Fusu was not touched by this.

He also knew very little about the situation in the army.

But according to his understanding, the imperial court did not issue any 'Xi Wen' order to the army, why did Ji Heng say that this was the power of the system?

Fusu asked, "Mr. Ji, there are so many literate people in the army?" ”

Ji Heng nodded and said: "The system of Great Qin is different from that of other princes in the past, in the past, many courtiers in the court were mostly born in the army, and they were basically both military and political, many people thought that this was a few examples, but it was not necessarily the case. ”

"Under the military merit system, after being rewarded with a knighthood, the status will be greatly improved, but if you want to become a general of two or five hundred years and above, most of them need to be literate, many of them are actually self-taught, of course, it is indispensable to go to the school for further study, in any case, the literacy rate of the Great Qin soldiers is very high."

"This has also led to a strong atmosphere of learning writing in the military."

"The generals of Great Qin are different from other countries, the generals basically rose from the end of the micro, these people used to have a low status, and they had no opportunity to learn words, but the knowledge that needs to be mastered in the army is very huge."

"Like the 'Chengguo Mansion', 'Gateway Guan Gong (Key)', 'Qianmojin Bridge', 'Rhino Horn Ivory', 'Leather Worm', 'Warehouse Corn', 'Armor Workers', 'Money Feathers', etc., these are all things that the generals of Great Qin need to master."

"If you can't master it, you can't be promoted."

"So whether they want to or not, the soldiers of Great Qin have to be literate."

"You may not be able to write, but you will recognize it."

Ji Heng didn't lie.

The literacy rate of the Great Qin army far exceeded that of the other six countries.

In the Heifu family books unearthed in later generations, Heifu is just an ordinary soldier, but he can write skillfully.

This is evident.

Fu Su's heart moved, and his eyes lit up and said: "According to Mr.'s opinion, there are actually many people in the Great Qin Army who can read and write?" It is true that only in this way can the soldiers who were knighted in the past by Great Qin be directly promoted as officials. ”

Fusu asked and answered himself.

He has already agreed with Ji Heng's statement.

Ji Heng said lightly: "The officials of Great Qin are all military and political, even if it is the school where Great Qin mainly trains officials, it is also learning military affairs when learning the way of being an official, so the army may not be able to do the opposite, and master literacy in addition to fighting." ”

"But in the past, wars were too frequent, and there were only a few officers and men in the army who could know and write."

"But it's different now."

"I said something in prison."

"What?" Hu Hai was finally able to interject at this time.

I heard Ji Heng and Fusu chatting hotly before, but he couldn't say anything, and he was quite depressed in his heart, but once it came to prison, he knew far more than Fusu.

Hu Hai moved his body forward.

"Hundreds of generations have practiced Qin politics." Ji Heng has always been straightforward and said this sentence directly.

"Hundreds of generations have practiced Qin politics?" Hu Hai frowned, and he was puzzled: "I remember that you said at the time that the centralized system created by your father is destined to be emulated by the people of the world, but what does this have to do with the literacy situation in the army?" ”

Fusu also looked at it curiously.

Ji Heng smiled and brushed his sleeves and said: "The Qin system is not only centralized power, the first emperor created a huge system, centralized power is only the most eye-catching, and under this system, there are actually other things that are remarkable. ”

"For example, the border system!"

"Frontier." Fusu and Hu Hai glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of confusion.

They don't know much about it.

I didn't have a chance to understand.

The only thing they knew was that they withdrew from the border at that time, one was to prevent the Xiongnu from continuing to move south, the second was to garrison the South China Sea in the north, and the third was to try to move the soldiers out of Guanzhong.

As for the rest, they hardly know.

The two raised their eyes to look at Ji Heng.

Ji Heng's eyes were deep, and he said with emotion: "Daqin's current system is actually very rough, and it can even be called sloppy, only a large framework has been established, and it is not really perfect inside, but even so, Daqin still sets some systems for this big framework with far-reaching influences." ”

"One of the most important is the border system."

