I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 518

For Zhiyao, history has already given the answer. People are always the key to everything. If education can keep up, there is no fear that the country will not be strong.

In the feudal era, most jobs depended on labor. As long as there is a sufficient population, even if the upper class is too bad, the country will always be able to enjoy the demographic dividend.

Of course, overpopulation will also cause backlash, such as social conflicts caused by insufficient land, so that whenever land problems arise, the feudal dynasty will face the crisis of dynastic change.

Most of the dynasties of Zhuxia perished because of land issues.This is not because the past dynasties did not want to develop. Many dynasties occupied all the valuable land around them, and they really couldn't find a new direction for expansion.

The current land area of ​​the Yuan Kingdom is about 240 million square miles, which is incomparable with any dynasty in the Great Unification in terms of land area, but it may not be so in terms of population.

In Zhiyao's impression, the country with the largest population during the Warring States period was close to 400 million. After the completion of the unification of Qin, the total population was about 2000 million?

However, that was more than 200 years later. For more than 200 years, various technologies have become more advanced, and then more land has been reclaimed, which will definitely be able to feed more people.

Zhiyao lived in a different era. It was a real feudal era before, and the amount of farmland reclaimed was very limited.

How limited is it?Let's put it this way, each family does not necessarily reclaim its core area, let alone other areas, so that large areas of land are so barren.

This is related to the social system. The mountains, rivers and rivers belong to the king of a country, and other people cannot use them; all the land belongs to the nobles, and once the nobles don’t have the mind to cultivate it, they can only abandon it; Under the land, they have almost no enthusiasm for labor.

Zhiyao has always wanted to let more people own their own land, but the social stage is like that, the land cannot be distributed for no reason, otherwise the ruling class will be unstable first.

Now, Yuan Guo is going to make another big move.

First of all, the prince of the original country is about to get married. Zhiyao took this as a reason to believe that the whole world should celebrate together, and reward the original meritorious ministers, and ordinary Li Shu also share the rain and dew.

What kind of universal celebration?Zhiyao's approach is to give land to the nobles and Li Shu. The nobles will definitely get more, and the Li Shu will definitely get less.

There is no way to do it. The nobles have more people on hand, and the land is in their hands, so the difficulty of reclamation is relatively low.

Ordinary Lishu usually have three or five people in a family, and a little more can have a dozen or so people. Giving more land than they can use will become a burden.

The reason why we say burden is that the original country has reformed tax collection, instead of setting up poll tax, it collects tax based on the amount of land it owns, and at the same time formulated a business policy of ten taxes and one tax.

Because of the problems left over from the times, the payment of tax offsets must be retained, but the offset method has been refined.

"'Father Huang' came from Xu and Zao. There is no shortage of grassroots in Dayuan, and the power can go to the countryside." Zhiyao is most satisfied with this.

Zhi Kai smiled and laughed, and said: "'Father Huang' produced Xu and Zao, and the two palaces produced generals and slaughters. This is my father's immortal career."

In the early and middle period of the Spring and Autumn Period, all ambitious people all went for "immortality".

What is immortal?That is, meritorious service, morality, and words, there are very few people who really do it, and the only person who is recognized as immortal is Guan Yiwu.

It was the Guan Zhong who assisted Lu Xiaobai to complete the Jiuhe princes. He had a high historical status until the Han Dynasty. Why the later dynasties were replaced, you have to ask Confucianism.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were Zhao Yang, Zhi Yu, Zhao Wu, Zhong Xingyan, Yan Ying, Zichan, and Shi Kuang who forcibly touched porcelain.

Zhiyao glanced at Zhikai with a strange look, and wondered, "Why has this kid been flattering lately?"

Before, Zhikai also said that Zhiyao can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Of course, he suffered a little in some behaviors. Isn't the problem that it has not passed the test of time?It's fine to talk behind closed doors, if it spreads out, you will inevitably be scolded as arrogant.

If not counting martial arts, what Zhiyao has done, including "inventing" paper and printing, making so many practical tools, working hard to promote education, and persistently developing medical care, which one is not committed to changing the times?

Needless to say, Zhiyao also wrote the book "Fa Jing", the appearance of "Fa Jing" alone is enough to establish a historical position.

Of course, the premise is that the original country did not perish so quickly, and the later dynasty followed the historical inertia to vigorously support Confucianism. Otherwise, no matter how great the previous dynasty achieved, the new dynasty would inevitably be used and abused at the same time.

"Princess Song Guo has passed 'Taoqiu' and will arrive in a few days. You will go to meet her at that time." Zhiyao ordered.

