After worshipping the temple, King Qin Zhengcai led the crowd back to the palace and began to deal with today's official business.

However, when dealing with official business, Qin Wangzheng's lofty ambition to establish a grand cause in the temple just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by all kinds of troubles.

Although the Qin State won the victory on the battlefield, it was indeed a great consumption of the national strength of the Qin State, because this war to destroy the Wei lasted for two years, and the Qin State invested a total of more than one million people in civilian service, which is not an exaggeration to describe it as a huge cost, so now the treasury of the Qin State in the Guanzhong region is seven or eight out of ten, even if there is a surplus, but there are only two or three out of ten.

Although this war ended in time, Qin did not increase taxes, and there was still a small surplus of money, food and materials, but Qin Wangzheng knew very well that this was only temporary, because the place to spend money was still to come.

In this battle, the Qin State lost more than 186,400 soldiers, and the families of these soldiers naturally had to be compensated, and the soldiers and civilian servants who returned from victory should be rewarded for their meritorious deeds in addition to the remuneration they deserved. Although it has not yet been counted how much grain and how much gold and copper money is needed, Qin Wangzheng knows that this is definitely not a small number, and it is not enough to rely on the savings in the current national treasury.

Although Qin Wangzheng was born in Zhao and returned to Qin after he was more than ten years old, his father, Qin Zhuang Xiangwang, paid great attention to Qin Wangzheng's study and personally formulated Qin Wangzheng's curriculum. Qin Wangzheng is very clear about the history of Qin, and the strength of Qin is due to the Shang Dynasty reform, and the core content of the Shang Dynasty reform is actually two points: one is to strictly enforce the law; The second is to reward ploughing. Therefore, the reward and punishment of merit is the basic national policy of the Qin State.

It is precisely because after the Shang Dynasty changed the law that the Qin kings of all dynasties basically implemented these two core decrees, and the Qin State has always maintained its strength and prosperity. Of course, Qin Wangzheng also understands this, so whether it is the compensation of the fallen soldiers or the reward of the returned soldiers, they must not be sloppy, otherwise they will lose their military heart, and a king who has lost the military heart, let alone unify the world, I am afraid that even his throne will be difficult to preserve.

Fortunately, the tax has been collected after this year, although because of a large number of military and civilian service, the tax revenue of the Qin State has been reduced by nearly thirty percent, but it is still a huge income, although it cannot completely fill the gap in expenditure, but it can also support for a while, win enough maneuver time for oneself, and mobilize food and materials from other places to Xianyang. And the source of materials is Bashu.

The land of Bashu has always been rich, and the money, grain and materials are naturally very rich, but because the road is far away, and the road is difficult, and the transportation is difficult, so although the treasury of the Guanzhong region is empty, there is still a large amount of money, grain and materials in the land of Bashu, which can fully cope with the follow-up expenses of the war.

Of course, the wealth of Bashu is not inexhaustible, and transportation is very difficult, so at most it can only alleviate the current financial difficulties of Qin, but it cannot fundamentally change the status quo of Qin, if Qin wants to restore the situation before the attack on Wei, it will take at least three or four years, if other things happen during this time, such as natural disasters or small and medium-sized wars, then the time for Qin's recovery will be slower.

Therefore, in the next three or four years, it may be difficult for the Qin State to wage war against the outside world, and of course, the Qin Wangzheng is not worried that other candidate countries will take the opportunity to attack the Qin State, firstly, because there is no such influential figure as Xin Lingjun among the countries who can organize another occasion; Second, the Qin State still maintained a strong national strength, and although it could not wage war against foreign countries, it should have more than enough self-preservation.

But what if the war didn't take place in the Qin state? Or is it the old land that happened in the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han? Does the Qin State also need to send troops to intervene? Because now what is left is not the Three Kingdoms of Qi Chuyan, but also a Dai County that has just risen.

Although the spies sent by the Qin State to Daijun had long been discovered by Daijun's Jinyi Guard, Daijun did not arrest them, so some basic news about Daijun continued to spread to Xianyang. In the past two years, in addition to reinforcing the Wei State, there has been basically no large-scale war, and the people of the Daijun have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, recuperate, and introduce a large number of soldiers and civilians from the Wei State, and the population has also been greatly increased, plus the Daijun produced a large number of Daijun papers and books, and opened a trade route with the Qi State, in these two years, a large amount of grain was gathered, which was obviously preparing for the war.

It is not difficult to guess the direction of the plateau's troops, there are only two directions, Zhao and Yan, and in these two directions, Daijun has a considerable advantage, if Qin does not send a large army to intervene, it is not difficult for the plateau to annex all Yan and Zhao, although Wang Jian left 100,000 troops in Zhao when he withdrew, and 70,000 horses were stationed in Handan, and another 30,000 were stationed in Yishui, fortified on two lines, but such an arrangement could still support a while in Zhao, but if the plateau really wanted to attack Yan, Then relying only on 30,000 horses at the edge of the water will not help at all.