"I don't know why Daqin launched the border system, maybe it's just to solve the urgent need of the moment, or there are other reasons, but this system is indeed very prescient and unique."

"It's just that the time for Great Qin to be established is too short."

"It's so short that he doesn't know exactly what impact he will have on the system he created."

"And that doesn't matter."

"There's only one thing you need to remember."

"These systems created by Great Qin, whether they were launched in a hurry or after careful consideration, are basically to serve the centralized system of Great Qin."

"That's enough."

Fusu's eyes were still full of confusion.

He didn't understand the meaning of Ji Heng's words.

Ji Heng said: "Under the centralized system, the rest of the systems are all centered on centralized power, all to solve the problems under the centralized power, whether it is the border system or the unified government, they are all to solve some problems under the centralized power. ”

"Therefore, many problems in Daqin can be solved under these supporting systems."

"It's just that Daqin ignored it."

"Or maybe they didn't realize it at all."

"These systems are too new, and there is no reference to them, and the use of these systems by the Great Qin Dynasty is completely limited to these systems themselves, and they have not been brought into full play, let alone thinking of feeding back the centralized system itself through these systems."

"Blindly investing, but not getting anything in return, is destined to make the court more and more tired."

"It will even make it more and more unbearable for the imperial court."

"And this has deviated from the original intention of these systems, which are here to solve problems, not to continue to add problems to the imperial court."

"This is also the problem of Daqin's decrees over the years."

"Break the old and create the new."

"Daqin has indeed achieved 'shabby'."

"But what about 'Lixin'?"

"Daqin didn't do it, Daqin just built an empty shelf, which was empty, there was nothing, Daqin is currently relying on the endless labor of exploiting and squeezing the bottom to support this empty shelf, but this is destined to not last long, so Daqin needs some pillars that can support the shelf."

"Da Qin forged a few pillars by himself."

"It's just sideways!"

Ji Heng looked at the sky with a faint gaze.

Fusu and Hu Hai glanced at each other, and they all saw a touch of bitterness on each other's faces, what Ji Heng said was too profound, they really couldn't understand it, and they couldn't understand it.

More unimaginable.

But they also understood.

Many of the decrees issued by Daqin are actually very insightful,

It's just not really being used.

Fusu patted the placket of his shirt to make himself look relatively neat, and solemnly saluted Ji Heng, and said, "Please also ask Mr. for advice." ”

Ji Heng didn't rush to speak.

He thought back to the border system in his mind.

But I was also full of emotion in my heart.

This system created by the Qin Dynasty has been used by all dynasties, even after more than 2,000 years, it is still in use, but the name has been changed from the ancient border to the construction corps, but the actual content is very different.

Ji Heng said slowly: "Under the border system, the soldiers of Great Qin are roughly divided into three categories, namely knights, flint pawns and field pawns. ”

"The work of the flints is the heaviest, they have to keep watch over the beacons and keep an eye on the enemy."

"The soldiers in the Qin population mostly refer to the flint pawns."

"The second is the Tian pawn, which is equivalent to the Tuntian Army, and the Great Qin Imperial Court has been instigating the soldiers to drag their families and families to migrate."

"In the South China Sea in northern Xinjiang, these people are usually engaged in building farmhouses, digging canals and wells, and repairing fortifications, and in wartime, they are directly involved in combat."

"Knight status is the highest."

"These knights are the elite of the best from the main strokes."

"Pawns are those who are strong, swift, and superb."

"These people can even bring their own slaves."

"In addition to these three types of troops, there are also various service soldiers, engineering soldiers and canal guards are responsible for building water conservancy, river canal guards are responsible for building water conservancy projects, guards are responsible for guarding granaries, city guards are responsible for guarding city walls, except for road guards are responsible for sanitation, and maintenance guards are responsible for cooking."

"Under the border system, the soldiers have been continuously subdivided."

