Tonight's Weide Hall is destined to be sleepless.

Fei Yi looked at Zhao Yong's resolute expression, knowing that his student was ready to pour out the questions he had been thinking about for a long time, although he didn't agree with many things, but this did not prevent Fei Yi from supporting Zhao Yong, "May I ask you, what do you think is wrong with Zhao Guo today." ”

Zhao Yong glanced at Feiyi, he actually knew very well that Feiyi was a moderate faction in a certain sense, and although he agreed with Zhao Yong's so-called reform ideas, he had always emphasized orderliness rather than radicalism. He is not only Zhao Yong's teacher, but also Zhao Yong's spiritual pillar like Crane Guanzi.

"One of its sins, the people's customs are extravagant." Zhao Yong thought for a while and continued, "I, Zhao State, am the hub of the world, usurping the four gods, and the world is the best. Merchants are wrong on the road, and princes are on the road. This is a gift from heaven. Therefore, the people who are businessmen are shoulder to shoulder, and the merchants are full of households, which is the reason for the prosperity of my Zhao country. ”

"However, although business is the source of national wealth, it is not the foundation of national strength. The foundation of a strong country is the people and agriculture. Zhao Yong said this, and couldn't help but tell what he had seen and heard, "Lone once traveled to the outskirts of Handan, and also visited the three elders in the countryside, and I know that the people of Zhao are extremely smart people." Not only with iron tools and cattle ploughing intensive cultivation, but also the use of multiple cropping system, in order to wait for one year to get five grains, not to mention the surface acres, thorny grass to grow grains, manure fields, etc., but also formed a habit, so that the grain output of Zhao State can be kept stable, so that the first monarch conquered the south and the north, and did not stop at the lack of grain. ”

"Therefore, if you want to keep the country strong, you must treat agriculture well. Li Kui, the prime minister of the Wei State, changed the law, "the teaching of the best power of the land, must be mixed with five kinds, in order to prepare for disasters, work hard and work hard, harvest like a thief, return the tree mulberry, Lairu has a furrow, melon collar and fruit shade, colonized in the field", only Wei Wushu dominates the world. Shang Jun 'abandoned the well field, opened the Qianmo, implemented the county system, rewarded cultivation and weaving and fighting', and only then did the Qin State become a tiger and wolf. All these things show that the foundation of the law change lies in the peasants. ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, my Zhao Kingdom has always been committed to farming, and the money invested in agriculture every year is not small, and although Zhao Kingdom has a vast territory, there is actually less fertile land that can be used. The Wei State has the land of Hedong and Hanoi, and the Qin State has the land of Hanzhong, which is also the land of anointing. However, although the land of Zhao is extensive, it is not as good as the above three places, and it is understandable that there are deficiencies in comparison. "Zhao Bao, as a prime minister, of course, must first answer questions. In fact, what he said was also the thing, although Zhao had more territory than Wei and Korea, but in fact, there was not much fertile land. And the land east of Hedong and Hanoi are fertile land washed by rivers, which is many times better than Zhao Guo.

"What Xiangbang said, loneliness is also very clear." Zhao Yong said, "However, because of the simultaneous development of agriculture and commerce, and even the prevalence of commerce, many people have abandoned agriculture and business, or abandoned agriculture to enter politics, although this is not unencouraged, but because of the light status of agriculture, it is not advisable for people to leave the land." Therefore, the meaning of solitude is to encourage the people to cultivate, and at the same time impose heavy taxes on commerce, establish a strict household registration system, and strengthen the management of the people. After a pause, Zhao Yong looked at the four of them and said: "Especially for officials and businessmen, it is necessary to restrict it, and the priest must write this article into the national law as one of the laws of the country." ”

As soon as these words came out, the four of them looked at each other, all a little surprised. I have to say that these people are the most aware of the prosperity of commerce in Zhao. Even in the families of many officials, there are businessmen. Because of Zhao Guo itself, although he does not advocate this, but because of the huge profits brought by business, many people still flock to it, for example, Zhao Bao, Zhao Cheng, Zhao Guogong who are sitting there, all have more or less shops. So if it is really a heavy tax, Zhao Bao and Zhao Cheng will also find it difficult to accept.

"Your Majesty, although the way of doing business is not the foundation of the country, but the officials do business by themselves, not for nothing, if the punishment is increased because the officials do business, it seems to be unfair. Moreover, if you do business and pay taxes, the country will benefit and the people will benefit, how is it not good? Zhao Cheng still said stubbornly.

"What my uncle said is very reasonable. However, when officials engage in business, they are suspected of being bribed privately, second, they have the habit of making the people do business, and third, they are guilty of seeking personal gain. In this way, the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits. ”

"Even so, this is a move that affects the whole body, if it is wrong, I am afraid it will not be a blessing for Zhao Guo." Wu Guang also said vaguely, because no matter what, this matter will definitely smash everyone's jobs, one is not good, and it will not be fun to make any moths.

