"How do I know why the Huns knew...?"
When Li Si was questioned face-to-face, he did not show any trace of nervousness, but quickly made an excuse, "There are secret works among various countries. The Xiongnu and Da Qin have always been at war. It is normal for there to be hidden secret works in Xianyang!"
"That's right! There is a drought in many places in our country. This is not a secret. Moreover, the young master's newspaper has reported such a thing. The whole country knows about it. As for who leaked the secret, there is no way to verify it!"
"Yes, there are so many people in Da Qin, can the young master still check them one by one?"
Feng Jie and Li Xin also stood up to speak for Li Si.
Li Si wrote a letter and quietly informed the Xiongnu Chanyu about the drought in the Qin Dynasty, but he did not tell him that the drought had been lifted!
The purpose is to make the Xiongnu realize that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it and take action against Da Qin. In this way, Ying Zheng and others will no longer care about reform and focus on dealing with the Xiongnu, a country that has always been eyeing it!
Apart from the Xiongnu invasion, he really couldn't think of anything else that would make Ying Zheng put down the reform!
"If I want to find out, I will definitely find it. But I want to remind that person. How will the Huns envoys react when they know that the drought has been lifted?"
Xiao Zhengtai said with a smile.
After hearing these words, Li Si was shocked!
yes!
When the envoy comes to Xianyang, he will soon know that the drought situation has been resolved.
If he is rejected by Ying Zheng again, he will be angry with him if he fails to do so. Once the complaint is brought to the First Emperor, his head may not be saved, let alone his official position!
In fact, his original purpose was to let the Xiongnu know about the severe drought in Guanzhong and give them a chance to invade the border!
But I didn’t expect that the Xiongnu Chanyu was so ambitious that he directly sent envoys to the palace to ask for trade and marry a princess?
Even he felt like he was pushing too far, let alone His Majesty!
"What does the Xiongnu's reaction have to do with this prime minister?"
Even though he was panicking, Li Si still pretended to be calm and turned his head to the side.
"The Xiongnu's wishful thinking this time was wrong. The drought in my country has been solved by the young master. If I want to threaten you with this, I am overthinking it!"
General Kang Anping said.
"Even if the drought is resolved, it is not impossible for the Xiongnu to use the rejection as an excuse to attack the Qin Dynasty!"
Li Xin, who is also a general, said.
"Do you know why the Xiongnu Chanyu asked to marry me, the princess of Da Qin?"
Xiao Zhengtai asked with a smile.
"Why else? I want to take advantage of others' danger!"
Isn’t this all obvious?
However, Xiao Zhengtai shook his head and said: "The one who wants to marry the princess is not the old Chan Yu Touman, but the new Chan Yu Touman who just killed his father and succeeded him!"
"What? Not Lao Shanyu?"
"Prince Maodun killed his father and succeeded to the throne? When did this happen?"
"If this is really the case, the purpose of their request to marry the princess may be to establish their prestige and show the dissatisfaction of the ministers. Even Da Qin married the princess to him, what else do those ministers have to dissatisfy?"
"Yes, the new danyu married the princess of Daqin when he succeeded to the throne. Small countries such as Donghu and Yuezhi must have thought that they would be more wary of the marriage between the two countries and would not dare to take any action. This would further strengthen his new danyu. Yu’s status!”
"It turns out that besides taking advantage of people's danger, they also have so many detours!"
"No, if the young master hadn't said anything, we wouldn't have thought of it!"
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After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's words, the ministers analyzed a lot of things from the current situation!
"Feiyu, how do you know these things?"
Ying Zheng couldn't help but be curious.
Even he, the emperor, was not informed of the news that the Xiongnu had replaced Shan Yu. This proved to be something that had happened not long ago. How did this kid know about it?
"Did father forget that my master...?"
Xiao Zhengtai smiled sweetly.
According to historical records, it was this year that Mao Dun killed his father and became a Chanyu!
Ying Zheng slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "By the way, your master knew what happened two thousand years ago!"
Xiao Zhengtai nodded and gave him a thumbs up!
"Then did your master tell you how to do this?"
"Father has just done what needs to be done!"
"already done……?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and said with a smile: "Is it possible that the gods also think that they should refuse?"
"That's right!"
Little Shota nodded.
"If the Xiongnu retaliates because of Qin's rejection and the two countries go to war, will we win?"
Since there was guidance from the immortal, Ying Zheng simply asked more questions.
"Master has not said whether we will win this battle, but it is impossible for the Huns and the Qin to coexist. Who do you think will win and who will lose?"
Xiao Zhengtai did not answer the question.
"Does that need to be said? Our Great Qin is developing rapidly, and the Xiongnu are just some barbarians on the grassland. How can our Great Qin be afraid of them?"
Speaking of this, Ying Zheng suddenly felt high-spirited and confident.
"That's right, even if we agree to the Huns' demands, they will only make more extreme demands. As long as they cannot be met, they will launch a war, so this war is inevitable!"
Xiao Zhengtai's attitude was clear.
Originally, I wanted to wait until autumn before taking action, but since the Huns came to provoke me, there is no harm in moving forward a little earlier!
"well said!"
Ying Zheng was amazed.
Every time this kid opens his mouth, the words always come into his heart!
"In addition to the Xiongnu, there are also tribes such as Donghu, Loulan, and Yuezhi surrounding Da Qin. If we give in, other countries will follow suit, bite us, and gradually engulf Da Qin, so we must not give in!"
Young Shota's words made most of the ministers present nod.
Although Li Si and others did not say anything, they were supportive in their hearts.
As long as there is conflict between the two countries, who will care about reform? Isn't it just playing into his hands?
If they can take advantage of this moment to make contributions, even if they want to reform after the war subsides, their status will never be reduced too much!
"Besides, our Great Qin is no longer in the era of cold weapons. The arsenal is under construction day and night, and the power of ground buds is also increasing. In addition, artillery, a powerful siege weapon, is about to be successfully developed. It will be easy to defeat the Huns!"
Xiao Zhengtai said with a little satisfaction in front of Manchao Wenwu.
After returning from Nanhai County, Xiao Shota found the artillery manufacturing drawings on Universal Search and ordered the arsenal to start building it!
I heard from Huang Yuan a few days ago that it has almost been developed, and it is estimated that testing will begin in the next few days!
"Artillery? Is that what you said can be fired like arrow feathers and explode like ground buds?"
The word "artillery" is very new to many ministers, but it is very familiar to Ying Zheng.
Xiao Zhengtai mentioned it to him before, and he kept it in mind, looking forward to the appearance of this sharp weapon!
I didn’t expect this guy to develop it so quickly!
"That's right! When the test is completed later, I will invite my father to watch it together!"
Koshota said with a smile.
"Okay! Haha!"
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