It began to rain in the middle of the night, and by dawn it was getting heavier and heavier.

Ju Zizhou did not sleep well, and when the rain began to fall heavily, he was immediately awakened, lit the lamp, and began to write a draft of the strategy to be used to persuade the King of Qin early tomorrow morning.

After eating in the morning, the rain was a little heavier, Ju Zizhou looked at the rain outside the window, and frowned slightly.

Without an umbrella, if you go out like this, I'm afraid that you will become a soup chicken when you get to the Qin Palace.

Although he himself doesn't care much about his demeanor, in the face of King Qin, he can't lose his demeanor.

When he was in trouble, Meng Yan and another hussar general with more exquisite leather armor came to invite: "Mr. Ju, the king saw the heavy rain in the sky, and he was worried that Mr. was wet with his clothes and feet, so he sent us to drive to meet him. ”

Ju Zizhou was not much surprised to see them coming to greet them.

As long as the King of Qin can't see his people, it is certain that he will send someone to pick him up.

It's just that......

Ju Zizhou glanced at the draft he had prepared again, sorted out his thoughts, and burned the draft of the silk script.

"There are two generals." Ju Zizhou got up, brushed his sleeves, and traveled with the two.

Outside the guest house, King Qin's car stood quietly in the rain.

Ju Zizhou didn't know much about this kind of ritual, so he wasn't so surprised to see this gorgeous bronze carriage, but just calmly stepped on the jade steps handed by Meng Yan and another general to get on the car.

This car is also rainproof, sitting in the car, the rain hits the car like a waterfall, knocking out a sound with some charm.

Meng Yan climbed onto the back of a horse, and another general sat in front of the carriage to drive for Ju Zizhou.

The carriage entered the Qin Palace in the rain, and was encountering the cars of several other people.

Among them was a man named Lü Buwei.

Zuo Shuchang, Lü Buwei!

Lü Buwei was far away, and when he saw King Qin's car, he wanted to give way first, and then follow, but when the sharp-eyed Lü Buwei got closer, he was stunned and realized - wasn't the black kid in the car Qin Zheng's entourage?

He saw that Ju Zizhou was the entourage of Ying Zheng who had only met once, and he was infinitely reverie in his heart, and then thought of the edict issued by King Qin before, announcing that Ying Zheng was the eldest grandson of King Qin.

Lu Buwei pursed his lips, instinctively feeling that something was wrong: "Change the car and drive, go to the Qinggong first!" ”

King Qin's frame arrived at a side hall after the Xuan Palace.

Yingzheng and King Qin Yingzhu have been waiting for a long time.

Ju Zizhou looked around: "Thank you for sending a car to greet you, otherwise ......"

"Why should you be polite, sir!" Ying Zhu immediately got up, he took a few breaths, came to greet Ju Zizhou, took Ju Zizhou's hand and said, "I'm still worried that Mr. is not used to the autumn rainstorm in Qin and can't sleep peacefully." ”

"Compared with the Central Plains of Korea and Wei, Qin is indeed bitter and cold, but it is always better than Zhao and Yan!" Ju Zizhou smiled.

"Ju is a vulgar person, but he is not afraid of this climate problem...... Your Majesty, has it rained so heavily in the Qin State all year round?"

"Heavy rain happens every year, but ...... such heavy rain" King Qin looked out for a while, and couldn't see anything, but he was still a little worried: "Such heavy rain is rare." ”

Ju Zizhou nodded, glancing at Yingzheng who was sitting upright.

"Then I'm afraid that this year's grain production will be reduced." Ju Zizhou sighed casually, and then pulled King Qin Yingzhu into a seat.

Ying Zheng sat aside, listening to Ju Zizhou's sentence of grain production reduction, frowned, and then bowed slightly.

"Sir, I said yesterday that there is a way to remove the "poison in the country"? Ying Zhu was sitting upright, leaning forward slightly, staring at Ju Zizhou with burning eyes.

"Absolutely!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "The so-called "poison in the country", does the king know what it is? ”

Winning the Column and Mustache.

He had never thought about it.

People's cognition of anything is first generated by the repeated repetition of the apparent cognition in social practice, and then the "concept" is extracted.

Although the king of Qin was well aware of the concept of "poison in the country".

However, his cognition of this "concept" was obtained from writing, not concrete, vivid, but abstract concept, and only when he encountered it, he knew: Oh, this is in line with the so-called "poison in the country" that Shang Jun said.

