The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 201 Mo Li Yi Xu
Now Zhao Ji was blaming Ying Zheng in her heart, "You rebellious son, you have brought so many girls into your harem, all of them are so outstanding, and none of them are easy to deal with. They dare not quarrel with you, but instead come to me."

However, Zhao Ji still enjoyed it. She would feel uncomfortable without anyone to accompany her. After all, she was a woman who liked to be lively.

It’s good to have a bunch of little girls making noise every day, and there are also two little babies. The little girl Xiaoxue next to me loves these two little babies the most. She can take care of children at a young age.

One evening, when Zhao Ji was having dinner with Ying Zheng, she suddenly slammed down her ivory chopsticks and glared at Ying Zheng unhappily. Ying Zheng was very surprised. What was going on?

Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Mother, why are you unhappy? Who made you unhappy?"

Zhao Ji rolled her eyes at Ying Zheng and said, "Who else could it be? It's you!"

"I am the widow?"

Ying Zheng asked in surprise, "What happened to me?"

"It's all because of your women. There are so many of them now. They come to my place every day. I'm too busy to handle it all."

Ying Zheng laughed angrily: "Can I be blamed for this? Why didn't the Queen Mother just tell them not to go?"

Zhao Ji said confidently: "Then there will be no one to accompany me again, right?"

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Ji with a silly look in his eyes: "Mother, can't you make a rule? Every three or five days, you should take a day off and not see anyone on that day. Isn't it good this way? You can have a quiet day off and then continue playing."

"Or we can decide on a certain number of people and take turns, or draw lots, isn't that fine?"

Zhao Ji suddenly realized: "Yes, as expected of Zheng'er, he is smart."

Ying Zheng said helplessly: "Mother, you have to use your brain sometimes. If you don't use it all the time, it will become dull."

Zhao Ji was furious: "What do you mean by that? Wait, what was that look in your eyes just now?"

"Okay, you rebellious son, I will use my brain now!"

As Zhao Ji spoke, she bumped into Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks, not daring to dodge. Zhao Ji had black hair in a bun, covered with pearls and jade, so she would get hurt if she was not careful.

Ying Zheng got into position and waited for Zhao Ji to bump into him. Zhao Ji's smooth forehead hit Ying Zheng's arms. With her height, she bent over and bumped into him, hitting him right in the chest. Ying Zheng helped Zhao Ji to relieve the force, and after steadying Zhao Ji, he pretended to be unable to stand steadily and stepped back screaming.

He begged for mercy: "Mother, this is not how you use your brain."

"But mother, you must have been practicing martial arts very diligently recently. Your skills have really improved greatly. I can't even block a single move from you."

Zhao Ji sat down leisurely, rubbed her forehead with her delicate hand, it didn't hurt at all, and said proudly: "You rebellious son, you know how powerful I am, right? You should be more respectful in the future, and don't let me see that look in your eyes again, otherwise I will not let you go easily!"

Ying Zheng also sat down, nodded repeatedly, and said sincerely: "Mother is the most powerful. Compared with you, I am just like a firefly compared to the bright moon. I will never dare to do that again."

Zhao Ji raised her head proudly, showing her perfect and slender neck. "Humph, I am not a person who doesn't use my brain. I have already thought of the idea you mentioned. I was just testing you. Your performance is not bad. Keep up the good work."

Ying Zheng picked up his bowl and chopsticks and continued to eat, nodding repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, what the Queen Mother said is right."

After the meal, Zhao Ji rinsed her mouth and whispered, "But mother still wants to advise you, don't indulge in women. Young people should beware of women. You have beautiful women in your harem, so you'd better control yourself and take care of your health."

Ying Zheng burst into laughter and nodded repeatedly: "I know, don't worry, mother, I know what I am doing, I will not die young."

Zhao Ji said with a snort: "What nonsense are you talking about? My son Zheng will live a long and peaceful life."

"Ahem, but you still have to exercise restraint when necessary."

Ying Zheng smiled slightly, his heart warmed, and he held Zhao Ji's hand, saying softly: "I understand what you said, mother. I know what you said, mother, don't worry."

"Don't worry about me, Queen Mother. I have great abilities. I will be most at ease if you take good care of yourself."

Zhao Ji nodded and yawned softly: "Mother knows that you are confident in everything you do, but the beauties in your harem are so beautiful that even mother would be dazzled, let alone you, a little pervert. Okay, just keep it in mind. Mother is sleepy and needs to rest."

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Ji's departing carriage and couldn't help but smile and shook his head slightly.

The rest of this year is destined to be peaceful. Next year, we will wait for an opportunity to attack Wei!
As soon as King Anxi of Wei died, he took action immediately and swallowed up all the land of Hedong the next year.

Not only are they taking advantage of the situation, they are also adding fuel to the fire.

Ying Zheng had already made all the arrangements, and all the elite troops of Luowang were sent out. Yanri took action personally, waiting for an opportunity to kill Xinling Jun and Gongsun Xiu.

