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Chapter 481 Zhao Kuo's weakness

Every war in Qin State requires the recruitment of a large number of people. The number of these people recruited is extremely large, and not all of them are to fight. Some of them are responsible for fighting, and the rest are responsible for building roads.

Those who built the camp were responsible for transporting grain, some for cooking, and some for raising livestock. It can be said that every time the Qin State fought a foreign war, half of the hundreds of thousands of people were civilians responsible for logistics.

As the first standing army, the Northern Army is all combat soldiers, that is, non-logistics troops. Therefore, this standing army of 100,000 is very terrifying. They do not engage in other production activities and concentrate on training and preparing for war. This is very important to them.

The pressure on the country was great, because it was not easy to feed an army that was completely divorced from agricultural production. Most of Qin's taxes were spent on the Northern Army.

In local operations, the Northern Army will not be used. Instead, local county soldiers will be used. These county soldiers are not standing troops. The local army adopts a service system, which means that local young men and women take turns serving as soldiers.

Enrich local strength. In order to consolidate local rule and expand externally, the emperor distributed domestic generals such as Li Mu, Wang Jian, Sima Shang, Zhao Kang, Meng Tian, ​​etc. to the border areas.

These people commanded the soldiers of counties and counties, but they still completed the emperor's mission. In the past few years, Da Qin seemed to have no war. In fact, in the frontier areas, Qin never stopped fighting.

With the pace of expansion, it would be impossible for tiger generals like Wang Jian and Li Mu to develop their internal affairs in a stable manner. Li Mu pushed hundreds of miles beyond the Liaodong Great Wall and built six cities.

Wang Jian was in the northwest trying to open up a road to the Western Regions. Sima Shang also crossed the Great Wall many times, expanding the activities of Qin herdsmen outside the Great Wall, and establishing several barbarian roads outside the Great Wall. The map of Qin was still increasing. For

Even Zhao Kuo didn't say much about these small-scale wars... He still knew that if you forget to fight, you will perish. But Zhao Kuo didn't know that Zhao Kang came back this time for a big event.

Zhao Kang had wanted to conquer the Baiyue area for a long time. When he was the governor of Kuaiji, Zhao Kang attacked the Baiyue area many times on the pretext of attacking bandits.

There were a few more counties... Of course Baiyue was panicking. No one could stand Zhao Kang eating bite after bite. So, under the huge threat brought by Zhao Kang, Baiyue formed an alliance.

Decided to jointly resist Qin.

However, no matter how unbreakable an alliance is, there will inevitably be a few underdogs, and the same is true for the Baiyue Alliance. There are several small tribes, probably because they are too far from heaven and too close to Zhao Kang, so they are willing to bow their heads and surrender.

The few tribal chiefs who were unwilling to surrender were all killed by Zhao Kang. They were unwilling to end up like this, and they did not expect that their bowing would anger the rest of the Baiyue tribe.

Just when the emperor happily accepted their tribute and asked Zhao Kang to take over their land, the Baiyue Alliance sent people to kidnap and kill their envoys. At the same time, they gathered troops to intimidate these small forces and were unwilling to let them surrender like this.

A few days ago, the emperor happily summoned the ministers and asked them to watch Baiyue's letter of surrender. He listened to the ministers praising that this was the destiny of the people, and that all directions came to surrender. However, on the third day, the tribute was robbed. The emperor's

His face was slapped hard.

How could Ying Zheng, such an arrogant person, bear this? Naturally, he hurriedly summoned Zhao Kang to help him save face. And Zhao Kang had long been dissatisfied with these people. What do you think of you as a barbarian? They

The nobles who had previously sheltered the fleeing Chu State and colluded with the thieves and bandits in the Chu State were not even willing to conduct normal trade with the Qin State. The last time Zhao Kang went to crusade against the thieves, he even fought with these people once. Zhao Kang has always been

Treat them as enemies that cannot be eliminated.

The two are now together and hit it off immediately.

However, if you want to conquer Baiyue, it will be a big war. The Northern Army will probably take part. In addition to the Northern Army, you will also have to recruit enough civilians to serve as logistics and transport grain and grass. It will definitely cost a lot. Domestically, however,

There is a staunch anti-war activist, which is a very troublesome problem. Therefore, facing Zhao Kang who volunteered to go to Baiyue, the emperor hesitated for a moment and said: "I am not willing to let these people go.

It’s just that what I’m worried about is my father.”

Zhao Kang laughed and said: "This matter is not worthy of your concern. If you really want to attack Baiyue, please let me take charge of this matter."

