Chapter 40: The First Emperor of the Ages
"After the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State only lived for one thing, and that was to fight. Ploughing is for war, and the more food you grow, the more troops you can muster and gain an advantage over other vassal states. ”
In order to encourage the soldiers to fight to the death, Shang Ying stipulated that only military merits could be awarded, and even the Qin royal family could not be an exception, so the history books said that the Qin people were happy when they heard the war, and they wished to fight every day. With a knighthood, you can be tax-free, eat well, dress well, and even be an official and a general, and the Qin people will naturally be addicted to war and unable to extricate themselves. ”
"For ordinary soldiers, in addition to these material and spiritual comforts, the most important thing is the land. A higher title corresponds to more land, and with enough land can you support your family and live a well-off and happy life. ”
"This system of awarding fields for military merits can indeed stimulate the fighting spirit of the Qin people, but there is obviously a huge hidden danger. As the scale of the war grew, there were naturally more and more Qin people who received military merits, but the distributable land in the hands of the government was definitely getting less and less. ”
"When the Qin State was constantly expanding outward, this problem was not big, just grab the land of other countries. But after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, all the land has become Qin soil, and all the people have become Qin people, who else are they going to rob? ”
Ying Zheng's breath was a little short, indeed, except for resisting the Xiongnu, there was no large-scale war in Daqin, and the system proposed by Shang Ying was not applicable to the current Daqin.
"Five years ago, the first emperor issued a decree to make the head of the Qianqian self-cultivation, the government no longer granted land, the people's fields were not guaranteed, and the nobles and merchants took the opportunity to occupy large tracts of land, so the price of grain soared, and now the price of grain is still high."
"So, is there a solution?" Ying Zheng took a deep breath, and his daughter understood more clearly than he thought.
"The solution is naturally to push all the systems to the ground and re-establish a new order suitable for Great Qin." Zhao Qingrui knew it in her heart, at least she wouldn't suggest that her father use this system.
Ying Zheng breathed a stalk in her throat, this girl is here to collect debts.
"Then let's move on to the tax system and the land system."
"The problem is mainly in the increase in taxes and servitude, that is, the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the heavy levy of cruel labor, and the fields, as I just said, many Guizhou capitals cannot be allocated land, but the nobles can be exempt from tax, and they also occupy a large amount of land, and even some of them will hide their households, so that the Qianshou under their names will become private property." Zhao Qingrui drank a glass of warm water brought by Meng Yi, and after talking for a long time, her mouth was dry.
"What about the solution?" Ying Zheng fell into deep thought, there are a lot of taxes in Daqin, and the types are indeed very miscellaneous, but these are all necessary taxes, and it is impossible to avoid them at all.
"In later generations, there was an emperor who implemented the apportionment of the land into the mu, the integration of the land, the various fields were changed to collect taxes according to the land, the large-scale land inspection, the nuclear fields were taxed, and the fields and taxes along the successive dynasties were gradually integrated, forming all the fields and fields."
"The acres of land are Ding, the fields are more, the fields are less, the acres are calculated, there is no way to deceive, the benefits are one, the people have no compensation for the suffering, the benefits are two, the year of the compilation and review, as usual, there is no need to add audits, and the benefits are three; After each field is completed, there is no way to go up and down its hands, and its benefits are four. ”
"When our great cause is completed, I am ready to add another one, all the land will be nationalized, not allowed to be sold, Qianshou has the right to use, and these fields will still be owned by the state after all."
Zhao Qingrui especially misses modern life, such peace, no turmoil, everyone is equal.
Even if she succeeded in her rebellion, it was estimated that it would not work if Daqin wanted to directly implement the modern one.
Ying Zheng stood up directly in surprise, "Haha, Cai Caicai." He didn't expect his daughter to give him such a surprise.
Of course, if this set of policies is to be implemented, the nobles will definitely oppose it.
Meng Yi was also shocked, if it was according to what the little princess said, Daqin would definitely be even stronger.
"It's all other people's wisdom, and I'm just picking it up from others." Seeing that his father was so excited, Zhao Qingrui smiled helplessly.
"All this is based on the first emperor's unification of the six countries, laying a solid foundation for future generations, he is the pioneer, building the Great Wall, digging the spiritual canal, building the Qin Straight Road and Qin Chi Road, the book is the same as the car, the same track, the unified weights and measures, well-deserved emperor through the ages." Zhao Qingrui said with emotion, if there is no first emperor, how can there be a wonderful culture in China.
Hearing that his status in the heart of his daughter is so high, Ying Zheng was very excited.
"Do you really think so? People outside said that he was tyrannical, punished harshly, paid heavy taxes, and burned books. Ying Zheng endured the joy in his heart, and his daughter said that he was the first emperor of the ages, and no one had ever commented on him like this.
"Soon after the First Emperor unified the Six Kingdoms, he began to frequently build large-scale construction, although some of these projects were beneficial to the country and the people in the long run, such as the Great Wall, the Ling Canal, etc., but at the same time, they also greatly damaged the productive forces."
"Although Qin Shi Huang issued some policies to benefit the people, after all, the pace should not be too fast and too fast, and the Qin Dynasty at that time did not have such conditions, which would only make the life of Qianshou more difficult."
"And the people who burned books and killed Confucianism and he killed were all Fangshi, and the books that were burned were all preserved, such as books on medicine, divination, and planting trees, all of which were Confucian students, and those Fangshi died by themselves."
Ying Zheng looked at his daughter appreciatively, but his daughter still understood him.
Unlike Fusu, he knew all day long that he was against him and made him unhappy.
There is also that Chun Yuyue, who danced very much, he finally unified the world, and this dog thing jumped out and wanted him to restore the ancient system and divide the world, so what is the point of him fighting the world?
"Aren't we going to rebel, you just said that there is a problem with Daqin's election system, what's the problem? What are you going to do in the future? Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Qingrui with bright eyes, and at this time he couldn't care about Zhao Qingrui's rebellion.
"Talent selection is nothing more than a combination of military merit, hereditary, and recommendation."
"Don't talk about military merit and hereditary, just say recommend, recommend people to have both ability and political integrity, this system is also very flawed, the emperor can only select and appoint officials within a small range, it can also be said to be nepotism. Moreover, it is easy for the clan to develop party henchmen and control power, but it is difficult for people who are really talented to contribute to the country. ”
From the hereditary system, the inspection system, the conquest system, the nine-product Zhongzheng system, and then to the imperial examination system, with the development of history and the progress of society, the rulers have become more reasonable in selecting talents.
Of course, in her mind, the best is still the modern one.
"And the solution?" Ying Zheng looked at her daughter expectantly, wanting to see how many surprises she could give herself.