Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 602 Too much money is troublesome

In fact, the welfare system did not start in modern society.

Even in the land of Huaxia, various benefits have been started from a very early age.

It's just a different concept.

For example, "Xia Zhen" said: "There are four calamities in the sky, floods, droughts and famines, and there is no time. It is not a matter of accumulation. How can we prepare for it?"

There is a record in "Book of Zhou": "If a country does not have food for three years, the country is not its country; if a family does not have food for three years, its sons are not its sons. This is called national preparation."

"Book of Rites" has a saying: "The old will die, the strong will be useful, the young will be strong, and the widows, widows, lonely, sick, and sick will all be supported."

"Mozi" advocates: "The hungry will be fed, the cold will be clothed, and the tired will be rested."

Since Xia and Zhou, the Huaxia Dynasty has attached great importance to the country's grain reserves.

This kind of food reserve is actually a kind of welfare system.

To a large extent, it can resist the impact of various natural disasters on farming.

In a disaster year, it can indeed save many people.

but.

Although the germination of insurance thought appeared in Huaxia a long time ago, after more than 1000 years of development, the germination is still a sprout, without the slightest germination.

No one has systematically proposed the concept of insurance like Zhao Kun.

It's not that Zhao Kun is smarter than most people, nor is it because he has insight beyond this era.

The people of Huaxia can be said to be the smartest people in the world.

It doesn't make sense that things that can be produced in other ancient countries cannot be developed here.

In fact, the main reason why insurance did not take shape in China was because of a fundamental problem.

In an era when ordinary people are worrying about getting enough to eat, it would be unrealistic to ask them to think too long-term.

For the court, building a granary and storing grain is already doing their best.

However, the issue of basic welfare has been completely resolved in Daqin today.

It is imminent to promote the welfare of the people.

Another important reason is that Daqin's food is flooding.

That's right, Zhao Kun never thought that one day, he would worry about the surplus of food.

In the past, the country had no conditions, so it could only work together and endure hardships together.

Now that the conditions are good, it is natural to consider the level of welfare of the people.

When Zhao Kun was working as a salted fish before, he asked Fusu, who supervised the country, to build granaries all over the world.

However, Zhao Kun asked Fusu to build a granary for the purpose, which was completely opposite to that of Xia and Shang.

In previous dynasties, granaries were built to stockpile grain in case of emergencies.

But Zhao Kun built the granary entirely to digest the surplus grain in Daqin.

Yes, the biggest problem in Daqin today is the food problem.

It is not a lack of food, but too much food.

In the life of the people in Daqin in the past, during the winter slack, they had one meal a day, and basically they only ate thin.

During the busy season, there are only two meals a day, and one meal of dry rice is already a good life for a family.

This kind of treatment can only be enjoyed by the main labor force in the family.

For women, children and the elderly, being able to have a full meal during the holidays is considered a good life.

However, since Zhao Kun promoted sweet potatoes across the country, such days are gone forever.

The common people have endless enthusiasm for this kind of food that has a large yield and is full of food, and more importantly, it does not pick the ground.

So much so that, now all over the world, as long as there are conditions, everyone will grow some sweet potatoes.

Since then, Daqin has never had to worry about famine.

However, it has only been a few years since the good days, and the common people have not forgotten the fear of being dominated by hungry stomachs.

Today, even in Guanzhong, the staple food of ordinary people is still sweet potatoes.

Eat more of these things, and eat less of other things.

But these years, under the guidance of Zhao Kun, Chaotang has been trying its best to promote various food crops.

When countries trade with each other, the first tax-free crops are also cash crops such as vegetables.

Once, Zhao Kun visited a farm in Guanzhong and came to a farmer's house.

When he saw the eighty-year-old man in the farmer's family holding a bowl of sweet potato porridge in his hand, he couldn't help frowning.

The family raised more than a dozen pigs and dozens of chickens, because the old man's two sons had served in the army and won military merits, and the family also had dozens of acres of land.

However, they actually let the old birthday star in the family eat sweet potato porridge.

The first thing to be clear is that this is not health preservation, but eating sweet potato porridge every meal.

When Zhao Kun learned the truth and was about to get angry, he was taught a lesson by the old man instead.

"This old man is eighty-three this year. Since King Zhaoxiang, he has gone through five generations of monarchs. It is only when His Majesty is here that the family can have a full meal."

"The children want to feed the old man good food. There is no shortage of eggs and meat at home, and they can afford to eat every day. It is the old man himself who refuses. Young people don't understand famine, so how can I not know?

