"Please ask, what exactly should I and the civil and military officials of the court testify for you?" The emperor spoke after he sat down.

"Last October, the old minister made a bet with the Hou Qinghe. If the Hou Qinghe Marquis repaired the New Oriental Road within one year, the old minister would admit defeat and support the Hou Song of Qinghe Marquis to resolve the Shang laws. Now, most of the year has passed, and the Dongfang Road is almost completed. Although the old minister is unwilling to admit the failure, he has to admire the Hou Qinghe Marquis' incredible construction plan and construction speed. The more than 2,000 miles of Dongfang Road will definitely be completed on time. Therefore, the old minister has lost this bet. Therefore, today I specially invited the Hou Qinghe to court and admit the failure to Your Majesty and your colleagues!" Li Si said seriously after taking a look at Chen Xu.

"Wow~~" The whole court suddenly felt a violent uproar, and all kinds of discussions were instantly remembered.

No one would have thought that Li Si would admit defeat in advance.

Meng Yifeng Quji and both looked at Li Si in surprise.

Chen Xu was also a little stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, the first thing Li Si did to court after a serious illness was to admit defeat.

But Chen Xu suddenly woke up again, and then couldn't help but curse the old fox in his heart.

Because according to the current construction speed and progress of Dongfang Road, it will be completed by the end of October at most. There is no problem with the entire line running by the end of the year. Instead of waiting until the end of passively accepting failure, it is better to admit to losing the bet early, so that you can gain a reputation of being generous.

Feng Quji and Meng Yi obviously thought of this very soon. After they looked at each other, Feng Quji stood up and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister Li Xiang and Qinghe Hou, who were the most bets, were witnesses. Li Xiang was willing to accept the loss, and he was a humble gentleman!"

"Your Majesty, I have witnessed it that day. Today, Li Xiang admits his defeat and fulfills his promise. It is a blessing for the merchants in the world. Congratulations to the Marquis of Qinghe for winning!" Meng Yi also stood up and said loudly.

"Li believed that keeping his promises is a gentleman, and I admire him very much!" Many officials in the court stood up together to flatter Li Si, especially a group of disciples of the Legal family who only followed Li Sima. Although they all looked disappointed, at this point, they had to admit that Li Si had lost this game, and they were defeated without any possibility of turning the tables.

"Well, I am very pleased that Li Xiang admits defeat so generously. Both of his beloved ministers are my arms and share my worries. I personally promised this bet. Since Li Xiang admits defeat, the bet will be concluded today. The matter of resolving the Shang law will be drawn up by the Hou Qinghe to report to the Secretariat and I for review. I hope that the two beloved ministers will work together to give me advice in the future, so that our Qin Dynasty will become more prosperous and prosperous..."

The emperor's words set the tone for this extraordinary bet. The civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and they all looked at Chen Xu with fiery eyes.

Once Li Si admits that failure is spread, Chen Xu's reputation among the people will surely suddenly rise. Moreover, Chen Xu led the amendment and agreement of the commercial law, which is also a disguised form of taking away some of the rights of the Legal disciples and Li Si's rights to formulate the law, and from then on, he has the opportunity to compete with Li Si on the national policy.

The loosening of Shang law was not too much resistance to the civil and military officials of the dynasty. As long as they were not touched on the vested interests that belonged to them, they would not be too excited. The interests of the nobles lies in the immunity of the law, the large amount of fiefs and fiefs, the management authority on the fiefs, and the large amount of land, real estate and taxes were the foundation for them to maintain decency.

After all, this is an era where population and agriculture are extremely important. Only when someone has land in his hands will they feel at ease.

In this era, business is still a low-key business and cannot be taken on the market. Although all merchants have money, there is no land, no fiefdom, and no population that can be cultivated and paid taxes. It is not a stable class and does not deserve special attention.

Moreover, the Hou of Qinghe led the revision of the Shang Dynasty, but in the end it had to be handed over to the Secretariat and the emperor for review. Any decree that would have too much impact on the interests of the nobles would inevitably be opposed by countless kings, princes, princes, and ministers.

According to Chen Xu's usual practice, he would not risk being enemies with all the kings, princes, nobles, civil and military officials, and would make drastic moves to elevate the status of merchants to the level of equality of nobles, because this does not conform to Chen Xu's own identity and status. After all, Chen Xu is also a nobleman, and is a two-marquis who is unprecedented and even a descendant. He is also a royal relative, and he will never make reforms that shake the foundation of the Qin Dynasty.

Chen Xu stood up, his face was plain, and he didn't seem to care about Li Si's admit defeat: "Your Majesty, since Li Xiang admitted defeat, I will plan to relax and revise the Shang laws. But please rest assured that Your Majesty and all of you. Xu will definitely take the foundation of the Great Qin State as the first priority, and he will definitely not make the people unrest because of this matter!"

All the civil and military officials in the court nodded slightly because Chen Xu's words were basically the same as they thought.

