"Your Majesty, now that the beasts in the wild are evolving very rapidly, the beast tides are becoming more and more frequent, and the turmoil has begun, I hope that in the next year, the military budget will be increased, and I hope that more soldiers can be recruited to deal with the turmoil that may arise next. ”

After the annual report was summarized, at this time, a middle-aged man in his forties stood up and said to Qin Zheng.

The one who spoke was the representative of the military, Meng Zhan, who was the head of the Meng family, one of the main generals of the military, and one of the three major military forces controlling the military.

Here, I have to talk about the military, the military is relatively pure, basically loyal to the emperor, as long as the emperor does not do things that anger the heavens and people, basically will not betray the emperor and the country.

Especially in modern society, the military is more pure, one of the forces that guarantee the royal family, at least legally stipulated, the military is loyal to the emperor and the people.

But in fact, the military is indirectly controlled by the emperor, otherwise the emperor of the Great Qin Empire would have been replaced by careerists, so although the military will not absolutely 100% support Qin Zheng, the emperor, it will not oppose Qin Zheng, and even support Qin Zheng at a critical time.

The military is divided into three major factions, namely the Meng family, the Wang family, and the Bai family, which are the top families in the military.

The Meng family is the descendant of Meng Tian, from the pre-Qin era, the Great Qin Empire unified the world, it is the royal loyalty, and the Meng family has produced military generals in all dynasties, and they are all very powerful military generals.

The Wang family is the descendant of Wang Jian and the diehards of the royal family, and the Bai family is the descendants of the white family, although they have experienced ups and downs, but these three families have been following the Daqin royal family and have been passed down to the present day, and they are the diehards of the royal family.

Of course, people's minds change, if the emperor who appears in the royal family is not capable, it will be difficult to want them to be fully loyal, at most they can only ensure the continuation of the royal family, which is why in the era of the Great Revolution, at that time, the Great Qin Empire finally became a constitutional monarchy, and the emperor had to retreat into the background.

Now, Qin Zheng naturally hopes to be able to fully control the military, and only in this way can he rest assured that he can improve the strength of the military and ensure the stability of the Great Qin Empire.

At this time, Meng Zhan wanted to expand the strength of the military, but before Qin Zheng could speak, a minister stood up and objected: "The military is strong enough to suppress all turmoil, there is no need to continue to expand."

At this time, the treasury is empty, and there is not much money to expand the army for the time being, I think the money should be used to improve the strength of other aspects, I think that children are the future of the empire, we should expand the school, and it is better to cultivate some highly gifted students.

In the era of aura recovery, the trend of strength being respected, especially the strong personal strength above everything has begun to appear, at this time, we should focus on cultivating strong people, especially the kind of strong people who can control the country, only such strong people can ensure the stability of the empire.

Only such a strong person can protect the stability of the empire for us, and the school is a place to cultivate such a strong person, I think we should give priority to expanding the school, and reform the school to improve the strength of the school. ”

As one of the twelve ministries, the Minister of Education is still very powerful, and the most important thing is that the Ministry of Education is in the camp of civil officials, and Xun Guang speaks on behalf of the civil official group.

Civilian officials and military generals have always been at odds, even in modern society, such contradictions still exist, although infinitely reduced, but it does not mean that there is none, so the civilian clique naturally does not want the military generals group to expand its strength.

The most important thing is that the students trained by the school are born on the side of civil officials, although there are also schools that train military generals, but such schools, among many schools, only occupy a small number.

Therefore, the civilian clique naturally hopes that the strength of the school will be strengthened and more strong people can be cultivated, and even if there is an opportunity in the future, the civil officials will not mind the strong people cultivated to control the military and other military groups.

Of course, as the Minister of Education, Xun Guang did not oppose for the sake of opposition, he had to explain the facts and put forward opinions that would be beneficial to the empire, otherwise it would be untenable.

As Xun Guang spoke, the civilian clique also began to speak, and they began to make trouble, so at the beginning of the court meeting, whether to improve the strength of the military or the strength of the school, began to discuss, and the generals and civilian officials began to quarrel with each other.

The military generals in the new era are not without culture, so, in theory, military generals are not weaker than civilian officials at all, so when it comes to arguing, they are naturally evenly matched.

At this time, neither side can speak to the other, so they need someone to make an idea.

Prime Minister Li Xiang said at this time: "Since we can't convince each other, it's better to let Your Majesty take this idea." ”

Li Xiang's words were immediately supported by the civil and official group, after all, at this time, after the argument, it was difficult for the two sides to come to a conclusion, so it was better to let Qin Zheng take the idea.

At this time, Qin Zheng, who was watching the civil official group and the military general group compete with great interest, did not expect that the fire would burn on him, and suddenly felt very surprised.

Qin Zheng said with some hesitation about the civil official group letting him make up his mind: "I'm still young and I don't understand many things, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to let me make an idea, right?"

Qin Zheng naturally has his ideas, if there is a chance, he doesn't mind guiding the development of some things, but Qin Zheng knows that he can't show a desire to be in power, otherwise it will be easy to be targeted by the ministers, and when the time comes, it will be even more difficult for him to imagine what to do.

Civil officials may not be able to do things sometimes, but it is very easy to do bad things for others, there is no need, Qin Zheng does not want to pay attention to the disputes of the Great Qin Empire for the time being, especially the civil and military disputes, no matter which side is favored, it is not a good thing for Qin Zheng.

"I think Your Majesty has a good idea, whether it's right or wrong, as long as Your Majesty makes up your mind, we will naturally follow it. ”

At this time, Meng Zhan stood up and said that since neither side could compromise, then only Qin Zheng, the emperor, could judge and decide the main direction of development in the next year.

Meng Zhan stood up in support, and the military representatives also expressed their positions one by one, at this time, the civilian clique naturally would not object, so the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all looked at Qin Zheng and waited for Qin Zheng to make a conclusion.

Prime Minister Li Xiang said: "Although we are not very old, we may see it more clearly from another angle, so I hope that Your Majesty can make a conclusion, so that we can determine the direction of development in the coming year." ”

After Li Xiang finished speaking, other ministers and generals also expressed their support one by one.

In this regard, Qin Zheng could only say helplessly: "In this case, it is better to carry out two plans at the same time, expand the army on the one hand, expand the school on the other, and grasp both hands, anyway, in the future, these two plans must be carried out to be beneficial to the Great Qin Empire, it is better to carry out two plans at the same time now."

Moreover, we do not have to invest all the resources in the early stage of these two plans, we can invest resources in installments, which will not affect the normal progress of the two plans, but also solve our dilemma of lack of money. ”

The financial situation of the Great Qin Empire, Qin Zheng did not know very well, and the ministers said that the financial difficulties, Qin Zheng regarded them as financial difficulties, so he said his own statement.

Qin Zheng's words, both the ministers and the generals felt that it was feasible, so they shouted one by one: "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Obviously, they were not prepared to oppose Qin Zheng's proposal, firstly, Qin Zheng's proposal was what they wanted Qin Zheng to put forward, and secondly, Qin Zheng was more of an emperor and was the nominal supreme ruler of the Great Qin Empire, and this was the conclusion that Qin Zheng had made for the first time to participate in the construction of the empire, and they naturally would not oppose it.

Third, Qin Zheng's words also have a certain degree of truth and feasibility, so both the military and civilian officials are very satisfied.