After listening to Li Si's words, the officials present were also taken aback, for all countries, raising taxes is a very heavy thing, because in this era, the monarchy has not yet reached the point of absolute authority, even if it is the strongest centralized country like Qin, the monarch cannot do whatever he wants, and will be restricted by many aspects of power.

In addition, as long as the king understands in his heart, the tax increase means that the burden of the people increases, and after the burden of the people increases, they will either flee to other countries, or take refuge under other clans, or they will rise up to resist, no matter which one, it will be detrimental to the king and the country. Other countries may take the opportunity to send troops to attack themselves. Therefore, when it is absolutely necessary, the monarchs will not raise taxes lightly.

Wang Juan first said: "The king, the tax increase is a serious matter, and you should not act rashly, so please think twice." ”

Wei Yu also said: "King, once the tax is raised, it will inevitably cause civil turmoil, and if it provokes a civil uprising, the consequences will be worrying, and the front-line soldiers have no intention of fighting, so they must not act rashly." ”

Li Si said: "The king, the minister has already thought about it, my Qin country has the land of Bashu, the land is fertile, the products are rich, and the grain is very much produced from the period, but the road is rugged and difficult to transport, and since the opening of the Zhengguo Canal, the land in Guanzhong has become fertile, and in the past few years, there is a bumper harvest every year, and the people of my Qin State have always respected the law, so even if it is a little tax, it will not have much impact on my Qin State." After the tax increase, our Qin State will have enough materials to support the battle against Wei and destroy the Wei State, in order to unify the world, this expedient measure can only be carried out. After a pause, Li Si said again: "What's more, the tax increase is just a preparation, and it depends on the battle on the front line. ”

At this time, Yao Jia also came out and said: "The king, Weichen also thinks that Tingwei's words are reasonable, in order to break through the Great Liang and destroy the Wei State, he can only temporarily do this expedient measure, and the king can promise the people that after the destruction of the Wei State, the people's taxes can be reduced or exempted to appease the people." ”

After Qin Wangzheng heard this, he fell into deep thought again, and the other ministers present were also silent, waiting for Qin Wangzheng's decision.

In fact, Qin Wangzheng was also in a dilemma at this time, the danger of raising taxes Qin Wangzheng was not unclear, Qin State had never raised taxes since the Battle of Changping, so Qin Wangzheng really did not dare to raise taxes lightly. But the current war situation, if you don't raise taxes, it is very likely that it will not be able to maintain, once you give up attacking Daliang, then this time the battle to destroy Wei is all the previous achievements, and wait until the next attack on Wei, at least two or three years, if it is in the past, it is nothing to wait for a few years, but now the plateau has risen in Daijun, if he is given a few years of development time, no one dares to guarantee that the plateau can develop to what extent, so it is necessary to destroy the Wei State and unify the three Jins, Eliminate the trouble of Qin's henchmen, only in this way can Qin free up his hands and go all out to deal with the developing Daijun.

Therefore, the Qin Wang's regime weighed again and again, and finally made up his mind and said, "Prime Minister, Tingwei." ”

Wang Juan and Li Si hurriedly said in unison: "The minister is here." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "You will immediately make statistics, if you want to support the war of destroying Wei for another year, how much tax needs to be collected, and then report it to the widow." ”

Liston looked happy and said, "The order of the king." ”

Wang Juan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "The order of the king." ”

Qin Wangzheng continued: "If there is a need to increase taxes, then after the destruction of Wei, all household registrations with tax increases will be exempt from tax for one year, halved for two years. ”

Just after Qin Wangzheng finished speaking, he only heard a "click" sound of thunder, which only shocked everyone in the hall, and then "lalala", pouring rain, and landing.

Qin Wangzheng stood up from the throne and said: "Pass on the order of the widow, order Wang Jian to draw troops from the army surrounding Daliang, send troops to Yingchuan County, and quell the rebellion of the Korean remnants, but attack Daliang, must not relax, if there is a need, you can mention it to Xianyang." ”

All the ministers said in unison: "The ministers respect the order of the king. ”

Qin Wangzheng waved his robe sleeves and said, "Retreat from the dynasty." ”

―――――――― dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― time into June, the rain also increased, so the battle of the girder can also be just because of the rain, fight for a while and stop for a while, of course, for the offensive and defensive sides, such a rhythm is also good, when the eye of the sky is fighting, and when it rains, you can seize the time to rest.

Ling Feng came to report to the plateau and received a bird message from Guiling. Gao Yuan took the letter handed over by Ling Feng, opened it and saw that Wang Jian had ordered Han Teng to be the main general, leading the 20,000 troops of the headquarters, and to settle the rebellion of the Korean remnants in Yingchuan County, and at the same time sent Wang Ben to lead 5,000 cavalry to assist Han Teng.

