Chapter 166
Along the way, Wei Ping tried his best to gradually figure out what Zhao Guo did after defeating Wei Guo.
On the one hand, they locked up all the officials, as well as their families, relatives, and guests, and kept them in the records. The big people will close the palace, and the small people will circle the mansion.
In short, cut them off from the people.
All the counties of the Patriotic Kingdom were taken over by the army of Zhao State.
At the same time, Zhaoguo sent many people who were born in Zhaoguo, but served as guests and doormen in Zhaoguo, and who could speak well, and preached to the people, don't be afraid, we are here to rescue you.
Wei Ren is not stupid, how can he believe such nonsense?
But these lobbyists have proof.
This battle was fought from mid-March to the end of April, delaying spring ploughing, right?
It doesn't matter, our king has already decreed, you sow now, and you can sow as much as you can. It doesn't matter if you don't live or not, Zhaoguo distributes food according to the population, and everyone has a share.
Naturally, many people timidly said that the fields we planted were not our own, or that we were slaves and maids!
This is also normal.
There are basically no yeoman farmers in the country, and all the land has been cleaned up by the big families.
The lobbyists immediately put on a smile and told them that it was true that you used to be slaves and maids to defend the country, but now you are the people of Zhaoguo, and there is no such thing as slaves and maids in Zhaoguo, so you are free.
And the land under your feet no longer belongs to the landlord, but to the king.
Now, you are farming for the king, and if you go into battle in the future, you will be given your own land.
The king said, "You have had a hard time before, and this year you have delayed the spring ploughing." This year's harvest will be yours.
When the guards heard that King Zhao not only let these slaves and maids go free, but also gave them food, and even did not collect taxes, many people looked at each other, never dreaming of such a good thing.
They instinctively felt that Zhao was lying to them.
But if you think about it carefully, if people want to deceive, they are also deceiving those noble lords, and deceiving them, these slaves and servants, and tenants, what can they get?
What's more, Zhaoren doesn't have to deceive at all, the defense of the country has already been defeated by them, aren't they the final say?
Then, the guards gradually discovered that these soldiers of Zhaoguo, although their nostrils were facing the nobles, they were very kind to them and the people, even if they lacked clothes, they did not rob them directly, but spent money to buy them from them.
When Wei Ren saw it, he had already believed most of the people of Zhao, and many people said that it was so good to be the people of Zhaoguo.
But Zhaoguo's killer move is still to come.
That is, conscription.
Hundreds of thousands of nobles, landlords, and wealthy households, including their relatives, doormen, and henchmen, were moved to Lulong City, which was an extremely huge project, and it was definitely not enough to rely on these soldiers of Zhaoguo, and hundreds of thousands of people were needed to assist.
Of course, it is unrealistic to recruit directly from Zhaoguo, and you can only rely on Wei Ren to be a people's husband, but Wei Guo has just been defeated, and Wei Ren has not yet returned to his heart, and if he does not operate well, he may be making noise on the road.
Yin Ji has thought about this problem for a long time, and she has formulated corresponding methods in combination with the policies of later generations.
Zhaoguo's grain has grown explosively for two consecutive years, and the grain warehouse is full, and the track is convenient. As a result, Yin Changying no longer looks down on the old grains of Wei Guo and Liang Guo.
Therefore, he listened to Yin Hui's suggestion, and when he was conscripted to defend the country and Liang Guofu, the grain would be borne by Zhaoguo - and he didn't need to transport it from his own country, just put the grain in the granary of Wei Guo and Liang State?
In the past, the people of the former patriotic country were put on a conscription, brought their own dry food, and their families lost their laborers, and they themselves could die on the road. Even small landlords may not be able to afford it, not to mention ordinary peasants, who have become slaves one after another.
Now that the Zhao Kingdom comes, the levy will be levied, and the state will issue grain, not to mention the fullness. If you sign up for conscription, the government will also give you an extra piece of food for your family.
It is said that there will be a corresponding tax reduction next year?
What a contrast!
Many patriotic men signed up for conscription with the simple idea of "earning a ration for their families".
The officials of Zhaoguo also did what they said, after signing up, you can stay by yourself and let your family take the food back.
The guards rushed to tell each other, scrambling, and came to sign up, and the soldiers of Zhaoguo also got orders from their superiors and often chatted with these guards.
Although the accents and meanings of the two sides are completely different, sometimes they can only rely on comparison, but "for some reason", every time they chat, there will always be one or two people who understand the two Chinese languages mixed in and translated each other.
It is generally a show-off.
"Only the most unscrupulous people will farm for others!"
"What if you don't have money? I don't have the money to go to war! Behead one, and the knighthood will be first! The more decapitations, the more knighthoods! ”
"I used to be an authentic peasant, and now I am the 'no more' of the fourth class, with fifty people under my command, hundreds of acres of fertile land at home, a house has been built, a fine gentleman has also been married, and two concubines have been accepted! The clan brothers are all scrambling to follow me to get ahead! ”
"You have caught up with the good time, the king and the national witch have modified the measurement method of military merits, in addition to beheading, assisting in the transportation of grain, grass, ordnance, etc., you can also be tired of military merits!"
Show off, who doesn't love?
Seeing a group of people looking at themselves with envy, jealousy and hatred, that fluttering, don't mention it.
Zhaoren is blowing happily, and Weiren is uncomfortable to listen to!
It turned out that the people of Zhaoguo had such a good life, they usually farmed the land in peace and stability, and when it came to war, they immediately threw away their hoes, picked up weapons and went to the battlefield, and used their lives to kill a future for the whole family.
What about us, we make cattle and horses for the landlord every day, and when we encounter war, we will be conscripted, but we still die and wound at every turn, and sell our sons and daughters.
The more Wei Ping listened, the more frightened he became.
The Tian Zhai military merit title system is a natural killer for any low-level people!
Because of this, the six eastern countries carefully hid and tucked in, not daring to let ordinary people know that Zhaoguo had always implemented this system.
That's not nonsense!
If you knew that everyone in Zhao was a yeoman farmer, and as long as they went to the battlefield, they could be knighted, and the people of the six eastern countries would have to run away at least thirty percent.
As for the royal family, the ministers, and even the scholars and landlords, even if they knew, what did it matter?
Zhaoguo has killed all the families and big landlords in order to implement this system, and the six eastern countries have changed the law and overturned, just because they didn't kill this group of guys, how could they take the initiative to tell the people that Zhaoguo has this benefit?
Of course, it's hard work, it's not good to spray Zhaoguo!
But now......
I also want to know that this group of guards eats and drinks well, and they have gained knowledge along the way, and then go back and say, how many of the slaves and servants and tenants who stayed in the country will be worried about the country?
The more Wei Ping thought about it, the more he felt that there were high-ranking people in the center of the Zhaoguo Imperial Court, and he completely hit the point against Wei Guo.
The nobles, families, and landlords were all forcibly moved away, and even a few literate people were not left for you;
Then he gave the people grace and food, and by the way, used all kinds of facts and examples to brainwash them and tell them how good the country was.
After such a set of combination punches, I am afraid that it will not take a few decades, as long as it is only a few months, the Weiren will never want to go back to the old days.
"Why is my father so worried?"