Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 851 Northland Plan
  Although Wei Zhuang was keenly aware of Gu Xun's malice, he did not say it out loud because he knew Gu Xun would not admit it.

He relaxed the muscles around his eyes, returned to normal, and said in his usual cold tone, "Are you not going to participate in this matter?"

Gu Xun spread his hands and said with a smile, "Obviously, I can't stay out of it, but my job is different from yours."

Wei Zhuang twitched his eyebrows and asked bluntly, "Are you going to cause trouble?"

Gu Xun waved his hand indifferently and did not answer directly. He just said, "Don't worry about this. Anyway, your purpose is just to win over Nie."

"Hmm...or are you saying that if the Soldier Demon God is not obtained, Ying Zheng will not be given the remaining payment?"

Wei Zhuang glanced sideways at Gu Xun and stopped continuing the topic.

For him, the important thing was of course Gai Nie, not the so-called final payment. Gu Xun knew what he was asking, and obviously didn't plan to tell him too much now, so there was no need to ask further.

Wei Zhuang turned to the business of Liusha.

"Over at Baiyue, Tianze is becoming more and more dishonest."

"Ah... it's also common sense." Gu Xun nodded slightly, not surprised or concerned.

"Tianze, let's take it as long as it lasts. There's no need to worry about forcing it."

"The empire has already made plans to attack Baiyue. After Ying Zheng liquidates the Qi nobles, it's time to take action."

"Baiyue's interests are destined not to last long for Liusha. Anyway, he has made a lot of money in the past few years."

"Ha! Send troops to Baiyue..." Wei Zhuang sneered with a hint of sarcasm and said rather disdainfully, "Isn't Ying Zheng's ambition satisfied yet?"

Gu Xun smacked his lips and shook his head helplessly, "You should know in your heart that this is not a matter of whose ambition."

"Military merit also counts for success and military merit for defeat. Although the military merit system has created the most powerful army in the world for Qin, it has now become a force that cannot be lost."

"Ying Zheng... Even though he is the supreme emperor, he cannot ignore the wishes of the entire military aristocracy at will."

"Well... of course, Ying Zheng's own ambition is also the problem." Gu Xun finally added with a sigh.

Gu Xun had to admit that Ying Zheng's problem of being overly happy with his achievements was indeed very serious.

After ten years of war, all the people in the world finally came to unification. However, the unified new dynasty did not bring stability.

Ying Zheng wants to expand his imperial mausoleum, build the luxurious Afang Palace, repair the old Great Wall of Qin, Zhao and Yan, build Chidao all over the world, and launch a war against Baiyue...

All these are major projects that waste time on people and money.

It is certainly worth doing if the work is done in the present time and will benefit the people's livelihood for the future, but the premise is that it only 'contributes' to the present day.

If these projects are completed, millions of people will die directly in the present day, and it will be meaningless to them whether it will benefit or harm future generations.

The launch of the war may have been strongly promoted by the military nobles within the Qin State, but the rest was Ying Zheng's own wish.

But speaking of this, it is actually not worth making a fuss about. After all, Ying Zheng is just a...feudal emperor.

The emperors in feudal society are similar to the capitalists in capital society. They have to distinguish between good and evil, and then who they like or hate... It's like having to pick out the blackest or the darkest one from a group of crows. It's not black, it's really a bit unnecessary.

Gu Xun never placed any hope on Ying Zheng, so he just let it develop naturally.

Regarding Gu Xun's explanation, or analysis, Wei Zhuang smiled and remained noncommittal.

There are 800 objective realities as reasons why rulers fail to govern the country well, and that is also the ruler's own problem.

Want to enjoy privileges but don’t want to take on responsibilities?
  How can such a good thing happen!
  However, Wei Zhuang didn't care about Qin's life or death. What he said just now was just to remind Gu Xun.

After all, he is still the national teacher of Qin. Gu Xun took a breath and changed the subject, "I haven't paid attention to Han Fei recently. Do you know how he is doing in the north?"

Wei Zhuang nodded and replied, "Of course everything goes well for him."

"Speaking of which, the helpers you found for him are quite impressive."

Gu Xun smiled proudly upon hearing this, "If it doesn't work, can I recommend it to him?"

Han Fei said before that someone must help him in the North, and Gu Xun gave him a small recommendation.

Needless to say, the people he recommended were basically the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty in the future.

Of course, Gu Xun actually didn't know much about the names of Liu Bang's subordinates. Apart from the three heroes of the Early Han Dynasty, he knew almost no one.

However, it was actually extremely easy to pluck Liu Bang's wool, because many of them were his fellow villagers, natives of Peixian County.

If you know the place, just look for it slowly. However, it is not difficult to find talents who perform well on weekdays.

Han Fei relied on a few names that Gu Xun vaguely remembered, plus the place name Peixian, to successfully find Xiao He, Chen Ping, Cao Shen, Wang Ling, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai... and a series of other characters.

However, Han Fei did not catch everyone in one fell swoop, because not everyone accepted Han Fei's solicitation.

In the end, Han Fei only brought four people: Xiao He, Chen Ping, Cao Shen, and Zhou Bo.

Well...the most needed essence has been taken away, and the rest doesn't matter.

Unfortunately, Liusha could never find Han Xin.

Wei Zhuang glanced at the complacent Gu Xun and asked coldly, "What is the purpose of asking Han Fei to help Meng Tian develop Beidi regardless of the cost?"

The first half of Gu Xun's original plan to extract wealth from Lingnan and people from the north was undoubtedly implemented perfectly, but there were some problems with the second half.

The Northland is sparsely populated and cannot attract people, and the solution Gu Xun gave, or should be said to be his initial plan, was to develop the Northland and increase the population.

Achieving population growth these days is not easy, but neither difficult nor difficult.

Of course, childbirth alone is not enough, the time span is too large, and the main purpose is to attract people from other places to defect.

This is not difficult to do. As long as the local agriculture, mulberry and animal husbandry and other industries are developed so that the people can have food to eat, and a little publicity is done, it can attract people.

Of course, a little bit of power is needed to assist. After all, the household registration system of the Qin Dynasty was there, and people could not just flee to other places.

Need to... clear the relationship.

This is not difficult for Liusha, who has Gu Xun, a senior official of the Qin State, and the support of the Northern Guard General Meng Tian.

As for why Meng Tian supported Liusha... He was ordered to guard the counties in the north. He did not just lead troops. He also managed the local areas. It can be said that he had control over the military and political affairs.

Liusha was willing to help him develop the Northland, which he naturally wished for.

Of course, secretly he would definitely keep an eye on what Liusha was doing to prevent the other party from making small moves behind his back.

This has no impact on Quicksand. There is no conspiracy or calculation in Gu Xun's plan. Everything is open and clear.

Regarding Wei Zhuang's question, Gu Xun smiled and answered frankly, "If my plan goes well, Fusu will be released to the North."

　I ended the demise of Qi Chu prematurely. A lot of things were not explained clearly, so I had to fill them in later. It was crammed into the volume of Soaring Dragon, which inevitably interrupted the plot of the movie. I'm sorry for that.

　　
  　
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