As the first emperor of the ages, Qin Shi Huang prides himself on being like the three emperors and five emperors, the leader of the Chinese tribes, and has long regarded the sons and daughters of China as his own people.

Now after listening to the more than 2,000 years of later history told by Li Yang, and learning about the sufferings suffered by the Chinese nation, Ying Zhengna empathizes, mourns and mourns, and feels extremely sad and sad for the Chinese nation.

The wars brought about by the change of dynasties must occur once every two or three hundred years. Prosperity, the people suffer, death, also the people suffer.

What made Qin Shi Huang even more angry was that whenever the Chinese nation was weak, it would be invaded by foreign nations, and the country would be ruined, and the family would be in danger.

The Xiongnu were in trouble, the Wuhu Rebellion in China, the 10th day of Yangzhou, the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the Japanese invasion......

For more than 2,000 years in later generations, the non-stop bullying of foreign races has made Yingzheng even more heartbroken and filled with grief and indignation!

What's even more sad is that the Great Qin Empire established by himself has only existed for fifteen years, which makes Yingzheng extremely sad and sad.

If you don't know this history of the suffering of the Chinese nation for more than 2,000 years, then it's just that.

But now that he knows, how can Yingzheng let it continue to develop along the historical trajectory?

Change, must change!

Although Great Qin has abolished the joint sitting, lightly conscripted labor, and implemented a series of new policy reforms, which has brought new hope to the people of the world, and Xiang Yu, who originally died in history, has also died, it seems that now Great Qin has no worries about the death of the country.

However, just for now, Ying Zheng is still not satisfied. In particular, after being familiar with the history of the Chinese nation for more than 2,000 years, his ideals and aspirations have become even more ambitious.

He wants to create a prosperous strong Qin, and he also wants to let this prosperous strong Qin last for thousands of years and protect the Chinese nation from generation to generation.

And to do this, we must do two words, that is, strong and prosperous.

After understanding the history of more than 2,000 years in later generations, Ying Zheng deeply realized the truth that the people are like water, and water can carry boats and capsize boats.

If the country does not prosper and the people live a miserable life, they will rebel.

And if the country is not strong, without a strong military force, even if it is prosperous, foreign races will still come to invade and bully. Just like the Qing Dynasty, it was also prosperous in the world pattern at that time, in Li Yang's words, the total GDP was not small.

But so what? Isn't it still being bullied by foreigners, snatched by the Eight-Nation Alliance, all kinds of unequal treaties, land reparations, which is missing?

Moreover, listening to Li Yang, there is a country called Russia, which has successfully played the world with only the GDP of China's Guangdong Province, and often argues with the United States. It can be seen that a country cannot resist foreign races by virtue of prosperity alone, and only a strong military can deter small crumbs.

Therefore, if we want to ensure that Great Qin can last for thousands of years, and if we want the Chinese nation not to be bullied, we must build a country that is prosperous internally and strong externally.

It's just that he doesn't have much opinion about all this.

"Li Yang, in your opinion, how can we make Great Qin prosperous and powerful?" Ying Zheng looked up at Li Yang and asked.

Li Yang replied: "Prosperity depends on economic prosperity; Powerful means relying on strong military strength, which is not necessarily just the number of troops, but more importantly, advanced weapons. At the beginning, the reason why His Majesty's Qin army was able to sweep through the six countries was because the Qin crossbow was invincible in the world? ”

Ying Zheng nodded, agreeing with Li Yang's explanation.

At this time, Li Yang suddenly sighed and said, "It's just...... Today's Daqin has not even been able to solve the problem of food and clothing, and there is still a long way to go before it is prosperous. ”

When Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "Now that the people can farm with peace of mind, the projects have been suspended a few days ago, and the victims have returned to their hometowns for the autumn harvest. ”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, do you really think that after the autumn harvest of the people, the problem of food and clothing can be solved?" ”

"Isn't a year's farming enough to sustain a year's worth of food?" Ying Zheng was puzzled.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, almost all the land of the Qin State is in the hands of the nouveau riche, and the people of the world are all tenant farmers, and they survive by renting the land of the nouveau riche's family. If you plough for a year, if you catch up with the harvest and pay the rent, you may be able to drink gruel for a year, but if you catch up with the year of famine, you will have no life. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yang couldn't help but worry: "Your Majesty, think about it, the people can only drink a year's gruel when they catch up with a good harvest, and there is absolutely no surplus grain. For example, the famine a few months ago is the best example. ”

"How so?" Ying Zheng was really shocked.

