At this time, Shang Wen was still in a coma, but he was turning from a coma to a coma because he was too tired. Shang Wen's physique itself is weak. Coupled with not exercising and engaging in mental work for a long time, this also led to his physical fitness getting worse and worse, and his ability to resist in the face of fright and other aspects declined rapidly.

"Nerd, wake up." Yingyu looked at Shang Wen and said.

In the time that followed. Shang Wen gradually woke up. However, when he woke up, he saw that his left leg was broken. Moreover, there are some skin trauma on the body. Fortunately, Shangwen has nothing else to do.

However, Wang Qian, who was returning to Xianyang, was a little grumbling at this time.

"What does this telegram mean?" Wang Jian asked the communications officer behind him in confusion.

"I don't know, sir. This is from the king. The communications officer explained helplessly.

"But, sir, you'd better take a look at this." As he spoke, the communications officer handed a newspaper to Wang Qian.

"What does that mean?" Wang Jian asked.

And the communications officer just made a gesture that he understood after reading the newspaper.

Wang Jian picked up the newspaper and read it.

"The prime minister is going to marry the eldest princess." Wang Jian said.

"That's why we have such a thing as ・・・・・." The communications officer explained.

"Whew." Wang Jian let out a big sigh.

"The interests of our military have thus become a victim of a political marriage." Wang Jian said.

The communications officer on the side could only nod. He understood.

"Sir, are we not going to give some explanations at the tax collection meeting, as the king has commanded?" The communications officer asked.

"This, of course, we have to not only explain, but also formulate detailed countermeasures." Wang Jian said.

"We're just in charge of the war, and now we have to explain to those representatives. What a hassle. Wang Jian said, and the newspaper in his hand was crumpled into a ball. Turn away.

In fact, this situation regarding the expenditure of the defense budget should be a matter for the State Governor's Office. Because the National Captain's Office is a civilian administration of military generals, the General Staff should manage military command and war affairs too much.

The General Staff should not be too involved in such a thing, but the army needed a large number of new weapons at the beginning, and the State Captain's Office did not have too much contact with the army with these weapons, which also led to a certain misunderstanding between the State Captain's Office and the army, and the army could not get the weapons it wanted. Therefore, the army directly bypassed the National Governor's Office, and they directly incorporated the plan of military weapons procurement into the General Staff. The chiefs of staff of each branch of the military directly specify the plan, and then report it to the Prime Minister's Office through the General Staff, and finally, through the deliberation of the Prime Minister's Office, directly hand it to the King of Qin.

Although Shang Wen has asked for rectification several times, there is a direct and close relationship between the army and weapons. And there is a lack of such communication in the Governor's Office. They only have dealings with the General Staff, and they don't know much about the grass-roots troops, and the current situation in the State Governor's Office is that the proportion of civilian officials is much higher than that of those military attachés from the grass-roots units. In the eyes of the military attaché, sitting in the office is far less powerful than those officers who fight in the periphery. This is the status quo, this is the status quo of the army construction of the Qin State. In terms of the civil administration system, the Qin state still needs some improvements.

At the General Staff, Yang Duanhe was nervously ordering his subordinates to prepare some information. Because, they were ordered to make some similar reports at the tax collection meeting, and it was the first time they had made a report at such a meeting, and they didn't know what to say? So, they were very nervous.

"I wonder what the damn delegates are going to say?" Yang Duanhe said.

"Alright. Let's get sorted out. Yang Duanhe then put down the information in his hand and began to sort out the documents. They need to give a reasonable explanation.

The tax collection meeting was soon convened. The meeting was scheduled for 8 a.m. on the third day.

However, at the meeting, the first thing that surprised everyone was. Yingyu, the eldest princess of the Qin Kingdom, actually pushed Shang Wen into the venue.

"Oh. Oh, my God. What's wrong with the prime minister's leg. How to hit the plaster. A representative said at this time.

"I don't know. What happened? Another delegate asked in surprise.

"I wonder if Her Royal Highness the princess broke the prime minister's leg." A representative said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense." Another delegate said.

And Shang Wen sat in a wheelchair, constantly smiling at the people around him. Then, Yingyu pushed Shang Wen to Shang Wen's position, and then, she sat next to Shang Wen. And Shang Wen smiled at Yingyu and thanked her.

