Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Wait until the figure of Queen Mother Huayang completely disappears.

Ying Zheng then turned around and returned to Zhangtai Palace, and just after he turned around, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Return to the throne.

Ying Zheng continued to deal with government affairs, but just when he picked up the brush and reviewed the memorial, he said as if casually chatting: "Mr. Gai believes that the five thousand soldiers and horses privately raised by the 'four major clans' in Nanjun this time are really Did they raise them themselves?”

Gai Nie was silent for a moment, then he held his sword and saluted, and said: "I believe that the king already has an answer to this matter."

Ying Zheng closed his eyes slightly, put down the brush in his hand, and sighed: "Yes! I actually know it well, but I just don't want to believe it. After all, before this, even if they have been against me, I feel that they are also A member of the Great Qin royal family. But I didn’t expect..."

Ying Zheng himself didn't know how to describe his current mood.

The brother he once trusted so much and regarded as his own child betrayed him.

His biological mother colluded with an outsider to rebel against her biological son.

Now, even the "Chu foreign relatives" who he thought were at least on the same side as the Qin royal family were secretly plotting rebellion.

Is he really so incompetent as a king?

Before that.

Ying Zheng actually quite trusted the brothers Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun. Even if the other brothers were against him in the court, he originally thought that the other brothers were just disobedient to him, and at least they were still loyal to Qin and fulfilled their duties.

That's why Ying Zheng chose to let Lord Changping and Lord Changwen lead the troops to quell the rebellion when Lao Ai was wiped out.

Even after this incident, Ying Zheng once promoted Lord Changping to the right prime minister of the Qin State with the help of his "suppression of rebellion", which not only won people's support, but also gave Lu Buwei an additional opponent to restrain each other in the court.

But later, because Lord Mo suddenly presented the 'first generation improved rice seed', Ying Zheng was too excited for a while, so he temporarily forgot about the matter.

Not long ago, Ying Zheng thought of this matter again.

As a result, before he could take action, another flood occurred in Nan County. Mo Jun was ordered to return to Nan County to provide disaster relief, but he did not expect that such a shocking case would be revealed all at once.

"Haha~~ The grain tax collected by our Qin State in a year is only less than 8 million shi. Now, twenty-seven noble families in a remote county actually confiscated 800,000 shi of grain. One hundred thousand gold coins.”

"No matter how I look at it, I feel that being the King of Qin is extremely ridiculous."

Ying Zheng casually opened a scroll of bamboo slips, which recorded the report results of Mo Jun and Meng Wu.

The content of these reports, including the 200,000 gold coins intercepted by Lord Mo, the business channels of various nobles staying in Nanjun, and some real estate such as houses and fields, have not been recorded yet.

However, even so, the confiscated grain and gold coins alone were enough to make Ying Zheng furious and murderous.

To know.

Nowadays, the annual grain tax of the Qin State's treasury is only about 8 million shi.

This is still a relatively good time. If there are some natural disasters, the annual grain and tax revenue may only be five to six million dan.

certainly.

Ying Zheng also knew that these grain taxes were not real taxes. After all, taxes would be added layer by layer when they were passed down to the local government, and they would be deducted layer by layer when they were reported to Xianyang.

This is an unspoken rule that almost all the seven Central Plains countries have already acquiesced to. Ying Zheng is not deaf or blind, so it is naturally impossible for Ying Zheng not to hear any rumors at all.

But if you are not deaf or blind, you cannot run a home.

Some things are difficult for even Ying Zheng to change, so he usually turns a blind eye to some unspoken rules.

But even Ying Zheng did not expect that these local nobles would be so bold.

Twenty-seven noble families in just one county of Nanjun actually confiscated 800,000 shi of grain and 200,000 gold coins, which totaled almost 2.8 million shi of grain.

This kind of property even exceeds one-third of the entire Qin State's total annual grain tax.

Is there any hidden rule here?

He was simply lying on Qin's body, sucking the blood of the people of Qin!

After this battle.

Naturally, it is impossible for Ying Zheng to still think about promoting Lord Changping to the right prime minister.

on the contrary.

Now Ying Zheng is a little more wary of the entire 'Chu foreign relatives' lineage.

honestly.

If this matter hadn't involved so many things, Ying Zheng would have been quite happy this time. After all, the last time he sent Mo Jun back to Nanjun, he originally just had the idea of ​​​​trying to let Mo Jun go to provide disaster relief.

As a result, Lord Mo not only restored the disaster in the entire Nan County without spending a penny from the treasury, he even sent Ying Zheng counterattack 600,000 shi of food and 200,000 gold coins.

If there were more ministers like this, Ying Zheng felt that he had already killed Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, etc., so there would be no need to suffer the grievances for so many years.

