Chapter 371: 300,000 Navy Troops Set Out to Visit the Immortals
Xu Fu originally wanted to persuade Ying Yuan.
To abolish the system of human sacrifice is to go against the gods again.
This goes against his beliefs.
Although his faith seems insignificant in the eyes of everyone.
Sometimes even he himself doubted whether there really were immortal Daluo Jinxian in this world.
The moment when he saw all the officials praising Ying Yuan’s decision.
Xu Fu knew what to do and kept his mouth shut.
Isn’t it good to be alive?
At this moment, the atmosphere in the court hall reached its highest point.
Everyone, without exception, praised Ying Yuan:
"The abolition of the practice of burying people alive with the dead will surely make your Majesty famous for eternity!"
"Your Majesty's achievements have long been passed down through the ages. This incident is, at most, just icing on the cake for Your Majesty."
"We all agree with your majesty's decision, regardless of whether or not gods really exist in this world."
"Simply put, our human race has been developing for thousands of years since the beginning of history. We have always been self-reliant and have never relied on gods."
"In that case, even if the human sacrifice system is abolished, what will happen?"
"If there really are gods, they are merciful and would certainly not want to see human sacrifices."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
“…”
After hearing their voices.
Ying Yuan couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
It won't be long before they realize that human sacrifice must be abolished.
It will definitely cause an uproar.
If things go wrong, he might end up like King Zhou of Shang as recorded in previous history.
Of course, he didn't hold much hope for this matter.
After all, what if it backfires?
Failed so many times.
This time, no matter what is said, you must be mentally prepared.
In the end, Ying Yuan made the decision.
He mobilized 300,000 elite soldiers to follow Xu Fu on a voyage to the sea in search of immortals.
That’s right, three hundred thousand.
A full three hundred thousand people, how can they be going to visit the immortals?
It was clearly to expand the territory for the Qin Dynasty.
But the strange thing is that none of the officials opposed Ying Yuan's decision.
This made Xu Fu very confused.
Just now, all the officials said that going out to sea to visit immortals was a waste of national energy.
Then, if we take 300,000 people with us to visit the immortals, it won’t consume the country’s energy?
Why is no one objecting?!
He couldn't figure it out.
It's not just him.
In fact, even some ministers don’t understand.
But they saw that Cao Cao, Qin Hui and others did not express their opinions to the Emperor in person.
So I followed their example and remained silent.
After the court was dismissed, they asked Cao Cao and others one by one:
"My Lords, Your Majesty has sent 300,000 men to accompany Xu Fu on his voyage to visit the immortals. The amount of food and supplies required must be staggering. Why don't you object?"
"Yes, that's a full 300,000 men. How many are there in my Liangshan navy? Less than 500,000!"
"Three hundred thousand people going out to sea together is a massive undertaking, no less than launching a war!"
“…”
Hearing their voices, Cao Cao smiled and asked:
"Who told you that His Majesty sending 300,000 people out to sea to visit the immortals is no longer a war?"
"Let me ask you, how many troops does the Great Qin have at sea?"
At this time, an official from the Ministry of War bowed and said, "Prime Minister, our Great Qin currently has only two naval forces."
"One is the Liangshan navy, and the other is the Zheng family navy far away in Yizhou."
"However, the Zheng family's navy only has about 200,000 soldiers, which is only suitable for defending the Yizhou mainland."
"As for the Liangshan navy, there are about 500,000 of them."
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said, "You are right. Do you still remember how much our Great Qin paid in the battle against the Japanese?"
The same military official responded, "If I remember correctly, during the war against the Japanese, the Qin army lost over a hundred thousand soldiers."
Cao Cao took over his words and said, "Yes, among them, the vast majority of soldiers died in battles at sea."
"Because at that time, when Marshal Huo Guang went on the expedition, our Great Qin did not yet have a fully organized navy."
"Many soldiers are not even familiar with water."
"But even so, for the sake of our Great Qin, they still fought without hesitation."
"From then on, Your Majesty and I dreamed of having our own navy, and so the Liangshan Navy came into being."
"But to be honest, since the Liangshan Water Division was established, it has never had any actual combat experience. No one knows its true strength."
"This time, His Majesty sent 300,000 troops, nominally to visit the immortals, but in fact, he wanted to use this opportunity to train the Liangshan navy."
Hearing his long speech.
Many officials suddenly understood.
Yes, who would need to dispatch 300,000 navy soldiers to go out to sea to visit immortals or look for so-called medicinal herbs?
Only a fool would believe that!
Your Majesty probably wants to take advantage of this opportunity to confuse the eyes and ears of other countries, and then train the Liangshan navy to be stronger.
So that this navy can be deployed into battle at any time!
To be honest, the Qin State, which did not have a complete and professional navy at the time, was still able to defeat the Japanese State.
Now that we have a complete navy, we can easily defeat the Japanese army at sea.
In other words, the Qin Dynasty's maritime power is second only to the Xia Dynasty.
After all, over the years, countries have been vigorously developing their army strength.
They all ignored the strategic resources at sea.
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