In the thirteenth year of Shenwu, under the support of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and under the auspices of Minister Wei Ying, a mighty wave of changes was set off on the land of Qinchuan!

The ten reform policies promulgated by Minister Wei Ying, like a heavy boulder, were thrown into the originally calm lake of the Qin State, splashing the vast waves that covered the sky!

These ten strategies for changing the law, whether it is for the wealthy families of the world or for the common people, have a good side or a bad side.

No matter how much the government and the opposition of the Qin State talked about it, with the extremely firm support of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, it began to be officially implemented in the Qin State like a strong force!

Under the blessing of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, no matter whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the change, supported or not, no one dared to speak out against each other, and they all obediently obeyed their orders and began to take the initiative to adapt to the new Qin State after the change!

The reform of the Qin State is like the roller of historical progress, after being started by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, it is no longer unstoppable, and it rumbles forward under the auspices of Wei Ying, officially opening its own road of rapid advancement......

And just after the Minister of State Wei Ying officially began to preside over the reform of the law in the Qin State, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, who personally contributed to all this, quietly left Qin, and went straight to the capital of Xijing with only dozens of personal guards!

This time, Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, suddenly entered Beijing, but he left with a heavy mission.

Therefore, all the way was expedited, and there was no delay for a moment.

It wasn't until the majestic and magnificent figure of Xijing City vaguely appeared as far as the eye could see that Zhao Zheng felt something, standing on top of the tall king car, and looking at the Xijing City in the distance with the railing, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I hope to go to Beijing for this trip...... All the best! ”

Immediately, he turned around and stepped into the carriage.

The convoy of King Qin, which was marching rapidly, rumbled non-stop towards Xijing City......

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Xijing City, Taiji Palace, Yangxin Palace

"Your Majesty, the flooding of Peishui has lasted for several months, affecting the three counties in our country, and it is not until recently that it finally subsided......

In the hall of nourishing the heart, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor leaned with one hand, closed his eyes and listened to the detailed report of the disaster of the people in the hall, his face was expressionless, as if he was angry but not angry.

"This flood can be called the most in the history of our great cadres since the founding of the country! More than 100,000 people were killed or injured, countless fertile fields were washed away, and more than one million stone of grain and grass were saved by the state treasury for disaster relief......

"Enough!"

Suddenly, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor shouted angrily, and immediately the officials who responded to the matter trembled in fright, and hurriedly bowed to the ground.

"Let's go down...... Let's go down......"

At this moment, the Taiji Holy Emperor didn't bother to open his eyes, waved his hand weakly, and drove the official down on the spot.

"Whoa! Your Majesty! Wechen retired ......"

The man immediately got up tremblingly, and after a respectful voice, he cautiously bowed and retreated.

It wasn't until he retreated to the front of the gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall that he dared to turn around and leave in a hurry.

"Report~~ His Royal Highness King Qin entered the palace to ask to see him!"

At this moment, a loud chant suddenly came from outside the hall, but it made the originally upset Taiji Holy Emperor suddenly open his eyes, and immediately sat up straight, looking out of the hall with a surprised face.

Puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what the Nine Emperors suddenly came to see the Taiji Holy Emperor, first groaned slightly, and then said out loud.

"This ...... It is rumored that the King of Qin entered the palace to meet him! ”

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"Son-in-law, see father!"

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhao Zhenggang stepped into the hall, and immediately bowed to the ground and said respectfully.

"Huh...... Zheng'er is flat. ”

I don't know what's going on, every time I see my Nine Emperors, the Taiji Holy Emperor is happy for no reason.

But even the troubles and displeasures in Fang Cai's heart were swept away for a while!

"Zheng'er, why did you suddenly have time to enter the palace to see my father and me?"

The Taiji Holy Emperor knew that when the Five Emperors got married a while ago, the Nine Emperors had only entered Beijing not long ago.

But how much time has passed now, how can you suddenly enter Beijing thousands of miles away, could it be ......

