The strength of national strength.

This finally gave Li Yuan the opportunity to reform domestic conservative policies.

With the opening of the Silk Road, it is expected that within the next year, Qin will gradually get rid of the national policy of agriculture as the main focus and implement a strategy of equal importance to agriculture and commerce. As a link between the East Chu, Nanyue and other places and the Western Regions, Qin can take advantage of the opportunity to transit and earn a generous price difference, and on the other hand, it can raise mulberry seeds on the vast territory and weave oriental objects such as Shu brocade that are popular among Westerners.

When the continuous stream of money and silk was imported into the blood of Qin through the Silk Road artery, Li Yuan believed that even the most conservative Qin people would be surprised and proud of it.

The implementation of the Little Enmity Order caused an unprecedented impact on the Qin family system. In the implementation of this policy, the most critical issue of raising lost orphans was gradually replaced by the original family support system.

In the Qin counties, an institution similar to an orphanage was established in this context. The state withdraws special funds every year to support children who have lost their parents and raised by their relatives. Among these orphans, if they are children of the Qin army, they will also receive special care.

While economic development, many seemingly minor changes have occurred in the Qin State this year, such as: the selection of officials no longer simply relies on the recommendation of the elders, but adopts a combination of recommendations from the elders in the township and pavilions and self-recommendation. Each newly hired official has a probationary assessment before formally appointed.

During the assessment period, the Censor, who is responsible for the evaluation of officials' performance, will issue some specific evaluation indicators, such as the incidence of crimes, the output rate of grain and fodder production, the reclamation rate of desert fields, the average level of population taxes, etc. These indicators combined to form a scoring system for officials' performance.

Whether an official is competent is determined by the score, not just by the officials at the next level. This is a small step taken by Qin in the official system, but it plays a crucial role in the future development of Qin.

As the prime minister of Qin, Chen Ping, a civil servant leader who was once powerful, was often regarded as a person who summarized his opinions. What he had to do was to judge the one he thought was the most suitable among different opinions and write his own opinions. Then submit it to Li Yuan for filing and review.

During the filing period, Li Yuan may support his decision or overturn his opinions. No matter which decision is, it will not affect the implementation of the government order before it is made. This sentence sounds a bit confusing. In layman's terms, Chen Ping has the right to execute, while Li Yuan Yuan has the final right to judge.

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Qin State is moving forward with difficulties in the process of repeated changes.

In the early summer of this year, after Chu sent troops to Yan State and fought with the Huns, the Huns in the north, the two powerful Qin State in the south, and the Chu State in the south, gradually formed a new confrontation between the Three Kingdoms.

The Great Shanyu Maodun had just completed the unification of the grassland divisions. Although the foundation could not be considered very stable, it would at least not affect his military service in the south.

The Qin and Chu attacked the Xiongnu's left and right wise kings, making Maodun angry, and the Xiongnu immediately accelerated the speed of help. In June and July, the Xiongnu who marched south fled into the northern border of Qin and the northern border of Chu from Hetao, Yunzhong, Dai, Yuyang, Liaodong and other counties.

A war of border harassment and counterhazing began in early summer.

Hetao area.

The Qin border troops, who were preparing for the Huns to counterattack early in the morning, laid a series of simple defense lines made of stone trunks along Daqingshan and Yinshan. Although this stone wall could not stop the Huns' invasion of the south, they could make them lose blood on the way south due to the need to cross many stone trunks.

Behind the Shilei, where the river is bent, the Qin border cavalry also faced the Xiongnu tribes that rushed into the Hetao Plain with a strong attitude.

However, Maodun's attack in Hetao was just a feint. The Huns, who had suffered several times in the Qin army, had no intention of launching a large-scale attack on Qin. Maodun's real target this time was Chu State in the east.

After being involved in the war against the Huns, the old rival Chu went through a process from a great victory to a stalemate and then to a hard battle.

After hearing the news of the Qin army's victory in the Hexi Corridor, Xiang Yu, who was determined to compete with Li Yuan, led the Chu army to pursue and fight hard all the way. He killed Qiu Liju's troops in a mess, but as time went by, the glory of ten victories gradually faded away with repeated battles.

The Huns had more and more reinforcements. In the battle with the Huns, the disadvantage of the Chu army being disagreeable with the northern Yan land began to appear. The dry Youyan Plain made the Chu people who were used to surviving in rivers and swamps. In comparison, although the Huns were also fighting in different places, the advantage of their cavalry moving quickly on the Great Plain was undoubtedly revealed.

Yuyang.

The temporary military camp of the Chu army.

In the central army tent, a bright light was bright, and the overlord Xiang Yu's double pupils were covered with bloodshots. He was watching the map of the north land drawn on the parchment sent back by the scout.

"Come here, I went to call Xiangzhuang, and the two generals Zhou Lan came over, and also, I will call Mr. Lou Jing to come and discuss matters together." Xiang Yu stared at the map silently for a while, and said instructing.

