"I'm a big jin... How many soldiers and horses are there...."Emperor Min Zilu of the Jin Dynasty said softly and weakly, as if it was like a candle about to burn out.

Qiu Yixiao closed his eyes, and said softly with a sad look on his face: "Your Majesty, there are still 10,000 cavalry on the Great Wall in the north, 20,000 foot soldiers in Huangshi, and only a few thousand remnants of soldiers and horses left in the rest of the country. ”

"Twenty years, we need at least twenty years to restore the previous thirty percent of the national strength, all of them will be restored, it will take a hundred years, Your Majesty, our Great Jin can no longer afford to fight a war with a scale of more than 10,000 people, and my Great Jin will become a first-class empire and a third-rate empire from now on...."

"Ahem!" Emperor Min Zilu of Jin had not finished listening, suddenly coughed suddenly, coughed up several mouthfuls of bruises, Qiu Yixiao hurriedly opened his eyes, when he saw Emperor Jin Min Zilu coughing up bruises, he immediately took out a white cloth to wipe Emperor Jin Min Zilu's mouth.

"There are no soldiers, there will be no generals, it's my fault, cough cough... Or the sky is going to die, I am a great jin.. Ahem! Emperor Min Zixuan's face became even paler, and his breath became weaker and weaker.

"What's the difference between asking these now, the most important thing now is to hurry up and sign an armistice agreement with the Qin Empire, I heard that the Qin Empire has recruited 300,000 troops in Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang, which does not rule out the possibility that the Qin Empire will retaliate against us!" Qiu Yixiao said worriedly.

"300,000..."Emperor Min Ziyan's eyes flashed with hatred, "I was wrong, I regret that I shouldn't have treated the Qin people preferentially, if I had recruited troops at the beginning, I would have caught the Qin people to fight against the Qin, why would my Great Jin fall into such a situation, hate, shouldn't it be the beginning!" Ahem! Ahem! ”

Emperor Min Zilu of Jin was so angry that he coughed up blood again, and his complexion became even weaker, so weak that Emperor Min Zilu of Jin felt difficult when he opened his eyes.

Qiu Yixiao hurriedly wiped the bruises on Emperor Min Zilu's body, and did not refute Emperor Jin Min Zilu, this is not speechless, but he does not dare to refute, he is like this, if he doesn't let him scold a few words, he may really be angry to death.

"By the way, in the Battle of Yangguan, the Qin Empire captured me 30,000 prisoners of war, the Battle of Qin and Jin, the Qin Empire captured me 200,000 prisoners of war, and there are many officials and prime ministers, immediately send people to the Qin Empire to negotiate a truce, and tell the Qin Empire that the Jin Empire is willing to cease the war and is also willing to return the household registration of the four counties, but the more than 200,000 prisoners of war must be returned to the Great Jin Dynasty, otherwise don't think about asking for household registration!"

Jin Emperor Min Zilu suddenly remembered that there were still more than 200,000 prisoners of war in the Qin Empire in the Great Jin Dynasty, and if more than 200,000 prisoners of war could be brought back, then the Great Jin Empire would be able to recover its strength in a short time, even if there was no condition to counterattack Yan Zhao, but it was enough for self-preservation.

As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Min Zilu of the Jin Dynasty suddenly came to his senses, as if he was returning to the light!

Qiu Yixiao frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought.

Hukou is an artifact to rule the people, and the Great Jin Dynasty holds the artifact of the four counties in his hands, and the Qin Empire will either take back the household registration from the Jin Empire, or re-send officials to formulate the household registration, the former is simple, the latter is time-consuming and laborious, and the Qin Empire will definitely choose the former.

This was the bargaining chip in the hands of the Jin Empire, while the bargaining chip of the Qin Empire was more than 200,000 prisoners of war.

It is used in exchange, and the two are win-win, which is not impossible!

"The minister is willing to go to Xianyang to negotiate in person!"