After the chaos this year, King Anxi of Wei has been completely bedridden. Many political affairs have now been handed over to Crown Prince Zeng. King Anxi of Wei is holding on with all his might to pave the way for his son.

Now it is just a last glimmer of hope, and it will be gone once the energy dissipates.

Xinling Jun was doomed to die. Even if King Anxi of Wei did not take action, Prince Zeng would have killed him suddenly if he succeeded to the throne.

However, for the sake of revenge and to further push the envelope, Ying Zheng gave the task to Yanri.

Although General Gongsun Xiu has always been loyal to the King of Wei, he is favored by Lord Xinling. This is a hidden danger for Crown Prince Zeng. He has great prestige in the army, and King Anxi of Wei can naturally suppress him, but what about Crown Prince Zeng?

Anyway, Prince Zeng himself has no confidence.

King Anxi of Wei had long been prepared to take him away as well, but after this year's chaos and Gongsun Xiu's sincere attitude, King Anxi of Wei began to hesitate on the matter.

This plan will fall on the shoulders of Crown Prince Zeng. If someone wants to take Gongsun Xiu away, Crown Prince Zeng will just turn a blind eye. A monarch has his own ministers, especially if the military power is not in the hands of his confidants, he will not be able to sleep well.

Besides, Gongsun Xiu is seriously injured and has been bedridden. He can't fight for a year or two, so it's useless. Moreover, this is the best opportunity to take action. Otherwise, when Gongsun Xiu recovers from his injuries, what level of expert will be needed to kill him?
As for Wei Yong, now Wei Yong is the confidant of Crown Prince Zeng, and King Wei Anxi has given up on killing him. Wei Yong is still useful if he is kept. King Wei Anxi has already secretly instructed Crown Prince Zeng that Wei Yong can be used but not trusted, and he must be more cautious.

Prince Zeng disagreed with this remark and did not take it to heart at all.

Just kidding, Wei Yong served loyally as soon as he returned to Wei State, and he has always been devoted to state affairs. His loyalty and hard work are obvious to everyone.

This kind of person is unreliable, so who can be trusted? Wei Wuji? That person has no taboos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ying Zheng completely pushed Wei Yong into the water and sent Yanri to volunteer to help Wei Yong.

Wei Yong was a man eager for quick success and utilities, and he was also a ruthless person. Even if he did nothing, he might still see all his enemies disappear. However, when Yanri came to his door, he still chose to do it himself. This made him feel most at ease. After all, he was never sure what King Wei Anxi was thinking.

What if King Anxi of Wei wants to keep Lord Xinling and the general in the court to control him?

Once the crown prince ascends the throne, he will have all the power in Wei. He cannot take this risk.

Dead political enemies are still the most reassuring.

Wei Yong teamed up with Cover-up Sun, and they did all the dirty work. They are really good people.

After Wei Yong did this, he could never get off the Qin ship again.

Not really. You can step down. After we destroy the State of Wei, you can push him down.

After two years of systematic talent training, the grassroots officials are already sufficient. In addition, there are many soldiers in the army who need to be rewarded for their military merits. Many soldiers have changed their titles to officials, so they need new land, and the land of Hedong is the biggest fat piece of meat. After taking over the land of Hedong, the strategic offensive initiative of Daqin can be greatly enhanced, and there will be no worries in attacking Wei and Zhao.

The Hedong area can directly approach Hangu Pass, which is the biggest stumbling block for the Qin Dynasty to move eastward. Without taking over the Hedong area, it would be difficult to move eastward.

And Ying Zheng had already been preparing for unification.

For ordinary people, the most practical equipment is that which is simple and easy to use and is related to food and clothing.

As for the popularization of mechanical technology, it is not a simple matter, whether it is technology or materials, and it is something that may lose its "power" after a hundred years.

However, simple mechanical devices and some technologies that can greatly improve productivity can be widely popularized and used.

Many technologies are just a layer of window paper, but breaking through it requires a lot of trial and error and luck.

Precisely because of the advent of mechanical engineering, many senior craftsmen of this era enjoyed a high status and concentrated on developing mechanical engineering. Instead of looking down on the lowly and ordinary people, they would not starve anyway.

This also leads to the fact that the tools used by ordinary people have not made much progress.

There is also one big difference. Because of the extraordinary power in this world, the people are oppressed more severely, but now the people can still survive, and the population is even larger than in history, because many high-yield crops have been introduced to Kyushu,
Not to mention anything else, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cotton, even peanuts, cotton, sunflowers, watermelons, etc. have all been introduced into Kyushu for more than a hundred years.

It seems that someone has traveled around the world and brought back many crops that are useful to the people of Kyushu.

It’s strange, why is the inner world of a person so similar to the entire world map?
It is indeed true that people follow nature.

Many of these overseas crops have not yet been widely promoted, and many are only used as food for royal nobles, or they have been introduced too recently. However, they still have some effect.

It is also because of this that, even though the oppression has reached such a level, the people can still barely survive.

Among food, clothing, housing and transportation, food and clothing are the most important. After the food is unified, we will vigorously promote high-yield crops, and improve agricultural tools such as plows, stone mills, etc., which will be enough to prevent people from starving to death. As long as people are not starving to death, the country will be stable enough.

