Chapter 382 Showing the World Map
"Your Majesty is wise." All civil and military officials responded in unison.
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Fu Zikang, as the governor of Li Neishi, I will leave this matter to you. I will also leave it to you to buy food. In addition, there must be no force.
Otherwise, I will remove you from your post of governing Li Neishi. "
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Wei Chen will personally investigate the matter. Once he discovers an official who goes against His Majesty's wishes, Wei Chen will never let him go leniently." Fu Zikang said solemnly.
Ying Zheng nodded slowly and said, "I believe you."
Then, Ying Zheng stood up and said: "Shang Yang's reforms enabled the Qin Dynasty to unify the six kingdoms. The emperor's reforms enabled the Qin Dynasty to unify the world.
Do you think the Six Kingdoms is big? "
"Great." A minister found out and said, "Great Qin will unite the six countries and become the most powerful country in the world with the largest territory."
Another minister said: "Reporting to your majesty, the territory of Da Qin will continue to increase. There is no biggest, only bigger."
One by one, the ministers said that Da Qin had a large territory.
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and then clapped his hands.
Two eunuchs pushed a huge screen into the main hall. All the officials, both civil and military, saw that there was a map on the screen.
Li Si and others recognized this map as the world map that Qin An drew for Ying Zheng, but this map was larger but lacked many countries.
There are only the names of Daqin and several surrounding countries on the map.
"What kind of map is this, Your Majesty? Why are there only country names like Da Qin and Baiyue?" an official asked.
Ying Zheng walked up to the map, pointed at it and said loudly: "This is the world map. My Great Qin is here. It is so small. This is Japan. The emperor said that there are rich gold and silver mines here.
This is Africa, this is America, this is Europe, this is..."
Qin An explained various places in the world. As for the situation in each place, he did not know much about them. He only knew that there was a nearby Mauryan Dynasty that could be compared with the Qin Dynasty, as well as the Roman Empire and ancient Egypt.
Other Ying Zheng just tells everyone where there is gold, where there is labor force, etc.
The ministers were first shocked, then doubtful, then delighted, and finally excited.
They looked at the map as if they were seeing a huge cake. As long as Ying Zheng gave the order, they would divide the cake.
Meng Wu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Meng Wu is willing to expand your territory for you. Add more territory to the Qin Dynasty."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "I believe in General Meng's ability. Wherever you lead the army, that's the land of Great Qin."
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty." Meng Wu said excitedly.
What an honor it is to be recognized by the First Emperor.
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Although I believe in your ability, currently sending troops to fight, do you think it will be a good thing or a bad thing for Da Qin?"
"It is certainly a good thing to open up territory for Great Qin," Meng Wu said.
Ying Zheng sighed and said, "Meng Yi, tell me."
"No." Meng Yi said solemnly, "Now that Da Qin's military strength is close to saturation, if we recruit more troops, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people."
"As long as you serve as a soldier, you can get military honors. Don't they want to become a marquis and become a prime minister?" Meng Wu asked.
Meng Yi shook his head and said: "Father, the world has just been unified, and the people are not willing to use weapons again. This is the will of the people.
Today's Great Qin is not just the Great Qin of the Qin Dynasty, but the Great Qin Dynasty. The people it has are not only the people of the old Qin, but also the people of the previous six countries.
The court must treat them equally so that they can become true Qin people, otherwise they are just people who do anti-Qin things in the name of Qin people.
Today, Your Majesty has just unified the six kingdoms not long ago, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be renovated. There are countless wastelands in various places, and the food has just enough to cope with the current number of the imperial army.
Although there are potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn from Emperor Shi, as well as rice from Baiyue Land. But. For us, these are just the beginning and have not yet spread all over the world.
Therefore, for the imperial court, whether it is recruiting troops or going on an expedition, now is not the best time. "
"Then when is the best time?" Meng Wu asked.
Meng Yi thought for a while and said: "The land of Baiyue will be fully developed, and the people of Baiyue will return to the Qin Dynasty. In addition, telegraph lines will be laid throughout the Qin Dynasty, not only in major counties and cities, but also in townships and villages.
There is also no shortage of food for the people in the world, and merchants are all over the Qin Dynasty. At that time, there was no need for my father to recruit soldiers, and there were merchants who searched the world for the court, and even helped the court win the world. "
"Haha..." Meng Wu laughed, "What can a group of businessmen do? Do they use money to buy land?"
"Yes, businessmen can buy land." Meng Yi said, "Businessmen can influence a country.
You may not know that a powerful businessman can directly buy a country and become the king himself.
I'm not being alarmist, it's just that their country is lagging behind.
The emperor once said that the country is the strong backing of merchants, and he wants merchants to control other countries. Then your country must be strong enough.
The strength of a country requires not only more soldiers and generals, but also overall national strength.
Militarily, Da Qin has a large army, and in terms of weapons, we have the most advanced weapons in the world.
Culturally, our knowledge is what other countries want to learn.
Technically, it is far ahead of the world.
Commercially, we have already sold our goods all over the world.
With such a powerful country as the backing, businessmen can do whatever they want in various countries, buy low, sell high, and even directly rob each other's gold mines, silver mines, etc.
This is better than sending troops, saving money, time and effort. "
Meng Wu said angrily: "If this is the case, what use will our generals have?"
"Of course the other party was not convinced and beat them." Meng Yi said.
"Okay." Ying Zheng said: "Meng Wu, I know your intentions, but Great Qin is now in ruins and waiting to be prospered.
Developing the land of Baiyue is the first task, followed by the countries in the Western Regions, followed by the Mauryan Dynasty, and then going to sea to conquer the world.
What Da Qin needs now is self-development rather than conquests here and there.
If Da Qin didn't have so many people, even if it owned the world, it would be nothing more than a passing cloud.
Now Daqin needs development and population.
Didn't you realize after looking at this world map that the population of Great Qin is too small for the whole world?
In ten years, exactly within ten years, the population will increase tenfold.
I will send those landless people to other countries. The first country is Japan, and I will make Japan become Japan County.
In ten years' time, Great Qin will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Once again, I advise you to love me and not do anything that will endanger the development of the Qin Dynasty. If I want food, you have to borrow my food. If I want money, you have to borrow money.
Anyone who dares to stumble me should not blame me for being ruthless with my sword. "
All the civil and military officials immediately knelt down and said, "I don't dare."
Some people died, but not completely...
