In the palace, the Yingyi people convened the ministers to discuss how to deal with the disturbance of the Yiqu.

Bai Jiayi said: "Your Majesty, the Yiqu Kingdom is investigating the truth of my Qin Kingdom. Once it is determined that we are not capable of defending, their army will march into Qin! In the opinion of the ministers, it is necessary to send sergeants to the border defense as soon as possible! ”

In the face of foreign enemies, the old clans are still unanimous in their external affairs.

Taishi Meng Yuan is still in the hall with his eyes closed and recuperating, he is now in a state of pretending to be dead, and rarely speaks. Even said that he was sick and asked for leave at every turn, if he hadn't simulated it several times, the Yingyi people might have been deceived by him, thinking that he was really not in good health.

"That's right." Jing Ping spoke, "How can we have so many troops to defend Yiqu now? Unless conscription again! ”

"Then conscription!" Bai Jiayi said.

"Can't!" Zhang Beichen directly objected, and said: "We just issued a decree to rest with the people, if we recruit soldiers now, not only will farming be wasted, but also the people will lose their trust!" Pay for one's whistle! ”

"What does the prime minister mean by letting the Yiqu people come in?" Bai Jiayi sneered.

"Of course not." Zhang Beichen looked at him and said, "I know that in your mansion, there are many private soldiers and slaves in the clan!" In the new "Qin Law", there are strict requirements for the number of private soldiers, and it is required to abolish slaves. ”

"Prime Minister Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Xi Qiming asked, "At the moment of the great enemy, you still have to argue with us about whether to change the law?" ”

"Definitely!" Zhang Beichen shook his head and said, "Regarding the matter of private soldiers and slaves of various families, I don't want to investigate it strictly for the time being. Now that foreign enemies are invading, you want to make a contribution. For the sake of the Qin State, it is hoped that each family can divide their own private soldiers and slaves to support the frontier. If they can make meritorious contributions, they will be able to have a legal identity in the Qin State, and they will no longer be wanted by the government and liquidated. ”

Hearing Zhang Beichen's words, the old clans sneered in their hearts. Where does Zhang Beichen not want to check, it is clear that he is not capable of checking!

It has been nearly two months since the national policy was established, and the new law has not yet been fully popularized in the Qin State, how can Zhang Beichen have the strength to come to their old clan to check the population?

He was clearly taking this opportunity to consume the power of the old clan!

"What the prime minister said is extremely true!" Before Bai Jiayi and others could refute Zhang Beichen, Yingyi people made a direct decision and said: "The Qin State fights every year, and there is not one in the young and middle-aged among the people!" Within two years, it is not advisable to conscript again! ”

"If it is a conscription, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people. The old, weak, sick and disabled on the battlefield will only make the Yiqu people think that the strength of our Qin State is declining and increase their ambitions! ”

"The widow saw that, according to the prime minister's words, each family sent private soldiers and slaves to the border to support. The widows gave them the status of Qin nationals, and the number of military exploits they made belonged to each family. ”

"If you are widowed, you will set an example, and there will be 2,000 people in the office."

Yingyiren's words directly blocked everyone, and her meaning was nothing more than to say, you are hiding the population, and the widow does not know, but turns a blind eye.

Now that the foreign enemy is invading, you hurry up to express your expression, and the widow will let you go! If you don't say it, you can't deal with you now, and you will slowly settle it later!

The old clans could only sigh in their hearts, this Yingyi people were completely damaged by Zhang Beichen! I really miss the naïve Yingyi people at the beginning!

"Your Majesty!" Meng Yuan, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, spoke, "The old minister is old, and he can't use so many servants at home, the old minister is willing to send thousands of servants to the border to guard the Qin State!" ”

Seeing that Meng Yuan had expressed his position, Bai Jiayi had no choice but to say: "The minister has eight hundred servants, and he is willing to fight for the country." ”

"There are eight hundred servants." Xi Qiming also followed.

"There are five hundred servants."

"I am willing to send four hundred servants!"

……

The courtiers expressed their stance one after another, and soon gathered nearly 10,000 people to form reinforcements to support the border.

Zhang Beichen smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that the hidden population of the old clan must be more than that. But this wave made them bleed at least once!

