The private room is large, divided into two inside and outside. There is a restaurant outside, with round tables and high-back chairs. The inner room is a chess and card mahjong room, with plant potted plants and tea set tables, as well as musical instruments such as Qin Zheng and Xiaoser. Various glass lamps are hung on the walls and top walls. Under the bright lights, the entire private room is luxurious and elegant.

When Li Xin came in, Yuan Kun was already waiting inside. After a few simple conversations, the two heard footsteps outside. Soon the supervisor led a handsome middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and jade crowns. He was Sun Shujiong, secretary of the Academy of Sciences and chief manager of the experimental factory.

"Kun has met the general manager!" Yuan Kun quickly stood up to greet him.

"Brother Yuan, don't need to be polite. Sun Shujiu meets Du Daohou!" Sun Shujiu and Yuan Kun bowed to Li Xinshen.

"Brother Sun is a damn bad!" Li Xin quickly helped Sun Shujiu up with both hands, and at the same time he was very moved. This gift was the highest gift he received after returning to Xianyang today.

Although Sun Shujiu is not a high-ranking official, his status as a lord is far from Li Xin, the characters behind him can be said to be as majestic as the snow-capped mountain in the Western Regions where birds are hard to cross. No one can shake it in the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, the gift from Sun Shujiu made Li Xin very useful, which is almost a kind of respect that the Marquis of Qinghe.

"Please, Brother Sun!" Under the warm greeting of Li Xin and Yuan Kun, Sun Shujiu took his seat and a little tea girl knelt on the ground to serve her.

"Uncle Sun took his time to get out of his busy schedule to come to the banquet, which made the minister very grateful!" Yuan Kun said respectfully.

"Hey, Brother Yuan speaks like this. You and I are colleagues from the Academy of Sciences. Why should we be so polite when we get along every day? Today I am so lucky to be able to get a banquet with Mr. Di Dao today. I must not be drunk and never return home!" Sun Shujiong was very excited to stop Yuan Kun's words.

In terms of official positions, Yuan Kun is higher than Sun Shujiu, but in terms of status, Sun Shujiu is much higher than him. This is the difference in status caused by different identities. A fifth-rank official from the Great Qin Empire came to the vassal states such as the Liang Western Regions in the Liao Dynasty. The local kings and prime ministers must be careful to serve them. This mainly depends on who he represents. Therefore, Li Xin and Yuan Kun dare not be entrusted with Sun Shujiu, let alone asking for help today.

After being polite, the three of them started drinking tea and chatting. From various changes in Xianyang to the smooth road plan with an investment of 4 billion yuan this time, when Sun Shujiu asked about the origin of the prisoner, Li Xin did not hide it and explained in detail the Western Army's stolen and sold enamel equipment to the expedition of the Great Yuezhi.

"Xin asked my uncle to invite Uncle Sun to have a banquet today, just to get some support. Only the soldiers in the Western Regions can understand the suffering of the Western Army. It is helpless to steal and sell equipment. If Uncle Sun can help, I will be grateful!" At this point, Li Xin has no choice but to cram the situation.

Feng Quji's bystanders, Meng Tian's reprimand, Meng Yi's lukewarmness, and the emperor's avoidance all made Li Xin feel a helpless and desolate.

In his opinion, Xianyang's ever-changing prosperous era is so dazzling and confused.

This peaceful and prosperous scene was exchanged for the blood and lives of these soldiers, but today it made him feel like a great irony.

These princes, princes, nobles, wealthy merchants and even ordinary people are enjoying everything they seem to deserve, but who has cared about the life and death and survival status of the soldiers stationed at the border and fighting with their enemies?

If the soldiers of the Western Army were really severely punished by the First Emperor this time, they would be afraid that the morale of the army would be shaken from top to bottom.

However, all the kings under the world are the kings, and all the kings are the kings and ministers. If the emperor really wants to punish him, he can only endure it silently.

Those who offend our Great Qin will be punished even if they are far away!