Zhao Yong didn't know what several people were thinking in his heart, so he smiled and said: "I also feel that this point is lonely, and we should be cautious." However, there are a few ways to do this, so you might as well refer to it for me. ”

"Don't dare, please speak."

After kneeling for a long time, Zhao Yong moved his body and continued: "Lonely desire is limited to half a year or nine months, while checking the household registration and land situation of the people across the country, and compiling it into a book. On the one hand, the shops of the officials are converted into land according to a certain proportion, that is, the value of the shop can be converted into the amount of high-class land, the amount of medium-class land, and the amount of low-class land. When the national land inventory is completed, the land is granted according to the conversion ratio. In this way, it not only relieves the sorrows of officials, but also fulfills the country's intention of valuing agriculture, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and sure enough, Zhao Yong's method was a good policy, because since then, the losses of officials have been compensated, and the resistance to the implementation of this policy may be reduced.

"However, if the time limit is expired, and there are officials who do business, they should be severely punished, or even put into the law." As soon as these words came out, everyone was in a happy mood just now, and they felt a chill again. You must know that the method of sitting together is a capital punishment that can only be achieved by great rebellion, and this time, Zhao Yong has made up his mind to stop this trend of officials doing business. In desperation, everyone had no choice but to claim yes.

Seeing that the four of them had already made a promise, they knew that this matter had been unified at least in a small area, and as for how to pass through the country, it was still necessary to discuss it again, and the result could not be known until the Great Court Meeting.

"The second is the transfer of military rations." As he spoke, Zhao Yong looked at Wu Guang.

Wu Guang heard that it was the preparation of military rations, and quickly put aside the recent events in his mind, and found that there were no major mistakes, so he wondered in his heart and looked at Zhao Yong suspiciously.

Zhao Yong no longer sold Guanzi, but said directly: "You should know that China's grain reserves are generally from counties and townships to counties, and from counties to Handan. Among them, there are many high mountains and hills, where thieves are rampant, and it is a place where military rations are always from the township to the county, and from the county to Handan, not only the cost is complicated, but there are also many losses among them. ”

"Your Excellency is right." Wu Guang said, "Not only that, when the military rations are transferred to the front line, the cost will be a huge amount, and among the incoming and outgoing, ten percent of the grain will be about six or seven layers left, not counting the consumption of insects and rats." ”

"However, there is really no way to do this, the state's control of food, first, can be used for disaster relief in the year of famine, and second, it can also control the army's dependence on food to prevent changes. These are all necessary measures. In the end, all the grain cannot be placed in the place of origin. Otherwise, once civil strife breaks out, the beacon fire will soon spread throughout the country, and it is necessary to guard against it. ”

"Therefore, Gu intends to combine the policy of heavy agriculture with grain transshipment, so that the two can complement each other and guarantee each other, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the border army."

Everyone has been blinded by Zhao Yong's successive thoughts today, it seems that Zhao Yong has been waiting for this rare day for a long time, and he can't help but put his reform plan out of the way. Everyone looked at him tacitly, hoping that he would be able to finish.

"The solution is to set up military cantonments in the border army, so that the army can be self-sufficient and meet its own food needs. The grain produced each year is divided into 46 percent, 60 percent of which is transferred to Handan, and the remaining 40 percent is retained in the army for military rations. ”

"In doing so, it seems that it is easy to raise tigers." Zhao Cheng said, "The general of the border army has food, and if he is instigated by someone to raise troops to rebel, I am afraid that it will be much more difficult to exterminate him." ”

"Uncle is right, Lone also thought of this problem." Zhao Yong said, "Lone is ready to set up the post of Tuntian official in the court, specializing in the affairs of Tuntian, and ranking below the internal history. His job is to be in charge of the military cantonment affairs of the border army. However, this position is not a regular position, and it is generally replaced after one year, and at the harvest time every year, it supervises the collection of military rations, coordinates the transfer, and also registers and makes a register, and directly submits it to Yu Gu, and others have no right to watch. ”

"In this case, the selection of this official really requires some thought, otherwise a cowardly person will not be able to bear such a heavy responsibility at all."

"It's okay, this matter can be recommended by your Aiqing, and you can appoint it personally. In addition, this should be done in one place, not at all borders at once. For this reason, I thought that the land between the rivers should be used as a place of trial. The purpose is to test whether this method is appropriate. ”

"In this case, it seems that there is a rebellion, and it is easier to control, after all, it is only more than half a day's journey from Handan."

"Yes, one is easy to manage, the second is to reduce the pain of transshipment, and the third is to increase the country's income, why not?"

"However, the minister thinks that reclaiming land on the border as a border army will reduce the training time for the army, and it will be easy to turn the army into ordinary people, and the gains will outweigh the losses."

"Well, Lone is also prepared." Zhao Yong looked at everyone proudly and smiled slightly.