Da Qin: Mythology and Immortal Cultivation, Starting with the Lu Sisters

Chapter 19 The Great Wall, stop it!

"Good good!"

Ying Zheng said hello repeatedly, looked at Zhao Chen and said:
"Privately, Zheng still calls me sir."

No matter what, most of the time, there are outsiders.

He was the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and the imperial power was supreme. If he wanted to maintain the empire's ruling system, there had to be a distinction between superiority and inferiority. This was unavoidable.

In order to avoid mutual misunderstanding, Ying Zheng also reminded them in advance.

"This is natural, Your Majesty."

Zhao Chen nodded and then said:

"Then, can I go to the court to discuss matters tomorrow?"

If he guessed correctly, today's court session ended early.

Just because of the existence of Immortal Palace.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng needed to come here to check the situation.

"Naturally, sir."

Ying Zheng paused and continued: "However, sir, the position of Great Qin's Imperial Advisor is not that easy to fill. There are people who will cause trouble, so please don't take it to heart. They are all loyal to the empire. "

He can guarantee this.

Most of them have experienced the battle for unification and are worthy of trust.

And those people would not believe Zhao Chen, the Grand Master of the Qin Dynasty, as easily as he did.

At that time, there will definitely be trouble.

It can only be said that Zhao Chen's pressure is still quite high.

"Relax, Your Majesty."

Zhao Chen smiled, not really worried about this matter.

He has so many ways to impress people.

But now that he has become the Grand Master of Great Qin, he should be ready to give some advice.

At this time, Ying Zheng also raised it at the right time.

"Sir, I wonder where the empire should start to make changes?"

At present, the Great Qin Empire has many hidden dangers.

He also wanted to test and wanted to see which hidden danger Zhao Chen valued more.

By comparing them in this way, we can know the ideological gaps between them.

"I came from Peixian County, Yandi. I thought your majesty would know about it."

Zhao Chen took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, then looked at Ying Zheng and continued:

"And what I saw was that in more than one place, corvees were escorted to Xianyang."

Ying Zheng nodded and explained: "Sir, building the Great Wall requires a huge amount of work. If you want to stop the Huns from the north from going south to kill and plunder, occupy land, and maintain border stability, you will need a lot of corvee labor and the construction must be completed as soon as possible. "

He ordered the construction of the Great Wall.

Although it had only started not long ago, a large number of soldiers had already mobilized a large number of corvees to build the Great Wall in the northern part of the Qin Dynasty.

The Great Wall was built by the original vassal states in the north to stop the Xiongnu from going south. They were connected and repaired to form a defensive building with the city wall as the main body and a large number of cities, barriers, pavilions and signs. Dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The prerequisite for construction is a relatively stable environment.

Only after the Qin Empire's 30-strong army led by Meng Tian attacked the Huns from the north and recaptured Henan did they have the conditions to build the Great Wall.

According to estimates, there will be nearly a million corvees to build the Great Wall.

The Great Wall was a defensive project that greatly hindered nomadic peoples like the Xiongnu in the north. In Ying Zheng's view, it was necessary.

"The Huns in the north are all brave and skilled cavalry. Even the 30 troops I led could only repel them and regain their lost territory."

Meng Tian was right here. After hearing about the Great Wall, he also said in a deep voice:

"Although His Majesty's Great Wall is a huge project, it is inevitable. The consequences of those Xiongnu going south are really serious. Only in this way can we kill their popularity."

He originally sent a large number of soldiers to supervise the construction of the Great Wall and guard against the invading Huns cavalry.

He has a very deep understanding of the Huns cavalry in the north.

Even the imperial army could not bear to be disturbed by the long period of constant invasion and plunder.If Meng Tian hadn't thought of many ways to deal with it and defeated it and escaped, it would be difficult to get back the Henan land now.

Zhao Chen nodded slightly, the Huns in the north were already growing stronger.

After a while, the opponent will be invincible.

Don't you see, after the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, the King of Han was besieged and almost starved to death with superior military strength. It was really a shame.

He would never allow this kind of thing to happen.

"Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth?"

Zhao Chen tapped the surface of the table lightly and asked calmly.

The other party wanted to test him, and he also wanted to test the other party.

Ying Zheng had a bad premonition, but he could only nod.

"Sir, please tell me."

This must be corrected by listening to the truth.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Chen immediately suggested in an understatement:

"Listen to the truth and stop the Great Wall."

Ying Zheng and Meng Tian were shocked and looked at Zhao Chen with incredible eyes.

What is the other party talking about? That is an important project used to hinder the invasion of the Huns cavalry from the north.

Without the Great Wall, there would have been another invasion by the Huns, countless people would have been displaced, and many beautiful places would have been invaded and trampled upon!

You know, they trust each other so much.

How could this first suggestion be so disappointing?

"Sir, why do you want to stop building the Great Wall?"

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, held Meng Tian who wanted to question with his eyes, and then asked Zhao Chen.

He wanted to know why. It was clear that in the long run, the Great Wall would be absolutely beneficial.

The short-term price must be borne.

Moreover, after weighing the pros and cons, compared with the huge threat and consequences brought by the Xiongnu, it is undoubtedly acceptable.

"Your Majesty, in the long run, the Great Wall can hinder the Xiongnu from going south. There is no problem."

Zhao Chen's expression remained unchanged and he explained:

"But, you haven't seen the further place!"

Ying Zheng shuddered and began to listen carefully.

Could it be that the Qin Empire was destroyed because of the construction of the Great Wall? ?
"Sir, tell me!"

Ying Zheng's mind is confused now, and he doesn't quite understand how the Great Wall could destroy the Qin Empire.

This is unrealistic.

"General Meng."

Zhao Chen looked at Meng Tian and asked, "You sent soldiers to guard the corvees to build the Great Wall. How many people died?"

The very direct question shocked Meng Tian.

Meng Tian looked at Ying Zheng, and after swallowing his saliva, he said: "The route of the Great Wall is basically the former Great Wall walls, as well as the high mountains and ridges. This construction is very difficult. The corvee... There are casualties every day.”

If there are not enough people, the progress of construction will be even slower.

This is also the reason why there are still a large number of corvées who are constantly escorted to Xianyang from various places, and then taken to various places along the Great Wall by soldiers.

"The amount of work on the Great Wall in the early stage is not large, and the labor requirements are acceptable. Casualties are inevitable."

Zhao Chen stared at Ying Zheng and Meng Tian and continued: "However, now the amount of projects is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more corvees are needed. Many men of the common people have been forcibly taken away to serve as corvees. Since then, Build the Great Wall. This Great Wall cannot be built in one or two days."

"Originally, the people of the Six Kingdoms' homeland were hostile to the Qin Dynasty. You wanted to make the people of the Six Kingdoms surrender, but instead you built the Great Wall and required a lot of corvee work to escort them to the north. The number of casualties increased, and the hearts of the people How can we really submit to Da Qin, become a citizen of Da Qin, and have a sense of identity if we have accumulated grievances for a long time?"

Ying Zheng remained silent and just listened.

Zhao Chen snorted coldly and said in a deep voice:
"The Qin Dynasty unified the world. It did not aim to appease the people, let them recuperate, live and work in peace and contentment, and make the war-torn world stable and peaceful. Instead, it implemented stricter laws, heavy taxes, heavy collection of corvee, and many other laws. The government decree has made the huge empire powerful on the outside and powerful on the inside, but we don’t even know about such huge hidden dangers!”

(End of this chapter)