Recalling the huge rock and the words on it that still stand on the banks of the Western River, Li Xin was slightly confused and then sighed.

When he learned that there was such a vast world and country in the West, Li Xin was excited. He always wanted to expand territory for His Majesty and the Qin Dynasty through his own efforts, and finally he could upgrade his title to the level of a top Chehou. But since he conquered the Western Regions, he realized how far this all seemed.

With snow-capped mountains and plateaus and large areas of bitter and cold deserts in the Western Regions, it is almost impossible to conquer the West. Logistics and supplies are completely unable to keep up, and the soldiers cannot be replenished in time. The back and forth consumption is too great and the court cannot support it. Moreover, after they stationed in the Western Regions, the court had no news of attacking the West. It seemed that it was going to stop at the countries in the Western Regions, and then it left their two armies there to eat sand, and it lasted for three years.

Three years!

It is a kind of helplessness and even despair that makes the soldiers who are in the wind and sand raging environment for many years unable to see the head, and they don’t know when they will be.

Many middle and low-level officers and soldiers were asking Li Xin at any time when he would be able to leave his rank and return home, or when he would be able to fight with Westerners, but Li Xin could only smile bitterly and shake his head blankly.

Since the passion of conquering the Huns and Yuezhi passed, Li Xin realized that the gap between hope and reality was so big that it was hopeless.

The room was very quiet, three big men were talking, and the two little tea girls couldn't understand it. They knelt respectfully on the ground to serve tea, but they could see that Marquis Didao, the most noble marquis of the Qin Dynasty, was now confused and helpless, and was so sad that he was almost desperate.

"Mr. Marquis, please have tea!" A little tea girl raised her hands above her head. After Li Xin took the teacup, she couldn't help but whisper, "The newspapers say that if it weren't for the Marquis and many soldiers guarding the border and defending the country, our Qin Dynasty would not be so prosperous and peaceful. Marquis worked hard and made great contributions, and Your Majesty would have seen it, so please don't worry too much!"

"Oh~hahahahaha..." Li Xin couldn't help laughing after being stunned, and reached out to lift the little tea girl's chin, looking at the handsome, tender and slightly shy and scared face and said, "You are just a little tea girl, but you dare to care about Your Majesty and this marquis. It's so bold!"

"I don't dare, please forgive me!" The little tea lady was so scared that she lay on the ground and kowtowed quickly.

"It's okay, I won't punish you, just go out!" Li Xin waved his hand and asked the two girls to leave the room.

"Haha, such a smart and brave little lady, she rushed to say everything Jiong wants to say!" Sun Shujiong said with a smile while drinking tea.

"What does Uncle Sun mean?" Li Xin calmed down and asked in surprise.

If the same words are said by people of different identities and status, it is completely different.

What celebrities say is a motto, but ordinary people say is a joke.

"Marquis Qinghe once told us privately about this matter, thinking that it can be big or small. Although I didn't say what to do to relieve the guilt of Di Daohou and the soldiers of the Western Army, I also said that the root cause of this matter has nothing to do with the Marquis of Jingwu, Di Daohou and many other Western Army commanders, but because of the problem of our Qin army system. If the defects in the military system are not eradicated, this kind of thing will not only happen now, but will more and more in the future. Has Marquis of Di Daohou ever learned about the Yanmen Pass incident?" Sun Shujiong put down his teacup.

"Of course, I have learned about it through my letters, newspapers and messengers. What does this have to do with what happened in our Western Army?" Li Xin nodded in confusion.

"Han Feizi once said that a thousand-foot dike was destroyed by a hole of ant; a hundred-foot room was burned by smoke from a sudden gap. The Hou of Qinghe said that the two armies of the Northwest Army were actually facing similar situations. It seemed that the military discipline was becoming increasingly scattered, but in fact it was because the system of the Qin army did not conform to the current national conditions. The Hou of Wucheng arbitrarily encouraged soldiers to destroy Li Mu's temple, which was because the Western Army reselled enamel equipment, which was an inappropriate assessment of military titles. However, whether it was military law or military discipline, the essence was still in the army.

