the high slope tuyere on the bank of the oak water in the south of the city, there was a person who stood for a long time, and his robe crackled by the river breeze, and he still did not leave. In the depression two feet away, a gray-haired old man was silently watching.

Qin Xiaogong had been standing motionless like this for an hour.

The turquoise waves of the river have become golden and dark, the warmth of the wind has subsided, and the twilight fields have a cold air as cold as autumn water.

The twenty-two-year-old young monarch was not aware of all this, he just looked at the distant mountains in the east that had been submerged in the twilight, and let out a long, heavy sigh.

Although the amount of gold needed to divide the six kingdoms was scrapped, he did not feel the slightest relief, but was tormented by a shame that he had no place to be ashamed. When he thought of his mother's kind and calm smile, his heart felt as sad as a knife.

After the political affairs of the court that day, he was busy listening to the Yongcheng order that came in a hurry to report the people's feelings, and discussed and determined measures to continue to calm the people's hearts.

As soon as Yongcheng Ling left, Jing Jian hurriedly came to report an urgent report from the secret agents sent to Daliang, saying that the army of Wei, Chu and Zhao had not moved, and the details were unknown. Qin Xiaogong found Qin Feng again, and the three of them discussed for a long time, but they still couldn't figure out what had happened?

It was decided to continue to raise a lot of money, and no matter what happens, the strategy of dividing the six countries will remain unchanged.

After Jing Jian Qin Feng left, it was already midnight, and he was about to stand up and look at the sheepskin picture, but he fell headlong on the bookcase and fell.

When he woke up, his mother, whose white hair was like snow, was sitting on the couch and watching him quietly.

The mother did not shed tears, did not even sigh, saw him wake up and opened his eyes, but smiled at him kindly, still did not speak, just turned around and opened the lid of the copper tripod, brought the steaming mutton soup to feed him.

In Yingquliang's memory, his mother never fed him, and even when he was sick as a child, his mother would watch him sit up and eat by himself.

Now that he has become the king, his elderly mother has picked up a food tripod to feed him?

Yingqu Liang Huoran sat up and lifted the felt: "Mother, it's okay, I'll come by myself." ”

The mother smiled slightly, "It's okay, it's okay." When Yingquliang finished eating and drinking, and when Khan Jinjin stood up, his mother also stood up from the embroidery pier and looked at her son quietly, "Quliang, my mother has two thousand gold, and a few pieces of jewelry, all of which are ready for you, let Hei Bo move away." ”

Suddenly, Yingqu Liang burst into tears, "Mother! You, you know it all? Mother smiled and nodded, "These two thousand gold, which were left by the four hundred years of the harem of the Qin State, are also of legitimate use today." ”

Ying Quliang solemnly knelt in front of his mother, "Mother, Qu Liang is incompetent, which humiliates the Qin State and disgraces the Queen Mother of a country. Please be punished. Huo Ran took off his robe, revealing his sweaty backbone. His mother helped him up, dressed him in a long shirt, wiped away the tears and sweat from his face, and gently reprimanded him, "Qu Liang is very wrong. Don't you know that you can bend to stretch? is like your father-in-law, and the Qin State may not be a great tool. Qu Liang, my mother knows you, the old Qin people just lack a forbearance. You have, my mother believes in you. ”

For the first time, the twenty-two-year-old young monarch felt the warmth of his white-haired mother, and he couldn't help but hug his mother and choked up. His mother held his head and stroked his long hair, and let him cry bitterly.

In the end, his mother said to him: "Qu Liang, my mother has only one rule for you, eat at the hour, and sleep at the latest on the fourth watch." The burden of the Qin State is on your shoulders, and you must have stamina. Can you promise your mother? Ying Quliang remembered that he nodded seriously.

When Hei Bo led the chamberlain to move out two thousand gold and jewelry from the queen mother's courtyard, Qin Xiaogong sent Jing to check the checkpoint, and found that the golden hairpin on his mother's head and a pearl and jade pillow that he would never leave on weekdays were also inside!

Jing Jian and Qin Feng couldn't accept it anyway, and insisted on sending it back to the Queen Mother. Heber watched from the sidelines and wiped away tears. Qin Xiaogong silently blocked the Jing Supervisor Qin Feng, gritted his teeth and swallowed back his tears.

He knew that sending it back would really make his mother sad. However, these two precious things are too important to my mother after all. The sword-shaped golden hairpin was given by Zhou Tianzi to the ancestor Duchess Mu, with the royal emblem and the ancient seal carving of "Luoyang Shangfang", which is the symbol of the first lady of the Qin State in the past dynasties, and is by no means an ordinary golden hairpin.

The jade pillow was made by his father-in-law Qin Xiangong for his mother.

It was a piece of crystal green Lantian jade, with a red pearl like a flame at each end, and when I fell asleep at night, the faint light of the little pearl always reflected the mother's face extraordinarily gorgeous.

What's more, the father-in-law re-cast one of his short swords and inlaid them on the top of the pillows at both ends. The mother told her son that it was the father who was watching over her at all times.

The little sister was named Yingyu, and it was based on this Yingyingyu pillow that she came. Although her mother is the Empress Dowager of Qin, she is also a woman after all, and she is a widowed woman who has lost her husband.

It is impossible for any woman to give up either of these two things, one symbolizes her noble status, and the other entrusts her longing love. But now, my mother took out both of them, and she took them out so calmly.

However, Ying Quliang saw the crystal tears in his mother's eyes with smile lines, and saw the blood flowing in his mother's heart.