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Chapter 108 Attacking Zhao
Chapter 108 Attacking Zhao
Ying Zheng had just finished speaking.
I saw Mr. Mo wearing a court uniform for governing millet internal history, slowly walking out of the front row of civil servants, and respectfully saluted Yingzheng above: "My lord, the spring planting is ready, and now the "new grain planting" "People have been sent to various counties and counties. It's just..."
Ying Zheng asked, "Just what?"
Mo Jun clasped his hands and said, "It's just that a few teams transporting 'new grains' were stolen by thieves and lost more than a dozen stones of 'new grains'."
"Who is so bold? Stealing something from my Great Qin."
"I don't know, but when chasing those thieves, one of them once dropped a longbow from Zhao Guo's 'Falling Star Gate'."
"Zhao country?"
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Mo Qing is serious?"
Mo Jun said with a serious face: "I dare not deceive the king."
Bang!
Ying Zheng jumped up against the case and said angrily, "It's really unreasonable. People from Zhao country dare to openly come to our Qin country to do this robbery. Where is Meng Ao?"
"The old minister is here!"
As Ying Zheng spoke, he saw an old man with a gray beard, a burly figure, and piercing eyes stepping out from the ranks of generals.
This person is Meng Ao.
"The widow will immediately order you to lead 20 troops, with Huan Yu as the deputy general, to go to the border of Zhao. If Zhao Guo can't give an explanation on this matter, I, Da Qin, will never give up."
"The old minister takes orders!"
Meng Ao responded immediately with a trembling voice.
The rest of the people in the court looked at the clumsy drama performed by the three in front of them, and their expressions gradually became strange.
Ask for a statement?
Do you believe this?
Which family asked for an explanation directly commanded 20 troops and pushed it to the border of other people's land to ask for an explanation?
If you look at their territory and resources, just say it. After all, it’s not like Qin has never done this kind of thing.
As if seeing the expressions on the faces of the other ministers, Ying Zheng suddenly let out a soft 'hmm' in his nasal cavity, and then said slowly.
"Do you have any opinions, gentlemen?"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Many ministers above the court did not even hesitate for a second, and decisively spoke in unison.
"Since that's the case, Mo Qing will handle the transfer of the army's logistics and supplies, so let's all step back!"
"I'm waiting to retire."
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The court meeting ended.
Mo Jun and Meng Ao did not have any communication in Xianyang Palace.
After leaving the Xianyang Palace, Mo Jun took a horse-drawn carriage and walked around Xianyang casually before entering the Meng Mansion.
Now Mo Jun's status is not what it used to be, and some things are naturally impossible to be as casual as before, just like when he met Meng Ao, one of them is at the top of civil servants, and the other is at the top of generals.
If the two of them still met and talked casually as before, maybe Ying Zheng wouldn't care once or twice, but if there were too many times, it was hard to guarantee that Ying Zheng wouldn't think too much.
After all, if the ministers among the civil and military officials really unite, it is possible to evade the royal power.
Therefore, when Mo Jun wants to meet Meng Ao now, he should neither be too open, nor too secretive.
Mo Jun had to put himself in a situation where he was pretending to be concealed, but could just be seen by Ying Zheng's eyeliner, so it was most suitable to enter the Meng Mansion.
"Come on!"
Seeing Mo Jun walk into the courtyard, Meng Ao immediately smiled and said, "How is it? Sometimes it doesn't feel good to be in a high position, right! Sit!"
Mo Jun shook his head helplessly, then came to sit down in front of Meng Ao, and said, "I really feel like I'm not as happy as when I was in Nanjun."
"Hahaha~~ I really didn't expect you to be able to do this just because I haven't seen you for a few years."
Looking at the young man in front of him whose body was gradually maturing and whose face was becoming more and more handsome, Meng Ao couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.
Although when he first met Mo Jun, he already felt that this son was not in the pool, but now Mo Jun's achievements, even when he first got the news, he was still dumbfounded.
"It's a pity that you have been married by the king now, otherwise the old man will marry you no matter what." Meng Ao said regretfully, holding his beard.
"Senior Meng was joking."
Mo Jun smiled, he didn't take Meng Ao's words seriously.
The state of Qin currently implements the system of monogamy and multiple concubines.
It's not that Mr. Mo, who was bestowed with marriage by Ying Zheng, cannot continue to marry other women, but the position of main wife can only be the Princess of Qin who bestowed the marriage.
Throughout the dynasties.
It is very common for the king to win over ministers of great merit through marriage.
It is more appropriate to say that this is a marriage than a transaction.
Although Mo Jun doesn't like this kind of utilitarian marriage, but in this era, there are some things that even he can't avoid.
Naturally, it is impossible for the concubine's daughter of the Meng family to be sent to someone else as a concubine, and the concubine's daughter is not worthy of Mr. Mo.
not to mention.
Even if there is a prostitute in the Meng family who is willing to be Mo Jun's concubine, it is impossible for the two families to form an in-law relationship.
Again.
Because the two parties have too much power, once the two families get married, it will definitely attract the fear and suspicion of the king.
But for now, Ying Zheng's gift of marriage is just a title. It can be regarded as a pre-arranged wedding for both parties, but it is not known how long it will take to actually complete the ceremony process.
After all, in this era, it is not a trivial matter for a princess to marry. It may take two or three years just to prepare in advance.