"It's actually"

Ji Heng was speechless, and the sentence 'professional soldier' still didn't say it in the end, although Daqin's system is indeed very suitable for cultivating professional soldiers, but the money and food consumed to train professional soldiers are far from what Daqin can provide now, so he thought about it and was not ready to say it.

He changed his words and continued: "The soldiers in the Northern Xinjiang and the South China Sea are usually very boring, so they also promote a lot of entertainment and leisure. ”

"For example, pitching, autumn shooting, and so on."

"These are actually very sparse and ordinary, and the soldiers under the border system are different from other times, mainly because the requirements for the soldiers are very high, and the soldiers must have basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills."

"This is naturally not an intentional cultivation by the imperial court, but a specific product under the military defense system."

"In addition to being proficient in operating these herald systems, the soldiers of the garrison also need to memorize the ninety-nine mantras and the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and exercise basic arithmetic ability, memory and reflexes."

Ji Heng talked eloquently.

Speaking of these, his eyes are also full of anger.

When he was the emperor of the late Han Dynasty, he regularly inspected the soldiers, and those small leaders in the army, if they did not memorize the "Beacon Covenant", or simply could not remember it, they would be punished or even dismissed on the spot, all of which was to let the soldiers take the initiative to read and write, so as to better complete their own work.

The Qin Dynasty was even worse.

During the Han Dynasty, there were many distinctions between soldiers and soldiers.

In the Qin Dynasty, there was none, a guard soldier, maybe today is still a flint pawn, tomorrow will be arranged as a field pawn, so they will eventually gradually tend to be omnipotent, under the high pressure of this militarism, the military quality of the Qin soldier can be said to be infinitely raised.

And that's just to get the job done.

According to the Qin law, generally adult men serve for two years in their lives, the first year as a pawn in the county, the second year as a soldier in the border county, or as a guard to defend the palace, the imperial palace, and the temple in Beijing.

It's just that this Qin law obviously only exists in bamboo slips.

And it's not really implemented.

Most of the soldiers in the northern part of the South China Sea of Great Qin have served for three or four years, and the elders have been serving for seven or eight years.

Eight years in the South China Sea and three years in the North Plains.

Daqin has already cultivated a very considerable number of literate talents.

As long as they are given the opportunity to study the laws and scriptures and improve their literacy, they will be perfectly qualified to become magistrates.

However, Daqin never thought about it from beginning to end.

To be precise, the imperial court did not know that there was such a group of people at all.

The garrison system is too new.

The founder of the new Qin didn't know any of this himself.

If the garrison system can be truly utilized, the problem of the shortage of officials in Great Qin will be solved to a certain extent, and this is also the reason why he strongly advocated these soldiers to get out of the pass.

They stayed in the army, stayed in Guanzhong, and they didn't know these things at all.

The Qin people are too rolly!

They deserve better.

Even in the future, it can be used to allow the people of Kwantung to participate in the border war, and then gradually disintegrate the influence of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms on the Kwantung region, so that more people at the bottom of the world can participate in the construction of the Qin empire.

It's just that it's too early to tell.

There was a long silence.

Fusu has understood.

Ji Heng's meaning is that under the Great Qin military system, the soldiers of the Great Qin are different from the past, and most of these soldiers have mastered a certain amount of reading, writing and arithmetic, and have begun to form the basis for becoming officials.

Daqin lacked grassroots officials.

This problem has been around for a long time.

It has not been resolved.

It is precisely because of this that the officials of the Kanto region dare to be half-hearted.

If Great Qin arranged this, not to mention hundreds of thousands, at least tens of thousands of soldiers to serve as officials in the eastern part of the country, wouldn't the imperial court's control over the world be greatly strengthened?

Fusu's face was happy.

He suppressed the joy in his heart and asked, "The soldiers under the garrison system really have such ability?" ”

"I don't know." Ji Heng replied very simply.

Fusu was stunned.