In the days now, in the past, gods would not change them, and an old man would feel that his life would be shortened if he ate an extra bite! "

"If Your Majesty wants to punish, punish me, an old man who doesn't know how to behave, it has nothing to do with the children!"

That day, after Zhao Kun returned to Xianyang, he was so angry that he didn't eat for a whole day.

Difficult!
With simple thoughts, the common people stubbornly believe that those who can hide food are good people.

However, they didn't consider that if you eat less, I will eat less.

Who will eat the so much grain that Daqin produces every year? !

You know, things like food basically have a shelf life.

Even if crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes can be stored for several years, the taste will drop significantly in the second year.

no way.

People store food to prepare for a rainy day and to resist the disaster year.

But according to the current situation of Daqin, unless it is the kind of disaster that collapsed.

Otherwise, stockpiling grain will only hinder the country's economic development.

This is not to say casually.

You must know that food can be said to be the most important standard equivalent of the Daqin economy.

The flood of grain will directly cause the price of grain to be unsalable.

Those whose families have people who work in factories and commercial firms are fine, but the current proportion of Daqin's agricultural population still exceeds a full [-]%.

Food cannot be sold at a price, reducing the income of these families.

When everyone is suffering, it is a good thing for the family to have surplus food.

But now this kind of situation has caused the extreme imbalance of income.

The series of problems caused by this are enough to cause national turmoil.

On the other hand, falling food prices will also affect economic prosperity.

Now in the counties along the coast, there has been a wave of boycotting agricultural products from Southeast Asia.

A series of chain reactions triggered by this have begun to take shape.

Even in the report that Zhao Kun received.

Some places in Guanzhong prefer to let the grain grown to feed livestock rather than sell it.

This sign made Zhao Kun feel chills in his heart.

This reminded him of another time and space, more than 2000 years later, farmers in a certain country poured milk into the river.

Zhao Kun knew that once this happened, what would follow would definitely be a storm enough to sweep Daqin.

No way, spend money, must spend money.

At present, the Daqin treasury is so rich that it has the confidence to regulate it at the national level.

Before Zhao Kun proposed the construction of Guangnan City and the improvement of the railway network, this aspect was originally considered.

But who would have thought that two years later, the money in the treasury has not decreased, but has continued to increase.

This money, the more you spend, the more you spend, dare you think?
There is no way, I can only play the big one.

In Zhangtai Palace, the sound of pages turning could be heard.

Not long after, all the courtiers finished reading the draft of universal welfare decided by the resolution meeting.

Except for the nine congressmen who had known about the situation for a long time, everyone else looked horrified.

There is no other reason.

This resolution is really incredible.

The draft proposes that in the next five years, nearly 20 million silver dollars will be spent to build [-] public medical centers across the country.

In addition, in the east, south, and north of Daqin, three more giant cities will be built, and the railway network connecting the whole country will be improved.

The most shocking thing is the establishment of a social security system.

The common people pay a certain amount of money and food every month. After the age of 55, the state can return the money and food that is not lower than the minimum real-time average income of Daqin.

Those who can stand here at this time are not incompetent people.

With Zhao Kun's ascension to the throne, the court was basically completely changed.

Thirteen ministers, it can be said that they are all courtiers of the new court.

At this time, some concepts in the financial field are no longer nonsense to them.

At least, they still understand what inflation is.

Because of this, the system in this draft makes them even more unimaginable.

Assume that a commoner starts to pay at the age of 15, twelve silver dollars per year.

When he was 55 years old, he had paid 480 silver dollars.

However, the silver dollar is constantly depreciating.

From the beginning of circulation of silver dollars to now, in just a few years, the purchasing power of silver dollars has depreciated by more than one-third.

What about 40 years later?

Is it possible to return him ten or more silver dollars a month?
One more thing.

With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the average life expectancy of people in Daqin is increasing year by year.

In the past, at the age of 40, you can call yourself an old man.

Living to death at the age of 70 is called joy and mourning, and one mile may not be able to produce one in ten years.

But in Daqin today, there are many people over 70 years old.

In this way, after the implementation of the social security system, the burden on the court will become heavier and heavier.

Zhao Kun sat in a high position, and he could see all the expressions of the officials in the palace.

It is difficult to carry out this matter, he naturally knows it well.

After being the emperor for a few months, Zhao Kun at this time has developed some domineering like the first emperor.

