Chapter Seventy-Four: Replacement of Contradictory Objects (Supplemental Update)
When Zhao Si smiled and retreated, Li Si wanted to continue to deal with official business but was in no mood.
"As for it~" Li Si smiled bitterly.
He knew that the First Emperor was not the one who unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and he also knew that Zhang Cang would not regard him as an enemy, but the feeling of not being able to be completely trusted still made Li Si feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.
After thinking about it for a long time, it finally turned into a faint sigh.
In the final analysis, it is not that Li Si is an outlier, but that Zhao Si is an outlier.
The driver stopped, and the night gradually deepened.
Xia Wuhe rushed to the first emperor overnight.
"No problem?" The First Emperor frowned, but in an instant, his brow regained.
The First Emperor did not trust anyone as always, although he never killed any of his courtiers indiscriminately, Sima Qian commented that he was greedy for power and took all the power of the Three Princes and Nine Princes in his hands, but in fact, the biggest root cause was that the First Emperor had suffered too many betrayals.
He was not surprised by Zhao Gao's various movements, even if Zhao Gao did not show any horses.
"Stand down." The First Emperor waved his hand.
When the First Emperor didn't think about these carefully, Zhao Gao might still have a chance, but when the First Emperor took the initiative to pay attention to these, Zhao Gao had no chance.
No matter what he wants to do.
Even, the First Emperor was still looking forward to Zhao Gao's next moves and choices.
Logically speaking, the First Emperor is Zhao Gao's enemy, and Zhao Gao is considered to be the Zhao clan, but the bloodline is relatively far away, and Zhao Gao was not killed, and Zhao Gao was just demoted to a slave.
Because Zhao Gao performed well among the slaves, was familiar with the law, and had his own unique opinions, he was discovered by the First Emperor.
Next, is Zhao Gao's soaring life.
The relationship between Zhao Gaozhi and the First Emperor is difficult to clarify.
The First Emperor personally promoted the collapse of the Zhao clan, and many of Zhao Gao's relatives died because of it.
However, Zhao Gao himself has become a prominent CRRC government order comparable to the three princes and nine kings.
The First Emperor has never liked to play tricks, and Zhao Gao must have been able to guess the First Emperor's thoughts.
So what kind of choice will Zhao Gao make?
For the First Emperor, the worst outcome was nothing more than another betrayal.
The First Emperor had enough self-confidence, and when he was already watching, Zhao Gao couldn't make any waves, and as for betrayal, it was insignificant to the First Emperor, and he was used to it.
Xia Wuhe retreated, and the first emperor summoned each other to talk weakly.
The rest of the day, business as usual.
The driver is still moving forward safely and steadily, and unswervingly set off towards Peixian.
As for Zhao Si's doormen, they also began to join the company one after another and entered the working state.
Zhao Siqing was idle, in addition to serving the First Emperor every day for consultation, the rest of the thing was to occasionally gather the guests for team building.
The busiest thing is nothing more than dealing with the handmaidens rewarded by the First Emperor.
"There is still a distance from Peixian......" Zhao Si looked at the map and sighed.
The straight-line distance from Huaiyin to Peixian is not too far, but the driving route is not in a straight line, and even a section in the middle is not in the territory of Chu State.
Therefore, when I arrive in Pei County, I am afraid that I will have to wait until the beginning of summer.
The convoy's journey down was still peaceful, but the world was not calm.
Without him, the cold winter quietly receded, and the time for spring plowing is coming.
The first sweet potatoes and corn have been produced, but the precious seeds have been hoarded by the nobles.
There is no doubt that the people are really eager to be able to grow three kinds of immortal food, and the nobles naturally understand the people's thirst.
As long as it is about interests, the aristocracy will always be one step ahead.
"Broken things, eating too much and burning my stomach." Xiang Liang looked at the sweet potato on the plate and spat on it.
The Xiang family is undoubtedly the top family in the local area, so the first batch of seed Xiang families dominate the majority.
The seed is planted, and the yield is really high, and the yield per mu is even conservative.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes have even reached nearly 2,000 catties per mu under the careful care of the Xiang family.
The joy of the harvest was not enough for outsiders, but Xiang Liang soon discovered the problem of the three immortal grains.
The three kinds of fairy grains, among which sweet potatoes and potatoes, are wet grains, which is not a good thing.
Secondly, if you eat too many sweet potatoes, it is not easy to preserve potato flour.
And corn ......
After grinding into fine flour, the taste is not as good as flour and rice.
Li Shu is not qualified to consider the taste problem, but the Xiang family, as a top nobleman, naturally has this qualification.
The Xiang family has the ability to refine wheat and rice.
Most of the top aristocrats possessed the ability to finish.
"Immortal food? Cheap food too! Xiang Liang gave a pertinent evaluation.
For the aristocratic class, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn are out-and-out cheap grains.
The profit margin is not as high as Xiang Liang imagined, and the yield of sweet potatoes is so large, but it is not suitable for hoarding and circulation, and it is certain that the price will not go up.
Corn is convenient for hoarding and circulation, but for the aristocracy it is an out-and-out cheap grain, and the finishing is ground flour, and the taste of corn flour and white flour is too different, and it is not as good as rice.
The price is certainly not as good as rice and wheat.
To sum up, these three kinds of immortal grains really have little meaning to the Xiang family.
"The government has now ordered the promotion of seeds at a low price, since it is not worth anything, you might as well give Yin Tong a favor." Xiang Zhuang on the side spoke.
"King Qin made a good calculation, but he asked us to breed grain for them in vain." Xiang Liang frowned.
The cultivation techniques and tools of the nobles are worlds apart from those of Qianshou, and the average yield per mu can be more than doubled.
"Don't rush ......"