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu lightly, and said in a deep voice: "I haven't been to Northern Xinjiang and the South China Sea, but I just have some understanding of the situation in the army. ”

"It's just my inference."

"As for the truth, how can I know this?"

Fusu smiled awkwardly.

Although Ji Heng's preface does not match the afterword, he is indeed right.

Ji Heng just made an inference about the current situation of the garrison system, what it really looks like, he really can't say, after all, he has never been to the border wilderness, let alone understood the situation on the spot, how dare he boast about Haikou?

Fusu said with a sneering face: "It's Fusu who is anxious." ”

Fusu has long been accustomed to this, and his face is not red and his heart is not beating: "If Mr.'s deduction is true, the military guard system can really solve the urgent need of Great Qin, and it is precisely because of the lack of officials in Kanto that he continues to appoint the officials of the original Six Kingdoms, and most of these people are at both ends of the head, and many of them have private connections with the nobles of the Six Kingdoms." ”

"If you follow the gentleman's law."

"The appointment of these guards as officials can not only give the soldiers a proper explanation, but also solve the problem of rewards that the imperial court has been hanging in their hearts, which should be more than one stone."

"Sir, great talent."

Fusu is too lazy to use his brain at the moment.

He has long been self-aware, his brain just can't compare, Ji Heng is afraid that he has already understood these calculations in his heart, and he has already expected everything, how can he hear the problem just by listening for a while?

He didn't have that ability.

He silently wrote down Ji Heng's idea.

When he was going to go back, he would write these books to his father and let him get his ideas, and he believed that with his father's courage, he would definitely agree.

If it is really implemented, many thorny problems that plagued the imperial court in the past will be solved at once.

His heart was happy.

Hu Hai drooped, already a little listless.

He didn't understand at all.

But he didn't bother to ask.

He didn't know anything about what the guards were and what the Tunbian was, even if Ji Heng explained it in detail, most of them couldn't understand it, so he wouldn't go to torture himself.

Ji Heng's face was indifferent.

He pondered for a moment and continued: "Most of the solutions I proposed earlier revolve around the knighthood as hairpins and non-changeable soldiers, as for the lowest level of the public servants to keep up with the building, the number is the largest, and it may even be as high as hundreds of thousands, so if the imperial court really moves its mind to solve it. ”

"You have to prepare a lot of money and food."

"The situation of the field house, if the situation is good, the hairpins and the soldiers who do not change are willing to send their children to school, or are willing to go to the Kanto region as officials, the imperial court can take advantage of this to collect a lot, or distribute less, but these quantities, compared with hundreds of thousands of public servants, are still relatively small."

"It's true that the Ci clan can make these people feel a little better, but in the end, it still has to be realized."

"Therefore, if the reaction in the army is not strong, the conditions for the gift can be relatively high, and the hairpin can be given for free, and the title of knighthood has the opportunity to be given, but the requirement is the same as the enrollment of the hairpin's children, no additional field houses will be distributed, and how many years of service in the South China Sea or Northern Xinjiang will be required."

"As for the lowest-level public servants, they have nothing to do with it."

"In this way, the number of fields and houses that Daqin needs to give in the end will be greatly reduced, and if the number is not high, it may only be solved with money and grain."

"The money and grain that Daqin has hoarded this year may not be enough."

Fusu's eyes darkened.

Ji Heng's idea is already very dedicated.

Through various false rewards and real rewards, arouse the desire of the soldiers, and then let the soldiers take the initiative to give up the rewards and reduce the pressure on the imperial court, but this can only solve the situation of the soldiers with the titles of Shangzai and above, as for the most common and the highest number of scholars, it is still difficult to settle.

There are just too many.

Hundreds of thousands.

According to Qin law, it is hundreds of thousands of hectares of land and hundreds of thousands of 'houses'.

Da Qin may not be able to take it out at the moment.

