The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 536: The Emperor's Herdsmen
The following is the map at the beginning of the succession:

The following is a reference image of the current layout. The coloring is not very uniform, but it is pretty close (the original reference image comes from: Ivar the Boneless in the History Library)

The last time Lu Buwei was in Handan was more than 20 years ago. He escaped from Handan City with the help of his aristocratic friends.

But this time when he came again, he was already here to take over this city and this country.

The changes in the world are so incredible.

Its rise is sudden, and its fall is sudden; this is how the world has always been.

Lu Buwei smiled inexplicably and gave an order for everyone to enter the city.

This time, I can see my old friends again, but I don’t know how many of them are still alive.

Of course, many old friends have already prepared generous gifts and are now eager to see Lu Buwei again.

Things are changing.

Hedong in twenty years, Hexi in twenty years.

The merchant who once kowtowed before them had long been the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty and one of the most powerful men in the world, second only to the emperor and above millions of others.

The proton, who could once be executed at will, is now the most powerful person in the world, dominating the world and controlling the universe.

Queen Zhao Daochang and King Qian of Zhao had already changed into plain clothes and were waiting in front of the palace gate to welcome Lü Buwei.

And, to welcome the order of the King of Qin and wait for his final decision on her and her son.

Even though I knew it wouldn't be bad, I still couldn't control my nervousness. After all, it was hard not to be nervous and fearful when your life and death, honor and disgrace are all controlled by others.

Lü Buwei was riding in a four-horse carriage. When he saw the people waiting from afar, he stopped the carriage, got off and walked forward. The people behind him, some getting off the carriages and some getting off the horses, also hurried down.

Lu Buwei's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was very polite, which greatly reassured Queen Zhao Daochang and the ministers of the State of Zhao.

Although many seals, archives, and books had been handed over long ago, as we cannot delay important matters, we still have to go through the process again.

Queen Zhao Daochang had already prepared it and presented it respectfully.

After receiving it, Lu Buwei read out Ying Zheng's order.

Queen Zhao Daochang didn't care about the polite words. What she cared about most was the treatment. The more she listened, the more reassured she felt, and she was completely relieved.

Ying Zheng appointed Zhao Qian as Marquis of Anle, and all the treasures and goods in the palace treasury, as well as the beauties and maids in the palace, still belonged to Zhao Qian.

The fief of Zhongshan was 12,000 households, and it was inherited from generation to generation. The Zhao family of Zhao State originated in Jinyang, and another 20 li of land was reserved for the Zhao family in Jinyang as a place for ancestral worship.

In addition, the regent empress dowager, Chuxue, was conferred the title of virtuous and noble lady and received the salary of a senior official.

This was the beginning of Ying Zheng's preparation for future rewards. In order to avoid the difficulty of rewarding his ministers for their achievements in the future, he made preparations in advance so that he could give credit to his parents and wife, even if they had passed away. Similarly, this was also a model preparation for the future loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness in governing the country.

He also gave five thousand gold coins, one thousand pieces of silk, and a hundred treasures of various kinds.

In addition, he was granted a marquisate and a manor in Xianyang, and the entire royal family was required to move to Xianyang and settle there from that day on.

Ying Zheng's arrangement also made all the officials of Zhao State feel relieved. The King of Qin is really a decent man!
This result is already very good. After all, Zhao State is not as sensible as Han State. Moreover, Zhao State received more rewards than Han State, which is already very decent.

Even senior officials such as Jian Xinjun were completely relieved.

Although Zhao was stronger and bigger, the one Ying Zheng enfeoffed was similar to Han An.

After all, South Korea surrendered without firing a shot. In order to set an example for the people of the world, Han An was treated extremely well.

Although the State of Zhao did not fight to the death, it still resisted in the end, causing Qin to spend a lot of effort and resources. Naturally, it was impossible for it to be rewarded as generously as if it had directly surrendered.

But after all, Zhao State is much stronger than Han State. All in all, it is still similar to Han An, which is relatively reasonable.

At least Queen Zhao Daochang was satisfied and felt completely at ease. She had never expected that she would be given the honorary title of Madam, which was really good. She had never thought that there was such a title for noble ladies in the Qin State.

I was really shocked at first. It was too much to call myself a lady.
Fortunately, after the imperial edict was read out, Prime Minister Lu gave a special explanation.

Although she doesn't mind.

As for other arrangements, they are similar to those of South Korea. We have had experience with South Korea's annexation before, so we now have experience.

As for Zhao Qian, although he was still young and ignorant, and his wife Xianshu had not considered some things carefully, they still had the assistance of Jianxin Jun Guo Kai, and many taboos were handled clearly and cleanly. This was just a trivial matter for them.

Everything was back on track afterwards. Lu Buwei sat in Handan and, with the cooperation of Zhao's original ministers and nobles, sent out officials and troops to gradually capture all the cities and gradually bring the entire Zhao under the rule of Qin.

The entire State of Zhao was divided into eight counties. This was an incredibly big piece of cake, enough for Ying Zheng to completely redistribute and adjust all forces in the court.

Although many of Zhao's original officials and nobles had to continue to be employed in order to maintain stability, Ying Zheng said that it didn't matter. As long as they were willing to be loyal to Qin and obedient, they would be my good subjects. I would not turn you away, so don't worry.

