When people were in Qin, the advantage was mine

Chapter 86 Hezong returns, Luoyang fiefdom

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The horn of war sounded again, but this time the battle was particularly solemn.

Under the operation of Lord Xinling and Lord Chunshen of Chu, Huang Xie, the Five Kingdoms of Shandong once again declared war on Qin.

Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan jointly sent 50 troops. Yin Huangxie, the commander of Chu State, was the joint commander, and Wei Wuji, Xinling Lord of Wei State, was the commander-in-chief. They directly broke through the guards of Sanchuan County of Qin State, drove straight in, and came directly to Han Under the valley pass.

Xianyang, after receiving this news, this long-stable capital once again fell into a tense atmosphere.

Because the time chosen by the coalition to attack was a bit unfavorable to Qin.

We just experienced a severe drought last year, and the rivers dried up. Now spring has just begun, and even the cold weather is still there. Qin has no chance to use the trick he used last time to bring water from the river up to the sky.

There is a shortage of water now!

Xianyang Palace.

In order to deal with the unexpected coalition forces, the Qin generals represented by Meng Ao, Wang Jian and others gathered in the palace, Prime Minister Lu Buwei, Tingwei Chang Pingjun, etc., but the most important person missing was the military commander, Ying Chen.

"Isn't this too risky?" Lu Buwei broke the silence in the hall.

After hearing that the coalition forces broke through the defense of Sanchuan County and went straight to Hangu Pass, Ying Chen led his people directly towards Luoyang. Qin's 20 black armored troops were stationed in Luoyang. With the combat power of those [-] black armored troops, it is no exaggeration. He said that he could face at least [-] coalition troops head-on!
However, Ying Chen is not preparing to fight head-on with the coalition forces, he is planning to take a gamble!
"Now our army has 30 defenders blocking Hangu Pass. Even if the Luoyang Lord loses the bet, they will not be able to defeat it." Meng Ao said.

"However, this coalition is obviously planning to fight Qin with their lives." Lu Buwei looked troubled.

After these years of buffering, Ying Chen's Quyuanli began to truly show its power!

There was a severe drought last year, causing problems with the autumn harvests in the six countries, but tax collection was unambiguous!

Then, something no one expected happened.

Farmers riot!

Farmers' riots of varying sizes broke out in Zhao, Wei, South Korea, Chu, and even Qi almost within a month!
There is no food to eat, but it is not that there is no food, it is because all the food grown by farmers has been taken away!

It is true that due to severe drought last year, not to mention the harvest of the six countries, even Qin's harvest declined significantly, but this does not mean that there is no grain storage.

Although the productivity brought by the Quyuan plow over the years did not reduce the number of farmers who died of starvation, it still allowed the six countries to hoard a lot of surplus grain. The poor remained poor, and even died of poverty, but the nobles became richer and richer. There is more and more food and grass in hand, and more and more land.

So, under someone's secret manipulation, the farmers from the six countries who had no food to eat went crazy!

There is indeed no food at home, but there is food in the nobles' granaries, and they are full!Even there was originally only one granary, but under the influence of Quyuanli over the years, several more were built, otherwise it would not be able to fit in.

And when a man is about to starve to death, he is fearless!
When a group of people are about to starve to death, if someone comes out to guide the direction of the conflict, the result is needless to say.

Of course, just the net in Ying Chen's hand would not be able to have such a big impact. More, in fact, it is the farmers!

Those guys who shouted that the earth governs all things, Shen Nong is immortal, princes, generals and prime ministers, and Ning Youyi, also saw the dissatisfaction of the farmers. Therefore, the current hero leader of the farmer family seized this opportunity and let the farmer disciples go around to cause trouble. Help the net to stir up public resentment.

Fortunately, farmers can take this opportunity to expand their power and attract more people.

The Qin State, which faced the same problem, dealt with it in a relatively simple and crude way, directly "borrowing grain to provide disaster relief."

A policy started by Ying Chen, "National Debt".

National debt can be used in two ways. First, in good harvest years, farmers can store their excess grain in official granaries, which will be stored uniformly by the government. This can reduce excess loss of grain, and storing grain can reduce taxes.

