Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

So far, the matter of Zhao Che's rebellion has come to an end for the time being.

After all, not to mention the fact that Zhao Che is Ying Zheng's own son, his endless and weird methods alone are enough to attract Ying Zheng's attention.

If he can make good use of it, Zhao Che will be the key to Daqin's further progress.

"Meng Qing, what do you think of the widow's sons?"

"With His Majesty's careful teaching, all the young masters are naturally excellent."

Meng Yi said casually.

Yingzheng has as many as 33 children, and there are 23 of them alone.

And Yingzheng has not established a crown prince for a long time, so the ministers in the court rarely take the initiative to mention the situation of each prince.

However, among Yingzheng's heirs, the most outstanding is of course the eldest son Fusu, followed by the eighteenth son Hu Hai.

There is no doubt about Fusu's talent, but his personality has never been favored by Yingzheng.

Last year, Yingzheng was annoyed by the deception of the alchemist Hou Sheng Lu Sheng, and killed many alchemists and all the Confucian scholars involved.

At this juncture, Fusu wrote a letter to persuade Yingzheng, but was directly dispatched to Shangjun to assist Meng Tian in building the Great Wall and resisting the Huns.

But I heard that Fusu's performance in Shangjun was not bad, maybe Yingzheng will transfer him back sometime.

"Mengqing, there are no outsiders here. How do you treat the widow's heirs? Even if you say yes, the widow forgives you."

Ying Zheng shook his head. Everyone in the court would say this panacea statement, and he was tired of hearing it long ago.

"Then please Your Majesty forgive me for being bold. I believe that among the young masters, the eldest son Fusu is the most outstanding, followed by the eighteenth son Hu Hai. Of course, the other sons are also very outstanding."

"Then how do you think Che'er compares to Fusu Huhai?"

Hearing Ying Zheng's question, Meng Yi suddenly said in his heart that it was true.

"The servant doesn't know much about Mr. Che, but if all the things in his hands are taken out by him alone, they must be extremely excellent."

"Ah."

After listening to Meng Yi's answer, Ying Zheng just nodded, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Meng Yi knelt down, feeling as if he was sitting on pins and needles. He wanted to find an excuse to leave, but he didn't dare to disturb Ying Zheng at this juncture.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Gao's voice came from outside, which relieved Meng Yi.

"Your Majesty, my servant Zhao Gao asks to see you."

"Xuan!"

As soon as Zhao Gao walked in, he saw Meng Yi who was standing beside him, and couldn't help frowning.

The relationship between him and the Meng clan has always been at odds. Recently, Meng Yi's frequency of entering and leaving Xianyang Palace is obviously a bit high. This is not good news for Zhao Gao.

Of course, with Ying Zheng here, Zhao Gao didn't dare to say anything.

"Your Majesty, there is a battle report from Shangjun. The autumn harvest is approaching, and the Huns in the north may go south to plunder."

"Damn the Huns, they still refuse to stop!"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, after sending Meng Tian northward to attack the Huns, they had just stopped for a while, and they were dishonest again so soon.

"What else did Meng Tian say?"

"Return to Your Majesty, what Lord Neishi said is in the letter."

As Zhao Gao said, he handed over a roll of bamboo slips, which was the information sent back by Meng Tian.

Ying Zheng opened the bamboo slips and frowned after looking at them a few times.

It is a trivial matter for the Huns to invade the border. Now that the construction of the Great Wall has achieved initial results, it is impossible for the Huns to invade on a large scale.

But the main problem is the shortage of food and grass for the frontier army, which is not enough to support a war.

The autumn harvest has not yet started, and this year's taxes have not yet been paid, and Daqin's treasury is seriously short.

"Decree to govern Su Neishi, let him find a way to mobilize food and grass for the expedition."

Ying Zheng was annoyed, and gave Zhao Gao instructions directly.

"Your Majesty, there was a severe drought in Hebei last year, and there was a mistake in the collection of grain and grass in the internal history of Zhisu. You have cut it down, and it is still vacant."

Zhao Gao whispered.

Daqin's governing internal history has always been a high-risk occupation, even more evil than Wu Anjun.

Zhisu Neishi was originally a very high position, one of the nine ministers, in charge of the world's grain, grass, taxation, and sole control of the financial power of the Great Qin Dynasty.

But therein lies the problem. All the food, grass, and property needed for Daqin's affairs, large and small, must be paid out of the treasury.

Since Yingzheng came to power, he unified the six countries, flattened Baiyue in the south, and attacked the Xiongnu in the north. After so many battles, the treasury of the Great Qin State was already empty.

However, Yingzheng has spent a lot of labor in the past few years and spent a lot of money to build the Great Wall, Afang Palace and the Imperial Mausoleum.

This made Daqin's not-so-rich days even worse now.

During the drought in Hebei last year, Yingzheng ordered Zhisu Neishi to provide food relief, but there was really no money in the treasury.

As a result, the disaster caused heavy casualties and starvation everywhere.

In a fit of rage, Ying Zheng ordered the previous Zhi Su Nei Shi to be cut off.

Later, this position has been vacant, and no one dares to take it again.

"It's absurd. There are so many officials in my Great Qin Dynasty, but I can't even choose a Zhisu Neishi. What use do I have for you trash?"

Ying Zheng kicked over the table in front of him, and scolded Zhao Gao all over his face.

"Your Majesty, my servants are terrified!"

Zhao Gao's legs softened, and he quickly knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"Meng Yi, leave the palace with the widow!"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, he really didn't want to talk to Zhao Gao, so he got up and took Meng Yi out of the private hall.

"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Gao watched Ying Zheng leave with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ying Zheng's health is getting worse this year, and rumors are spreading among the people.

In particular, Yingzheng has not established a crown prince so far, which makes many people feel a lot of thoughts.

Zhao Gao, as the celebrity around Ying Zheng and the teacher of the young master Hu Hai, he can be said to be the most active one in secret.

However, Meng Yi has been entering the palace too frequently recently, and Ying Zheng took him with him when he left the palace, which made Zhao Gao have to think about it.

But if you really want to ask Zhao Gao to investigate Ying Zheng's traces, he doesn't have the guts.

"Could it be that the rumor that His Majesty has an illegitimate child outside is true?"

Zhao Gao was thinking that when Yingzheng was building the Efang Palace, there was a rumor that came from nowhere, saying that Afang was actually the name of a confidante of Yingzheng.

And this Afang Palace was built by Yingzheng to commemorate her. Some people even said that Yingzheng and the woman named Afang had a son. After the Afang Palace was repaired, Yingzheng would bring their mother and child back live.

The level of luxury of Efang Palace even exceeds that of Xianyang Palace. If the rumors are true, then how much the woman named Afang and his child are favored by Ying Zheng to have this honor?