Chapter 18: Seeking the Country in the Nameless and Turning the Tide (Part II)
In this way, Nameless became the chief assistant of the Xia State, assisted the imperial court in straightening out the long-term slackness of the long-term policy, and formulated plans and measures for the Xia Kingdom's agricultural production, handicraft processing, army, officials, population development, etc., the specific contents are as follows:
In terms of agriculture: "Encourage land annexation, open up land and expand territory, exempt newly developed land from taxes for three years, and at the same time, on the premise of not affecting national interests, each vassal state can encourage each vassal state to use troops abroad, expand the source channels of slaves, from a single prisoner of war, gradually form prisoners of war, bankrupt civilians, criminals, etc., to provide more labor for expanding the cultivated area of land, and reward the princes or slave owners who pay more taxes every year." ”
Handicrafts: Encourage slave owners to establish their own handicraft bases to meet the needs of production, life and military, make it difficult for a single family to complete the project to be implemented, organize cooperation between vassal states to complete large-scale projects, and reduce taxes and the number of servants for slave owners or vassal states who have made significant contributions every year.
In terms of the army, the military service system of the vassal states is adopted, and the military strength of each vassal state shall not exceed one-fifth of the military strength of the Gyeonggi region, and it shall be subject to the centralized dispatch and management of the central government, and the conditional vassal states shall be encouraged to establish new armies - cavalry and chariot soldiers, and at the same time, the vassal states or slave owners who have outstanding performance in the process of fighting the war will be given major rewards.
Population development: Due to the development of a large amount of land after unification, a large amount of manpower was consumed, resulting in the phenomenon of vacant or daughter countries in many cities and villages, encouraging polygamy and further increasing the number of population, providing a steady stream of manpower for the development of the Xia Kingdom.
Through the implementation and enforcement of these measures, the economy of Xia has been rapidly improved, the population has grown steadily and rapidly, and the combat effectiveness of the army has been unprecedentedly enhanced, which has greatly promoted the development of productive forces and the reform of production relations. The slave society was finally determined, and the comprehensive national strength of the Xia Kingdom reached its peak, which was known as the "Qiyuan New Deal" in history.
It took a year for Nameless to complete the formulation of these regulations and measures and hand them over to the relevant departments for implementation. However, it was difficult to implement at first, and three of the five powerful prince's interest groups opposed it, and Xia Wangqi swayed left and right in the cries of opposition from all sides.
In the early days of this day, the two generals Shang Long and Shang Leopard, who had been brought out by themselves, took the lead in opposing it.
Shang Long said: "Qi Xiang Wang, throughout the previous dynasty, Yao Shunyu period to solve the most fundamental interests of the people as the starting point, and get the support and support of the people, so that the Chinese alliance has a strong cohesion, in the control of floods and major projects have also been supported by the entire alliance, and today's reform can only cultivate the strength and expansion of the vassal states, once the threat is formed enough, the world is easy to fall into a dangerous edge of division, and I hope that the king can consider carefully." ”
Xia Wangqi glanced at the officials in the court and asked: "If anyone else has objections to the new policy, everyone can put it forward, today's court meeting is for everyone to speak freely, this court meeting will not make records, do not draw conclusions, King Jingzhou will talk about your views." ”
The king of Jingzhou walked out of the crowd, "The king of Qizuo and the lower officials have reservations about the new policy, because there are two problems, one is that it involves the development of vassal states or slave owners. Second, the horse without a name is not good for expressing his opinion from the inside out. Therefore, Xia Guan believes that as long as a good initiative or idea can conform to the strategy and planning of national development, then it can be launched, otherwise it should not be launched. ”
At this time, Wenchang walked out of the ministers and said: "Your Majesty, I support the new policy, because I can't look at the development problem from a historical perspective, our Chinese nation from the very beginning of the clan, to the clan commune, and then to the social alliance, are all developing step by step, only with development, we can have food to eat in the warehouse, we can feed more people, in order to expand our army, to establish a centralized rule centered on the royal power, and to strengthen our comprehensive national strength with the development of princes or regions according to their own conditions, For the time being, our newly established country is still unstable for the time being, inter-clan fights occur from time to time, Beirong and other tribes are still eyeing each other, and judging from the struggles with Beirong over the years, what we lack is a new army that has always been able to conquer and win. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Leopard walked out, glanced at Wen Chang, and said, "Qi play my king, I want to ask Wen Chang a question?" ”