Another way is that when there is a famine and farmers can't eat, they can borrow grain from the government to tide over the difficulties. They don't have to sell their land at a low price. They just need to wait until a good harvest year to pay it back. Of course, the interest will be Yes, but it is not high, and compared to starving to death, there is also a way of selling land at a low price. This kind of national debt policy is simply unconscionable!

In recent years, Ying Chen has relied on Gongshu's glass to build many agricultural greenhouses. Using some of the agricultural knowledge he still remembered, and with the help of several people recruited from farmers, he started cultivating high-yielding hybrid rice, and also There are high-yield cultivation of other agricultural products.

The simplest and most unpretentious method, cross-breeding, selecting the best and eliminating the bad, has produced a lot of good things. Therefore, Qin's food reserves have no problem, and it can basically solve the problem of famine.

However, after Qin solved the famine problem, the Six Kingdoms became even less interesting.

With the tacit cooperation between Luo Wang and the farmers, small "peasant uprisings" broke out one after another. In the end, Lord Xinling stood up despite the pressure and called on the six countries to engage in national debt like Qin. This short-lived peasant uprising was barely suppressed by lending excess grain to farmers to help them tide over the difficulties.

After all, the farmers are rioting in order to survive. Now that the food is available, there is no need to fight for it. A small team of stragglers and a regularly armed army are not qualified to fight!

Therefore, the so-called farmers' riots were suppressed violently and directly killed by the army without any pressure in many places!

Now that there is room for relaxation, those civilians who launched the riot will naturally not risk their lives anymore. It is not impossible to survive. As for whether the loaned food can be returned, it depends on fate. Anyway, as long as you are hungry Now that we have something to eat, let’s risk our lives together.

If you don't have food, if you don't have life, then how can you love it?

Luowen's ideological propaganda work has been done very well!

The nobles of the six countries who saw the wishes of the common people were naturally very dissatisfied. They had lent their food and now they could not get it back!
As a result, the six countries were extremely embarrassed. They had offended both the lower-class citizens and the middle-class nobles at the same time. Moreover, this kind of loan had extremely serious problems!

The state of Qin has laws, and the people of Qin all obey the laws. However, the Six Kingdoms have always claimed to govern the country with etiquette, so what if the lent grain cannot be recovered?Also, what if there are people who don’t farm or produce, but live directly on borrowed grain?
Quite a few questions!
The six countries cannot solve these problems at once, because these contradictions involve the interests of too many people. If they want to solve them, they must reform, and reform requires revolution. Whose life must be revolutionized?

Who is the biggest resistance and who is the main force in creating these problems?
noble!

However, the aristocracy is also in power. Who can revolutionize their own lives?
But the longer these conflicts dragged on, the more serious they became. Therefore, in order to solve the immediate troubles, Lord Xinling and Lord Chunshen jointly launched a joint venture!

If there are too many internal conflicts that cannot be resolved, then create a more urgent and unavoidable conflict.

war!

War can not only plunder and consume the enemy, but also consume yourself!
The joint war can not only curb the expansion of the Qin State, but also consume one's own domestic power, allowing these nobles to contribute. When the power of the nobles falls into a period of weakness, there will be certain conditions for reform.

Therefore, even if the coalition forces cannot defeat this joint war, they will never retreat easily!
This time the coalition forces came with the same intention as Lord Xinling last time, with the intention of dying together with Qin!

However, last time it was Lord Xinling who wanted to do this alone, but this time, all the kings of the six countries wanted to do this!
If they don't weaken the power of their own nobles, they can really only wait for the contradictions to get worse and worse, and then drag themselves to death!
"However, we don't have the extra troops to support us, and we can't really compete with the coalition forces." Meng Ao said.

With the Qin army's current combat power, if it fights head-on with the coalition forces, it is definitely possible to win, but it is not cost-effective at all.

After the riots in the Six Kingdoms last year, they had already seen what Ying Chen was thinking. Now, they just need to wait for the Six Kingdoms to cause chaos on their own. There is no need to confront them head-on.

War will kill people and consume a lot of money. These older generals know what war is all about. If they can avoid fighting, they will definitely try not to fight.

Now that Qin State's Guanzhong Canal has been successfully built, the rest of the infrastructure construction is also in steady progress, and the talents attracted by Ying Chen's fame are gradually coming into play. Today's Qin State is no longer the same as before. There is no need to rely on fighting to maintain it.

