Chapter 119: Spreading New Ideas
Feng Fei and Li Chun walked around the fields for most of the day, until the two of them were parched by the sun, and then they each got into the carriage and returned to the palace.
In ancient times, there were ice cellars built in the homes of dignitaries and nobles, of course, it was indispensable in the palace, Feng Fei put the watermelons in the space into the ice cellars, and then took them out after twenty minutes.
Feng Fei told Li Chun about his idea of building a road while eating, Li Chun frowned and said, "Road repair is too labor-intensive and material, whether it is to open a mountain and quarry stones or burn paper bricks and tiles, it requires a huge amount, don't hide it from the virtuous brother, the reason why I value the corn you distribute so much is because the grain depot of the Qian Dynasty is almost empty now, fortunately it is not a war era, otherwise, my grain stock will not even be able to support a medium-sized war." ”
Feng Fei looked at Li Chun with some surprise, although he knew that because of the policy constraints of valuing business and ignoring agriculture, the status of peasants was low, so naturally he did not have a great interest in farming, and those who had a little ability went to business, who would still want to be a lowly peasant in the times.
However, he did not expect that the grain of the Qianying Dynasty would be so scarce, and if there was a foreign invasion at this time, the grain and grass would not be able to supply the army, and the peasants' materials would inevitably be plundered along the road, which would only cause internal and external troubles, which would be extremely detrimental to the stability of the country.
Feng Fei thought for a moment and said, "Big brother, I've been to many worlds, and I have something I want to say. ”
The reason why Feng Fei said this first was because he didn't want the other party to think that he wanted to get involved in politics and interfere with his dominance.
Seeing Feng Fei's serious appearance, Li Chun smiled and said, "It's the first time I've seen you so serious, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it." ”
"The current policy of the Qianchao Dynasty is very bad, and if we want the country to be rich and the people strong, we must put agriculture as the foundation. Feng Fei stared at Li Chun and said this sentence slowly.
"Oh, why?" Li Chun didn't seem to be a mediocre monarch, and he could still listen to Feng Fei's opinion, even if it was a suspicion of the ruling philosophy of so many generations of emperors in the Qian Dynasty.
"The people take food as the sky, no matter who they are, it is not okay not to eat, there is a saying that people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. It can be said that grain is the greatest demand of mankind, but the peasants who produce grain and feed the entire Qianguo Dynasty will be reduced to the lowest level, and even called untouchables. Don't you think there's something wrong with that?"
After listening to Feng Fei's words, Li Chun also frowned and thought for a while, and said, "But not only the Qian, but all dynasties have done this, and there is nothing wrong with it."
"They all have one thing in common,"
"Oh, what do you have in common?"
Feng Fei looked at Li Chun and said word by word: "They are all perished!"
Li Chun was taken aback, and suddenly said, "Brother Xian is saying...... I'm going to follow in their footsteps?"
Feng Fei nodded and nodded, "Since the change of dynasties in ancient times, it is common for rivers and mountains to change their names and surnames, not only often, but also there is a law: decline is chaos, chaos is up, rise is easy, easy is changed, change is prosperous, prosperous and decline, long time must be combined and long time must be divided, there are different surnames in the country, each leading the way for hundreds of years." ”
"The decline here does not necessarily refer to the decay, but the health of the country, whether the leaders' decisions are correct, and now the peasants who feed the whole country in the Qian's Dynasty do not get the respect they have as they have, who still wants to be peasants? If no one is a peasant, who will farm the land? If the country does not cultivate the land, where will the grain come from to support the officials and soldiers, and the more there is no food, the more the state will collect taxes more intensively, and the peasants will be more miserable."
"Almost all the rebellions of any era are initiated from the people at the grassroots level, because they are the most suffering type of people, and the greater the pressure, the more terrifying the outbreak will be, and if they cannot be given the status and treatment they deserve, the Qianchao Dynasty will inevitably become the dust of history and be replaced by the next dynasty. ”
Feng Fei's words made Li Chun's face pale, he was not the founding emperor, but also restricted by the ruling ideas of the previous dynasties, thinking that the peasants should be treated like that, as for why, he himself didn't know, just because the times were like this, so he didn't think about changing, and now listening to Feng Fei's words, he suddenly woke up to the fact that the change of dynasties in the past dynasties was really as Feng Fei said, and the cause was the rebellion of those untouchables.
"Then what should I do? Do you want to give them the treatment of nobles?" Li Chun was a little confused by what Feng Fei said, and he was a little flustered for a while, it is said that he should not be so stupid as to be said by others to become the king of a country, but Feng Fei is an immortal in his eyes, and if he is an immortal, he doesn't dare not believe it, besides, in ancient times, it was a hereditary system, and the prince was the best smart, but if he only had one son, he was still a brainless person, and he couldn't pass the throne to his son, and pass it on to others, and young children in history were everywhere who became emperors.
"That's not all, it's just that you have to change your current policy and give the peasants a place they deserve. ”
"Then how to change it, Brother Xian, say it quickly!" Li Chun immediately overjoyed when he saw that Feng Fei had a way.
"Big brother, you know, I'm not from this world, I don't want to get involved in these things, but I don't want to watch this world become war-torn and the people are struggling to make a living, but it is impossible to change suddenly, you can only come step by step, the first thing to do is to do something practical for the farmers, so that they can solve the problem of food and clothing,"
"Brother Xian, are you distributing corn seeds just to solve this problem?" Li Chun was not stupid, he immediately thought of Feng Fei's reason for doing this, and at the same time, his heart was also full of warmth, this was solving the problem for himself.
"That's right, but this is not enough, it must be promoted on a large scale, and I said that building roads, is also one of the methods, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich, first build roads, only the road is smooth, even if the communication is not developed, there is something between people, you can also quickly reach the destination, whether it is to observe the people's feelings, or to transport materials, can be of great help, can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”
After Feng Fei finished speaking, Li Chun nodded, "That's right, what the virtuous brother said is extremely true, but building roads takes manpower and material resources, and the Qianchao is already a little overwhelmed, if it is built so much, won't it be even heavier for the people?"
"It is indeed not easy for the Qianying Dynasty to build roads at present, but there is no hurry, after the corn harvest in Feixian City, people in other places will naturally want to plant when they see the benefits, and you can distribute corn seeds for free at that time, but the premise is that each family must send someone to build the road, but it cannot be enslaved, and it must be treated well,"
"And I will develop a road surface that does not use bricks and stones, which is also extremely hard and easier to pave faster, so that the difficulty and fatigue of construction can be reduced. ”
Li Chundao said, "It's still the virtuous brother who thinks thoughtfully, tomorrow morning I will mention this idea to the civil and military officials, with the words of the virtuous brother, I believe they will not refuse." ”