Qin Shi Huang wanted the Great Qin Empire to be settled once and for all, so Li Si's advice did not satisfy him.
"Dear ministers, is there no other way? Could it be that they wanted to let the Xiongnu run rampant on the border?”
Qin Shi Huang suddenly stood up and looked at Wang Jian, Meng Yi, and the others as he spoke.
The old general Wang Jian revealed an indifferent expression. If the King of Qin did not ask him, he would not speak. Wang Jian, who had made great contributions, had already surpassed his master. What he needed to do now was to protect himself and have a good end.
Just as Qin Shihuang was looking at all the civil and military officials in the hall, Meng Yi stood up and cupped his hands." Reporting to the King of Qin, the Zhao Wall is 540 miles long. This wall has extremely strong defensive capabilities. Why don't we build another 600 miles on the old Zhao Wall and connect it to the Qinling Mountains…"
After Meng Yi finished speaking, Li Che, who had been silent all this while, turned to look at Meng Yi. Was he going to build the Great Wall?
The Great Wall was a great building. It had been under construction since the Zhou Dynasty. Eight hundred years after the Zhou Dynasty fell, the Great Wall was still under construction. It had spanned eight hundred years.
Although the Great Wall was majestic, its construction had consumed the blood and sweat of generations of people.
Qin Shi Huang fell silent when he heard Meng Yi's words.
Meng Yi's advice was to defend and use a tall city to block the Xiongnu outside. This was not what Qin Shihuang wanted, nor was it his ambition. However, he needed to consider his descendants.
When he was alive, he could resist the Xiongnu.
If their descendants were weak, how could they resist the Xiongnu? With the Great Wall around, they could at least quickly transport grain to various places. This was because three horses could run side by side on the Great Wall. Whether it was transporting grain or transporting troops, it was very convenient.
Qin Shi Huang thought of this and his eyes flashed with determination.
He had already begun to consider building the Great Wall…
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In the main hall, the officials had already started discussing.
After Meng Yi proposed to build the Great Wall, most of the officials expressed their approval. In their opinion, building a defensive fortification like the Great Wall would only bring benefits and no harm.
"Your Majesty, I agree with General Meng's words!" Ying Cheng of the Qin royal family said.”
"I support General Meng!" Chunyu Yue said.”
Wang Ben chimed in," The reason why the State of Zhao is so powerful is largely due to the Great Wall of the State of Zhao. The Great Wall of the State of Zhao allows the troops and rations from the northern part of the State of Zhao to be transported to the eastern part of the State of Zhao as quickly as possible. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack. I support Your Majesty in perfecting the Great Wall of the State of Zhao and extending it by six hundred miles to connect it to the Qinling Mountains…"
Li Che saw that everyone in the court was supporting Meng Yi's advice. He shook his head lightly but did not say anything.
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Qin Shihuang saw it clearly.
Most of the civil officials and generals supported Meng Yi's suggestion; however, Li Che, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, just shook his head silently as if he had already made a plan to govern Xiongnu.
Just as all the civil and military officials were discussing, Qin Shihuang suddenly said,""Everyone, please calm down. I see that Tingwei Li has something to say, so let him speak first!”
As soon as Qin Shihuang finished speaking, the hall of Xianyang Palace fell silent. Everyone turned to look at Li Che.
Qin Shi Huang walked down from his throne and looked at Li Che expectantly. He said,""Li Tingwei, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'm listening…"
Li Che stood up and said,"" Your Majesty, the Xiongnu rule the grasslands and are incredibly powerful. In order to protect themselves, it's understandable that Great Qin built the Great Wall…"
"However, General Meng Yi, do you really think that after building the Great Wall, everything will be settled once and for all? Wrong! "If the Xiongnu are still around, they will always be a disaster for Great Qin. If we follow my suggestion, why don't we send our troops north and destroy the Xiongnu?”
As soon as Li Che finished speaking, Meng Yi suddenly stood up and said,""Lord Li, I'm afraid you don't know how sharp the Xiongnu cavalry is. When the Xiongnu invade, they often have 100,000 cavalry that cover the sky. If our Great Qin soldiers rashly attack, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble! If you advance, he will retreat. If you retreat, he will attack. The cunning of the Xiongnu is unfathomable!”