"I feel relieved when my dear said this. The orders are spread throughout the world. From today on, officials from the three provinces and six ministries and counties across the country must not attack or resist the matter of the reform of the Shang Dynasty in the Shaoshi Division. If I find that there is a lip service, it will definitely be severe!"

"I will obey the order!" The civil and military officials bowed together to salute.

At this point, the extraordinary gambling game that caused the court and the people to quarrel and even participated enthusiastically for a whole year came to an end, and Qinghe Hou laughed at the end with a relaxed smile.

Although Li Si's confession during the session was somewhat beyond expectations, this was indeed Li Si's best choice.

The emperor seemed to feel relieved at this time. He smiled and looked at the civil and military officials in the court who were discussing in a low voice and said, "Do you guys have any important things to report?"

"Your Majesty, I have a report!" Wei Liao, the Ministry of War, stood up.

"Please speak with the National Guard!" the emperor nodded.

"Your Majesty, the matter of abolition of the Northwest Army and resettlement has been completed. In addition to the newly armed 30,000 soldiers and many passes and military camps in the northwest, the generals of the layoffs and generals have now been divided according to the plan of the Qinghe Marquis on that day. There are more than 112,800 police soldiers in the thirty-eight counties across the country, and all of them have been allocated according to the titles. More than 130,000 remaining without titles have been sent to their original homes to allocate land and real estate. At this point, Your Majesty requested that the abolition of the Northwest Army be completed as scheduled. I will hand in your mission to Your Majesty today!"

"Very good, thank you for your hard work!" the emperor nodded.

There was no emotional fluctuation in the civil and military officials of the court during this news.

After half a month of preparation for the disarmament, Chen Xu then took out a plan to build a national police system to decide the matter. With the emperor's usual decisive decision, half a year passed in a flash, and the 300,000 troops were quickly laid off and properly placed.

These things did not come to fruition today. In fact, officials from the three provinces and six ministries reported progress in the court every day, but today it was completely completed.

"The disarmament is complicated and complicated. Many officials and dear ministers from the three provinces and six ministries and their dear ministers were diligent and dedicated. This is why today's successful completion is successful. I feel relieved. The 300,000 soldiers were discharged. This not only saved the court millions of stones of grain, fodder, and other supplies every year, but also formed more than 100,000 police officers spread across the county and towns of the Qin Dynasty. It has become an important force to stabilize our Qin Dynasty. It is actually a strategy to stabilize the country. In this matter, the Shaoshi should be the first to be the master of this matter. I have passed on my orders to entrust the Shaoshi's fief to two thousand households, reward one hundred slaves, fifty horses, one hundred thousand horses, and five chariots of silk, pearls and jade…"

When the emperor was happy, he gave Chen Xu a lot of rewards. Many officials who directly participated in the disarmament arrangements in the three provinces and six ministries received a lot of rewards. At this point, the disarmament matter has finally settled.

At the end of the Chen hour, the court meeting ended, and all the officials retreated to the court and returned to the government office to continue working. Chen Xu chatted with Feng Quji and Meng Yi and other familiar officials at the entrance of the court meeting hall for a while, and then left the newspaper office by car.

The fact that Li Si gave up in the court will inevitably spread throughout Xianyang soon, and the reform of commercial law must also be put on the agenda. Therefore, Chen Xu must implement this matter as soon as possible and recruit elite figures familiar with business and law to discuss new commercial law reform measures.

Today, the two things in the court were almost the two most important decisions that Chen Xu had been planning and promoting since he came to Xianyang.

The disarmament was to allow the Qin Dynasty to go lightly in the future. The supply of millions of stones of food, grass and military supplies each year consumed a huge amount of labor and civilian power. Transporting so much military supplies back and forth has always been an extremely heavy burden. Now it has finally ended, and the soldiers from the emperor to the layoffs were finally completely at ease.

Li Si admitted that he had failed, so the reform of the business law was put on the agenda, which was a huge reform against the people. At this point, the law to suppress merchants would inevitably be greatly relaxed, and from then on, it would greatly release the commercial power of the people. This would inevitably lead to the rapid promotion of steel smelting and iron farm tools. With the emergence of cement, the roads, bridges, ditches and reservoirs across the country would inevitably be greatly expanded and repaired. While enhancing commercial vitality, it would also greatly promote private transactions. In addition to planting food, the people could also obtain money and increase wealth.

Therefore, Chen Xu felt that he was relieved in an instant.

Chen Xu's carriage entered the newspaper hall and was soon surrounded by countless people who came to hear the news.

Especially Chen Ping, Fu An, Qiu Cheng, Ji Tong, Pang Que and other senior executives were even more excited.

"Mr. Marquis, I just heard that Li Xiang in the court gave in person, right?" Chen Ping pulled Chen Xu's sleeve and shouted excitedly.

"Well, Li Xiang has indeed admitted defeat in advance. Everyone is quiet and go to the conference room. I have something to explain!" Chen Xu nodded, feeling like there were five hundred ducks around him, and he was almost unable to open his eyes.

"Yeho~~, the Marquis won!"
Chapter completed!