What difficulties did you encounter?

"Back to my father, my son's entry into Beijing this time is a major matter to discuss with my father!"

Zhao Zheng slowly straightened his body, and then arched his hand with a solemn face.

"Oh? But I don't know what a big deal...... The emperor can speak as bluntly as he can. ”

When the Tai Chi Holy Emperor heard this, he couldn't help but feel quite puzzled in his heart, but he was really curious about the big things that the Nine Emperors said.

"Father, since the son of the emperor entered Qinchuan, he has been thinking hard day and night, thinking about the way to strengthen the country! Today, the Tiger Prison Trade Road is opened, and it wants to encourage commerce and trade to revitalize Qinchuan, but at present, it is trapped by the restrictions of official roads, and it is impossible to trade with other counties......"

As soon as Zhao Zheng spoke, the Taiji Holy Emperor couldn't help but bow his head slightly, as if he had a conjecture in his heart.

Therefore, the son dared to propose to his father! It was built at the expense of the Qin State and opened an east-west Grand Canal from Qinchuan to Xijing! Penetrate the east and west of our great cadres and strengthen the trade between the east and the west! So...... Then the national strength will be prosperous, and the great cadres will be prosperous! ”

As soon as these words came out, the Taiji Holy Emperor was immediately stunned on the spot!

But for a while, I was a little incredulous, and even wondered if there was something wrong with my ears!

When the Nine Emperor Sons first spoke, he had a slight guess in his heart, but he never imagined that the Nine Emperor Sons would come up with such a 'crazy' grand idea!!

Build an east-west canal connecting the eastern and western parts of the Great Qian......

It's unbelievable, even unimaginable!!

"This ...... Emperor! You, you...... Is this true?! ”

After the Tai Chi Holy Emperor was stunned for a long time, he finally came back to his senses suddenly, but he still asked in disbelief.

After all, such a huge project like the ancient and the present, even if he was the king of one of the Great Qian Dynasty, he had never had such an amazing idea!

"Such a major event of the country, how dare the ministers joke?"

Zhao Zheng bowed his hand again, and said with a serious face emphasized.

"Then you know, the construction of such a Grand Canal connecting east and west...... How much does it cost? ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor seemed to have regained his composure at this moment, and he glanced deeply at the Nine Emperors who were standing tall in the main hall, and couldn't help but ask.

As the king of a country, how could he not know how great benefits it would bring to the entire Daqian after the opening of this east-west Grand Canal?

It will certainly produce an immeasurable boost to the entire Daqian Dynasty in all aspects such as military, economic, cultural, and people's livelihood!

But immediately afterwards, the construction of such a huge project required an astronomical amount of manpower and material resources, but the Tai Chi Holy Emperor couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.

After all, even if you mobilize the strength of the whole country, to build this east-west Grand Canal will inevitably drain the national treasury, and even cost the people and money!

What's more, with the power of the Qin State and the Junguo?

Even after the Nine Emperors entered the Qin State, they made great efforts to govern the country and carried out large-scale reforms, which significantly improved the national strength of the Qin State, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But to say that we want to build a huge project of this scale is tantamount to a fool's dream?

Therefore, after the Tai Chi Holy Emperor calmed down, he should speak bluntly even if he hit the nail on the head!

"Returning to my father, such a grand idea of benefiting thousands of generations and blessings for all generations requires astronomical manpower and material resources!"

Zhao Zheng suddenly asked, but he was not in a hurry, but said confidently.

"Therefore, Erchen's entry into Beijing this time is to hope that his father can come forward to coordinate the Grand Canal through more than a dozen counties and solve the manpower dilemma for the connection of the East and West Grand Canal!"

"This ...... Nothing to do! ”

Hearing that the Nine Emperors were so well organized, the Taiji Holy Emperor was stunned at first, and then bowed his head as it should.

After all, wherever the Grand Canal passes, it will benefit the local people, and it is logical and justified for the local county guards to launch conscription to solve the manpower dilemma.

