"Your Majesty, are you planning to promote these so-called sports throughout the country?" Jia Xu's gaze swept over the crowded stadium and said suddenly.

The stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 people, was all filled, and they all watched the horse races on the central track with angry expressions, and the shouts and cheers resounded through the sky like a mountain and a tsunami, which was truly spectacular.

You know, there are various competitions held here almost every day, and the attendance rate is more than 70%, although the ticket fee is low, but the income from betting on horses and the like is enough to make the stadium profitable.

"Things have changed with the world, and now the government of Dachu is harmonious, and the people live in peace. The problems of people's livelihood have been basically solved, especially in the counties of various prefectures and counties, and a large part of the people have been able to have spare money for entertainment consumption. These sports are not only fun, but also physical fitness, and we should actively guide them. Yuan Shu said.

"Your Majesty wants to be like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and recast the style of martial arts?" Guo Jia's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's true."

"Though the kingdom is great, the warlike will perish. Your Majesty can say this? Xun You reminded.

Isn't there another sentence at the end? Although the world is peaceful, it will be dangerous to forget the war. Yuan Shu smiled and said: "I would rather the Great Chu fall in the conquest of the world and the reckless army, rather than the Han people being slaughtered as sheep in the future." What's more, I am not a reckless person like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and the development of national strength and the management of political affairs are my strengths. ”

"At the end of the war, the Qin State, with a population of just over five million, dared to claim to have one million soldiers, which could almost be said to be one household and one soldier. And now I have more than 30 million people under my command, and there are only a million soldiers. The national strength of Qin Shi is not as good as one-tenth of my Great Chu, do I have more soldiers to recruit? Yuan Shu asked rhetorically.

"Although the so-called kingdom is great, it will perish if it is warlike. It's just that because of too much foreign conquest, a large amount of money, grain, and materials will be consumed, and a large number of labor will be lost, resulting in the decline of national strength and the lack of livelihood caused by the abandonment of domestic land. But belligerence is also beneficial. First, by expanding the territory, we can obtain more land and resources. Second, it can divert internal contradictions. If the Han Dynasty reached its peak of national strength, the large population caused a shortage of arable land, and did not sit idly by when it turned from prosperity to decline, but chose to expand its territory, it would not be impossible to reproduce the prosperous era. The demise of the Han Dynasty was caused by the uneven distribution of land and wealth among the population, as well as the demise of ancient and modern dynasties. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shu inevitably mentioned some later sayings: "The reincarnation of ancient and modern dynasties is mostly caused by population, land, wealth, laws, and natural disasters. The population grew due to the peace of the world, but the wealth of the land continued to concentrate in the hands of a few, resulting in the end of the people without land to grow and food to eat, causing riots. The law is not strict and the system is unfair, so that the people lack channels for promotion, their power cannot be limited, corruption is serious, and everyone hates officials but wants to be officials. Natural disasters, such as long periods of cold, have severely damaged agriculture and caused severe food shortages. It is also like the epidemic in the late Han Dynasty, causing thousands of miles of red land. These were the main reasons for the demise of the dynasty. ”

When Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Xun You heard this, their faces showed seriousness, and they fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty's words are to the point, and the ministers admire them." After a long time, Jia Xu sighed lightly and said, "But I don't know if there is a way to solve it?" ”

Yuan Shu smiled slightly bitterly: "I don't know, I'm just trying." How can there be an eternal principle? Qin Shi Huang was anxious for quick success and quick profit, and tried in vain to establish Qin for eternity, but the result was only the second and died. Hundreds of years after Da Chu, when the interests of the world are complicated and have to be reshuffled, the long pain is better than the short pain. The change of dynasty is inevitable, and I do not seek the foundation of eternity, but I hope to fight for peace for the world for decades or centuries, and leave a little more wealth for my descendants. ”

"What is the wealth of your majesty?" Guo Jia noticed Yuan Shu's last words and asked thoughtfully.

"The principle of the king, the way of strengthening the country, the learning of a hundred schools, and the knowledge of ancient and modern times."

"Your Majesty's nationalization of land, the development of industry and the encouragement of commerce, the strict law and the improvement of the system, the great development of the imperial examination to open up the wisdom of the people, and the reopening of the feudal and external expansion seem to be all explorations based on the four points of population, land, wealth, and law." Jia Xu's eyes were full of shock and said.

"Not bad. This is just an attempt by me, and I don't know what the future holds, so I will leave it to history to judge, but this is the best way I can think of it. Yuan Shu sighed slightly.

To this day, there are still many difficult choices for Yuan Shu. There was so much information from the afterlife that he looked ahead and looked ahead. Whether to continue the three princes and nine ministers of the Han Dynasty or to change to three provinces and six ministries, or to change to the cabinet to govern the country like the Ming Dynasty, these Yuan Shu still have suspense in his heart. Even the monarch has some ideas about whether the monarch should retain Yuan Shu, after all, if the British lord meets the British lord, the country will prosper, and when the mediocre lord meets the mediocre lord, the country will be in turmoil, and this choice of entrusting the fate of a country to the emperor alone is a bit too risky. A constitutional monarchy, dividing power may make the country more stable, but it seems to be a bit unfair to one's children and grandchildren.

Yuan Shu has always hesitated between the final form of government and the choice of form of the country, and has never made up his mind. At the time of the Chu state, he still followed the political system of the Han Dynasty, because the world had not yet been unified, the people's hearts had not yet been attached, and there were strong enemies around him, and the people's hearts were undecided, so it was not appropriate to make a big move. However, it is not far from the unification of the whole world, and the relevant matters must be decided as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that's not the only thing you want to change." Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a fine light: "Although my Dachu follows the Xi Han system, there are more institutions and related official positions such as the Supervision Yuan, the Ministry of Education, the Craftsman Battalion, and the Research Institute, Your Majesty, are you ......?"

Jia Xu and Xun You also looked at Yuan Shu at the same time. Sighing slightly, Yuan Shu said: "You think well, I do have the intention of establishing another country." But so far, I don't have a stable and perfect arrangement in my heart, but I have a draft at the beginning, and this matter needs to be convened after everything is settled, and the ministers will be convened to discuss it. ”

"This is a big matter, and it is true that everyone should be gathered together to discuss it again so as not to overlook." Xun Yu Dao.

"I invited you here today just to see the horse races, why did you suddenly talk so much? Okay, let's watch the game with peace of mind. Yuan Shu skipped the matter and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, these horses are one in a million good horses! It took a lot of work to collect it! Guo Jia said.

"It didn't take much effort. I have jurisdiction over Kyushu, and these nine horses are good horses elected by the states. The two horses selected by you and Wen He are the good horses selected by Liangzhou and Si Li, respectively. ”

"It's not surprising that the horses of the Northern Frontier are far superior to other states after all. Then Your Majesty, who is the horse you pressed? Guo Jia asked.

"That one I chose myself from the royal stables." Yuan Shu said with some unhappiness.

"That's not right! Your Majesty, there are all the world's famous horses in your stable, and there are six of the eight horses of King Mu, so it's better than these to pull one out at will. Guo Jia was puzzled.

"Horses that produce internal qi are not allowed to participate in the race, and they must be locally bred horses." Yuan Shu said: "The original intention of selecting these racing horses was to measure the situation of war horses in various states and encourage the domestication of good horses. If it's really a simple horse race, then does it need to be compared to bring Lu Fengxian's red rabbit here? ”