Dahan first prince

Chapter 66 Prehistoric Labor Dispatching
Hearing this, Liu Ying's expression became tense, and she couldn't help but fell into short-term thoughts.

After all, according to the technical level of the Han Dynasty today, it is actually difficult to speed up any construction projects through technical means.

Whether it is building a city, digging and repairing water conservancy canals, or even casting the Great Wall of the North separately like the great powers of the Warring States Period, the only way to speed up the progress of the project is actually to pile up people.

The reason is simple: for the same section of channel, it takes a hundred years to dig with thousands of people, and ten years to dig with 10 people. If there are [-] people to dig, the time can be shortened to one year.

Just like the Qin Wanli Great Wall, according to the normal speed, it would be impossible to complete the construction every 80 to [-] years.

However, the first emperor Yingzheng was full of courage, worked hard on the people and money, conscripted labor on a large scale, and insisted on frantically gathering people to build the Great Wall.

With enough people piled up, the Qin Great Wall, which was evaluated as a world architectural miracle by later generations, was naturally completed in a very short period of time.

But correspondingly, the popularity and fortune of the Qin Dynasty also declined at the speed of light with the speed of the construction of the Great Wall, which eventually led to the death of Ying Qin II.

For another example, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Just for a section of the Yongji Canal, he ordered more than a million men and women from the counties in Hebei to divert Qinshui to reach the river in the south and Zhuojun in the north.

With such a frightening level of "code man", the Sui and Tang Grand Canal was almost completely completed in just a few years, but Sui Emperor Yang Guang also ruined the Great Sui National Games because of excessive labor.

If at that time, Yang Guang was not in a hurry to seek success, but slowly plotted and spent 30-50 years to complete the construction of the Sui and Tang Grand Canals by two or even three generations, he would not have ruined the country and let Guanlong Li Shi picked peaches.

After Yang Guang's death, he would not be given a posthumous title: Yang.

The same is true for today's Han Dynasty.

Whether it is Chang'an City, which is not even visible, or the upcoming renovation of Zhengguo Canal, the Han Dynasty court needs to make a balance between "stacking people to increase the construction speed" and "controlling the number of laborers so as not to waste people and money".

In the past, the choice of the Han Dynasty was: Even if the capital Chang'an is not repaired, it must not waste money and people!

After all, it is only a dozen years since the negative case of Qin's large-scale construction, which ruined the country's fortune by laboring people and money, and subverted the country.

With the lesson of "tyranny of the Qin Dynasty", coupled with the continuous war, the treasury is empty, and the central government is indeed unable to maintain huge administrative expenditures, the Han Dynasty has since pulled up the banner of "Huang Lao Wuwei" and played with a small government. Low-cost operation, the euphemistic name is: rest and recuperate.

Allowing the people to recuperate, in fact, means that if they can avoid forced labor, they should try their best not to impose labor, so that the people can devote themselves to farming, and the panic in the world will be settled as soon as possible.

Against such a background, Liu Ying's plan to increase the progress of Zhengguoqu's renovation work through coders and free labor is undoubtedly a dream.

——Your old Liu's family said that Xu Min was resting, so you have to keep your word, right?
Your Majesty conscripted soldiers and civilian husbands, because there are rebels in the Kanto region, and we ordinary people want peace and stability in the world as soon as possible, so we will bear it.

Why do you want to conscript labor for building a canal?
Your old Liu's family, I'm afraid Jiangshan is sitting too peacefully, want to play something exciting?
Of course, the common people do not want to be conscripted into servitude, this is only secondary.

The key is······
"At home."

While Liu Ying was thinking about it, she saw Xiao He cupped his hands with a worried expression, and there was a bit of bitterness in his eyes.

"Your Majesty's expedition this time, issued an edict to Guanzhong's young and strong villagers, and the number of soldiers alone is no less than 20!"

"As well as cooks, folk husbands, etc., it is even more numerous."

As he spoke, Xiao He pursed his lips tightly and shook his head helplessly.

"In today's Guanzhong, there are no more than one million households, and several million people; if you exclude the women, children, old and young, there may be less than one million young and strong."

"However, this time, His Majesty went out to fight and distributed nearly 60 young and strong in Guanzhong!"

"At this time in Guanzhong, I'm afraid there will be no labor available..."

Hearing Xiao He's words, Yang Chengyan who was beside him hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Extremely!"

"And in the past hundred years, the world has been full of wars, and the people are suffering and tired. The Han Dynasty was established, and the people should be able to cultivate and live, and govern by doing nothing."

"If labor labor is used to repair the canal again, the people's hearts will be disturbed, and the society will be unstable..."

As Xiao He and Yang Chengyan scrambled to dissuade them, the atmosphere in the hall became a little silent.

Xiao He and Yang Chengyan are right.

In today's Han Dynasty, as long as there is no war, they should try their best to avoid conscripting labor.

But hearing the dissuasion of the two, Liu Ying only looked at her mother Lu Zhi who was sitting on the head and was "seriously studying" full of reverence.

"You can guess this!"

—— Regarding the rhetoric of Xiao He and Yang Chengyan, Queen Lu Zhi had already expected it!

Even the way to deal with this set of rhetoric has been told to Liu Ying after returning to the palace just now!

Barely suppressing the astonishment in her heart, Liu Ying only glanced gratefully at her mother Lu Zhi.

When Liu Ying raised her head again and looked at Xiao He and Yang Chengyan, Liu Ying's gaze was full of confidence.

"This matter, Xiao Xiang and the Shaofu don't need to worry too much."

"Solitary meaning: This time, we will protect the Zhengguo Canal, and no forced labor will be issued in Guanzhong!"

After saying these words with certainty, Liu Ying smiled confidently again, and looked sideways at Yang Chengyan.

"Gu has checked the collection of books in Shiqu Pavilion, and learned that the maintenance of Zhengguoqu will require 5 hard labor, and it can be done in three months!"

"Today in Shaofu, there are nearly ten thousand officials and slaves who make money; and the rest of the departments belong to the yamen, and they can also get ten thousand!"

"So that's [-] laborers."

"The remaining [-] people are lonely and want to publish articles widely in Guanzhong to recruit labor; all people over the age of [-] and under [-], regardless of gender, are allowed to pay a hundred dollars a day."

As she spoke, Liu Ying couldn't help but glanced at Lu Zhi beside her again, feeling a little admiration in her heart again.

"Other."

"Chang'an meritorious marquis Guixun, private slaves and servants in the homes of hundreds of officials and courtiers can also be sent to build canals, and it is also allowed a hundred dollars a day!"

Hearing this, Xiao He and Yang Chengyan couldn't help but widen their eyes, looking at Liu Ying in disbelief!

Instead of relying on the power of the government to enforce forced labor, but to guide the people with rewards and voluntarily participate in the repair work of the Zhengguo Canal?

Xiao He is not very optimistic about this point.

However, in Xiao He's view, it is quite feasible for private slaves to participate in the Zhengguo Canal renovation and be rewarded with money!
Only in this way, the manpower for repairing the Zhengguo Canal remains the last problem.

"If there are enough meritorious lords, courtiers, officials, and private slaves of the people, thirty thousand will be sent as slaves; one hundred coins per day will be worth three million."

"The maintenance of the Zhengguo Canal will take three months; in this case, it will cost nearly [-] million yuan!"

Yang Chengyan looked at Liu Ying with doubts when the private slaves in Guanzhong were confiscated this time, and the budget was used to repair the Zhengguo Canal.

"Dare to ask the family."

"—Where does this money come from, thirty million?"

(End of this chapter)