The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"If my Daqin's finances are like this in the next five years, with my Daqin's annual consumption, after five years, the national treasury may really be squandered!"

"Damn Zhongshan country, bold, a mere vassal state is so presumptuous!"

"Zhongshan has eaten the guts of a leopard, with a population of less than 50, and it has to learn from other countries to defeat Qin!"

"Hmph, it won't be long before Zhongshan will be destroyed!"

All the ministers were filled with righteous indignation and cursed Zhongshan Kingdom and Qi Dynasty, especially Zhongshan Kingdom, a small country with a population of less than 50, but it was so presumptuous. It was like a kid standing in front of a general and shitting.

Bear boy, just kill him.

Listening to the cursing of the ministers, Ying Chang also realized that he had made a mistake. This mistake was that he should not delay the time to attack Xia and Zhao.

The original intention of giving the countries time to join forces was to catch them all at once, and the provincial Qin Dynasty would find them to fight one by one. This tactic was tried and tested when conquering the Northwest Desert, so Ying Chang entered into a misunderstanding, thinking that this tactic would also be effective for other countries.

This trick is also very convincing to the officials, but if you think about it carefully, the Xiongnu and Qiang in the Northwest Desert did not trade with the Qin Dynasty and had already started a war. The Qin Dynasty used this trick, which has a lot of benefits and no disadvantages. They all traded with the Qin Dynasty, and had not yet started war.

The longer the war is delayed and the longer the war lasts, the Qin Dynasty's tariffs, commercial taxes, etc. will suffer heavy setbacks.

Thinking of this, it was a huge mistake to give the nations time to join forces.

"How much is the budget for this year?" Ying Chang asked immediately.

Hearing this, Zhang Feizi immediately took out the prepared budget memorial from his pocket, and presented it respectfully with both hands. Pei Ji immediately stepped down from the high stage, took the budget memorial, and handed it over to Yu Chang.

Ying Chang took the budget memorial and unfolded it. The content of the budget memorial is as follows:

Shengqin's 28-year annual budget

兵部：军械部预算为一亿两白银；军队预算为4000万两白银、3000万石粮食；水师预算为一千500万两白银，150万石粮食；预备营预算为7000两百万两白银，一千600万石粮食；兵部日常开支预算50万两白银

Ministry of Rites; Daily expenses 20 taels of silver

Household Department: The three prefectures outside the customs need 400 million shi of grain to maintain the survival of 300 million herdsmen. The budget for the annual expenditure of the local governments in Daqin and the salaries of local officials and court officials is 100 million taels of silver. The daily expenditure budget of the Household Department is 30 ten thousand taels of silver

Ministry of Industry: Daily expenditure budget 30 taels of silver

Ministry of Officials: Daily expenditure budget 30 taels of silver

Middle School: The budget for daily expenses of schools around the world is 600 million taels of silver, and the budget for daily expenses of middle schools is 50 taels of silver

Right Prime Minister’s Mansion: The government’s budget for subsidizing medical expenses is 4000 million taels of silver; the budget for nursing homes and pensions is 500 million taels of silver!

The 28-year annual financial budget of the Great Qin Dynasty Shengqin is: 4000 taels of silver, and 22 stones of grain!

For the upcoming decisive battle, the Ministry of War will provide the battalions with five times the usual amount of food. The more food provided, the more labor will be needed, and there will be naval forces, which will cost a lot to maintain.

Chapter 901 Prepare for Total War!

A fleet costs 100 million yuan a year to maintain. Now the Wuyang Navy and the Haozhou Navy have taken shape, each with five fleets, and the annual maintenance cost is 1000 million yuan. Therefore, the budget of the Ministry of War this year is very high. Except for the Ministry of War, the other departments The budget did not drop much!

After reading Sheng Qin's 28-year budget memorial, Ying Chang fell into deep thought. Now the annual fiscal revenue is 4000 million taels of silver, but the annual fiscal expenditure budget is almost 5000 million taels of silver.

According to Jarrow, next year's fiscal revenue will drop sharply, even to only [-] to [-] million yuan, and next year's fiscal expenditure budget will increase, and Daqin will be unable to make ends meet. If this continues, it will be extremely detrimental to Daqin.

Ying Chang put together the budget memorial and put it on the imperial platform, then looked at Jia Luo and asked, "How long will it take for the battalions to arrive this year's grain and grass?"

"Return to Your Majesty, as long as there are no major accidents, we will be able to arrive at the major camps in early March this year, and early April at the latest!" Jarrow bowed respectfully and bowed in salute.

