However, the emperor was furious, he didn't dare not say anything, so he had to calm down and tremble: "Back to Your Majesty, Feng Xiang also made clear the current situation of Great Qin before, if you look at the current situation, the servants are no longer levied, and the manpower of the various projects cannot be guaranteed to be sufficient. Not only that, but now it has reached the point of lack of food and clothing, the Great Wall barracks, the Lishan barracks, and the Afang Palace barracks, all the servants are starving. “

Speaking of this, He Zhang glanced at Shi Ji Kai, who was standing on the other side, and then said: "The minister asked Lord Ji Kai for food yesterday, but he didn't ask for half a chestnut, so if it goes on like this, not to mention that the projects of various ministries can be completed on schedule, it is ......... Even the existing servants, I'm afraid I won't be able to starve to death for a long time. ”

After speaking, He Zhang lowered his head in panic, wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and collapsed all over, as if he had exhausted all his strength with all his strength for what he said just now.

Syllable!

Zhi Su Nei Shi Ji Kai was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he also knelt down, scolding He Zhang in his heart for being shameless, and actually dragging himself into the water when he was dying.

The internal history of the governance of millet is in charge of the storage of grains, gold and jade, which is equivalent to the treasury treasurer. To put it bluntly, the position of Zhili Neishi is equivalent to the Hubu Shangshu of the later imperial court. The subordinate officials have the Taicang Order and the Taicang Order, and are in charge of the storage of grain in the treasury; There are responsibilities such as leveling the order, leveling the order, and taking charge of the capital division and the prices of the counties.

Ji Kai also broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged, all the old and weak women and widows in the world are busy farming, and there is nothing to collect at all, so that more than half of the taxes paid in various places this year have not arrived, and the ministers ...... The ministers really have no extra food, but now they have a little food, and they can only barely maintain the army's rations. Minister....... The minister is incompetent!"

After saying this, Ji Kai glared at He Zhang hatefully, there was a great posture that if this was not the Qilin Palace, he would have to pounce on it and fight hard.

And He Zhang has an expression that I am also forced to be helpless, you can't complain about me.

Hearing what the two of them said, Ying Zheng couldn't sit still at this time, and he was shocked when he heard it, although he knew that Qin Guo's forced labor was too heavy, but he never dreamed that it would be so serious that there was not even enough food.

As the king of a country, he naturally understands what this means.

If the country has no food, the army does not obey orders, and the officials do not act, the country will perish.

Shocked in his heart, Ying Zheng finally realized that Daqin had reached a dangerous situation at this time, and he didn't know it before that......

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng was furious, slapped the desk suddenly, and shouted: "Great Qin has reached such a critical situation, before that, no one has reported it, and you want to watch the Qin State die!" What do you mean by waiting for you!"

Crash....

Suddenly, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were so frightened that they all knelt down at once, and shouted in unison: "The ministers are waiting for ten thousand deaths!"

Everyone has a feeling of wanting to die in their hearts, everyone is like eating, their faces are very ugly, and they are aggrieved, but they dare not speak out.

Can we be blamed for these things?

We have reminded you more than once, but Your Majesty the Emperor doesn't want to hear it at all.

Especially He Zhang and Ji Kai, that was even more aggrieved.

Wrong, great injustice.

If you give advice truthfully, saying that the conscription is too heavy and the fields in the world are uncultivated, isn't it tantamount to persuading the emperor to reduce the conscription, you must know that Feng Xiang and His Royal Highness Fusu don't know how many times they have said this advice, and in the end, they have not been scolded for a bloody end?

Even Feng Xiang and Fusu Gongzi are still like this, one of them will be a young mansion, and the other will govern the internal history of Li, where do they dare to say these words.

To put it mildly, if I hadn't been forced to be in a hurry today, I would have died if I didn't say it, and I wouldn't have dared to tell the truth.

However, now it seems that it really caused the emperor's anger, and He Zhang and Ji Kai were dead at this time.

At this time, Feng Qu risked death and said, "Go back to ......... Returning to Your Majesty, I have reported this matter many times, and advised Your Majesty to reduce taxes and reduce taxes, but it is just ......... It's just that Your Majesty didn't listen. ”

Ying Zheng was stunned, it seemed to be the case, but ...... Can I admit my mistake in this?

Ying Zheng slapped the desk again, and said angrily: "You only advised me to light conscription and reduce taxes, but I have said that Great Qin is so critical, and now if it weren't for Li Zhongcheng's repeated questioning, I see that even when Great Qin is destroyed, he will not tell the truth!"

"........." Feng Quji was stupid.

Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to be such a person.

It's obviously your own fault, but you don't admit it, and if you don't admit it, you have to blame us.....

Feng Quji was also drunk.

Ying Zheng saw that Feng Qujian had nothing to say, so he snorted with satisfaction, ignored him anymore, and instead pointed at He Zhang and Ji Kai, and said coldly: "Come on, pull these two deceitful people out and cut them down!"

