Chapter 724: Workers and Peasants
Martial arts marquis Zhao Tuo and the prince Fusu had a secret conversation in the mansion for a day.
A few days later, the crown prince officially wrote to the first emperor to propose that he want to divide the areas of conscription and military service in the world.
"The northerners are in the north, and the southerners are in the south?"
In the depths of the Qin Palace, the First Emperor once again looked at the documents played by Fusu, chewing on the policies proposed by the Song.
At today's court meeting, the crown prince Fusu publicly wrote a book, which caused a discussion among the ministers.
It is said that it is an argument, but in fact there is no objection.
Because you only need to think about it carefully, you can find that what Fusu said is very reasonable.
In particular, the prince was very well prepared for the book this time, and listed a lot of data in the song.
For example, the last time the Qin army conquered Hexi, the food data consumed by the soldiers and servants from Guanzhong and Shu, and the food data consumed by the soldiers and servants from the land of Qilu, as well as the comparison of the data such as the number of sick and dead people of related personnel.
These data, which are listed in the newly promoted Qin numbers, all show that the recruitment of soldiers and soldiers from distant places takes an extremely long time, wears and triumphs, and has a high case fatality rate.
The Qin state has always focused on practical interests, and the thinking of the emperor and the ministers has not completely changed from a regional state before unification to a unified dynasty after unification. still acting according to the old rules, the result is only more attrition.
Now that the matter has been broken by the crown prince, many ministers in the DPRK and China have stood up on the spot to echo it.
The most excited person is not the prince's father-in-law Li Si, but Wang Wu.
Part of the data in the prince's hands was provided by him.
As the internal history of the ruler who is in charge of the world's agricultural taxes, Wang Wu has not known how much hair has fallen out in order to fill the hole of the emperor's conquest in recent years.
Although the implementation of the policy of sub-regional forced labor will reduce taxes in some places, there will still be a lot more than the large amount of wear and tear on the road.
There is a clever way to save food, and he naturally supports it with both hands and feet.
"Chen Wang Wu thinks that the prince's words are really a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people!"
After Wang Wu, most of the other secretaries felt that the prince's strategy was feasible.
When he saw all the ministers, he was praised.
The first emperor did not dismantle his son's platform, and nodded at the court meeting.
He issued an edict ordering the Taiwei Mansion to optimize the recruitment of soldiers for the attack on Baiyue, and to select as many people from the south as possible, while the Zhisu Neishi Mansion discussed the corresponding tax reduction and exemption policy.
Say do it.
Acting vigorously and resolutely is exactly the consistent style of the Qin State.
It's just that after returning to the palace after the next court meeting, the first emperor felt that something was wrong.
At first glance, the policy of dividing the world into conscription and military service does look like Fusu can come up with it, but he still has some doubts.
The First Emperor turned his head to look at Zhao Gao, who was standing beside the hall.
"Shang Shuling, submit some of the prince's previous documents to me. By the way, there are also Tingwei and Wugong Hou's. ”
"Yui."
Zhao Gao took the order, walked to the door of the hall, and relayed it to his subordinate scholars.
Seeing the Shang scholar surnamed Huang shoot away, Zhao Gao's eyelids jumped involuntarily.
Shang Shu servant shot.
Fortunately, this position has been changed, if it is still the son of the court captain.
He, Zhao Gao, the new Shang Shuling, is definitely frightened every day, and he can't sleep peacefully.
Shang Shuling's position is that after the first emperor was injured, he rarely went out in the car again, and he needed Zhao Gao to help him polish his pen and correct the documents. So he was simply transferred from the Zhongche Mansion Order to the Shangshu Order in charge of documents, so that Zhao Gao could rightfully ghostwrite for the emperor.
"Most of the important documents of the Qin State were approved by me Zhao Gao. Many policies were decided by the emperor after asking my opinion! ”
Zhao Gao was obsessed with this.
He turned his head back to look at the First Emperor, who was looking down at the paperwork.
"If only it could go on like this. The emperor will always be his emperor, and I, Zhao Gao, can also stay in the center of power in this country forever. ”
After a while, Shang Shu sent a bunch of documents from the previous princes, martial arts marquis, and court lieutenants, and Zhao Gao forwarded them to the first emperor.
