"That's it!" Ying Chang nodded with satisfaction.

Yang Ze bowed lightly and retreated to his place.

Ying Chang glanced around at the ministers, and finally fixed his gaze on Bai Qi, and asked with a milder face: "Ah Qi, does Yangguan need to increase troops?" ”

In the battle of Yangguan, although the Great Qin Empire won a complete victory, it also lost 18,000 soldiers, and if it was lost, it must be replenished, otherwise the Yangguan army was empty.

"No, you don't!" Bai Qi replied without thinking, without the slightest hesitation.

"There are only 12,000 troops left in Yangguan now, if the Jin Empire commits it again, how can it resist?"

"Yes, Jin Gou has suffered such a big loss this time, he will definitely not give up, and it is very likely that he will mobilize a large-scale army to storm Yangguan next!"

"Isn't King Wu too confident? If he didn't increase his troops, he would have to face more than ten times the enemy, and even if he was powerful, he wouldn't be able to fight against an enemy ten times his own, right? ”

The ministers exchanged heads and talked one after another, and the entire Qilin Hall resounded with a slight noise, like a fly buzzing.

"Silence!"

Du Yushi Changqing's head wrinkled, and he suddenly scolded!

Chang Qing scolded, and the hall instantly became quiet, seeing that the hall was quiet, Ying Changcai replied to Bai Qi: "Is it really not needed?" ”

"No, you don't!" Bai Qi repeated his words expressionlessly.

"Whether you need it or not, I still have to give the soldiers and horses, and the 43,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing Division will all be delivered to you!" Ying Chang still chose to be on the safe side and handed over the Jingshi army to Bai Qi, anyway, the Jingshi army was useless for the time being.

"Okay!" Bai Qi nodded, this time there was no objection, everything was up to Yingchang.

Seeing this result, the ministers subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, with the Jingshi army reinforcing Yangguan, Yangguan was not particularly worried.

"Chang Aiqing!"

After saying this, Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei again, Chang Zifei heard this, and immediately took a small step forward, bent down respectfully and replied: "The minister is here!" ”

"It is proposed that from now on, private salt trafficking will be prohibited, and those who violate the order will be killed without mercy and all property will be confiscated!" Ying Chang's expression was solemn, and his tone was mixed with murderous intent.

Nine out of ten salt merchants are bad, and they privately raise the price of salt, which makes the people miserable, which is pointed out by Jiang Haiyou at the beginning.

Private salt trafficking does all kinds of disadvantages but no benefits!

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Qin Empire had not been stable before, it would have wanted to issue this policy a long time ago.

"Obey the order!" Chang Zifei replied respectfully, and then retreated to his position.

Yingchang's ban on private salt sales has long been expected by Chang Zifei, and Chang Zifei is not surprised at all, and so are the ministers.

"Ah Qi, I heard that you captured 40,000 Jin troops, right?" Yingchang asked.

Bai Qi was silent, but nodded.

Ying Chang looked at Jiang Haiyou, and said with a smile on his face: "Jiang Aiqing, didn't you just say that the canal plan is in urgent need of manpower?" ”

When Jiang Haiyou heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face turned happy, "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

Ying Chang suddenly interrupted: "That's right, the 40,000 prisoners of war captured by King Wu are all handed over to the Ministry of Industry, and all of them are used to dig canals!" ”

Heaven sends labor, don't use it in vain!

"Great, with these 40,000 people, the minister guarantees that within half a year, within a radius of 100 miles of Xianyang City, the canals are like veins, the water sources are like blood, and within a radius of 100 miles, all can be cultivated and cultivated!" Jiang Haiyou smiled excitedly.

40,000 laborers simply solved his urgent need, and these 40,000 laborers only need to be fed, no need to distribute work, it is simply free labor, and when the time comes, you can put back the 3,000 laborers recruited, and use 40,000 laborers to dig a canal.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is inappropriate!"

At this time, Ju Zheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, stood up, Ju Zheng was an old official, nearly a sixtieth year, the oldest one in the Manchu Dynasty, and the most admired old official in the court.

Juzheng is an official who is honest and honest and thrifty, has been an official for decades, has been living in a thatched hut, the most valuable thing in the family is the official seal he wears on his body and the court clothes he wears, in addition to being honest and thrifty for the official, he is also a famous good man in Xianyang City, every time he makes a fortune, only leaves a family before dinner, and the rest of the money is all rewarded to those homeless beggars.

"Oh? Why not? Ying Chang asked suspiciously, treating this kind of old official, Ying Chang still admired it from the bottom of his heart.

Ju Zheng took two steps to the right, bowed to Yingchang, and didn't know if it was the reason for getting old, the moment he bent down, a trace of pain appeared on Ju Zheng's wrinkled face.

"Your Majesty, according to the convention, we must treat these captives well, waiting for the Jin Empire to pay for their redemption, if we pull these captives to work, wouldn't it be abuse? When the time comes, how will the countries of Kyushu view my Great Qin? Ju Zheng frowned and said worriedly.

As soon as Ying Chang heard this, he understood why Ju Zheng felt that it was inappropriate.

The thinking is too stubborn, and if you say something ugly, you are a corrupt Confucian, and you are very concerned about the views of the Kyushu countries on Daqin, and you are worried that the Kyushu countries will treat Daqin as a barbaric country.

It seems that all people are imperfect and have shortcomings, and this is the case with Juzheng.

"Lord Ju, listen to you, don't you want to treat these prisoners of war as guests?" Du Changjing scoffed, and even wanted to laugh a little, you must know that in the battle of Wujin, he slaughtered 120,000 prisoners of war alive.

"Xia Guan knows that the hussar general is unwilling, but the routine is like this, and it must not be broken, otherwise in the future, our Qin army will be unexpectedly defeated, and the enemy country will also treat us in this way, won't it be self-inflicted?" Ju Zheng said with an embarrassed face.

He also knew that letting the Jin army captives work would reduce the pressure on the Great Qin Empire's labor force, but the routine was there, and the rules could not be broken.

"Ju Aiqing, do you know how much food 40,000 people consume every day?" Ying Chang asked with an expressionless face.

Ju Zheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"You don't know, I told you that 40,000 people can eat two or three hundred stone of grain from my Great Qin a day, and they killed my Great Qin soldiers on the battlefield before, and now they have finally defeated them and captured them, but they have to spend a lot of food to feed them, and they can't let them do anything, don't you think it's ridiculous?" Ying Chang is also very scornful of Juzheng's attitude, which is simply a big joke in the world!

Ju Zheng's face was bitter, and he saluted lightly: "Your Majesty, although we have to spend a lot of food to feed them, the Jin Empire will definitely redeem it with money and grain, is it possible that they don't want these 40,000 young people?" When the time comes, we will plan and plan in terms of redemption, and we will definitely not lose! ”

PS: "Ask for collections, ask for rewards, ask for recommended tickets, ask for monthly passes, and ask for daily death!" ”