Zhi Kai replied: "Save it, baby."

No matter how old he is, he still calls himself "baby", which is really enough.

This year (before 458), Zhikai was 24 years old. Generally speaking, the marriage was confirmed. Based on the law of late marriage of nobles in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, they were more or less early married people.

Also this year, Zhiyao reached the age of 49 in her life.

Many times when dreaming back at midnight, Zhiyao will inevitably hesitate whether she is walking a bit slowly, and has not yet completed the great cause of "One World" at the age of 49.

However, there is really no way to do it, the foundation is just like that, if you think about it quickly, you really can't get up soon.

Most of them are not able to achieve quick success in terms of force, but are mainly hindered by other matters, such as not having enough management talents, or destroying the countries. Do you want to continue to use the nobles of the extinct countries to manage various places?

The example of the Qin Empire is there. They already have enough management personnel, but they still have to use a lot of the old nobles, causing obvious tears. Get a second life and die.

Zhiyao also wants to be faster, but would rather spend time on cultivating more talents and consolidating the fundamentals.

Before Zhiyao promoted education, there were absolutely no more than 500 literate people in Jin's population of [-] million, and they were either nobles or poor nobles.

now what?There are more than 60 literate people in the original country, and literacy is no longer exclusive to the nobles. Due to the emergence of paper and printing, ordinary people can also have a collection of books.

That's 60 literate people!Most of them may only be able to read, but the number of literate people exceeds that of the Han Dynasty, and may even reach the level of the heyday of Tang Dynasty.

And that is just the result of Zhiyao's hard work in less than 30 years. With repeated promotion, the number of literate people will definitely continue to increase.

One thing is that Zhiyao can't do it for the time being, otherwise he will definitely make literacy less sacred and cut off a special class from having the opportunity to monopolize knowledge.

Because Zhiyao has changed history, it is still unknown whether a hundred schools of thought will contend?
However, Zhiyao is working so hard to promote education, maybe there will be a cultural explosion that is bigger than the contention of a hundred schools of thought?

"Let's call Jai Yu." Zhi Yao glanced at Zhi Kai, motioning Zhi Kai to invite him in.

Not a little while later, Zaiyu and his deputy came in.

"Meet my king." The two saluted.

Zhiyao first laughed a few times, and then said: "Yu Yuming has made great contributions to Dayuan, and I can give you a seat."

The deputy envoy is called Zhiming, who was born in the Zhi family.

Because of the many changes made by Zhiyao, many talents have emerged within Zhiyao, some of whom are already taking on major responsibilities, and many of them are filled with positions in the middle and lower levels.

There is one thing that is inevitable, people from the Zhi family will be more proud compared to other backgrounds, which made Zhi Yao feel distressed.

Zaiyu reported in person and handed in very good grades.

Song Wangluan learned about Zaiyu's intentions and agreed to the marriage without hesitation. The two parties also reached many cooperation projects in military affairs, economy and trade.

The state of Chu has no intention of denying the marriage with the original state. The difficulty lies in whether the princess of Yan, the king of Chu, married the prince of the original state, or whether the marriage was made by Yin Gongsun Ning's Wengzhu.

For the selection of marriage candidates, the chaotic state of Chu became even more chaotic. Some wise people called on the original country to be vigilant and use this trick to tear the Chu royal family apart.

To be honest, Gongsun Ning was uneasy and kind in supporting Xiong Yan to come to power, so it was Yuan Guo's turn to act as a demon?

It has not been a day or two for Gongsun Ning to have ambitions for the throne of the king of Chu. He can't see it unless he pretends to be blind.

As for why Gongsun Ning didn't do it for a long time?It may be that the timing is not ripe.

"So, the state of Chu agrees to the marriage, but the candidate for the marriage has not yet been determined?" Zhiyao asked.

Zai Yu gave the answer first, and then said: "I think that if you want to marry, the princess is the best."

As the party involved, Zhi Kai was listening, but there was no disturbance in his heart.

Sooner or later, civil strife will break out in Chu State because of the struggle for power. Chu Wangyan will be at a disadvantage in the struggle. If the power is too weak, if civil strife really breaks out, how far can it go?
Therefore, Yuanguo should support Chu Wangyan, and even strengthen Chu Wangyan's strength to a certain extent. Only when Chu Wangyan becomes stronger, the chaos will be big enough.

All in all, Yuan Guo very much hoped that Chu State would be in chaos. It would be best if Chu Wangyan and Gongsun Ning could get back and forth, not because Gongsun Ning succeeded in usurping the throne too easily.

