"Your Majesty, I firmly oppose it!"
"We have already prepared for the Southern Expedition for three years and spent countless efforts. How can we change it so easily?”
"The Xiongnu army is strong, and our Great Qin should first attack the Bai Yue!”
Tu Sui urged anxiously. As the general of the southern expedition against the Yue, he had always wanted to lead the army into battle and had made countless preparations.
But now, Ying Zheng said that he would change his plan to fight the Xiongnu. How could he be willing to do so?
How could the Xiongnu be so easy to defeat? Moreover, if they attacked the Xiongnu in the north, it was still unknown whether he would be the commander. Meng Tian knew the Xiongnu better than he did.
Tu Sui, who was eager to make a contribution, naturally refused to agree.
"Haha!" Wang Ben sneered and said,"Immortal Master said that there are many forests in Baiyue, the climate is warm, and miasma is rampant?”
"Even though Great Qin's soldiers are strong, they are not used to the environment. When they reach the Yue, many of their soldiers are vomiting and having diarrhea, and the supply routes are too long!”
"The Yue soldiers are good at fighting in the forest. If they hide in the forest every day and launch sneak attacks, how are you going to deal with them?”
Wang Ben's question left Tu Sui speechless.
His face was red as he said aggrievedly," Great Qin has sent 500,000 soldiers, while the Yue can only send 50,000 soldiers at most. Do you think we can't defeat them even with ten times the number of soldiers?”
"Our Great Qin is good at attacking cities and seizing territory, not at catching rats in the mountains!”" Master," Wang Ben said earnestly," I'm sure that the Great Qin Empire will lose at least 300,000 soldiers in the battle. Do you think it's worth it to take down a small, barren land like Baiyue?"”
"This?"
Tu Sui was speechless and didn't dare to say anything for a long time.
"Your Majesty!" " I didn't sleep last night after I got back to my mansion," Wang Ben said." I've been playing the game of war chess on the sand table many times, and I've finally confirmed what you said!"”
"If we were to attack the Hundred Yue, Great Qin would lose at least 70% of its soldiers, and most of them would die from plague, diarrhea, or poisoning.”
"On the other hand, although the Xiongnu are all soldiers and are good at archery, our Great Qin's strong crossbows can restrain them and easily drive them out of the Hetao!”
"Once we take down Hetao, Great Qin will obtain a thousand miles of fertile grassland and an endless supply of warhorses. Isn't this better than fighting the Hundred Yue?”
"Therefore, I support attacking the Xiongnu in the north!”
Seeing this, the other officials also shouted,""I also support attacking the Xiongnu in the north!"
"Your Majesty!" Li Xin took the opportunity to ask for battle,"I am willing to lead the army to battle!"”
"Li Xin, you dare to snatch it from me?”Tu Sui was anxious and quickly shouted," Your Majesty, I also support attacking the Xiongnu in the north. I am willing to be the general!"”
"Good!"
Seeing this, Ying Zheng laughed out loud in satisfaction. This was exactly what he wanted to see.
"Immortal Master's second plan is to collect the surrendered soldiers, and the third plan is to stabilize the people's livelihood!”" That's why I've decided to suspend the construction of the Great Wall, the Imperial Mausoleum of Mount Li, and many other places!" Ying Zheng continued.”
"At the same time, issue an edict to allow the survivors of the six countries to have the same treatment as Great Qin's citizens. Reduce taxes and corvee everywhere, and transfer all the surrendered soldiers of the six countries to the northern battlefield!”
"We will allow the surrendered soldiers of the six kingdoms to become Great Qin's soldiers. As long as they fight hard, they will be able to obtain freedom and even a high reward!”
"After defeating the Xiongnu, these surrendered soldiers will be placed in the Hetao region to guard the border for our Great Qin!”
Ying Zheng's series of plans once again caused an uproar among the officials!
Everyone thought about it seriously and supported the idea of attacking the Xiongnu in the north instead of the Yue in the south. After all, this was a good thing.
However, everyone couldn't help but object to the reduction of taxes, corvee, preferential treatment for the survivors of the six countries, and the placement of the prisoners of war.
"Your Majesty, you can't! The remnants of the six countries are restless, and Great Qin has to resolutely implement a strategy to tire out the people of the six countries in order to stabilize the world!”
"That's right. Who knows how many rebels are hidden among the people? We can't let our guard down!”
"Once the hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers obtain weapons, they will become hundreds of thousands of soldiers that can fight. If they are tricked into attacking, Great Qin will be in danger!”
"Your Majesty, this is too risky.”
All the officials tried to persuade him!
Even Right Prime Minister Feng Quji couldn't help but object.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng frowned and sneered,""Before yesterday, I had the same thoughts as all of you, thinking that we must guard against the rise of the six countries. However, Immortal Master's words enlightened me!”
"Great Qin's enemies have never been those ordinary people; they're also humans who only want to eat and wear warm clothes. Our enemies should be the nobles of the six countries!”
"If Great Qin continues to use forceful methods to suppress the people of the world, there will be a day when we won't be able to suppress them. When that time comes, the nobles of the six dynasties will call out, and Great Qin will truly be in danger!”
Ying Zheng's every word and sentence reverberated in the court.
All the officials were dumbfounded.
They wanted to retort, but they couldn't.
"So we should disintegrate them!”" Those who are willing to live an honest life will be the citizens of Great Qin," Ying Zheng continued." Those who refuse to live an honest life will be killed!”
"After the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, who will still remember the nobles of the six countries? Who would give up a stable life and raise their heads to rebel? Do you think the commoners are stupid?"
"It's the same for these hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers. Instead of wasting time and effort guarding them, why don't we let them become soldiers of Great Qin?”
"Your Majesty, every word is a gem." "I support Your Majesty's decision!" Feng Quji immediately shouted.”
"We support Your Majesty's decision!"
The civil and military officials shouted in unison. Ying Zheng's three reform strategies had finally been decided!
Great Qin's massive war machine would start to adjust according to these three plans and become stronger and stronger.
This scene had long been recorded by the imperial censor in charge of recording the court meeting.
On the eighth day of the sixth month of the twenty-ninth year of the First Emperor's calendar, the Emperor stepped into the fairyland with Marquis Tongwu. He obtained three strategies from the immortal master and killed Zhao Gao and Xu Fu. He was benevolent to the world and won the hearts of the people!
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