Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 201

Previously, Li Si, Feng Quji and others felt that the conquest of the Qiang land would waste the people and waste money, but now it seems that they are conservative, so when they heard Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe's words, one of them fell silent.

But at this moment, a discordant voice suddenly sounded, "Your Majesty, although our army has won a complete victory in this battle, it still caused considerable losses to the frontline soldiers and civilians."

The person who spoke was Captain Shi Feng Jing, everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard this, Wang Ben even asked in a bad tone: "What is the explanation of Chang Shi's words, before we entered the Qiang, we had nothing to do with Min Qiu, The war is also going on in the Qiang land, so why bother the people?"

The ministers were also surprised to hear that during the battle of conquering Qiang, the army only passed through Longxi County and the land of Shu, and there was no battle in the territory of Daqin during this period. Feng Jing dared to say that, maybe there was something wrong with his words.

Sure enough, when Feng Jing heard Wang Ben's questioning, he immediately stepped forward and looked at Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, the Taiwei's Mansion has just received the military information from Shu, and there is a serious shortage of food in Shu, and many places in Shu have run out of food, and some disaster victims have appeared In Hanzhong County."

"What? It's impossible!" Wang Ben, Yang Duanhe and others were shocked, and Ying Zheng was even more outraged.

"How is this possible? My army went out to conquer the Qiang region and only passed through the Shu region. The Shu region was not affected by the war at all. The officialdom of the Shu region has just been cleaned up. How could something like this still happen at this time?"

"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood what I mean." Feng Jing cupped his hands and said, "Shu is not directly affected by the war, but because of the man-made disaster led by the Li family in Taiyuan!"

Hearing Feng Jing's words, Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly flashed. The Li family in Taiyuan is an old family in Daqin, the leading family among the old Qin people.

Although there were not many representatives in the court, the children of this family were spread throughout the trade routes of half of the Qin Dynasty. They were extremely powerful and the court could not easily shake them.

Upon hearing Feng Jing's words, Ying Zheng's originally furious mood suddenly woke up as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him.

"Feng Jing, what happened in Shu?"

Feng Jing reported truthfully: "Your Majesty, the Li family of Taiyuan took advantage of the eve of the war to hoard food in Longxi County, Hanzhong County and Shu County, and purchased almost all the grain in these three places."

"As a result, the people have no food available, and Li took the opportunity to raise the price of food, and the people complained for a while."

"However, due to the collusion between officials from many places and the Li family, the people in these three counties have no food to eat, and this has even affected the spring farming! As far as I know, there are now hundreds of thousands of victims in the three counties, and the situation has become extremely serious. critical!"

"What!" When the court officials heard Feng Jing's words, they gasped for a moment.

Daqin just won a big victory, but before he had time to be happy, such a serious thing happened.

But above the court, none of the officials stood up to make suggestions, because this matter was related to the Li family in Taiyuan, and it did not involve corruption and perverting the law, so the officials didn't know what to do for a while.

"Li, you can kill but not keep! Ying Zheng was furious, but after being angry, Ying Zheng also felt troublesome.

Since the Li family in Taiyuan dared to do this, it was clear that they had already prepared a comprehensive plan, and since the three counties suffered such a serious disaster at the same time, it was impossible for the court not to provide relief.

What's more, there is Li's eyes and ears in the court, and Ying Zheng can't tear his face directly now, which makes the whole thing more complicated.

Feng Quji came out of the squad at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the plan for now is to help the victims quickly and don't affect the spring plowing, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

Ying Zheng gritted his teeth and nodded: "What the Right Prime Minister said is reasonable. It's up to you to start immediately, unite with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and seize the time to relieve the victims."

Ying Zheng now knows very well that in the current situation, there is no way to achieve a two-pronged approach, and it is impossible to directly punish the Li family in Taiyuan. As for the officials in the three counties, they can only wait until autumn to settle accounts.

"Your Majesty!" Li Si stood up at this time, cupped his hands and said, "Now I have just experienced a big battle, because the winter snow has not yet melted, and the spring plowing has not yet started, and the whole country is short of food and clothing."

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs is already unable to make ends meet, and I am afraid that it is simply not capable of urgently dispatching enough food to relieve hundreds of thousands of disaster victims."

Hearing Li Si's words, Yingzheng's eyes suddenly darkened. He didn't know that this was the truth. The snow disaster at the beginning of the year had almost emptied the Qin treasury. Shipping can be such a thing.

After a good celebration meeting, the unsolvable situation in front of them was shrouded in haze. All the officials were deaf and pulled their heads, and none of them spoke. But at this moment, Zhao Yi's heartfelt voice came into Ying political mind.

[It's so tangled, just copy the Taiyuan Li family and it's over! 】

[The person who tied the bell needs to be untied. Since the food has been taken away by these bastards, then kill them all, and the food will come soon! 】

[Whether there will be enough food to help the victims by then, the old guy is also confused, and he still looks forward and backward at this time! 】

[Obviously this old guy is afraid of the rebellion of those aristocratic families, but even if they rebel, is the current situation serious? 】

[To be honest, I wish they could rebel, so I just chopped them all up. Since they are all moths, why keep them?Leave it to whom to chop, me? 】

Ying Zheng felt angry after hearing this. He didn't want to simply raid the Li family in Taiyuan. However, such an idea only passed through his mind for a moment and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Even though Ying Zheng didn't admit it, in his heart he really had nothing to do with those aristocratic families.

[If the old man doesn't dare to offend the aristocratic family, then he can only think of other ways, then he can only fight another battle! 】

[The Yelang Kingdom on the edge of Shu, this country should have a lot of food, so it shouldn't be difficult to ask her to borrow some food. 】

Zhao Yi thought quietly, Ying Zheng was taken aback when he heard the name Yelang Kingdom.

Yingzheng is no stranger to Yelang Kingdom, but he is not familiar with it either. After all, this country is too small to have any sense of existence, and because it is located in a place with high mountains and far distances, Yingzheng is too lazy to conquer it.

But now that Zhao Yi said that there was food in this country, and there seemed to be a lot of it, Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

If this small country has enough food, then it can fight this battle. Ask it to borrow several million dans of food to get through the current hurdle. If Yelang is sensible enough, then everything is easy to talk about, but if it is not sensible, heh snort……

(End of this chapter)