"Let's release the new grain output first, and then wait and see for some time." Neck beam opening.
The plucking of geese is a characteristic of the aristocratic class.
Although the value of the three new grains is not very large, the value of the grain varieties is still there.
Not to mention anything else, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn is still high enough, and only the yield per mu of three kinds of immortal grains needs to be released, which is enough for thousands of people to rush to get seeds.
The Xiang family hoarded goods, so they naturally had room to make profits.
As for the government's decree on the promotion of seeds at a low price?
There is no need to care, anyway, the head of Qiantou does not have any qualifications and channels to learn about this kind of decree.
The price is high, and the head of the Qianqian is resentful?
It doesn't matter, the sinful Qin State and Qin Shi Huang will naturally bear all the infamy.
How could there be so many officials in the Qin State who went deep into the local area to read the decree?
How can the head of Qianqian have so many channels to understand the decree?
The government cannot go down to the local government to read the decree, and without the endorsement of the government, even if it is occasionally learned, the people will most likely not believe it.
And Xiang Liang's choice is the choice of most nobles in the world.
After preserving some of the seeds, they began to publicize the high yield per mu of the three kinds of immortal grains, and it didn't take long for them to cause an uproar among the people.
When the planting was promoted last year, the yield per mu of the three kinds of immortal grains was officially announced and planted in Xianyang.
It was too far away, and the seeds were divided among the nobles and officials, and most of the people were suspicious, after all, the yield of up to several thousand catties was indeed beyond cognition.
But now it's different, the person who got the fairy food and planted and harvested it personally appeared to say, and the fairy food that had been cold for half a year was heated up again.
All of a sudden, the common people flocked to it and tried every means to buy immortal grain seeds.
The common people are not qualified to pursue the commercial price of food at all, they are seeking to fill their stomachs.
As for the government's decrees, most of them are regarded as dead letters.
There is no way, down to the grassroots level, most of the power is still in the hands of local snakes.
Corrupt officials and local aristocrats have long been unable to distinguish between you and me.
And the other side......
The First Emperor was in the convoy of the world.
Zhao Si was talking to Li Si.
"If you want to practice the law, you must do justice, how to do justice?" Lees asked.
"Just spread the word!" Zhao Si smiled.
"The leaders of the world have been afraid of Qin for a long time, so no matter what kind of decree is implemented, it will always change and not match the original intention when it comes to the locality. And the people will only blindly attribute the source to His Majesty and the court, why is this? Lees asked.
"Because it's not made public." Zhao Si smiled.
"Shang Jun Shimu Lixin is to convince the common people of what he said, and this is exactly what we lack." Lees nodded.
"Good decrees are hidden, bad decrees are constantly preached, Great Qin, it is difficult to stand this piece of wood, and it is impossible to send officials down to the place to preach for them day and night, telling them that Your Majesty has good intentions." Li Si spread his hands.
"Isn't there a way now? It is only necessary to be familiar with the local government, and the decree on the parity of grain will be written and sealed on paper and posted at the gate of the county government in each township, county, and county, and the flow of people will naturally know the government decree. Zhao Si smiled.
The biggest effect of the birth of paper is to increase the convenience of messaging.
A big notice can solve a lot of problems!
"This notice should be big, the words should be big, the words and sentences should be concise, and it is best to be able to read it even if you know a few words." Zhao Si put forward his own opinions.
The principle of notice and advertising is the same, after all, it is aimed at the general public with a low average level of knowledge.
In particular, the literacy rate of the general public was very touching in the Qin Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, this notice is not for the illiterate people, but for the poor literate class, and the people only need to know that there is an official document of the government there, and it is stamped on it, so as to be convinced of the content.
To put it bluntly, Daqin, who puts public opinion at a complete disadvantage, has a window that can transmit news downward.
In fact, newspapers are the big killer, but it's a pity...... Movable type printing is still being conquered, ink technology is still improving, paper production capacity has not been fully expanded, paper has not completely completed the ban on bamboo slips, and newspapers have to wait for a while.
At the very least, the Qin law that should be printed must be printed before the issue of the newspaper can be considered.
"You've saved me a lot of trouble!" Li Si sighed when he heard this.
He immediately grasped the usefulness of the notice.
In the past, the implementation of some government decrees, even good governance, would be distorted, and then the basin was detained on the head of the first emperor.
Even if it was out of good intentions, it was difficult for the people to know the good intentions of the First Emperor through any channel.
The First Emperor is always playing a negative role.
Stigmatization exists not only in later generations, but also in the present day.
The key problem is still the lack of channels to transmit news to the real Li Shu, the Qin Dynasty did not have so many officials, and the officials will inevitably corrupt some of them when they arrive in the locality.
The so-called notice is to tell Li Shu that I am for your good, and I have already given the order, and whoever distorts my order, you can see for yourself.
Distributing the anger gathered on the First Emperor to the heads of local officials and nobles, so that they can find the right person even if they are angry and resentful, this is very conducive to the promotion and publicity of Great Qin's future decrees.
"In fact, hoarding is an unavoidable thing, and the method I proposed is just to make the people realize that the fault of such a high price of grain is not the First Emperor and the Great Qin, but the local nobles, at most, it only unveils the fig leaf of the nobles." Zhao Si smiled.
"As for how to enforce parity and promote grain varieties and how to review all localities, Li Xiang still needs to be done." Zhao Si smiled.
Public opinion, after all, is only a side struggle.
It is necessary to pay attention to it, but where the real chapter is really seen, it must be implemented.
"Don't worry......" Li Si smiled.
By the time the Qiantou discovered that most of the source of their oppression did not lie with the First Emperor, it was time for the Relocation Decree to begin.
(If you owe more than 6000, you will continue to make up tomorrow.) )
(End of chapter)