Chapter 776: The current situation of the Qin State is very bad

After a while, a banquet was set up in the living room in the study.

Qin Shi Huang sat on the throne, and wine and food were also placed on the table in front of him. He raised his glass and asked, "Is the widow a tyrant?" ”

The four of them hurriedly stood up and were about to leave their seats and kowtow to Qin Shi Huang.

"My lord is the First First Emperor of the Ages!"

"Excuse me! Drink! And then tell the widow the truth! Let the widow hear the truth. What is the Qin people like now? ”

"Yes! Lord! The four of them responded.

And then! At the request of Qin Shi Huang, everyone ate in silence.

"Eat! Eat! Eat! It's good to talk when you're full! ”

"Drink! Drink! Drink! ”

"When is it? Can you still believe in the widow? Isn't it? Someone out there is a rumor? Say that the more polite the widow is to you, the more he wants to kill you? ”

"......" The four didn't dare to answer, they really thought so in their hearts.

It is indeed like this: the folk are so popular, Qin Shi Huang has such inhumanity. You think he treats you well, but it is actually a harbinger to kill you.

Peng Zhou was relieved to see that Qin Shi Huang had no intention of killing the four people. He nodded at the four of them and said, "Don't worry! The First Emperor is the first emperor of the ages, where is the legend like that? Otherwise! The first emperor would not send his ministers down to the people to observe the people's feelings? Isn't it? ”

Under Peng Zhou's persuasion, the four of them were relieved. And then! I ate it with confidence and boldness.

They were born in poverty, where did they eat the imperial banquet of Qin Shi Huang?

Drink! Where have people of their status ever drunk such good wine?

After drinking and eating, under the influence of alcohol, the four of them were a little speechless.

Qin Shi Huang didn't want to hear the people below report bad things, so! When local officials truthfully report bad news, they will be blocked by the officials above. And then! Specially pick good things to tell Qin Shi Huang.

If he reported it truthfully, he would be scolded by Qin Shi Huang. Even! and rebuke and demote thee.

Originally! Qin Shi Huang wanted the officials to solve the problem, not because he didn't like to hear bad news. Outcome! The people below are not doing their jobs well, and many problems cannot be solved. At last! I can only not report these bad things, and report the good things specifically.

In time! A kind of atmosphere has been formed, and if the officials below report something bad and report the problem truthfully, they will be scolded back by the officials above. Therefore! The officials below have also learned well: they only report good things, and even make up good things, and there are no bad things.

Qin Shi Huang issued a task, the officials below did not think about how to implement it, but first considered: how to not be scolded.

For example! Qin Shi Huang learned that there was a shortage of laborers to build the Great Wall, and that about 100,000 were needed. He would ask the following officials: Can you get 100,000 laborers?

The officials under him were afraid of being scolded, so they naturally agreed in one bite. And then! Layer upon layer of pressure, no matter what the following situation is: Qin Shi Huang wants 100,000 laborers, and you have to levy 120,000 or 150,000 or even 200,000 for me.

Naturally, the officials below could not do it, but under the oppression of the officials above, they had to oppress the people.

The normal procedure is to not be able to recruit labor, then! It is levied by abnormal means.

You are a legal citizen under normal procedures, and according to the legal system of the Qin State, your family does not need to work anymore. But! If you have sinned, then! I can use this abnormal way to capture you and send you to hard labor.

In short! If there is a policy, the people below will have a countermeasure. And the people at the bottom have little power, and as a result, they can only be at the mercy of those above. 12

Although Qin Shi Huang's purpose was achieved, but! The people's resentment will be great.

Right now! The stalls of the Qin State were spread too big, and there was simply not enough labor.

Just one Great Wall would have to be built by hundreds of thousands of people. Let alone! There is still a war situation in the northwest, and hundreds of thousands of troops have to be stationed there to resist the Xiongnu. Because you have a feud with the Huns, who knows where people will attack you from?

The border in the northwest is so long, how do you defend it? So! If you don't have enough manpower, it's just like decoration.

Other than that! In order to engage in formalism, all localities are doing projects to benefit the people, building water conservancy, opening up official roads, and so on.

And also! The campaign to conquer South Vietnam continued, with more than 300,000 troops.

And Qin Shi Huang's image project Afang Palace requires countless laborers. This vast project is like a bottomless pit. The construction of the new city requires people on this side, and the supply of materials there also requires a large amount of labor.

How much stone and wood did you need to build a new city? How many people have to go to the mountains to harvest? And after that! How many people do you have to transport?

And also! Qin Shi Huang was building a mausoleum again. This is also a huge project, and it has to be carried out in secret, not publicly.

Ever since Qin Shi Huang came to power, there has been a new population policy: how many people must be developed each year.

What about the officials in charge of population development! In order to accomplish their tasks, they had to consult with officials from other quarters to send the soldiers who served home to visit their relatives and, by the way, to develop the population.

Or! Forcing a woman to have at least one child a year or more.

Under the pressure of the policy, women have no choice but to go to their husbands or to have sex with others in order to complete the task of childbearing.

But! After the fertility task is completed, another problem comes. That is! How to feed these newborn babies?

As for the officials who develop the population, as long as you reach the population and he completes the task, whether you can support your children or not is your business, and it has nothing to do with them.

After Qin Shi Huang heard what was going on, he was so angry that he swept out all the things on the case, and he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

Nima Di! How did it come to this?

That's not what Lao Tzu meant! That's not how Lao Tzu arranged! That's it! It's all done by the officials below! Outcome! But let me, Qin Shi Huang, take the blame!

"Lord!"

"Lord!"

When the four of them saw that Qin Shi Huang was angry, they were so frightened that they couldn't do it. for fear that Qin Shi Huang would be angry with them and kill them on the spot.

"The Lord is angry!" Peng Zhou bowed to Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng and persuaded: "Since this is the case! Lord! Let's slow down the pace of building new cities! Or! Total shutdown. And then! Competent officials were sent down to check on the people's situation. We must solve the problem of feeding the people. There is no food to eat, and the newborn is born in vain. ”

"Lord!" One of the sinners also persuaded: "The men who can no longer farm the land, the men have been withdrawn, and the women have to have children and farm the land, how can they stand it?" Without people farming, without food sources, everything is empty talk! ”

"Lord! Investigate the irresponsible officials thoroughly! ”

"Lord! There are many invisible people in the area, and they have gone into hiding to do hard labor or military service in order to escape. If they are given a way to live and live in peace and peace, they are still willing to live openly with their identities. ”

"Lord! If it continues like this, it will be chaotic! ……”

With the help of alcohol, these four people also let go and dared to say anything.

That's it! What else! Get something off one's chest! Big deal to die!

They found that Qin Shi Huang seemed to be a Ming monarch, not a tyrant. At least! Qin Shi Huang was still willing to listen to them. Therefore! It strengthened their courage and told them everything they knew and understood.