Chapter 64 The Suffering of the People!
On the vast land, Ying Ji and his party were running on it with thousands of people. As they gradually penetrated into the hinterland of Qin, Ying Ji also discovered the changes in Qin over the years.
Although the former Qin state was looked down upon by the eastern countries, it was self-improvement, and it just relied on its own struggle to gain a firm foothold in this region west of China, and gradually developed and expanded.
Moreover, since the Bashu general Sima Cuo pacified Bashu, the Qin state has directly entered into a leap-forward development. In addition to the abundant grain harvested in the Bashu land for years, the people of the Qin state have never been hungry again.
Although they only eat some miscellaneous grains and coarse grains, they can still eat their stomachs, which is impossible for any country in the world except Qi.
However, Ying Ji and his party came to find that the current situation of the Qin state was much worse than before. Since the Qin state fell into the rebellion of the princes and the army of the Chu state entered the country, the princes have levied violently and levied taxes in order to compete for the throne. to expand the army.
And the troops of Chu State in Qin State also went out to loot the people of Qin State from time to time, and the people had to endure the misery.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager finally woke up not long ago, and after quelling the rebellion of the princes and mobilizing the main force of the Qin army to move towards Xianyang to frighten the Chu army, so that the Chu army did not dare to act rashly, the people of Qin Guoguan were only freed.
But how can the wounds that have lasted for several years be healed so well, although the people of Guanzhong have not yet reached the point of changing their children to eat.
However, Ying Ji and the others have seen beggars begging along the streets of the Qin country since they were on the way. The common people are not well-dressed and can be seen everywhere. The heritage accumulated by the Qin country from the reform of Shang Yang is also rapidly consumed, and the treasury is empty.
Although Qin State's military strength has not declined, the Qin State's national strength is declining in disguised form!
"Hey, I didn't expect that such a solid foundation accumulated by Shang Jun would be consumed so much in just a few short years."
"My Qin people are pitiful. From the land of Longxi to the land of Guanzhong, I have gone through countless hardships and sufferings. I Qin people are almost bloody battles in the world. Guanzhong fathers and servants have followed each other, and the blood has flowed into rivers. Only now is the Daqin world today, but in the end, it's me Daqin who suffers. people."
"These are the faults of the previous king. If it wasn't for the indecision of the previous king before his death, the decision-making on the throne of the prince would have been swaying."
"And in the later stage, Gu Lai, who has a relatively shallow power background, was made to be the prince. This simply triggered the struggle between Gu and the big brother who controlled the strong military force!"
"The people are not at fault, but the former king is guilty!"
Ying Ji looked at the miserable people around him and said that these people saw Ying Ji and his party of thousands and were escorted by the army and immediately avoided it, for fear of colliding with the army.
In the past few years, the people of Zhongguanzhong were simply afraid of the army to the extreme, because once the army came, they would rob their own people's property and food at home.
Even when the Chu army came to snatch it, they sometimes killed people, and the common people were simply miserable.
"Young Master Shen Yan, others may say such words, but only Young Master must not!"
"The son is the most important of all the sons of the previous king, and he is only one step away from becoming the heir. Now he is going to return to Xianyang to inherit the throne of Qin king. If such words are heard by people who are interested and make a big fuss about it, I am afraid that there will be troubles. Small storm."
Bai Qi stepped forward and said, Ying Ji nodded and understood that the current situation was at a critical moment, and such words were indeed not meant to be said at such a time.
When the common people saw this army coming, they preconceived it as money to collect taxes or snatch food.
Ying Ji felt another pain in her heart when she saw the reaction of the common people. I don't know when and where these common people who saw the Qin army so supportive were extremely frightened when they saw the Qin army. These are all faults of the Ying clan!
"Bai Qi, distribute some of the food brought from General Wang Ling's barracks to the people. I don't have the ability to compensate these people who have made great contributions to our Qin Dynasty from generation to generation."
"When Gu returns to Xianyang to take over the throne of King Qin, I will make good compensation for these people."
"promise!"
Bai Qi said, and immediately led his soldiers to directly pull out more than a dozen grain-carrying carriages and began to distribute grain to the people, and each civilian distributed ten catties of grain.
But when these people saw the army coming, they rushed to avoid them. Bai Qi had no choice but to order his soldiers to forcibly distribute food to the people, and forcibly stuffed each bag containing ten catties of food into the hands of the people.
"Old man, don't worry, the Qin state is about to change, and the future Qin state will only become stronger and more prosperous than the Qin state during the Shang Dynasty!"
"In addition, the turmoil in Qin is about to end. We are all under the command of Young Master Ying Ji. Young Master will soon return to Xianyang to take over the throne of Qin King. At that time, he will definitely make good compensation for his wife and these Qin subjects who have suffered from the turmoil. ."
Bai Qi directly stuffed the food into the hands of an old man who was about fifty or sixty years old. The old man didn't want to accept that he wanted to return the food to Bai Qi, but he was stunned when he heard Bai Qi's words, and asked in disbelief.
"What the general said is true, Young Master Yingji has returned to the whole country and is going back to Xianyang to take over the throne of Qin King?"
"As it is!"
Bai Qi replied, hearing Bai Qi's words, the old man's heart was instantly filled with a feeling of huge surprise, and he said directly to the surrounding ordinary people who looked at the army with the same fearful eyes.
"Everyone, listen carefully, don't be afraid, these are not the troops who came to collect taxes, but the subordinates of Young Master Yingji. His Royal Highness will soon return to Xianyang to take over the throne of King Qin. In such a hard time, everyone will It won't be long!"
Obviously, this old man is a highly respected person in the hearts of the people around him. Hearing this old man's words, the crowd gradually gathered from the original scattered state.
"Really, is this all true, His Royal Highness Young Master actually came back from Yan Kingdom?"
"It should be, I have long heard that Young Master Ji is the most outstanding existence among the many descendants of the late king."
"I didn't expect that all the soldiers under Ji's command were so disciplined, they didn't commit any crimes against me and Qiu, and they even sent food. It must be Ji's son."
Everyone began to discuss in twos and threes. The Qin people were different from other people in the Tianxia Kingdom. Most Qin people still had a general understanding of the situation in their own country.
Therefore, after hearing that Ying Ji was about to return to Xianyang to take over the throne of King Qin and preside over the overall situation, everyone was full of surprises after the situation was stabilized.
"General, I want to see the son, I don't know if I can?"
Thousands of people from the Qin state gathered together, and the old man spoke as the leader. Bai hesitated at first, and then nodded again. Bai Qi believed that with the character of the son, he would treat these commoners who suffered turmoil due to the fault of the royal family. Certainly not.
"This is natural, the son is at the back, everyone, please come with me!"
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