Chapter 2633 Xun Wenruo impeached Li Jing, Yuwen Chengdu enters Yongliang
Chapter 2630: If Xun Wen impeaches Li Jing, Yuwen Chengdu enters Yongliang
"Your Majesty, Xun Yu, Minister of Revenue, impeached the Grand Governor of Yongliang Li Jing, forcibly attacked Hanzhong regardless of the lives and death of the soldiers, resulting in heavy losses in the Yongliang army and countless money, grain and materials."
Xun Yu said coldly, as if he wrote me very angry on his face. It was obviously because of the casualties in the Battle of Hanzhong.
The casualties in the Battle of Hanzhong were indeed huge. Although Ying Hao felt very distressed, he did not mean to blame Li Jing. After all, in his opinion, as long as he could get Hanzhong, the prices he paid were worth it.
But Xun Yu, who was specifically responsible for the money, almost fainted from anger after seeing the casualties in the Battle of Hanzhong.
The number of Qin troops killed 45,500 in this battle, and the total number of soldiers who had to retire was close to 50,000.
Disabled soldiers also need to pay pensions, which means that the court will pay 50,000 yuan to the family. This is undoubtedly a very huge number, almost equivalent to the annual military pay of a 200,000 army.
In addition, the offensive and defensive battle of Yangpingguan, Xinzheng offensive and defensive battle consumed 60% of the siege materials of the Yongliang Military Region, and the preparation of the whole city was another huge expense.
In addition, the recovery and treatment costs of wounded soldiers, the repair and maintenance of damaged weapons, and the supply of food and supplies to 300,000 people in Hanzhong. All of this requires the Ministry of Revenue to get money.
Although the Qin Dynasty is rich now, it also uses a lot of money. Moreover, the army has just expanded by 700,000 yuan, and the money in the treasury has been spreading out, but it has not stopped yet, but there is another big gold-swalking household in Hanzhong.
The Ministry of Revenue is not that he cannot afford so much money, and Xun Yu does not feel sorry for the money. But from an economic perspective, the efforts and returns of the Battle of Hanzhong are no longer proportional.
Xun Yu didn''t need to calculate carefully, just estimates could roughly calculate that the wealth consumed by the Qin Dynasty in Han Dynasty had reached an astonishing six million taels of silver.
With Hanzhong''s population and economy, even if the taxes in the next ten years are combined, they will not be able to offset the money spent, let alone Hanzhong has a lot of trouble now, and it is necessary to continue to spend money to solve it.
Although Hanzhong is important to the Great Qin, it is not a must. Even if Hanzhong is not in hand, Daqin still has Sanguan to guard Guanzhong, and Longxi is used as a buffer for Liangzhou. He is not afraid of the Shu army''s invasion during the Western Expedition.
It is precisely because of this that the Qin Dynasty unanimously decided before the war that Hanzhong could take it, and if it could not be taken, it would be forgotten.
The Qin court had no intention of taking Hanzhong, but Li Jing knew it was impossible, but he still forcibly captured Hanzhong and paid such a great price, increasing the financial burden of the Qin Dynasty.
In the eyes of Xun Yu, the Minister of Revenue and many civil officials, this naturally became that Li Jing ignored the lives and death of the soldiers for the sake of credit, and they did not care whether Li Jing was forced to take Hanzhong.
"Your Majesty, although our Qin successfully occupied Hanzhong County in this battle, there were too many casualties and investments.
Therefore, I believe that Li Jing was not only ineffective, but also injured. He was given a demotion to prevent other generals from following Li Jing and not taking care of the soldiers'' lives and death for their contributions. "Xun Yu said with a serious face.
As soon as this statement was made, many officials from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works came forward to impeach Li Jing''s faults and more than merit.
This is also the largest impeachment of military generals by civil officials since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, and it is also the second person in the military, Li Jing, who is not aware of the inside story, thinks that civil officials are going to suppress military generals.
Ying Hao is naturally unhappy to punish Li Jing. After all, conquering the world cannot be just from an economic perspective, but also from a strategic perspective.
From an economic perspective, the expenditure and return of Hanzhong are indeed not proportional.
But from a strategic perspective, the defense line of Guanxi of the Qin Dynasty has been completely improved. In the future, as long as you defend Hanzhong, you will no longer have to worry about the threat from Shu Han.
