Qingji knew that if he followed the normal process, the Qing Doctor led by Shen Xi and Zhu Li would definitely play and impeach Ji Ran, Fan Li and others, and there would be a lot of rhetoric and a waste of time.

Therefore, Qingji could only ask the ministers to conduct a court debate by himself.

"My lord, the minister thinks that the new law cannot be implemented, at least not completely!"

Doctor Shen Xi was the first to stand up and said loudly: "For the policy of the ten new laws, there are five opponents, one of which is to promote commerce; second, the implementation of the county system; Third, the implementation of the flat law; Fourth, it is a monopoly on salt and iron; Fifth, encourage Chinese people to consume! ”

"The minister believes that Wu State should not be heavy on business and light on agriculture, and the matter of agriculture and mulberry is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken!"

"Wu Guoda is prospering in business, isn't it just a matter of sacrificing the basics? If everyone abandons the cultivated land and does not keep their own business, they turn to business, and they are happy to work at ease. Chen really didn't dare to imagine that ten years later, the Wu State, where the fields were barren and the people of the country had the heart to seek advantages and avoid harm, could they be worthy of a war? ”

"Even if the treasury is piled up with money, what should it be?"

"Color!"

The doctor couldn't help but shout in agreement and echoed Shen Xi.

Shen Xi's words are indeed well-founded and thought-provoking!

Businessmen are well-known for their pursuit of profit.

If all the people go to business, who will plough the land and produce food for the country, or produce other things?

What if the national treasury is full?

Historically rich as the Song Dynasty, hasn't it been reduced to the point where it has been hammered and forced to send New Year's coins to seek peace?

As the saying goes, born in sorrow, die in peace!

When war comes, it is indeed not good to let a group of businessmen who are greedy for life and afraid of death go to the battlefield to defend against foreign enemies.

Moreover, a country with mostly barren fields may not be able to sustain a protracted war of attrition, and eventually collapse without a fight!

"What the doctor said!"

Shi Fan Li held the tooth wat in his hand and retorted: "In the new law, there has never been a big commercial policy!" ”

"The new law only encourages merchants to hoard goods and reduce tariffs to cater to merchants from all over the world! This policy is for the benefit of the Wu State, how can we talk about sacrificing the basics? ”

It is true that Qingji has never thought of prospering business.

After all, there are pros and cons to the prosperity of business, and in this world of great contention, the advantages of business outweigh the disadvantages after all.

But for now, the financial deficit of the state of Wu and the savings of several generations of the first kings of the state of Wu have almost been exhausted by Qingji!

Wu urgently needed a large amount of income, and it was really helpless to encourage merchants from other countries to enter Wu to do business.

"Don't mention that Daxing business for the time being. Why does the new law advocate the county system? ”

Shen Xi was quite dissatisfied and said: "Wu Chengzhou's system, there are counties, towns, capitals, and townships, but the county system is fully implemented, and we and other doctors who enjoy fiefdoms and food are not allowed to interfere in local government affairs, how can this be reasonable?" ”

"Exactly!"

The ministers and doctors in the court immediately expressed their solidarity and Shen Xi.

Doctor Shang was left to Qingji on the throne and said: "King, since the Great Zhou divided the world, the princes Zong Zhou, the Qing Zong Junhou, the doctor Zong Qing, and the Shizong doctor!" ”

"When the ministers hear it, they are political and virtuous, such as Beichen, where they live and the stars arch over it. The three people who are judged by the king, one is not suitable for his position, the second is not for his merits, and the third is not for his officials. ”

"The ministers have virtue, merit, and ability in the community, so they enjoy the right to eat the fiefdom."

"Now that most of the county orders appointed by the king are scholars of all nations, how can they be virtuous and let their ministers respect them?"

"Color!"

The ministers and doctors present immediately applauded.

Being separated only expressed one meaning - they are not convinced!

"Doctor Shang's words are wrong!"

Fan Li immediately refuted: "It is imperative for Wu to fully implement the county system!" ”

"Taking the Qi State Guan Zhong Reform Law as an example, in the past, the state capital Linzi was divided into six industrial and commercial townships and fifteen Shi townships, a total of 21 townships."

"The fifteen Shixiang is the main source of soldiers for the Qi State."

"The Duke of Qi Huan is autonomous in the five townships, and the prince of Shangqing and Gaozi are in charge of the five townships."

Guan Zhong also divided the state government into three departments and formulated a three-official system. There are three rulers, three clans in industry, three townships in commerce, three in Chuanze, and three in mountain forestry. ”

"Thirty families on the outskirts of the city are one town, and each town has a judge. Ten Yi is a pawn, and each pawn has a division. Ten pawns are a township, and each township has a township division. The three townships are one county, and each county has a county division. The ten counties are a genus, and each genus has a doctor. ”

"And the country of Qi has a total of five genera, with five doctors. At the beginning of each year, the five doctors will report the situation in the subordinate to Qi Huan Gong and supervise his merits. Therefore, the huge Qi country was able to form a unified whole! ”

After a pause, Fan Li looked at the scrutinizing gaze again, and asked word by word: "Dare to ask the doctor, how long will it take for my Wu State to mobilize 50,000 troops to gather in Wu Capital?" ”

Hearing this, he was silently considered, and then replied: "Probably...... Fifteenth? ”

"Twenty days is not impossible!"

Fan Li asked loudly: "Then the doctor knows how long it will take for the Qi State to mobilize 50,000 troops to gather in Linzi?" ”

"Ten days?"

was asked tentatively.

Fan Li just chuckled and said, "I'm afraid it's going to be five days!" ”

"Shhh

As soon as they heard this, including being separated, all the ministers and doctors couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

The speed at which Qi mobilized troops and horses was really so fast?

The ministers were a little incredulous, thinking that Fan Li was alarmist.

"Of course, the speed of gathering troops in five days is the Qi country in the past, and the speed of gathering troops in the current Qi country is unknown, but it should not be less than ten days."

Fan Liyun smiled lightly.

In the past, the State of Qi, relying on such a strict division of administrative regions, did deploy troops extremely fast and efficiently!

It's just that the country of Qi is no longer what it used to be.

The state of Qi, with its declining monarchy and constant civil strife, obviously cannot raise a large army in a short period of time.

"In the internal history of Su Zhi, the Qi State gathered troops so quickly, and my Wu State was indeed inferior. However, how dare you guarantee that after the implementation of the county system, the speed of Wu State's army gathering will be greatly improved? ”

was not convinced, and continued to argue with Fan Li.

Fan Li was not annoyed, and said: "Wu State implements the county system, why can't you gather troops quickly?" ”

"Second and third sons, Fan Li dares to ask you, the territory of my Wu country is slightly smaller than that of Qi country, but the territory is densely covered with water networks, with the advantage of boats and boats, and convenient transportation, why is the speed of gathering troops not as fast as Qi people?"

"Fan Li thinks that it is due to the difference in the system of local administration!"

"In the event of a war in the Qi country, it will issue the king's conscription order to the subordinates, counties, townships, pawns, and towns as soon as possible, and then the young and strong people of the appropriate age will go to the battlefield from the bottom up."

"What about my Wu Kingdom? As with Jin, Chu and other countries, counties, townships, and towns are not subordinate to each other, and government decrees cannot be passed on for a while, wasting time in vain! ”

"As the so-called soldiers are fast, the transmission of government decrees has been delayed for so many days, isn't it misleading the country and the people?"

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