"Lord Gao Lingjun has already spoken to such an extent, and if I still refuse, then I really don't know what's good for me!”
Wang He smiled and said,""Then this general will first thank Gao Lingjun for his reinforcements.”
Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the throne, saw that Ying Song and Wang He had agreed on the matter without consulting him, the King of Qin.
Ying Zheng's face turned a little unsightly. He kept glancing at Lu Buwei, implying that Lu Buwei should stand up and fight back.
After receiving Ying Zheng's hint, Lu Buwei's brain started working quickly. He could not refute Wang He's decision to go to Jiuyuan, because Ying Zheng had already agreed to it.
It was impossible to make Ying Zheng go back on his word. Once Ying Zheng went back on his word, the impression of all the civil officials and generals in the palace would be negative, except for himself.
However, Lu Buwei could start with his identity as a private soldier.
In his words, Ying Song said that the Gaoling Manor had sent out five thousand Wu Dang Flying Army and ten thousand Shu Pijia Jue Zhang Camp, so these soldiers represented Ying Song's own private army.
"Reporting to the King of Qin, I, Lu Buwei, feel that it is inappropriate for Lord Gao Ling to send his private soldiers under General Wang He.”
Lu Buwei stood up, bowed, and cupped his hands.""There are 200,000 soldiers at the Nine Plains border, and with General Wang He's rich experience, a mere outsider will not be able to invade Great Qin's territory.”
"Moreover, General Meng Wu has been stationed in the Nine Plains for five years and has already made the other races tremble in fear.”
" In addition, the private soldiers in Lord Gao Ling's residence are guarding Gao Ling…"
"Nonsense!" Before Lu Buwei could finish his words, he was interrupted by Meng Ao's shout.
Meng Ao threw a glance at Lu Buwei with a murderous look in his eyes, then cupped his fists at Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the seat of honor, and said angrily,""King Qin, I request to remove Lu Buwei from his position as Prime Minister!”
Lu Buwei felt nervous when he saw Meng Ao's murderous gaze.
Ying Zheng was also a little confused. Why was Meng Ao suddenly so angry?
Could it be that Meng Ao had completely sided with Ying Song and was going to help Ying Song get rid of Lu Buwei?
Ying Zheng began to let his imagination run wild.
"General Meng Ao!"
Lu Buwei cupped his hands at Meng Ao and said,""I don't know what I said wrong to make you so angry, General Meng Ao.”
"General Meng Ao, why are you doing this?”Hearing Lu Buwei's words, Ying Zheng quickly came back to his senses and asked.
"The King of Qin doesn't know that the Quan Rong, Fu Yu, Yue, Wusun, and other foreign clans are eyeing the Great Qin like tigers eyeing their prey.”
Meng Ao's face was filled with anger as he said,"Every year, tens of thousands of Great Qin's soldiers who guard the border of the Nine Plains die, and dozens of villages are looted. Countless people and wealth are taken away by these outsiders.”
"Apart from the 30,000 elite soldiers stationed at Xianyang Palace, Great Qin has a total of 500,000 soldiers. 200,000 soldiers are stationed at Jiuyuan, 150,000 soldiers are stationed at Hangu Pass, 50,000 soldiers are stationed at Xianyang, and the remaining 100,000 soldiers are scattered across the various cities and towns.”
"Just as Lord Gao Ling said, the five thousand soldiers of the Wu Dang Flying Army and the ten thousand soldiers of the Shu Pijia Jue Zhang Camp that were sent to Wang He are not weaker than the three thousand old Qin soldiers.”
"With that, fifteen thousand soldiers would be comparable to thirty thousand soldiers at the border of Nine Plains.”
"The more soldiers we have, the safer the Nine Plains border will be, and it will give Great Qin's soldiers and citizens a chance to survive.”
Meng Ao was so familiar with the situation at the border of Nine Plains because Meng Wu had been a general at the border of Nine Plains for five years. Meng Ao was the first to know about the situation.
In the past five years, Meng Wu had experienced countless battles, and there were a few places where he almost died.
In the past five years, more than 20,000 people had died at the border of Jiuyuan, and tens of thousands had been injured. The 5,000 Golden Fire Cavalry that followed Meng Wu were now reduced to less than 1,000.
If it wasn't for the fact that military merits could be conferred titles of nobility, attracting a large number of Qin soldiers to join the army, replenishing the 200,000 Qin soldiers at the border of Jiuyuan every year, it would be able to stop the invasion of foreign races.
Lu Buwei was talking about a mere outsider, and yet, the outsider was terrified. In the ears of the old General Meng Ao, he was talking nonsense, and he was wasting the lives of Great Qin's soldiers and citizens.
"Great Qin's soldiers 'contributions and titles will be obtained with a single slash.”
Feng Quji stared at Lu Buwei and said,""As for a certain someone, even the position of Prime Minister and the title of nobility was obtained by relying on 'rare goods that can be hoarded'.”
"Back then, someone went to Handan to do business and was overjoyed when he saw the Inhumans. He said,'Inhumans are like rare goods that can be hoarded and sold at a high price.”
Yi Ren was King Zhuang Xiang of Qin, the father of Ying Zheng!
"This kind of person's character can be seen from his words. General Meng Ao, why should you be angry over such a vile person?”
Both Ying Zheng and Chao Chao could tell that the person Feng Quji was talking about was Lu Buwei.
Ying Song looked at Lu Buwei with a mocking expression.
Lu Buwei wanted to praise Meng Wu to gain Meng Ao's favor, but he did not understand the meaning of the word 'soldier.'
In business, Lu Buwei was a gambler.
However, Lu Buwei knew nothing about national affairs or military affairs.
When King Zhuang Xiang of Qin was in power, Lu Buwei was only responsible for providing money and handling some small affairs for Qin. He could only say a few words about other affairs and military affairs. He could not interfere even if he wanted to.
Lu Buwei was the Prime Minister and Marquis Wenxin. He had tens of thousands of hanger-ons in his residence. The merchants who did business with him could be said to be spread all over the other six states, but his status in the Qin State was awkward.
Ying Song gave Gan Mao a look. Gan Mao understood and stood up.
"Reporting to the King of Qin!"
Gan Mao cupped his hands and said loudly," Such a despicable person is not worthy of being the Prime Minister of Great Qin. Please remove him from his position!"”
"I agree!" Imperial Censor Ying Wuyi also stood out.
Ying Wuyi's expression was solemn as he said,""Although Lu Buwei used to be a merchant, he is now the Prime Minister of the Great Qin Empire. His every move concerns the reputation of the Great Qin Empire, but now, he has dealings with merchants.”
"He even took in the ruffians and scoundrels in Xianyang City as his servants, causing the conflicts in Xianyang City to become increasingly serious. There were several murders, and it was found that they were all caused by the ruffians and scoundrels under Lu Buwei.”
"Moreover, they even recruited outlaws as their hanger-ons. Many of them were wanted by Great Qin, and this greatly endangered the security of Xianyang.”
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