Unless other Gaojue in Guanzhong take the initiative to donate the land, but this is obviously impossible, and he can only find out helplessly in the end, I am afraid that in the end, he can only rely on money and food to solve it.

Fu Su said: "What Mr. said is very true, but after this tossing and turning, even if there is a surplus in the family, I am afraid that there is not much left, if you persecute the businessman again, I am afraid that the harvest will be very little." ”

"Unless."

"The imperial court plundered the merchants of the Kanto region."

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu with a strange face, but he didn't expect that Fusu could still give birth to this idea, but he also knew that Fusu was just forced to be in a hurry, and with path dependence, he subconsciously wanted to move Shangjia.

After all, from the merchants, the imperial court did profit a lot.

Ji Heng shook his head and said: "Kanto is different from Guanzhong, the imperial court's control over Guandong is not so strong, and the officials of Kanto may not be in unison with the imperial court. ”

"Isn't that worth the cost?"

"Therefore, the merchant cannot move again for a short time."

"The merchant has no money."

"But there's one group that has money."

"Who?" Fusu raised his head fiercely, his eyes full of hope.

"Rich people." Ji Heng Road.

"Rich?" Fusu frowned.

Ji Heng said lightly: "The current people at the bottom have long been squeezed dry, even if the court wants to scavenge from the bottom, it doesn't want to make much oil and water, but the nobles, heroes, and officials may not, they have been searching for the people's fat and ointment over the years, so if they want to make money, they have to start from these people." ”

"How's this going to work?" Fusu's eyes were full of curiosity.

Ji Heng said with a smile: "It's still salt to make a fuss, the nobles are so rich that they have the same requirements for the quality of life, and even compare with each other in private, in this case, if you want to earn their money, it can't be easier, further purify the refined salt and make it a luxury." ”

"Don't go."

"Only make excess profits from the rich."

"Their families are rich, how can they eat bitter salt? Since they think they are eating purer luxury salt, these people are not eating salt, but life is quality. ”

"What sells is a high price!"

"If you have the conditions, you can put some kelp minced in it, which directly says that it can cure big neck disease, and claims to be imperial salt, and there will be many powerful nobles who will rush to it at that time."

"But Daqin has to find a way to further purify the salt."

"And it can only be sold officially."

Fusu's eyes lit up.

This is indeed a solution.

And the imperial court does have a way to sell it.

After all, Ji Heng suggested that the government should also participate in the sale of salt, but only to sell coarse salt from sandy mud.

It's a great way to get money.

Fusu smiled: "This method is good, the quality of the imperial salt in the palace is indeed much better than that of the outside world, and it is easy to sell it at a high price, just add kelp minced inside, what is the reason for this?" ”

"Can kelp really cure big neck disease?"

It's just that as soon as he asked, Fusu regretted it.

He almost forgot that Ji Heng's medical skills were equally amazing, and he was even admired by the entire Imperial Physician Mansion.

The crippled prescription he left behind has tormented the doctors of the Taiyi Mansion for a long time in the past few months, and a group of fifty or sixty-year-old old doctors have been studying all day long.

The stubbornness is amazing.

The First Emperor even specially ordered this group of old ladies to take it easy.

Since Ji Heng dared to say this, he must be confident, otherwise how could he open his mouth easily?

At this time, Fusu also smiled to himself: "Since kelp can cure big neck disease, it is better to do it, just let people grind the kelp and stir it into refined salt, and then find someone to verify it, how can this 'royal salt' not be sold at a high price?" ”

"Only then can it be used by the country."

Ji Heng smiled accordingly.

The courtyard is filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

He actually wanted to talk about the 'Great Unification Politics', Daqin's use of the 'Great Unification' was also very rough, but he finally thought about it and didn't choose to speak, now Daqin has made a lot of moves, if he makes big moves one after another, it will inevitably cause emotions from all sides.

When the time comes, the gains outweigh the losses.

Besides, it's not yet time.

It would be good to be able to solve the problem of the military merit system.

Why rush.

(End of chapter)