Zhiyao asked: "Is the King Chu's safety guaranteed?"

Zaiyu hesitated for a moment, then replied truthfully: "If Chu ordered Yin to be cruel, he could send one or two warriors to kill the king."

Looking at it this way, Chu Wangyan is worse than the last king of Jin who was completely emptied?
In the final analysis, Xiong Yan was nothing before, she didn't belong to her team at all, and she was pushed to the throne of King Chu by fate.

After becoming the king of Chu, Xiong Yan relied on his righteous name to gain the support of some people, but most of the power was held by Gongsun Ning. Once Gongsun Ning wanted to usurp the throne, the current Chu Wangyan was powerless to protect himself of.

Zhikai glanced at Taihu who just came in but stood in an inconspicuous corner, wondering what happened.

It is the special right of the eunuch order to be able to see Zhiyao without notification. Once a person with such authority has a second heart, the harm will be greater than anyone else.

All because of their careful deployment, they can cut off the inside and outside of the palace city, not only make the king lose contact with the outside world, but also falsely pass on the king's order.

Of course Zhiyao knew the danger, didn't she just add the official position of "Lieutenant"?

With the "Lieutenant" as the commander of Miyagi's armed forces, the eunuch order became a general manager of miscellaneous affairs.

Of course, Zhiyao saw a living person as big as Taihu, but he didn't report immediately after the stand fox came in. He continued to talk to Zaiyu about the mission, and signaled Zhikai to go to Taihu to find out what happened.

"You can donate money to the King of Chu again and again. If the King of Chu recruits warriors, the second and third sons should know how to act." Zhiyao knew that the best way was to marry her daughter to King Yan of Chu, and the daughter would bring a team over there, but the State of Chu didn't take the initiative to ask for marriage. any solution.

If Chu Wangyan asks to marry, will Zhiyao agree?

For politicians like them, everything should be based on the interests of the country, and Zhiyao will marry her daughter no matter how reluctant she is.

This is reality!

Zhiyao didn't marry out of distress for her daughter. If this is the case, she is using her personal feelings to endanger the interests of the country.

To put it bluntly, no matter what position you are in, you must know how to restrain your personal emotions. If you don't understand, reality will teach you one day.

Men and women born in the royal family usually enjoy such good treatment, but when it comes time to fulfill their obligations, they should actually be smarter.

Jae Yu agreed with a smile, but his eyes turned to Zhi Ming.

Some things are better not to be single-handedly. It seems arbitrary and exclusive, and too much power may not be a good thing.

Zhiming saluted and said: "As for arranging people to be close to the King of Chu, I must fulfill the mission."

Zhiyao nodded, she understood.

Zaiyu began to report on his experience in Yue.

Regarding the marriage, King Goujian of Yue agreed of course, but he just refused his daughter's status as a "concubine" and asked for the rank of "wife".

"The King of Yue said: Is the State of Song stronger than the State of Yue? How can Princess Yue be subdued by Princess Song." Zaiyu was faithfully recounting Goujian's original words.

Zhiyao frowned when she heard this, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

OK!There is no need to add fuel to the fire, the fact is that King Goujian of Yue looks down on the Song State, and once it spreads, it will definitely hurt the feelings of the Song State.

Zaiyu said: "The minister told the king of Yue with the words of the king that the princess of Dayuan has been appointed as the princess of Song Dynasty."

The selection of Princess Song as the Crown Princess is related to the strategy of the Yuan Kingdom and cannot be changed.

Zhiyao is waiting for the next sentence.

Zai Yu smiled and continued, "The king of Yue showed displeasure, and he did not refuse to marry the princess."

Maybe because of this incident, the country of Yue will go to war against the country of Song next?

The original country will start a unification war in a year, and it is no accident that the first country will be targeted at the Yue country.

This depends on whether the Yue Kingdom was fooled and sent troops to capture Donglai.

Once the Vietnamese army entered Donglai, it was time for the original army to go to Donglai to fight against it.

At that time, the original army will strive to destroy the Vietnamese army going north in Donglai, then liberate Judi, and then go straight to the south to destroy the Yue State in one fell swoop.

Zhi Kai went to Zhi Yao's side and said in a low voice, "Father, there are envoys from the Ba Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom, asking Father to be the master."

What the hell?
Zhiyao looked at Taihu in confusion, and signaled Zaiyu to wait for a while, and let Taihu explain clearly what happened in Ba and Shu...

(End of this chapter)