"The disadvantages of Great Qin are first and foremost in the heavy forced labor. Since reunification, conscription and military service have emerged one after another, and in this way, the leaders of the Guizhou Province are tired and the people are miserable. If it goes on for a long time, it will inevitably give birth to diseases......"

In the mansion of the Marquis of Wugong, Zhao Tuo and the prince Fusu, who came to visit, talked freely about the disadvantages of the country in the study.

Listening to Zhao Tuo's analysis, Fusu couldn't help but nod.

Because what Zhao Tuo said is exactly what he has always thought he believed.

There were so many wars and construction projects that the First Emperor had waged before him, and the people of the world were either fighting as soldiers, building roads and palaces, or transporting grain, and there was no time to rest in peace.

Finally, Qin Shi Huang was temporarily quiet for a year for 30 years, but as a result, the war of conquering Baiyue was about to start again, the world was disturbed, and the people rushed to the road.

This is in line with Shang Ying's thinking of "tired people" and "poison is exported abroad".

But it's bitter.

In particular, Fusu once followed Meng Tian to build a straight road, and saw countless scenes of servants dying of illness on the way and burying them on the spot.

Baiyue has always been a poisonous miasma, much more terrible than the north, I don't know how many men will be buried in other places, countless wives have lost their husbands, countless children have lost their fathers.

As the poem says: Why is the grass not yellow? When not? Who won't? Operate the Quartet. Why is the grass not mysterious? Who is not reserved? Mourn my husband, and be a bandit alone.

Fusu has read "Poems" since he was a child, and he has seen the tragic scenes under the conscription, and he has pity for what happened to those Qianshou

It's just that he, with the assistance and guidance of Zhao Tuo and Li Si, knows how to hide his emotions.

In many things, Fusu no longer openly opposed the emperor's decisions, burying his compassion deep in his heart. This did not conflict with the first emperor, and the position of the crown prince was still stable.

Now hearing Zhao Tuo mention these things, Fu Su felt that he had found a bosom friend, and stood up and bowed to him on the spot: "What the prince said is really the truth. However, the war is non-stop, the head of the Qian, we can't stop each other, I don't know if the prince can save the head of the world. ”

Seeing Fusu's sincere appearance, Zhao Tuo nodded secretly.

He wanted to change the Qin government, but found that his strength was still insufficient.

The position of the Shaofu is in charge of affairs such as the taxation of hundreds of workers, even if the marquis of martial arts is added, so that Zhao Tuo has the right to make suggestions in other government affairs, but after all, it is not the responsibility, and the weight of speech is much worse than that of the prime minister and others.

So he needs an ally.

The posture shown by Fusu can be seen that this prince is also dissatisfied with the current Qin Zheng, and he is Zhao Tuo's natural ally.

After the temptation, Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated and said his thoughts.

"This war of 100 Yue is imperative, and it is inevitable that Qianshou will lose. We can't stop it, but we can optimize it a little in some ways to ensure efficiency and reduce the casualties of the world's leaders. ”

"Optimization?"

Fusu was stunned, this was a word he had never heard before. However, looking at the text, Fusu can still understand what Zhao Tuo meant.

He said with a straight face: "Please also tell me how to optimize it?" ”

Zhao Tuo said eloquently: "Since my conquest outside the Saiwai, I have found that there is a big drawback in the conscription issued by my Great Qin every year, that is, the conscription of the Qianshou people will be uniformly transferred regardless of the distance and proximity. ”

"Half the effort?"

Fusu frowned slightly, thoughtful.

Zhao Tuo said: "In the past, before the Qin State unified the world, the Qianshou only served in the country, and the distance of service was not too far, so the cost of serving the Qianshou was not high. ”

"But with the day of my Great Qin, I need to recruit soldiers and servants to garrison the border fortress, as well as to conquer the barbarians in the Quartet. Just like the Qianshou from Chu and Qi who were requisitioned to serve outside the Saiwai, due to the long distance, almost across the entire Kyushu, resulting in great consumption on the road. ”

"Therefore, the world flies and pulls millet, starting from the counties of Huang, Xuan, Lang and Lang evil and negative seas, and is transferred to the outside of the plug, and the rate of thirty minutes leads to a stone, and the men's cultivation is not enough for food, and the women's spinning is not enough for the curtain. The people were depressed, and the servants along the way were not adapted, and the dead looked at each other. ”

Zhao Tuo sighed faintly.

The Qin State is really guilty of this problem, you fight the western grassland, and you actually have to go to Shandong Qidi to transfer people to serve, not only the distance is long and time-consuming, but also the loss of food along the way is more, and the burden on the head of the Qianshou is very great.

