Chapter 43: The Negotiation of Land (1)
After Ying Teng finished speaking, Hu Hai looked at the other ministers who had just shouted that they couldn't do it, and without waiting for Hu Hai to ask, the remaining ministers said in unison: "The ministers think the same." ”
Hu Hai pursed his lips, Nima, do you think my brother has masochistic tendencies and wants to play with the leather whip?
"Li Aiqing, can you tell Ying Aiqing the truth?"
He guessed that this Yingteng should be Zongzheng, and he thought that it should be his elder, but unfortunately he didn't know what kind of elder this elder was, let alone what to call him, so he could only call it like this.
Sure enough, as soon as Hu Hai's words came out, the expressions of the important ministers in the hall were very exciting, and Lao Yingteng was even more gray eyebrows, Hu Hai immediately knew that he should be called wrong, but how do I know what to call Nima!
Hu Hai could only pretend not to see the expressions of the many ministers in the hall, and looked at Li Si with a smile.
Li Si is also very helpless about Hu Hai, but Ying Teng is Hu Hai's uncle and grandparents.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has informed the old Zongzheng."
Li Si said and winked at Hu Hai, Hu Hai saw Li Si winking at himself, he was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and smiled gratefully at Li Si.
"Lao Zongzheng, isn't this reason enough?"
"Your Majesty is the Lord of all peoples, and no matter whether it is right or wrong, he should not be punished, let alone punished in the eyes of all people."
When Ying Teng heard Hu Hai's new name, he glanced at Li Si lightly and said stiffly. The stiff tone choked Hu Hai. Hu Hai was also a little angry, with a wicked smile on his face,
"But I'm afraid that my edict has now come out of Hangu Pass. What does Lao Zongzheng think? ”
"This ......"
"Since Lao Zongzheng also said that I am the Son of Heaven, then my edict can be called Chrysostom, can it be changed day and night? Since I am the Lord of the peoples, I should set an example for the world. Now that the edict has been issued, if it goes back on its word, how will the old sect let me lead the people in the future? How do you deal with yourself before all the peoples? Could it be that the old sect is trying to make me lose my trust to the people of the world? Or does Lao Zongzheng not want me to ...... Sitting on this throne?! ”
Hu Hai had no smile on his face at this time, and after a pause, he finally said something that frightened everyone.
"The old minister will never dare!"
When Ying Teng heard Hu Hai's last bland words, he was suddenly shocked, and his face turned pale and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty is angry!"
Li Si and the others didn't expect Hu Hai's counterattack to be so violent, and the words they asked were heart-wrenching, this is a typical way to force Ying Teng to die, so they hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly.
Hu Hai didn't speak, all the important ministers in the hall were also worried in their hearts, and they didn't dare to breathe, Hu Hai, who was like a spring breeze one moment, turned his face ruthlessly the next moment. It is said that the power of heaven is unpredictable, and now they have learned it.
The air in the hall seemed to have frozen at this time, and it was extremely silent.
"Huh."
Hu Hai suddenly smiled, his smile was clear, and there was still a little bit of anger on his face.
But the ministers all bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, unable to see his expression, and the important ministers who heard his laughter only laughed angrily when His Majesty buried their heads lower. After Hu Hai laughed, he turned over a little embarrassed, and sat cross-legged for a long time, his retreat was numb.
Hu Hai walked down the hall slowly, stopped in front of Ying Teng, bent over and stretched out his hands to firmly grasp Ying Teng's arms and said, "Lao Zongzheng, please get up." As he spoke, he pulled Ying Teng, who was kneeling deeply on the ground, up with both hands.
"I know that Lao Zong cherishes my body and is for my face, but now my Great Qin is already in turmoil and crisis because of Hai's mistakes, and I am fortunate to be awakened by my father, and what is it for my Great Qin to be whipped by this mere whip. Compared to my Great Qin Dynasty, what is my face? ”
Hu Hai stared at Ying Teng and said solemnly.
"Your Majesty......"
Ying Teng was choked up by Hu Hai's old tears in these words.
"I know that the old sect is worried about my Great Qin, and he doesn't mean what I just said. However, all Aiqing must remember that in my Huaxia Great Qinjiang and Mountain Plans, everything can be given up, let alone whipping and reproaching, and only face. I don't hesitate to take my life. ”
Hu Hai said quietly, but the firmness in his words let everyone know that if that day really came, he would definitely do it. Hu Hai's loud words made all the important ministers kneeling on the ground shocked, and their hearts were surging, and they shouted. Completely ignoring the word Huaxia in front of the Great Qin River.
"Your Majesty! Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”
"Everyone, love Qing Ping. The matter of whipping has been decided, and we have to discuss it again! ”
Hu Hai made a decision, and then said to the old Yingteng who was still choked up: "The old sect is the head of the clan and the pillar of the country. Take good care of yourself. ”
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Lao Yingteng respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The old minister listens to His Majesty's words today and knows His Majesty's aspirations. The old minister is frightened, and he is willing to carry out this whip for His Majesty! I hope Your Majesty will allow it! ”
Hearing Lao Yingteng's words, Hu Hai hesitated for a moment, and then immediately responded: "Okay, it is said that there is an old sect who is carrying out these thirty whips for me." Lao Zong, please hurry up. ”
The main reason why Hu Hai agreed to come down was that Yingteng reminded Hu Hai with a previous sentence.
