Chapter 577: The True Purpose (Second Update)
After three months, this matter finally came to an end, and even the people in Nanhai and other places, which were farthest away from Xianyang City, received the compensation they deserved.
By this time, half of Yinggao's treasury had half of the grain left, which basically became the least time since the establishment of Great Qin, so after this Yinggao vigorous incident, Xiao He and Chen Ping came to Yinggao, and these two people came to admonish directly.
"Your Majesty, it's really inappropriate for you to distribute the grain in my Great Qin treasury to the disaster victims of the entire Great Qin like this!"
Although the two of them came to their palace alone to give direct advice, what they said was quite direct, and they didn't give Yinggao much face, but Yinggao was not in a hurry, just smiled slightly, and asked with some doubts: "Now that the people of Daqin are all praising my intentions, Daqin is already in a situation where the whole world is returning to the heart, what's wrong?" ”
Listening to Yinggao's seemingly normal response, Xiao He stepped forward again and said: "Your Majesty is just a fluke this time, when your Majesty said this before, but it was only two days since you returned to Xianyang City from the Peacock Dynasty, and two days is absolutely impossible to find out how many such people there are in the entire Great Qin's territory, so this time your approach is just a matter of course, once your Majesty's miscalculation of the number of victims in the entire Great Qin Range, not only will Great Qin's granary be emptied, The people will inevitably be dissatisfied! Don't suffer from widowhood, but suffer from unevenness! ”
When Xiao He said this, he was obviously bitter, although he didn't know if Yinggao would listen, but he would definitely say what he should say.
Before coming here, Xiao He and Chen Ping had been analyzing for a long time, and they thought that when Yinggao raised this matter in the court, many people must have thought of this problem, but because Yinggao scared a person who raised an objection, and Yinggao has always been very domineering, so no one raised any objections at that time.
Xiao He and Chen Ping both thought that such a situation was very dangerous for Yinggao and Daqin.
Although Great Qin has already seized a large area of territory in the Western Regions and the Mauryan Empire, he also said that the Xiongnu were lured to the Peacock Empire and the Western Regions, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, and in this way, there are no enemies around the Great Qin itself, and they can almost sit back and relax here.
And the reason why these can become a reality, all the officials and people of Daqin know that it is because of Yinggao, if there is no Yinggao from the discovery to the arrangement, even if there are more Han Xin and more Lu Jia, there is still nothing to fight with Xiang Yu's Huns, and there is no way to go to a higher level.
So when it comes to Yinggao at this level, although he himself has not claimed anything in the court, but in the eyes of those officials in the court, he went to the Peacock Dynasty this time to clearly declare his sovereignty, which is a performance of Yinggao taking the initiative to show his power, and this performance is in the eyes of many people to tell them that Yinggao has risen to a higher status than the first emperor, and the emperor of this status naturally cannot tolerate the slightest doubt about him by others.
This will form a new atmosphere in the court of Great Qin, that is, whatever Yinggao says, that is right, and the people below will not ask why, but will only do what Yinggao said.
Xiao He thinks that the more times like this, the more he is the most trusted civil official at present, the more he wants to sound the alarm to Yinggao, and the truth that it is easy to start a business and difficult to keep a business is completely reasonable in this era.
Originally, Xiao He thought that Chen Ping, who was not very old, would not stand up with him to be this villain, but he didn't expect that after he told Chen Ping what he thought, Chen Ping hit it off with him, and the two immediately decided to raise this matter in front of him after the matter of this hasty decision was over.
"I am indeed a little simple to think about this matter, the two of you have bothered, if such a thing occurs again in the future, I will definitely discuss it with all the good people and make a decision!"
Although Yinggao said this politely, Xiao He and Chen Ping knew at a glance that this was just some prevarication, Yinggao had never really discussed it with them at any time, if it was time for Yinggao to take out what he wanted to do and discuss it with them, it would mean that this matter had been settled in Yinggao's heart.
"Your Majesty, at this time, although the prestige of my Great Qin is unmatched, but the Monarch must not forget to be prepared for danger in times of peace, although I have no worries in the territory of Great Qin, but the Monarch cannot sit back and relax, the surroundings of the Peacock Dynasty are still surrounded by strong enemies, if the Peacock Dynasty has a mistake, the Great Qin will be completely exposed to the eyes of the enemy, these situations, the monarch's heart should still be counted."
Ying Gao had already expressed some regrets about his behavior, Xiao He still threw out such a sentence, which made Ying Gao understand the real meaning of these two people coming over today, obviously they didn't just want to tell him about this thing, but came to beat the side drum for him.
"The two of you think that this time I am just letting these victims remember my goodness, so that Daqin can say that I am good, and then build Daqin into a prosperous state, and I will wait to die of old age?"
Listening to Yinggao's argument, Xiao He and Chen Pingping looked at each other, because they really thought so before, but if these words came to their mouths, they would definitely sound much better than saying them in Yinggao's mouth.
At this time, the two of them were thinking in their hearts, isn't that the case? Do you have anything else in mind? And because I was really a little surprised, such an expression had been completely reflected on the faces of the two, and it was too late to take it back.
"Alas, do you really think that I am doing this just to make the people of Great Qin think of me and make Great Qin an unprecedented peaceful and prosperous era, and then it will be over?"
Ying Gao sighed and asked such a sentence, which made Xiao He and Chen Ping even more surprised and didn't know how to answer. Isn't it enough for the two of them to say that you think so? What do you want to do if Daqin goes up further? Could it be that all the people could be reconciled when they became nobles?
