Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is a necessary measure.

Only by tying people to the land can it be easier to collect taxes and levy labor.

Moreover, businessmen are not only prone to tax evasion and evasion, but also do everything for the sake of profit, which is a factor of social instability, so it is necessary to restrain businessmen.

But the suppression of merchants is not the same as the prohibition of business.

When the Qin State became the Qin Dynasty, the world was so big, if all the cities and places were self-enclosed, it would not be conducive to the management of the imperial court.

The collection of checkpoint tax, city gate tax and city tax can not only increase the revenue of the imperial court, but also strengthen communication between various places, so that they can establish the idea of "I am a Qin person".

Ying Xiaozheng's idea was generated by himself.

When Ying Xiaozheng and Zhu Xiang mentioned this idea, Zhu Xiang patted his head and remembered that he had not taught Ying Xiaozheng about business. Although he doesn't know much, casually chatting about the views of later generations on business should help Ying Xiaozheng broaden his horizons.

Businessmen make too much money, and it is easy for officials and businessmen to collude and become local tycoons.

How to open up commerce and restrict businessmen, Ying Xiaozheng is still groping.

He rarely wrote to Lü Buwei to ask for Lü Buwei's advice.

When Lü Buwei saw the prince's letter, he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately made a move, aiming at the lifeblood of the merchant.

As a former wealthy businessman, who else knows what businessmen are afraid of better than him?

As for whether these measures will dismantle their own family's industry, joke, I, Lu Buwei, am now a doctor, what does it have to do with wealthy businessmen?

Ying Xiaozheng continued to digest the land of Southern Chu State step by step.

When the harvest in the Jianghuai Plain failed, and the people of Southern Chu knew that they would suffer if they did not listen to Changping Jun's words, the Southern Chu State would quickly become the Qin State. A controllable mini-famine in the Jianghuai Plain was a good thing for Qin's rule in the Jianghuai Plain.

Ying Xiaozheng is now waiting for that group of people to cry.

Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji are busy in various places, hoping to minimize the disaster.

Whether it is the Southern Qin people or the Southern Chu people who have not completely returned to their hearts, they don't want too many people to starve to death.

When the Jianghuai Plain and Southern Qin County were successively hit by spring droughts of varying severity, the spring drought in the hinterland of Qin was even more serious.

Although the Qin State had built many water conservancy facilities in Guanzhong and Guandong since the time of King Zhaoxiang of Qin to recuperate. But watching the water level of the river lower and lower little by little, even those who don't know about farming know that this year is a little difficult.

The king of Qin and the prime minister at the top of the temple understood that if the harvest was bad this year, the most difficult thing would be next year.

The situation of granaries and spring ploughing in various places was piled up on the table of Prince Chu of Qin, and even Xunzi, who was usually only in charge of education and etiquette, sat at the hands of Prince Chu of Qin, constantly reading the reports on the disaster situation in various places.

Although Qin's response was timely, the harm caused by natural disasters could only be mitigated, not completely eliminated.

Korea and Zhao fought on both sides, consuming a large amount of Qin's grain reserves.

Although the army has now tuntian on the spot, because of the spring drought, the effect of tuntian is not good, and Qin still needs to continue to provide food to the army.

In addition, Zhaoguo County is in a relatively arid zone.

Yanmen County was under the direct management of Li Mu and Xin Lingjun, and the farmland water conservancy measures were barely able to cope with the spring drought. Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan County are not only indirectly managed by Li Mu and Xinlingjun, the farmland and water conservancy situation is not optimistic, and there is less precipitation, so they have always needed food support from the hinterland of Zhao State.

Now that the Qin State has taken these two counties, it has to replace the Zhao State to supply grain to these two counties.

Otherwise, there would be a famine in the two counties, even if the death of General Sima Shang made the two counties feel cold to King Zhao, they would rebel.

Compared with the food shortage in Zhao Guojun, South Korea's palm-sized territory is nothing.

"I didn't expect the ground to become a huge burden." Prince Qin Chu pressed his forehead and said, "Hasn't the situation in Shu County been reported yet?" ”

Prince Qin Chu was asking, and someone came with a new paperwork.

Shu County and Xianyang were separated by heavy mountains, and Li Bing's documents were more than a month later than those of other county guards, and finally arrived.

