"If this continues, not only will the people have nothing to eat, but even Great Qin's army will starve. The entire court will run out of food, causing the price of food to skyrocket…"
It was a shocking sight!
What the State of Zheng said was simply shocking! Even though Ying Zheng had already seen some of these things from the historical records, he still felt his heart palpitate at this moment.
The string of numbers listed by the State of Zheng and the words he said were simply shocking. If he did not say it today, most of the officials would not know that the situation in the Qin country had already reached such a state!
The current Great Qin was not just in an unbalanced state; it was in a precarious situation and could collapse at any moment!
Water that had lost its source would dry up sooner or later. The people of Great Qin naturally understood this simple logic. At this moment, Great Qin was in danger.
If they couldn't reverse the situation, the food in the Twelve Storehouses would be consumed faster and faster. Once the Twelve Storehouses were destroyed, Great Qin would definitely be unable to fight against its enemies.
At that time, the things recorded in the historical records would probably become reality.
At this moment, Ying Zheng felt a little fortunate that he had picked up the Twenty-Four Historians and learned some things. He asked about the current situation of Great Qin.
He looked at the State of Zheng with a burning gaze and said," The State of Zheng has already passed the fifth month of the busy farming season. It's almost time for the summer sowing season. If the harvest in the Great Qin Empire is good, how many years will it take for the income and expenditure to be balanced?”
At present, Ying Zheng did not even think about surplus. As long as the Great Qin Empire could achieve a balance of income and expenditure, it would be fine. As long as the balance was not broken, there would not be any chaos in the short term.
The State of Zheng did some calculations in his heart. As the Great Qin Empire's Field Order, he was quite clear about this. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, if the Great Qin Empire's harvest is good, it will only take about three years to reach a balance.”
"But this is under the condition that there is enough labor. In the current Central Plains, labor is too heavy. Without labor, even high-quality farmland will become barren.”
The State of Zheng was also very worried. Many officials knew about this situation.
This was not the first time they had advised Ying Zheng to do light labor and let the people recuperate, but the old Ying Zheng would not listen.
This time, the State of Zheng saw that Ying Zheng was asking about this matter, and took the opportunity to put forward this suggestion again.
Li Si, Feng Quji, and the others were also looking at Ying Zheng, their faces filled with hope. In the past, they would always bring up the idea of making the First Emperor do light labor, but this time, would His Majesty listen to them?
Ying Zheng looked at these ministers with a mocking smile on his face.
In the past, these people would only tell him that they wanted to do light labor, but they would never tell him how bad Great Qin's situation was.
He knew that the Great Qin Empire was now like a speeding carriage, and it was extremely difficult to stop a carriage.
In the entire world, there was only one person who could stop the two carriages of the Great Qin Empire, and that was the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, Qin Shi Huang!
Only the First Emperor, who had swept across the six dynasties, could do all of this because the First Emperor's prestige was simply too heavy. Throughout the five thousand years of history, there had never been an emperor who was more dignified than the First Emperor!
Ying Zheng stood up, turned around and looked at the map behind him,""Temporarily stop the construction of Mount Li's Imperial Mausoleum and the Great Wall.”
"The Great Wall's laborers are now heading directly to the straight road to build a straight road. We will strive to build a passage from Datong Xianyang to Jiuyuan in the shortest time possible."
"The laborers on the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum Project will return to their respective counties in an orderly manner to prepare for the summer planting.”
"Temporarily stop the construction of Epang Palace.”
"Stop the construction of the road."
" Plan the time reasonably. Before the summer sowing arrives, the labor on the straight road will be planned according to the region. Half of the labor in each region will go back for the summer sowing.”
Orders came out of Ying Zheng's mouth one after another. At this moment, Li Si and the others were shocked.
The First Emperor really stopped the construction of these projects!
Not only the Li Mountain Imperial Mausoleum, but even the Great Wall, which the First Emperor had placed great importance on, was temporarily halted! Even the last straight had to return half the number of people before the summer planting!”
Li Si and the others looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
What did the First Emperor encounter on this eastern tour? It actually made the First Emperor put down the plans in his heart and start to pay attention to these things?
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Xianyang South Gate
"Officer, what did the notice say? What would the Imperial Court do next? Is there a corvee?"
A white-haired old man asked as he stood there trembling with a walking stick.
Glancing at this honest old man, Zhao Liang's gaze paused for a moment. He looked at the commoners who were constantly rushing over and said,""Dear citizens, His Majesty has issued an edict to suspend the construction of Mount Li's Imperial Mausoleum and the Great Wall. The Great Wall's labor will be converted to a straight road. The labor will be exempted from this year's tax to support their families.”
"In addition, His Majesty has decreed that before the farming season, all labor services in the world, except for the direct labor service, will be released in an orderly manner.”
At this moment, all the people in Qin Country were filled with tears. With the First Emperor's edict, they were happier than the New Year.
"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
Led by an old man, many commoners knelt on the ground and shouted wildly.
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