In addition, there is also a real problem that the non-commissioned officers are not accustomed to the soil and water, various diseases, non-combat attrition, and the people who serve are afraid of it.

What happened to the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings in the original history?

It is a group of Chu people from Surabaya County, who were transferred by the imperial court to Yuyang, Yandi to defend the border.

The two places are thousands of miles apart, and it takes a long time to go back and forth, and once it rains heavily and the roads are impassable, they will suffer severe punishment for missing the deadline.

According to Zhao Tuo's point of view, if you transfer the Chu people to defend Yandi for thousands of miles, it is better to transfer them to the nearest Yuedi border in the south.

Hearing Zhao Tuo say this, Fusu instantly understood.

Not long after he sat down, he got up again and said, "What the prince said is that I was in Shangjun to supervise the straight road before, and I saw those servants from Chu who were not accustomed to the local water and soil, and they died of frostbite one after another. The servants from Guanzhong and Hebei were quite accustomed to the climate, water and soil, and there were very few deaths. ”

Fusu looked excited, and drew inferences: "Now that the emperor wants to conquer Baiyue, the people in the north are not accustomed to the water and soil in the south, if a large number of northerners are sent south, there will definitely be a lot of deaths." On the contrary, the Chu people in the south are more adaptable to the climate, and the transportation distance is shorter, and the burden is much lighter than that of sending servants from the north to the south. ”

"However, therefore, I think that when the world is divided, it is more convenient and efficient for the north to conquer the north, and for the southerners to conquer the south. This not only saves the loss of grain along the way, but also presumably the leaders of the world are willing to defend the border closer to their hometowns, rather than going thousands of miles to other places. Zhao Tuo nodded.

As for a big war, only one local servant was recruited, which led to the overburden of the local area and the emergence of unfairness. Zhao Tuo felt that it could be regulated by adjusting the method of taxation.

For example, where there are many servants, local taxes are reduced or exempted, and the service is exempted.

Where there are fewer servants, you can add more taxes to supplement them.

In short, it means that where there are people, there is less money, and where there are no people, there is more money.

Moreover, everyone does not have to go to a different place thousands of miles away in the future, thinking that they can calm down a lot of grievances, and there will be no more situations where Chen Sheng and Wu Guang want to run from Chudi to Yuyang to the border.

Fusu agreed with the optimization policy proposed by Zhao Tuo.

He said on the spot: "The optimization strategy of the prince is very reasonable, and I should personally propose it to the emperor." ”

Zhao Tuo smiled, and then sighed: "After all, this is just a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if the war continues to be fought." The emperor and the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty had to wage war again after fighting Baiyue to conquer the barbarians who were more farther away. The people of the world are still difficult to recuperate. ”

Fusu's excited expression froze, he looked at Zhao Tuo, and said in a deep voice: "I also know about this matter, I don't know if the prince has a good plan." ”

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and said, "The problem with this matter lies in the knighthood. ”

"The military merit system made the Qin State up to the hundreds of officials and generals, down to the common people of Qian, all want to kill the enemy on the battlefield and promote them to the knighthood with meritorious service, so that they can exchange for higher social status and hold higher official positions. Although other matters can also be promoted, only military merit is the most convenient and fast, so everyone is warlike, and the Manchu generals want to start a war to make meritorious tribute. ”

"If you want to fundamentally cut off this problem, it is to reopen a channel that can make people rise in addition to military merits!"

"In fact, the children of the school have been regarded as bypassing the restrictions of the title, and after passing the examination in the school, they can serve as grammar officials, so that there are children of the school as officials, which can be regarded as an upward channel."

"But that's not enough, I want to make a proposal to the Emperor. Compile the book of agriculture and 100 workers, and develop agriculture, engineering and other departments, if you can pass the relevant assessments, you can become the official of agriculture and industry in various places! ”

Zhao Tuo's eyes sparkled.

The military merit system is too huge, it is very deeply rooted in the Qin State, and the Qin army is attacking Baiyue, and all the generals are holding their breath to make meritorious contributions and be promoted, it is impossible for him to shake this behemoth in person at this time.

But Zhao Tuo can pry slowly from the side first.

Open one upward channel after another except for military merit, in order to slowly weaken the influence of this system.

Even if you don't have a knighthood, you can be an official.

In that case, will the Qin people still crave war?

Listening to the generous speech of the martial arts marquis, the expression of the prince Fusu changed from surprise to shock, and then to the last eyes lit up.

There was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.