Chapter 41 Placement in Labor Service
Seeing a group of senior civil servants of the Great Qin Empire who were all dying and old bowing to him, Hu Hai was a little embarrassed. After stabilizing his mind, he smiled and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, get up quickly." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Li Si and the other ministers got up, they stood quietly on both sides of the hall and waited for Hu Hai to enter the hall first. Hu Hai didn't say much more, and walked towards the council hall first.
Entering the hall, I saw that the hall was wide and tall, but the furnishings were extremely simple, and it was not as magnificent as Hu Hai thought.
In the center of the lobby is a striking black wooden screen that almost runs across the hall, and the two large copper characters on the screen are particularly eye-catching, but unfortunately Hu Hai doesn't know it, which makes him very painful.
There is a long and large bookcase in the middle of the front of the wooden screen, and at the bottom of both sides of the bookcase is a slightly smaller bookcase.
Outside the bookcase area, there are two huge copper tripods, and two incense burners that are almost equally large, but other than that, there is no decorative furnishings in sight. There is no red felt on the white jade floor, and even the seats behind the bookcase are made of ordinary grass.
As soon as Hu Hai entered this hall, he immediately had a feeling of emptiness and coldness, this palace was completely different from the noble and luxurious palace he imagined, and Hu Hai had a feeling of "cold and hard" everywhere.
Isn't this hall with extremely simple decorations and furnishings a true portrayal of the Qin people's tenacity and frugality? And this tough and simple surname is probably the reason why it was Great Qin who destroyed the Six Kingdoms and not the other five states such as the rest of Chu or Zhao.
Hu Hai looked at the hall full of "cold and hard", and walked towards the long and large bookcase in front of the wooden screen with reverence and solemnity, and turned around after coming to the bookcase: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The neat sound is especially loud in the empty and tall lobby. Obviously, Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Yi and other important ministers of the Great Qin Empire were also full of reverence for this simple and cold palace.
Hu Hai lifted the hem of his clothes and sat down cross-legged with a slight awkwardness, but he was thinking in his heart, it seems that this chair must be made as soon as possible, otherwise he will be cross-legged like this every day, and sooner or later he will become a slave like a slave?
After Li Si and the other ministers sat cross-legged in turn, they all looked at Hu Hai quietly, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.
Hu Hai's bookcase is obviously a few points higher than the bookcase of the ministers on both sides, and the hall is brightly lit, and Hu Hai's eyes are definitely one point five without the slightest short-sightedness, so Hu Hai can clearly see every change in the expressions on the faces of these top ministers of the Great Qin Empire.
Among these people, except for Li Si, Feng Quji, Feng Zheng, Wei Yi, Montessori Brothers, and Zhang Han, who he was already familiar with, he found that not all of them had never been seen, at least a few of them he had a vague impression, although he couldn't remember when they had seen them.
"Li Aiqing, can all the grain, grass and ordnance needed by Wang Li's department be properly arranged?"
Hu Hai asked, waved his hand to stop Li Si from getting up and saluting, and continued.
"Today, when it comes to discussing politics, you Aiqing don't have to be polite, just sit and talk back."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Si and the others thanked him in unison.
"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister of the ordnance, grain and grass required by General Wang Li has sent someone Pegasus to summon the camp in Lantian Plateau first, and ordered him to prepare. According to His Majesty's orders, the grain and grass needed along the way were carried by the soldiers of General Wang Li's headquarters for the needs of peace. It's just Your Majesty, so that the speed of General Wang Li's army will slow down. β
"Aiqing doesn't have to worry, each soldier of the Emperor of the Emperor only carried five days of food with him, and hurried to the camp of Lantian Plateau. What the army from Nanyang to Chen County needs to replenish in Lantian Plateau to reach Chen County, so I asked Aiqing to fly to the Lantian Plateau camp to prepare enough mules and horses for Wang Li's use. β
"Why doesn't Your Majesty recruit the servant to escort the grain, grass and ordnance with General Wang?"
Meng Tian asked.
"Aiqing, can I, Great Qin Xianyang, still be able to recruit enough soldiers for the 100,000 army? Even if he can recruit enough soldiers, I don't think Wang Li will have to lead the army to Chen County. Hu Hai said lightly.
"Your Majesty, why are you talking about this?" Meng Tian was puzzled.
"Because then he was going to put down chaos in my Xianyang! Ha ha! β
Hu Hai smiled, but his smile was a little bitter.
One sentence made all the ministers in the hall silent, and it took a while before they spoke in unison.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"I am holy or not, it depends on whether I can keep my Great Qin Jiangshan!"
Hu Hai sighed, and then continued without waiting for the ministers to react,
"Li Aiqing, Feng Aiqing, have you sent people to Lishan and other places where you are repairing the straight road?"
"Your Majesty, the old minister is responsible for the handling of the aftermath of the straight road labor in various places, the edict has been issued this morning, and the old minister has also dispatched the officials of the Su Nei Shi Mansion and the Shaofu Mansion to rush out of Xianyang at noon to the various straight road places, and there are also officials from the left and right prison offices to supervise the officials of these two governments and maintain order to prevent chaos."
