Daqin: Robbing Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 184 Ying Qi's Contempt

"Don't laugh, I'm serious."

Ying Qi was a little annoyed seeing Ying Zheng's unscrupulous smile.

"Next year at the latest, I will send a large army to the Xiongnu, with the hardest weapons, the bravest soldiers and the most powerful commander, to support war with war, and turn the grassland of the Xiongnu into our back garden!"

Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng was not fooled by Ying Qi's words at all, and laughed even louder.

"Don't laugh!"

Ying Qi was furious, but Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing.

He got up angrily, and slammed the stool on the ground, "Let's go!"

"Okay, okay, stop laughing, come back."

Ying Qi gave Ying Zheng a dissatisfied look, then sat down silently, staring at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng eased his facial expression, "Mr. Wu An once waged war with the Xiongnu..."

"General Bai Qi also fought against the Xiongnu?" Ying Qi suddenly said in surprise.

Ying Zheng's expression darkened, "Li Mu, Lord Wu'an of Zhao State."

"Oh."

Ying Qi had heard of Li Mu, who was also one of the four famous generals of the Warring States period.

"Although he defeated the Xiongnu at that time, he did not rely on strong military strength, but relied on luring the enemy into deep pockets. You need [-] chariots, [-] infantry, and the food and grass consumed, you can do the math yourself, you know this better than me."

Ying Qi licked his lips, "Today is different from the past."

"Yes, Moton is not that stupid." Ying Zheng said earnestly, "Meng Tian has been looking for opportunities to fight Moton head-on, but Moton has been avoiding fighting and using bows and arrows in the distance to consume them until Mengtian's army retreats. So he led the army to kill, Meng Yi had no choice but to retreat, back to the south of the Yellow River."

"If you want to take the initiative to confront them head-on, you can only lead the army to attack Gaoque and Taoshan. Do you know how far these two places are from Daqin? How much supplies and food will be consumed during this period?"

At this time, Ying Zheng let go of the airs of the emperor, and instead acted like a teacher.

"If we don't build the Great Wall, there will be no effective defense against the Xiongnu. They can consume our backup without any scruples. We have nothing to do."

Ying Qi licked his lips, "But I invented cement."

"The Huns are not fools!" Ying Qi knocked on the table fiercely, "You have to change your mind!"

Ying Qi smiled embarrassingly, good guy, he wants to change his mind.

"It's not realistic to build the Great Wall with only cement and stones and wood, and it will take manpower... I am planning to use 80 prisoners to build the Great Wall."

Ying Qi looked at Ying Zheng in surprise.

"80?"

"Correct."

"Actually, I don't need so many people. I have a new invention called bricks. This thing works perfectly with cement...I'll show you later and you'll know."

Ying Qi thought for a while and said, "Actually, you can build a city in the border area as a foothold. If you really build the Great Wall, the gain outweighs the loss. There are 80 prisoners, what's wrong with using them?"

After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng said, "Indeed, then let them repair the Afang Palace."

"..."

"Father, you have to know that I am not opposed to your enjoyment, but you are only in your 40s now, isn't it a bit early? You are still at the age of struggle!"

Ying Qi hated that iron cannot be made into steel, "Let these 80 prisoners make bricks and cement, then the construction level of our Daqin can be doubled, let them grow rice, then the grain output of Daqin can be tripled..."

A look of disappointment appeared in Ying Zheng's eyes.

"You're still too short-sighted."

"?" Ying Qi was very puzzled, "Is it okay to speak up? I will go crazy if you do this!"

Ying Zheng sighed, "Do you think it's a good thing for those tyrants to live?"

"A larger population is always better."

Ying Qi said naturally that he didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"Then you are thinking wrong. It is a good thing to have more subjects, but it is not a good thing to have more enemies." Ying Zheng's eyes were sharp. country. Now that I am here, what if I am no longer here? With you and Fusu, can you control them?"

"Father, don't look down on people!" Ying Qi was a little angry, "I have made outstanding contributions to the progress of the country anyway!"

"I admit that you are capable of inventing some technologies, but you are still too immature in court." Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "You and Fusu are two extremes, he is too obedient, and you , It’s too disobedient.”

"Be obedient, applying it is called brainstorming, but Fusu is too soft, and he can't distinguish what is suitable for the current political advice. And you, don't listen to advice! I have never heard that you asked that retainer for advice, This is self-serving!"

"..." Ying Qi wants to refute something, and it's not his fault at all. His consciousness is too advanced, and many people don't understand it. He can only do it by himself, so who can tell?

And Ying Zheng was still talking eloquently, "Originally all of us in the court are under my control, but I am very surprised that there will be disagreements on some of your matters. If you succeed, Feng will go to the throne." People like Ji and Li Si are not good idiots, can you control them?"

"It's a big deal to replace it with my own people."

"Oh, your own people." Ying Zheng said disdainfully, "I know you have a talented person under your command, but can you still fill the ranks of hundreds of officials? Can you still be appointed to all places?"

Ying Qi fell silent, it's really hard to talk about it!
As we all know, the Northern Song Dynasty was a strange dynasty. It had many capable ministers, and everyone with some ability wanted to replace the emperor to reform. Of course, this is inseparable from the surrounding powerful enemies.

As for Ying Qi, there happened to be Kou Zhun and Wang Anshi, two relatively tough prime ministers, and Wang Anshi could also trigger some bonds, such as Sima Guang, Cai Jing and others...

Ying Qi felt that he had no shortage of ministers under his command, so he thought about it and chose to meet Ying Zheng's eyes.

"It seems to be possible."

"..."

"Do you think the courtiers will be dissatisfied by rashly arranging a white body into the court? Even if they dare not say it, do they have any fear in their hearts?" Ying Zheng didn't want to argue with this stubborn boy, so he changed the subject.

Ying Qi thought for a while, "Then let them do the work!"

"Heh, how can there be so much credit?"

"There is Zhenggangou." Ying Qi said seriously, "My upper limit is that position, so I might as well share my credit."

"To be honest, if you had thought of this earlier, you wouldn't be just Jiuqing now."

"..."

(End of this chapter)