514 Iron Fist Queen
The King of Qin welcomed Li Mu's arrival. Because, according to Shangwen's strategic vision, this will help improve relations between the two countries. At the same time, King Qin's analysis believed that Li Mu came to Qin this time. He came to Qin with a strong purpose. Shang Wen believes that the Qin State currently occupies the initiative, and there is no need to worry too much about what Li Mu does. Because the Qin State relied on strong strength, this strength was no longer simply a composition of food and combat power. Rather, it is a national capacity for resource mobilization. That is, comprehensive national strength. Qin was clearly far superior to Zhao in this regard. No one can change that. Although King Qin was a little worried, after listening to Shang Wen's words, he also dispelled his doubts.
Shang Wen's reply will be delivered to Li Mu soon. But Li Mu was preparing early. In addition to the group of people, there were also 120 carefully selected teenagers who went to study in the Qin State. The reason why the teenager was selected was to arrange Li Zuoche well, and secondly, to reduce some of Qin State's sensitivity to Zhao State. Finally, the learning ability and receptivity of teenagers far exceed those of veterans in the army. Veterans are often reluctant to abandon traditions. Teenagers, on the other hand, are often young and tend to adopt an enterprising attitude towards learning. This is the reason why Li Mu chose the boy.
Relations between Qin and Zhao were slowly improving. South Korea, on the other hand, is stepping up its own reforms. Especially learn from his most threatening neighbor, the state of Qin.
South Korea is located at the central point of the Central Plains, and while the transportation is convenient, it is also conducive to other countries to actively launch attacks. And his country's position in the land of four wars made it difficult for him to avoid the invasion of war. It is for this reason that South Korea's economy is very sluggish.
Not only that, but the economic situation in South Korea is also very bad. Before Han Shu came to power, he actively visited various places in the Qin State. Especially in agriculture, when she saw that Qin agriculture was annexing land on a large scale and handing over land to a small number of people to plant, she suspected that Shang Wen's move might cause a large-scale famine in Qin. But in fact, she learned about it through the newspaper. Even in the event of a moderately severe natural disaster, the Qin State was still capable of guaranteeing a large-scale harvest. This is because centralized management is simple. Coupled with the use of a large number of slaves, the farmer was able to manage the cultivation of the field after expanding the planting area by a factor of 100. The bumper harvest in agricultural production in the Qin State stimulated Han Shu. She decided to emulate the Qin state. Annexation and consolidation of land in Korea.
At the same time, Korea is relatively densely populated, and the land has been frequently ceded to the Qin State during the period of several generations of kings, for example, Han Wang'an gave Nanyang to the Qin State before. As a result, the land area of Korea has shrunk dramatically, and its area is only the size of a county in the Qin state. This is very bad for South Korea.
Not only that, because of the population, a large number of civilians, because of the small amount of land, but the large population, caused many people to not have enough to eat, because of the lack of food, many people sold their land, and finally sold themselves into slavery. And these ** who sold themselves into slavery are in the hands of the ruling class of Korean scholars, or royal clansmen. This has led to further economic collapse.
Han Shu has just come to power, and the targets of rectification are these powerful scholars and royal relatives, because these people not only have a large area of land. There are also a large number of private soldiers. This is an absolute threat to the rule of the royal family. And that's not all. Han Sook originally planned to abolish the slave system in Korea. All of them are civilian. But after these people had a certain degree of freedom, they were then encouraged to go to the Qin State to sell their labor power to earn the money of the Qin State and pay taxes. It also allows some Koreans to master a craft. Han crossbow was very famous in the Warring States period. This shows that Koreans have strong technical abilities. Han Shu's plan to start here, let them go to the Qin State to earn money, and then come back to open a factory for processing. In this way, the withering of the Korean economy will be revitalized. Arguably. Han Shu's idea is to remove all obstacles on the road to capitalist development. Encourage the development of the free economy of the people. Although I learned it from Qin Guo. But he's quite bold.
But the situation is always so unhappy. With the majesty of royal power, Han Shu promulgated the "Abolition of Slavery Law". The impact of this method is very large. But the resistance is not small. The promulgation of the "Abolition of Slavery Law" was very specific to those in power and doctors from the beginning. These people are aware. This is how the law is carried out. Then there will be no one to cultivate the land in their hands. This is because slaves and maidservants rely on contracts to maintain their vassal relations, and the state does not have any compensation, but unconditional abolition. In this way, they lose their main source of income. At the same time, the private soldiers in their hands also lost the means of control. Most of those soldiers were their house slaves. Without the existence of domestic slaves, private soldiers would not exist. So they began to protest every day, or they were bitter and weeping to get Han Shu to repeal the law.
"Your Majesty, the ministers think that this law is too radical, and I am afraid that the ministers will change." Zhang Liang served as the vice prime minister of South Korea. Han Shu was modeled after the Qin State. Because Han Fei's stuttering problem could not be dealt with in time in some places, Zhang Liang was transferred as the deputy prime minister, which happened to assist Han Fei. At the same time, Han Shu made up her mind and thought that Zhang Liang was the best candidate for the next South Korean prime minister.
"The widow also knows this, and he is afraid that the minister will change. But what about the taxes of the widows? It's not that you don't know. Han Shu said upset.
"The widow has just been founded. The treasury was empty. The widow had no choice but to do it. Han Shu said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, it's not good. The princes will break in and meet the king. An attendant hurried in.
"Humph! These old things. Han Shu didn't have any patience with the minister's repeated pushbacks.
"Someone. Bring in new troops. "Han Shu couldn't bear it anymore. She decided to solve the problem by force.
"Who among you opposes the law of the widow?" Han Shu asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." As he spoke, all the ministers fell to their knees.
"Okay, okay, okay." Han Shu calmly shouted three hellos.
"Whoever comes, escort all those who kneel on the ground and beg for mercy outside the palace gate. Beheading. Who dares anyone to oppose the decree of the widow? That's what happened to all of them. Han Shu shouted loudly.
"Ahh The king. The minister who was kneeling on the ground didn't expect Han Shu to be so bloody. They really didn't expect a woman's family to use force first. They really underestimate what women are capable of.
"Whoa." A group of Forces nouvelles soldiers quickly entered the main hall to escort the ministers. And the ministers began to make a commotion. They don't think it should be like this. Han Shu began to think that she should have known that this was the case.