Chapter Thirty-Six: Noble!
Zhao Si turned to look at the First Emperor again and spoke in a fixed voice.
"Today, it is Your Majesty and the nobles who rule the world together!
The nobles' homes are extravagant, the mansions are counted by the hare of the people, and there are hundreds of slaves and servants of the carriages and horses, and the common people often wear the clothes of cattle and horses, and eat the food of dogs.
The noble fields are even strange, and the poor have no place to stand.
Your Majesty, more than 3,000 people died of cold and starvation in all parts of the world last year.
And this is still after having a thousand catties of immortal grain per mu and low-priced coal.
Your Majesty rules the whole world, and measures the land with one hundred acres per man, but as far as I have heard, the fields of the common people are often encroached upon by nobles, and even seventy or eighty acres of land are fully measured out of a hundred acres.
The fields of the common people have increased by amount, but the fields of the nobles have tried their best to reduce the amount.
What's more, when the fields are measured again, the high-quality fertile paddy fields are occupied, but the bad fields in the corners are distributed to the people, and even only a hoe is given to them to open up the wasteland.
They usually occupy places that are easy to irrigate, occupy water sources, and only when they have watered the fields sufficiently can they take the turn of the Shu people to irrigate, and even worse, even if their fields have been watered, they are not allowed to take water for irrigation, and the Shu people can only go to farther places to get water to water the fields.
The Yu Shu people competed for profit and relied on their own power, and all the local goods were bought and sold by them.
The Great Patrol passed through the Chu State, the township market, and the people still used it in the way of bartering, even if there were coins in circulation, they actually used the ant-nose money that was forbidden by the Great Qin.
Where did Qin Banliang go? They were put into the cellar of their own house.
They would rather throw away the grain they could not eat than distribute it to the people, and they would rather watch the grain grow moldy in the warehouse than hand it over to the government.
The Qin Banliang they had hoarded in the cellar had rusted, and the knots used to wear the money had rotted and refused to take them out.
The powerful and extravagant are like the local emperors, but the people can't find a place to live.
In this way, can it be regarded as the peace of the country and the people? Zhao Si asked seriously.
In fact, Zhao Si is not the first person to say such things.
Even in this era, it is a clichΓ©, this is the era of hundreds of schools of thought, and there are many sages who realize the huge gap between the rich and the poor between classes.
Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Mozi......
Confucianism, Mo, Taoism, Law, and even Yin and Yang, peasant and so on......
Basically, all families and factions are aware of the social situation of inequality between the rich and the poor.
In the same way, this is not just a problem of the Qin state, but a problem that has continued since the birth of human history, and there is still no solution to it even after two thousand years.
This has nothing to do with who the ruling class is, it has nothing to do with the First Emperor, and it has nothing to do with the Qin State.
This is the status quo of the Qin State, there was a similar social status quo a thousand years ago, and there will still be such a social status quo two thousand years later.
Qin State, not special!
"After the Three Emperors and Five Emperors Yao Shunyu ruled the world, the world is like this......" The official who was questioned by Zhao Si replied with a frown.
Of course, he didn't mean to deny the facts that Zhao Si said,
Again, this is a fact, and no one dares to say that the world's powerful are all saints.
"There are good and bad people, there are good and bad nobles, there are extravagant magnates, and naturally there are loyal and honest people, but no matter whether they are good or bad, they are subject to the Qin law, and Shangqing is a little exaggerated." The other party frowned and replied.
"The common people are not as bad as blood splashing five steps, but the rebellion of the nobles can make the country move, the rebellion of Changping Jun is just around the corner, and the souls of 200,000 Qin soldiers have not yet rested." Zhao Si shook his head.
"Shangqing...... Changping Jun's judgment ......" The other party was a little hesitant.
Zhao Si understood what he meant, the main reason for the chaos of Changping Jun was because the first emperor was clearing the forces of his relatives, and this matter was a bit taboo, and Zhao Si said that the problem was a bit of a bully.
After all, not everyone is as close to the prince as Zhao Si, and they can unscrupulously take Changping Jun as an example to bring up the old things.
"Changping Jun doesn't care for the time being, no matter how bad the people are, it is nothing more than killing people and setting fires, but the country takes people out of nobility, if a county order is bad, then a county is difficult to be safe, and if a county guard is bad, a county is in chaos.
Huiji County Shou Yin Tong contacted the nobles of Chu to raise private soldiers, and there was no king's law, and the car was split in the city, not long after, isn't this a fact? Zhao Si gave another example.
And it's a recent example.
"Is the law still so restrictive to a county keeper? If it weren't for His Majesty's Great Patrol passing there, who would have thought that such a thing would happen?
The world-famous nobles and the county guards actually colluded in private, intending to rebel? β
The other fell silent.
"The Shu people can be bound by the law, and what can they restrain a county guard like Yin Tong and a nobleman like Xiang Bo?
The common people are the people, but are the nobles not the people?
Could it be that Your Majesty should ignore the common people and let the nobles govern the people only by personal morality?
So is Your Majesty the Majesty of the people of the world, or the Majesty of the nobles? β
The court fell silent......
From the time Zhao Si spoke, everyone knew that Zhao Si was not holding back a good fart.
Unexpectedly, after nearly a year, Zhao Si released a big news again.
Zhao Si has risen to this height, and the only ones who can talk to Zhao Si are the three princes and nine qing.
Li Si, move in response.
The eyes of some people's hope instantly fell on Li Si.
"Noble, with a long history of blood, famous, powerful, and wealthy, can be called noble.
Last year, I followed His Majesty to inspect the world and discovered this problem, and in many places people still have no food, no clothing, no land to cultivate, and even coins have no choice but to barter.
However, the decree issued from Xianyang was obviously not the case, but it changed when it arrived at the place.
I think Zhao Shangqing is reasonable, and some people are deliberately trying to confuse the public for their own interests.
Of course, there are good and bad things between nobles.
The good can rule the country, but the evil can also rely on fame, power, and wealth to cover the sky in the local area.
Even the people only know the nobles of the family and the surname, but do not know Your Majesty.
Some localities ignore the decrees of the government and have nothing to do, and they dare not disobey the will of the local magnates, which is most likely the reason why the decrees of the Great Qin cannot reach the localities. β
Li Si said seriously.
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A smile appeared on the face of the First Emperor's crown.
"Your nobles...... How to deal with it? β
The First Emperor just said Liao Liao's words, but everyone's hearts were like falling on a boulder.
At this point, it is not clear that the First Emperor will make a big move, that is, he is really a fool.
There was a faint smile on Li Si's face.
"More regulation is also ......"
(End of chapter)