The Meng Army had fought with the Xiongnu for many years, so they naturally knew how cunning the Xiongnu were.
Li Che looked at Meng Yi and said,""General Meng, how many people does the Xiongnu have?”
Meng Yi was silent for a moment. Although the Meng Army had been fighting with the Xiongnu for many years, he was not very clear about the population of the Xiongnu. If the Qin Dynasty used ten people to support one soldier, the Xiongnu could send 200,000 people to report, which meant that the Xiongnu had at least two million people.
Li Che didn't wait for Meng Yi to speak and replied directly,""The Xiongnu have a small population. If they can send out two hundred thousand soldiers, then the Xiongnu population will only be around eight hundred thousand. If they only send out one hundred thousand soldiers, then the Xiongnu population will only be around five hundred thousand!”
Li Che's words caused an uproar in Xianyang Palace!
"What is it? Did the Xiongnu have such a small population? There were only 30,000 Xiongnu invading Zhao. Could it be that there were only a hundred thousand Xiongnu?”
"Impossible, the Xiongnu cannot have such a small population. The population of the Xiongnu is at least equivalent to that of the Qi Kingdom!”
"Qi has a population of seven million. I dare to say that the Xiongnu have more people than Qi! It was at least the combined population of Qi and Chu.”
In the Xianyang Palace, everyone was talking at once.
"I want to ask everyone, do you know what kind of system the Xiongnu have?”
Li Che's voice sounded like a bell, and the hall fell silent once again. Qin Shihuang returned to his throne, his mood stirred. He had been inspired by Li Che's words.
Li Che answered his own question," The Xiongnu live in tribes. The larger tribes have tens of thousands of people, while the smaller tribes only have a few thousand people. As long as we send out an army that is good at fighting, the Xiongnu will definitely be destroyed by Great Qin.”
After Li Che's words, the hall fell into unprecedented chaos.
The Xiongnu actually lived in tribes, and the larger tribes only had tens of thousands of people. This was simply a godsend.
As long as they took advantage of the fact that the Xiongnu had yet to gather and exterminate them, the Xiongnu would be powerless to resist!
The Xiongnu occupied vast grasslands and had abundant livestock such as cattle, horses, and sheep.
If they conquered the Xiongnu, wouldn't that double the size of the Great Qin Empire?
Could it be that the population of the Xiongnu was really as Li Che said, only a million?
All along, Qin Shihuang believed that the Xiongnu population was at least ten million, or at least five million. After all, the Xiongnu sent troops to invade all year round.
He did not expect that the Xiongnu population would be so small!
If the Xiongnu really only had a million people, then the problem of the Xiongnu could be solved.
Qin Shi Huang's eyes flashed with killing intent!
The Great Qin Empire had a large number of soldiers. Just the Great Qin Empire had 800,000 soldiers, and if the soldiers of the six countries were included, it would be easy for them to gather 1.6 million soldiers.
How could the Xiongnu resist such a large army?
"Could it be that you've always overestimated the Xiongnu?”
Qin Shi Huang looked at Li Che. He wanted to know what other shocking words Li Che would say.
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Everyone in Xianyang Palace was looking at Li Che.
Meng Yi didn't speak anymore. He realized that the Xiongnu Li Che was talking about was more profound than the Xiongnu he knew.
Li Che analyzed the Xiongnu in the main hall of Xianyang Palace and finally came up with a plan to deal with the Xiongnu.
"In my opinion, the problem of the Xiongnu is easy to solve.”
Li Che's words caused the expressions of all the officials in the hall to change.
When they had attacked the six states, the Qin State had not massacred the people of the six states. Now that they had heard Li Che's words, they felt like they had been struck by lightning. At the same time, they felt a chill run down their spines.
Slaughter!
This chief justice was really decisive and ruthless!
This was the destruction of the Xiongnu race!
Li Che looked at the officials in the hall and continued,""If we can't completely exterminate the Xiongnu, they will surrender today and betray tomorrow. The Great Qin Empire will definitely suffer!”
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