"Whoa!" The forbidden army immediately received the order, went out of the ranks, and walked towards the two.

When He Zhang and Ji Kai heard this, their faces turned pale and they were directly frightened......

Originally, I didn't want to tell the truth, but Your Majesty, you forced the minister to speak, and if you didn't tell it, you would kill the minister, but now that you have said it, you really want to kill the minister.....

What kind of sin have you created!

It's over, today's unlucky rush is all over.

Poor He Zhang, thinking of this, cried directly with grief......

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also mourned in silence for these two people...... Three seconds! These two unlucky kids.

Ay.....

"Wait a minute!"

Just when the forbidden army was about to put He Zhang and Ji Kai, who were desperate with a dead face, out of the hall, suddenly, a shout sounded from the front of the hall.

This cheering stop is naturally from Li Yang, because now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces in this Qilin Hall are all difficult to protect themselves, and only Li Yang dares to intercede at this time.

Li Yang really sympathizes with these two unlucky guys, if you don't tell the truth, you will die, and if you tell the truth, you will die, this is really a bit sad to die.

What's more, Li Yang asked these questions today to talk about his sustainable development strategy, but he didn't want to lose his life because others answered his own questions

After Li Yang stopped the forbidden army, he immediately turned around and pleaded with Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, although General He and Master Ji were suspected of concealing the danger before, after all, they reported the truth just now, and the minister implored Your Majesty to spare the two adults this time, so that they can make up for their merits in the future."

As soon as Li Si heard this, he immediately came out of the queue and seconded the proposal: "The minister thinks that what Zhongcheng said is reasonable, and I implore Your Majesty to take back the king's order!"

Ying Zheng glanced at Li Yang, finally sighed, and waved his hand to the forbidden army: "That's it, since Zhongcheng pleaded, then I will spare you today, if you hide it next time and don't report it, you will definitely be killed!"

He Zhang and Ji Kai were pardoned, naturally they were pleasantly surprised, and the feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe was spontaneous, so they hurriedly thanked Yingzheng: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best to make up for their mistakes."

Ying Zheng bowed slightly.

In fact, he didn't really want to kill these two, because he knew that Li Yang would definitely intercede for them.

And his intention to do this is just to let everyone know that as a courtier, how can he not even conceal such a dangerous situation because of his self-protection, which is not the way of a courtier.

It's like Feng Quji, although he often advises, which makes Yingzheng very annoyed and annoyed, but he has never been punished for his crimes. Why? Isn't it because he is a courtier, for those who are loyal and dutiful, even if it is tiresome, but as the king of a country, it is impossible for him to kill them indiscriminately.

Now it's good, and the purpose has been achieved.

After He and Ji thanked the emperor, they then bowed their hands to Li Yang: "Thank you, Zhongcheng!"

Li Yang smiled: "The two adults are polite, although the two adults concealed the status quo before, but the prime minister also knows that it is not easy for the two adults to make the big machine of Daqin run normally in such a difficult situation." The two adults have worked hard. “

Speaking of this, Li Yang also bowed.

When the two of them heard this, their eyes immediately became wet and tears flowed down their faces.

The countless sadness of the past seems to be pouring out at this moment.

Yes, although they didn't dare to report the current situation to His Majesty before, but because of this, they still have to find ways to make all kinds of work go smoothly, and only they know the difficulties and difficulties.

Now, when the two heard Li Yang say this, they naturally felt warm in their hearts, just like the little daughter-in-law who went back to her parents' house, crying into tears.

At this time, the two of them even forgot that they were almost killed just now, and they were all tossed by this guy Li Yang.

The poor two unlucky bastards didn't blame Li Yang at all at this time, but were quite moved.

Li Yang sighed sympathetically, with an expression that understood you, and then motioned for the two to be listed, and then then glanced at everyone, and said: "What General He Zhang and Master Ji Kai said just now, you should also understand, not only is the project unsustainable, but even the grain and grass are on the verge of danger."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Li Yang paused slightly, and then looked at everyone: "I still have a question."

Swish.....

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Li Yang, and they immediately trembled and frightened, very worried that Li Yang would ask questions to themselves.

joke, He Zhang and Ji Kai just now, just because of answering his question, they almost lost their lives.

If he was asked, he would be unlucky.

Therefore, everyone was panicked and trembling, and looked at Li Yang with a nervous face.

Li Yang: "....."

Hey, what's the going on, why does anyone tremble when they look at whom?

Is it so scary?

Li Yang rolled his eyes, and then said, "One last question, I want to ask you, the current situation is like this, according to the current policy and strategy, can Great Qin continue?"

Call.....

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly said in unison: "It's not sustainable!"