The emperor was stunned. He looked at Zhao Kang in surprise and asked, "Do you have any idea?"

Zhao Kang patted his chest proudly and said, "Please summon the ministers tomorrow and I will ask my father to support sending troops."

Ying Zheng didn't know why Zhao Kang was so confident, but Ying Zheng knew in his heart that although Zhao Kang was not very reliable, he would never talk nonsense. He would not boast about something he was not sure about. It seemed that he

This younger brother did have a way to get his father to support sending troops. Ying Zheng handed over the matter to Zhao Kanglai. After sending Zhao Kang away, Ying Zheng called the Taiwei, the left and right prime ministers, and the imperial censor.

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The core of the temple is still the three princes, and Ying Zheng's three princes are relatively strong. Taiwei Liao, the prime ministers are Li Si and Han Fei, and the imperial censor is Qi. One of Ying Zheng's most easily overlooked strengths is his knowledge of people.

Like most outstanding emperors, the First Emperor had a very good vision. He could always select some talents to assist him. The First Emperor's governors and ministers in the court were all the best people in the world.

The reputation of these people may not be as great as that of later people like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, but their abilities are still good. To establish a unified regime, not only excellent generals are needed, but also these outstanding internal affairs talents. During the period of the First Emperor, the internal affairs of the Qin State were

There were many contradictions and huge problems, but it could still maintain peace and remain strong. Many people habitually attributed these to the personal prestige of the First Emperor.

In fact, the personal prestige of the First Emperor was not inviolable in the eyes of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and there were not many remnants who wanted to assassinate the First Emperor. From some relevant documents, we can see that the First Emperor's influence after the unification

He still suffered several assassinations, which led to the emperor's need to deliberately conceal his true location when he went on patrol to avoid being assassinated. There were two reasons for maintaining a peaceful situation.

The first is the strong force. With veteran generals like Wang Jian here, the Qin army is invincible. Even if the people feel that they have been insulted, they dare not launch a rebellion rashly. Another reason is that the ministers around the First Emperor are pretty good.

, there were outstanding prefects like Teng who governed the local area. Li Si and others were also conscientious in the country, and the officials helped maintain the stability of the world. When the First Emperor passed away, his successors began to kill the ministers indiscriminately. They refused to listen to advice, and countless small people gathered around them.

When people are young, domestic conflicts cannot be suppressed.

The First Emperor summoned his three princes and told them what he had discussed with Zhao Kang. Li Si was the first to agree. This is what he is like. He will not think about whether such a move is beneficial to his family and the country. He is just a person.

He is just a machine that is good at completing orders. In the final analysis, he seems to be no different from the original Bai Qi. Bai Qi is a war machine, while Li Si is an internal affairs machine.

Bai Qi never thinks about the consequences of war. He just wants to defeat the enemy. Li Si also doesn't think about whether the emperor's order is correct. He just wants to complete the emperor's order, unless the emperor's order is implicated.

He would hurriedly write a letter of advice to ask the emperor to take back his order, otherwise, what would it have to do with him? Therefore, as soon as the emperor mentioned the conquest of Baiyue, Li Si was already calculating the cost of sending troops and recruiting civilians.

Already.

Taiwei Liao was silent for a long time. He was thinking about what this war could bring to the Qin State. Baiyue had a sufficient population and fertile land. Not all Baiyue areas were barbaric, and some places were inhabited by wild beasts.

There are many mountains and forests, but in some places there is fertile soil that matures for more than a year. If Liao thinks clearly about the pros and cons of war, if he pays a huge price but does not get corresponding benefits, then he does not agree with sending troops.

After thinking for a long time, Taiwei Liao decided to agree to send troops. Probably because he believed that the advantages of conquering the Baiyue area far outweighed the disadvantages. Taiwei Liao did not take Baiyue seriously. These people could gather an army of 200,000.

They all stand up to the sky, mainly relying on geographical advantages. Generals like Zhao Kang have been in the south for a while and are relatively familiar with the geographical environment of the south...

The only ones who opposed were Han Fei and Qi. Han Fei believed that the Qin State had to complete its institutional changes and should not rush to send troops to conquer other regions. Qi Ze was simply influenced by Zhao Kuo and formed a counter-insurgency.

The thought of war. Han Fei has a lot of things he wants to do recently. He does not want Qin to spend a huge price to conquer Baiyue at this time. Li Si squinted his eyes and said displeased: "The purpose of stabilizing the country is to be able to resist

External enemies."

"You only care about governing the country, but allow enemies abroad to bully us. How ridiculous!"