Ying Chang nodded to understand, and then said: "After thinking about it, I feel that we should not give too much time to the countries. This is not because we are afraid of the coalition forces of the countries. You have also seen that the war dragged on for a day. Our Daqin tariffs, commercial taxes, The tax revenue of the three states outside the customs has plummeted!"

"My Daqin has nearly 1000 million troops, and the daily consumption is extremely staggering. What's more, there is a pension system and a system of subsidizing medical expenses. Where does the money come from? Mainly from tariffs, commercial taxes, etc. Collect!"

"Without these taxes, everyone in Daqin will have to drink the northwest wind. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. I don't want to live in poverty, and neither do you. Therefore, I decided to launch an all-out war in May this year. How do you feel about it, dear ones?"

Upon hearing this, Jarrow quickly shouted, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the ministers also agreed.

Ying Chang's words reached the hearts of all the ministers, and they very much agreed with the idea of ​​launching an all-out war.

Seeing that none of the officials objected, Ying Chang said solemnly, "Where is the Minister of War!"

"The minister is here!" Yang Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, stepped out of the queue and responded.

"The Ministry of War ordered Yang Zhong, the commander of the Yanshui Camp, to lead 30 Qin troops to attack Shu in the south, and asked him to cooperate with the Moon Dynasty. The army's logistics and supplies, as well as all kinds of assistance, if the Yue Dynasty has a different heart, they will be wiped out together!"

"I ordered Yang Long, the commander-in-chief of Nanguan, to lead the 30 Qin army to attack Qi in the south on May [-], and destroy the Qi Dynasty at all costs. If the Qi Dynasty refuses to accept our Qin army to attack in the south, let them send envoys Come to see me, he, Yang Long, is in charge of destroying Qi, and don’t care about the rest, and besides, when he destroys Qi, he also destroys Zhongshan Kingdom by the way!”

"A small country in the Zhongshan area dares to provoke Daqin. It is true that he is looking for death. If I don't destroy him, he doesn't know how much he weighs. In addition to the Nanguan army, the 15 army of the Tankou camp also Let's attack together, and the Ministry of War will order General Ningta Galuyue!"

"Order Hulao Camp Commander Luo Xing, the General of the Town Army, to lead an army of 35 troops to attack Zhao in the south on May 20, and order Manshan Camp Commander Polu General Ma Daudao, and Shangyang Marquis Du Changjing to attack Zhao on May [-]. On the first day of the month, lead an army of [-] to attack Xia in the south!"

"Order Yin Hai, the captain of the navy, to lead his navy to attack the ports of the Xia Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty on April [-]st. If he can land and attack the enemy's rear, it would be the best. The most important thing is the Xia port. It determines our Can the Qin army cross the Yellow River and enter Handan County!"

"And I, together with King Wu Baiqi, will lead a personal expedition of 20 imperial masters, and will pass through the grasslands in the eastern part of the Western Desert and the Moon Dynasty, and enter the territory of the Han Dynasty. This battle will be the largest in the history of our Great Qin Dynasty, and also in the history of Kyushu. war!"

"I don't want future history books to say that the Qin army was defeated. This battle must be won, and it must be won!" Ying Chang's expression was generous, sonorous and powerful, and his tone carried a strong sense of excitement. Spontaneously gave birth to a solemn heart.

"The Great Qin will win! The Great Qin will win! The Great Qin will win!"

All the ministers shouted loudly with excitement, and shouted three times in a row that the Qin Dynasty must win!

The morale of the monarch and his subjects has risen to the extreme!

"When I am away, the left and right prime ministers jointly supervise the country, and the imperial guards in the palace are temporarily in charge of the empress empress. If there is any rebellion, the empress empress has the right to kill first and then report. When all loves report state affairs, they will first report to the left and right prime ministers. If the left and right prime ministers are too busy, or if the left and right prime ministers have urgent matters to decide, they can be left to the empress to decide!" Ying Chang said solemnly.

Some ministers couldn't help frowning. Once the 20 capital was transferred away, the greatest strength of Xianyang City was the [-] imperial guards in the palace. If the empress had a different heart, it would be the end of it, and it might even repeat the mistakes of the past.

Of course, this is just thinking about it, and I didn’t take it seriously after thinking about it. It’s just a little bit of worry. After all, the empress is not a princess from another country, but a native daughter of the old Qin people. Her father is still a loyal general, and her brothers and nephews are also loyal. It is absolutely impossible for a person to do such an absurd thing.

People are very contradictory, that is, she believes that she will not do these things, but she still has worries in her heart.

