Xianyang City, Imperial Palace.
Ying Zheng and the important ministers of the imperial court were having a regular court meeting.
"Your Majesty, Nanhai Commandery Wei Ren Xiao reported that this year, the land of Baiyue was flooded. Nanhai Commandery, Guilin Commandery, and Xiang Commandery were all heavily damaged.”
"Your Majesty, Kuaiji County has reported that they have found traces of the remnant of the old Han, Zhang Liang!”
" Your Majesty, there's a great drought in Northland County, and a locust plague has descended. Countless people are starving and homeless. The county governor has already opened the granary to release food, but it can only last for two weeks at most.”
All of them were bad news.
Hearing this, Ying Zheng, who was already in a bad mood, had an even uglier look on his face.
"How much money and grain are there in the national treasury?”
Ying Zheng said with a frown.
"Your Majesty, I've reported to the Emperor some time ago that the Wei River has skyrocketed and the national treasury has been emptied.”
Li Si braced himself and said carefully.
"Even if all of them arrive, it's still far from enough!”
Feng Quji added.
"It's been so long, but you haven't thought of a way?”
Ying Zheng said furiously.
Li Si and Feng Quji looked at each other helplessly.
In the past few years, Great Qin had been plagued by natural and man-made disasters. At the same time, they had built the Great Wall, roads, and other large-scale projects. The treasury's income had always been unable to make ends meet.
It was already very good that he could hold on until now.
"Forget it, stop the construction of Apang Palace first!”
Ying Zheng saw the troubled look on the two Prime Ministers 'faces, waved his hand and said with a waning interest.
"Your Majesty, what about the Great Wall and the galloping path?"
Imperial Physician Feng Jie's face flashed with a trace of surprise as he hurriedly asked.
"The construction of the Great Wall and the road has stopped. If the Xiongnu attack, will you go and defend?”
Wang Ben said angrily, but he suddenly thought of something and stopped in his tracks.
Everyone in the imperial court knew that the reason why the Emperor had been in a bad mood recently was because he was worried about Young Master Fusu, who was fighting with the Xiongnu on the Great Prairie.
Why did he have to bring it up?
Feng Jie, you f * cking killed me.
As expected, when he heard the word 'Hun', Ying Zheng's face quickly darkened.
The officials were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe.
Only the Head of the Academic Bureau, Zhao Gao, was very pleased with himself.
There had been no news for more than a week. There was a high chance that Fu Su had died at the hands of the Xiongnu.
Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would definitely be captured by the Xiongnu and become a disgrace.
He might as well die.
No matter what, he had already lost the right to compete with Huhai.
As long as he could survive for a few years, when Ying Zheng passed away, he, Zhao Gao, would be able to control the world with Huhai, the Emperor, and become a figure with real power in his hands!
At this moment.
"Report-"
"Your Majesty!"
"Shangjun 800 Li urgent!"
An urgent report broke the silence in the court.
" News from Shangjun?"
"Hurry up and present it!"
Ying Zheng immediately stood up anxiously.
He didn't care about etiquette and directly snatched the report from Zhang Han's hands.
This was the news of his eldest son, Fu Su, that he had been waiting for a long time.
Even though he was the first emperor, he was still a father.
Men would inevitably favor their first son.
Although Fu Su had always been a good-for-nothing, Ying Zheng had never really given up on him.
Now, Fu Su had finally found his way back. Although he had made a small mistake, Ying Zheng was already satisfied.
However, after holding the report in his hand, Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, and did not open it immediately.
He was afraid that if he opened it, he would see bad news.
The officials began to discuss.
"Is there any news from Shangjun? The Xiongnu are attacking?”
"It can't be. Didn't Young Master Fusu burn down the Xiongnu royal court last time? He can't recover so quickly, right?”
"I reckon that Young Master Fusu failed in the final battle with the Xiongnu reinforcements and escaped back.”
"Why couldn't Young Master Fusu have repelled the Xiongnu reinforcements?”
"How is that possible?"
"Even if the Xiongnu royal court is finished, they still have hundreds of thousands of troops!
Young Master Fusu only had 10,000 men. It was already very good if they could escape!”
"That's hard to say!"
"Humph! If I can still win this battle, I will go around Xianyang City naked!”
The remonstrant doctor Zhao You said with a disdainful expression.
If Ying Zheng was not present, he would have laughed out loud.
"Zhang Han, you should read it!"
Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, then sat back down and said.
He was already prepared for the worst.
Of course, there was also a hint of anticipation.
However, even he himself felt that the probability was too low.
The ministers in the court also stopped discussing.
He was fully focused on listening.
None of the people who could stay here were simple.
It meant that this thin report meant something.
It could be said that this concerned the fate of the entire Great Qin Empire.
Zhang Han took a deep breath and opened the report with a trembling voice.
"On the 5th day of the 7th month of the 37th year of the First Emperor, the Xiongnu First Prince Mao Dun learned that the royal court had been destroyed. He stopped advancing and became the new Xiongnu Chanyu!”
Before he could finish his sentence.
The hall was filled with praise.
"That's great!"
"The Huns are going to have civil strife!"
"It won't be easy for a new Chanyu like him to gain the approval of all the Xiongnu tribes!”
"If things go wrong, the Xiongnu will start fighting themselves!”
"Young Master Fu Su can return safely!”
Dunruo, Meng Yi, and the other officials who sincerely supported Fusu immediately burst into laughter.
Even Ying Zheng heaved a sigh of relief, and his face looked much better.
Only Zhao Gao and the others had fake smiles.
Why was Young Master Fusu so lucky?
And those Xiongnu people, weren't they very arrogant before? Why did they all become stupid donkeys now?
Zhang Han, who also heaved a sigh of relief, looked at the contents of the battle report and his face was filled with shock!
Shock, disbelief, ecstasy.
His body was trembling!
It was unbelievable!
Young Master Fusu was simply a god descending to the mortal world!
"Zhang Han!"
"Why didn't you continue reading?
Did something happen?"
Seeing Zhang Han's obviously strange expression, Ying Zheng's heart skipped a beat.
Zhao Gao and the others regained some confidence.
"It's indeed unexpected!"
"Your Majesty! Delighted! I'm overjoyed!"
"Young Master Fusu used the opportunity when the Xiongnu were reorganizing themselves to build a dam upstream of Yuwu River to block the water.”
"He also built a fortress at the Xiongnu royal court, angering the Xiongnu to mobilize all their troops for a decisive battle!”
"Then, they dug up the earth dam and flooded the seven armies. The hundred-thousand-plus Xiongnu army was completely submerged by the flood!”
Zhang Han said excitedly, almost unable to breathe!
In the imperial court, from Ying Zheng to the guards, everyone was dumbfounded!
Young Master Fusu, isn't this too crazy?
To challenge the hundred-thousand-plus Xiongnu reinforcements with ten thousand people was a situation where death was certain!
However, when it came to Young Master Fusu, he treated the Xiongnu people as if they were nothing, and the Xiongnu people turned into ashes as he laughed and laughed.
These hundreds of thousands of soldiers were the last remaining strength of the Xiongnu!
Now that they were submerged by the flood, even if a portion of them survived, there was no hope of them making a comeback!
However, the surprise was not over yet.
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