The general trend of the world is that if it has been together for a long time, it must be divided, and if it has been divided for a long time, it must be united. Since the Zhou Dynasty moved the capital, and the era of ritual and music conquests since the emperor came out, almost four hundred years have passed.
Not only the ordinary people have had enough of the war between the princes and the people's life, but also the far-sighted people in the seven kingdoms. The idea that the world is unified has become a consensus.
At the beginning, Wei Wenhou took the lead in reforming the law, defeated Qin, Zhao, and Han, and dominated the Central Plains. For a time, there seemed to be a trend of unification.
However, the good times did not last long. The Battle of Maling was defeated, Pang Juan died in the battle, and Wei's hegemony began to decline. After Qin's reform, Shang Yang personally commanded the Tiger and Wolf Division, defeated Wei, and regained the land in Hexi.
Then King Wuling of Zhao implemented a reform and adopted Hu-style cavalry and archers. For a time, Zhao's national strength greatly increased, and knowledgeable people began to be optimistic about Zhao.
However, this time it was Qin who took action and threw Zhao into hell. After the Battle of Changping, Lord Wu An killed 450,000 of Zhao's men in one battle, causing Zhao to completely lose hope of unifying the world.
Not only that, Qin also defeated Chu and took away the land of Hanzhong. It also deceived Qi, so that Qi and the other five countries could never unite as one.
As for the remaining Korea and Yan countries, they are all born with defects and stunted development. At first glance, they have no destiny to dominate the world.
Gradually, the wise people in the world finally realized that only the Qin State and only the Great Qin could achieve the hegemony of unifying the world.
Daqin, Xianyang, Imperial Palace.
The palace door was closed tightly, and the guards stood guard. There were only three people in Nuo Da's palace for a moment.
Sitting on it, reading and writing, is a young man wearing a black dragon robe, who is also the current King of Qin. Although the phoenix bird was respected in the Qin Dynasty in the past, the young man just likes dragons and black dragons.
On both sides of the young man, stood two equally young youths. One of them was wearing black armor, with a sword tied to his waist and a helmet on his head.
Standing here is like a big tree with roots, motionless. Meticulously guarding the side, not squinting.
The other person was dressed as a scribe, wearing green clothes, with a hosta in his hair, and in his sleeves were several memorials with similar contents but completely different writing styles and styles.
It looked like the old god was there, as if he had a pearl of wisdom in his hand. But in his heart, he was analyzing the young man's condition.
The king's appearance today seems to be no different from the previous days, and his mental state is also the same as yesterday.
But my reading speed is a little faster than before. Maybe I am anxious, or I am happy about something.
If it is the former, I will find a way to solve the problem for the king, and at the same time, I will use the memorial on the right, and the tone will be mainly to announce the good news.
If it is the latter, I would like to congratulate the king, and at the same time use the memorial on the left, with a smooth and steady tone, neither quick nor slow.
Putting down the pencil in his hand and blowing the pencil dust in front of him, Ying Zheng smiled slightly: "He is indeed a public loser."
"Although the reputation of the Gongshu family is not as good as that of the Mohists, they are not weak at all when it comes to manufacturing equipment. The blackboards, chalks, white paper, and pencils they invented, although they are just inconspicuous small objects, have unimaginable educational functions.
Congratulations to the king."
While speaking, Li Si remained serious, with no emotion on his face.
Ever since he was promoted by Ying Zheng four years ago and ever since he figured out the general character of Ying Zheng, he has been like this.
"Well, how many memorials have the young master prepared today?"
"One copy. Today happens to be the third year after the Shaofu Reform, so today's memorial is a statistical memorial."
"read."
"In the past year, the Shaofu has made great progress under His Majesty's guidance."
"First of all, the Shaofu trained a total of 635 qualified agricultural officers last year. Now there are agricultural officers in 86 counties and 735 townships in Daqin."
The so-called agricultural officers are actually agricultural technicians. After training, they mastered various intensive farming techniques. These techniques were at least two thousand years ahead of the Qin Dynasty today.
"With the efforts of these agricultural officials, the average grain yield per mu this year has increased from one stone to one and a half stone. The Statistics Department believes that the current average yield per mu still has great potential that can be tapped."
"As the capital of Xianyang, every village is equipped with an agricultural officer. This year's average yield per mu has reached as much as three stones."
"Another great harvest, the people all praised your majesty. They said that your majesty is like God coming down to earth, so Xianyang will have good weather every year. The Department of Irregularities believes that this is a sign of the people's attachment."
Seeing Ying Zheng's silence, Li Si continued to read the memorial, even though he was already familiar with the content.
"Secondly, the glazed mirrors made by the Shaofu through the glazed secret method taught by His Majesty are very popular among the nobles of the six countries and are very profitable."
"Most of these profits have been purchased for food, and some have been sent back to the country. Those that cannot be sent back are stored secretly."
"Food is the first priority for the people, and food is more important." Ying Zheng affirmed.
"Finally, according to His Majesty's instructions, the Shaofu has successfully found 12 iron mines, eight copper mines, six silver mines, and three gold mines. Among them, there are 16 large-scale minerals and 13 medium-sized minerals.
.In addition, there are eight mineral deposits that have not yet been found.”
"Have you searched those eight places very seriously and carefully?"
"Yes, please punish me, Your Majesty." After thinking for a while, Li Si affirmed. As for the reasons and excuses, he did not say any of them.
Hearing this, Ying Zheng blinked and said, "Well, I understand. I don't blame you for this."
The basis for Ying Zheng's guidance was the Shaanxi mineral distribution map found in the 21st century. A world apart and more than two thousand years later, it is normal for there to be discrepancies.
"Then what good news has my lieutenant general brought me?"
The official position of Zhonglang Jiang did not exist in the Qin Dynasty originally, but after Ying Zheng read about it for five thousand years, Ying Zheng said that it was natural to have it.
The young man in front of him had an unusual background. His father Meng Wu and his grandfather Meng Ao were both generals of the Qin Dynasty.
As for himself, he was the future general of the Qin Dynasty. He built the Great Wall and completed the feat of attacking the Huns from the north. His name was Meng Tian.
With a snap, Meng Tian clasped his fists and nodded towards Ying Zheng, who was taking action: "The first batch of Yulin Guards has been fully formed into an army after three years of rigorous training. Your Majesty, please come to the scene in person to review the new army.
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"Basic training for the third phase of the Habayashi Guards has been completely completed. For the fourth phase of the Habayashi Guards, invitations have been sent to all descendants of nobles with titles above the fifth rank, and it is expected to recruit more than 3,600 people."
"In addition, the tasks assigned by His Majesty to the Habayashi Guards have been completely completed. The new maps are all made using the secret cartographic techniques taught by His Majesty."
"A total of more than 10,000 maps were drawn this time. Factors such as contour lines and scale are even more rigorous. They are accurate to every village and can be accepted at any time."
Ding dong!
This is the sound of weapons clashing...
Before Ying Zheng could ask, there was a creak, and the door that originally required several people to push open opened directly.