"I welcome your Majesty!" Hundreds of people bowed and bowed down at the same time.

"You are all dear friends, please sit down!" Qin Shihuang put his sleeves on the dragon throne and sat down.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" After a slight bustle, all civil and military officials and the princes and princes invited to come sat down, and then looked at the emperor sitting high above the nine-story steps together.

Qin Shihuang had a majestic face, his eyes slowly swept across the entire hall and finally fell on Chen Xu. His face relaxed and nodded slightly before speaking.

"Today I have summoned all my dear friends to come to the court to discuss politics, just for the matter of the reign of Jiang Bu, the Great Minister of the Northwest Army half a month ago..."

The court was extremely quiet, and only the emperor's dull and majestic voice was heard echoing.

"The Northwest Army is the most elite unit of our Great Qin. Fighting against the Hun and Hu protecting the Central Plains is the cornerstone of ensuring the stability of our Great Qin. Once it is laid off, it will shake the hearts of our Great Qin. But as the Marquis of Di Dao and the Marquis of Yinshan said, the Hun and Hu have been calm now, and there will be no war in the northwest within a hundred decades. Leaving these 300,000 troops will consume money and food. Therefore, I have been thinking about it for more than ten days, but I still have no plan to achieve both sides. Today, the court discusses, hoping that all my dear ministers will work together to think of a good plan for me, to properly resettle the 300,000 soldiers in the northwest under the stability of the people, and to ensure the stability of my northwest border, so that the Hun and Hu rebellion will not cause another disaster!"

The emperor's words made the faces of civil and military officials twitch.

Is this disarmament or not?

All the civil and military ministers of the court and the invited princes and princes and ministers looked at each other with their colleagues around them, and they began to whisper while exchanging their eyes with wry smiles.

It is not troublesome to ensure the safety of the northwest. There are still 40,000 elite pawns at present. This army that conquered the Huns and Donghu must be enough to protect the security of the northwest border and also has enough deterrence to the Huns and Hu subjugated slaves.

The most difficult thing is that there are nearly 300,000 old-fashioned generals and soldiers left. These are the key points to be dealt with carefully. The emperor’s headache is these people.

It is easy to lay off but difficult to resettle.

These soldiers who made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty were not the millions of surrendered soldiers from the six countries who said they were dismissed and needed to be properly resettled. Once they were discharged, they had to distribute land and real estate according to the size of military merits and make up for the salary during their enlistment period. This salary has been owed for many years by Daqin and cannot be paid.

An ordinary soldier has a pound of food per day.

The first-class title is a commoner, in addition to grain, each with a set of clothing in winter and summer, and a salary of fifty stones of corn per year.

As the title level increases, each level of salary increases by fifty stones of grain, land, real estate, slaves, etc., there are other regular rewards.

Although military merits are difficult to obtain, the 300,000 troops are all soldiers who have participated in the battle of the Six Kingdoms, and at least half of them have titles. Therefore, except for ordinary soldiers without titles, they can send some money to scatter home like surrendered soldiers in the Six Kingdoms, generals with titles must be properly placed. The land is easy to say, and after returning home, local officials will naturally be distributed according to their military merits, but salary and slaves are a big problem. Although the Qin Dynasty is proud of its military merits, it is actually not complete to realize its military merits and the arrears are very serious. This also laid a great hidden danger for the later collapse of the Qin Dynasty, and it can even be said to be the root of the disaster.

Because after the extermination of the six countries, the domestic economic situation was in a mess. The Great Wall-Changdao Mausoleum consumed a lot of people's strength, resulting in a shortage of various materials. The Qin Dynasty could not fulfill so many military achievements.

Not only did the civil and military officials in the court understand this matter, but the emperor also understands it.

But as long as the soldiers are still in the army and have military status, these military achievements can be dragged on all the time. However, if the military is dismissed, these military achievements must be fulfilled, otherwise these generals may be resentful and cause trouble.

At that time, the millions of surrendered soldiers from the six countries were dispersed, and the civil and military officials in the court had been in trouble. They all thought that it was not safe to sever, and it was better to kill them to eliminate future troubles. Of course, the emperor finally adopted Chen Xu's plan and divided it into several parts to disperse. Now more than a year has passed, and the millions of surrendered soldiers have long disappeared. Not only did the Qin Dynasty not have any chaos, but it was more stable. Judging from the memorials and the Xuanwu Guards' investigations, the millions of surrendered soldiers who were dismissed were extremely honest, and most of them were even grateful to the emperor and the Hou of Qinghe.

Therefore, after nearly a year of attention and surveillance, the emperor is no longer concerned about the surrendered soldiers who made him nervously dismissed.

Most of these surrendered soldiers were just ordinary people.

They just wanted to make a living, and many of them were forced to conscript the army to fight, and could live a peaceful life, and no one was willing to rebel with his head.

The same is true for the 300,000 troops in the northwest, and many of them were forcibly recruited.

Although the Qin Dynasty honored military merits, after all, people would die when they went to the battlefield. Moreover, the laws in the army were extremely strict and the punishment was extremely severe. Although mistakes could be used to offset the punishment, if they did not fight, they would not get military merits. Therefore, many of the soldiers had the same identities as prisoners serving in the army and lived a very miserable life.

After the Ten Years of War in the Central Plains, there were no less than one million casualties in the Qin Dynasty. You should know that the population of the entire Qin State was less than five million ten years ago. In the Ten Years of War, nearly one-third of the casualties were all the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, orphans and widows. In some towns, except for craftsmen and town officials, there are basically no adult men, except for women, they are children.