And once the plateau occupies the land of Yan Zhao, even if it only occupies the Yan country, it will inevitably increase the power of the plateau, because judging from the situation of the plateau in governing the Dai County in the past few years, his ability to govern the country is not under the use of troops, so it will not take a few years to make the Yan country govern, which is enough to compete with the Qin state. But if the Qin State wants to send troops to intervene, it must at least dispatch more than 200,000 troops and more than 300,000 civilian servants, and with the current national strength of the Qin State, it is difficult to launch a battle of this scale. And if the rank of the tax increase is adopted, the recovery of the Qin state will be even slower.

In case at this time, the state of Chu or the state of Qi launches another attack on the state of Qin, then the state of Qin will be really very dangerous, not only the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han that were destroyed may be restored, but also may repeat the retreat of the retreat that retreated to Hangu Pass. Then the efforts of the Qin State in the past ten years will all be in vain. Although this is not very likely, it has to be guarded against.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng also fell into contemplation, and only felt that it was difficult to choose, and he was in a dilemma.

At this moment, Zhao Gao said at the gate of the palace: "King, Lord Tingwei asks to see you." ”

Qin Wangzheng knew that if there was nothing important, Li Si would not rush into the palace to ask for him, so he nodded and said, "Let him come in." ”

Zhao Gao agreed, and immediately said in his throat: "The king has an order, Lord Tingwei will come in." ”

After a while, Li Si walked into the palace with a long box in his hand, and knelt down to Qin Wangzheng and saluted: "Minister Li Si sees the king, may the king live forever." ”

Qin Wangzheng smiled and said, "Li Qing is flat, I don't know what makes Li Qing so happy?" ”

Li Si said with a smile: "It is indeed a happy event, the Yan State sent an envoy, who is willing to pay tribute to my Qin State, and dedicate the land of Du Kang to the Qin State, and bring the map of Du Kang." As he spoke, Li Si opened the long box he was holding, took out a scroll from it, and put it on Qin Wangzheng's table.

Qin Wangzheng was stunned, and couldn't help but be surprised, and couldn't help laughing out loud, if it was before the destruction of the Wei State, the Yan State came to the Qin State to claim its vassals, but the symbolic significance was greater than the substantive significance, because the strength of the Yan State was too weak, and it was not worth mentioning at all, but it was located in a remote area, and the Qin State did not have time to pay attention to it. But now it is different, because Qin Wangzheng is worried that the plateau will take advantage of Qin's inability to raise troops to send troops to collect the land of Yan, and Yan will be a vassal to Qin, and Qin can negotiate with Yan to negotiate conditions, and send an army to Jijing to help Yan defend the city. That is, to learn the method of garrisoning the Great Liang on the plateau and consuming the Qin State, and also give Gao Yuan this hand.

Although Jijing's city defense is not as good as Daliang, it is also the capital of a country, and it will never be worse there, and the overall strength of Daijun cannot be compared with Qin, so if it really comes to that point, it depends on how the plateau responds. The terrain of Jijing is high, and it is impossible to attack it with water. When the Qin army encountered a predicament in Daliang, he could let the Dai army pay for it all.

And the land of Du Kang is also called the land of Yannan, only refers to the north of Yishui, the area south of the water (Yongding River), the land is fertile, although it is not as good as the land of Guanzhong and Bashu, but it produces a lot, it is not only an important grain production area of Yan State, but also the barrier of the south of Jijing, the capital of Yan State, and the trade between Daijun and Qi State is from this area to guò. Therefore, if the land of the governor is obtained, the Qin State can not only cut off the trade route of Daijun, but also directly endanger Jijing, and in addition, it can also form a flank attack on Daijun in the east and south, and gain strategic initiative, which is really very profitable.

Of course, being able to dedicate the land of Du Kang to the Qin State also shows that the Yan State is indeed sincere enough.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng opened the map of Du Kang and said, "Why did Yan Guo suddenly think of coming to my Qin State as a vassal?" ”

Li Si said: "Yan Guo was originally friendly with Daijun, but Yan Wangxi was short-sighted and greedy for small profits, and once took advantage of the plateau to rescue Wei State, sent troops to attack Daijun, but was defeated by the Dai army, and also made a feud with Daijun, and my Qin State destroyed Wei State, and stationed at the Yishui side, so Yan State can only be a vassal to my Qin State in order to be preserved......"

As he was talking, he only heard Qin Wangzheng say: "What kind of map is this, what kind of text, why can't the widow understand it at all?" ”

Li Si said with a smile: "When the minister first looked, he was also confused, and then asked the envoy, only to know that this map is still a copy of the imitation, which is based on the ancient map of the governor Kang six hundred years ago, and the place names are all ancient characters, only the people of the Yan State can recognize it, if the Qin State agrees to the request of the Yan State to call the minister, they will officially send a messenger to the Qin State to envoy the Governor Kang Gutu, and explain the meaning of the picture to the king in person. ”

Qin Wangzheng was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "It's all Yan Guo who wants to save face, and it's really not bad at all...... Wait a minute, the widow remembers, isn't my Qin State rebel general Fan Yuzhi in the Yan Kingdom? ”

Li Si said: "Yes, I heard that Fan Yuzhi was taken in by Prince Yan Dan and served as a guest. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said: "Tell the envoy of the Yan State that if you want to be a vassal to my Qin State, you must send Fan Yuzhi's head, and the widow will receive the envoy of the Yan State with a big gift in the palace hall, otherwise my Qin State will never accept it." ”

Li Si hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister will go immediately." ”