Chapter 985 The King Has a Long Life, and the Ministers Have Power! Lose Both Money and Food or Gain Both Money and Food?

Ying Zheng's words were arrogant.

Just six years?

Ying Zheng had been in power for seven years, plus six years, that would be thirteen years, a long reign that the Qin kings of recent generations would never dream of, and more than 1,500 times the total reign of King Xiaowen of Qin!

The result was just "just a little" in Ying Zheng's mouth?

However, Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, what you said is not false."

"Your Majesty's life span is limited, but it is only six years, which is nothing for Your Majesty."

The breathing of court officials such as Lü Buwei and Wei Zhuang suddenly quickened, and Ying Zheng laughed loudly, looking down at the court officials and asked, "With what Chang'an Jun said, are you still worried?"

"There is no need to rush the construction of my mausoleum."

"My life span will be long and prosperous!"

"I will stay in Daqin for a long time, serve the world for a long time, and work with you to achieve unprecedented achievements!"

If Ying Zheng just said this, the court officials would think without hesitation that Ying Zheng was avoiding talking about life and death. Most of the court officials would bow their heads and agree on the surface, but they would not care in their hearts. However, a very small number of court officials such as Lü Buwei would sternly advise Ying Zheng to face up to the matter of life and death.

If the immortals such as Zheng Anqi said so, the ministers would be more hesitant. On the one hand, they thought that the immortals might have the ability to help Ying Zheng live a long life, but on the other hand, they were worried that this was just a lie from the immortals. Doctors such as Chunyu Yue would radically advise Ying Zheng to respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them, and not to believe the immortals' words.

But when Ying Chengjiao said so, the ministers were only shocked, not doubtful!

On the mysterious side, Ying Chengjiao has established a terrifying credibility with his ability far beyond the limit of the great witch and his style of doing what he said and never making false statements.

In the world, only Ying Chengjiao dared to mention Ying Zheng's life and death to Ying Zheng, and only Ying Chengjiao was not afraid to anger Ying Zheng by directly saying Ying Zheng's death date. Ying Chengjiao had no reason and no possibility to deceive Ying Zheng with such a big thing as life span.

Now Ying Chengjiao said with certainty that six years was nothing to Ying Zheng, how could this be false? !

"Six years is nothing more than that, six years is nothing more than that?" Lü Buwei muttered twice and laughed loudly: "The king has a long life, which is really a great blessing for the Qin Dynasty!"

Finally! Finally, I don't have to worry about the king I assisted dying in a few years!

I only need to worry about whether my life span can realize my wish, and I don't have to worry about the great cause collapsing halfway due to the king's quick death.

And as long as the king has a long life, even if I die soon, my thoughts and spirit can be passed on by the king.

And the Qin Dynasty will continue to be guarded by the king, without fear of wind and waves!

At this moment, Lü Buwei felt the long-lost relaxation, facing Ying Zheng and bowing: "Congratulations to the king! Congratulations to the Qin Dynasty!"

Is it not just Lü Buwei who is happy?

As the saying goes, a new emperor has a new minister. Every change of the throne will be accompanied by a huge change in the court. The death of every hero will lead to a turning point in the development direction of a country.

Wei Zhuang, Wei Liao, Li Si and other ministers are undoubtedly the direct forces of Ying Zheng. Only if Ying Zheng continues to serve as the King of Qin can they continue to hold high positions. Only if Ying Zheng continues to serve as the King of Qin can the Great Qin have the motivation, strength and possibility to develop into what they dream of.

Ying Zheng's long life means that their power will be effective for a long time. They will have plenty of time to pursue their ideals, and they don't need to worry about the change of royal power and their current efforts will go to waste!

All the court officials stood up and bowed their hands spontaneously, shouting excitedly:

"Congratulations to the king! Congratulations to the Great Qin!"

At the same time, many court officials also cast grateful eyes on Ying Chengjiao.

They felt much more at ease to hear Ying Chengjiao's words!

Ying Zheng smiled happily: "This is indeed a great celebration!"

"Yes! This matter involves the country and the heaven and earth. It is the secret that my brother has just stolen at such a great price and with the help of twelve immortals!"

"I have great faith in you, my dear ministers, so I share this good news with you."

"You dear ministers, please don't spread this matter!"

The ministers are still waiting for Ying Zheng's words.

What kind of punishment will be suffered if this matter is spread? Will they be dismissed from office or executed immediately, or will the whole family be punished?

However, after waiting for a few breaths, the ministers still did not wait for Ying Zheng's punishment measures, but only saw Ying Zheng's smile.

At this point, Li Si and other court officials have understood.

The Qin Dynasty does not pay attention to the idea that if the punishment is unknown, the power is unpredictable. Since Ying Zheng did not explain the punishment measures, it means that there is no punishment.

Obviously, Ying Zheng did not ask the ministers not to disclose the matter to the outside world, but only prohibited the matter from being spread through official channels!

That's right, there must be a good excuse to stop the construction of the royal mausoleum, so as not to let the world misunderstand the national conditions of my Great Qin.

And how can such a happy news not spread throughout the world, so that those who are loyal to the king in the world will be happy, and those who are against the king in the world will be trembling!

The court officials smiled and bowed their hands in tacit understanding and said: "Yes!"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "In this case, are there any ministers who want to refute my order to stop the construction of the royal mausoleum?"

