"Your Majesty, the minister proposes to revise the law!"

After a short silence, Zhao Heng's eyes looked at Ying Zheng and said.

"How do I modify it?"

Ying Zheng's eyebrows raised slightly and asked.

The eyes of the others looking at Zhao Heng at this moment all showed a slight discoloration.

This prime minister is going to move His Majesty's scales!

"You are not exempt from the levy order during the agricultural season!"

Zhao Heng said slowly.

Rumble!

As his words fell, Li Si and the other ministers suddenly felt a buzzing in their heads.

They all know that this prime minister has angered His Majesty!

Fusu was severely reprimanded by His Majesty for just proposing a light levy, and was even sent to Shangjun to assist the general Meng Tian in building the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu and stay away from the court.

Now, the prime minister of China is trying in vain to persuade His Majesty that he will not be subject to the levy order during the agricultural season.

This is no longer a light conscription, it is clearly a cutting conscription!

However, what the ministers didn't expect was that Ying Zheng's face not only did not show the slightest anger, but instead smiled and said: "Since this is the intention of the gentleman, then I should naturally agree and pass on my edict that from today onwards, all the people who are farmers can return to their hometowns and concentrate on agricultural production." ”

Ga?

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Li Si and the others were all stunned, their eyes widened, their mouths opened wide, and their chins fell to the ground.

With a single sentence, the Prime Minister of China asked His Majesty to agree that all the widows could return to their hometowns to concentrate on farming during the agricultural season, what kind of honor is this?

You must know that the dozen or so people just now, who were so dry-mouthed, tried to persuade His Majesty to cancel the decision to recruit another 300,000 widowers, but they were unsuccessful.

As a result, Zhao Heng's fluttering words did what they didn't even dare to think about.

Li Si and the others really couldn't believe why Ying Zheng trusted Zhao Heng so much, and even almost reached the level of obedience.

Could it be that this one is His Majesty's real son?

Among all the ministers present, only Wang Jian understood why Yingzheng easily agreed to Zhao Heng's proposal.

This one, but the Red Dust Fairy!

He not only saved His Majesty's life, but also allowed Great Qin to avoid the end of the death of the second emperor, and was able to make Great Qin prosperous for all generations.

The most important thing is that in the future, it is possible for him to make His Majesty immortal, and based on this alone, His Majesty will not easily refute his proposal, otherwise, if he provokes resentment and goes directly back to the Heavenly Bai Yujing, wouldn't he regret it?

At this moment, the entire Qilin Hall was as silent as death.

Li Si and Zhao Gao glanced at each other, and they both faintly saw powerlessness and even fear in each other's eyes.

This person must not be his enemy!

Not only them, but all the ministers at this moment were all thinking in their hearts about how they could get along with this young Zhongcheng, or even become his subordinate officials.

"Is it strange why I would so easily agree to allow the widower to return home to do farming while farming?"

At this time, Ying Zheng's gaze swept over every minister and spoke.

"The ministers dare not speculate on the holy will!"

The crowd hurriedly saluted.

"Because I believe that any change in Mr. will be for the sake of the Great Qin to prosper for all generations."

Ying Zheng smiled faintly and said.

Although he did attach great importance to the three major projects of building the Great Wall, building the Afang Palace, and repairing the Emperor's Mausoleum, and he had to complete it during his lifetime at all costs, compared with the prosperous Wandai of Great Qin, there was nothing that could not be compromised.

What's more, as long as there is a gentleman, even if he can't really live forever, he will definitely live for a long time, so there is no need to worry.

"Sir, you can now tell me why the law has been changed in this way."

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Heng again and said.

"There are two reasons why the minister revised the law so much, one is to liberate the productive forces, and the other is to promote the sustainable development of Daqin."

Zhao Heng groaned slightly, and said: "My Daqin has a registered population of less than 30 million, but almost every year I recruit more than 2 million people, build 700,000 Afang Palace, repair 300,000 Lishan Imperial Tombs, build 500,000 Great Wall, 500,000 people in Wuling, 300,000 Tongchi Road, plus one million military service, almost occupy nearly 20% of the total population of my Daqin. ”

"It can even be said that except for the old and the young, women and children, all the young and strong people of Daqin are bound to forced labor, which not only greatly reduces productivity, but also because the number of young and strong people who die from forced labor is increasing year by year, so that the total population of Daqin not only failed to continue to grow, but instead showed negative growth."

Although he has promulgated policies to encourage more births, it is still almost impossible to achieve the goal of explosive population growth in a short period of time.

After all, it takes 10 years to conceive and 18 years to grow.

Daqin is now not short of food, nor is it lacking in combat effectiveness, but the lack of population is very large, especially the young and strong, and it is extremely lacking.

You must know that with Great Qin's current national strength, if you want to conquer the whole world, as long as you can solve the problem of transportation and communication, there is basically no difficulty.

But conquest is not just about conquering, it also requires people to occupy and manage it.

For example, after the defeat of the Mauryan Dynasty, garrisons were indispensable, and managing tens of millions of captives also required a large number of officials.

Moreover, the large tracts of land obtained must also be distributed to the people of Daqin.

According to a rough estimate, if you want to completely occupy the Mauryan Dynasty, less than one million people will not work at all.

This is just a Mauryan Empire, and if you put it in the whole of Asia, and even the whole world, how huge will the population be needed?

Of course, by that time, the population of Great Qin will be far more than 30 million.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Heng wanted to revise the law of refuge and let more than two million widowers go home during the agricultural season was not only because of the liberation of productive forces, but also because of another reason, that is, to give them enough time to make villains.

If even the population cannot grow sustainably, then how can there be sustainable development?

"The minister's revision of the law in this way can not only liberate more than 2 million young and strong laborers, but also promote the continuous growth of the population, and in the long run, it will benefit Daqin without harm."

Zhao Hengdao.

Everyone nodded secretly when they heard this, if this can really be the case, then the change of the law is naturally imperative.

"Zhao Xiang, your proposal to revise the law is naturally beneficial to the country and the people, but in this way, the construction speed of the Great Wall, the Imperial Tomb, and the Afang Palace will definitely be greatly reduced, how to solve this?"

At this moment, Li Si suddenly asked Zhao Heng.

"Sir, I want to know, too."

Ying Zheng also said.

Although he is no longer as eager to build the Afang Palace, the Imperial Mausoleum, and the Great Wall as he used to be, it would naturally be more perfect if he could maintain the speed of construction while changing the law.

"Your Majesty, Li Xiang, do you know the engineering team?"

Zhao Heng said with a faint smile on his face.

"But the team that belongs to the engineering office of the Prime Minister's Mansion and has built many high-rise buildings in the new city?"

Ying Zhengdao.

As His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin, although he rarely walked out of Xianyang Palace, he was almost familiar with the changes in Xianyang City today.

After all, Black Ice Terrace is not for dry meals.

"Exactly."

Zhao Heng nodded.