"When I traveled to Hengshan, I felt unwell, so I returned to Beijing."

The edict could not be shorter, but it set off a monstrous wave in Xianyang.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

And Yingcheng's eyes straightened after hearing the news.

"Back to Xianyang!"

Thinking of it, Yingcheng hurried back to Xianyang overnight.

The First Emperor is coming back.

The mighty southern tour, known to the whole world, was about to turn back halfway and came back.

This directly shocked his jaw.

"Your Majesty is coming back?"

"But what happened?"

Overnight, Yingcheng held a meeting of the three princes and nine secretaries, and looked at the important ministers who were also in a state of confusion.

"This, didn't Your Majesty say it, I feel uncomfortable, there is a big difference in weather between the north and the south!" Li Si also replied with a strange face: "Come to think of it, it should be that Your Majesty is not very suitable for the weather in the south, so he returned to Beijing!" ”

When he said this, Li Si himself didn't believe it.

But.

His Majesty made a decision, and he could not interfere.

"Here, Your Majesty is in Hengshan, and it will only be seven or eight days to return to Xianyang, so you still have to prepare for Your Majesty." Feng Qujian couldn't help but say.

The reaction to Yingcheng is also very understanding.

When His Majesty returns, Yingcheng's right to supervise the country will naturally be withdrawn.

The prison state and the Great Law Decree are completely two different concepts.

"Has Your Majesty agreed to the policy of donkey administration?" Yingcheng asked again very irritably.

"Since Your Majesty's southern tour, Your Majesty has only issued two edicts, one is the edict of the Loyal Martyr King, and the other is this edict to return to Beijing, as for the rest, the Prime Minister's Mansion has not received the edict from the donkey government." Feng Qujian shook his head and said.

"What about the Taiwei Mansion, how is the matter in Jiangdong, isn't the strategy of the Taiwei Mansion to pacify Jiangdong, and what is the situation now?" Yingcheng looked at Wang Ben irritably.

"Since Your Majesty's Southern Tour, Your Majesty's Southern Patrol Military Command, plus the news of Hengshan, Jiujiang, Lujiang, and Donghui have been blocked, and the specific situation in Jiangdong is not known to the Taiwei Mansion at present." Wang Ben replied truthfully, and there was nothing to hide.

But it was Li Si, just as Wang Ben spoke, he gently took out a document from his cuff, and said with a frown: "The matter in Jiangdong is probably ending much faster than we imagined." ”

said.

Li Si gently handed the document to Yingcheng, and said: "The old minister has not received any news from Jiangdong, but the appointment of the chief officials of the county capitals and county governments, whether it is ordered by His Majesty or the Prime Minister's Mansion, must be reported to the Prime Minister's Mansion to form a resume. ”

"And on the 25th, His Majesty appointed Meng Wu as the county guard of Huiji County, Yang Feng as the county lieutenant, and set up twenty-four counties in Huiji County, and the officials of the county government in each county were personally ordered by His Majesty."

"During His Majesty's southern tour, there are appointments and dismissals of officials, all of which are appointed and dismissed first, and then submitted by the local government to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"We still need to find out what exactly happened, but Your Majesty's appointment of Huiji County can only explain one problem, and Huiji has begun to change from pacification to governance."

"Moreover, Tu Sui was transferred to the war and was not appointed as a county guard, but Meng Wu became a county guard, which is very revealing."

"Most likely, Huiji has been settled!"

Listening to Li Si's thoughts, Yingcheng couldn't help but stare at the content of the document, this is a document from the county of Huiji to the Prime Minister's Mansion for record and resume records, not an edict.

However, on February 1, the Qin tomb was sacrificed.

On February 2, the First Emperor ordered a military parade and set off on a southern tour in the afternoon.

It was only twenty-five days.

"This time to Jiangdong, even if you don't do anything, three thousand miles, a rapid march, at least two months of marching, not to mention, the soldiers and horses going south, but also for the purpose of suppressing bandits and south, in such a short time, it is impossible to go to Huiji." Yingcheng shook his head with a frown.