The ministers bowed their hands again and shouted excitedly: "The king is wise!"

Ying Zheng smiled softly and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order!"

"Stop the construction of my royal mausoleum, and the prisoners who are repairing the mausoleum will be temporarily transferred to the Ministry of Works and be used to build cement roads, canals and other constructions. Release the corvée and return home to save corvée food for my Great Qin!"

Zhao Zeng and Zhang Han stood up and bowed excitedly: "I obey the king's order!"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said: "In this case, this policy is decided." "Do you have any good ideas? You can all make suggestions!"

Ying Zheng's attitude was quite light, as if nothing big had just happened.

But the excitement in the hearts of the ministers was hard to eliminate.

Knowing that Ying Zheng's life span would exceed six years, the Qin Dynasty would get rid of the vicious cycle of changing a king every few years or even days, and enter a long-term relatively stable benign cycle. The ministers were relieved and excited.

Ying Zheng took the initiative to stop repairing the royal mausoleum for the sake of national affairs, which made the ministers feel guilty and self-blame!

Combined with the two, the thoughts of all court officials unconsciously turned to radicalism.

After a brief thought, Lü Buwei said in a deep voice: "We know that the grain production will decrease next year, so we want to stockpile grain and grass, but this news has not spread widely."

"I think that we can spend a lot of money to buy grain and grass from abroad to make up for our needs!"

Ying Chengjiao shook his head: "I have already told Dai that there will be a severe drought next year, almost no harvest, to alienate Dai Wu'an Jun's loyalty to Dai."

"I don't know whether the alienation plan can succeed, but the King of Dai must know the disaster of Dai next year, and will not sell grain to the outside world, and may even compete with our Qin to buy grain and grass."

While speaking, Ying Chengjiao had no shame.

The frank confession to Li Mu about the disaster in the next year was a strategy decided by Ying Chengjiao after communicating with Ying Zheng, not a decision made by Ying Chengjiao in a fit of excitement.

Since the court agreed to Ying Chengjiao's plan, then the court must have expected this.

As expected, Lu Buwei chuckled and said, "Dai is poor, and it has just experienced a landslide. Regardless of whether there will be a disaster next year, the King of Dai will try his best to purchase grain from abroad."

"Yan and Zhao are also poor, and even if the King of Yan and the King of Zhao don't know that there will be a severe drought in Dai next year, they should know that the war is imminent, and they will strictly control grain and grass."

"Even if my Great Qin spends a lot of money to buy grain and grass from Dai, Yan, and Zhao, it will be difficult to get anything."

"Therefore, I think if my Great Qin wants to buy grain and grass from abroad, it should turn its attention to Baiyue, Xiongnu, Dongyi, Yuezhi and other places!"

Han Cang was stunned: "Purchase grain and grass from the four barbarians?"

Although the four barbarians, Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong and Beidi, have good combat effectiveness, they are also synonymous with poverty.

The people of the Four Barbarians often don't have enough food and need to invade the Central Plains to plunder food to survive. Now Lu Buwei is going to purchase food and grass from the Four Barbarians?

The more I hear this, the more outrageous it is!

Lu Buwei nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I am going to purchase food and grass from the Four Barbarians."

"The Four Barbarians are indeed barren, but they are not without food. It's just that more food and grass are in the hands of the powerful people of the Four Barbarians."

"As long as my Great Qin offers a high enough price, the powerful people of the Four Barbarians will take food from the mouths of the Four Barbarians and sell it to my Great Qin!"

Han An frowned and said, "This is difficult."

"If the powerful people of the Four Barbarians take food from the mouths of the Four Barbarians, it will definitely lead to instability within the Four Barbarians. , there may be danger of internal strife. "

"If you want the powerful people of the four barbarians to sell food and grass to our Great Qin at the risk of internal strife, our Great Qin must pay several times or even dozens of times the price, so that it is possible to persuade the powerful people of the four barbarians! "

"And the four barbarians have no morals. "

"After selling the food, the four barbarians may transfer the food shortage of the four barbarians to our Great Qin, and order their tribesmen to invade our Great Qin to seize food to survive. "

"If so, our Great Qin may lose both money and food! "

Lü Buwei said in a deep voice: "Now that Great Qin is at a critical moment, even if we buy grain at several times or even dozens of times the price, it will not be a loss as long as it can enhance the national strength of Great Qin."

"As for the four barbarians invading Great Qin?" Lu Buwei smiled softly: "As long as we can prevent the four barbarians from fighting before the Great Qin war, what does it matter if the four barbarians fight again?"

"Our soldiers are worried about where to get military merits!"

Ying Chengjiao looked at Lu Buwei suddenly, and said tentatively: "I have sent many alchemists Go to the land of the four barbarians."

"Today, the alchemists have sent back the Kunyu map of the Yuezhi, Xiongnu, Dongyi, Donghu, and Baiyue."

"Although the coverage is not wide enough, it is quite detailed and may be used by our Qin envoys."

Lü Buwei also turned his head to look at Ying Chengjiao, with a slight smile on his face: "Chang'an Jun ordered the alchemists to make the Kunyu map. Is it really for the envoys?"

Ying Chengjiao also smiled and said: "It also helps our Qin to get both money and food!"

Wei Liao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Wei Liao vaguely found that he seemed to have become a conservative again!