This is the thought.

Ying Zheng suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and subconsciously sighed: "Mo Qing, you are truly the humerus of a man!"

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the other side.

Lord Changping led Lord Changwen back to the mansion with a gloomy expression.

When he returned to the room and closed the door, before Chang Wenjun could react, a big cock slapped him in the face.

"Did you do the five thousand soldiers and horses in Nanjun?"

This big-ass fighter immediately shut down Chang Wenjun's brain. It wasn't until he heard his elder brother's suppressed angry questioning that Chang Wenjun covered his face and said aggrievedly: "This..." I never thought that those guys were so stupid that they would keep those five thousand people in their own home!"

"You still dare to quibble?"

It's okay not to mention it. When Changwenjun said this, Changpingjun suddenly became even more angry. He stretched out his hand to give the idiot in front of him another big blow.

But in the end he endured it.

no way.

After all, this is his biological brother. If he really wants to fight, he will be the one who feels bad.

Lord Changping had no choice but to put away his anger. After calming down, he asked in a low voice: "Why are you secretly training so many troops in Nanjun? Do you want to rebel?"

Chang Wenjun said aggrievedly: "I didn't want to rebel, I just wanted to have a back-up over there."

In fact, speaking of it, Chang Wenjun is really not to blame for this incident.

Because although he did send the five thousand soldiers and horses to Nanjun, he was not stupid enough to raise the five thousand soldiers in someone else's home. The whole story that night was actually like this.

The cause of the matter can be traced back to the beginning of the Queen Mother Huayang's secret order for the four major clans in Nanjun to prepare food to help Chu State with disaster relief.

After getting this secret order at first.

The four major clans quickly raised 400,000 shi of grain through their own channels.

However, it is easy to raise food, but to secretly transport so much food to Chu requires not only secret channels, but also a large number of manpower.

After all, four hundred thousand stones of food is not a small amount, and the four major clans' own manpower is still useful, so they cannot use too much at once.

But if people are called in temporarily, confidentiality will become a problem.

So at that time, some people thought of the "five thousand troops" that Chang Wenjun sent to Nanjun and asked the four major clans to train them on their behalf.

These people are strong, numerous, and their identities are secretive. Their loyalty is not a problem. They are simply the best candidates for transporting food.

So that night, these five thousand people did not stay hidden in the homes of the four major clans, but came to the four major clans temporarily to help carry food.

It turned out to be such a coincidence.

Lord Mo just happened to lead the black-armored soldiers to surround the four major clans that night.

What the four major clans didn't expect was that after the reckless man Mo Jun arrived, he didn't even give them time to 'quibble', and just slashed them with his sword.

He cut all the way from the front door to the back door without batting an eye.

In the end, the four major clans were forced to expose these "five thousand soldiers and horses" in order to protect themselves.

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There will be no more.

Changping Jun and Chang Wen Jun were obviously not aware of these coincidences, but after listening to Chang Wen Jun's explanation, Chang Ping Jun really had the idea of ​​​​strangling his biological brother to death.

But now is not the best time because they still have some things to clean up.

"Those Nan County officials who are currently imprisoned in the dungeon should not know about the 'five thousand soldiers and horses' yet, but Rong Buhui and the few old foxes inside will be able to guess the truth of the matter sooner or later."

"Brother, what you mean is..."

A cold light flashed in Lord Changping's eyes, and he said coldly: "In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, it is best to let them shut their mouths forever before the execution tomorrow."

Chang Wenjun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and whispered: "I'll do it right away."

Lord Changping reminded: "Remember, be careful to hide yourself in this matter. You are still grounded. Be careful not to let anyone get caught."

Chang Wenjun nodded and said: "I understand, brother!"

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Early next morning.

On death row.

Several prison guards carrying food boxes and wearing prison uniforms walked into the death row. Seeing these unfamiliar prison guards, the cell leader on duty today was about to step forward to ask, but at this moment, the leading prison guard took out a token and shook it towards the cell leader. .

The prison leader's expression changed, and then he quickly stopped and returned to his original position without looking away, as if he had not seen these people at all, and allowed the other party to walk into the death row.

After a while.

Bursts of shrill screams suddenly came from the death row.

But this did not attract anyone's attention. After all, in a place like death row, dozens of screams occur every day, which is not worth mentioning at all.

When the screams gradually subsided, the prison guards carrying food boxes came out again. At this time, the cell leader on duty had already temporarily left the door due to urgency of urination.

So a group of people arrived quietly and disappeared without a trace.

Until an hour later.

Someone came to the death row to take away the condemned criminals who were to be questioned and executed today, only to find that the dozen or so treasonous criminals who were to be questioned and executed today had already committed suicide out of fear of crime...

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