System and structure, on the premise that the army and structure cannot continue to implement the rotation of guarding the border, how to make the soldiers who guard the border get the merits and rewards they deserve, and how to increase their interest in adhering to military rules and regulations are issues that need to be considered urgently. If there can be a complete system and law to ensure that the generals and soldiers have the opportunity to receive rewards for military merits and promotions even if they do not have war, they can still get the opportunity to receive military merit rewards and military title promotions, then all kinds of contradictions can be resolved... The Western Army Rebellion began with the soldiers' restlessness. I wonder if Di Daohou believed it?" Sun Shujiong looked at Li Xin.

"Yes!" Li Xin nodded, and then couldn't help asking, "According to my Qin Dynasty's merits, all merits can only be obtained through military merits, and military merits can only be obtained through killing the enemy. However, if you don't fight or kill the enemy, you will also get merits. Isn't this consistent with the rules?"

"The laws are not static. Since Shang Jun decided, more than a hundred years have passed. In the eyes of the Marquis, the law that needs to be revised..."

When Li Xin heard this, he suddenly realized that it seemed that the amendment and issuance of new laws was the biggest hobby of Qinghe Hou. Now many laws of the Qin Dynasty have long been changed to chaos by Qinghe Hou. There are dozens of new laws implemented, including commercial laws, criminal laws, civil laws, industrial laws, field laws, agricultural laws, etc.

The military law has not changed at all.

Could it be that the purpose of Qinghehou is to promote the amendment of military laws?

As a general who is both civil and military, Li Xin and Qinghou who had been in the court for more than ten years, naturally quickly read the meaning of Sun Shujiong's words.

"I would like to ask Uncle Sun to say clearly, how is this possible? How do you plan to arrange it? How do you need Xin to act?" Li Xin's heart was pounding with excitement, and his mouth was dry.

"Jing may not know a little bit, but the Left Prime Minister has already been concerned about theft and selling enamels in the Western Army, let alone..." Sun Shujiu looked at Li Xin and Yuan Kun with a smile, "As the saying goes, don't blame everyone. This incident was not done by Di Daohou. I heard that the Yinshan Marquis must be responsible, and the commander of the Western Army, Marquis Jingwu, also cannot stand by. Therefore, the Jiang family's Meng family will not turn a blind eye and will definitely find a way to suppress this matter!"

"I said so, but how can I guarantee that they will not put this matter on me alone!" Li Xin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Don't worry, they can't rely on this matter. Your Majesty is a wise ruler. How can you not distinguish between good and evil? The Marquis of Wucheng cannot escape the fate of being dismissed from office. Besides, the Marquis of Jingwu, so Di Dao all rest assured. After working hard for a few years, he returned to the capital to offer prisoners. This is a great achievement. Why are you still living a life of worry? If Your Majesty is so indifferent, wouldn't it be the heart of the soldiers of the world? Therefore, Di Dao should eat, drink, listen to the music and dance recently, and don't worry, and you will know the court in a few days!"

"Is this what Qinghehou said?" Li Xin was so excited that his heart trembled.

"That's right, if Du Daohou doesn't believe it, I can ask Doctor Meng privately. This was what Zuo Prime Minister told Jiong before leaving the capital. He said that if Du Daohou returns, he would ask someone to inquire everywhere, so he asked someone to take the time to go to the Marquis's Mansion to persuade him. Unexpectedly, when the Marquis came back today, he couldn't wait to invite Jiong to the banquet. This meal really took advantage of it, hahahaha..." Sun Shujiong laughed happily while stroking his beard.

"It turns out that the Zuo Prime Minister has already made arrangements, and he is still worried at home. Since that's the case, the Japanese Marquis must have a drink with Uncle Sun. The food is ready. Uncle Sun, please, uncle Sun, please!" Li Xin's nervous and anxious mood instantly subsided, and he stood up and bowed to invite Uncle Sun to the table.
Chapter completed!