Li Yang nodded with satisfaction and said, "What you adults said is very true! The people have reached the point where there is not enough land to eat, the national project has reached the point where no one can levy it, and the country has also reached the point where there is no food to sustain, and it is difficult to continue. ”

Li Yang sighed and continued: "My Great Qin has reached such a dangerous situation, and the Prime Minister is also worried about this, and he can't sleep at night, so it took him several days to finally come up with a plan for sustainable development, and now I will listen to you."

At this moment, everyone couldn't wait to hear Li Yang's high opinion.

Feng Quji hurriedly bowed his hand respectfully and said, "I would like to hear Li Zhongcheng and see him!"

Everyone also bowed their hands together: "I implore Zhongcheng to teach me!"

Li Yang nodded, very satisfied with this effect, so he began to speak: "Sustainable development refers to the coordinated and unified development of nature, economy, society and science. This kind of development needs to meet the needs of the present without compromising the long-term interests of future generations, so it is called a sustainable development strategy. ”

???

Everyone looked confused and confused.

What the hell is this, I don't seem to understand a word!

"Ahem!" Feng Quji coughed and asked embarrassedly, "What's that, can Li Zhongcheng say it's simpler?"

Li Yang sighed and said: "The meaning of this sentence is to unify the planning and coordination of all affairs such as the livelihood of the people, the current situation of Daqin, taxes and money, etc., so as to plan a policy that can not only ensure that the livelihood of the people will not be affected, but also ensure the normal operation of the country and the smooth progress of the project."

This time, everyone finally understood it.

Everyone nodded, thinking that it would be very good if they could really come up with such a strategy.

It's just that who can think of this strategy for a while?

If I could have imagined it, it wouldn't have come to this point.

Feng Quji asked, "Li Zhongcheng, but you have come up with such a strategy to ensure the livelihood of the people and ensure that the interests of the country are not affected?"

Li Yang nodded: "It's been three days since I sent this picture, and I finally barely came up with a way."

"Three....... Three days?"

As soon as they heard this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all had a feeling of wanting to die.

You can come up with a way to get the best of both worlds in three days, and you're still very dissatisfied, aren't you just a blow to people!

Everyone was as if they had eaten flies, and they were speechless when they were so sad for a while.

Li Yang didn't care about other people's feelings of being abused, and said to himself: "This method is very simple, that is, act according to the new law, dismiss all the servants when the farm is busy, and let them go back to farming first." Two million young and strong laborers, in a year's time, the amount of taxes will be collected.

Feng Quji nodded, and after thinking about it, his brows furrowed again, and asked: "The two million servants were disbanded, and all of them returned to their original places of origin to cultivate, and this tax is there, but in this way, the time of farming is short and short, and the projects such as Afang Palace will not be greatly affected?"

He Zhang also very much agreed with Feng Quji's words, and nodded hurriedly, all year round, almost except for winter, the other three seasons are basically busy farming, in this way, not to mention Afang Palace and the Great Wall, even the Lishan Qinling Mausoleum, which was originally to be completed in half a year, I am afraid that it will be delayed until four years later.

Thinking of this, He Zhang cautiously asked: "Li Zhongyu, didn't you say that the so-called sustainable development strategy refers to protecting the livelihood of the people and ensuring the smooth progress of national affairs...... I'm afraid of the three projects in the hands of the lower officials. All of them are affected. ”

There was no way, although Li Yang pleaded with the emperor just now and saved his life, but when it came to several projects he was responsible for, he could only stand up and remind Li Yang.

Everyone looked at Li Yang again, because the method he just said was not a perfect solution for both worlds.

Fusu also frowned slightly, very puzzled.

If it is just to dismiss the conscription when the farm is busy, what is the difference between this and the light conscription that I have been admonishing in the past.

Moreover, when he first admonished the light conscription, it was only to reduce the number of conscripts, firstly, to ensure the people's livelihood, and secondly, it would not affect the progress of Afang Palace, the Great Wall, Lishan and other projects too much.

However, the strategy Li Yang said, the people's livelihood is completely guaranteed, and Daqin's taxes are obviously rich, but these three major projects will be greatly affected. If you say that you have the best of both worlds, this strategy is not as good as reducing the number of conscripts as you originally said.

Fusu muttered in his heart, not understanding why Li Yang came up with such a broken idea, but he would still be so confident.

Having said that, feeling the surprised eyes of everyone in the hall, Li Yang naturally understood the mystery in their hearts.

In this era, agriculture is not as developed as in later generations, and the cultivated area is large, reaching 2.5 billion mu, and the per capita cultivated area is as much as 123 mu.

In this way, the construction period of the previous year will naturally become four years to complete, and it is no wonder that they will question this.

Li Yang looked at Feng Quji and He Zhang, and said: "Feng Xiang and General He asked well, it stands to reason that only when the peasants are idle can do their conscription, which will indeed affect the construction of the country." Even, it is not as good as the method proposed by Feng Xiang and His Royal Highness Fusu in the past to reduce the number of conscripts.

But..."