Moreover, the princess who had planned the wedding with Mo Jun was not yet ready to marry.
no way.
The main reason is that Ying Zheng himself is still young.
In his 20s, his eldest son, Fu Sudu, was born only a few years ago. He bestowed a marriage on Mo Jun this time, purely for the sake of winning over Mo Jun.
"What does Senior Meng think about the king's attack on Zhao?"
Just as the other ministers in the court had guessed, it is of course impossible for Yingzheng to send troops to attack Zhao this time because a dozen stones of "new grain seeds" were robbed.
In the court hall, the dialogue between Mo Jun and Ying Zheng had passed the gas long before the court.
As for Meng Ao, it's just an impromptu performance of an old drama.
Of course.
It is also a fact that more than a dozen stones of the 'new grain' distributed by Mojun were stolen.
After all, with Lu Buwei's death, Mr. Mo was named 'Shengping Jun'. After such a big event happened, it is impossible for the other six countries not to send people to Qin to inquire about the inside story.
Once the news of the "new rice seeds" is known, it is even more impossible for the other six countries to have no reaction to it.
In fact.
Not only the other six countries, but also all the sects that want to save the common people, after hearing the news of the "new grain", they have already heard the news.
However, these people's pictures are not just about dozens of stones of "new rice seeds", they are more about Mo Jun, the person who improved the "new rice seeds".
"The result of this attack on Zhao is not important, what is important is the operation itself." Meng Ao took a sip of tea and said slowly.
Mo Jun nodded, in fact, he also guessed part of Ying Zheng's intention to send troops to attack Zhao this time.
Now in the state of Qin, Lao Ai, Lu Buwei, and foreign relatives of Chu have fallen one after another, and the internal worries have been eliminated. The next problem that should be solved should be foreign aggression.
But the opposite is true.
Now that internal worries have been eliminated, the next problem that needs to be solved is still 'internal worries'.
Just another worry.
the reason is simple.
Because of the big cleansing this winter, although the hidden dangers within the Qin State were cleared away, it also caused the entire Qin State court to fall into another state of 'people's panic'.
So the first thing Yingzheng needs to do next is to stabilize the court.
For this reason, the method Yingzheng chose is similar to the method Mo Jun used to appease the victims in Nanjun before. They used another thing to divert the attention of Qin officials.
But now there is no suitable 'target' within Qin, so Ying Zheng can only shift his target outside of Qin.
Zhao Guo happened to be a suitable target.
After all, there have been frictions between Qin State and Zhao State from time to time in the past few years. Even in the past few years, Qin State also sent three generals, Huan Juan, Wang Jian, and Yang Duan, to join forces and attack Zhao Guoye.
Although it was not successful in the end, it took nine cities of Zhao State in succession.
Later, Zhao State and Yan State clashed.
During Zhao's attack on Yan, Qin State unilaterally sent Wang Jian and other generals to attack Zhao State in the name of saving Yan.
Even the Zhangshui Basin was occupied by the Qin army.
Wait until the second year.
The Qin army attacked Zhao again and captured Pingyang.
It didn't take long for Zhao Jun to fight back under the leadership of Li Mu.
This girder was instantly settled.
So this year Yingzheng sent 20 troops to attack Zhao again, which is completely reasonable.
"correct!"
Mo Jun and Meng Ao chatted for a while, suddenly, Meng Ao seemed to think of something, and said: "Since you are in the history of Zhisu, the food and grass for the 20 army of the old man..."
"Oh~ it's getting late, Senior Meng, I'll take my leave first, don't send me far away."
Before Meng Ao finished speaking, Mo Jun stood up suddenly, turned around and walked out the door.
Looking at his back, he felt as if he had run away.
And actually.
Mo Jun is indeed running away, there is no way, it is really impossible for him not to run away!
Only after becoming a real historian of Su, Mo Jun understood how bad Qin's taxation and finances were.
If you can use one word to describe the current Zhisu Neishifu.
That is - poor!
If you use two words to describe it.
That is - poor + rotten.
To know.
More than a year ago, Mo Jun had just brought 20 gold coins and 60 shi of grain to Ying Zheng from Nanjun.
This amount does not seem to be much, but don't forget that these are all extra income from the Qin State treasury.And last year's situation was not bad, and the taxes collected were not bad.
Logically speaking.
The current national treasury should be quite ample.
However, after checking the treasury not long ago, Mr. Mo suddenly found that there were only [-] gold coins left in the treasury.
That's right.
Only fifty thousand gold coins.
If Meng Ao leads an army of 20 to go to war next, the [-] gold coins can barely support the battle.
And the battle can't last too long.
Mo Jun checked the ledger, and for the first time realized how much money Shang Yang had spent to turn Qin into the current war machine after Shang Yang's reform.
The simplest example.
Now the army raised by the Qin State, if the corvee is counted, the rations alone are enough to eat the entire grain tax of the Qin State for a year.
Although the food and tax accounts are expensive, at least the amount is clear.
But the other accounts are really a complete bad account.
When he saw those accounts, Mo Jun even had the idea of quitting.
Afterwards, just to settle this bad debt, Mo Jun spent almost a month in the Mo residence before he finally figured it out.
So next.
The first thing he, the newly appointed Zhi Su Nei Shi, should do is not to collect taxes, but to collect debts.
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(End of this chapter)