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The next morning, when the court discussed politics, Qin Shihuang did not first ask about the situation of the Southeast rebels and the government affairs of the court, but issued an order that shocked the civil and military officials of the court, which was to carry out a nationwide crackdown and clearance, with the target of those gangsters who were idle all day long and committed crimes and knights who did not obey the laws.

As soon as this order was released, the court was in an uproar, but this matter received the first response and support from Li Si.

Since ancient times, all those who violated the law and discipline have been the ones who are heroes. The heroes use martial arts to abduct the ban, which is a sign of the Literature to these classes who like to fight and trample on laws and regulations. The Mohist school, who claims to be chivalrous, is the first target to be attacked.

Although the Mohist school has collapsed, due to the great reputation and foundation of the Mohist school among the people, the popularity of chivalrous spirit during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and these people are the biggest obstacle to the enforcement and promotion of laws.

"There are bandits in Guanzhong who ambushed Qinghe Hou at Hangu Pass three months ago, almost causing me to lose the protection of the immortals. Such bandits are rampant, how can I let the people of the world enjoy peace? The world is bright and bright. I will not allow these bandits to trample on laws and regulations, pass on my orders, and spread all counties in Daqin. Those who violated laws and regulations in the past, those who commit crimes, commit crimes, and oppress civilians are arrested and imprisoned. All traitors who plunder and hurt their lives are beheaded and displayed in public. The rest are severely punished according to the law of criminal law. If there are officials who are promising for personal gain and abuse of laws and condonate the bandits, they will be punished first and the same as those who are strongly pursuing the bandits..."

"Your Majesty, you have no excuse to severely punish the rascals and gangsters, but since this, the prisons in various places are probably overcrowded, and the daily consumption of money and food is also a big deal. Please tell me what to do!" Feng Quji stood up.

It doesn't matter if he fights against the raiders and idle men. Li Si's letter is reasonable, because since ancient times, the disciples and knights have been incompatible. However, as long as the emperor's decree is out, the world will inevitably be shocked. The number of raiders captured will definitely not be a very small number. Because the attack is too wide, in addition to those who may have had a record of illegal and illegal crimes in the past, there are also a large number of raiders and hooligans. The number of raiders alone is unknown in Xianyang. Many people always do nothing and wander on the streets and cause trouble. Even if they are caught by the Lieutenant's Mansion, they are just punished without any pain. At most, they are fined some money or whipped a few whips and then put them on. After a few days, they will return to their original appearance and continue to wander on the streets. The crime is too light and cannot meet the standard of jail. It is not enough to send them to the Mausoleum of Mount Li, because most of Mount Li are severely punished or even death sentences.

Once a full-scale attack is launched according to the emperor's order, the number of people arrested may exceed 100,000 in the end. If these people become criminals, they will inevitably have to provide food and drink in the court. This is not a small number, and in the end they will all fall on the head of the Secretariat.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, pinching his beard and silent for a moment, his eyes swept across the court, "Do you guys have a good way?"

The civil and military officials in the court stared at each other with big eyes.

With the emperor's order, the ministers would run away. There was nothing we could do about this, but according to Feng Quji's idea, these people were arrested, but they could not eat or drink for nothing. After studying with Chen Xu for three or four years, Feng Quji had already begun to become less stubborn and innocent, but was full of resentment towards money and food, and was only willing to go in but not out. It was okay to go out, but it could not be wasted.

"Your Majesty, now all counties and counties in various places require the construction of flat cement roads. I think these gangsters are just right for use!" The Ministry of Works ordered Zai Hong to stand up excitedly.

"Hey, the Ministry of Slaughtering and Works makes sense. Send all the arrested gangsters to build roads, which just solves the embarrassment of insufficient civilians a few days ago!" The inner historian Qi Dang agreed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, since last year, a large number of memorials have been sent in all counties and counties, requiring the construction of cement roads connecting counties across the country. Your Majesty has also been asking to start planning to build new roads with cement. This has been delayed for a whole year. Now it can be implemented nationwide, using these arrested raids to build roads. In this way, the problem of insufficient manpower can be solved and the money and food will be wasted!" The Ministry of Revenue ordered Gao Teng to stand up and bow.

"Gao's Ministry of Revenue said it well. How can these idle men and vacancies waste food in vain? It's best to send them all to build roads!"

"This is the most appropriate idea, I'll discuss it!" Amidst huh, a large number of officials with impure hearts stood up in the court.

"Since you all agree with this policy, we will quickly spread the orders to counties, counties and townships across the country. The Ministry of Industry and Technology also quickly joined forces with the Academy of Sciences to renovate the roads and road planning for cement roads. Then it can be submitted to the Secretariat for review and promulgation to start construction. The money and grain required to build the roads are controlled by the local county tax warehouses. Merchants participating in the construction of the roads can reduce the commercial tax by half..."

