June is like a fire, and although there is no sun at this time, there is still not much coolness, on the contrary, the dark clouds cover the top, which makes people feel more and more dreary. Even the air is blowing hot wind.

And what makes people feel even more depressing and dull is the atmosphere of the main hall of the Qin Palace.

Although the palace maid was constantly waving the feather fan, the sweat on Qin Wangzheng's forehead was still oozing, but at this time, Qin Wangzheng had no intention of caring about the heat and sweat, because the battle report on the front line had already been engraved in Xianyang.

This time, the Qin army has besieged Daliang for almost four months, and the Qin army has flooded Daliang for two months. For this battle, the army and civilian service of the Qin State totaled more than 900,000, and a large amount of food and material wealth had been consumed, but Daliang City was like an insurmountable city, and it was still held in front of the Qin army, even if it was flooded, it was still immovable, on the contrary, it also attacked with the water army many times, making the Qin army appear very passive, and the number of dead in the Qin army had reached 60,000 at this time.

At this time, Yingchuan County actually took advantage of the empty garrison of the Qin army, and there was a rebellion of the Korean clan, and almost all of Yingchuan County was lost.

Faced with such an unfavorable situation, Qin Wangzheng couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he immediately ordered to gather Wang Xuan, Li Si, Wei Yi, Yao Jia, Dun Qiao, Meng Yi, Feng Zheng and other major ministers to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, all the ministers also knew about the rebellion in Yingchuan County, and the appearance was different, but after seeing Qin Wangzheng, everyone was still solemn and solemn and worshiped Qin Wangzheng.

Qin Wangzheng waved his hand and said, "Let's be even." ”

The ministers got up, and then stood on the left and right, and King Qin Zhengcai said: "Zhongqing, everyone knows the current situation, although my Great Qin army is gathered in front of Daliang City, but when it can break the city, it is not yet known, there is a rebellion in Yingchuan County, I don't know how to deal with it?"

The ministers looked at each other, Wang Juan came out of the ranks, and said: "King, Yingchuan County is the old land of Korea, and the people think about recovering Korea, and it is close to the Chu State, if the Korean remnants collude with the Chu State, there will be endless troubles, so the Weichen thinks that the Korean remnants must not be allowed to gain a firm foothold in Yingchuan, and immediately dispatch a large army to quell the rebellion and restore the stability of Yingchuan." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "Qing thinks that to quell the rebellion in Yingchuan, how many men and horses are needed?" ”

Wang Juan said: "Although the Korean remnants are a group of rabble, they should not be underestimated, they must be resolved quickly, and they must also prevent the Chu State from sending troops to interfere, so the minister thought that he should dispatch 100,000 troops to quickly quell the rebellion and deter the Chu State with the momentum of Mount Tai. ”

At this time, Wei Yu came out and said: "100,000 troops are not a small number, and now the troops of my Qin State are gathered in Wei State, besieging Daliang, and other places cannot draw troops, so they can only be re-recruited, but conscription, reorganization, training, equipment, and logistics preparation, plus the time of marching, it will take at least three or five months, and the army will arrive in Yingchuan County, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Wang Juan said with a smile: "If it is re-collected, it will naturally be too late, but Daliang is only hundreds of miles away from Yingchuan, and there are all kinds of grain and grass materials, such as Su from Daliang to transfer troops, at most ten days, you can reach Xinzheng, at most one month, you can quell the rebellion in Yingchuan." ”

Wei Yu said: "Now my Qin army is besieging Daliang, if 100,000 troops are dispatched to quell the rebellion in Yingchuan, the remaining army may not be able to trap Daliang, judging from the battle report on the front line, the Dai army has repeatedly attacked with a naval army, digging a cofferdam, fortunately they have been blocked at the very time, and it has not caused a catastrophe, once the troops are deployed, the siege of Daliang will inevitably be insufficient, once the cofferdam is dug up by the Dai army, not only this time the water irrigation Daliang is completely failed, but also the hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers and civilian servants who remain in Daliang may also be flooded, and the casualties are heavy. ”

Wang Juan nodded, and said: "But now the two evils meet the lighter of it, capture Daliang, I don't know when it will be, and Yingchuan's rebellion must be pacified immediately, otherwise South Korea will succeed in recovering the country, and Korea will also gain and lose, so between the two, it is still necessary to put the rebellion first, if the troops are transferred, the remaining troops cannot surround Daliang, and temporarily withdraw troops to Zhongmu to station, and wait until the Yingchuan rebellion is settled, and then concentrate troops to attack Daliang." ”

Wei Yu said: "In this way, the defenders of Daliang will definitely dismantle the cofferdam and dig up the chasm, and everything we have done before will be in vain." ”

Wang Juan spread his hands and said: "In addition, what other way, if the restoration of Korea is successful, join forces with the Chu State, and then send troops to aid the Wei State, maybe the Great Liang has not been captured, and all the Korean land has been lost." ”

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a moment before he said, "What do you think? ”

Li Si came out and said: "The king, the minister thinks that he is attacking the main beam, and he must not give up." ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "I wish Wenqing to explain in detail." ”

