Long live the ancestral dragon of all worlds

Chapter 27 It is not easy to be in charge of the country, beat Ji Gang!
Ying Zheng spent a lot of martial arts points to recruit 870 first-level iron eagle fighters for Bai Qi.

Including the 130 recruited last time, the total number is 1000.

Ying Zheng had read Bai Qi's detailed report, and the role of Tie Ying Ruishi was most clearly reflected in the battles of Hexi and Yucheng.

The King of Qin also gave Bai Qi an order to select elites from the army and expand the number of iron eagle warriors again.

And set aside several 10 taels of silver.

"No, Your Majesty!"

Bai Qi said: "Your Majesty, now that the territory of our Qin State has increased greatly, should we expand our army and increase our military strength?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, bitterness appeared on his face.

Qin currently has 20 elite heavy infantry, [-] light infantry, almost no cavalry, and a total of about [-] regular troops.

Except for the [-] heavy infantry guarding Xianyang, all the others were sent out. Once a war broke out, they would all go to the battlefield.

The light infantry were all sent to the battlefield.

The defenders of the major counties and counties are all second-line soldiers recruited from the local area. They are half farming and half army, with about 5 people.

What is half farming and half army?
It is both farming and serving as a soldier.

Without special circumstances, these people would go home to work in the fields when the farming was busy, and then continue to serve as soldiers to defend the city after the busy farming.

This amount of troops is really too little for Yingzheng who wants to unify the countries in the east and establish the Great Qin Empire.

He has also always wanted to expand the army and form a powerful heavy cavalry regiment.

But the treasury is empty and the pockets are shy!

Raising a regular professional army is a very expensive thing to do, and the heavy cavalry is even more expensive.

To raise a heavy cavalry of 1 people, according to the minimum standard, it also needs 350 million taels of silver per year.

The main costs are as follows.

[-]. Expenditures on personnel ordnance, harness, horses and clothing;
[-]. Expenses for artisans such as blacksmiths accompanying the army;

[-]. Cavalry and horse ration expenditure;
[-]. Cavalry pay;
[-]. The wages of handymen.

Calculated in this way, a 350-man heavy cavalry will cost at least [-] million taels of silver every year.

The expenditure of heavy infantry is about one-fifth of that of heavy cavalry.

The expenditure of light infantry is less than half of that of heavy infantry.

Places that are half-cultivating and half-army recruit soldiers, and spend even less.

The annual tax revenue of the Qin State, which converts corn and silk cloth into silver, is only about 1500 million taels.

Its 10 heavy infantry spent 700 million taels of silver;

10 million taels of silver for 300 light infantry;

5 places recruited about 75 taels of silver.

In this way, military spending accounts for more than two-thirds of tax revenue.

The remaining 425 million taels of silver are used for:
Salaries to officials, royal expenses (ceremonies, palace repairs, etc.), 150 million taels per year;
200 million taels per year will be spent on repairing official roads to facilitate transportation, repairing ditches to irrigate farmland and other aspects of people's livelihood.

In this way, the state treasury of Qin State has an annual surplus of about 75 taels of silver.

If there is a bad famine year, the treasury will be in short supply to provide relief to the victims.

How does this allow Yingzheng to expand his army and strengthen his strength? !

What's more, during the hegemony of Prime Minister Lu Buwei, because of his large amount of corruption in the treasury, it caused a huge deficit in the treasury.

When Yingzheng took over the pro-government, he still owed a lot of silver taels to major commercial banks, and owed a lot of soldiers' wages, and the official roads and ditches were not repaired or excavated.

Fortunately, Yingzheng killed Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, Zhao Shigao and other officials, and confiscated their property, adding more than 1500 million taels of silver to the treasury.

Only then will the hole left by Lu Buwei be filled.

Even so, the treasury balance is just over 100 million taels.

As for the military rations, weapons and other materials confiscated in the battles of Hexi and Yucheng, which were equivalent to silver taels, there was not much left after the rewards were given to the generals and soldiers.

The rebellion in Bashu was suppressed, and the confiscated rebel supplies were also distributed in the same way.

Ying Zheng said helplessly: "General, the national treasury is empty now. We will discuss the matter of military expansion later."

"No, Your Majesty!"

Bai Qi left Zhangtai Palace with Tie Ying Rui Shi, and went to the camp stationed dozens of miles away from Xianyang.

