Yu He's voice fell, and I didn't speak.

Li Si stabilized his mind and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the four counties and counties do not care about the lives of the people, and neglect political affairs, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to surrender their crimes." If the minister neglects to supervise, it is difficult to escape the responsibility, please surrender your majesty together! ”

Li Si couldn't help but think of the conversation with Li You, he knew that Yu He would find out about this matter, and he should have explained it at the Great Dynasty Meeting, but now he is passive.

I glanced at Yu He: "Building houses, opening up wasteland, and repairing the mausoleum palace, which one has cut down the most?" ”

Yu He said bluntly: "In particular, the most mausoleums are built, followed by the reclamation, and the houses are built again." ”

I sighed secretly in my heart, since Yingzheng has cut the most, what do I have to say, no wonder no one has dared to play with the court in the past nine years. However, the forced increase of households cannot be spared.

"Since it is for the construction of Afang Palace and Lishan Mausoleum, don't pursue it." I changed my words: "However, the matter of compulsory increase in households must be carefully investigated." ”

Yu He arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise." The forced increase in households must be for the purpose of collecting more taxes, which may involve oppressing the people and harsh government and indiscriminate taxation. ”

I glanced at him: "I remember that after the accident in Changsha County last year, I ordered you to go to various counties to investigate and punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, why didn't you find out at that time?" ”

Yu He's old face flushed, and he replied carefully: "Back to Your Majesty, at that time, I focused on checking the household registration and acres of land in various places, and I didn't think of mountains and forests...... The minister is derelict in his duties, please ask Your Majesty to surrender. ”

I said lightly, "That's it." In the future, if there are cases before the 37th anniversary of the First Emperor, especially those involving the former Emperor, they will not be pursued unless they have done evil to the present. ”

Several people said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

"Bai Chong, tomorrow the DPRK will draw up a charter for spring plowing and tree planting. It is about to encourage the planting of trees on both sides of the Deshui River, and it is forbidden to burn and reclaim the land within a mile on both sides of the Deshui River, and at least ten trees should be planted per mu of land in the flowing counties, and 20 trees in the new Qin land, and each household will be rewarded with money and silk if it reaches more than 100 trees. Aren't they forcing more households to overtax? Let them figure it out for themselves! ”

"Don't wait for the coast of Deshui to become a desert and then regret it, you have to leave a fertile soil for future generations."

The Yellow River began to be turbid, probably in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was not yet "yellow" during the Qin Dynasty. I didn't pay much attention to it before, thinking that it was a natural law, but now it seems that the human factor is even greater, and maybe it can be remedied.

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In mid-February, Zalut's letter of request for trade arrived in Xianyang.

Nearly 1.5 million stone of grain was consumed in one winter, and some people in the DPRK and China had already expressed their dissatisfaction, but fortunately it had the expected effect.

Xianyang Palace, court meeting.

The envoy sent by Zalut was none other than Hazhusu, and after expressing his intention and presenting his credentials, he bowed and saluted: "Emperor Great Qin, Great Khan of Rut is very grateful to Great Qin for being able to help. Now that the grass and trees have recovered, the cattle and sheep that will be returned to Daqin have been driven into the pasture, and this autumn Beihu Ding should return a sufficient amount of livestock as scheduled, so that the Emperor of Daqin can rest assured. ”

I smiled and said, "Come and excuse me." What I care about is not corn and livestock, but the fact that Beihu can reconcile with Great Qin. The two countries have been fighting for a hundred years, and now the Great Khan of Rut is able to think about the people of the two countries and open trade routes, which is very gratifying. This matter is very important, and I want to discuss it with my hundred officials. Chen Qing, send it back to rest. ”

The pawn Chen Qing took the order and retreated with Hazhusu.

"Ge Yue," I swept around, and said by name, "what do you think about trade with Beihu?" ”

Ge Yue got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, since the world is unified, Daqin has never switched to trading with other countries. The minister thought that the trade between the two countries focused on mutual benefit, but copper and iron grain could not be given easily, and the only thing that could be used for mutual trading was the silk cloth of Daqin. ”

I complimented and said, "Not bad." However, Beihu is probably also thinking about this, if they are only willing to take out sheep to trade, how to deal with it? ”

Even if Zarut secretly surrendered to me, I couldn't let him make a loss-making deal openly, not to mention whether he could do it, it was no different from directly telling Beihu that he was a traitor, so I had to help him find a plausible reason.

Li Si arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that copper and iron grain can be added to the list of allowed mutual markets, including salt and sugar. The goods in Daqin's hands are all necessary for them, the initiative is in our hands, and it is not up to me Daqin to trade each kind of goods. Then the value of sheep is lowered, lower than the price of cattle and horses, and if you want to pay less for livestock, you must choose cattle and horse trading. What does Your Majesty think? ”

"Yes." I agreed: "What else do you have to do? ”

Glancing around, everyone agreed.

I clapped my head and said, "That's it." Ge Yue, you have to negotiate the details of the trade carefully, you should not make a loss-making transaction, but you must consider the production capacity of Daqin's silk cloth, and there must not be a situation where there are enough cattle and horses in Daqin, and Daqin has no silk to supply. ”

Ge Yue hurriedly said yes.

Late at night, a carriage quietly left Xianyang Palace.

In the post house, Ha Zhusu had already used the excuse of wanting to see the strength of Great Qin through Xianyang City, and he had not yet returned at the time of curfew.

Wanlixiang's doors and windows were closed, and I sat opposite Hazhusu.

"How is Beihu now?" I got straight to the point.

Hazhusu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, after a year of recuperation, Beihu has recovered a little. The south is close to Daqin and has recovered better, while in the north, after the first battle of Donghu and the first battle of unification, more than half of the casualties in the two wars have been lost, and there are almost no men, and they are still surviving. ”

I nodded: "The northern tribes not only hate Donghu, but are also very hostile to Great Qin. They had been hit hard, which was a good thing for Zarut and Great Qin. ”

Hazhusu arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Daqin's giving Beihu corn had a great impact on Beihu, and many people couldn't believe that Daqin could save Beihu from danger regardless of his previous suspicions, and they were very grateful to Daqin. In addition, there is this year's trade matter, and I believe that it will be able to meet His Majesty's expectations of winning over the hearts of the people. ”

I nodded slightly, and then said, "How is Zarut?" ”

Hazhusu naturally understood what I meant, and responded: "Zarut asked the villain to tell His Majesty, His Majesty remembered his kindness for reconstruction, and felt very ashamed that he failed to start trading with Daqin last winter, and betrayed His Majesty's trust. ”

"Hmm. Did the Huns make any moves? "I didn't bother with the mutual market anymore, and asked about the Huns. They were the closest to the Huns, and the news they got was definitely more detailed.

"Nope. Although Hedu also unified the north, its strength was greatly reduced. The border scouts reported that the Huns were honestly grazing in the North Sea, and there was no action. ”

I was a little relieved when I heard this, but I still admonished: "Go back and tell Zalut that you must be careful to beware of the Huns, they are scheming and cruel by nature, and they will not give up if they suffer such a big loss at the hands of Great Qin and Beihu." ”