The voices in the courtroom were finally unified on the bright side, and as for the private voices, Qin Shi Huang did not care.
That was how it was in the imperial court, and it was impossible to want everyone to have one voice.
Everyone immediately began to start preparing to welcome the army back to the city.
The restoration of peace in the sky was a recent event.
Of course it had to be properly prepared, it just wouldn’t be too grand.
For both the treasury and Qin Shi Huang’s own inner coffers are all but empty.
The south had been pacified, but not the north.
The 300,000 Xiong Nu army can give more pressure than Xiang.
After Qin Shi Huang returned to the palace, he walked back and forth a few steps in the palace, and Zhao Gao quickly asked.
“Your Majesty, what is troubling you?”
Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly and replied.
“This time, when Lang’er and the others came back, I was unable to get too much money and supplies.”
Greeting and rewarding the army, it was all about spending money and giving supplies.
It couldn’t just be lip service, people weren’t stupid.
Zhao Gao smiled and said back.
“Your Majesty, the old slave here does have a tricky way, the people under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are all farmers and soldiers, so why not use a title instead of a reward.”
“For all the sergeants, one more rank up is all.”
In Great Qin, rewarding knighthoods and land for military service was what everyone valued the most.
Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly as he listened, but quickly said.
“This title is fine, but what about the land? Guanzhong doesn’t have this much land left.”
Guanzhong is the birthplace of the old Qin people, since the founding of Great Qin, the land in Guanzhong, especially near Xianyang, has long been divided almost.
Zhao Gao laughed again and
“Your Majesty, Great Qin is so big, just spread it around.”
“It can’t be helped.”
Qin Shi Huang hesitated and could only nod.
There really wasn’t too good a way out.
“Alright, have someone send a letter to Lang’er, these things should also be known to him in advance.”
Qin Shi Huang ordered.
Zhao Gao nodded in response.
Soon, a fast horse left Xianyang and headed south.
Two days later, the land of Han near Wuguan.
A Qin army was recuperating, and although they had been marching continuously for so many days, everyone’s faces were smiling.
In a few more days they would be able to reach Xianyang, and this time the reward would definitely be less.
Of course happy.
It’s just that the atmosphere inside the army camp wasn’t that good.
Zhao Lang was looking at his old man’s letter, frowned slightly and said.
“This reward is still a bit muddled.”
Then he handed the letter to Chen Ping, who was at the side, and said.
“Think of a way to get some money out, we can’t let the generals get cold.”
Although Pops had promised to let the generals who died in battle enter the Imperial Tombs at Mount Li.
But the reward for the living generals was not so good.
He also understands that Great Qin is now poor.
But the generals were also born into death, in exchange for the war achievements, can not be so with a title to muddle through.
Only after Chen Ping read the letter, he was baffled for a moment, and then said.
“Chief, where is this reward fooled?”
Zhao Lang returned.
“Can’t you see? My father is going to replace the reward with a knighthood, and the land that follows the knighthood is going to some remote place, depending on the situation.”
Replacing real money with a false name and remote land, what is this not fooling around?
But Chen Ping stared wide-eyed, then smiled bitterly and said.
“Chief, ah, this title and land is something that many people could not even beg for!”
“Even if this land is a bit remote, it’s still its own actual land, it’s not like it’s the same as Bai Yue.”
“As for this title, it’s all linked to taxes and levies, it’s much more useful than money.”
Soon after, Chen Ping explained these details, and finally said that the Valley
“Chieftain, the news that you can enter the imperial tomb after dying in battle has already spread, and the generals are all wailing to serve and die.”
“There are even generals complaining about why they didn’t die in battle.”
“Now, with the reward of titles and land, the generals will definitely not object!”
“If you look again, in Great Qin, even a mega-wealthy merchant would never be able to buy any titles!”
“How can such honour, which can be passed down for three generations, be measured by such mundane things as money?”
Hearing this, Zhao Lang couldn’t help but freeze for a moment before revealing a bitter smile.
Due to some bad influences from his previous life, he was already used to measuring everything in terms of money.
He had forgotten that in today’s Great Qin, honour and so on were much more important than money.
Pops is worthy of being Pops, the Great Qin is still pinpointed to death.
He was thinking about money, instead of falling down.
Shaking his head mockingly, Zhao Lang quickly said.
“Well, got it, this reward will be implemented according to this is, but the money must also be there.”
“Even if it’s a little less, it must be settled within two months.”
When the official government gives out a reward, it is not given immediately.
There was still a time gap that could be utilised.
It’s just in time to get things handed out before the start of winter.
Chen Ping instantly had a bitter face, too.
“Chief, where is there any money left within Great Qin now?”
When the First Emperor engaged in a major construction, he spent a lot.
Once the rebellion was fought in the past two years, and then feeding the two border armies totalling 800,000, the whole of Great Qin was literally left with not a drop left.
Hearing this, Zhao Lang’s heart moved slightly and quickly said.
“Send a message to Xiao Liu and the others, just tell them that I’m short of money.”
Great Qin’s soldiers had helped the Goguryeo royal family maintain law and order for so long.
It was also time to pay some protection money.
After all, what are the people themselves, in that poor countryside, trying to do?
Just their gratitude?
Wouldn’t that be a loss?
Chen Ping immediately went to pass on the message without saying a word, as long as Zhao Lang didn’t ask him for money anyway.
Soon, a fast horse left the military camp.
A few days later.
On the streets of the Goguryeo royal city.
Xiao Liu had a piece of grass in his mouth, chewed it twice then spat it out and complained, the
“Damn, this sh*tty place, even the grass doesn’t taste good.”
They were making their rounds, Xiao Liu, as the highest general, patrolled the city every day, that was the rule.
When the Goguryeo people on the streets saw them, they would smile and salute, but they were still vaguely afraid.
They couldn’t forget how mighty these people were when they broke through the royal city!
Luckily, these Qin troops, although very powerful, had entered the city for so many days and got along, but they did not offend the people in autumn.
And they are extremely fair and just.
The good proof is, these Qin army buy things, actually give money!
To put it mildly, these Qin troops are better than their own government!
The Qin troops on the side heard the complaints and smiled as they were really ready to chime in, but suddenly a Goguryeo man fell down on his knees in front of them and started to cry.
Xiao Liu looked to the local interpreter on the side, who quickly explained the situation.
It wasn’t complicated, it was that this person was being bullied by another person.
Xiao Liu waved his hand, and the Qin Jun on the side led the people to administer justice.
This kind of thing was considered normal in King City.
It was just that some of the Goguryeo readers on the streets were extremely desperate when they saw this scene.
Ordinary people are wronged, all go to the Qin army, in the long run, Goguryeo that there is still hope?
Xiao Liu still wanted to continue his rounds, a messenger hurriedly arrived in front of him and said.
“Urgent letter from the Crown Prince!”
Xiao Liu’s face was solemn, and after hurriedly reading the letter, he waved his hand and said.
“Let’s go, we should also collect the rent.”
Then he led the way towards the Goguryeo Royal Palace.