Time flies, time flies.
Several years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Although Qin Ling has not yet torn up the peace agreement, he is already on the verge of a decisive battle.
In the past few years, the Qin State has been accumulating strength, just like a hard bow, it has been drawn more and more full. In terms of strategy against the spirit, in the general direction, one battle will determine the ownership of the world!
During this period, Xiao Yuan adopted the opinions of Shangguan Wenruo and Liu Yuzhi and secretly implemented a series of pre-war strategies against Lingguo.
The main thing is to transform gold, silver, food and grass, and gradually support the weak spiritual country.
What is meant by raising the weak? To put it simply, it is to make the people of Lingguo have some money, yes, all have some money, so that they can abandon farming and commercialize the whole people.
Liu Yuzhi even put forward the bold idea that Qin wanted food but not money. In terms of the overall national policy, it always insisted on focusing on agriculture and suppressing business.
To put it bluntly, Qin can sell any goods to Lingguo, but it can never sell food. For the same reason, it must buy Lingguo's food in large quantities.
The war years are different from the prosperous times. There are continuous wars and natural and man-made disasters. Everyone knows that when there is a war, the food is much more important than the money in hand!
After several years of planning, a phenomenon has unknowingly appeared in the Ling Kingdom. Their ordinary people seem to be richer than the people in the Qin Kingdom, but most of them are buying food to eat.
On the surface, Lingguo's economy is developing very well and the people are not short of money, but the grain output in the granary is shrinking significantly.
In troubled times, it is not a prosperous era when there is endless food. Once it reaches a certain point, it will face collapse.
But under this tepid plan, no one noticed any big abnormalities.
In the minds of the people of Lingguo, the idea is very obvious. If you have money, you are not afraid of not being able to eat food.
But when that time comes, Lingguo can only buy food from Qin, but how can Qin sell it?
In short, this strategy is to control the world's food and grass, and gradually reach the point where Lingguo has money but no food.
On the contrary, while the Qin State had always insisted on focusing on agriculture, it also bought lavishly from the Ling State overtly and covertly, hoarding grain and grass to the point where it was already inexhaustible.
Once a war breaks out, it will inevitably be a duel between millions of troops. At that time, no matter how much gold and silver you have, it will not be as good as food and grass.
The stable development of Western Xinjiang has also made the shortage of war horses less severe, bringing the number of Qin's cavalry to a full 200,000.
On this day, Qinzhou camp.
Xiao Yuanzheng led the civil and military officials to review the troops.
A neat square formation with black armor and red tassels, all with upright shields and halberds, the soldiers stood straight and looked ahead.
"The first formation of the infantry has been assembled! Your Majesty, please review!"
"The second formation of the infantry has been assembled! Your Majesty, please review!"
one general after another shouted.
Xiao Yuan, wearing a black royal uniform, led a group of ministers and walked past each formation, finally arriving at the high platform directly above.
Looking down from a high place, we can see the army stretching from heaven to earth, forming a line horizontally and vertically, with flags flying and soldiers armor filling the sky.
Xiao Yuan's eyes flashed with light, and the soldiers facing below also shouted loudly:
"You all! You are all our great warriors of Great Qin!"
"Without you, where would the Qin State be today?"
"The King without me! The country of Qin without me!"
"My King without me! The country of Qin without me——"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live--"
The soldiers were in high spirits. They raised their halberds high, their movements were uniform, and their shouts were loud and continuous. The scene was spectacular!
Some of the civil servants around me had never experienced war. Looking at such scenes, they couldn't help but swallowed secretly as their Adam's apple slid.
Jiang Yi came closer and said in a trembling voice: "Since the founding of the world by Pangu, when has there ever been such a majestic army? It was only the soldiers under the king's command..."
Xiao Yuan raised his right hand slightly.
Following his movement, the shouting stopped and the scene instantly returned to tranquility.
All the soldiers looked at him without blinking.
What a prestige!
This is a true founding monarch!
That night, the bright moon was in the sky.
Xiao Yuan rewarded the three armies at the military camp.
At the open-air banquet, the soldiers were drinking and chatting happily. He was sitting on the high platform directly above him, and on both sides below him were the civil and military ministers, each with a case in front of them.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Xiao Yuan's mood was also affected.
At this time, he was already in his early thirties. During the struggle for hegemony among the countries and the chaos in the world, he conquered all directions, eliminated the separatist forces, unified the northern border, and conquered the south of the Yangtze River.
A series of policies were implemented to restore production and social order, expand farmland, build water conservancy projects, reward farmers and mulberry farmers, focus on industry and education, resettle the exiled population, and gradually stabilize the war-torn China.
Under his civil and martial arts, the Central Plains became politically clear, class oppression was alleviated, social atmosphere improved, and the people gradually regained their vitality.
Whether he is a tyrant or a heroic leader, future generations will have their own opinions.
He never cared about what the world thought of King Qin.
At this moment, he is full of ambitions and has the ambition to dominate the world.
In this emotion, he drank up the wine in one gulp, put down the bronze cup, couldn't help but stood up, and said quietly:
"I have been sweating for several years, finally wiping out all the countries, uniting the mountains and rivers, and restoring prosperity to the earth. Now, only the Eastern Spirit remains, and I am not satisfied."
While he was talking, he also walked down from the king's desk, put his hands behind his back, and started walking.
People had already stopped what they were doing, and they all looked at him without blinking.
The majestic drum beat sounded.
Xiao Yuan inevitably felt this situation and said:
Wine and song, life geometry.
Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day when it goes away.
Generosity should be shown as generosity, and worries will be unforgettable.
How to relieve worries? Only good wine.
Green Zijin, Youyouwoxin.
But for your sake, I still ponder it.
Yo yo deer roar, eat wild apples.
I have guests, harp blowing Sheng.
It's as bright as the moon, when can I shed it?
Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.
The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are.
Qi Kuo Tan?, thinking about old kindness.
The moon and stars are few and far between, and magpies are flying south.
Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on?
The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep.
The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart.
Xiao Yuan used Cao Cao's "Dan Ge Xing" to truly express his current emotions.
I truly feel the thirst for talent and the ambition to dominate the world.
He himself is not like this now.
This is a work by predecessors, but here, people only think that it is an impromptu poem composed by the king. The situation can be imagined.
There are even civil servants who have already begun to write down notes.
This poem is magnificent and sweeping, with the eyes of a monarch and the world in mind.
Even the talented Shangguan Wenruo couldn't help but come out of the queue at this time, knelt down and saluted:
"The king's literary, political and military strategies can be said to be the best in the history of kings and ministers."
Su Yi followed up and saluted: "It is my lifelong honor to be able to follow your Majesty."
Another person said with excitement: "Such poems and articles are so majestic in ancient and modern times, no one in the world can match them..."
The civil servants praised and patted the horse.
The generals all looked at him with admiration, looking at Xiao Yuan as if he were a god.