The next day, a crackdown that made the world's rascals and hooligans frightened the news was published in thick bold characters on the front page of the Daqin Metropolis Daily, and there was also the emperor's decree to eliminate bandits. With the large number of newspapers printed and spread, this news will soon spread throughout the Qin world within more than a month.

Almost at the same time, officials from the three provinces and six ministries have also begun to crack down on and arrange the crackdown. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice, as the responsible parties for the crackdown, had a large number of orders spread from the two offices like snowflakes through postmen and imperial guards. Guanzhong, which had just calmed down, was the first to be hit. A large number of soldiers and police officers came out from various county governments to detect cavalry, and started a new round of arrests with the documents and arrest lists of the county governments. For a time, the gangsters and gangsters in Guanzhong began to hide in Tibet like a panic. However, the arrest was so great that the arrest was completely beyond everyone's prediction. There were many checkpoints in various places. Once they were found to have any identity disagreements, those who dodge their behavior were arrested and imprisoned on the spot. Then after a simple interrogation, they were put into prison for custody. For a time, the prisons in various places were crowded.

The arrest of Guanzhong also began to spread across the country with the continuous spread of decrees and newspapers. Because of this action that conforms to the will of the people, ordinary people from all over the world applauded. The civilians who were bullied by local gangsters often went to the local government office to report the hidden people, and many of them were arrested from the hidden places.

In addition to the rapid arrest, the punishment is also quite severe. As long as there are fights and robberies on weekdays, local officials will directly be sentenced to tattoos, so that these people cannot hide with eye-catching marks, and will be recognized wherever they go. As for the punishment for those who have raped and injured people on weekdays, they will be even more severe. One finger will be cut off and confirmed as a serious offender, and the sentence will be at least five years.

The world is shocked by a severe crackdown.

But it was not chaos, but the celebration of the whole people under this terrifying suppression. Not only the common people and civilians all over the country actively supported them, but they even went to the county government to thank the local officials. There were countless famous scholars from all over the country who praised this move and sent memorials to Xianyang to praise the emperor. Many thankful memorials were sent to newspapers and published in the Daqin Metropolitan Daily.

While cracking down, the Ministry of Works' plan to build national cement roads and roads in various counties has been released one after another. Some roads that can be built can be published in the Daqin Metropolis Daily to launch nationwide bids. Since the Dongfang Road was repaired, merchants who have been holding back for a whole year were suddenly excited, especially the cement manufacturers in various counties, all of whom were excited to tears. Now the cement fired by cement factories in various places has long been filled with warehouses, although they all know from various rumors that the emperor will build sooner or later.

The cement roads across the country are not repaired for a day, but if they are not repaired for a day, these cements will not be useful in one day. In addition, they will fail to maintain and cause huge losses and waste. Therefore, after seeing the news in the newspaper, almost all merchants across the country moved and ran to the local government offices to ask for the news. Officials from all over the country were already anxious. After the bidding was negotiated, they pushed the arrested prisoners to the construction teams, and then felt relieved.

A round of infrastructure that swept across the Qin Dynasty officially kicked off in the cold winter of the 31st year of Emperor Qin.

This round of massive infrastructure construction will last for ten years or even longer, and will lay a solid foundation for the future economic prosperity of Daqin.

The School of Technology, academy of Sciences controlled by Chen Xu, became the main promoter of this round of infrastructure. A large number of craftsmen and craftsmen and students spread the construction and acceptance of the national guidance roads. Huaxia Money House once again became the main body of intermediary. A large number of merchants traded money through money houses deposits and loans, which caused the daily flow of people in various places to break the threshold.

At the end of November, good news came from the south that excited the court.

Wang Ben, the Duke of Tongwu, led a large army to seize the three counties of Wushang Taimo and Yujiang, and killed the bandit leader Xiang Liang. At the same time, the garrison general of Dayuling also led 30,000 soldiers to take Luling County in two ways to cut off the rebels' route to escape to the southwest. The Xiang rebels abandoned Poyang County and retreated to the northwest, but there was already panic, as if they were stranded, and there were already fighting within the rebels, and some leaders turned against each other and surrendered to the court army.

"Haha, the day when the rebels perish is not far away!" Emperor First Emperor received this news and laughed happily in the court with excitement.

All the civil and military officials in the court flattered and praised the emperor's wise and magical martial arts.

It’s not that the emperor was happy, but this incident had a big blow to the emperor. All the six countries were wiped out. A small group of rebels actually caused him to lose a general and thousands of soldiers, but also caused trouble to the entire southeastern county for several months. It was not until recently that the rebels almost completely pacified the local area after occupying five county towns. The officials and lieutenants in several county towns were almost killed, and the people were also seriously injured. Not only did the economy be ruined, but the local people were panic.
Chapter completed!