And the reason why Ying Chang handed over the Imperial Palace Guards to Yang Xiao was because there was no one he could trust. Ever since the Zhao Ke incident, only Pei Ji and Yang Xiao were the only people in the palace who could be trusted. Ji is going to join the army, so only Yang Xiao can guard his hometown for him.

He trusts Yang Xiao very much, it is impossible for Yang Xiao to betray him, there is no reason to betray him.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about fighting, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's great trust!"

"The front-line soldiers will fight, and I will do all the logistical arrangements. It will never appear. The front-line soldiers will fight hungry!"

Zhang Feizi and Yang Ze bowed down solemnly to salute and promise.

Ying Chang got up from the dragon chair, took a deep breath and said to the officials, "That's all for now, let's retreat!"

"Your Majesty is being sent off respectfully, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

"Retire!!"

After a period of time, Ying Chang left the Qilin Palace and headed towards the Ganquan Palace. All the ministers immediately returned to their respective yamen, and at the same time announced to the world again that the Great Qin will start an all-out war on May [-]!

This all-out war will be a protracted war!

The household department and the military department became the busiest yamen.

The Ministry of Industry began to obtain maps of various countries to prepare for the construction of roads and canals after the victory of the war. The Ministry of Officials began to prepare for the selection of officials and divide the new administrative regions of the countries.

Chapter 902 Take the First Prince to the Battle!

If the countries knew that the Qin Dynasty was ready to annex the territory, they would definitely be furious.

What the hell, I haven't been destroyed yet.

Oasis Palace!

forecourt!

Empress Yang Xiao was wearing a red plain dress, and was holding the second princess Ying Yin in the front yard to bask in the sun. Beside her were more than a dozen military guards of Ganquan Palace, and Xi Yang, the chief of the military guards of Ganquan Palace, stood respectfully behind her.

It was the first day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival, and the weather was extremely cold. Being able to bask in the sun at this time is definitely a good mood for God.

At this moment, Ying Chang walked in from outside the courtyard in a hurry.

"Court is so early today?" Yang Xiao felt a little surprised. Generally speaking, every year in the early morning of the Spring Festival, the court will be late. There are too many important things, but today is an exception.

Ying Chang sat beside Yang Xiao on his own, "Now Daqin has nothing serious to do except to deal with other countries' conquest of Qin!" After saying this, Ying Chang immediately changed the subject, "There is something I want to tell you, the matter of Yujia's personal conquest. !"

"Your imperial conquest, tell me what you are doing?" Yang Xiao was surprised again. It's not that she didn't know that Ying Chang wanted the imperial conquest. What surprised her was that this time the imperial conquest actually wanted to tell herself, which was not the case before.

"My imperial conquest, I have to leave one person to watch the palace. No, I have ordered the [-] imperial guards in the palace to be temporarily handed over to you at the court meeting today, and I have given you the right to kill first and then play. No need to do anything, just look at the palace anyway!"

"Also, I also told the left and right prime ministers that if there is a major matter that needs to be decided, I can make it for you!" Ying Chang said calmly.

Yang Xiao had an unconcealable smile on his face, feeling a huge sense of trust, and couldn't help kissing Ying Chang in front of Pei Ji, Xi Yang and other guards of Xianyang Palace in Ganquan Palace. This kiss made Ying Chang a little weird embarrassing.

The majestic Emperor Qin was forced to kiss him!

Ugh

"What do you mean by that, you want to bring Bai Qi and Pei Ji with the army?" Yang Xiao asked with a smile on his face.

In the past, Ying Chang's royal conquests would either keep Pei Ji or Bai Qi in the palace, and one of the two must be kept. But now it seems that they are all transferred away. Leave it to her.

Ying Chang nodded, "This battle is of great importance and cannot be lost. Daqin must fight with all his strength and has to let Bai Qi join the army. Besides, Bai Qi has long wanted to lead the battle, but it has never been his turn. You need to know one thing, I am going to bring Jiang'er with the army!"

Yang Xiao was very happy at first, but when he heard the last sentence, his complexion darkened instantly, and the joy in his heart disappeared immediately, replaced by anger and worry.

"You're crazy, Jiang'er is only 12 years old, and he's about to go to the battlefield at the age of 12. Why, Daqin has no soldiers to fight, right?" Yang Xiao stared at Ying Chang angrily, cursing.

She has already lost her elder brother Yang Hu, and she doesn't want to lose her son again.

Faced with Yang Xiao's anger, Ying Chang said indifferently: "Isn't he going to the military hall? The battlefield will be his best teacher. Take this opportunity to let him clearly understand the cruelty of war, and let him understand the cruelty of civil war." The pain of the people!"

