dtnovels Chapter 137 The Emperor and His Ministers Are Busy
Chapter 137 The Emperor and His Ministers Are Busy
"Let's not talk about this. Now that Yan State has been destroyed, Ji Dan must have escaped."
"The important thing next is how to govern Yandi."
"Who is the king going to send?"
After hearing this, Fusu shook his head and said, "The victory report just arrived today, and my father is also considering it."
"Just now, Fusu came over, and my father asked him to ask the teacher what he meant."
Ying Zheng planned to discuss the matter again at the morning court tomorrow. Since Zhang Yuanqing was recuperating at home, he naturally would not attend the morning court, so he asked Fusu to ask about it.
Zhang Yuanqing was seriously thinking about who could be used in the court.
After a while, he stood up and walked to the desk, picked up a pen and began to write down the names one by one. After thinking for a moment, he crossed out some.
"Come, look at these people."
Fusu stood up, walked forward and looked at the name on the paper.
Aren’t these all the talents recruited by the teacher in Nanyang at that time?
"Chen Yan, Wei Xu, Li Yu, and Wu Ke, all four of them are rare talents."
Zhang Yuanqing looked at the four names and talked freely.
"Nowadays, the people in Xinzheng, Nanyang and other places live a prosperous life, and the old Han nobles are stable, thanks to these people."
"Some of the scholars who passed the academy's assessment last year were assigned to positions in places like Xinzheng. Ying Huo repeatedly submitted memorials saying that those people were exceptionally talented. Now that Yan needs governance, these four people could be sent there. Ying Huo can recommend them for vacant positions."
"As for the others, let the ministers recommend them."
You can't recommend everyone by yourself, because the court officials won't agree.
Fusu nodded, understanding what his teacher meant.
At the court session the next morning, the Qin king and his ministers agreed on the personnel who would go to govern Yan. However, just as everyone was about to leave the court, Zhao Ping stepped forward to submit a memorial.
"Your Majesty, the Shu merchant Jia Qing led the merchants in his territory in donating a large sum of money to build the Daqin Academy. I petition Your Majesty to build a branch of the Daqin Academy in Shu to encourage merchants from all over the country."
When the court officials heard this, they thought the boy was treacherous.
If the local college is established, merchants from all over the Qin State will have to donate money.
If there is a college in the local area, their children can also be admitted. Who can bear to miss this opportunity to change their status?
Even a fool wouldn't do that.
In this way, not only would the Qin treasury be relieved, but the construction of the college could also proceed smoothly.
"Your Majesty, I second the motion."
Li Si thought clearly about the pros and cons and immediately agreed.
If you want to build an academy, I, Li Si, am the most qualified person. How could the king abandon me?
Immediately afterwards, Feng Quji also seconded the motion.
When Li Si heard this, the two of them looked at each other and understood each other.
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
Naturally, no one would object to such a good thing.
"allow."
"The construction of the Shu Academy will be entrusted to Li Si, Feng Quji, and Meng Yi as general managers."
"promise."
All the nobles: Hate that.
Just because I was a step late, the king doesn't have to wait for me?
There are now four academies in the Qin State. Two of them were built by Li Si and his men, and now they are also building the fourth one. What about us?
We can’t even have a drink of soup for this credit?
No, next time the king is building an academy, I will do whatever it takes to get a piece of it. We can’t let others take all the credit for this achievement.
After the court officials returned, they began to learn in detail about the various matters concerning the construction of the academy, so that they could recommend themselves for the next construction of the academy.
The three old partners Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yi also got together and began to discuss the construction of the Shu Academy.
For a time, the Qin king and his ministers were extremely busy.
Even the queen who was far away in the northern border was busy as hell.
Ever since Queen Shan brought craftsmen to the northern border, Li Mu has been cooperating with Queen Shan to start the war and build roads.
Li Mu is now particularly happy to capture the Huns and use them as laborers.
This time, Li Mu led his troops deep into the grassland, captured more than 10,000 Huns again, and returned to the camp with the spoils.
"General, if the Queen were to see these people, she would be very happy."
After several months of transformation, Meng Tian has now become a powerful general under Li Mu.
He charged into battle with great bravery and was invincible, earning Li Mu's trust.
"Of course not. A few days ago, I sent prisoners over, and the Queen said that there are still too few people. Many heavy industries require these Xiongnu people to do. There is not enough manpower. Please ask our general to capture more."
Lian Jue wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled brightly on his dark face.
"Meng Tian, you should send these prisoners to Queen Shan. We have made a great harvest this time. Let's rest for a while before returning to the grassland."
"promise."
Seeing Meng Tian take the order and leave, Li Mu turned around and returned to his tent.
"General Meng is here."
Seeing Meng Tian coming with so many people from afar, the people on the construction site greeted him familiarly.
Not long after, Shan Hou came over with a face covered in dust.
"How many people did General Meng send this time?"
With two rows of white teeth showing, Dan Hou didn't care about the stains on her body and face. She was even happier to see Meng Tian.
"More than 12,000 people."
“So many this time!”
There were only a few thousand people in the previous times, but this time there were more than ten thousand. Dan Houle's eyes narrowed into slits.
"This time, General Li Mu led us deep into the grasslands and captured a medium-sized Xiongnu camp."
"We couldn't bear to kill these Huns, so we're waiting to bring them back to you."
"Very good, very good."
Dan Hou nodded repeatedly.
"Road construction is a physically demanding job. Before we arrived, the Right Prime Minister and the eldest son instructed us to let the captives do the heavy lifting, and we should try to do the lighter tasks."
"Now that we have these 10,000 Xiongnu people, we can replace a lot of migrant workers."
"Your Majesty, Right Prime Minister, the eldest prince cares for the people, and we admire him."
Meng Tian sighed sincerely when he heard this.
"Who says it's not true? The migrant workers are well fed and paid on time. Although they are a bit tired, everyone is happy."
"I've heard that many families are grateful to the king and the Right Prime Minister."
"Before they were in Zhao, they were lucky not to freeze to death, starve to death, or be abducted by the Xiongnu. Now, since they returned to Qin, there is no trace of the Xiongnu, and grain production has increased several times. Now no family is starving to death, and those who freeze to death are used as slave labor by the Xiongnu to build roads for them."
Speaking of this, Shan Hou talked incessantly.
These are what I heard from the migrant workers after I came to the north.
"Everyone's life will get better and better in the future."
Meng Tian patted Dan Hou's shoulder, and the two of them found a place to sit down casually.
Those Huns were taken away to work.
When the migrant workers saw so many Huns coming, they were all very happy.
As the imperial court sent officials to take over the Yan territory, the border of Yan State also became the border of Qin State.
A royal decree from the king then came before Li Mu.
"General, the king is handing over the northern border of Yan to you as well."
Tian Wei grinned, showing his white teeth with joy.
"The king has placed his trust in me. Li Mu will protect the northern border of Qin State and ensure that the king has no worries."
Li Mu accepted the king's summons. He was deeply moved by the feeling of being trusted by his king.
"General, can we capture more Donghu people?"
Tian Wei rubbed his hands, anxious and excited.
This kind of life now is much better than that in Zhao State.