"All countries in the Western Region join forces to rebel?"
Lin Ze's first reaction was: Are the countries in the Western Region drifting away, or is our Great Qin Empire unable to carry the sword?
It's not that Lin Ze looks down on the countries in the Western Region, but that they really don't have that strength.
The Western Region is vast, almost as big as the five provinces of Daqin, but most of the Western Region is a desolate land. The largest country is the Loulan Kingdom, with a population of over one million, but only 30,000 regular troops. The smallest country,
I don’t remember the name Lin Ze, but it is said that the population is only over 30,000, and the standing army is 500, which is only used to defend against sand bandits.
In the entire Western Region, the combined armies of all countries will not exceed 250,000.
In terms of the number of troops, the Western Region Protectorate has 300,000 elite troops alone, plus the auxiliary troops and civilians, the number is almost 500,000, two to one.
In terms of armaments, the Protectorate of the Western Regions is well-equipped. The armies of various countries in the Western Regions may not even have a single piece of armor. If we really want to fight, how can flesh and blood fight against armor?
Not to mention, there are so many martial arts experts in the Western Region Protectorate Army, and there are very few martial artists from various countries in the Western Region, not even a few of the sixth level of martial arts.
If the war between the two actually begins, the Western Region Protectorate estimates that it will only take a month to conquer the Western Region.
Lin Ze asked curiously: "What on earth has this Wang Ben done that is so outrageous? That he made all the countries in the Western Region lose their minds and start a rebellion without even risking their lives?"
Chen Ping said with a strange expression: "It is said that it is because Wang Ben ordered all countries in the Western Regions that each family must contribute a princess and send it to the Western Region Protectorate to serve."
Lin Ze said with confusion on his face: "Is this a rebellion? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. If the countries in the Western Regions have such a good opportunity to curry favor with Wang Ben, it will be too late to rejoice. How can they rebel?"
Chen Ping coughed lightly and said: "The key is that after those princesses were sent to the Duhu Mansion, Wang Ben did not take them into his room. Instead, he ordered them all to be used as military prostitutes."
"Not long after, most of these princesses couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide in grief and anger. I don't know who leaked the news, and it was known to all the countries in the Western Regions. It was like poking a hornet's nest in the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions were excited and attacked the Protectorate Faction one after another.
Officials who went out to manage various countries finally got together and rebelled."
Military prostitute? Lin Ze was dumbfounded. A dignified princess was treated like this. No wonder the countries in the Western Regions went crazy. Wang Ben's move was just like using his black and smelly feet to rub and rub the faces of the countries in the Western Regions.
After a while, Lin Ze recovered from the shocking news and said to a person from the Intelligence Department: "Go and get all the information collected by Wang Ben when he was in charge of the Western Region Protectorate."
The personnel of the "Nuo" Intelligence Department saluted Lin Ze, then turned and left.
A quarter of an hour later, a thick stack of files was placed in front of Lin Ze. Lin Ze flipped through it casually, his face twitching several times.
If one word were used to describe Wang Ben's behavior in the Western Regions, probably no one would be more appropriate than the word "too many to describe".
Since Wang Ben took charge of the Western Regions, in just four years, he has personally killed twenty-two kings, destroyed eight countries, and humiliated more than thirty princesses.
Lin Ze dropped the file in his hand and sighed: "I'm afraid Wang Ben is hopeless."
Chen Ping said blankly: "Isn't this enough? Is it possible that all the countries in the Western Regions can do anything to him? The 300,000 elite troops of the Protectorate are not vegetarians. According to my nephew, even if Wang Ben makes people angry, it is just
All the countries in the Western Region will at most be reprimanded by His Majesty."
Lin Ze shook his head and said: "Wang Ben has offended too many people this time, and I'm afraid he will definitely die. I'm thinking, how can I save the Wang family?"
Chen Ping bowed and said: "My nephew doesn't quite understand. Who has Wang Ben offended? Why is Wang Ben certain to die? I would like to ask my uncle to clarify his doubts."
Lin Ze glanced at Chen Ping, smiled slightly and said, "Okay, it just so happens that my uncle hasn't taught you a lesson for a long time, so I will teach you a lesson this time."
"First of all, do you know that the countries in the Western Regions seem to be independent countries, but in fact they are just servants working for the Qin Dynasty. It would be easy for the Qin Dynasty to destroy the countries in the Western Regions, but why keep them? Isn't it because they want to use them to organize the people to follow the rule of law?
In the harsh desert, fine jade is collected for use by the warriors of the Qin Empire. You must know that nearly 80% of the jade in the world is produced in the Western Regions."
"Half of these jade stones were paid directly to the Qin government as a salary for senior officials of the Qin Dynasty, and the remaining half were sold at low prices by various countries in the Western Regions to the dignitaries of the Qin Empire. Every year, these dignitaries would send out caravans.
Entering the Western Regions, we exchanged countless high-quality jade stones at low prices, and then sold them to hundreds of scholars and martial arts families at high prices to make huge profits."
"Now that the Western Region is in chaos, the countries in the Western Region have no intention of organizing their people to go to the desert to collect jade. The powerful people in Da Qin have no way to obtain low-priced jade from the rebellious Western Region countries. They suddenly lost a large amount of profits. You said Da Qin
Will the dignitaries of the empire who have suffered heavy losses hate Wang Ben, the instigator?"
"It's not a good idea for so many powerful people to join forces. If Marquis Wu Cheng is still there, the Wang family will naturally not be afraid of this, but Wang Ben is far behind."
Speaking of this, Lin Ze couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. He was at the sixth level and needed jade for cultivation. If Wang Ben suddenly showed up, the supply of jade on the market would decrease sharply and the price would skyrocket.
For Lin Ze, the skyrocketing price of jade is not a big problem. Anyway, all the expenses are borne by Hu Hai. But if the supply of jade is insufficient, he may not be able to buy it if he has money. This is not a drag on him.
Martial arts progress?
Chen Ping nodded, shook his head and said: "Even so, with the strength of those powerful people, at most they can secretly stumble and cause the Wang family to suffer heavy losses. If they want to kill Wang Ben, I'm afraid it's still far away.
It’s far from enough. The Wang family has been a prince for generations and is very powerful, so it won’t be easy to lose to those powerful people.”
Lin Ze sighed and said: "You have to ask Wang Ben, why do you want to commit suicide because you have to offend your majesty? Offending the powerful is nothing, but you will die if you offend your majesty."
Chen Ping coughed slightly and said: "Of course Your Majesty will be angry because of this, but with this little loss, Your Majesty cannot go into a big fight and kill a marquis."
Lin Ze glanced at Chen Ping with a half-smile but said, "Did you really not see it?"
Chen Ping shook his head with a confused look on his face: "My nephew is stupid, please tell me from my uncle."
Lin Ze said quietly: "He personally chopped off the heads of twenty-two kings, insulted the princess, and used the princesses of hundreds of countries as military prostitutes. Who do you think Wang Ben was targeting when he did this?"
"You know, a few years ago, His Majesty granted marriage to Princess Wang Benshang."
Chen Ping looked horrified and exclaimed: "How is it possible? How dare Wang Ben do this?"
Lin Ze shook his head and said, "You have to ask Wang Ben himself. I don't know why he acted stupidly and openly offended His Majesty. Or does he think he is the only smart person in the world and everyone is a fool?"
As for the real reason, Lin Ze certainly knew it. If his guess was correct, Wang Ben should have known that Wang Jian's death was closely related to Emperor Qin, so he would do this deliberately to vent his anger.
But in Lin Ze's opinion, Wang Ben is so stupid and naive. I don't even dare to offend Emperor Qin, so why do you?