Prince Chu of Qin immediately opened Li Bing's paperwork and breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no spring drought in the Chengdu Plain, and there is enough grain, so more grain will be transported this year." ”

Cai Ze, Xunzi and Lin Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ba County is mountainous, relying on the mountains for food, and they are not expected to provide food, but they have few people and are basically self-sufficient.

Shu County not only did not suffer from the disaster, but also gritted its teeth and provided more food, which could alleviate the urgent need.

Cai Zedao: "There is no problem in Nanqin County, Zhu Xiang said that if there is no flood in Nanqin County, it can transport more than 50% of the grain......"

Before Cai Ze finished speaking, Prince Chu of Qin interrupted in surprise: "Where did he get fifty percent of the grain?!" Didn't he say that Li Mu was asking for food at any time, and Wu Anjun had also consumed a lot of food to attack the Southern Chu State, and there was no food? ”

Cai Ze said: "That's what he said. Since he said there was, then there could be. ”

Lin Zhen smiled bitterly: "Isn't there a spring drought where he is?" How can it be more than 50 percent? Where did this fifty percent come from? ”

Xunzi thought for a while and said, "Maybe even if it is affected, the Jianghuai Plain under the rule of the prince and Zhu Xiang can produce several times more grain than the Jianghuai Plain under the governance of the Southern Chu State." ”

Prince Chu of Qin thought for a while following Xunzi's words, and said, "Probably because those feudal monarchs of the Southern Chu Kingdom eat less, and there is more food. ”

The Jianghuai Plain has long been well developed, and it produces more grain than the traditional Central Plains. Although the water conservancy is basically deserted, where is the foundation, there is no war and excessive forced labor, and there are people to guide farming, as long as the harvest is not extinct, there should be a lot of grain produced.

The feudal monarchs of the Southern Chu State also stockpiled a lot of grain, and now that the feudal monarchs of the Southern Chu State are gone, Ying Xiaozheng is "full".

Cai Ze said: "If you can get fifty percent more grain out of thin air, it seems that the prince is very ruthless to the nobles of the Southern Chu Kingdom." ”

Prince Qin Chu said indifferently: "It's just that they can't be allowed to pile up grain until it becomes moldy, they will definitely be able to eat enough every day." ”

Xunzi, Cai Ze, and Lin Zhenren all nodded in agreement.

"There is also the prince and Zhu Xiang, and there is no need to worry about the land in the south." Prince Qin Chu breathed a sigh of relief, "Get through this year, and next year will be fine." ”

People want it to be the same.

There should be no famine this year. As long as the wind and rain are good next year, the Qin State will be able to recover immediately.

……

In the blink of an eye, summer has arrived, and the rain has finally increased in various places.

The peasants breathed a sigh of relief.

With these rains, Nanqin County and the Jianghuai Plain will not be without harvest.

Zhu Xiang counted the harvest in Nanqin. With only 20 percent less grain, and with the addition of famine-relief crops, the actual grain harvest may be more than in previous years.

Crops are not shelf-stable and can only be used as food for farmers. The grain collected by Zhu Xiang was the same as in previous years, allowing the peasants to eat the crops for the first few months, and saving the grain to pay taxes.

But Zhu Xiang's plan was beaten back by Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng levied an extra 10% tax.

"This year's harvest is barely enough. If the harvest is still poor next year, it will not have such a good harvest as this year. We need to levy more food reserves. Ying Xiaozheng insisted, "The famine crops can be eaten for two months, and they don't need to keep too much grain in their hands." ”

Zhu Xiang wanted to say that in the climate south of Huaishui, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and pumpkins may all rot if they are stored for two months.

But in the end he relented.

The country is ultimately a small one. And the talent of the small political state is much stronger than him.

Zhu Xiang knew that his modern concept of governing the people would not work in this era. As long as it does not touch his bottom line, and the taxes collected are so large that they directly starve people to death, he will not interfere in the policies of the small political state.

Nanqin County raised taxes for the first time in so many years, and the farmers did not have any opinions.

Everyone knows that the Qin State is at war, and if it fights, it will definitely be taxed more.

It is strange to say that the tax is so low for so many years, and the forced labor is not heavy.

Besides, there are pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and potatoes to eat. Although they are full and hungry quickly when they eat these things, they feel full every day, and they feel almost the same as in previous years.