This time was different from the previous life. Yan, Dai, Yunzhong, and the entire northern border were also taken. Prince Jia of Anyang was tied up in the northern border without any resistance. Although he did not want to resist, he had long wanted to give up. After the war with Yan State, he had been busy with Li Mu to deal with the disaster. As a result, he never expected that a big chaos would suddenly occur in the army. He still didn't know what happened specifically. He absolutely didn't believe that Li Mu would rebel.

Fortunately, he was not there when the camp roared. He was in charge of disaster relief in a nearby small town. After the entire Northern Frontier was in chaos, naturally no one cared about him. He was so frightened by the violent Northern Frontier that he took hundreds of people back to his fiefdom and stayed indoors.

When Yang Duanhe attacked, he couldn't escape and was captured. Because of his identity, he was not killed and was later sent directly to Handan.

Throughout the Zhao territory, whenever the Qin Dynasty conquered a place, it would first punish the profiteers who took advantage of the drought to hoard food and drive up prices. They would all have their properties confiscated and be exiled, and those who went too far would be executed directly.

Of course, as long as the nobles behind the scenes are not ignorant and come here to seek death, we will just turn a blind eye and let them spit it out honestly.

Then, we opened the warehouses to release grain, provide disaster relief, stabilize prices, and ensure people's livelihood.

As winter was approaching, some relief supplies were distributed to the people, and the military and civilians were organized to build and repair houses to shelter from the severe cold.

There are also doctors who come to treat the people and distribute some medicines for free.

Then the land was divided among the households, and the government was guaranteed to provide grain, seeds, livestock and equipment for farming next year. Areas severely affected by the disaster were exempted from taxes for one year.

It doesn't matter if the trick is old, as long as it works. If this approach continues, the people's hearts will be stabilized, if not completely won over.

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After all, normal people have never seen such a government in their lives, let alone heard of it.

Especially when compared this year, it is even more different.

Many people of Zhao State still had grudges against Qin State. Even though Ying Zheng had tried his best to eliminate the hatred between the two countries over the years, how could such a deep blood feud be easily erased?

But after all this, especially when compared with the original government of Zhao State, the hatred dissipated a lot in an instant.

The number of people killed by the Qin State is not as many as that killed by the government. This year is obviously a year of severe drought and famine, with starving people everywhere, but in order to fight the war, they also took away the last bit of food from the people, and even took away the seeds for next year. They didn't care about the lives of the people at all.

When the Qin State came, they did not rob. Not only that, they also released food, distributed land, helped build houses, provided medical treatment, and gave people cold-weather supplies.

The legend says that the King of Qin is benevolent and a holy king favored by heaven. It turns out that it is all true.

In this regard, Ying Zheng could only say that everything is afraid of comparison, especially the comparison in the year of disaster. This act of benevolence greatly won the hearts of the people of Zhao, and under normal circumstances, it would have saved at least five to ten years of hard work.

It was worth it for Ying Zheng to pay a high price and distribute the grain. This year, the wars continued, and there was a severe drought. The Qin state also had a poor harvest. If it weren't for the rich family in recent years, he would not have been willing to give it up.

But it's all worth it. If you don't sacrifice your children, you won't catch the wolf; if you don't sacrifice your food, you won't win the hearts of the people.

The people never care who sits on the throne; what they care about most is how to survive.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, for ordinary people, food, clothing and housing are the most important. In this era, the vast majority of ordinary people can only move around a few dozen miles throughout their lives.

All they want is to survive, a simple life, even if it means eating simple meals and wearing coarse linen clothes.

But even this simple wish is a luxury for them.

For ordinary people in this era, living an ordinary life is already a luxury.

Survival is a luxury.

They will support whoever can help them survive and better survive.

Those nobles who only deprive them of everything, make them lose their dignity, and make them live in humiliation or even unable to survive are not worthy of their support.

When Ying Zheng was willing to bend down and look at them, giving them a little care and a little light, it was enough to win their loyalty.

Because they have never had anything, they are always losing.

Unless it is necessary, Ying Zheng will not catch a sheep and pluck its wool to death. Even rabbits bite when they are angry. If you completely pluck the sheep, the sheep will either fight you to death or die. No matter what, it is not worth it.

The world is so big, so you should have as many sheep as possible and just pluck a little from each sheep. You can pluck them every year anyway, but if they die, they are gone.

Sheep eat grass and produce milk. Their wool can be made into all kinds of clothing. If they really need to be slaughtered, their skin can be used to make clothes and bedding, and their meat can be used to make a filling meal.

Such a good sheep with so many uses only needs to be fed some grass and water. If it is not even satisfied with this, don't blame the sheep for fighting for its life.

Sustainable intensive farming is completely different from the anthropomorphic "intensive farming" of exhausting all the resources.

It is not terrible if one sheep fights for its life, but if a group of sheep fight for their life, it is very likely that the shepherd will also lose his life.

Of course, sheepdogs and whips are also necessary.

Sheep are very stubborn and obstinate, and they need sheepdogs and whips to make them obedient.

While Ying Zheng was busy managing his newly acquired flock of sheep, the surrounding countries were really unable to sleep. They had a completely bad New Year.

(End of this chapter)