However, the manpower dilemma can be easily solved, and the key to whether such a huge project can be carried out can be truly determined...... But it is a more important material dilemma!

"The manpower dilemma can be planned in this way, but the money, food and material resources needed to open the canal are ...... But how to solve it? ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor looked at his Nine Emperor with interest, but he didn't know what kind of solution he would come up with in the face of such a problem.

"Return to my father, the money and food needed to open the canal...... There is no need for the treasury to contribute a penny, everything is borne by the Qin State! ”

Zhao Zheng looked at his father proudly and said with a confident smile.

"And the state of Qin ...... It's just one thing! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor was really shocked at this time!

He couldn't help but tap the sandalwood desk a few times, and said as if he was puzzled.

"Oh? What did the Qin State ask for? ”

"What the Qin State wants...... It's nothing more than the right to manage the tariffs of the East and West Grand Canal for a hundred years! ”

As soon as these words came out, the Taiji Holy Emperor was suddenly stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing!

"Hahahaha! You're a good guy! It turned out to be such a calculation! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor couldn't help but slap his hands and laugh, but he really appreciated the whimsical ideas of the Nine Emperors!

But just for a moment, as if thinking of somewhere, the Taiji Holy Emperor couldn't help but stop laughing, but he couldn't help but ask with a puzzled face.

"But...... Qin was located on the border, so why did he have the spare energy to build such a huge project? ”

The Taiji Holy Emperor, who had canonized the Nine Emperors in Qinchuan County, how could he not know that Qinchuan was poor and barren?

Such a huge project, even if it is an ordinary large county and a rich county, it is impossible to be able to undertake it alone!

And Qinchuan is just a poor county on the border...... But how?

"Father, before answering these questions, can you allow your son to show you two small things?"

Zhao Zhengwen heard this, but he didn't answer on the spot, but smiled mysteriously, and then took out two things from his sleeve.

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor immediately fixed his eyes, but found that it was a heavy bag of small cloth bags and a roll of silk paper and silk books folded together.

"This ......"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor was curious, and immediately asked aloud.

"Father, open the cloth bag first!"

Zhao Zheng handed over all the two things in his hands to the inner eunuch, and then the inner eunuch presented them to his father.

"Oh...... This is what you have offered...... Coal and stone things, right? ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor immediately punched the cloth bag, but found that it was full of strange black stones, and immediately recalled it like a realization.

He still remembered that this kind of coal and stone could be like charcoal, igniting spontaneous combustion, enduring, and extremely strange!

"Not bad! The last time I was in a hurry, I hadn't told my father about it, and this coal stone could be used instead of charcoal to make a fire for warmth, but it was not a rare thing in itself, but ...... Erchen accidentally discovered it by chance in the Baili Qinchuan! ”

Zhao Zheng bowed his hand and said in a deep voice on the spot.

"What? The meaning of the emperor...... Such strange stones are a godsend?! ”

When the Taiji Holy Emperor heard this, he was really a little surprised!

He vaguely grasped something, and couldn't help but take a deep look at the Nine Emperors, but the word 'heaven-given' was always circling in his mind......

"Exactly! This coal stone is now in the Qinchuan Mountains, which can be called inexhaustible and inexhaustible! Here's the benefit...... Presumably, there is no need for the sons and daughters to say it, and the father can also imagine a thing or two! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor was completely silent as a rare one, he stared at the small bag of coal and stone in front of him, but he never thought of it!

Such an inconspicuous black strange stone actually contains such a staggering huge profit!!

"If this coal and stone are really inexhaustible...... Since Qin Chuan can grab big profits, and even the rich party! ”

It was only at this time that the Taiji Holy Emperor really became a little serious.

In my heart, I realized for the first time that the Nine Emperors went to Beijing to see each other, and the opening of the East-West Grand Canal seemed to be so possible......

"Father might as well pick up the pen again and write one or two on the yellow paper."