The Yingyi people then ordered: "Cheyang, the widow ordered you to immediately form reinforcements to support the border and resist the invasion of the Yiqu people." Remember, you must strengthen your momentum, and don't let the Yiqu people think that my Qin State has no soldiers! ”

"The last general obeys!" Che Yang immediately left.

……

An army of 10,000 people soon marched to the border of Qin and Yiqu.

This time, the Yiqu Kingdom was only a trial, so the two sides were only fighting a small-scale war on the border, and there were no major problems for the time being.

And the Qin State currently does not have the strength to suppress the Yiqu State. What the Qin State needs is time, the law change has already begun, and in three years, the Qin State can recover its vitality. In five years, the state of Qin can grow. In ten years, the Qin State can be strong and train a strong army!

Three months passed quickly.

On the Yiqu side, it seems that he can't figure out the strength of the Qin State, so he has not sent a large army to attack. After Yingmeng quelled the rebellion in part of the Longxi area, he also divided 10,000 troops to support Cheyang, and Cheyang stabilized the border situation.

And Yingyi people are still busy with official business, after going out for horseback riding with Zhang Beichen last time, the two have hardly been alone because of their busy affairs.

As for Zhang Beichen, he is still busy implementing the new law. He had already begun to divide the counties in the Qin State, recovering the land of the old clans as much as possible and setting up counties. In this way, the power to administer the local area will return to the hands of the monarch, instead of letting the old clans become local emperors.

……

At night, in the middle of the mansion.

Zhang Beichen finished his official duties and was resting on the bed.

"Zhang Beichen, are you sleeping?" You don't have to guess to know that this is a message from Wei Yao.

Since the last time I found out that the simulator could still chat, Wei Yao would send him messages from time to time.

Zhang Beichen was busy with things during the day and didn't have time to reply, so she chose to "harass" at night.

Zhang Beichen: "I was just about to sleep, there were too many things. ”

Wei Yao: "It's about Yiqu, right?" ”

Yiqu State and Qin State are on the edge of Wei State, and she naturally knows about the friction.

"King Yiqu's attitude is unclear, I'm afraid he wants to attack Qin." Zhang Beichen said helplessly.

Wei Yao: "Then why don't you come to Wei in a hurry!" That guy from the King of Yiqu is not enough to see in front of this king! He also often pays tribute to this king! ”

She was a little proud, the name of Yiqu State was once a vassal state of Qin State. But now that the Qin State is weakening, Yiqu wants to annex it instead.

As for the powerful Wei State, King Yiqu did not dare to provoke at all, but instead expressed his submission and paid tribute and gifts.

Zhang Beichen: "King Wei, don't say this kind of thing to provoke my relationship with the king of Qin!" ”

Wei Yao didn't care at all, and sent a picture with his backhand: "(Picture, JPG)"

In the picture, Wei Yao is wearing the clothes of a cook and is making tofu. I don't know who made it for her, the neckline is very loose, and from the perspective of the picture, you can see a lot of scenery that needs to be mosaic.

Wei Yao: "This king finally made the tofu according to the method you said!" How about Honwang's tofu? ”

Zhang Beichen immediately replied: "It's big, white and round!" ”

Wei Yao: "?? This tofu is all square! ”

After she replied to the message, she realized that something was wrong, and her face turned red: "Zhang Beichen, fortunately, you are facing this king." If you dare to say this to the Yingyi people, she will be angry and want to kill you! ”

Zhang Beichen smiled secretly in his heart, Yingyi is not so stingy.

Wei Yao continued to tempt him: "You hurry up and come to Wei Kingdom, this king has tofu for you to eat!" I heard that the poor people of Qin eat duckweed and weeds, it's too miserable! ”

I have to say that this proposal is very tempting, Zhang Beichen looked at the picture, and his heart was moved for a few seconds, but he still declined politely.

The two were about to continue chatting, when suddenly a prompt appeared.

[The simulator cooldown has ended, and it can be turned on.] 】

"The simulator is about to start!" Wei Yao sat up violently and hurriedly sent a message to Zhang Beichen: "Zhang Beichen, this simulation must come to this king, this king spoils you!" ”

With that, she couldn't wait to turn on the simulation.