Even if they get military merits on the battlefield, if they die in battle, the fields allocated to their families will be useless. They cannot plant orphans and widows with land, and they cannot build houses. After several years, they will fall to the Chen Jiang situation.

Therefore, as Li Xin said, since there is no war, the best reward for these generals and soldiers is to break up and return to the field to enjoy peace.

After Jiang Bu proposed the memorial for disarmament at that time, the emperor did instantly feel a passionate anger, believing that Jiang Bu wanted to shake the foundation of the Qin Dynasty and destroy his country, but soon he calmed down.

The three generals who had just participated in the conquest of the Hun and Hu proposed to disarmament, although it seemed unreasonable, but in fact it was very reasonable, because they were very familiar with the situation in the Northwest Military Camp.

Last spring and autumn, the wars against the Hu and Donghu were two times in the Spring and Autumn Period. The main combat troops were all new-style pawns. The remaining nearly 300,000 troops, which were originally the cornerstone of the stability of the Qin Dynasty, basically did not play any role. At most, they would receive spoils after the war ended. In fact, they became an auxiliary and logistics force in disguise, and there was no big difference between them and civilians.

With the new-style pawns, an elite army that serves as ten, is it still necessary to retain these 300,000 ordinary soldiers?

Therefore, after the scattered court, Qin Shihuang returned to Zichen Hall and thought about it carefully for a few hours, and suddenly realized that disarmament was a very good strategy. As long as a new and well-equipped pawn was retained, it was enough to ensure the stability of the northwest. At the same time, the pressure on the court in terms of money and food should be reduced by at least half.

And most importantly, a few days before Jiang Bu asked for the disarmament proposal, Chen Xu gave the emperor a world map and a globe.

This globe has already made the emperor's eyes see tens of thousands of miles away. He no longer looks down on the two trashed Hu Man.

The world is vast. If you continue to look at the small place of China as you look at the well, it will not be enough to reflect the majesty of the emperors on earth, and you will not be able to show your ambitions of the emperor's way.

All the sun and the moon shine are Qin land, and all the rivers reach are Qin ministers.

The words Chen Xu said when he first entered Xianyang suddenly churned from Qin Shihuang's mind like a spell, and burned his blood like a raging fire.

Therefore, the emperor urgently summoned kings, princes and ministers to discuss the matter of disarmament, and was in a very urgent mood.

But all the kings, princes and ministers dare not express their opinions on the matter of disarmament.

Support disarmament, and once the Qin Dynasty is in turmoil in the future, it will become a criminal in the blame.

However, it does not support disarmament. Judging from the emperor's urgent actions, there are already clear signs of this matter and cannot share the emperor's worries. This is also a manifestation of an unqualified minister.

Therefore, when the emperor had already decided on the matter of disarmament and the matter began to become clear, all the ministers were a little worried.

The reason why the emperor still hesitated was how to place the removed soldiers.

After all, the military merit reward system is the prerequisite for the bravery of the Qin soldiers. Once the accumulated military merit rewards cannot be fulfilled, the emperor's prestige will be greatly reduced in the minds of the soldiers, which is a result that Qin Shihuang was very reluctant to see.

Moreover, every day when he stared at the rotating globe, Qin Shihuang seemed to guess that there was Chen Xu's shadow behind this matter, and he felt a little nervous.

If Chen Xu really asked Jiang Bu and Jiang Hu and Li Xin to propose a plan to disarmament, why did the Hou Qinghe not go to the palace to report the report directly?

The emperor finally did not guess Chen Xu's plan in this matter, so he never summoned him to the palace to discuss the disarmament.

There were less than 300,000 generals and soldiers, and had the experience of relocating millions of surrendered soldiers from six countries before. Qin Shihuang believed that he could solve this hot problem by himself in the court.

So today's court meeting, including all the princes and princes, and ministers, were founded.

And Chen Xu naturally didn't care about the emperor's arrangements.

He cannot report the matter of disarmament directly. After all, he is not the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, nor is he a general leading the army. If he stretches his hands too long, it will inevitably make all the civil and military officials of the court dissatisfied with him, and even a crack will appear between him and the emperor.

It's like two good friends. One knows that the other's wife is cuckolding her good friend, but it's hard to tell her. He just says that the two good friends will not be able to do it in the future, because they are obviously too dependent. When a good friend knows, he will definitely guess whether he and his wife are also in a relationship, otherwise why they are so clear. But if you don't say it, you will always feel unbearable. After all, you are good friends, so you can only send a cuckold icon to remind him.

"Brother, I have a good friend who bought a hat. Is it good to look?"

If a good friend is awake enough, he will definitely have some insights. After the problem is solved, he will still drink and brag together and pretend not to know. If he is tacit, he can continue to be good friends.

The same thing can be achieved through different methods and strategies, but the outcomes can vary greatly.

Therefore, even if the emperor finally knew that Chen Xu's intention was to propose disarmament, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb. The two were still harmonious monarchs and ministers, or father-in-law and son-in-law with good relationships.

If Chen Xu reported to disarmament in person, Qin Shihuang might turn against him on the spot without understanding the benefits and necessities of disarmament. Once this happens, a crack will inevitably occur between the monarch and his subjects. Even if the emperor understands it in the future, this crack will not be eliminated.

The person who tied his head to his belt was done by asking the emperor to bow his head and admit his mistakes.

And it may also be counterproductive. In order to show his majesty of the Nine Five, the emperor not only did not disarmament, but could also recruit another army to deal with the countries in the Western Regions.
Chapter completed!