The First Emperor compared the three of them in detail, and they looked like they were reasoning seriously.
Soon he laughed: "This martial arts marquis is a little interesting, such a good suggestion is not put forward by himself, but let the prince come, does he want to help the prince establish a reputation for being virtuous and talented?" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Gao's eyebrows moved slightly.
Judging from the tone of the First Emperor, he didn't seem to be disgusted by Zhao Tuo doing this.
"If the crown prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the future, the Marquis of Wugong is his brother-in-law, and he will definitely be an auxiliary minister in the future, and he will still be in power. And what about me, Zhao Gao? ”
Zhao Gao looked at the emperor in front of him, and a touch of fear rose in his heart.
"Without the emperor, I, Zhao Gao, am nothing."
……
The doubts of the First Emperor were quickly resolved.
The reason why Zhao Tuo gave the strategy of regional division to the prince was because he had a more important proposal that was enough to change the situation of the country.
At the court meeting a few days later, Zhao Tuo officially wrote as a young minister and put forward two important suggestions.
"Compile a book of 100 workers and agriculture."
"Modeled after the grammar room, the agriculture and engineering departments. If the peasants and craftsmen in the world can pass the examination of the industrial and agricultural departments, they will have the qualifications to become the corresponding industrial and agricultural officials. ”
After passing the assessment of the Department of Engineering and Agriculture, can you become an official?
The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and many of them were shocked.
Even the First Emperor on the emperor's couch narrowed his eyes, and his expression became solemn
Wugong Hou's suggestion is to change the policy of appointing officials in the Qin State.
If you want to be an official in the Qin State, in addition to the emperor's conquest, you probably serve through the corresponding title and follow the path of a grammar official in the school.
Now Wugonghou wants to set up a labor and agriculture room, so that ordinary craftsmen and farmers can pass the assessment of the industry and agriculture room and become officials, which is equivalent to opening up a new road to becoming officials.
Tingwei Lisi's heart was pounding, and his chest kept rising and falling.
The original school room of the Qin State was specially used to train grammar officials, and the teaching was Qin Law and Qin Law.
The children of the school who have passed the assessment can serve as the grassroots officials of each county and county, and to a certain extent, those children are the power of the Legalists.
This is also an important reason why the Legalists were able to dominate the Qin family and have a transcendent status, because they had a way out of being officials that could be comparable to the military merit system.
If the leaders of the world want to be officials and officials, in addition to going to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, they can only devote themselves to the school and become a disciple of the Fa.
But now Wugong Hou suddenly made this move, this is to rob him of the big cake of the Legalist family.
What is Zhao Tuo's purpose in doing this?
"Martial Arts Marquis, this is a vein that wants to prosper and lose!"
Li Si instantly remembered the name of the omnipotent public loss in his mind, and immediately guessed Zhao Tuo's purpose.
Gong Yi is a famous craftsman in the world, a truly outstanding figure among the hundred craftsmen, purely in terms of invention and creation, even Mozi is inferior to him.
However, when people mention the "craftsman spirit", they will only mention Mozi, not the public loss.
What is the reason for this.
Isn't it because Mozi has a successor, and the inherited Mohist family can carry forward Mozi's thoughts, so that he can be known to the world.
The public loses like a short-lived figure, and after the fall, there is no sound.
But that's a thing of the past.
Now because of the appearance of Zhao Tuo, the descendant of the male loser, with the fragments of the male loser, all kinds of magical creations have been made, making the name of the public loser resounding all over the world, and even suppressing Mozi.
If you have a name, you naturally want to be real.
In Li Si's opinion, Zhao Tuo may be such a plan.
He wants to use the public loss as a name to compile a book of 100 workers, and at the same time open up a channel for the world's craftsmen to be officials, and get a "public loser" to come out, so as to be among the 100 schools of thought.
As for mentioning the farmer at the same time, I'm afraid it's just a cover-up, and it's for the "public loser" he wants to prosper to cover up.
"Zhao Tuo, this kid, actually wants to take the opportunity to start a sect, what a big ambition!"
Li Si took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Tuo's eyes full of fear.
He guessed Zhao Tuo's purpose, but it was really hard to object.
Because at this moment, the martial arts marquis is talking about the importance of industry and agriculture to the country.