King Xia nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Shang Leopard asked: "The war between us and Beirong mentioned by the scholar Wenchang, we have won every war, and our own army is not vulnerable as you think, from the Battle of Gan to the present, we have fought more than 20 battles with the Beirong tribe, but there has not been a single failure, can you say that our army is not good?" It seems that the scholar of the University of Literature has been in the court for a long time in these years, and he does not understand the outside world. ”
Wen Chang asked rhetorically: "What are the results after each battle, you 100,000 people attack others 20,000, others lose 10,000 troops, you lose 20,000 troops, then this is what you call the strength of the army, we should summarize what we have done in the past, which aspects need to be improved, and which needs to be focused on development?" Can't you be blindly blind and blindly don't know how to go in the future? When others are far beyond us, and we are passively beaten, then we will realize our inadequacy. ”
Shang Leopard said: "Who can predict tomorrow, you can?" Can he? Still is? We can't predict that we have to adjust according to the changes in the environment, for example, the Beirong cavalry is powerful, what methods do we use to target their cavalry? So you have to consider this aspect of things, instead of grabbing the beard and eyebrows, so that you can't catch it well no matter what? ”
Nameless walked out from among the ministers at this time, first bowed to King Baixia, and then said to Shang Leopard: "It is precisely because we can't predict tomorrow that we have to make such preparations, for example, tomorrow our Yellow River will burst, and we have no food in the warehouse, how can we go to disaster relief?" And how to deal with emergencies? If Beirong calls tomorrow, you will only go to change for them, don't you think it's too late? ”
After speaking, he stared at this old subordinate of his own, and he failed to lead them, and did not change their thinking.
King Xia glanced at everyone and said, "Today, we will discuss it here for the time being, and those who have a strategy will leave it, and the other will be left without a name." Other retreats. ”
King Xia and Nameless were strolling in the back garden, and King Xia said to Nameless: "The new policy you proposed is very good, but now you hear opposition everywhere, and you don't know whether to implement it or not." ”
Nameless had already guessed King Xia's concerns, and said, "Your Majesty, let me ask you a question, is it better to control the Yellow River to prevent disasters or wait for it to happen?" ”
King Xia pondered for a while and said, "It should have happened and then be governed!" Because this can be vigorous, it can quickly gather the confidence of the people of the whole country, and it can also make good political achievements, such as Yao Shun and my father Wang Yu, why their deeds are still recited by people, because they have made great contributions and handled what has happened well. ”
Nameless smiled and said, "If the king is a commoner, do you want your home to be flooded, or not to be flooded?" This is especially true for governing the country, not only to consider the interests of a certain group, but also to consider from the standpoint of the overall situation, as far as the current domestic situation is concerned, a crisis from within the country may break out at any time, and this crisis is beyond the control of you and me. Because the cards in our hand are too bad, how do we change the cards to good ones? You have to learn to predict, or you're bound to lose. ”
King Xia said: "Listen carefully to Shoufu's high opinion." ”
Nameless continued: "At present, for the eldest son Taikang, only Hou Yi's troops are supported, Hou Yi's troops are extremely limited, and this person is not easy to control, among the five sons at present, the strength of the eldest son is the weakest, such a consequence, I think King Xia should be more clear!" ”
King Xia thought for a while and said, "Can the New Deal solve this problem?" ”
Nameless said firmly: "No, but I can give Prince Taikang enough time to prepare, on the one hand, to support the development of the vassal states and gain the support of the vassal states, and on the other hand, to cultivate his own power and weaken the power of other princes." Otherwise, even if Taikang can sit on the throne, it will be like this in its current form. ”
King Xia finally nodded and said, "I finally understand why Mr. wants to implement the purpose of the new policy. Mr. has worked hard during this time, and it seems that this king chose you to be the head of the country. ”
Nameless said: "As a courtier, it is the duty of a micro-minister to share the worries of the king, not to mention hard work." There was nothing else to do, and the subordinate took his leave. ”
King Xia nodded. Nameless left the palace.