After Li Si finished speaking, he looked at Feng Quji, who was sitting opposite, obviously he was in charge of the two construction sites in Lishan.
"Your Majesty, the old minister is responsible for the handling and aftermath of the labor in the Lishan Mausoleum and the palace, and the edict and subsequent officials are also the same as Lord Li."
Feng Qu said succinctly. Very lazy.
"Can the food for the distribution of food to the people of these three places be prepared? Is there enough food near my Xianyang? β
Hu Hai was a little worried about this. Although he knew that Daqin had twelve official warehouses, the nine official warehouses of Sanchuan County, Chen Liucang of Dang County, Langxicang of Langxie County, Huangcang of Jiaodong County, Xuancang of Linzi County, Beihe Cang of Jiuyuan County, Chengdu Cang of Shu County, Wancang of Nanyang County, and Dudaocang of Dongjun were not in Guanzhong.
If the grain stock of the three official warehouses near Xianyang in Guanzhong is not enough, it will have to be transferred from the official warehouses near Guanzhong, and the nearest Ao Cang in Sanchuan County is also hundreds of miles away from Guanzhong, which will be a huge problem for Daqin today.
Why? Because there is no way to recruit a servant, and there is nothing to be recruited, you can't requisition the person who just said that he would be put back to complete the labor to transport the grain, it is okay, but is it willing?
If you don't have a servant, you can only rely on the army to transport, not to mention how many troops and road consumption are needed, the key is that the distance is so far, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, and all Hu Hai's plans will be disrupted.
Li Si obviously knew what Hu Hai was worried about, and arched his hand, "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry. The labor statistics of these three places are more than 4.3 million, and according to His Majesty's will, the statistics of one person and one stone will cost about more than 4 million stones, and only two warehouses of grain in the three warehouses of my inner history county are enough. β
Hu Hai was really "shocked" when he heard Li Si's words. Obediently, this is only the three official warehouses near Xianyang, not the most famous Ao Cang he knows in later generations, there is so much grain in the two warehouses, how much is there in Ao Cang?
As far as he knows, at the end of Qin, the people were in war for many years, and people were at war at that time, and they could not engage in agricultural production at all.
It can be seen that there is a lot of grain stored in Aocang.
In addition to the Chen Liucang in Dangjun, which has been in turmoil, the grain of other official warehouses must be preserved, and food is the most important strategic material in this era, especially at this time.
Hu Hai secretly made up his mind. Pressing what he thought in his heart, he nodded and said,
"Inform these three places of labor as the general trend of today. Those who are willing to return to their hometowns will be allowed to do so, and presumably my edict will reach the counties by that time, and no one will stop them; If they are unwilling to return to their hometowns, the two Aiqing must find land to be properly resettled, and they must not cause chaos. β
"Your Majesty, this ......"
Li Si and Feng Quji hesitated, Hu Hai's order was different from what they had discussed before, it was originally all sent back to their hometowns by hard labor, and now Hu Hai wanted to let those who didn't want to go back stay, this was a time bomb.
Many of the other ministers also whispered when they heard Hu Hai's words.
"You don't have to worry, I have my own plan."
Hu Hai said lightly with confidence. Seeing that the emperor was like this, Li Si and Feng Quji glanced at each other helplessly.
"These three places have more than 4 million laborers, and you Aiqing must help the two prime ministers deal with it properly, and there must be no chaos. However, the officials who were sent were to be executed by bullying the people, corrupt and taking bribes, and their property was returned to the state treasury. But there are obstructors and obstructors! Hugh blames me for not being emotional! β
Hu Hai's murderous words suddenly made all the ministers who knew Hu Hai or not understand it all felt a pang in their hearts, whether they wanted it or not, they suddenly got up and said: "The ministers obey the order!" β
If it weren't for Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Yi, the Montessori brothers, Zhang Han and others to help them, then Hu Hai might have considered the opinions of these ministers and consulted with them.
But now that the army of Xianyang is in control, and with the help of these famous ministers and good generals, Hu Hai decided to unswervingly use what he thinks is the most correct method and the fastest speed to solve the chaos in Guanzhong and Shandong.
It is not only to prepare for the upcoming war, but more importantly, to recover the vitality of China as soon as possible after the war. In addition to these two reasons, there is the most important one, which he can't figure out.
That is, I don't know why, after returning to Xianyang, Hu Hai always had an inexplicable sense of crisis urging him in his heart, he didn't know where this sense of crisis came from, but it always existed, which made his heart beat.
In the past two days, he even felt that he was a little nervous, but when he thought about it, because of his arrival, a lot of history has changed, will there still be a great enemy that was not originally in history?
He wasn't sure, but it's always good to plan early. At that time, even if there is such a big enemy that you don't know, you can deal with it calmly.
"You Aiqing are the pillars of my Great Qin, and naturally know the danger of my Great Qin at this time, so I also ask you Aiqing to be sincere and wholeheartedly to protect my Great Qin, so that the foundation of my father's hard work in his life can be continued! I would like to ask you to love it! β
Hu Hai said and stood up and saluted the many ministers in the hall, and said solemnly.
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