Twenty-five days, unless the cavalry rushed, it was impossible to reach Jiangdong.

And this.

The soldiers and horses have not arrived in Jiangdong, and it is naturally impossible to pacify Jiangdong.

"Yes, the soldiers and horses brought by His Majesty's southern tour this time will take two months at the earliest to reach Jiangdong, according to the speed of the march, at this time, I am afraid that in Jiangdong, only Tu Sui's southern expeditionary army will be in Jiangdong." Wang Ben nodded.

But.

This is even more bizarre.

The Jiangdong affair is currently the largest strategic action of the Qin State, and the First Emperor is personally in charge of this matter, but he turned back at this time, which is even more unreasonable.

"Only the soldiers and horses brought by Tu Sui, is this possible to pacify?" If you don't understand, you ask, Yingcheng asked.

"This southern tour has become the trend of the east, and it is bound to win Jiangdong." Wang Ben pondered for a moment and replied: "In terms of military strength, if Tu Sui's Southern Expeditionary Army confronts the thieves in Jiangdong head-on, it will completely crush any form of traitor in Jiangdong. ”

"But because of the complex composition of the Southern Expeditionary Army, it has caused the combat effectiveness of the Southern Expeditionary Army to be weak, once the land of Jiangdong is strong and strong, the Xiang clan is rising, and the various noble mountains are lined up, the Southern Expeditionary Army will not be able to calm the chaos in a short period of time, and it is not enough to completely stabilize the land of Jiangdong."

"Therefore, Your Majesty mobilized heavy troops to encircle Jiangdong, the purpose of which is to prevent the chaos in Jiangdong from spreading to other places, only to Jiangdong."

Wang Ben paused and said in a deep voice: "And if Your Majesty returns from Hengshan at this time, it means that the chaos in Jiangdong is calm, and there is only one possibility!" ”

"What is possible?" Yingcheng asked suspiciously.

Wang Ben's eyes were deep and contemplative: "There is no chaos in Jiangdong! ”

The voice did not fall.

Li Si was the first to say in disbelief: "General Wang means that the land of Jiangdong did not rise up according to our prediction, and the nobles rose up against Qin. ”

Wang Ben nodded and said, "Yes, this is just my guess, but, no matter what the purpose of His Majesty's return to Xianyang at this time is, there is at least one basic condition." ”

"The overall situation of Jiangdong has been decided, and there is no need to mobilize troops on a large scale in the future, and the Jiangdong nobles are not enough to form the power to erode Jiangdong."

"If not, Your Majesty will definitely not turn back."

"Meng Wu is steady, good at defending but not good at attacking, not as enterprising as Meng Tian, if Mengwu is stationed in Jiangdong, it means that Jiangdong matters, and the next step is to digest the results, not to enterprising the results."

Wang Ben said, sighed, and said: "If it is according to this, maybe, of course, I said that it is possible, the Taiwei Mansion has made a big joke!" ”

"Overestimating the opponent!"

Li Si frowned, and said in disbelief: "This, it's impossible, what General Wang means is that it's just that the 200,000 troops led by Tu Sui will turn to the coastal road, defend Jiujiang, and steadily advance to Huiji." ”

"So the Jiangdong nobles surrendered?"

"This is impossible, absolutely impossible, it is absolutely impossible for the Xiang clan to surrender."

Li Si was shocked: "Unless, the Jiangdong nobles ran away, yes, they ran away, only the Jiangdong nobles ran away, so that Your Majesty felt that Jiangdong didn't need to go anymore, so Your Majesty turned back." ”

"If this is the case, then it is the old man's fault, it is indeed too overestimating the Jiangdong nobles, and overestimating the Xiang family."

Listening to Li Si and Wang Ben's speculation, Yingcheng probably understood what it meant.

But.

This is just speculation after all.

Everything will have to wait until the first emperor returns to Xianyang to find out.

It's just that.