"As the future Emperor of Great Qin, if he wants long-term peace and stability, he must understand what suffering is. Only in this way can he be a good emperor!"

Yang Xiao couldn't help but fell silent, not knowing what to say to object.

"Jiang'er's political ability, I have already seen it, it is very good, Prime Minister You is very satisfied, and the officials of the former Prime Minister Zuo's mansion are also full of respect for this great prince, and some officials even made a petition to ask me to canonize him as the crown prince, Set the national standard!"

"However, as far as I am concerned, a real emperor must have both martial arts. With politics, what about the ability to command the army? Before seeing the ability to command the army, I will not rashly canonize the prince. Therefore, this battle is a test. Whether he can inherit my great rule depends on his performance in this battle, whether he can convince the generals in the army, only in this way can he secure his future throne!"

Ying Chang knew very well that if an emperor had never commanded troops or fought wars, the general might be loyal, but the generals might not be sure. Once the general had a different heart, he could easily take the army raised by the court for his own use.

It will cause generals to know the king, but soldiers not to know the king.

Only an emperor like him, even if the general wants to rebel, the soldiers under his command will not follow the general to rebel, because he has absolute prestige in the army, and he can remove the military power of a general with a single sentence, without showing his military talisman.

He himself is a mobile soldier.

Let's use an analogy. Changjing, the Marquis of Shangyang, wanted to rebel and attacked the palace in the name of the Qing emperor, but as long as he stood up and said a word, he could turn the soldiers around.

It doesn't matter whether the emperor knows how to fight, but he must have fought, and let the soldiers remember you as the emperor. This is the main reason why Ying Chang likes to fight in person, just to establish prestige.

"Everything you said makes sense, but if there is an emergency..."

Ying Chang suddenly interrupted: "There is a destiny in the dark, if it goes away and never returns, it means that he doesn't have that much luck to be the emperor!"

Yang Xiao fell silent again, and after about ten breaths of silence, he couldn't help sighing: "Well, if that's the case, then do as you please, and I won't stop you."

"Pei Ji!" Ying Chang called softly.

"The minister is here!" Pei Ji bent over behind him and responded.

"Send someone to Zhongdu Academy to notify the eldest prince Ying Jiang, and order him to return to the palace quickly. Remember, don't make a big fuss. His identity as the eldest prince must not be revealed. In addition, notify the Ordnance Department and ask them to tailor a suit for the eldest prince. Armor and a sharp sword!" Ying Chang ordered with a blank face.

"I'll send someone to do it immediately!" Pei Ji nodded in response, and immediately sent two Xianyang Palace military guards to deliver the order.

And Ying Chang also left from Ganquan Palace soon, and went to the palaces of the various concubines in the harem. The imperial concubine Tang Hua gave birth to a princess in July last year. They are the eldest princess Ying Bei, the fourth prince Ying Yun, the fifth prince Ying Le, and the third princess Ying Yue.

Zhao Ke's problem is so big, it is impossible for Ying Chang to continue to let Zhao Ke take Ying Le with him, otherwise something big will happen in the future, so Ying Chang simply let Tang Hua continue to take care of a child.

After seeing Tang paintings, I went to Wei Shuyi, Zhao Mu, and Tian Yue. These three women also gave birth to a princess after Tang paintings, namely the fourth princess Ying Qin, the fifth princess Ying Ai, and the sixth princess Ying Li.

Now Ying Chang has six sons and six daughters, and the blood of Ying Qin's royal family has expanded.

After watching the concubines in the harem, Ying Chang began to prepare for the royal conquest.

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Chapter 903 The Kings of All Nations Gather!

Fast forward two months, March 28st, [-]th year of Shengqin!

noon!

No End Country!

Wuzhong Kingdom is a veritable small country with only one county and four counties. The population of the whole country is less than [-], and the army is only a few thousand. It is located in the mainland of Kyushu. Zhongwuguo, Xuguo, west to Chenguo.

The area of ​​Wuzhong Kingdom is where the vassal states are pushed. There are 27 vassal states in the whole mainland, and [-] vassal states are in this area. This is very safe for the surrounding dynasties, and there are many buffer zones. For the vassal states, it is also very safe, and there is no need to worry about annexation by other powerful countries.

The capital of the Wuxing Kingdom is called the Wuxing King City, which is located in the center of the country. The Wuxing King City has never been a prosperous place, but now, the Wuxing King City has become the busiest place in the world. There are many soldiers in the city, and the colors of each armor are different. .