Chapter 170: The Way of Statecraft

After unremitting efforts, the situation is getting better day by day, and finally there is no need to run around. Even if www.biquge.info take a good rest for a while, have fun, and have fun, it is reasonable, but after staying in Tai County for a few days, Qin Ge couldn't sit still.

Is now the time for comfort?

The Central Plains has not yet been recovered! The princes are still so strong! There are a lot of things to do!

The Great Qin Empire wants to conquer the universe and travel through the Eight Wildernesses, and the army, production, science and technology, and economy are all indispensable!

Qin Ge brought Shangguan Wan'er over, and the two began to discuss the development strategy to lay the foundation for the next basic policy.

This superb royal sister with a perfect figure and a cold temperament first meticulously reported the recent work results, especially the work of appeasing the refugees, everything is going well so far, after all, Shangguan Wan'er's ability is here, and this little thing can still be done well.

Qin Ge nodded with satisfaction: "Now that there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people, how are you going to drain and fix them?"

"Land!" Shangguan Wan'er thought without thinking: "The minister believes that for the peasants, the land will always have a huge temptation, and the peasants can only truly stabilize and take root when they have land to cultivate. ”

"Yes, you go on. ”

"The Longxi region, and the future Hexi region, all have a lot of barren and fertile land, which used to be unable to produce normally for various reasons, resulting in a lot of waste. Now that General Gongsun Qi is guarding the Yellow River, the alien race can no longer cross the border by half a step, and a large number of displaced people have been displaced, which is the best opportunity to reclaim wasteland and increase production!"

"What exactly are you going to do that again?"

Weichen suggested promulgating relevant laws to encourage the promulgation of relevant laws, displaced people to come to Longxi to reclaim wasteland, in the early stage can borrow money and grain from the state to maintain their lives, and repay according to interest after the harvest, and at the same time the reclaimed land belongs to the farmers themselves, and all taxes will be exempted in the next five years. We can set the price of grain and stabilize the price, so that if the peasants hand over the surplus grain every year, they can directly exchange it for money, or even in exchange for knighthoods......"

Shangguan Wan'er really has two brushes.

This turns a crisis into an opportunity.

The root of Qin's law is to reward ploughing warfare.

Shang Ying changed the law, abolished the well fields, rewarded farmers, and the people were non-agricultural soldiers, and they could pay more taxes and grain to obtain the title, or they could live to get the title by killing the enemy on the battlefield, so that the Qin State embarked on a typical militaristic path. In this era when there was no imperial examination, it was almost the only way for commoners to break the hierarchy, so it had a huge temptation.

Shangguan Wan'er's idea was bold and very radical, the peasants reclaimed the land and belonged to the peasants, exempted from heavy taxes and forced labor, and at the same time retained the agricultural incentives of the Shang Dynasty reform, and the peasants could still exchange their titles for farming, and even more unprecedented to create a system of loans for land reclamation, as long as it was implemented, it would inevitably take advantage of the refugee tide to immediately attract a large number of displaced people to come and open up the wasteland.

At the beginning of spring this year, the farmland in Longxi will increase by eight times and tenfold.

Shangguan Wan'er is a drunkard, and she doesn't mean to drink. What is most important in this era? Of course, it is the population! If we can increase the population of Longxi by 500,000 or 600,000 through this method, even if we increase the number of people by about 100,000 households, and let each household send one soldier, it is estimated that we will be able to increase the number of troops by 100,000, and the Longxi army will grow rapidly!

If you have an army, you will have confidence!

Qin II can compete for hegemony in troubled times!

Shangguan Wan'er attracted farmers with incentives for farming, as long as it was to promote the growth of Longxi's population and develop the military, the reason why she dared to use such a radical reward method was that Qin II now had the Kongtong Mountain production base, which was a very large production base, and the growing output was now very considerable, enough to make up for the pressure caused by tax reductions and exemptions.

But can Your Majesty accept such a radical system?

The interests of the world are always limited, and when the interests of the peasants increase, the interests of His Majesty decrease, and once the policy becomes inertia, it will face great resistance if it wants to change it suddenly in the future.

"Your solution is good, but it's not perfect!"

Shangguan Wan'er was very surprised, because His Majesty did not object, but seemed to want to add.

Qin II opened his mouth and said: "Since the Shang Emperor changed the law, he has encouraged military merit farming and increased agricultural and military affairs, which can indeed exert an effect in a short period of time, making the country a very aggressive country of tigers and wolves, which is indeed very suitable for the poor and weak Qin State at that time, but it is undoubtedly deformed for a long time, the burden of the people is getting heavier and heavier, and the army is becoming more and more predatory, and finally it cannot be stopped at all." ”

"Your Majesty's thoughts are ......"

"We can use the code of Shangjun as the outline, but we must make significant improvements, it is not enough to reward agricultural and military merits, but also set up other incentive mechanisms, such as rewarding industry and commerce, rewarding military innovation, rewarding production innovation, rewarding agricultural tool innovation, and rewarding can be money or even knighthood!"

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned.

That's amazing, isn't it?

Qin II continued without waiting for his mouth to speak.

"In the final analysis, if you want to develop, Shinong industry and commerce are indispensable. Guanzhong is one of the most abundant plains in China, and now it has a population of more than 10 million; if agriculture and industry develop in an all-round way, why worry about not being the best in the world! This kind of strength is the fundamental strength, and this kind of strength is the lasting power!"

"If you think about it, the first emperor built the Great Wall of Qinling, mobilized millions of laborers and prisoners, and spent almost half of the national strength and wealth, but if there was a person at that time who could have invented the steam engine early and replaced the heavy labor and transportation with machines, at least more than half of the labor force could be liberated. These millions of people can become rich when they become farmers, these millions of people can become strong when they become soldiers, and a small steam engine can make the empire increase millions of fertile fields and millions of heroes, this is the power of industry!"