……

Ying Zheng said: "Let the commander of Jin Yiwei come in!"

Ji Gang, who had been waiting outside, stepped into the main hall and knelt down on the ground: "My lord, see Your Majesty, long live long live!"

"Get up!"

Ying Zheng looked at the commander with a flattering and fawning look on his face, and said indifferently:
"Ji Gang, do you now feel that you are a celebrity in front of the widows, with power in the government and the public, and you can do whatever you want?"

Pfft!
Ji Gang, who had just stood upright, felt his knees go limp, and was so frightened that he knelt down again, terrified: "I... I dare not!"

"Remember, a widow can lift you up to heaven; they can also send you to the eighteenth level of hell!"

"Do you know what your duty is?"

King Qin said.

Even though Ji Gang has been reformed by the system, he is 100% loyal to Ying Zheng.

But he still wants to beat Ji Gang hard.

Let the other party understand what should be done, what should not be done, and what is the duty of a courtier.

Ying Zheng wanted to put a chain on Ji Gang, the leader of the eagle dog.

"Your Majesty, I am your eagle dog, helping you to monitor the world, whoever you let me bite, I will bite!"

With his head on the ground, Ji Gang said in an incomparably humble way.

He knows that everything he owns comes from Yingzheng, and he must be loyal to Yingzheng and be reused.

Ying Zheng nodded:

"It's good to know, you go to the treasury to get 20 taels of silver, and start to form Jinyiwei.

Within half a month, it must be completed. "

"Your Majesty, I will fulfill my mission!"

Ji Gang said a word and exited the hall.

When he came outside the hall, he felt a chill in his back and was soaked in sweat.

Regarding King Qin's warnings and orders, Ji Gang firmly kept in mind, and used this as a yardstick to always warn himself.

As His Majesty's eagle dog, he is His Majesty's eyes and ears.

If His Majesty can't see far and hear clearly, His Majesty will cut off his power and replace him with someone else as the commander of Jinyiwei.

If this is the case, it will be more uncomfortable than killing Ji Gang who is greedy for power.

After Ying Zheng finished talking with Bai Qi and Ji Gang, he was about to leave the hall.

"Your Majesty, Madam Zhao please go to Ganquan Palace." At this time, a eunuch of Ganquan Palace came to report.

Qin Wang nodded: "Okay, you go back and report to Mrs. Tai, and the widow will come!"

Now, he has no other urgent matters to deal with, so he decides to see Mrs. Zhao Tai.

Perhaps Ying Zheng hasn't heard Shi Yin play the piano for a long time.

It is a pleasure to listen to the teacher's voice playing the guqin.

……

Xianyang, Ganquan Palace, the main hall.

During this period of time, all counties and counties in Qin State sent thousands of beautiful women.

After many selections, twelve beautiful women finally stood out and stayed in Ganquan Palace.

No matter their appearance, figure, or temperament, they are all the top choices, and they are all beauties selected from a thousand miles.

All of them are beautiful and heavenly, fat and thin, each with its own characteristics.

It can be seen that the officials in charge of the counties and counties are doing their best in the selection of the King of Qin.

They all hope that the future mother of the country can come from their own county, so that they will not only be honored, but also a great achievement.

Those who can be sent to the palace are all high-quality local girls with virtuous conduct.

Thousands of beautiful women entered the palace, and only 12 were left in the end. Thinking about the process of this draft, it is really thrilling and cruel.

The girls who were not selected were sadly sent back to their hometowns.

Mrs. Zhao and the beauties were very satisfied when they looked at the twelve elegant ladies in front of them.

"These girls are really nice, all of them are very juicy."

"I don't know, will Zheng'er take a fancy to them?"

"Your Majesty must be interested."

"If Zheng'er likes it, it's best to send them all to serve Zheng'er."

"In this way, my wife can embrace the dragon girl and grandson as soon as possible."

"Mrs. Tai, you have to think about His Majesty's dragon body..."

Then, Mrs. Zhao looked at the twelve beautiful girls and said:
"Listen to my lady: Your majesty will come down later, you must behave well. If you are favored by your majesty and conceive a dragon seed, this lady will reward you a lot!"

"Yes, Mrs. Tai!" The twelve beautiful girls blushed slightly.

During the selection process, they were strictly taught by the female officials how to serve His Majesty and so on.

"His Majesty is here!"

At this time, eunuchs sang harmony from outside the hall.

(End of this chapter)