What puzzled him was.

The First Emperor did not express any opinion on the matter of donkey politics.

To know.

The donkey policy is not just about the introduction of wild donkeys instead of ploughing cattle.

The deeper meaning lies in.

Transfer internal contradictions to external contradictions.

If we divide human evolution into three types, one is the person who follows the times, the other is the person who follows the crowd, and the other is the stubborn person.

In the process of human beings moving forward with the rolling tide of history.

Those who follow the times are the first to enjoy the benefits of the state, and these people are the first to possess power and wealth in any era.

That is, even a pig can take off when standing in the tuyere.

And those who follow the crowd are the middle part of the flock, and when they see others getting rich, they are surprised to find that they have just followed, and they can't eat anything rich and expensive, but they can't eat a bite.

And the stubborn people are the part that has been eliminated by the times, and this group of people will gradually sink in the rolling tide and eventually disappear.

And now.

Going out to forage for food is the only way out for Xungui.

That is, the wealth lost by the nobles in the customs must be regained from outside the customs with the support of the imperial court, and a little more than the wealth lost.

The First Emperor had no reason to disagree.

If the First Emperor disagrees, he wants to question the First Emperor well, if you don't agree, what better way do you have?

And.

The donkey policy is just a simple to zero beginning.

Letting Xungui go out foraging for food is just a basic operation.

It's about a bigger, more violent, bloodier plan.

Population plunder plan.

Now he doesn't have any indication of mentioning this.

Because the time is not yet ripe.

It's just that the Department of Family Planning encourages fertility and counts in-laws.

It is just for the Department of Household Registration to record the detailed statistics of household registration.

Just let Shaofu plan each township in detail.

It's just that the Department of Agriculture is tightly integrated with the fields.

And only when these things are done steadily and steadily can we be qualified to carry out population sweeping.

Many people are asking, how can the Qin State, which has a population of 30 million and a population of 6,000 people, increase tenfold in 20 years and become 30,000.

Answer: Eucalyptus is in the population plunder plan.

In any empire that exists as a state.

We will definitely implement the policy of concentrating on the central government in the four poles.

And because of this.

Xianyang became the most populous place in the whole world.

But.

Consider the territory currently owned by Great Qin as central.

The four poles are poor and concentrated in the center.

This is yet another human predation.

As for what will become of the four poles after the plundered population.

It's not something to worry about.

When the population exploded, it was natural that the expansion from the inside out began.

It's all a matter of stabilization.

But now.

The policy of donkey policy is the meaning of pure policy of donkey policy.

Now the First Emperor has not responded, what exactly does this mean.

Is it possible to feel that the donkey government cannot be implemented?

Yingcheng has deep doubts!

Regardless of what happened in Jiangdong, the First Emperor turned back.

This had a great impact on him.

"No, no, no!"

A simple meeting of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, after finally finalizing the relevant matters to welcome the first emperor back to Beijing, ended quickly in the middle of the night.

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But after everyone left, after thinking about it repeatedly, Yingcheng still felt that an important issue was overlooked.

As he hesitated to supervise the country before.

From the perspective of the evil of human nature, the purpose of the first emperor's departure from Xianyang was to watch from the wall, and he was ready to abandon him at any time.

Then come back now.

On the contrary.

The First Emperor was not prepared to abandon him.

Furthermore, the First Emperor felt that the matter of changing the law was nine out of ten, and there was no need to abandon him to stabilize the Qin State.

So.

It's back!

Yingcheng weighed it repeatedly in his heart.

Even if he is now the Great Law Decree and the prison country, there are some things that he can't change.

Like what.

As the First Emperor gets closer to Xianyang, the deterrent effect on the officials will gradually decrease, and when the First Emperor arrives in Xianyang City, the status of the Prison will be completely invalid.

Like what.

He had no way of deciding whether he could continue to preside over the Dharma change as the Great Law Order.

But anyway.

He now has only one way to go to black.

Now regret it.

For him.

It's too late.