"See. The two of them are a very good match. It was a perfect marriage. A delegate said.

"Yes. The Prime Minister will now have the status of a member of the royal family. An older representative said at this time.

"Bang." At this time, a group of soldiers appeared at the venue, led by Wang Qian. Behind were some staff officers. Yang Duanhe, as the deputy chief of staff, could not attend the meeting because he needed to be on duty. Take care of some tricky things. The staff officer in the back held a thick black leather briefcase filled with information.

"Let's prepare. The meeting is about to begin. One of the delegates said as he looked at his watch. This meeting will be particularly important.

"Before starting this meeting, I need to explain the problem with my leg." At this time, Shang Wen turned his wheelchair and stepped forward and said.

"Surely some people wonder if I'm overjoyed. Broke his leg. Shang Wen said at this time.

"I think. Perhaps. Shang Wen said.

"That day, after I got the news. I didn't know what was going on, but I found out later. I stepped on the empty steps. It just rolled down. I think. I may have forgotten that the earth is attractive. Shang Wen said with a smile.

"Haha". The people around laughed.

"Alright. My price is a broken left leg, and now, by our chief of staff. General Wang Jian, let's start our meeting. We extend a warm welcome to them. Shang Wen made an opening statement at this time.

"Whoa." All of them applauded the arrival of the military representatives.

"No matter how much these delegates applaud, I will not be happy. I wish I had shot them. So that we don't have to stand here. Wang Jian said to the head of his operations department at this time.

The director on the side smiled slightly. agreed. This is the equivalent of a hearing in Congress, where they will face an exam.

"Thank you. We're going to get the conversation started. Wang Jian started the topic very directly.

"We have heard about the issues discussed at the tax collection meeting. I know that for a long time, especially since the reform of the armed forces, military spending has remained high. This is a serious problem. Wang Jian said.

"However, behind this problem, it is not as simple as simply cutting military spending." Wang Jian said directly at this time.

"We're not going to give examples of some of the data, which just shows what happened. However, the problems before you have not yet been clarified. At this time, Wang Jian said.

"The Qin State has expanded a lot of territory, but in fact, we only have more than 250,000 troops, which are simply not enough for us to defend such a large area of territory, and our national defense and security strategy has been greatly challenged. The mobile forces in the Qin State were less than one brigade. If a war breaks out, the mobile forces that the Qin State can mobilize are only a few thousand troops, and a few thousand troops can cope with a war? Wang Jian asked rhetorically at this time.

"No, you can't. We cannot cope with such a war. Wang Jian said.

"Our territory has expanded several times over. However, the number of troops has been more than doubled. In order to make up for the lack of troops, we can only work weapons, our troops are equipped with a certain scale of machine guns, motor vehicles, armored trains, as well as airplanes and armed airships, etc., technical superiority, to a certain extent, to make up for our shortcomings in troops, but this has caused the cost of weapons to be expensive, not only the cost of weapons, we need to spend a certain amount of time, to train our soldiers. The high cost of training soldiers, combined with the cost of war, directly led to the high cost of military affairs. Wang Jian analyzed the problem and said.

"We are also making some small-scale efforts to cut military spending at the suggestion of the Prime Minister, but the fact that we have before us is. Qin's national defense security expanded a lot. Faced with this fact, this foundation can no longer be changed, and all we can do is to save limited capital expenditure. However, national security is facing new challenges. Wang Jian said.

"You know, the surrounding tribes, the countries, and the nomads. It's not friendly to us. I hope to be able to take that into account. If there is no security, our economy is thriving, and we will also be subject to military threats from remote areas, and the only thing we can do about these military threats is to keep a moderately sized armament. Wang Jian said.

"This is the security of the country. It's the safety of all. He can bring security to our property, our lives. Wang Jian looked at the representatives around him and said.

"Whoa." At this time, the delegates applauded in agreement.

"It seems that it is impossible to cut military spending." One delegate applauded and said.

"It's not impossible, it's just that the cuts are relatively small." Another delegate said.

"I really don't know, what will the prime minister do next?" The representative at this time, continued. At this time, Shang Wen only recorded it with a pen. He doesn't have much of an opinion on this issue. This is an indisputable fact.