Ying Xiaozheng only collected an extra 10% of the tax in Southern Qin County, and the Jianghuai Plain was more severely affected than Southern Qin County, but he collected 10% more tax than Southern Qin County.

During the reign of the Southern Chu State, many new feudal lords were sealed, and in order to support these nobles, a lot of taxes were levied. Even in a famine year, they never cut taxes.

Now Ying Xiaozheng will divide the fields of the feudal monarch to the Shu and the self-cultivated scholars, although the tax levied is one percent more than that of the Southern Qin County, but it is much lower than in previous years, and there is no middleman of the feudal monarch to make the difference, and everyone in the Southern Chu Kingdom accepts it well, and even gratitude.

Some people learned that Southern Qin's taxes were lower, and they didn't have any unfair ideas.

If the people have the idea of fairness, it will be the time for chaos in the world.

However, Ying Xiaozheng still deliberately spread the news that Nanqin County had eaten more because he listened to Changpingjun's words in the Jianghuai Plain.

The peasants in the Jianghuai Plain barely starved to death after paying taxes, and thought they were doing well.

After the comparison, they were not satisfied, and they beat their chests and regretted that they didn't listen to Chang Pingjun's persuasion.

When the people around them listened to Chang Pingjun's persuasion, planted those famine-relief foods that they were not familiar with, and ate more than them every day, their hearts were even more unbalanced.

This time, Zhu Xiang instructed them to cultivate the summer again, and they were all very obedient, and Zhu Xiang was whatever he said.

When the Qin officials taught them the Qin law, they also listened carefully.

Ying Xiaozheng has arrested a lot of people who violated Qin's laws in the past six months. In particular, the scholar family who was originally attached to the nobles of the Southern Chu State was all thrown away to repair canals and roads, and many people died of exhaustion.

If you are obedient and obedient, you will not starve to death, and if you are lucky, you may occasionally eat half full; If you are not obedient, even if you make a small mistake, you may be arrested to repair canals and roads, and the people of Southern Chu are well-behaved.

Ying Xiaozheng let those who could farm continue to farm, and the disgruntled nobles were all accused of crimes and sent to forced labor.

The nobles of the Southern Chu State found out that they had been deceived, and after the surrender, the Qin State did not guarantee their power, so they plotted to rebel.

Ying Xiaozheng supported the collateral of the great nobles of Southern Chu as officials, and then joined forces inside and outside, and uprooted them when they were connected in series.

He handed over a share of the property of these nobles to the collateral branches that were originally on the margins and had almost nothing, and made them his descendants, and confiscated the rest.

The nobles of the Southern Chu State mourned all over the wilderness. But because the "family" itself still existed, and even became an official in the Qin State, when the news spread to the other five countries, it did not attract the attention of the nobles of the five countries.

Ying Xiaozheng initially showed his "imperial technique".

He despises South Korea for only emphasizing "art", which does not mean that he does not use "art".

Ying Xiaozheng pulled one faction to another, and treacherously tossed all the nobles who surrendered to the Southern Chu State, and there was no reputation for being too harsh.

"Power", "law", "art" and "benevolence" all complement each other, and Ying Xiaozheng has already explored a way of his emperor in practice.

Zhu Xiang only buried himself in farming, even if he had some resistance in his heart, he did not stop Ying Xiaozheng.

Many of the nobles of the Southern Chu State who were ruined actually did not have any fault, and they were very cooperative with the governance of the Qin State, and they usually did not have fish and meat in the township, and they could even be called good people with high morality.

If it was Zhu Xiang to govern, he would definitely strictly distinguish the "crimes" of the Southern Qin nobles, handle this matter more carefully, and not affect too many innocent people.

But the purpose of Ying Xiaozheng is to affect more people.

In order to complete the goal of completely destroying the aristocratic class of the Southern Chu State and replacing them with his own people, Ying Xiaozheng didn't care if these people were innocent or not.

Whether there is a person who died unjustly, he doesn't care at all.

He doesn't care at all whether the people he supports are good people or not.

He even deliberately replaced a group of good people with both virtue and virtue as the head of the family with some bad people who sought money and killed people, because the reputation of the good nobles of the Southern Chu State with both virtue and virtue was too high.