Zhao Zheng smiled and continued to remind.

"Huh?"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor subconsciously picked up the stack of yellow paper, but he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and found that this kind of paper was completely different from the silk paper silk book used in the ordinary!

He was very curious, and hurriedly took the pen in his hand and wrote the word 'dry' on the paper in one go, but found that the ink was rich and the handwriting was clear, which was the same as writing on the silk book!

"Emperor! This...... What a strange thing is this?! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor looked at the Nine Emperors in shock, realizing in his heart that this must be an incredible thing in the world!

"Return to my father! This is the jute paper invented by the Ministry of Labor! It is made of rags, and the cost is extremely low, even far less than ten times that of silk books! ”

"What?!"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor suddenly got up in shock, but he stared at the thin yellow paper in his hand in a daze, and the shock in his heart far exceeded that of the coal and stone in his hand!

As the king of a country, how could he not know that if this kind of jute paper was really as the Nine Emperors said, its cost would be even only one-tenth of the silk book!

So what is the great wealth that this thin piece of paper represents...... It's unimaginable, even dizzying!!

"Emperor! Remark...... Seriously?! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor's gaze was violent, and the scorching heat stabbed Zhao Zheng like an arrow!

"Return, return to my father! Erchen said this...... There is no vanity! ”

Zhao Zheng felt like he was being stared at by a male lion that had just woken up, and he couldn't help but stumble even when he spoke!

"This ......"

When the Tai Chi Holy Emperor heard this, he couldn't help but take a long breath, and then his eyes were tightly closed, and he muttered something silently in his mouth, and he never spoke again for a while.

Zhao Zheng, who faced such a battle for the first time, was really a little frightened for a while!

He couldn't help but think crankily in his mind, what did his father mean by such a look, if he asked himself to hand over the paper-making technique, would he hand it over or not?

For the first time, he experienced the terrifying feeling of being accompanied by a tiger like a tiger!

At this moment, he only felt that the fate of himself and even the entire Qin State was only tied to his father's hands!

But he didn't regret confessing this matter to his father today, after all, this kind of thing, if you can hide it for a while, can you still hide it for a lifetime?

He took the initiative to inform his father that he was passively aware, and then summoned himself to inquire about the matter......

Can this be the same thing?

Therefore, at this time, he could only look at his father who was extremely nervous and closed his eyes, and he was uncertain in his heart, and he didn't know the fate of himself and the Qin State next......

How will it be?!

But what Zhao Zheng didn't know was that just when he was frightened and full of worry, his father stood in front of the dragon case, closed his eyes and recited silently, but it was only four words!

"God-given...... Mandate of Heaven...... Providential...... Destiny ......"

The Taiji Holy Emperor stood for a long time, and when Zhao Zhengdu saw some sweat on his forehead, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly spoke!

"Someone! Prepare your message now! Proclaim the middle of the country! ”

"Whoa!"

The eunuch who was waiting on the side immediately said yes, and then spread out the holy decree and wrote hard!

"Tell the widow's will! Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, was diligent and pragmatic, cultivated virtue and loved the people, and majored in the east-west Grand Canal that runs through Liang and Taizhou, which is a great achievement! Reward the Grand Canal for a hundred years of taxation, add the title of prince, exempt the Qin State from a hundred years of tribute, and give the king a pearl! Prepare your message now! All over the country! ”

After saying that, the Taiji Holy Emperor looked at Zhao Zheng of the Nine Emperors with a smile, and couldn't help but smile.

But I saw him stunned and stunned, silent, and it was difficult to come back to his senses for a long time......

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"Wei Ying's entry into the Qin State shocked the world!

Coal and stone are now in Qinchuan, and papermaking is ancient and modern!

King Qin opened the canal to open the emperor's business!

The history of China has been passed down forever! ”

- "Five Thousand Years of China" Volume I

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Volume 2 [King Zhao Zheng of Qin] ends

Volume 3 [Emperor Zhao Zheng] begins