Great Qin Empress's Infrastructure Handbook

Chapter 40

"After Shang Yang's reform, the state of Qin only lives for one thing, and that is to fight. Farming is for war. Only by growing more grain can we gather more troops and gain advantages over other vassal states. "

"In order to encourage the soldiers to fight to the death, Shang Yang stipulated that only military merits can be awarded titles, even the royal family of the Qin Dynasty is no exception. Therefore, the history books say that the people of Qin are happy when they hear the war, and they wish to fight every day. With the title, you can exempt from taxes, eat good food, Wear it well, and even serve as an official or a general, the people of Qin will naturally be addicted to war and cannot extricate themselves."

"For ordinary soldiers, in addition to these material and spiritual enjoyments, the most important thing is land. A higher title corresponds to more land. Only with enough land can they support their families and live a well-off and happy life. "

"This system of granting land for military merit can indeed stimulate the fighting spirit of the Qin people, but there is obviously a huge hidden danger. As the scale of the war becomes larger and larger, more and more Qin people will naturally receive land granting for military merit. However, there must be less and less land available for distribution.”

"When the Qin State was constantly expanding outward, this problem was not a big problem, just grabbing land from other countries. But after the unification of the six countries, all the land became Qin land, and all the people became Qin people. , who else are you going to steal?"

Yingzheng's breath was a bit short of breath. Indeed, apart from resisting the Huns, Great Qin had no large-scale wars. The system proposed by Shang Yang was not applicable to the current Great Qin.

"Five years ago, the first emperor issued a government decree, making the head of Guizhou free from real land, and the government no longer grants land, and the common people's land cannot be guaranteed. The nobles and businessmen took advantage of the opportunity to occupy large tracts of land, so the price of food rose sharply. Now the price of food is still high. .”

"Then, is there a solution?" Ying Zheng took a deep breath, and his daughter understood better than he thought.

"The solution, of course, is to push all the systems back and re-establish a new order suitable for Great Qin." Zhao Qingrui knew it well, at least she would not suggest that her father use this system.

Ying Zheng's breath stuck in his throat. This girl is here to collect debts.

"Then go on to the tax system and the land system."

"The problem is mainly due to the increase in taxes and labor, that is, excessive miscellaneous taxes and heavy labor. As for the land, as I said just now, many Guizhou capitals can't get land, but the nobles are tax-free and occupy a lot of land. There are even some people who have a lot of hands and eyes, and they will hide themselves and let the head of Guizhou under their name be turned into private property." Zhao Qingrui drank a glass of warm water brought by Meng Yi, and talked for a long time, and his mouth was dry.

"Then what's the solution?" Ying Zheng fell into deep thought. Daqin has a lot of taxes, and the types are indeed very complicated, but these are all necessary taxes, and it is impossible to avoid them.

"There was an emperor in the later generations who divided the land into acres, combined the land into one, and changed various land taxes to tax according to the land. Large-scale land inspections were carried out, and nuclear fields were taxed. Unite and form everything out of Tianfu."

"Fields start from mu, if there are more fields, there will be more, and if there are few fields, there will be less. There is no way to deceive and hide. The first benefit is that the people will not suffer from compensation. If there is an audit, the benefits will be three; if each man completes each field, he will be able to do his best, and the benefits will be four."

"When our great cause is completed, I'm going to add another one, that all the land will be nationalized, and sales are not allowed. The head of Guizhou has the right to use it. These fields will still be nationalized after all."

Zhao Qingrui especially misses the modern life, that kind of peace, no turmoil, and everyone is equal.

Even if she succeeds in the rebellion, it probably won't work if Daqin wants to implement the modern methods directly.

Ying Zheng stood up in surprise, "Haha, Cai Caicai." He didn't expect his daughter to surprise him like this.

Of course, if this set of policies is to be implemented, the nobles will definitely oppose it.

Meng Yi was also shocked, if according to what the little princess said, Daqin would definitely be stronger.

"These are the wisdom of others, and I just picked them up." Zhao Qingrui smiled helplessly seeing his father so excited.

"All of this is based on the fact that the first emperor unified the six countries and laid a solid foundation for future generations. He was the pioneer, built the Great Wall, dug the Lingqu, built the Qin Zhidao and Qin Chidao, the books are the same as the wagons, and the weights and measures are unified. Emperor." Zhao Qingrui said with emotion, if there is no Emperor Shihuang, there would be no splendid culture in China.

Hearing that he had such a high status in his daughter's heart, Ying Zheng was very excited.

"You really think so? People outside say that he is tyrannical." Ying Zheng suppressed the joy in his heart, and his daughter said that he was an emperor through the ages, and no one had ever commented on him like that.

"Shortly after the first emperor unified the six kingdoms, he started frequent large-scale construction projects. Although some of these projects are beneficial to the country and the people in the long run, such as the Great Wall and Lingqu, they also greatly damaged productivity."

"Although Qin Shihuang issued some policies to benefit the people, the pace should not be too fast after all. The Qin Dynasty at that time did not have such conditions, and it would only make life in Guizhou more difficult."

"As for burning books and burying Confucian scholars, he murdered alchemists. All the books burned are preserved. Books such as medical books, divination and tree planting can be preserved. Those Confucian scholars and alchemists committed their own deaths."

Ying Zheng looked at his daughter appreciatively, she still understood him.

Unlike Fusu, who knows how to fight against him all day long and make him unhappy.

And that Chun Yuyue, who danced very well, he managed to unify the world, this bastard jumped out and wanted him to restore the ancient system and divide the world, so what's the point of him fighting the world?

"Aren't we going to rebel? You just said that Daqin's official selection system is problematic. What's the problem? What are you going to do in the future?" Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Qingrui with bright eyes, and now he couldn't care about Zhao Qingrui. Qing Rui is about to rebel.

"The selection of Daqin talents is nothing more than a combination of military merit support, hereditary inheritance, and recommendation."

"Let's not talk about military merits and hereditary succession, but about recommendation. The person who recommends must have both ability and political integrity. This system also has great flaws. The emperor can only select and appoint officials within a small range, which can also be said to be nepotism. Moreover, it is easy for the aristocratic clan to develop party members and control power, but it is difficult for truly talented people to contribute to the country."

From the hereditary system, the procuratorial system, the system of expropriation, the nine-rank system, and then the imperial examination system, with the development of history and the progress of society, the selection of talents by rulers has become more reasonable.

Of course, in her mind, the best one is the modern one.

"Then what's the solution?" Ying Zheng looked at his daughter expectantly, wanting to see how many surprises she could give him.

(End of this chapter)