"Baiyue is not the Huns. How big a threat can he pose? How many people will be used to attack Baiyue this time? Five hundred thousand? Six hundred thousand?"

Ying Zheng just watched their argument calmly. He called the three princes here this time mainly to see what the ministers thought. Han Fei was a lonely minister, and his relationship with the ministers was not very friendly, and he had no friends or relatives.

Although he has many disciples, they are all stubborn Legalist scholars like him. They will not form cliques for personal gain and will not mindlessly side with Han Fei. And Qi's reputation and qualifications are not as good as the others.

It seems that this time the troops are sent out, there will be no problems with the ministers. With the support of Li Si and Taiwei Liao, the matter is settled.

The main problem is Zhao Kuo. As long as Zhao Kuo can support... no, as long as he can not interfere, this matter can be completed.

Zhao Kang had just returned home at this time. After having a meal with his wife, he couldn't wait to go out and went to Zhao Kuo's mansion. When he walked to the door, he saw Xiu and Modun carrying Cuju out of the door.

Zhao Kang frowned and blocked the door like an iron tower. The two children were a little scared and the smiles on their faces disappeared. Xiu timidly called him father, while Mao Dun also called Ma Fujun.

"What are you going to do?"

"Play..."

"You can play, but if you start fighting with others again...I will break your legs!"

"only!"

After sending away the two little guys, Zhao Kang thought about the strategy in his mind to deal with his father, and walked into the mansion with a grin...

The next day, the emperor held a court meeting, and the ministers came to discuss the matter. Ying Zheng did not ask the three princes to keep it secret, so the news of the war had already spread. Most of the ministers who came understood that the purpose of this discussion was to

When discussing the matter of sending troops, Zhao Kang was the first to come. The ministers paid homage to him one after another. The ministers waited for a while before they arrived at the Third Duke. Under the leadership of the Third Duke, they walked into the palace, and the emperor soon arrived.

After everyone paid their respects, they began to talk about sending troops.

Just as the emperor guessed, most of the ministers agreed to send troops. Although the military merit system is no longer in place, war is still the best way to get promoted. Of course, everyone hopes that they can make some meritorious deeds. There is another benefit to expanding the territory.

That is to say, there will be more official positions, especially for fat officials like prefects. Although they may not want to go to the south to serve as prefects, having more official positions will be a good thing for them. Their younger generations also need steps.

Putting aside personal interests, at the national level, conquering Baiyue would allow Qin to stabilize the situation in the south and gain a lot of population, land, and resources, and Baiyue was not a strong enemy. Han Fei stubbornly opposed sending troops, but he

There was still no way to go against so many ministers. Zhao Kang stood in the crowd with a smile and winked at the emperor, probably to tell him that he didn't have to worry about his father.

After the anti-war faction fell into a disadvantage, the first thing they thought about was Zhao Kuo. As long as Zhao Kuo could come forward, there would be no room for negotiation on the matter. Zhao Kuo could make the decision. They did not believe that Zhao Kuo had not heard about it.

, they were all waiting for Zhao Kuo's arrival. Just when the emperor was about to make a decision, Zhao Kuo once again appeared outside the hall on crutches. Zhao Kuo's arrival directly calmed the quarrel between the court and the court.

Zhao Kuo frowned and looked very unhappy. The warriors wanted to support him, but he did not agree. He walked to the middle of the hall. The ministers hurriedly stood up to pay their respects. Zhao Kuo returned the salute and looked at the emperor. Ying Zheng could not help but

Knowing the reason for his father's sudden arrival, he looked at the calm Zhao Kang and asked, "What do you want to teach me when Marquis Wu Cheng comes?"

"Your Majesty, please let me serve as a general and send troops to conquer Baiyue!!!" Zhao Kuo shouted angrily.

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers were shocked, even Zhao Kang was no longer calm.

Ying Zheng frowned and looked at Zhao Kang who was not far away: What on earth did you say to your father?

Facing his brother's sharp eyes, Zhao Kang was a little embarrassed: I just exaggerated the situation in some places... It's really none of my business.

.......

"Father! You don't know that those people in Baiyue are so inhumane that they attacked Chu Land many times, killing innocent people and burning down a lot of cultivated land and houses. The old, weak, women and children were not spared. They also like to eat people.

There is no difference between us and animals... And without His Majesty's order, we dare not take the initiative to attack. Several townships have been massacred. The local officials are afraid that direct reporting will trigger a war and be reprimanded by you.

That’s why I came to tell Your Majesty... I really can’t bear this kind of thing!”

“Hmm??Slaughter the people??”


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