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Chapter 121 Tiger Army

War is not limited to real swords and guns, there are also cultural wars and economic wars without the smoke of gunpowder. Ying Zheng prepared to unify the writing in advance, so the resistance of the other six countries would not be so strong. At the very least, it could cause conflicts in the opponent's camp. As long as there are conflicts, it means that they are no longer united.

After sending Li Si away, Shan Rou returned and suddenly looked at Ying Zheng with some concern, "Your Majesty, I just killed that eunuch. I'm worried that Lu Buwei has already known about it."

"Haha, that's for sure!
Perhaps Lu Buwei already knew the entire conversation between me and Li Si just now.

Otherwise, why would he arrange so many people around me?
Isn't it just to know everything that happens around me?"

"Your Majesty, Lü Buwei is now extremely powerful in the Qin Empire. Shanrou is a little worried that he might harm you!"

"No way! Lü Buwei is a scheming man, he's just a small eunuch!

He won't quarrel with me over this!
In fact, I also wanted to kill this self-righteous eunuch to warn Lu Buwei not to go too far!

"Shanrou, is there any news from the Great Elder Yuanzong?"

"Your Majesty, the Great Elder has sent back a message saying that he has sent someone to contact Guo Kai.

But it turned out that Guo Kai was a greedy villain.

Let me.”

"Haha, what else do you want me to do?"

"The Great Elder asked me to advise the King not to take a treacherous villain like Guo Kai too seriously!"

"Haha, the Great Elder still has this kind of hateful and vengeful temper.

It is true that Guo Kai is a treacherous villain.

But he brought disaster to the State of Zhao, just like Su Daji of King Zhou of Shang, who killed many meritorious officials of the Shang Dynasty.

I think Su Daji is the greatest contributor to the Western Zhou Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, you mean to make Guo Kai a villain like Su Daji, who brings disaster to the country and the people, so that our Qin can weaken Zhao."

"Haha, my Shanrou is still smart! She understood it immediately!
I feel like you're more suitable to control the intelligence department than the Great Elder Yuanzong! " Ying Zheng saw Shanrou understood, and said happily while hugging Shanrou.

Feeling the warm embrace of Ying Zheng, Shanrou, who hadn't felt this way for a long time, felt a little stiff at first, but after a while her body slowly softened.

The sensitive Ying Zheng could of course feel the changes in Shanrou in his arms. Thinking of the precarious situation he had been walking on in the past period of time, Ying Zheng sighed in his heart.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of Lu Buwei and others, Ying Zheng has always restrained his contact with Shan Rou and never had any close contact in front of a third party.

Shanrou has always been more understanding. She can understand the difficult situation that Ying Zheng is facing, and has been silently serving Ying Zheng.

Today, Ying Zheng met Li Si in the Qin Palace and killed a eunuch. The incident was immediately reported to Lu Buwei by his spies.

Lu Buwei knew clearly all the conversations between Ying Zheng and Li Si. He only heard that they were discussing the official script. As for Li Si, who came from Shangcai, Chu State, Lu Buwei thought that he was just an insignificant little figure, so he didn't take the matter to heart.

As for the spy eunuch who was killed by Ying Zheng, Lu Buwei didn't care at all. It was impossible for him to turn against his "son" Ying Zheng over such a trivial matter.

"Humph! This incident can be regarded as a warning to you.

I let you stay with the king so that we can keep abreast of his movements at all times.

If the king makes any mistakes, we, the ministers, can also advise him.

I didn't ask you to disobey the king like this!"

"Yes! Prime Minister Lu, I understand!

When I get back, I'll tell the eunuchs and maids around the king!"

"Well! Let's go back to the palace then!"

"Yes! Prime Minister! But there is one more thing."

"What else?" Lu Buwei suddenly felt unhappy because there were many ministers and guests waiting for him in the outer hall.

"I feel that the king's guard Shanrou has a very close relationship with the king!" "Oh? How close is she?"

“The King often arranges Shanrou to do things without letting us know.

And she often whispered to Shanrou alone."

Hearing the spy's explanation, Lü Buwei's heart tightened, but he wore an indifferent expression on his face and said, "This is the cleverness of Shanrou's guard. He knows that he must respect the king!
You monks and maids should also learn a lot from Shanrou.

The truth is that I only want your information, not to disobey the king!"

"Prime Minister Lu, I know I was wrong!

We servants will serve the king wholeheartedly from now on!"

"Hmph! Get down!"

After sending away the maid spy, Lu Buwei did not go back to the outer hall directly. Instead, he knelt there alone and thought. In fact, he also felt that Ying Zheng trusted Shanrou very much.

However, when he thought that Shanrou was a killer who valued money more than anything else, and that it was he who brought the skilled Shanrou to Ying Zheng, he could not think of any reason why Shanrou would betray him, so Lu Buwei no longer paid attention to the matter.

Originally, Ying Zheng had planned to hand over the intelligence organization to the more suitable person, Yao Jia, as soon as he ascended the throne. After all, as the "Foreign Minister" of the Qin Dynasty, he was the most suitable person to lead the intelligence department of the "Xun Qin Society".

However, when he thought about how he had just ascended the throne and how many Qin ministers preferred Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng was really worried that if he handed over the "Search for Qin Meeting" to Yao Jia today, it might be controlled by Lu Buwei the next day.

Although the Great Elder Yuan Zong is not very suitable for intelligence work, at least he is dedicated to his duties, and there is no need to doubt Yuan Zong's loyalty to him. If it were the uncontrollable Yao Jia, it would be hard to say.

Thinking of these troublesome things, Ying Zheng realized that the power in his hands was too weak, and then looked at Wang Jian outside the hall.

"Wang Jian, have you felt bored following me around these past few years?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not!

It is my honor to be able to guard the king!"

"Haha, Wang Jian, ah Wang Jian!
Having been in Xianyang City for so long, I've become quite good at flattering people!"

“.” Wang Jian was extremely embarrassed for a moment.

Seeing Wang Jian's feelings, Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Wang Jian, I know that your ideal is to return to the battlefield and make great achievements.

Now I will give you an opportunity. You will personally recruit 2,000 soldiers from around Xianyang and train them into a truly powerful army."

"Your Majesty, are you serious?" Wang Jian looked at Ying Zheng with surprise.

"Haha, Wang Jian, look at how anxious you are!

You have been on the battlefield for a long time, so you should know that the military system of our Great Qin is to gather during war and disperse after war.

Therefore, I plan to use this Tiger Guard Army as a standing force.

Every month, I receive wages and no longer engage in agricultural production."

"Ah? This expense is too high, right?" Wang Jian widened his eyes in shock.

"Well! Raising an army for a thousand days and deploying it for a moment, all these expenses are worth it!
You don't need to worry about the cost, you just need to do your rigorous training every day."

"Every day? Isn't that too often?"

"What I want is a true warrior who can fight a hundred battles without fear. Of course, this requires days of training!"

"Yes! I will obey your orders!"

Ying Zheng understood Wang Jian's surprise. At present, all the people in Qin were soldiers, and the country was only a semi-agricultural and semi-military situation. There was no qualified standing army at all.

Even for some of the large camps guarding Xianyang, it was already a rare opportunity to conduct training every three days. Training every day as Ying Zheng requested today was truly unheard of.

In fact, this situation was also a helpless move in that era, because not only was there no need to train the people every day, but the daily food loss was also too much for the rulers to bear.

(End of this chapter)