Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Ying Zheng just finished speaking.

I saw Mr. Mo wearing the imperial uniform of the governor of Su Neishi, slowly walking out from the front row of civil servants, saluting respectfully to Ying Zheng above and saying: "Your Majesty, the spring planting has been prepared. Now "new grain planting" "People have been sent to various 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 grain seeds' were stolen by thieves and lost more than ten stones of 'new grain seeds'."

"Who is so bold? He actually stole something from our Great Qin."

"I don't know, but when I was chasing those thieves, a long bow from Zhao Kingdom's Luo Xing Gate dropped from one of them."

"Zhao Guo?"

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Is Mo Qing serious about what he said?"

Mr. Mo said with a serious face: "I dare not deceive the king."

Bang!

Ying Zheng stood up and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable. People from Zhao State dare to openly come to Qin State to commit such crimes. Where is Meng Ao?"

"Old minister is here!"

As Ying Zheng spoke, an old man with a gray beard, a tall build, and piercing eyes stepped out from the ranks of generals.

This person is clearly Meng Ao.

"I immediately order you to lead 200,000 troops, with Huan Jue as the deputy general, and go to the border of Zhao. If Zhao cannot give an explanation for this matter, I, the Qin Dynasty, will never give up."

"Old minister, take your orders!"

Meng Ao immediately responded with a trembling voice.

The rest of the people in the court looked at the clumsy show performed by the three people in front of them, and their expressions suddenly became weird.

Want an explanation?

Do you believe this yourselves?

Who wants to ask for an explanation by directly commanding 200,000 troops and pushing them to the border of the country to ask for an explanation?

If you fancy someone else's territory and resources, just say so. After all, it's not like our Qin country has never done this kind of thing before.

As if seeing the expressions on the other ministers' faces, Ying Zheng suddenly let out a soft 'hmm' in his nose, and then said slowly.

"Do you have any opinions, sirs?"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The many ministers above the court did not even hesitate for a second and spoke decisively in unison.

"In that case, all the logistics and food mobilization of the army will be handled by Mo Qing, so please retreat!"

"I'll take my leave."

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The court meeting ended.

Mo Jun and Meng Ao did not have any communication in Xianyang Palace.

After leaving Xianyang Palace, Mr. Mo first took a carriage and walked around Xianyang at will, and then entered Meng Mansion.

Nowadays, Mr. Mo's status is different from what it used to be. Naturally, some things cannot be as casual as they used to be. For example, when he met Meng Ao, one of them was at the top of the civil service and the other was at the top of the military.

If the two of them continued to meet and talk casually as before, maybe Ying Zheng wouldn't care once or twice, but if it happens too many times, there's no guarantee that Ying Zheng won't think too much about it.

After all, if the ministers among the civil and military officials really united, it would be possible to evade the royal power.

Therefore, if Mr. Mo wants to meet Meng Ao now, he can neither be too open nor too secretive.

Mr. Mo must put himself in a situation where he can pretend to be hidden but can just be seen by Ying Zheng's spy, so that it is most appropriate to enter the Meng Mansion.

"Coming!"

Seeing Mo Jun walking into the courtyard, Meng Ao immediately smiled and said, "How is it? Sometimes it's not necessarily a good feeling to be in a high position! Sit down!"

Mo Jun shook his head helplessly, then came to sit down in front of Meng Ao, and said: "I really feel that I am not as happy as when I was in Nanjun."

"Hahaha~~ I didn't expect that you could do this after just not seeing each other for a few years."

Looking at the young man in front of him who was gradually maturing and his face became more and more handsome, Meng Ao couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion in his heart.

Although when he first met Mr. Mo, he had already felt that this son was not a thing in the pool. However, now that Mr. Mo has achieved such achievements, even when he first received the news, he was stunned.

"It's a pity that you have been granted a marriage by the king, otherwise I would have got married to you no matter what." Meng Ao held his beard and said with some regret.

"Senior Meng was joking."

Mo Jun smiled and did not take Meng Ao's words seriously.

The Qin State currently implements the system of monogamy and multiple concubines.

Mo Jun, who was granted a marriage by Ying Zheng, was not unable to marry another woman, but the position of his head wife could only be the princess of Qin who was granted the marriage.

Throughout the ages.

It is very common for kings to win over ministers of great merit through marriage.

Rather than saying this is a marriage, it would be more appropriate to call it a transaction.

Although Mr. Mo doesn't like this kind of utilitarian marriage, in this era, there are some things that even he cannot avoid.

Naturally, it is impossible for a legitimate daughter of the Meng family to be given to someone else as a concubine, and a concubine is not worthy of Lord Mo.

not to mention.

Even if the Meng family really had a legitimate daughter who was willing to be Lord Mo's concubine, it would be impossible for the two families to form a marriage relationship.

Again.

Because both parties have too much power, once the two families get married, it will definitely arouse the king's fear and suspicion.

But for now, the marriage granted by Ying Zheng is just a name. It can be regarded as a wedding ceremony for both parties, but it is not known how long it will take to actually complete the ceremony.

After all, in this era, getting married is no small matter. The preparation alone may take two or three years.

Moreover, the princess who has arranged a wedding with Mr. Mo is not yet of marriageable age.

no way.

The main reason is that Ying Zheng himself is still young.

