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Because of the summer floods in Chengzhou, the slave economy of the Qin State further collapsed, and many small landlords poured out, lying on rocking chairs with a pot of hot tea next to them, occasionally opening their eyes to see if the helpers in the fields were lazy.

Yiyang's 200,000 border troops have the conditions to let go of the old and weak, these people are old and weak on the battlefield, but they are used in the farmland, and the older they are, the more popular they are.

500,000, 500,000 old and weak women and children, although Zhao Zheng sympathized with them, but the Qin State was not a republic, and there was no humanitarian relief for refugees.

They are all descendants of Yan and Huang, how can they watch them starve to death. Zhao Zheng urgently convened a cabinet meeting to discuss the allocation of a batch of food relief.

All the members objected, and without even hesitation, Li Si bowed his head and was silent, Dongfang Gu silently calculated the deficit of the treasury, and Wei Lian spit out a shocking remark.

"The king, treat all the people as dogs!"

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, and saints are unkind, and all people are dogs. At the beginning of the Three Thousand Tao Te Ching, everyone in the world is called "Human Dragon" Li Er has a deep meaning. The explanation is: Heaven and earth do not abuse benevolence and righteousness, and treat all people equally, and saints should also learn from heaven and earth and treat all people equally.

In fact, where are those connotations, it is nothing more than a sentence, those who want to achieve great things must be ruthless!

"The minister has the courage to say bluntly, if you save these old and weak, what benefits can my king get, and what benefits can Qin Guo get?"

Silence, deathly silence.

A villain appeared in Zhao Zheng's heart, wearing the most common inferior suit in the 21st century, pinching his waist and smiling: "A group of old and weak women and children, the reason why Sima Fang let them come to Qin State is not to consume the grain stored in Qin State."

The flood in Chengzhou flooded the people of Chengzhou, as the monarch of Qin, what do you worry about for the enemy country, it is better to think about how to take the opportunity to get more benefits and take advantage of the fire to rob the Zhou army city in Hangu Guanxi. ”

I touched my chest, my heart was still beating, but the temperature had dropped a bit. Zhao Zheng sighed helplessly, he changed this era through a different generation, and at the same time he was also changed by the times.

"It is not beneficial to relieve the victims of the Zhou people and my Qin country, but the benevolent heart of my king can be learned from heaven and earth. The minister has a plan, and he is willing to share the worries of my king. ”

Refuting Zhao Zheng's face, Wei Lian felt that something was wrong, and said his plan B, which also consumed the grain and grass of the Qin State, but on the surface, he could earn back a lot of benefits.

"When Gushan was in Gushan, my king set up a workshop and recruited displaced people as workers, so that the small Gushan accumulated the capital of a country. At this time, it was similar to that time, 500,000 old and weak women and children could not fight, and it was just right for farmers to work.

In addition, with the use of work for relief, firstly, the people of Daqin have no complaints, and secondly, the name of my Wang Xian can be spread all over the world to attract more disaster victims. Although women and children are weak, they are necessary for everyone, and after twenty years, they will definitely pay the price for this comeback. ”

"Wonderful!"

Zhao Zheng patted the handrail and said, "According to Mr. Wang's intentions, the officials in Dongfang Valley will be selected to do it, and the money and property needed will be withdrawn from the widow's private treasury."

In addition, the Qin landlords were allowed to recruit the Zhou people to cultivate the fields, but they did not need to sell themselves as slaves. ”

Lü Buwei has left the court, although Wang Juan has been reinstated as the right prime minister, but he is not the power of the past, and the decision-making power is firmly controlled by the Zhongshu Province, and Wei Lian has become the actual prime minister.

This is also what Zhao Zheng wants to see, the Three Princes and Nine Princes system is simply the catalyst of family politics, and sooner or later there will be Yuan Shao and other "Four Worlds and Three Princes", who are famous but do nothing.

In contrast, the system of three provinces and six ministries seemed more suitable for the scholar politics that Zhao Zheng wanted, with seven or eight prime ministers sitting together to discuss, and finally the king making a decision. It seems that administrative power is decentralized, but in fact, the more dispersed, the more centralized power becomes.

Dongfang Gu was responsible for the specific implementation of Wei Xuan's "work for relief", and after sitting in the study for a long time, he quietly came to Wei Xuan's mansion at night.