It is no wonder that he was surprised, because in his opinion, the people actually cultivated their own land.

The state of Qin was transformed from slavery to feudalism.

Many people don't understand the difference between the two. In fact, the greatest nature is that the basis of slavery is the collective production of the well field system by slaves, while the basis of feudalism is the individual production of commoners and households. In other words, at this time, thousands of slaves, through military exploits, were successfully converted into yeoman farmers and had their own land.

And those who have made military merits are rewarded with more land.

For example, the lowest level of military merit rank "Gongshi" only needs to kill one head of the enemy, and he can get one hectare of land, one house, and one servant.

From here, it can be seen that those who have made military merits have additional land divisions, which is called military industrial fields.

Therefore, in Ying Zheng's view, the people of Great Qin are only the difference between the more and less fields of each family, and it is impossible for the people to say that they do not have fields.

Ying Zheng said: "Since the unification of the world, there have been hundreds of thousands of soldiers with military merits, and in the later period, I was worried that continuing to reward the land would make the land insufficient, so I also issued a new decree for this purpose, replacing the land with Yulu, and those below the marquis will no longer divide the land, and replace it with Yulu, which is called Suiyu." Why do the people still have no land for themselves? ”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "Although Your Majesty has left self-cultivated land for the people of the world, it is ......"

"If you have something to say, I won't blame you." Ying Zheng knew that Li Yang must want to say something rebellious.

Li Yang nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that in the past ten years, you have continuously used the people's power to build the Great Wall, repair the Chi Road, build the Afang Palace, build the Lishan Tomb, etc., and requisition millions of laborers. As a result, there is a serious shortage of labor required for farming and production, so there is a situation where 'men are not enough to work for food, and women are not enough to spin for clothes'. ”

Hearing this, especially Ying Zheng, who had heard about the history of more than 2,000 years, couldn't help but feel embarrassed, but he didn't blame Li Yang, but he was puzzled: "Although the forced labor is heavy, I didn't let them hand over the cultivated land!" ”

Li Yang sighed helplessly: "Although Your Majesty did not let them hand over the land, but the people of the world are all in the service, and no one cultivates, but they still have to pay the field tax, what should I do?" ”

Ying Zheng was stunned, looked at Li Yang, and waited for his next words.

At this time, Li Yang replied to himself: "There is no chestnut in the field, and this field tax must be paid, so I have to sell the field for grain, one to pay the tax, and the other to the old and weak women in the family for survival." And those who can afford to buy land are naturally those upstarts who have grain in stock, as well as those local tyrants. Therefore, in the past ten years, the land of the Qin State has slowly flowed into their hands. ”

Yes, after the unification of the Qin State, what is really the most important thing to worry about is the problem of the new upstarts of the feudal country becoming bigger. It's just that the Qin State was short-lived, and before he could discover this problem, the Qin State was finished by Qin II, so this problem did not exist.

However, now that the appearance of Li Yang has changed the situation of the Qin State, this problem will inevitably be put on the table and officially faced.

"I see, I see!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng finally came to his senses and understood the crux of the problem.

Because in the Qin State, those who have established military meritorious titles can be exempted from conscription, so when civilians serve conscription, they can still be busy farming, and their families have surplus food. As a result, when the commoners could not survive because they did not have young and strong laborers to cultivate, they had to sell their land to these nouveau riche and nobles.

At this time, Li Yang continued: "In today's Qin State, the country above is poor, and the people below are miserable, but the nouveau riche and scholars in the middle are rich and rival the country, and the money and grain of a country are in their hands. This time the people were famine, and the country was unable to recover the disaster, but only relying on more than 100 businessmen to solve the millions of victims in the world, which shows the wealth of the local tyrants and gentry. If this continues, let alone prosper and strengthen the country, there will only need to be another famine, and the people will rebel again. Your Majesty, this problem is already very serious, and we need to prepare for it in advance. ”

At this time, Ying Zheng also realized the seriousness of the problem.

To put it mildly, this is in danger of dying Qin.

"This is a difficult disease created by the implementation of the policies of the Qin State over the years, and I am afraid it will be difficult to solve it for a while." Ying Zheng groaned, and then said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Li Yang said: "There is no good way, only use fierce medicine for serious diseases!" ”

"He Mengyao?" Ying Zheng asked.

Li Yang stretched out four fingers: "Land reform!" ”

"Agrarian reform?" Ying Zheng was stunned.

Li Yang nodded: "Exactly, if you want to prosper, you must first solve food and clothing, and if you want to solve food and clothing, you must carry out land reform!" “