But of course the two of them can't say it in front of him, but Chen Ping's reaction was a little faster than Xiao He's, and after listening to Yinggao's words, he said: "I and Zuo Xiang are stupid, and I really can't grasp what the king thinks." ”
Ying Gao thought for a while, and said that he really hadn't told the two of them about his ambitions, and these two people, as his absolute cronies, were not unable to explain, so Ying Gao waved his hand at the two of them slightly, motioning for them to sit on the two benches at the bottom of his seat, and then began his speech.
"Although my actions this time are a bit hasty, I have also estimated the results of the preliminary statistics of the five agricultural supervisors, so the granary of Daqin is absolutely sufficient. Moreover, although part of the reason for doing this is to let those people who have been struggling on the death line say that I am good, and that Daqin is good, but this is not all my thoughts, have you ever thought about how much the population of Daqin can become if all the people of Daqin can be fed and warmly clothed? ”
Chen Ping has obviously studied this kind of thing, Xiao He was also born in the market, what the real life of the people is like, they still know, in this era, children die young, die in the prime of life, and die when they are a little older, all of which are extremely common, and a little illness can often kill a person in the prime of life, so in some counties, the mortality rate is still very high.
But in the final analysis, the biggest reason for these things is because of hunger, if everyone can eat enough, Xiao He and Chen Ping both believe that the number of deaths will be halved every year, and there may be a little more.
From the point of view of death, from the point of view of birth, once the people are able to eat enough, they will naturally have the strength and energy to have more children, this era is different from the future generations, as long as it can be fed, almost all people hope that their family will prosper, after all, if there are only one or two children, in case of death in the middle, then this branch of the network will be broken, right?
On the one hand, reducing the number of deaths, and on the other hand, increasing the number of births, this can have an immediate effect on the growth of the population of Daqin.
After Xiao He and Chen Ping heard Yinggao mention the population, their faces all showed contemplative expressions, Yinggao did this for the sake of the people's hearts on the one hand, and the bigger reason was for the growth of the population, what the growth of the population can bring to Daqin is obviously a question that is very worthy of Xiao He and Chen Ping's consideration.
"I ask you again, if the population of Great Qin grows, and every family is in the prime of life, will they still be idle at home? What can they do? ”
Yinggao didn't want to look at the two of them guessing as hard as if they couldn't pull out the poop, so he reminded him further.
Of course, Xiao He and Chen Ping's heads were not given for nothing, Ying Gao has said that he has reached this point, of course the two of them have figured it out.
"The king is actually for the sake of being able to have a steady stream of soldiers and more people to participate in the imperial examination after a few years in Great Qin!"
Chen Ping can be regarded as a sentence this time, after finishing speaking, he also glanced apologetically at half of his teacher Xiao He, obviously Xiao He did not blame him for answering the question, and looking at Xiao He's expression, he knew that he had already thought of these two points.
"In addition, I'm afraid that the king will end up for the war, the Peacock Dynasty is far from satisfying the king's appetite, it's just that the suffering and soldiers are not enough, if my Great Qin has 300,000 elite cavalry, this trip to the Peacock Dynasty will not use Xiang Yu's Huns!"
After all, he can be regarded as an old man who has followed Yinggao since he was not a big man, Xiao He can naturally see a little more than Chen Ping.
If it is really a peaceful and prosperous era, there is no need to win high food, as long as there is no war for a few years, the population will also rise slowly, and the poorer people are, they can't control having children, they also want to control it, but their strength does not allow it, isn't it.
So from this point of view, the biggest purpose of Yinggao's policy of enriching the people is to still have high-quality young adults, so there is really only one biggest purpose, that is, to have soldiers. Including his distribution of seeds to these people and increase their yields, the ultimate role is to provide sufficient grain and grass, and the purpose of grain and grass is still to fight wars.
As for more people participating in the imperial examination, so that Daqin's court has more reserve talents, it is all the benefits that this incident brings by the way.
Xiao He was almost certain that Yinggao had only one purpose for doing this, that is, he wanted to fight, and he wanted to fight completely relying on the power of Great Qin, but as for where he wanted to fight.
What is his ultimate goal, Xiao He doesn't know in his heart, since a Peacock Dynasty has been discovered now, then is there a second and third Peacock Dynasty in this world, when is the end, Xiao He has no bottom, he hopes that Yinggao can know, otherwise, Yinggao will still be the emperor who can't jump out of the circle and is the same as the first emperor.
"Yes, there are still many places where my Great Qin wants to improve, and there are still many places where the princes contribute to Great Qin, but you two can rest assured, I will not make any decisions in the court at will, it is related to my Great Qin's country, and it is related to my people of Great Qin, I will definitely be cautious."
Of course, this can be regarded as a guarantee after Yinggao revealed his purpose, that is, in disguise, he is saying that he will not become a reckless emperor, he fights his battles, and the people of Daqin live their own good lives.
Yinggao believes that the Great Qin soldiers who appeared on the battlefield thousands of miles away in a few years must all voluntarily join the Great Qin army with their own goals and dreams, and they must all dream of becoming people like Bai Qi, the former god of war of Great Qin, not like now, many of them have to enter here for the sake of service.
Conquering the world is Yinggao's dream, Yinggao also wants him to become the dream of the new generation of soldiers of Daqin, to this extent, Yinggao believes that the day when he announces his plan to the people of the entire Daqin will not be too far away, he wants to make the people of Daqin the people with the broadest vision in the world, when they know that in addition to Daqin, there is a broader land, more abundant products, Daqin can be regarded as truly powerful, and the real goal of his coming to this era will be completed.