When the original emperor was in power, who would dare to complain about what policies he wanted to implement?

Although Zhao Kun didn't need to do that, as long as he insisted on implementing the policy, it would be meaningless for anyone to oppose it.

Zhao Kun waved his hand and said directly: "I have made up my mind about this draft. All the ministers will go back and discuss it carefully. If you have any problems, you can submit them to the resolution meeting."

All the courtiers looked at each other and wanted to speak, but felt it was inappropriate.

Anyway, no one has the awareness to be the first bird.

Seeing this, Zhao Kun smiled dumbly: "Okay, let's all go down."

After the ministers left, Chen Ping stayed and followed Zhao Kun to the back of the hall.

Zhao Kun handed Chen Ping a memorial and said: "The European matter has been settled. Wang Li defeated the Sibal Navy in Sibal City. This is news from Europe!"

Chen Ping took the memorial and read it carefully.

During this process, Chen Ping kept gasping.

Two months ago, Wang Li led the Great Qin Navy to the sea area of ​​Xibal City.

The lord of Sibal City, who had detained the Daqin sea merchants, dared to resist stubbornly, and was destroyed by the Daqin navy in a single battle.

Afterwards, Wang Li personally led elite troops to land on the island.

The Qin army slaughtered the city of Sibal for three days, and the entire city of Sibal was spared.

During this period, the Governor's Palace in the south of Rome sent a navy to stop it.

As a result, they were all annihilated by the Daqin Navy.

Marcus, the governor of southern Rome, sent an envoy to negotiate peace with Wang Li.

But the seven envoys in a row were all killed by Wang Li, and their heads were hung above the north gate of Sibal City.

It is worth mentioning that before the Qin army invaded Xibal City, the Daqin caravan that had been impounded had already rushed out.

More than five hundred Qin people rushed into Xibal City and became the forerunner of the Qin army.

When Wang Li entered the city, Shaktor, the lord of Xibal City, and Shaktor's brother-in-law, Anbagan, had already been arrested.

Zhou Bo, the leader of the caravan, executed the two of them Ling Chi after obtaining Wang Li's permission.

This time Wang Li went to sea with the intention of training soldiers.

After the Daqin navy escorted Fusu to the Americas, except for the navy stationed at the American base, they spent the rest of the time fighting pirates along the coast.

The pirates were tired of fighting, and they were escorting some of the caravans back home.

Of course, caravans need to pay fees.

This trip to the sea is also to take back the Daqin caravan and wash away the shame of being robbed by the Daqin caravan.

Today's Sibal City has been occupied by Daqin.

This city, located in the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe, is a natural seaport with an extremely important strategic location.

At this moment, Wang Li was rather reluctant to let go.

So he came back with a report and asked Zhao Kun for his opinion.

After reading the report, Chen Ping pondered for a long time.

"I wonder what His Majesty thinks about Wang Li's proposal?" Chen Ping asked.

Today's Great Qin is a mess, Zhao Kun's mind is mainly on government affairs, Chen Ping knows it very well.

Unlike the Western Regions, Europe is bordered by Great Qin. After obtaining an enclave, Great Qin can do whatever it wants.

It's not like America, it's almost a land of no man.

You know, there are powerful countries in Europe.

There is no doubt that the difficulty of stationing troops there will increase a lot.

The war between Rome and Carthage is now drawing to a close.

Once the two sides decide the winner, how can they turn a blind eye to the nails that Daqin buried in Europe?
With Zhao Kun's accession to the throne, all the members of the small group that surrounded him before were all in high positions.

No matter how united they are, it is obvious that they represent different interest groups.

As the commander of the navy, Wang Li also served as the secretary of the military department. He naturally considered the interests of the military.

What is the military's interest?
There is a war to be fought, but there is no war, and we have to fight for any reason.

Only war can reflect the value of soldiers.

Therefore, stationing troops in Sibal City is in the interests of the military.

However, Chen Ping, as the chairman of the resolution meeting, is a position similar to that of a Daqin steward.

When he considers the problem, of course he will proceed from the overall perspective.

In his heart, Chen Ping did not approve of stationing troops in Sibal City.

Thousands of miles away, surrounded by strong enemies and stationed troops, for Daqin, it was a loss-making business.

Zhao Kun naturally understood what Chen Ping was thinking, so he gave him another report.

Chen Ping accepted the report in doubt, but before finishing it, his face darkened.

"presumptuous!"

(End of this chapter)