This can’t be bought no matter how much it costs.
“Uh, this…”
Ying Hao intentionally refused, but before he could say anything, someone refuted Xun Yu on his behalf, and this person turned out to be Zhang Yi.
"Shu Xun''s words are wrong..."
Zhang Yi''s eloquence was too sharp. After saying it, even Xun Yu, who was equally outstanding in eloquence, was speechless by him.
Ying Hao looked at Zhang Yi with some surprise, but he didn''t expect that he would talk to Li Jing. After all, Li Jing was forced to take Hanzhong this time, but Zhang Yi''s credit was in it.
When Zhang Yi saw Ying Hao looking at him, he also felt guilty and diverted his attention. After all, Li Jing would be impeached by his ministers, which was largely because he cheated. Now, helping Li Jing Meiyan is a flaw.
Li Jing is not unrelated to civil officials. After Zhang Yi took the lead, Liu Bowen and Zhang Liang also stood up to help Li Jing say good things.
"uh-huh."
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost done, Ying Hao pretended to cough and said, "What Xun Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing all said is reasonable. I think it is better to pay off my merits and demerits. I only reward Li Jing with a thousand taels of gold and a thousand households in the city to encourage you."
"Your Majesty is wise." Xun Yu and other ministers who impeached Li Jing said in unison.
"Your Majesty, although Hanzhong has already obtained the Qin Dynasty, it has only obtained a mess. Therefore, the candidate for the prefect of Hanzhong needs to be decided as soon as possible." Prime Minister Wang Meng said.
Ying Hao nodded in agreement, after all, Hanzhong is indeed a mess now.
After the Xinzheng grain depot was burned by the Qin army, the Shu army forcibly confiscated the grain depot from the people for military use, and before evacuating Nanzheng, Shen Shiqi set fire to the grain depot again.
This also means that the grain produced in Hanzhong is no longer enough for hundreds of thousands of Hanzhong people, and before the autumn harvest, the Qin Dynasty needed to provide food to provide disaster relief, otherwise hundreds of thousands of Hanzhong people would turn into hungry people and then revolt.
The Qin Dynasty has been recuperating for three years, and the most important thing now is food. Not to mention that it is only hundreds of thousands of Hanzhong people, even if they come ten times more, they will still provide for it. Therefore, the problem of food and grass is not difficult.
For the Qin Dynasty, the real problem of digesting Hanzhong was actually that more than one-third of Hanzhong were light and strong, and they all died in battle with the Qin army under the forced conscript of the Shu army.
So many young people in Hanzhong died in battles with the Qin army, which also made the Hanzhong people complain about the Qin army, so the Qin Dynasty is not popular with the people in Hanzhong now. In addition, although the Shu army has retreated, the spies left and lurking behind have provoked hatred by the Hanzhong people for the Qin Dynasty and wanted to incite the Hanzhong people to uprising against Qin.
Problems such as food, public grievances, counter-espionage, etc. all need to be resolved by the future Hanzhong prefect in the short term, and there is also the threat of Shu Han in the south.
Therefore, the position of Hanzhong Prefect is quite challenging, and non-political and tough and outstanding military talents cannot be held.
After thinking about it in his mind, Ying Hao soon had a suitable candidate, who was the first top scorer in the imperial examination in Daqin, and he was the current prefect of Fufeng and Ban Chao.
Ban Chao had a breakthrough in both political and military capabilities, and had made great contributions in the battle to destroy the Tang Dynasty. He was the best candidate for the prefect of Hanzhong. The only disadvantage is that he had little qualifications.
However, when Ying Hao hires people, he always values ??talents and credit, so he will naturally not give up because of his qualifications.
"Transfer my order to transfer Fufeng Prefect Ban Chao to take office as the prefect of Hanzhong."
Hearing Ying Hao''s words, the ministers below started to discuss, and they all felt that His Majesty was a little fond of Ban Chao.
Ban Chao has been promoted from county minister to prefecture less than a year, and now he is going to be transferred to Hanzhong Prefecture. Although he is transferred at the same level, the position of Hanzhong Prefecture on the front line is obviously much greater than that of Fufeng County in the rear.
Although Ban Chao was the first top scorer of the Qin Dynasty, he was just a political rookie who had been in office for less than three years. He had been promoted to the level of prefect and was about to take office as the prefect of the second county. This promotion speed was indeed a bit too fast.