Although Daliang is now surrounded by water, and it is difficult for Ling Feng's scouts to carry out intelligence reconnaissance work, Gao Yuan can still grasp the situation in the outside world through the sound of flying birds. And the work of collecting intelligence from all sides was also transferred to the garrison of Guiling.

Therefore, there was a rebellion of the Korean clan in Yingchuan County, and defeated Xiong Qi, the king of Changping who was stationed in Yingchuan County, captured the old capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, and supported Han Cheng as the king, and officially restored the Korean and other things, and the plateau was able to receive it in a very timely manner. In addition, the Korean family also sent a rescue to Chuqi, Yandai and other countries, asking them to provide assistance to South Korea.

Gao Yuan didn't expect that although he passed through the Chu State and pressured the Korean clan not to act rashly, it only delayed the action of the Korean clan for two months, and in the end, the Korean clan couldn't help but do it. Of course, the plateau also played a great role in promoting this, and it was precisely because the Qin army's war in Daliang was unfavorable that a large number of troops were drawn from Yingchuan County, which caused the emptiness of Yingchuan County's troops, and also made the Korean family think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they acted against Qin and restored Korea.

However, the plateau is also very pure, although the momentum of the Korean clan is quite strong now, but in fact, it is to take advantage of the emptiness of the Qin army's strength in Yingchuan County, and also hit Changping Jun by surprise, not because of how strong the Korean clan is, once the Qin army reacts and dispatches troops to Yingchuan County to quell the chaos, the Korean clan is not an opponent at all.

Although South Korea and other countries such as Chuqi and Yan Dynasty issued rescue requests, it is unlikely that other countries will be able to give much substantial help to South Korea, which has just recovered, and the strength of Yan is weak and negligible; Qi has always not interfered in its own affairs, although Anping Juntian Kezang is accumulating and reorganizing armaments for war, but it is also in the name of strengthening Qi's national defense, and it is still difficult to change Qi's national policy in a short period of time; And although the State of Chu may secretly give South Korea some assistance, it will not be too much, let alone officially oppose the State of Qin. Therefore, this attempt to restore South Korea is destined to end in failure.

And now although the Dai army has a certain strength to rescue South Korea, it turned out that after the Qin army released water to flood the Liang, most of the grain and grass materials of the Qin army were transported by water, so Gao Yuan also ordered the Fan Yong army to stop the raid on the Qin army's transport team and retreat to Guiling to help Yuan Xuan defend the city, this army can be used to reinforce South Korea, but it is impossible for the plateau to put the Fan Yong army into a doomed hopeless battle.

Although the restoration of the Korean family can indeed contain part of the Qin army's strength and slightly reduce the pressure on Daliang, the Qin army will not send a large number of troops to quell the Korean restoration rebellion, so in Tailiang, although the strength of the Qin army will be weakened to a certain extent, it cannot substantially change the current situation of Daliang being trapped, and it is difficult for the defenders to take advantage of the opportunity of Korea's restoration to break the siege of the Qin army.

And now the city of Daliang has been flooded for more than two months, although the defenders have attacked many times, and have achieved a lot of results, but the Qin army still firmly held the cofferdam that trapped the girder, even if the cofferdam was dug up, it can be blocked in time, and did not cause a wide range of remains. Moreover, the drainage ditch built by the Qin army had also been built, so the water stains in the gap were quickly drained. The actions of the Qin army did not cause any siege.

In addition, during this period of time, the Qin army was also constantly widening and raising the cofferdam, and because of the heavy rain for several days, the water depth outside the city of Daliang has also risen to a certain extent, and the water depth by the city wall has reached about two zhang five or six feet.

But after more than two months of flooding, the city wall of Daliang City has seen many seepage, coupled with the flooding outside the city, the drainage system in the city is also difficult to play a role, and there are several heavy rains, now about thirty percent of the area in the city has been flooded by seepage, fortunately, the water is not too deep, the deepest place is only two or three feet, and the residents in the city have been transferred to a higher position, so there is no big impact on the life in the city.

However, although Gao Yuan had ordered to close the seepage gap in the city wall and scoop up the stagnant water, this momentum was obviously not good for Daliang City, because the city wall was not a dam after all, and it was not built for waterproofing, so there would be more and more water seepage on the city wall in the future.

Another point is that the spread of diseases in the city is also further expanding, although there are also a large number of medicinal materials stored in the city of Daliang, but the medical level of this era is not developed, and the stored medicinal materials are mainly for the treatment of trauma, and the medicinal materials for the treatment of other diseases are not much, now the city has died of nearly 2,000 residents and soldiers due to various diseases, and more than 3,000 people are sick, mostly the elderly, young children. And there is a tendency for the disease to further expand.

The plateau is also powerless against these unfavorable factors, so the plateau also estimates that it may be difficult for the persistence of Daliang City to exceed this year. However, he didn't plan to stay in Daliang for a long time, anyway, now that the warship is available, he can break through at any time, so he doesn't have to worry.