Zhao Tuo saw that the First Emperor was looking at him, his expression was calm, and there seemed to be expectation in his eyes.

Everyone looked at Zhao Tuo.

He is a martial arts marquis, a figure who climbed to the level of Lunhou by relying on the military merit system, and is unique in the entire Qin State, it can be said that he has enjoyed the benefits of military merit and worship, and now in the face of the emperor's knighthood, what will he think?

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, he naturally couldn't say in public that the emperor was going to make a bad start by doing this, and sooner or later he would destroy the system.

After thinking for a while, he stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of giving the knighthood may have the effect of calming people's hearts, so that the heads of the world will be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness. However, my Great Qin has always been meritorious and must worship the lord, and if the lord will give the land, if the title is granted to the head of the world, then the corresponding land and farm house must be issued, so that he can be grateful to Huaide. ”

"I don't know how many people are in the world, but if Your Majesty gives you the title, the number of knights this time must be more than millions, such a number, then tens of thousands of acres of fields and tens of millions of acres of homestead land will be issued! May I ask, today, there is still such a number of fields and houses? ”

When the words fell, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

That's the truth.

The title of Qin is precious precisely because it is rewarded, which is completely different from the empty title of the Han Dynasty.

According to Qin's military merit system, he was promoted to a knighthood, and was given 100 acres of land and 9 acres of house.

If it is a million people, the number of fields will reach 10,000 mu, and the number of residential land will reach 9 million mu.

If it is 5 million people, it is 50,000 acres, and 45 million acres of residential land!

Of course, this is only an ideal number, in fact, in the later period of the unification of the Qin State, because the wars were too frequent, the number of knights was too large, resulting in the number of fields and mansions that these knights received after returning would often be discounted.

But even a 5% discount on this number is a very scary number.

Since the Qin State began to implement the military merit worship system, it has never dealt with such a huge amount of land.

Even the First Emperor on the emperor's couch suddenly shrank his pupils.

Zhao Hai, Wang Ben, Wang Wu and others were all discussing whether the scope of the knighthood would be too wide, whether it would shake the foundation of the military lord system, and whether it would affect the morale of the soldiers, but no one counted this.

What a Zhao Tuo, as soon as this economic account was laid out, it really scared many people.

"Your Majesty, if you can't grant the corresponding land and mansion at the same time as the knighthood, then this time the knighthood will make the value of the title decline, and the head of the world will no longer look forward to obtaining the title, and even be disappointed, this approach will not only not win the hearts of the people in the world, but will also make the people resentful, which has the opposite effect!"

Zhao Tuo's voice was low, and there was a feeling of heartache.

Because he is telling the truth.

The first emperor gave knighthoods in history, but he couldn't give corresponding rewards, so that when he got the end of Qin, the title was indiscriminate. The hairpins and nobles of the six kingdoms not only did not have the corresponding fields, but were reduced to becoming debtors and paying off their debts by doing hard labor.

In this case, even if the head of Qiantou has a title, it is impossible to thank the emperor for his kindness, but it makes the title even less valuable.

"The minister thinks that what the Marquis of Wugong said is very true, my Great Qin has just finished fighting Beihu, and there are many knights in the army, and their land has not yet been issued, and many counties and counties can't even get the corresponding land. If Your Majesty bestows a knighthood at this time, where can you find the land for the house? ”

Wang Ben, as a lieutenant, was in charge of the promotion of sergeant to knighthood, and immediately echoed Zhao Tuo's words.

Zhao Hai said unceremoniously: "However, if you give a knighthood and have no land or house, the knighthood system will be destroyed, and the people of the world will also complain that Your Majesty has no faith!" ”

All the generals saw the situation and echoed it together, and for a time there was quite a momentum in the hall.

Even Wang Wu didn't open his mouth to object, he was shocked by Zhao Tuo's calculation just now, and felt that it was better to wait and see the situation first.

The First Emperor frowned.

He said in a deep voice: "I have won the Northern Expedition of Great Qin, opened up thousands of miles of territory, and there are fertile fields on both sides of its big river, so how can I talk about no land to give?" Not to mention that now my army will wipe out the Yue Clan, and its land is also thousands of miles, this is not a field house! There is also the southern Baiyue, there is boundless land, and the required fields and houses are as desirable as possible! ”

Hiss......

Everyone gasped.

In connection with the announcement just announced about the relocation of 50,000 households to the real border of northern Xinjiang, the emperor's heart can be vaguely guessed.

Good guy, you, the emperor, actually plan to divide the land of those knights to the newly opened barbarians to live, and even the Yue clan and Baiyue who have not yet been defeated are worried about it.

Zhao Tuo's eyelids jumped violently, it turned out that the emperor had not calculated this account, but his mind was too fierce.

The land of the Qin State is not enough, so go and divide the barbarians, and before the land has been laid, they begin to think about giving the lord first.