The bright moon covers all the stars in the sky, and the autumn wind blows away the dark clouds to cheer for the bright moon. There is a low table in the courtyard, on which are placed a red clay stove, purple clay pot and other tea sets. Wei Xian sat on his knees and casually added fire to make tea, quietly waiting for Dongfang Gu to step into the courtyard.

"Brother Wei, you are," Dongfang Gu was stunned, then lifted his robe and sat down with a smile, "I expected that I would come." ”

"The Holy Monarch is in the court, and all the ministers are assisted. The way of the monarch and the minister is in the word 'many', and the strategy is what I mentioned, and the implementation must find someone else.

Zhongshu Province can be trusted by the king, only you, me and Li Si, but the last time Li Si visited Lu Xiang, the ambiguous attitude of the king naturally wanted to beat him.

In this way, only your Dongfang brother is suitable, and Dongfang brother has one characteristic that I can't compare. ”

Dongfang Gu leaned forward and said, "What are the characteristics?" ”

"Stupidity"

Wei Lian said with a smile.

When the moon was in the sky, a gust of breeze blew through the two of them, rolling up the water vapor on the table.

"Haha~ha"

Dongfang Gu suddenly laughed, pointed at Wei Xian and said: "I am not as knowledgeable as Brother Wei, and I have never guessed the king's thoughts." The word 'stupid' is also appropriate. ”

He didn't think it was an insult, pinched a small handful of tea leaves and soaked them in water, poured them on Wei Lian personally, and served them respectfully.

"This is Brother Dongfang's strengths, hidden everywhere."

Dongfang Gu's body froze, and he subconsciously touched his chest.

"Take it out, isn't that what Brother Dongfang meant?"

"Uh", Dongfang Gu sighed and smiled, "In front of Brother Wei, it seems that he is defenseless, and everything can be seen through by Brother Wei." As he spoke, he took out a notebook, the plain white cover had not yet been sealed, which was a draft of the minister's standard notebook.

To provide disaster relief through work, 500,000 victims spent more than millions, and at least 200,000 grains and grass were needed to survive every day. Moreover, it is easy to recruit the victims as workers, but it is necessary to make a good living to settle the victims.

In this era, the mobility of residents was extremely weak, and even the battlefield conscription was recruited by the entire county and the whole county, and the troops were all township parties, and the combat effectiveness was also guaranteed.

Most of the people from all over the Qin State are natives who have been difficult for a hundred years or even a thousand years, and suddenly a large number of Zhou people came over, like pouring water in an oil pot.

"Immigrating to Longxi, Brother Dongfang wants to use this group of victims to open up Longxi and completely disintegrate the old Qin aristocracy, but it is difficult to rely on only 500,000 old and weak."

The Qin State Shang Dynasty has changed the law for a hundred years, with Yongcheng as the boundary, the eastern part of the feudal landlords abolished the slave well field, but the west stuck to the old system, and the successive Qin kings suffered from the sparse population in the west and could not change the law.

Now Ying'an colluded with Xiliang to rebel in Longxi, and Mengwu led the army to conquer, although he had the upper hand, he could even drive the Xiliang army out of Qin. Meng Wu ordered a truce and rest, and the materials needed were naturally supplied by the local nobles, and he made up his mind to eat the old nobles of poor Longxi, making a good start for Zhao Zheng's plan to open up the Western Regions.

So Dongfang Valley wanted to add another fire and send a group of people to completely destroy the demographic advantage occupied by the old nobles. However, he ignored that these victims were not young and strong, and even if they could get to Longxi, they would have to starve to death and flee half of them on the way.

"What does Brother Wei mean?"

Wei Lian said with a smile: "Brother Dongfang doesn't already have an answer, why bother to ask what he means." ”

"You mean ......, but in the long run, if you meet a single husband, won't the people of the world be in danger?"

Dongfang Valley retracted his seat, holding a teacup and staring at the curling white smoke. The funds needed for the cash-for-work relief were provided by Zhao Zheng's private treasury, which shows that Zhao Zheng wants to control these victims and gain their loyalty. At that time, the Rujia Commercial Bank will be fully responsible for the aftermath, and the court of the Qin State will not get any benefits.

The people's will, Zhao Zheng's actions are to use the people's will to contain the court and achieve the goal of centralizing power.

When will it be realized?