Qiu Yixiao decided that he had to take action in person to ensure that this matter was foolproof.

"Okay, then there will be Prime Minister Lao!" Jin Emperor Min Zilu nodded, he also thought that it would be safer for Qiu Yixiao to go out in person.

After a while, Qiu Yixiao left the palace, returned to the house to pack up his baggage, and then left Jinling with a hundred or so guards on horseback and headed west.

The first day of the first month of the tenth year of Shengqin.

The imperial examination is almost two-thirds of the way through, and it will be over in almost a month!

After a few months, Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, Nanyang four counties recruited 300,000 young men have been delivered to Xianyang, as soon as the source of soldiers arrived, immediately by the capital Changjing, Bai Qi, Luo Xing three people divided into a fine light, the Ordnance Department is also very powerful, successfully before the source of soldiers came to Xianyang City, successfully captured the Jin army armor weapons color and refurbishment, but not all refurbished, only 300,000 sets, just enough for 300,000 troops.

The recruits arrived, the armor was also there, Du Changjing and Luo Xing did not stay for a long time, the former transferred 1 million stone grain from the household department to lead the troops to the Great Wall on the border of Hebei, and the latter transferred 500,000 stone grain from the household department to lead the troops to Wujin.

Bai Qi also transferred 500,000 stone of grain from the household department, 250,000 stone each from Yangguan and Jingshi Daying, plus Yang Long and Yang Hu took away 800,000 stone of grain before, and immediately withdrew 2.8 million stone grain from the state treasury, leaving only 700,000 stone of grain left in the national treasury.

Fortunately, the three counties of Shangyang County, Guangfeng County, and Hexi County all sent the taxes of the ninth year of Shengqin to the household department, and the Nanguan side also sent the customs duties of the past few months to the household department, and after the overall calculation of the household department, the grain tax of the three counties totaled 1 million stones, the commercial tax was 380,000 taels of silver, the salt tax was 400,000 taels of silver, and the customs duty was 100,000 taels of silver!

Compared with the eighth year of the Holy Qin, the grain tax fell by 600,000 stone in the ninth year of the Holy Qin, and the commercial tax and salt tax fluctuated little, and there were more tariff imports, and the war affected the output, which was the result, fortunately, the war of Qin and Jin did not last long, and only affected Shangyang County, if it affected Guangfeng and Hexi, the grain tax would have to fall by more than half.

Because the four counties of Hebei, Hedong, Huainan and Nanyang had just been recaptured, the household registration had not been obtained, and the government was in a static state, so the imperial court did not levy taxes on the four counties.

There is in and out, the imperial court issued military salaries to 100,000 Yang family troops, costing a total of 500,000 taels of silver, in addition to military salaries, there are also hundreds of officials of the imperial court and officials from all over the country, etc., costing 800,000 taels of silver, more than the sum of the three taxes of grain tax, salt tax and customs duty of the imperial court for a year!

At present, the state treasury still has 1.7 million stone of grain, 24.7 million taels of silver, and 50,000 taels of gold.

February 15th of the tenth year of Shengqin!

On this day, the imperial examination was announced, and the Great Qin Imperial Court first arranged for a small number of Zhongbang scholars to supplement the six yamen, and the rest of the Zhongbang scholars were all transferred to the four counties as officials.

With a large number of officials stationed in the official offices of the four counties, the garrisons from all over the country have also returned to Nanguan one after another, which has greatly increased the strength of the garrison in Nanguan.

Great Qin Empire, Xianyang City, Imperial Palace, Qilin Palace!

On the pitch-black carved dragon throne on the high platform, there is an emperor who looks down on the world, Ying Chang is wearing a golden silk black dragon robe, a dragon head belt around his waist, bronzing dragon pattern boots on his feet, a flat-topped dragon crown on his head, and a pair of deep and sharp eyes look at the ministers through twelve strings of pearls.