Perhaps he also had a purpose in doing this, that is, when he moved to Qianshou Shibian in the future, he could implement it in the name of dividing the land, so as to reduce the resistance of the immigrants.

Giving titles, buying people's hearts, getting the name of kindness, and by the way, the honest migration and immigration are real, and the name is real, that is really a good calculation.

Zhao Tuo guessed in his heart, and faintly felt that something was wrong, but at this time he had no choice but to speak hard.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it is better to follow the former Zhaoxiang King's policy of recruiting people to move to Anyi, and only give immigrants titles, so that these immigrants will surely feel Your Majesty's kindness and gladly go to the northern frontier. As for giving the lord of the head of the world, it can be postponed for one or two. Otherwise, everyone in the world will give them knighthoods, and the titles of immigrants will not be prominent, and there may be complaints. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hai, Wang Ben and others also said yes, saying that the strategy of the martial arts marquis has a precedent to follow by King Zhaoxiang, and can implement the field house.

Seeing that Zhao Tuo proposed a compromise method, everyone praised each other, and the first emperor's brows were still not relaxed, and he didn't seem to be particularly satisfied with Zhao Tuo's answer.

This scene was seen by the court lieutenant Li Si, the military generals of the princes opposed the emperor's knighthood, and even the martial arts marquis Zhao Tuo personally went down to offer advice.

Only Li Si did not invest in it, but silently observed, and now he was thoughtful, faintly guessing the emperor's true thoughts, and after Zhao Tuo spoke, he stood up.

Li Si said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the martial arts marquis said is reasonable. However, His Majesty and one universe, the power of the four Yi can not but show the world, so that the world is the head of Huaide. It is better to give the title of immigrants who migrate to the frontier, and at the same time slightly reduce the taxes of the world's Qianshou, and give cattle wine to celebrate, so that the immigrants will get the title of the field, and the world's Qianshou will also have real profits to obtain, and they should pay tribute to His Majesty's kindness. ”

The First Emperor's brows relaxed slightly.

He was not particularly satisfied with this answer, but when he glanced at the hall, he saw that Wang Ben, Zhao Hai, and many military generals had meritorious deeds, all of whom were opposed, especially Zhao Tuo and Li Si, who were his favorites, also objected to this, and he was not good at being stubborn.

Moreover, Zhao Tuo's dedication and Li Si's supplement, to a certain extent, can also make his goal a little achieved.

The First Emperor said lightly: "In this case, according to what the Marquis of Wugong and Tingwei said, this time I will give the title of the head of Qian, who migrated to the northern Xinjiang, a first-class title. And give the world cattle wine, tax reduction, the specific amount will be discussed by the secretary. ”

Hearing the concession of the First Emperor, Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly followed Wang Ben and the others to bow their heads and say, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Prevented the First Emperor from giving the title of the first emperor to the head of the world, did this change history?

When Zhao Tuo raised his head, he was in a trance, but then he came to his senses.

He was keenly aware that what prompted the First Emperor to change his mind was not only the opposition of many military generals and his compromise of granting the title of immigrant, but also played an important role in Li Si's final addition.

It seems that the first emperor insisted on giving the world the title of the head of Qian, and there is a deeper meaning.

He Zhao Tuo didn't guess.

But Lees guessed.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but look at Li Si.

Li Si noticed his gaze and showed a meaningful smile at Zhao Tuo.

This smile made Zhao Tuo even more firm in his thoughts.

The First Emperor definitely meant something else!

This idea has been haunting Zhao Tuo's mind.

Even if he returns home, he will still be hard to forget, and he will be haunted.

"It seems that he has been away from the dynasty for too long, he hasn't been in Xianyang for more than a year, and he can't even guess the emperor's thoughts, which is not as good as Li Si."

Zhao Tuo sighed secretly, but immediately after, a person popped up in his mind.

Yes, because he had been away from Xianyang for too long, it was difficult for him to find out the emperor's mind in a short time, and he didn't know much about the situation in Xianyang at the moment.

But he knew someone who knew the emperor better than Li Si and was more well-informed.

"Brother Zhao Tuo, worship my brother ......"

Zhao Tuo wrote a letter seriously, except for greetings, he did not mention the affairs of today's court, but left some vague hints, he believed that person would understand.

The letter was sent out by Zhao Tuo's cronies along with the native products from northern Xinjiang.

The reply was quick.

In the evening, Zhao Tuo received a small note.

Zhao Tuo sat alone in the study, the candle flame flickering, reflecting his face flickering.

He looked very unsightly, and picked up the note again and looked at it.

Yu Yu sighed.

"What should come, still come."

He reached out and placed the note in his hand on the candle flame.

The tongue of fire swallowed, and in the blink of an eye, the note was reduced to ashes.

But the two seal characters on the note were deeply rooted in Zhao Tuo's heart.

Zen sealing!

(End of chapter)