Ying Hao said, "Tell Ban Chao that I trust him and handed over Hanzhong to him. But if he cannot return me a stable Hanzhong before our Qin Dynasty and the princes start a full war, then he will take the initiative to submit his resignation."
As soon as this statement was made, many people began to gloat. After all, the problem in Hanzhong is difficult to solve, and it is not far from going to a full war with the princes.
The time is short, the task is heavy, and there are many troubles. The position of the prefect of Hanzhong is simply a hot potato.
"In the Battle of Hanzhong, our Qin Dynasty lost nearly 50,000 troops, and these 50,000 troops must be replenished as soon as possible."
Ying Hao''s plan was to increase the total strength of the Qin Dynasty to 1.55 million by expanding his army, and then directly promote the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui with absolute military strength advantages.
Now that the military expansion plan has been completed, the new army has been scattered across the country for secret training, the Battle of Hanzhong has lost 50,000 troops.
Although there is no such 50,000 army, it will not affect the Qin Dynasty''s next plan, but it is better to make up for it just in case.
“The enlistment has ended. If the enlistment is carried out on a large scale, it will stimulate the major princes.
In order to prevent the attack on the enemy, this time the army was expanded and only the Shu army was captured. If the number was not enough, recruit soldiers on the spot in Hanzhong. ”
Although the people of Hanzhong resented the Qin army, they hated Shu Han even more in comparison. After all, if there were no atrocities of Shu Han, so many young people would not have died in Hanzhong.
If this hatred is well guided, it will not only resolve the resentment of the Hanzhong people towards the Qin Dynasty, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the Hanzhong soldiers. After all, if you fight against Shu like this, it will not be an invasion, and you will take revenge.
"As for the additional dispatch of generals to join the Yongliang Army..."
Through Li Jing''s messaging, Ying Hao already knew that Li Yuanba had appeared and his left arm was also received, so he attached great importance to Li Jing''s request to send more powerful generals to Yongliang.
Li Jing knew that he could not win Li Cunxiao, so he wanted two of Jiang Song, Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Bu and Gao Chong to send any two to join the Yongliang army, but Ying Hao could not agree to this request.
The number of powerful generals in the Yongliang Army has been quite saturated. Many war gods such as Yang Jian, Xuanyuan, Longqi, Longyang, etc. are in the Yongliang Military Region. It would be quite good if they do not draw the powerful generals out of it to join his military region.
Li Jing wants two more super gods, which is obviously impossible. If he really does this, other military regions will definitely have opinions.
After thinking about it, Ying Hao decided to ask about the opinions of these four generals, but unexpectedly, after Yuwen Chengdu learned about Li Yuanba, he took the initiative to apply to join the Yongliang Military Region.
Ying Hao knew that Yuwen Chengdu was heading for Li Yuanba. He regarded Li Yuanba as his old enemy, but he only defeated Li Yuanba with one arm in the battle to destroy Tang. All other battles were defeated miserably without exception, so that Li Yuanba almost became his inner demon.
Today, Yuwen Chengdu has been reborn and its strength is far beyond the past. But if you want to continue to make progress, you must break the inner demons.
Ying Hao had no reason to prevent Yuwen Chengdu from breaking the inner demons, not to mention that it was a fateful battle between him and Li Yuanba, so he agreed to Yuwen Chengdu''s request to join the Yongliang Army.
On the other hand, Li Jing felt relieved after receiving the order from the court.
He was actually ready to be scolded or even reduced to the point. After all, the losses in this battle were indeed too great.
The last time the Qin army suffered so many casualties, it was the second Guanzhong battle with Li Tang.
But in this battle, the Qin army not only captured the three counties of Guanzhong, Longxi and Shangyong, but also captured half of Liangzhou.
Now he has paid such a great price for only one county and ten counties in Hanzhong. The efforts and rewards are indeed disproportionate. It is impossible for the civil officials in the court to not impeach him.
But not only did not blame him, His Majesty also rewarded him with a thousand gold medals and added him with additional quotas, which naturally touched Li Jing very much.
However, when Li Jing learned that when the ministers impeached him, the first person to speak for him was Zhang Yi, which bad person was Zhang Yi, he was also very surprised, and his resentment towards Zhang Yi was reduced a lot.
(This chapter ends)