Li Si said: "Wei is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the Liang is still in the middle of the world, if it cannot be occupied by my Qin State, the Central Plains is difficult to stabilize, not to mention that in order to destroy the Wei State, my Qin State has twice sent troops, dismantled tens of thousands of troops, and wasted countless financial and material resources. Moreover, if I gave Gao Yuan Ying enough time, I would never let my Qin army attack the beam calmly. In Yichen's opinion, when we attack Daliang again, Gao Yuan will never trap Daliang, but will lead the troops of Daijun to take the land of Zhao Yan, and then fight with our Qin State. Therefore, now we must go all out to conquer Daliang and destroy the Wei State. ”

After hearing this, Qin Wangzheng was silent, and after a long while, he said, "Then how to deal with the Yingchuan rebellion?" ”

Li Si said: "The Korean remnants are just a rabble, not enough to succeed, so to quell the Yingchuan rebellion, there is no need for 100,000 horses, at most 20,000 or 30,000 troops, not to mention that there are more than 15,000 Qin troops stationed on the front line of Yancheng now." With such troops, it is enough to quell the chaos. ”

Wang Juan said: "With such a force, it is naturally enough to quell the chaos, but if the Chu State sends troops to aid the Korean bereaved family, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people, how can they deal with it?" ”

Li Si shook his head and said: "The Chu family is strong and powerful, the monarch is weak, the family is divided, and there are many orders, and there is more than enough sincerity, but it is not enterprising enough, so the minister expects that the Chu State will never have the courage to send troops to rescue the Korean bereaved family." ”

Wang Juan said: "Although the words of the court captain are reasonable, but the state of Chu is so big, how can there be one or two people with outstanding intelligence, and now Xiang Yan, the minister in charge of the state of Chu, is quite knowledgeable, the last time he sent his son to send troops to rescue the Wei state, who dares to guarantee that he will not send troops again?" ”

Li Si also nodded, and said: "Xiang Yan is indeed the most knowledgeable minister in the Chu State, but it is also compared to the Zhao, Qu, and Jing families of the Chu State, and still does not change the habits of the family, and attaches more importance to the interests of the family than the interests of the Chu State, and compared with famous ministers such as Li Kui, Wu Qi, Shang Jun, and Fan Sui, whether it is open-minded or knowledgeable, it is far from the same, so even if Xiang Yan can say that the King of Chu can send troops, it is not to be afraid, as long as we make some concessions and cede a few cities to the Chu State, so that Xiang Yan can boast to the Chu State, He will be satisfied, and he will have no other wrongdoing. After a pause, Li Si said again: "If the two are taken together, it is better to let the Korean remnants occupy Yingchuan County and restore the country successfully, but also to conquer the Great Liang and destroy the Wei State. ”

After Qin Wangzheng heard this, he also fell into contemplation again.

At this time, Wang Juan said again: "The king, Tingwei, there is one thing you must not check, now the grain and grass materials stored in the treasury of my Qin State are less than thirty percent, and at most they are only enough to supply until the end of this year. ”

Qin Wangzheng was slightly stunned and said, "Is it used so quickly?" ”

Wang Juan said: "After the destruction of Zhao, the treasury of each prefecture has not yet been full, the most are only seven or eight percent, and the less is only four or five percent, and the war to attack Wei actually began in April last year, and it has been more than a year so far, and my Qin State has invested nearly one million soldiers in civilian service, and the expenses are huge. ”

Li Si said: "In September, this year's taxes can also be collected, and after adding this year's taxes, it should be able to support it for another half a year." ”

Wang Juan shook his head and said: "Attacking the Wei State, my Qin State has invested nearly one million soldiers in civilian service, so this year's tax can be two-thirds of last year's is already very good, and there are also soldiers' civilian service salaries, rewards, and compensation for the bereavement of the fallen soldiers, this year's tax can only maintain the various expenses of our Qin State at most, and there is no extra money to supply the front line." Moreover, these soldiers and civilian servants are the main laborers of each household, and when they go out on the expedition, their fields will inevitably be unharvested, and there is not much surplus grain left in the treasury, so the price of grain in our Qin State will definitely rise next year, and maybe it will cause a food shortage, so it is necessary to prevent it. ”

Originally, after the Qin Dynasty changed the law from Shang Ying, it took encouraging agriculture as one of the main national policies, and had fertile Guanzhong and Bashu regions, and also built Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal, two major water conservancy projects, which were the number one grain-producing country among the countries, but because of the continuous conquest almost every year, it also consumed a lot, and the domestic grain stock was not much, and the soldiers who were recruited and the civilian service who served on the front line could be exempted from taxes in the current year, so the longer the war dragged on, the greater the consumption of the country.

After listening to Wang Juan's words, everyone was silent, although Li Si swore that the city of Daliang was broken, and it was said that it was okay to wait, but this "finger day" refers to that day, no one has the bottom in their hearts, in case of another battle to Changping, a dozen is three or four Mou, and it may not be said.

At this time, Li Si said: "The only way to do it now is to have one way to work, and that is to raise taxes." ”