"Think about it again, once I went to the Hexi region to exchange cheap tobacco and chili spirits for high-quality animal skins and sheepskins worth thousands of gold, which was enough to exchange a large amount of grain from the peasants, and I could also buy cattle, sheep and horses from Hexi. It can not only promote a virtuous circle, but also increase the living standards of farmers. If we can build more trade routes, create more markets, and create a larger commodity economy, why should we stare at the peasants for this little bit of food and obtain it through exorbitant taxes? This is the power of commerce!"

Shangguan Wan'er was completely shocked!

"Remember. Qin Ge finally concluded: "Strong national strength is fundamentally strong!"

She couldn't imagine that these words would come from the mouth of such a young Qin II.

Since ancient times, it has been popular in China that there has never been a king willing to break such a system, because in the eyes of the king, only by fixing the peasants on the land to farm for the country can the country be strong and conducive to rule, as for the merchants and skilled workers, they are nothing more than some opportunistic guys, so they have not been taken seriously or even suppressed.

Qin II's words were deafening.

But with the case of the steam engine in front, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't refute the value of industry!

With rich goods such as chili, tobacco, coffee, printing, and papermaking in front, Shangguan Wan'er can't refute the value of commerce!

Shangguan Wan'er must admit that if a country can build a huge commodity economy, it will be able to gather the world's resources and food, so why should we focus on the small peasant economy of small families to develop the country? Isn't it much better to have goods from the peasants in exchange for grain than to plunder them through exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes?

The innovation of a tool or instrument can liberate tens of millions of laborers.

The improvement of a farm tool or agricultural product can increase the yield tenfold.

The development of a trade route or market can create countless wealth and resources.

Of course, the foundation of the old Qin State cannot be changed for the time being, the peasants pay taxes to be rewarded, and the soldiers are also rewarded for killing the enemy, but the innovation of the military industry, the innovation of agricultural tools, the innovation of production, and even the development of trade routes should be rewarded!

Prize Prize Prize!

All of them will be awarded!

Give money, give knights, give servants!

Such a system is enough to stimulate people's wisdom and courage, so as to explode powerful creativity in the land of China.

Qin II once again possessed a population of 10 million in Guanzhong, and if he developed Shinong's industry and commerce to the extreme, what would Liu Bang and Xiang Yu be worth? What would the Hexi Yueshi clan count again? What would the northern Xiongnu count again? Great Qin could not only rely on military forces to suppress the enemy, but should also take the lead in all aspects of economy, industry, commerce, and culture!

"Your Majesty's move will become a famous king through the ages!"

Shangguan Wan'er bowed deeply to Qin Ge, after all, such a pioneering spirit and broad-minded king is unique from ancient times to the present, which will change the fate of countless people, and will also change the pattern of China for tens of millions of years in the future.

Qin II said: "It's a pity, if a powerful Legalist formulates a new law based on this, I think it will be quickly popularized and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There will definitely be a Legalist master in the future, but before that, you have to work hard to do more work. ”

"Wechen is duty-bound!"

Shangguan Wan'er's morale was high.

She's really looking forward to it right now.

The revitalization of Great Qin is just around the corner, but Qin II, who is the Emperor of Great Qin, has not even had a concubine so far, which is a bit unusual! Shangguan Wan'er secretly glanced at the young emperor, and she didn't know why, and suddenly had some expectations and expectations!

"You go back and think about it, and then reformulate specific measures, and step back. ”

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er retreated to the door, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "General Gongsun?"

Qin Ge smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "I asked him to come, come in." ”

A resolute and cold man walked into the secret room, because he had just heard what Qin II said, a trace of admiration appeared in his cold and stern eyes, and he saluted Qin II: "Gongsun Qi to meet Your Majesty!"

Qin Ge waved his hand to excuse me: "What does the general think of my thoughts?"

Bai Qi said directly: "Your Majesty is well versed in the way of going to war!"

Bai Qi once said to Qin Ge that the soldiers are the way, the middle soldiers are the strength, and the troops are the techniques, so Bai Qi's words can be said to be the highest evaluation. Qin Ge is actually not so powerful, he is just standing at the height of the times, so seeing things that others can't see, he must be glad that he appeared in the pre-Qin period when a hundred schools of thought contended.

At this time, although feudalism has been established, the idea is not so deep-rooted, and it coincides with the troubled times, and the world is reshuffled, so there is not so much resistance from the family, which is the best era for Qin Ge to show his ambitions.

"Huh, the general's cultivation seems to have improved!"

Bai Qi has indeed made progress during this time, his martial arts cultivation is close to the peak of the ninefold, the bottleneck of the Great Perfection of the military family began to loosen, Qin Ge found that resurrecting characters with resurrection stones has a unique advantage, first of all, the resurrection stone will not be affected by the counter-summoning, and secondly, all those who are resurrected, they all have memories of their previous lives.

It's the equivalent of being born again.

Bai Qi returns to his peak age, and his achievements will inevitably surpass his previous life!

"I'm going to take the general to meet a person today, you've seen this person before, but now it's not what it used to be!" Qin Ge stood up and walked to Bai Qi's side, "Let's go, he will be your cavalry vanguard in the future, and he will also become your right-hand man!"

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(PS: Some people react that they don't know much about Hexi, and this book is placed in the fantasy category, and it is inevitable that some book friends don't know much about it.) Xiaoyuji recommends that you watch a documentary called "Hexi Corridor", as long as you watch the first two or three episodes, it is enough, it is not long and only dozens of minutes, the production is still relatively sophisticated, the content is quite burning, there are certain highlights, and you must have a new understanding after watching it!)