Hu Hai is the emperor, except for the winning teng in front of him, I am afraid that the entire Xianyang, including the entire Great Qin Empire, really can't find anyone who dares to whip Hu Hai, except for the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, of course.
Although the old Ying Teng is old, as the oldest person with the highest status in the Ying clan, and as the head of the Zongzheng, it is just right to personally carry out the whipping of Hu Hai, who is also a descendant of the Ying clan.
The most important thing is that after this incident, the important ministers of the empire also understood Hu Hai's determination to revitalize Great Qin from what Hu Hai just said, and they no longer dared to be careless.
Hu Hai had never been an emperor before, and he had not even been able to manage a few people as a petty official, but too many court dramas and novels in later generations told too many ways of scheming, and the way of the emperor with grace and power made Hu Hai more and more perfect.
Hu Hai returned to the hall and sat down, and glanced around the hall,
"After the whipping, I will personally go to the camp on the Bashang. I have my own plans, and you don't need to persuade them anymore. ”
"Whoa!" The ministers hurriedly replied solemnly.
Hu Hai was very satisfied with the attitude of the ministers under the court, and after a pause, he threw out a remark that the important ministers of the Great Qin Empire did not expect.
"I summoned you Aiqing late at night, in addition to the above things, the most important thing is about the most fundamental and serious land issue in my Great Qin."
The current land system of Daqin still follows the system reform of the Shang Dynasty and implements the system of nationalization of land and the system of land granting by the state.
Based on the idea of strengthening the land nationalization system, after the land is granted, the territory of Qianmo is set up, and no private changes are allowed; For example, the amount of land acquired by each peasant household and the amount of taxes paid to the state are equal; For example, those who work hard can be exempted from forced labor (hard labor and military service). Historical Records? Qin Shi Huang Benji contains: If you pay 1,000 stone of grain to the state, you can get a first-class knighthood. According to the system at that time, those with high titles could become officials.
As early as the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, the Qin State formulated the "Decree for Tian Kaiqian", and later formulated the "Tian Law". The implementation of these laws and regulations on the management of land resources favorably promoted the development of agricultural production in the Qin State, and laid a solid material foundation for the eventual destruction of the Six Kingdoms and the unification of the world.
At the same time, the six Kwantung countries of Shang Dynasty had already completed the reform of land privatization. The Shang Dynasty's reforms thus deprived the nobles of the privilege of owning state-owned land, directly undermining their economic interests.
If the Shang Dynasty reform law was to privatize state-owned land, I am afraid that these nobles would have raised their hands in support. History has no assumptions, so after Qin Xiaogong returned to heaven, Shang Ying was torn apart.
After the First Emperor destroyed the Six Kingdoms, when Li Si and others reformulated the state system, on the basis of the implementation of land nationalization and the state land grant system, they also recognized the private ownership of land in order to stabilize their rule.
It was this policy after the founding of the Great Qin that allowed the old clans of the Six Kingdoms and the nobles and wealthy families of the Great Qin to use annexation, coercion, and forced buying and selling to embezzle a large amount of land originally granted to ordinary people. Many newly reclaimed wastelands have also been concealed and not reported to evade taxes, reducing the state's fiscal revenue;
A large number of landless ordinary people either became mercenaries of these aristocratic and wealthy families, became domestic slaves, or left their homes and became bandits, which brought serious hidden dangers to social security, and this was one of the reasons why the Qin Dynasty was overthrown by the raging peasant uprising in a short period of time.
Although Hu Hai did not know the actual land situation of Daqin at this time, he knew at least one thing from later generations, and Daqin at this time was the beginning of the feudal society that lasted in China for more than 2,000 years, and the feudal society was based on the exploitation of peasants or surplus labor by the feudal landlord class, and land was the foundation of feudal society.
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Yi and others were all stunned, Hu Hai didn't mention this matter to them. But they are no strangers to the current land annexation, and they have known and understood some of the situation for a long time. Today, I suddenly heard Hu Hai mention this matter, although I was surprised, I still wanted to hear what His Majesty the Emperor, who had repeatedly done amazing things, wanted to say.
The three princes of the empire did not move, so although the remaining important ministers were surprised, they naturally did not dare to rise first, so they also sat quietly and did not move.
Seeing that there was no movement in the hall, Hu Hai was a little strange, and paused before continuing,
"Now the land granted by hundreds of people in the counties of my Great Qin has either been secretly seized by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, or secretly taken by the old clans of various places, coupled with the promotion of the noble and rich families and unjudicial officials in various places, as well as the labor of all parts of my Great Qin, so that hundreds of people have no food and no clothes, or are homeless people, or bandits;
However, I am the lord of the world, and now all these evil deeds have been inflicted on me. As a result, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms were restored, and countless rebellious people flocked to the country, wanting to completely eradicate the causes of this calamity to the country and extinguish the evil of the people, and the people are the foundation of the country.
If I want Daqin to regain the hearts of all the people in the world, we must start from the root of the people - the land. Therefore, I want to re-inventory and measure the land under my Great Qin's eyes. ”