The personal soldiers led the orders as they said.

After a while, Xiang Zhuang, Zhou Lan, Lou Jing and other Chu generals and advisers who went to fight with the army arrived. Xiang Yu nodded to the few people and said, "Just just now, the baggage battalion has reported that our army's current food and fodder can still support one month, and there are about three thousand cavalrymen in the army. As for the morale of the lieutenant generals, you all see it. I won't say much. How to fight this battle? Please discuss it."

Xiang Yu, who has always been arbitrary, discussed with Xiang Zhuang, Lou Jing and other subordinates in this tone. This was an extremely rare compromise attitude. In fact, the current dilemma of the Chu army, Lou Jing, a counselor, had advised Xiang Yu early in the morning, and could appropriately recycle the Huns and lure the Xiongnu to Jixian and Yishui.

On the banks of the Yishui River, there are Qin's eastern front troops stationed, and Han Xin's army has about 40,000 infantry. This Qin army is not weak in combat. If we can find a way to get the Qin army involved in the battle between Chu and the Huns, the unfavorable situation in the Yan area will be broken.

"Overlord, my subordinates still need to retreat. Without the support of the cavalry, our troops do not have much advantage over the Huns. If there is another field battle, I am afraid the situation will be even more dangerous." Lou Jing looked solemn, and a few red tides appeared on his fair face.

"What did the Qin people say about the war horse transaction? Do you have any conditions to agree to us?" Xiang Yu did not answer Lou Jing's words, but asked another thing. After several fierce battles, the more than 5,000 Chu cavalry that grew stronger through trade with the Qin people are currently only less than 3,000, which made Xiang Yu feel particularly unhappy.

Swallow land.

It is also a good place for herding horses. The Chu State occupied Yan land with the purpose of obtaining important strategic resources such as war horses, which is also the reason why Xiang Yu has been reluctant to withdraw and give up. However, now, the Huns are invading, which makes Xiang Yu have no time to manage the pastures located on the border of the Great Wall.

In desperation, continuing to trade with the Qin people and allowing the Chu army to maintain the necessary fast cavalry troops was something that Xiang Yu had to do now.

"The Qin State means that if you want a war horse, you can use sea salt and silk as a transaction. However, those war horses that are traded must be used on the battlefield against the Huns. If not, the transaction will automatically terminate." Lou Jing replied.

The transaction of using prisoners for the battlefield that lasted for half a year was gradually lost as the Qin army prisoners of war returned one by one. As the Chu army advanced northward, the Chu State, which urgently needed war horses, was in urgent need of supplies, proposed the conditions for continuing the transaction to Qin State.

Lou Jing is a participant in this follow-up plan.

On the Qin side, the officials involved in the negotiations were Guan Yue, a traitor in the business world. One of them was good at eloquence and the other was sloppy, and it was also a match for the opponent and would meet the good talent.

"Promise them. As long as we can defeat the Huns, our Chu State can shed horses at the foot of Wuhuan Mountain. At that time, there will be as many tall war horses as there are--." Xiang Yu snorted coldly and said.

"Overlord, Mr. Lou's words are very reasonable. After hearing the scout's return, the Great Khan of the Huns, Maodun, personally led his troops to come. In this case, the pressure on our army will become greater and greater. Even if the Qin people deliver the war horses, they will probably not be able to stop the Xiongs' invasion of the south. After all, the Jiyan area is not Chu." Chu general Zhou Lan advised.

Huan Chu died in battle.

Zhou Lan was worried. Compared with Xiang Yu's determination to take revenge, Zhou Lan, the old comrade-in-arms of Huan Chu, felt frightened and he began to be scared.

"Zhou Lan, are you afraid? How could I, the Jianer of the Great Chu, be afraid of death and retreating? The overlord, I am willing to lead an infantry army to station in Jixian County, thinking that it is the foundation of the entire army." Xiang Zhuang buzzed and asked for orders in a buzzing voice, just like his expression, silence made him feel unhappy.

Xiang Zhuang has changed.

Some places have not changed.

For example, the courage to encounter tough battles is as always. At this point, Xiang Zhuang and his cousin Xiang Yu are exactly the same from the bottom of their hearts.

"Xiang Zhuang, don't hurt people with your mouth. I, Zhou Lan, are also from the overlord. How could I live in vain?" Zhou Lan blushed and said with a hint of shame.

"Okay, Yan land has returned to my Great Chu. You should not give up any inch of land. You don't have to argue anymore. So what if the Huns Maodun comes? At that time, I, Xiang Ji, was not afraid of the 400,000 Qin troops. How could I be afraid of the barbarians today?" Xiang Yu's eyes were radiant, showing an unparalleled confidence.

I don’t know when it started, but Xiang Yu unknowingly regarded Li Yuan as a benchmark for competition and imitation. Li Yuan was able to expand the territory of Hexi, and Xiang Yu could do it too.
Chapter completed!