Chapter 34: The Power of the Old Aristocracy

Seeing that everyone was silent, I said lightly: "There is indeed something wrong with Li Si's proposal. ”

Lees looked at me with a stunned expression, he had expected that this matter would be approved by me. In yesterday's conversation, I did express this point, even if it was only for the prisoners and the head of the Qian, who had no land, and he also thought about it for a long time before proposing such a decree.

In the case of Ying Zheng alive, as long as his proposal is really useful, Ying Zheng will basically not oppose him. It's just that I'm not a hero after all, and in the eyes of many people, I'm still a child now, and I lack the deterrent effect of these ministers.

If I forcibly support this law, I will definitely provoke more people to oppose me. There are still many things I have to do, and I am on the opposite side of most people in agriculture alone, and it will be difficult to carry out the plan in the future.

Seeing Li Si's expression, I changed my words: "However, it is not without merit. ”

"Eleven years have passed since the twenty-sixth year of the First Emperor, and my Great Qin has not conducted large-scale land statistics. However, I carefully checked the records of each county and found that the number of acres of land did not match the fertility of the land in the county or county, and it was inevitable that there would be concealment or falsification when the Qianshou reported it on his own. ”

"From now on, we will recount the number of fields in the country, including not only the production areas of staple grains such as millet, wheat, and rice, but also the five vegetables, ornamental timber, fish ponds, etc., but all crops that occupy the land must be counted. Based on the results of this statistics, those included in the results of this statistics will be regarded as old fields; Those subsequently cultivated shall be regarded as new fields. ”

"In this way, we can not only grasp the national land reclamation situation, but also encourage Qianshou to reclaim wasteland, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, what do you think?"

When my voice fell, everyone in the hall had different expressions.

I won't have a big conflict with them, but again, I won't compromise with them easily. Every time I make a decision, it saves them face.

Seeing that no one spoke, Li Si was the first to understand: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister thinks it's okay." ”

I looked at Ge Yue, as the internal history of Daqin's governance, it is understandable to maintain the family gate, after all, it depends on them to contribute a lot of grain rent, but if he still stands on the opposite side of me in such an obvious policy of enriching the country, I can't say that I have to replace him.

Seeing me staring at him, Ge Yue panicked for a moment, and hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with Your Majesty's policy." ”

Then I looked at the Bai family and the Xiqi family, who had the most fierce opposition, and these people all occupied the position of Jiuqing in the court, and when I looked at them, I also hurriedly agreed.

I was secretly alert in my heart that the rulers who touched the interests of the gate valve family never came to a good end.

In ancient times, the main source of their interests was land annexation and concealment of acres of land, but now that their fundamental interests have been touched, they will not give up.

Then I said to Ge Yue: "Since you have no objection, then you will be in charge of this matter." I will order all the county guards and county orders to fully cooperate with you, and the deadline is half a year, and you must have results. ”

Ge Yue commanded and said yes.

I unconsciously glanced at the position of the leader again, and when I saw Feng Quji and Feng Zai's father and son, I had a plan.

"Feng Zai, you arrange a few imperial historians to assist Ge Yue to complete this matter, if you encounter someone who dares to obstruct the land statistics, you don't have to play to me, you can directly arrest it, and hand it over to Meng Yi to go to prison, and when this matter is over, it will be tried together." I stared at Feng Zhengdao.

Since you can't see the attitude of your father and son, I simply dragged your Feng family into the water to see how you respond.

Feng Zai was also stunned, but he didn't expect me to let him get involved, and hurriedly said yes.

In his heart, he was the same as Feng Quji, and he suddenly became vigilant.

If the result of this matter is not to my liking, then it will definitely offend me, and I will not be charged with the hat of unfavorable supervision.

If it is reported truthfully, it will inevitably offend those nobles. The key Feng family is also one of the nobles, check yourself by yourself, and if you don't grasp the proportions, you may usher in a catastrophe.

The two glanced at each other: It seems that Your Majesty is going to test my Feng family's loyalty to Daqin.

The matter has come to an end for the time being.

I looked at Ge Yue again, and hit him with a stick, so I had to give him a sweet date to eat.

I spoke, "When I was looking at the geography of the land of Baiyue, I came across a record of rice. ”

"At present, rice cultivation is mainly concentrated in the south of the river, but the yield is very low, and there is no systematic guidance for Qianshou planting. I saw in the records that in the southern part of Baihai, near the sea, there was a kind of rice called 'Champong Rice', which was rumored to be able to yield 1,000 catties per mu in the local area. ”

Everyone was amazed to hear what I said, and no one believed me. The yield per mu is 1,000 catties, and the average yield of grains is only 100 catties per mu, how can this myth exist.

In fact, it is indeed impossible to achieve a yield of 1,000 catties per mu in this era, and in order to stimulate their desire to explore, I had to report the yield per mu in later generations.

Seeing everyone's expressions, I continued: "I also have some doubts, but what if this kind of rice really exists? You can think about how far my Great Qin's national strength will be. ”

"Therefore, I want you to take charge of this. Of course, it is not for you to go to Baiyue to look for this kind of rice, after the court meeting, I will order Zhao Tuo to send someone to find it. ”

"If you can find it, you have to take up the responsibility of promoting it and let it be planted in large quantities south of the river. Not only that, but I also want you to preside over the compilation of rice planting guidance books, and provide systematic guidance on planting in Guizhou to further improve rice yields. ”

When Ge Yue heard this, the depressed look on his face was swept away, and he hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty Xie trusts, and the ministers will do their best to grow excellent rice for my Great Qin, so that the treasury will be full." ”

Compared with the offending thing of counting acres of land, it is the dream of every ancient scholar to be able to write books and leave them to the world.

Later, I told everyone about the intensive farming model of later generations, the cultivation of cash crops, and so on. There is no objection to this matter, and it is a good thing for the gate valve family to be able to increase the crop yield, they have the most fields in their hands, and they wish they could produce thousands of catties per mu.

After arranging all the things, I left Li Si behind, and the court meeting ended, and everyone went about their duties.

When I arrived at the Sihai Palace, after I sat down with Li Si, I said with a little apology: "At the court meeting just now, I very much agreed with Li Xiang's national policy, but there were too many people who opposed it, and I had to compromise and adopt it, Li Xiang won't blame me." ”

Li Si looked frightened after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has tormented the minister, how dare the minister whisper to Your Majesty, it is the minister's lack of thought, making it difficult for Your Majesty to do, and the crime is unforgivable." ”

I sighed with emotion: "Li Xiang's words are serious, and I hope that Li Xiang's advice will be more for me in the future." Since the death of the Emperor, I have often felt powerless, and I don't know what would have happened without you old ministers. ”

Li Si was moved: "The minister swears to serve His Majesty, dare not be unsatisfied!" ”

This will not be done overnight, but I finally have time to think about how to solve the problem of the rebel army at the end of the Qin Dynasty in history.

After Li Si left, I asked Zhang Liang to be called in by the middle of the sentence.