"That's great!" Ying Chang nodded with satisfaction.

Yang Ze gave a light bow and then retreated to his position.

Ying Chang looked around the ministers and finally fixed his eyes on Bai Qi. He asked with a gentle expression: "A Qi, do you need to increase troops in Yangguan?"

In the battle of Yangguan, although the Qin Empire won a great victory, it also lost 18,000 soldiers. If it loses, it must be supplemented, otherwise the troops in Yangguan will be empty.

"No need!" Bai Qi replied without thinking, without hesitation.

"There is only 12,000 troops left in Yangguan. If the Jin Empire attacks again, how can we resist?"

"Yes, Jin Gou suffered such a big loss this time, and he would definitely not give up. It is very likely that he would mobilize a large-scale army to attack Yangguan in the future!"

"Is King Wu too confident? If he doesn't increase his troops, he will have to face more than ten times the enemy. Even if he is powerful, he will not be able to fight against an enemy ten times higher than himself, right?"

The ministers whispered and talked, and there were slight noises in the entire Qilin Hall, like a buzzing flies.

"quiet!"

The Censor Chang Qing frowned and scolded him suddenly!

Chang Qing scolded, and the hall became quiet in an instant. Seeing that the hall was quiet, Ying Chang replied to Bai Qi: "Is it really not necessary?"

"No need!" Bai Qi repeated his words just now with a blank expression.

"No matter whether you need it or not, I still have to give it to you. All 43,000 troops in the capital will be delivered to you!" Ying Chang still chose to be on the safe side and handed over the capital army to Bai Qi. Anyway, the capital army is useless for the time being.

"Okay!" Bai Qi nodded. He did not object this time, and everything was decided by Ying Chang.

Seeing this result, the ministers subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. Yangguan was not particularly worried if the capital army reinforced Yangguan.

"Chang Aiqing!"

After saying this, Ying Chang looked at Chang Zifei again. When he heard this, Chang Zifei immediately took a small step forward, bent down with respect and replied: "I am here!"

"The purpose is to be drawn up. From now on, private salt trafficking will be prohibited. Those who violate the order will be killed without mercy and all their property will be confiscated!" Ying Chang's expression was solemn, and his tone was mixed with murderous intent.

Nine out of ten salt merchants were bad. They privately too high the salt price, which made the people suffer. This was pointed out by Jiang Haiyou's five strategies for a strong country.

Private salt trafficking has many disadvantages but no benefits!

If the Qin Empire had not yet stabilized before, it would have wanted to issue this policy long ago.

"I obey the order!" Chang Zifei responded respectfully and then retreated back to his position.

Ying Chang banned private salt trafficking, which Chang Zifei had long expected. Chang Zifei was not surprised at all, and the same was true for the ministers.

"Aqi, I heard that you captured 40,000 Jin troops, right?" Ying Chang asked.

Bai Qi remained silent, but nodded.

Ying Chang looked at Jiang Haiyou with a smile on his face and said, "Jiang Aiqing, didn't you just say that the canal plan is in urgent need of manpower?"

When Jiang Haiyou heard this, he was stunned and then looked happy, "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

Ying Chang suddenly interrupted and said, "That's right, the 40,000 prisoners of war captured by King Wu are all handed over to the Ministry of Works to dig the canal!"

Labor from heaven is useless!

"That's great. With this 40,000 manpower, I promise that within half a year, the canals within a hundred miles of Xianyang City will be like tendons and veins, and the water source will be like blood. Within a hundred miles of radius, you can open up wasteland and cultivate them within a hundred miles of radius!" Jiang Haiyou smiled excitedly.

Forty thousand laborers solved his urgent need, and the forty thousand laborers only need to be served and no need to distribute labor. It is simply free laborers. At that time, the three thousand laborers he has been recruited canals can be used to dig for 40,000 laborers.

"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate!"

At this time, Ju Zheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, stood up. Ju Zheng was an old official, nearly sixty years old. He was the oldest civil and military officer in the court and the most admired old official in the court.

Juzheng was an official, honest and frugal. He had been an official for decades and lived in a thatched cottage. The most valuable thing in his family was the official seal he wore and the court uniform he wore. In addition to being an official, honest and frugal, he was also a famous charity in Xianyang City. Every time he paid his salary, he only left his family before meals, and all the money was rewarded to those refugees and beggars.

"Oh? Why is it inappropriate?" Ying Chang asked in confusion. Ying Chang still admired such an old official from the bottom of his heart.

Ju Zheng took two steps to the right as he was about to walk, and bowed to Ying Chang. He didn't know if it was because of his old age. The moment he bent down, a hint of pain appeared on Ju Zheng's wrinkled face.

"Report to Your Majesty, according to the rules, we must treat these prisoners well, waiting for the Jin Empire to pay for food and money to redeem them. If we take these prisoners to work, wouldn't it be abused? What do the countries of Jiuzhou think of my Great Qin at that time?" Ju Zheng frowned and said worriedly.

When Ying Chang heard this, he understood why Ju Zheng felt it was inappropriate.

The word that is too stubborn is a corrupt scholar. He cares about the views of the countries of Jiuzhou and the countries of Daqin are very concerned about the views of the Qin Dynasty and is worried that the countries of Jiuzhou and the countries of Jiuzhou regard the Qin Dynasty as a barbaric country.

It seems that people are imperfect and have shortcomings, and this is true for Juzheng.

"Sir Ju, I'm following your opinion, wouldn't you regard these prisoners of war as guests of honor?" Du Changjing scoffed and even wanted to laugh. You must know that in the battle of Wu Jin, 120,000 prisoners of war were massacred.

"The officials know that the general of the Cavalry is unwilling to do so, but the routine is not allowed to be broken. Otherwise, our Qin army will be defeated unexpectedly in the future, and the enemy country will also treat us in this way. Wouldn't it be your own fault?" Ju Zheng said with a embarrassed look on his face.

He also knew that letting the Jin army prisoners work could reduce the pressure on the labor force of the Qin Empire, but the rules were placed there and could not break the rules.

"Ju Aiqing, do you know how much food 40,000 people have to consume every day?" Ying Chang asked expressionlessly.

Ju Zheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"You don't know, I tell you that forty thousand people can eat two or three hundred stones of food in the Qin Dynasty a day. They used to kill my Qin soldiers on the battlefield, but now they have finally defeated them and captured them, but they have to spend a lot of food to support them. They can't let them do anything. Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Ying Chang also sneered at Ju Zheng very much, which is simply a big deal!

Ju Zheng looked bitter and bowed gently and said, "Your Majesty, although we have to spend a lot of food to support them, the Jin Empire will definitely redeem it with money and food. Could it be that they don't want these 40,000 young and strong? Then we will plan and make no loss in redemption!"

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