The next day, early morning.

In the Qilin Hall, Ying Yu yawned and said listlessly:

"My lords, do you have anything to say today?"

At this time, the genius had just dawned. As for the early morning meeting, Ying Yu proposed to change the time more than once, but he encountered strong opposition from the officials.

Ying Yu was also very helpless and had to get up before dawn this early morning.

You said we would move the morning meeting to noon or afternoon and have a good sleep at home comfortably. Wouldn’t it be nice for him?

However, these ministers disagreed life and death, making Ying Yu sleepy-eyed every time he went to court.

Just when he finished speaking, Feng Quji stepped out from the crowd:

"I would like to inform you that there is a severe drought in Qianzhong County. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their crops and are now in mourning. How to solve the problem still requires your decision."

As soon as these words came out, Ying Yu suddenly lost all sleepiness and his face became heavy.

This famine is no joke, this happens every year in Great Qin.

The people had no harvest, no food to eat, and countless people died of starvation.

After thinking for a while, Ying Yu asked directly:

"If we want the people in central Guizhou to survive this winter, how much food will be needed?"

When Feng Quji heard this, he immediately spoke:

"I have calculated that there are more than 200,000 hungry people in central Guizhou. If we want to survive until next spring, we will need at least one million dan of grain."

Feng Quji's estimate is quite normal. According to the minimum standard, if a person does not starve to death, a person needs at least two hundred kilograms of food a year.

The conversion of one stone in the Qin Dynasty to today is 109 kilograms. According to the standard of more than 200,000 people, it is indeed appropriate and accurate.

Ying Yu nodded slightly, one million stones of grain, this is not a small amount.

Although he had potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn seeds in his hands, it was almost November and winter was about to begin, so he couldn't plant them at all.

Now if we want to provide disaster relief, we can only open warehouses to release grain.

"The people are suffering from the severe drought in central Guizhou. The disaster cannot be delayed. I have decided to open a warehouse to release grain. What do you think, sir?"

As soon as Ying Yu finished speaking, all the officials in the palace started talking quietly.

When he heard that Ying Yu was going to open a warehouse to store grain, Meng Yi, who had closed his eyes to rest, immediately stood up:

"Young Master, this must never be done."

"Our Great Qin treasury does not have much food, but these are military rations and must not be used lightly."

As soon as Meng Yi finished speaking, another person stood up:

"Young Master Meng Shang is right. Unless war breaks out, the food in the national treasury must not be touched."

"Yes, central Guizhou is the land of Chu. Whether the people there are alive or dead has nothing to do with us, the old Qin people."

"Young master, please think twice. If we open the warehouse to store grain, then if the Huns or Baiyue invade from the north, my army will have to sit back and wait for death if there is no food."

All the officials spoke out one after another, and they all opposed the opening of granaries to release grain.

Ying Yu was not surprised by this, but what concerned him most was the conflict between the old Qin people and the survivors of the Six Kingdoms!

In the eyes of the old Qin people, the people of the six countries outside the Pass have never been treated as Qin people.

If the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government are like this, what about the local nobles and gentry?

This is the crux of the problem.

No wonder the people of the Six Kingdoms all want to restore their country, but the people of Lao Qin have never taken these remnants of the Six Kingdoms seriously.

By treating the remnants of the Six Kingdoms in this way, they will naturally think of the old countries and become resentful of the Qin Dynasty.

This is the scariest thing.

At this moment, Yingyu couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Brother Zheng. It was so difficult!

The current Great Qin is forcibly integrated by relying entirely on Brother Zheng's personal supreme authority and Great Qin's powerful and unrivaled cavalry.

This is also the fundamental reason why in history Brother Zheng was gone and Great Qin fell apart in an instant.

Thinking of this, Ying Yu stood up directly and glanced at the officials in the palace.

"I have two questions for you, sir. I want to ask all of you."

"First, what do the people of the world have to do with me, Da Qin?"

"Second, does our country, Da Qin, truly unify the world?"

After Ying Yu finished speaking, all the officials who had been talking about each other fell silent and began to think about the two questions he raised.

Looking at the pensive officials, Ying Yu continued to ask:

"Mencius said: The people are the most valuable, followed by the country!"

"My lords, do you know the reason?"

Many ministers were slightly startled. When did this young master learn Confucianism?

"Everyone, we, the Qin Dynasty, destroyed the six kingdoms and unified currency, weights and measures, and writing. This is an unprecedented achievement, but it is not enough."

"If you want to truly unify the world, you must have the people of the world surrender and recognize you."

"Now I, Da Qin, have succeeded in making the people of the world submit, but I cannot get the people of the world to recognize me."

"Only when the people of the world recognize it, and when the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are like me and the old Qin people, and are willing to sacrifice their lives for our great Qin, can we truly unify the world and bring all people together."

"The people in this world are like water, and our country, the Qin Dynasty, is like a boat. Do you know, gentlemen, that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it?"

"If you and others treat the people of the Six Kingdoms with such contempt, when will our Great Qin truly be able to unify the world?"

The officials looked at the excited Ying Yu blankly, and were shocked in their hearts.

No one thought that this carefree young master could actually say such a thing.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.

This sentence made many people fall into deep thought.

"I, Wei Liao, feel that what the Young Master is saying is reasonable, and the people in central Guizhou must be saved."

Wei Liao, a lieutenant of the State of Qin, a native of Daliang of the State of Wei!

As a state captain, Wei Liao can be said to have a high and powerful position. In the past years in Xianyang, he can be said to have sympathized with the attitude of the old Qin people towards them, people from the Six Kingdoms.

"Although what the young master said is reasonable, once the food from the national treasury is used, what will happen if foreign enemies invade?"

"Are we, the soldiers of Great Qin, allowed to go hungry and fight to the death with the enemy?"

The officials started discussing again.

Yes, the problem is back to the beginning.

To put it bluntly, there is no food.

Ying Yu was also helpless. If he had been given another period of time to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, this problem would not have happened at all.

As he thought about it, Ying Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

I remember that when he destroyed the Du family in Nanyang, he captured a lot of food.

Thinking of this and looking at the officials who were still discussing, Ying Yu suddenly smiled.

"Shut up, sir. This time there is a severe drought in central Guizhou and the people are starving. I, the Qin Dynasty, must save them!"
Chapter completed!