Among them, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and there is no need to question too much.
As for the industry of 100 crafts, Zhao Tuo cited on the spot the powerful role of various new utensils such as giant cannons, quyuan plows, papermaking, cavalry three treasures, and 100 steel-making on the country. Each piece is corroborated by physical objects and cases, making it impossible to refute it.
"The minister believes that industry and agriculture are the foundation of the country, and the country is strong when it is strong. If I want to become richer and stronger, I should pay attention to this way, from the central Shaofu and the internal history of Su Zhi, down to the engineers and Tiandian in the counties and counties of the world, all of them should be the best of the best. ”
After talking about the importance, Zhao Tuo cited two more reasons for opening industrial and agricultural departments.
"The implementation of the manure method in Guanzhong has achieved great results, but it is very difficult and slow to promote it to Qidi and Yandi in the far reach. Although there are documents transmitted, the local field code may not be able to understand and accurately implement it in the implementation, which will inevitably cause low efficiency and delay production. ”
"If you learn systematically in the classroom, you can teach a group of disciples who have mastered the manure method, the quyuan plough and various agricultural production techniques. After they have completed their studies, they will be sent to various counties to become field officials and teach the local people about agricultural production, which will definitely make the agricultural production of our Qin State stronger and stronger. ”
"This is true of agriculture, and so is the work of 100 workers. The 100 steel-making technology developed by Shaofu last year is not very skilled in the number of craftsmen, and it is difficult for remote counties to pass it on for a while. However, if we can quickly promote the spread of technology by opening a school and summarizing the corresponding technology, training more craftsmen who have mastered this advanced technology, and then sending them to various counties and counties to serve as engineers? ”
Wu Gong Hou's voice was impassioned and made a final summary.
"We will build departments of agriculture and engineering to train corresponding talents. Let them master the systematic skills of 100 workers and agronomy, and after passing the assessment, they will be sent to various counties and counties to serve as local engineers, field teachers and other positions, and they will definitely be able to bring more efficient and systematic methods to all parts of the world, so that my Daqin will be prosperous and agricultural products will become stronger! ”
Above the court, there was silence.
What Wu Gong Hou said is reasonable, even if someone wants to oppose it, there is no reason to oppose it.
It is different from the metaphysical doctrines of Confucianism and Huang Lao. Agriculture and 100 workers are all implemented and are the foundation of a strong country, and the benefits of promoting these can be seen by a normal person.
"What do you think?"
The First Emperor did not make a decision, but as always, he put the problem aside from the courtiers.
"Erchen thinks that the strategy of the martial arts marquis is actually a policy to strengthen the country and benefit the people, and it is feasible."
The crown prince Fusu came out of the platform and expressed his attitude.
Zhisu Neishi Wang Wu immediately followed, for him, as long as he could help agricultural production, so that his Zhisu Neishi Mansion could receive more grain every year, then he Wang Wu would absolutely agree.
"Wu Gong Hou's strategy is beneficial to me every time, he is really a great good person!"
Wang Wu looked at Zhao Tuo's gaze, and even a little grateful.
Seeing that the crown prince and Zhisu Neishi both agreed.
The two prime ministers and several other important ministers naturally did not open their eyes and expressed their approval.
Tingwei Li Si sighed faintly in his heart.
If Zhao Tuo's proposal is replaced by other doctrines, such as what kind of Confucian or Taoist school he wants to do, he will definitely stand up and refute it.
But now.
"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, workers are the backbone, and they are also small officials such as engineers and Tian Dian who have passed the assessment, which is generally fine. The old man endured it. ”
Li Si gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Zhao Tuo's proposal, no one objected.
The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Tuo and then at Fusu.
Zhao Tuo's strategy is beneficial to the state, and he, the emperor, has no reluctance.
The First Emperor said with a smile: "Since all the ministers are right, then Shaofu and Zhisu Neishi will come up with a charter for me in the next few days." ”
"Obey the order!"
Zhao Tuo immediately surrendered his promise, and an excited look flashed in his eyes.
It worked!
Sure enough, the workers and peasants are the foundation of society, and no one can object to these two.
The children of workers and peasants are the pioneers of his Zhao Tuo's transformation of this era!