Chapter 72

The first was that Great Wall repairs were stopped, and Afang Palace repairs were stopped.

To tell the truth, Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied with these two things!

One must know, the Great Wall!

That was the foundation of the Great Qin he created for ten thousand generations, mainly used for long-term defense against the Xiongnu!

The Afang Palace was also the same; since he wanted to create a Great Qin for ten thousand generations, how could a small Xianyang Palace display it?

He had to create a palace more than ten times larger than the Xianyang Palace; only then could he display the national prestige of Great Qin!

And now, these two big things were no longer being done.

But thinking about it carefully, although the Afang Palace stop was done by Ying Su, it was understandable.

After all... that palace was too big; tens of thousands of people had been laying the foundation for three years and still hadn't finished!

But Ying Zheng couldn't accept stopping the Great Wall repairs!

If Great Wall repairs were stopped, what about the chaos in the north?

Oh!

Attack the Xiongnu?

But what was the use of attacking the Xiongnu!

Even if he won, so what?

If we talk about winning against the Xiongnu, there were many people who did it.

King King Wuling of Zhao adopted Hu clothing and mounted archery, beating the Xiongnu so they didn't dare to invade the Central Plains!

Li Mu guarded the Zhao State's Great Wall, beating the Xiongnu every time they came, beating them until they cried for their fathers and mothers!

Meng Tian's thirty thousand Meng family troops beat the Xiongnu so they didn't dare to graze horses south, and even forcefully took back the Hetao area from the Xiongnu.

Forcibly fought for a county's territory for Great Qin!

But besides increasing national prestige, did these have any substantial significance?

No!

The Xiongnu never fought wars!

They plundered!

They rushed into the homes of the people at the border and plundered directly.

After plundering, they ran away!

Relying on fast horses and vast grasslands, you couldn't even catch up!

In such times, you could only rely on the Great Wall to block the Xiongnu's plunder!

Therefore, winning against the Xiongnu could never solve the fundamental problem of Xiongnu plunder!

Only by building the Great Wall could peace be guaranteed for ten thousand generations!

But Ying Su now ordered not to repair the Great Wall!

He wanted to attack the Xiongnu!

What?

Can he annihilate them?

Go blow your cowhide!

Even if you have a peerless fierce man like Li Li Yuanba, you can't annihilate the Xiongnu!

Still that sentence, the grasslands are vast, Li Li Yuanba can fight, but he can only fight fifty thousand people.

You want him to kill all millions of Xiongnu on the grasslands?

Are you kidding!

This is impossible!

Ying Zheng was very angry.

Regarding this matter, he did not agree at all!

And besides his belief that Li Li Yuanba couldn't annihilate the Xiongnu, there was another realistic problem: money and grain!

Li Li Yuanba couldn't annihilate the Xiongnu alone, so he could only rely on the army to cooperate.

Does the current national strength of Great Qin support this big battle against the Xiongnu?

It doesn't support it at all!

Such a big thing must require the strength of the whole country!

But now, Great Qin's hearts are not united, how can they pour the strength of the whole country into fighting such a big battle?

Oh!

And collecting taxes from the nobles!

This point made Ying Zheng the most angry!

Nobles not paying taxes is a rule of how many years.

The Shang Yang reforms were so intense, they didn't dare to say anything about making nobles pay taxes.

Guan Zhong wanted to distribute part of the land to farmers, but didn't dare to say anything about making nobles pay taxes!

Zhou Zhou Gongdan also only dared to ritualize the hundred officials, and even more didn't dare to make nobles pay taxes!

Only a madman like Wei Wei Wuji would think about making nobles pay taxes.

But now... Ying Su actually wanted to make nobles pay taxes!

And it was according to Qin's half-tax!

What is this doing?

Is he crazy?

Ying Zheng became more and more angry.

However, thinking and thinking, suddenly, his eyes lit up!

Connecting stopping Great Wall repairs, stopping Afang Palace repairs, attacking the Xiongnu, and making nobles pay taxes.

Suddenly, he felt he understood Ying Su's intention in doing these things.

The current Great Qin was full of public grievances because of building the Great Wall and the Afang Palace.

And stopping the Great Wall and Afang Palace repairs was the simplest and fastest way to resolve public grievances!

But without the Great Wall, the Xiongnu would constantly harass the border and come to plunder!

And in order not to let the Xiongnu plunder, they had to attack the Xiongnu, making them unable to plunder!

But attacking the Xiongnu required money and grain!

Required massive amounts of money and grain!

So... he thought of making nobles pay taxes.

In an instant, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up!

At that moment, even he couldn't help but marvel at Ying Su's ideas!

Very clever!

Very bold!

But... after thinking carefully, he still couldn't agree with Ying Su's approach!

The thing he disagreed with most was stopping the Great Wall repairs!

And then, it was noble taxation!

He knew the people were suffering.

However, even if they were suffering, they had to finish building the Great Wall!

Meng Tian reported that the Great Wall was expected to be finished in thirty years.

Just let the people finish building the Great Wall, wouldn't that be it?

Just endure for thirty years, wouldn't that pass?

Once the Great Wall was finished, the Xiongnu wouldn't be able to plunder.

By then, grant a general amnesty, implement benevolent government, and give the people peace, wouldn't that be it!

Why!

Why must they stop the Great Wall repairs?

Because they stopped the Great Wall repairs, they had to attack the Xiongnu!

Because attacking the Xiongnu had no money and grain, they came up with some method of noble taxation.

What is this doing!