He was in his twenties, and his eldest son Fusudu had just been born a few years ago. He offered a marriage to Mr. Mo this time just to win over Mr. Mo.

"Senior Meng, what do you think of the king sending troops to attack Zhao this time?"

Just as the other ministers in the court had guessed, the reason why Ying Zheng sent troops to attack Zhao this time was certainly not because more than a dozen stones of 'new grain seeds' had been robbed.

In the court hall, Mo Jun and Ying Zheng were having a conversation. The two sides had already gotten along well before going to court.

As for Meng Ao, it was completely an improvised performance of an experienced actor.

Of course.

It is also true that more than ten stones of the ‘new grain seeds’ distributed by Mr. Mo were stolen.

After all, with the death of Lu Buwei, Lord Mo was named the 'Shengping Lord'. After such a big thing happened, it was impossible for the other six countries not to send people to Qin to find out the inside story.

Once the news of the "new rice seed" is learned, it is impossible for the other six countries to have no reaction at all.

In fact.

Not only the other six countries, but also all the sects in hundreds of schools of thought that dreamed of saving the common people, after hearing the news of the "new grain", they all took action at this time.

However, these people are not just picturing a few dozen stones of 'new rice seeds', they are picturing more of Mo Jun, the person who improved the 'new rice seeds'.

"The outcome of this attack on Zhao is not important. What is important is the attack on Zhao 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 of sending troops to attack Zhao this time.

Now in the Qin State, Lao Ai, Lu Buwei, and Chu's foreign relatives have fallen one after another. The internal troubles have been eliminated, and the next problem that should be solved should be foreign troubles.

But the opposite is true.

Now that the internal worries have been eliminated, the next problem that needs to be solved is still the 'internal worries'.

Just another internal worry.

the reason is simple.

Because of this winter's great purge, although hidden dangers within the Qin State were cleared, it also plunged the entire Qin State court into another state of 'panic'.

So what Ying Zheng needs to do next is to stabilize the court first.

For this reason, the method Ying Zheng chose was similar to the method used by Lord Mo to appease the victims of Nanjun. They used another thing to divert the attention of Qin officials.

But now that there is no suitable 'target' within the Qin State, Ying Zheng will naturally have no choice but to move his target outside the Qin State.

Zhao Guo happened to be a suitable target.

After all, there have been frictions between Qin and Zhao from time to time in recent years. Even in the past few years, Qin also sent three generals, Huanjue, Wang Jian, and Yang Duan, to join forces to attack Zhao's Ye territory.

Although they did not succeed in the end, they captured nine cities of Zhao State.

Later, there was a conflict between the State of Zhao and the State of Yan.

During Zhao's attack on Yan, Qin once again sent Wang Jian and other generals to attack Zhao unilaterally in the name of saving Yan, and then captured Zhao Guolan, Fuyang, Hejian, Anyang and other cities.

Even the Zhangshui River basin was occupied by the Qin army.

Wait until the next year.

The Qin army attacked Zhao again and captured Pingyang.

As a result, not long after, Zhao Jun, led by Li Mu, fought back.

The bridge was closed in an instant.

Therefore, it is completely reasonable and reasonable for Yingzheng to send another 200,000 troops to attack Zhao this year.

"correct!"

Mr. Mo and Meng Ao chatted for a while. Suddenly, Meng Ao seemed to remember something and said, "Since you are in charge of the internal history of Su, what about the food and grass for my army of 200,000..."

"Oh~ It's getting late. Senior Meng, I'll take my leave now. There's no need to send you far away."

Before Meng Ao could finish speaking, Mo Jun suddenly stood up, turned around and walked out of the door.

Looking at his back, he felt a bit like he was running away.

And actually.

Mr. Mo is indeed running away. He has no choice but to escape!

Only after he became a true official in the internal history of Zhisu, did Mr. Mo understand how bad the Qin State's taxation and finance were.

If you can use one word to describe the current Zizunai Shifu.

That is - poor!

If I could use two words to describe it.

That is - poor + rotten.

To know.

More than a year ago, Mo Jun just got 200,000 gold coins and 600,000 shi of food from Nanjun for Ying Zheng.

This amount may not seem like much, but don’t forget, all of this is additional revenue for the Qin State’s treasury. Moreover, last year's business was not bad, and the taxes collected were not bad.

Logically speaking.

The current national treasury should be quite wealthy.

However, after Mr. Mo checked the treasury not long ago, he was shocked to find that there were only 50,000 gold coins left in the treasury.

That's right.

Only a mere fifty thousand gold coins.

If Meng Ao leads an army of 200,000 to go to war next, these 50,000 gold coins may only be able to barely sustain a battle.

And this battle cannot last too long.

Mo Jun checked the account books, and then he realized for the first time how much money it cost to build Qin into the war machine it is today after Shang Yang's reforms.

The simplest example.

Nowadays, if the army raised by the Qin State includes corvee service, the annual rations alone are enough to eat up the entire grain tax of the Qin State for a year.

Although the grain tax account book is expensive, at least the numbers are relatively clear.

But other accounts are a complete bad debt.

When he saw those accounts, Mo Jun even thought of giving up.

After that, just to settle this bad debt, Mo Junshui spent almost a month in Mo Mansion before he finally figured it out.

So next.

The first thing that he, the newly appointed governor of Suzhou, had to do was not to collect taxes, but to collect debts.

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