As for clothing, with cotton and linen and upgrading the textile machines, production could be greatly increased so that people would no longer freeze to death.

As long as people have enough food and clothing, and as long as there are orderly upward channels for all classes, and the most important issue is land, it will be enough to stabilize the world.

Regarding class mobility and land, this is a problem. Ying Zheng has already had a complete plan, but it cannot be implemented now. Now he still needs the existing cruel system to conquer the world. Only after conquering the world and having absolute prestige can he carry out a thorough reform.

The people are not starving or freezing, there are enough grassroots officials and enough land, and there is no need to engage in large-scale construction. Combined with the unprecedented prestige, it is enough to initiate reform.

The division of rights and interests among classes can be implemented smoothly as long as there is enough land to support it.

We still have to kill the nobles. How can we win the hearts of the people if we don’t lend us your heads?

Without lending us your land and wealth, how can we have enough basic interests to promote change?

I will gladly accept the wealth accumulated over thousands of years. I will bear with the nobles a little. You may keep the infamy in the underworld, but I will always think well of you in my heart.

As for now, let’s just bear with the people for now, since they don’t know anything anyway.

Now they can only tamper with clothes. Ying Zheng has already secretly established the Shaofu Textile Factory, preparing to produce large quantities of cloth and silk, so as to reap the wealth of all classes in the six states of Shandong.

They could also hijack the Qiang people's economy to a great extent, and the Qiang people's wool finally came in handy. With a butcher's knife in one hand and a purse in the other, they could not tolerate any dishonesty on the Qiang people's part.

After more than two years of preparation, it is now ready. Now the military expenses and the money for building the Zhengguo Canal are all there.

As for the state-run salt and iron business, it had already been under the charge of the Shaofu in the first year of the reign of Qin Shi Huangdi.

However, it must be said that the Shaofu has now become a giant organization, and the Gongshu family and the Mohist school are both affiliated with the Shaofu. After unification, they must be properly separated.

Now it is convenient to use, but after a long time it will inevitably become a big mess.

Even though the Gongshu School and the Mohist School have developed rapidly in recent years, the art of mechanical engineering cannot be learned in a day. The progress of the art of mechanical engineering is still slow, and even with many disciples, it is still extremely busy.

During the period when the whole country of Daqin was developing continuously, they had no chance to rest. They were all used like mules and horses. Of course, their treatment and status were also sufficient.

Nowadays, many people of low status have suddenly become respectable people. They are full of energy and hard work is nothing to them. They are simply scrambling to be the first.

As expected, if you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass. You have to provide at least one of the spiritual and material needs. The Qin Dynasty provided both, and coupled with the strict laws, they had no choice but to work hard.

There are only two choices: a good life and a miserable death, there is no middle option, and this choice is easy.

Now food still depends on water conservancy, which is hard power and cannot be imitated. High-yield crops and simple machinery are too easy to learn, which is not conducive to conquering the world. Now Ying Zheng has not promoted them.

With the full efforts of Mohist and Gongshujia, Zhengguo Canal had a chance to be completed in five or six years.

Zheng Guo also worked day and night, not daring to slack off for even a minute.

Perhaps because the Mohist mechanical technology makes good use of water power, water wheels in this world have long been popular and are extremely advanced.

Of course, this is also a good thing, as the role of water wheels is extraordinary.

Now we can only wait patiently. The accumulation of resources to destroy the country is still not enough, and there are not enough grassroots officials. Trying to swallow an elephant will inevitably lead to destruction. The fundamental advantage of the Qin Dynasty is its mobilization capability.

This mobilization capability depends on the absolute control of the government, which was gradually developed over the past hundred years through the Qin law, which was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and clearly defined rewards and punishments.

Grassroots officials are the foundation, and there are only a few high-ranking officials. No matter how high-ranking an official is, his property can be confiscated and his family can be exterminated with a decree. However, if the grassroots officials are rotten, this decree may not be able to leave the city of Xianyang.

The essential logic of the exercise of power is bottom-up.

The emperor is the emperor only if there are people who carry out his orders, otherwise he is just a puppet.

There are too many things in the world that cannot be rushed, and the cultivation of talents is one of them.

Fortunately, Daqin now has a systematic system for training and promoting talents. As long as no mistakes are made now, Daqin's advantages will become greater and greater over time.

Moreover, with paper and books, the number of talents and scholars in the other six countries is also increasing. It is impossible for the rigid political system of the six countries to respond to this. These scholars who have no way to rise are not only the reserve of grassroots officials after the destruction of the country, but also the help in the destruction of the country. When the time comes, they will definitely be very enthusiastic about entering the pass to debate scriptures.

Especially for Chu and Yan, as long as the Qin Dynasty could destroy all the old vested interests, its subsequent rule would be completely different from history.

After the Zhengguo Canal is completed, and we wait another one or two years, both the grassroots talent and the national strength will be accumulated.

At that time, Six Nations, your new master is coming!
World!

Your First Emperor is here!

I'm here!
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