And now Ju Zizhou asked him to describe in detail what the "poison in the country" was, but he couldn't answer at all.

Pretending to think for a while, Ying Zhu shook his head: "I don't know this." ”

Ju Zizhou smiled: "It's normal for the king to not know." ”

Because the king lacks a basic understanding of "people's livelihood". ”

"Does the king know how much grain can be produced in one acre of land in the territory of Qin now?" Ju Zizhou asked.

Winning Pillar shook his head.

"I don't know."

"Does the king know how much grain, how much salt, how much oil, and how much meat does an ordinary family of five need to be full every year?"

Ying Zhu shook his head again: "I don't know." ”

Ju Zizhou nodded: "I don't know about these, so it's normal that the king can't describe what the "poison in the country" is." ”

"Ask me, sir, what is this "poison in the country"? Ying Zhu bowed and offered Ju Zizhou a cup of hot tea.

"Teach!" Ju Zizhou took a sip of tea: "To understand the so-called "poison in the country", we must first understand that the ordinary people of the Qin State need to survive every year, and what they can get from their work. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"The commoners of the Qin State have the custom of separating their families according to the law."

"If there are two men in each household, two women, and one child, then five in each household."

"The rich have two meals a day, and the poor have one meal a day."

"Chengding needs physical labor, one catty and eight taels per meal, and six catties of food per day; The woman does not do much work, and needs one pound of food for each meal, and four pounds of food every day; The children have eight taels per meal, and they need one pound of food every day. ”

"A family of five, calculated according to two meals a day, needs eleven catties of food."

"A few vegetables for the meal, a little salt, a little oil, and a little sauce."

"But the most important thing is Chai!" Ju Zizhou said: "No firewood, no door!" ”

"According to the average yield of 69 and a half catties per mu in Zhao State, how much grain does a family of five need to fill their stomachs every year?"

Ying Zhu was stunned for a moment.

"Clay pots are used for cooking in civilian homes, and clay pots consume much more firewood than copperware!"

"Every meal is cooked thoroughly, and the civilian home needs about half a catty of dry firewood, and a number of straw and other things to ignite."

"A family of five, calculated according to two meals a day, needs 3,960 catties of food for 360 days."

"And sixty-nine and a half catties of grain per acre."

"Without calculating taxes, how many acres of land does a family of five need to feed themselves?"

The winning column is counted on his fingers.

Ju Zizhou immediately gave the answer: "Fifty-seven acres of land." ”

"Need so much?" King Qin Yingzhu was a little surprised.

Ying Zheng was not surprised.

When he watched "Handan Investigation" before, he was asked by Ju Zizhou to calculate how many acres of land the people of Zhao Guo and his family needed to survive.

The situation of Zhao State is different from that of Qin State, so there is no requirement for everyone to be well fed when calculating, and without calculating taxes, a family of five in Zhao State needs forty-nine acres of land to ensure survival.

"What about the tax calculations?" Ju Zizhou asked: "How much land is needed for the calculation of the tax law of one out of ten?"

"This ......"

"Sixty-four acres!" Ju Zizhou reported the figures.

"The prices of oil, salt, sauce, firewood, and vegetables are very expensive, and the average Qin people are afraid that they have done their best just to ensure that their family is old and young."

"Does King Qin know that once the year is not good and the grain production is reduced, how many people will starve?"

"Can these Qin people, who were struggling for survival, have enough food to eat?"

"Can they still afford oil, salt, and pickles?"

"If the rain doesn't stop for days, will they have enough firewood and grass to keep them warm?"

"The surplus food at home is insufficient, the children lack oil and water, the old man has vegetables, and his wife and mother have cold hands and feet, what will Qin Chengding do at this time in order to make a living?"

"Burglar is a thief, interception is a thief." Win Zhu muttered to himself.

He said, looking out the window in horror.

Heavy rain and waterfalls, Yingzhu can foresee that the poor Qin people will not be able to guarantee their survival after the heavy rain, and then break the law to become thieves in order to feed and dress their families.

And this kind of situation will definitely not be a minority!

The so-called "poison in the country" is the people's grievance. ”

When the poor can't solve the problem of food and clothing, the rich smell of wine and meat, but the poor are powerless to struggle, so they have "resentment"! ”

There is also "poison" in the country. ”