In fact, war is the most uneconomical way for the current Qin State.

"Lord Luoyang chose to go around and attack in a sneak attack. At present, he is not sure whether he will attack Chu or Wei. We only need to defend Hangu Pass. At most, we can be prepared for them to divide their troops and bypass Hangu Pass. However, Xianyang The defenders are sufficient and have the most adequate equipment. If they really choose to go around and attack Xianyang, our expenses may be a bit high." Wang Jian said.

The large amount of armaments produced by the public losers were not actually transported to Hangu Pass. After all, Ying Chen said that this battle still couldn't be fought, so there was no need to waste these things.

Population resources are also resources. Now they only need to allow time for civil strife in the six countries, and then harass them from time to time and put enough pressure on them to prevent them from making changes. Soon, the internal conflicts of the six countries will be unstoppable.

By that time, if the Qin State sends troops again, not only will the difficulty be reduced by half, but it will also gain the title of a benevolent and righteous army. The subsequent work of appeasing the people and purging the nobles of the six countries will become easier.

Now, Qin needs to wait until the internal conflicts among the six countries become more and more serious until they can no longer be suppressed!
...Luoyang.

This is Ying Chen's fiefdom. Although he hasn't spent much time here, Luoyang has developed over the years and has become the most prosperous city in Qin State second only to Xianyang.

Coupled with the geographical location here, not far from the Three Jin Dynasties, trade is also the most developed. Qin's Black Armored Army is also stationed here, ensuring the stability of trade, and there is also the Chamber of Commerce headquarters that Ying Chen asked Lu Buwei to build before. It is also in Luoyang City, so it has gradually become the largest commercial center in the six countries.

"Is there such a big building here?"

Looking at the huge palace in front of him, which was almost as big as Xianyang Palace, Ying Chen was a little confused.

He didn't seem to let Xiu exaggerate like that, right?
"Your Majesty, the specifications here are arranged by Your Majesty. I asked you before, but you said it's whatever you want." Jing Salamander said.

Luoyang is Ying Chen's official fiefdom!
In other words, this is really Ying Chen's territory. With the addition of the [-] Luoyang Black Armored Army, the security here is even better than Xianyang!
To put it bluntly, even if Ying Chen really breaks up with King Qin in the future, as long as he squats in Luoyang, no one will dare to touch him.

However, looking at the Luoyang Lord's Mansion in Luoyang City, it is impossible for King Qin to break up with Ying Chen.

This kind of specification is almost the same as that of Xianyang Palace, and it was made under the personal supervision of King Qin Yingzheng.

According to her and Concubine Yan's guesses, King Qin Ying Zheng did want to seize power. After all, he had grown up, but he did not want to break up with Ying Chen.

And Ying Chen's current position in the Qin State is really embarrassing. If he doesn't handle it well, a civil war will break out in the Qin State!

Therefore, the King of Qin arranged to build the Luoyang Palace in Luoyang City, Ying Chen's fiefdom, which was similar to the Xianyang Palace. This was a hint to Ying Chen to take the initiative to stay away from the center of power in Xianyang. As long as he left Xianyang and Luoyang, It's up to Ying Chen to take care of it himself.

After all, the prosperity of Luoyang is, to be honest, not far behind that of Xianyang. Even as a business center, Luoyang is likely to be more prosperous than the capital Xianyang in the future!

In addition, Ying Chen's attitude has always been very clear. He has never been interested in the messy power center of Xianyang. If it weren't for Prince Zhuang Chu who asked him to be alone before his death, he would have wanted to return to his Luoyang fiefdom at that time.

This is Ying Chen's territory, and here, Ying Chen is the absolute boss!

There is no need to worry about anyone or anything, nothing can restrain him, and there is nothing to do. The officials in Luoyang have clearly divided responsibilities, and almost all of them are "little fans" who come here for the name of Ying Chen. In addition, there are With Luo Wang secretly watching, Ying Chen doesn't need to worry about anything at all, he can just live his life leisurely.

"But why does he cultivate so much?"

Ying Chen took Jing Sala and others into the huge Luoyang Jun's Mansion.

"Is that kid sure he's not messing with me?"

