Three days have passed since Wei Ji reported that day, and Jiang Ji has never given up on inquiring about the latest news in the North.

During this period, many members of the Witch God Sect were arrested in the Qin Dynasty, and the recruitment of Ding Zhuang was also in full swing.

The previous army of five thousand righteous men, after a small number of people from each family left, eliminated some unqualified people and trained a new army of 4,000 people, and officially began training.

The biggest problem is food and grass. Although the major families "dedicated" a lot of food and grass before, they were all used for disaster relief, and there was not much left in the treasury of each county.

Although Yangdi still has a lot of reserves, it is still not as powerful as supplying nearly 30,000 military food.

The most important thing is that winter is coming soon, and it is too late to plant it.

"Your Majesty, it's better to recruit 10,000 people first, so that the food and grass can be supplied for four or five months, and barely last until next year. If you get some from families in various places, you should be able to wait until the harvest is completed."

Feng Yu saw that Jiang Ji was frowning over the food and grass issues these days, so he couldn't help but suggest.

Jiang Ji sighed: "The Witch God Cult is powerful. Once it swept away, there will definitely be people who respond. If Qin does not have enough troops at that time, how should we deal with it?"

Then he said, "But if there is no other way, then you can only follow what you said. But in that case, you can only hope that Qin is in the southwest and there will not be too many people from the Witch God Cult."

In fact, if those aristocratic families were willing, it would be easy to raise 30,000 troops. Unfortunately, it would be impossible to make an offer on their own initiative, unless there was no other way.

"The king, the doctor is requesting a visit."

At this time, the eunuch suddenly came in to report.

"Let him in."

Zhao Shuo is now in charge of intelligence matters, so there must be important information when he comes to ask for advice.

"Greetings to the king."

Zhao Shuo is not tall, but his temperament can easily make people ignore his height and trust him.

Jiang Ji asked him to get up and then asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Zhao? He was so in a hurry?"

"Reported to the king, the Witch God Cult has rebelled. All the nineteen states in the world, except Zhongzhou where the imperial capital is located, have launched rebellions. Even Yangzhou where Qin is located is no exception. There are even small rebellions in many places in Qin, but they are soon quelled by the officials from all over the country, and the memorials should be delivered to Yangdi soon."

Jiang Ji's eyes were solemn. He had expected the rebellion of the Witch God Sect, and even started preparing for it, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"It may have been a few days since you received the news. In other words, when Wei Fu said this information, the Witch God Cult had already rebelled. However, the Witch God Cult in the southwest has little influence, so it was a few days late."

Feng Yu continued: "Even if it was a few days late, it might be intentional. After all, the Witch God Cult in these places has a small force and few rebellions. Only when the news of the Witch God Cult sweeping the whole country can we use this influence to achieve greater results. It seems that the Witch God Cult has plans for experts."

Jiang Ji thought for a moment: "Jun Zhao, continue to pay close attention to the situation in various places and inform Yu Gu and Fengjun in time, and go and notify others of the government to open a government meeting."

"promise!"

The two responded in a deep voice, and then went to do their own business.

Not long after, the main hall was filled with real power figures from Qin.

Jiang Ji sat on the throne, looked down at everyone, and spoke in a heavy mood: "Just just received the information, the Wushen Cult has rebelled and swept across the country, and even a small rebellion has occurred in the Qin State. Everyone needs to be vigilant and at the same time, they order all counties to strengthen their defense."

"The king, I have just received the news that Cangzhou, Leizhou, Fengzhou and Jizhou in the northeast have all fallen, and the whereabouts of the second prince are unknown."

The news brought by Wei Ji was like a shocking thunder, which shocked everyone so much that they couldn't speak.

Guo Qu looked at Wei Ji in disbelief: "The empire has a long history and its prestige is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even if the Witch God Cult has always been prestige, how can it cause such a thief?"

"It is probably because of natural disasters and man-made disasters over the years. You can't survive anyway. It's better to fight for it. You can't say you can still win a wealth."

Feng Tang sighed.

Many powerful figures in this hall were from noble families, with only a few people coming from, so it is naturally difficult to understand the suffering of the lower-class Guizhou leader. Even Guo Qu, a prime minister who was promoted through military merits, has been separated from ordinary people for too long.

"The Chief Secretary said that, "Witch God Cult raised his arms and heard the followers gather. The states I just mentioned have not organized too decent resistance and have fallen, which shows that the people at the bottom have suffered for a long time!"

Wei Ji couldn't help but shake his head. When he first learned the news, he couldn't believe it.

Guo Qu asked: "Didn't the aristocratic families in these four states resist?"

You should know that ordinary Guizhou leaders have difficulty in survival, but those aristocratic families must have a prosperous life. There is no need for them to rebel and bet on that glimmer of hope.

Wei Ji said: "The Witch God Cult is powerful and there is a Witch God Army of tens of thousands of people. It is an elite army. What is the use of a large family?"

The Witch God Cult has obviously been planning for a long time. I don’t know how many years have been trained by this army of tens of thousands of people. Among them, there must be the cooperation of the government, so that no one can report to the court for so long.

Bai Yan went out and said in a deep voice: "The thieves in the Witch God Sect will definitely not be satisfied with this. There will be wars in the future. Our Qin State should renovate our arms and deal with the war."

Feng Yu's heart moved, knowing that it was a good opportunity, so he spoke, "What the lieutenant said is very much, but the treasury is now empty. Before, Yu was discussing with the king and only recruiting 10,000 new troops. No matter how many, he can't afford it..."

Jiang Ji also quickly answered: "I have been worried about this for a long time, and I don't know if all the ministers have any good ideas?"

The hall quieted for a moment, and looked at me, and I saw that you didn't speak at all.

In fact, everyone knows that there are only two solutions: one is to collect private food and grass, and the other is to ask for the aristocratic families.

The former does not mean that Jiang Jiyuan is unwilling. Once implemented, the public will be resentful. If it is an ordinary year, it will probably be able to suppress it. Now, collecting grain is the life of the people of Guizhou. With the Witch God Cult in front, it will inevitably cause chaos.

And the latter, the aristocratic families are not philanthropists, and it is almost impossible to expect them to take it out on their own.

Seeing this, Wei Ji stood up and said something to others. Only someone with a high status and a family can say it.

"It's better to borrow food from the aristocratic families in the Qin State? Now that the country is in trouble, if we don't recruit troops to protect ourselves, the four states will be our role model. I believe that the aristocratic families also understand the truth that the lips and teeth are cold. Once they fall, the major families will be the first to be affected. How can they not know where there is food?"

"What Wei Fu said is that Li Kuan donated 100,000 stones of food and grass on behalf of the Li family."

One stone of food and grass is enough for a soldier to need for a month. If you eat less, it will be enough for a month and a half, and one hundred thousand stones are enough for 30,000 people to need for four or five months. It can be said to be a big deal.

Some people took the lead, and the situation was indeed urgent, and some people came forward one after another.

"Zhang Ming donated 80,000 stones on behalf of the Zhang family."

"The Sun family donated 10,000 stones."

...

Although not every family is as generous as the Li family, it is also an astronomical figure together.

Not to mention other counties, Jiang Ji will not be able to raise 30,000 troops or 50,000 troops at that time.
Chapter completed!