Chapter 78

One of them is that the construction of the Great Wall has stopped, and the Epang Palace has stopped as well.

To be honest, regarding these two matters, Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied!

You must know, the Great Wall!

That is the foundation for creating the Great Qin that will last ten thousand generations, mainly used for long-term prevention against the Xiongnu!

The Epang Palace is the same; since we are creating a Great Qin that will last ten thousand generations, how can a small Xianyanggong suffice?

A palace more than ten times larger than Xianyanggong must be created; only then can the might of the Great Qin be displayed!

And now, these two major projects have ceased.

But thinking carefully, regarding the halt of the Epang Palace construction, although Ying Su handled it, it is understandable.

After all... that palace is too big; even with hundreds of thousands of people laying the foundation, it took three years and still wasn't finished!

But the Great Wall stopping, Ying Zheng could hardly accept that!

If the Great Wall stops, what about the chaos in the north?

Oh!

Attack the Xiongnu?

But what use is attacking the Xiongnu!

What if you win?

Speaking of defeating the Xiongnu, there are many who have done it.

Zhao Wuling wore Hu clothing and practiced mounted archery, fighting the Xiongnu so they dared not invade the Central Plains!

Li Mu guarded the Great Wall of Zhao Guo; whenever the Xiongnu came, he fought them, making the Xiongnu cry for their parents!

General Meng Tian and his three hundred thousand Meng family army fought the Xiongnu so they dared not come south to graze horses, and even forcefully reclaimed the Hetao region from the Xiongnu people.

They literally carved out a commandery's territory for the Great Qin!

But aside from boosting national prestige, what substantial meaning did these have?

None!

The Xiongnu people never come just to fight!

They come to plunder!

They rush into the homes of border citizens and plunder directly.

After plundering, they run away immediately!

Relying on fast horses, relying on the vastness of the grasslands, you can't even chase them down!

At such times, one can only rely on the Great Wall to block Xiongnu plundering!

Therefore, defeating the Xiongnu can never solve the root problem of Xiongnu plundering!

Only by building the Great Wall can peace be secured for ten thousand generations!

But Ying Su has now ordered that the Great Wall not be built!

He wants to attack the Xiongnu!

What?

Can you annihilate them?

Go brag about that!

Even if you possess a peerless powerhouse like Li Yuanba, you cannot annihilate the Xiongnu!

It is the same old saying: the grasslands are vast; no matter how capable Li Yuanba is, he can only fight five thousand people.

Do you want him to kill all several million Xiongnu people on the grasslands?

What a joke!

This is simply impossible!

Ying Zheng was very angry.

Regarding this matter, he strongly disagreed!

And besides his belief that Li Yuanba cannot annihilate the Xiongnu, there is another realistic problem: Qian Liang!

If one person, Li Yuanba, cannot annihilate the Xiongnu, then a large army must cooperate.

Does the current strength of the Great Qin support such a major war against the Xiongnu?

It absolutely does not!

Such a huge matter requires pouring the entire nation's strength into it!

But now, the hearts of the Great Qin people cannot be united; how can the entire nation's strength be poured into fighting such a major war?

Oh!

There is also collecting taxes from the nobles!

This point made Ying Zheng the most furious!

Nobles not paying taxes has been the rule for how many years.

Even Shang Yang's reforms were so fierce, yet he did not dare to say anything about making nobles pay taxes.

Guan Zhong only wanted to distribute some land to the farmers; he did not dare to say make nobles pay taxes!

Zhou Gongdan only managed rituals and music for the hundred officials; he even less dared to make nobles pay taxes!

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

But now... Ying Su actually wants nobles to pay taxes!

Moreover, they are to pay according to Qin Banzhi's tax system!

What is this?

Is he crazy?

The more Ying Zheng thought about it, the angrier he became.

However, as he pondered, suddenly, his eyes lit up!

Connecting the dots: halting the Great Wall construction, halting the Epang Palace construction, attacking the Xiongnu, and making the nobles pay taxes.

Suddenly, he felt as if he finally understood Su's idea behind these actions.

Today's Great Qin, due to building the Great Wall and the Epang Palace, has sparked widespread public resentment.

And halting the Great Wall construction, halting the Epang Palace construction, is the simplest and fastest way to resolve that resentment!

But without the Great Wall, the Xiongnu will certainly keep harassing the border and come to raid!

And to prevent the Xiongnu from raiding, one must attack the Xiongnu and render them powerless to raid!

But attacking the Xiongnu requires Qian Liang!

It requires massive amounts of Qian Liang!

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

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

At that moment, even he had to marvel at Su's idea!

Brilliant!

Bold!

But... after thinking it through carefully, he still could not approve of Su's approach!

What he approved of least was halting the Great Wall construction!

Then, there was making the nobles pay taxes!

He knows the people suffer.

Yet, no matter how hard it is, the Great Wall must be finished!

General Meng Tian reported that the Great Wall is expected to be finished in another thirty years.

Why not just let the people finish the Great Wall and be done with it?

Just endure another thirty years; won't that pass?

Once the Great Wall is finished, the Xiongnu will be unable to raid.

At that time, granting a general amnesty, implementing benevolent governance, and returning peace to the people would suffice!

Why bother!

Why must the Great Wall construction be halted?

Because the Great Wall construction is halted, one must attack the Xiongnu!

Because attacking the Xiongnu lacks Qian Liang, one concocts this scheme of making the nobles pay taxes.

What is the point of this!