As he walked, Ying Chen's face became increasingly weird.

What the hell kind of palace is this?

They are already close to the specifications of a royal palace!
Does that kid Ying Zheng really want to mess with him?

"Chen." Concubine Yan walked up to Ying Chen, motioned for him to bend down, and then said in her ear: "King Qin asked Mi Hua to tell me, and then let me tell you, this Luoyang Lord's Mansion has no other intentions, it is just intentional. Build it bigger. As for the specifications, there is no problem. As for the reason, although you don’t care, but..."

"You have to think about the people around you."

"Huh?" Ying Chen was stunned.

"Did you forget that there are two princesses beside you?" Concubine Yan looked strange.

Although she has a noble status in the Yin Yang family, she is also a Jianghu person, and she really doesn't care about these things. However, Xue Nu is nominally the princess of the Zhao Kingdom, and Wei Xianxian is also the princess of the Wei Kingdom. Last year, the Qin Kingdom beat South Korea again. King Qin heard that He said that Han Wangan's daughter was quite beautiful now, so together with Queen Mother Zhao Ji, they decided to give it to Ying Chen and find him a princess to raise. After all, Ying Chen had no other hobbies.

In this way, there are three princesses in Ying Chen's family. However, Ying Chen's Luoyang Jun's Mansion in Xianyang was built after renovating the former Wu'an Jun's Mansion. Although it seemed that the courtyard was already top-notch decades ago. , but, after so many years, compared to Ying Chen's status, to be honest, that yard is somewhat... shabby.

But Ying Chen didn't plan to expand, and the courtyard still had a special meaning to Ying Chen, so after thinking about it, King Qin decided to build a palace in Luoyang for Ying Chen that fit his status.

How to put it, she could tell from Mi Hua's words that King Qin Ying Zheng's feelings for his uncle were actually very complicated. He wanted Ying Chen to stay in Xianyang, but he didn't want Ying Chen to have to worry about it. Moreover, the one in Xianyang A place, as long as you are in it, will definitely be involved in many disputes.

But he can't grasp the right balance at the moment. After all, the transfer of power is a troublesome process that cannot be solved by Ying Chen with just one sentence. Therefore, in the past few years, the relationship between King Qin and Ying Chen seems to be gradually weakening. It is King Qin who I wanted to see how many people there were, and I wanted him to get into trouble with his uncle.

There is no best, if there is... Mi Hua feels like she is about to see blood.

To be honest, she felt that the relationship between uncle and nephew was somewhat dreamy!

Because the prerequisite for Ying Zheng to seize power is not to hurt Ying Chen!

This supposedly ruthless emperor, who had been troubled by Ying Chen for so many years, actually changed!

And Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, his original fate should have ended long ago, but because of Ying Chen's troubles, Cheng Jiao actually continued to be implicated in Ying Zheng's fate!

"But my princess doesn't want to talk to me." Ying Chen turned around and looked at the grown-up Xue Nu who was walking with Duan Murong.

"How could I ignore you?" Xue Nu said angrily.

Doesn't she just like to fight with Ying Chen?Who told this guy to tease them all the time?

"They didn't even let me hold him to sleep, and they even said they would ignore me." Ying Chen shook his head.

"It seems that I am too old and am being disliked."

"I didn't!" Xue Nu walked to Ying Chen in a panic.

"I just……"

"You still miss Zhao Ling, right?" Ying Chen picked up Xue Nu, and the little girl grew up.

"Yeah." Snow Goddess lowered her head with a complicated expression.

Now her position should belong to Zhao Ling, but...

"But it's you I like, not Princess Zhao or Zhao Ling." Ying Chen sighed.

"Zhao Ling is just a strange little sister I have known for less than two hours. You are the Snow Girl who has been by my side for so many years."

"The one I like is Axue, not Zhao Ling. You don't need to have any psychological burden."

"But..." Snow Girl could never overcome the hurdle in her heart.

She always felt that she had replaced Zhao Ling.

"If you continue to struggle, you will really lose me." Ying Chen said quietly.

"Then I'd better not worry about it anymore." Xue Nu changed the topic and hugged Ying Chen tightly.

"???"

Jing Salamander and the others looked strange.

The little dancer knows how to play!
Hit the east and the west!
(End of this chapter)