Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 336 Sensation
"When the servants return home, they will be provided with food and rations, and the general will provide them all." The First Emperor suddenly spoke again.

The corvees in Da Qin were paid, but it cannot be said that it was a lot, it can only be said that it was almost none.

The official documents and regulations in ancient times are just enough to look at. It does not mean that all established laws and regulations can be implemented in place.

There are many things clearly written in the laws of the Qin State, such as regarding corvee labor. There are wages, and corvee labor will not be collected until you are officially an adult at the age of 17...

But the implementation of these things is based on the fact that the country does not have major projects or wars.

If there is a big project or a war, the corvee and money taxes will be heavy after the showdown, and the expenditure will naturally be reduced as much as possible.

The taxes of the six countries are less than one-tenth. When Qin came to the doorstep, it also implemented military control regulations. All the food that could be levied was levied. It would not be strange for the tax to be collected for hundreds of years. .

There was little peace in the Qin State. After the First Emperor succeeded to the throne and took charge, he officially began to unify the world.

There are more than one million standing troops, which consume countless money and food.

The Six Kingdoms are not fools. They must have tried their best to compete with Qin when life and death were at stake. At the very least, they would be more serious than Qin in terms of looting and exploitation.

How much food, manpower and material resources were spent?
After unifying the world, millions of soldiers were deployed in the north and south, and various major projects began to be built one by one.

The Chidao connecting the world, the straight road from Shangjun to Xianyang, the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Afang Palace...

After all, the wool comes from the sheep. To put it bluntly, although the Qin Dynasty has been unified, it still implements special regulations.

What's more, the territory before the Qin Dynasty unified the country was much different from that after it unified the world. Once the corvee started, it was no longer possible to rush to the place of conscription in just a few days as before.

Nowadays, it is normal to serve for two to three months or even longer.

A little further away, such as the land of South Vietnam, it is not surprising to travel for half a year. The Qin Dynasty also stipulated that conscription should be carried out every two years.

It takes more than a year to go back and forth, not to mention the special situation in South Vietnam, it is even more impossible to have a two-year period.

Qian silently wrote down all the instructions from the First Emperor and bowed to leave.

The First Emperor was left sitting alone, feeling a little strange.

the strange thing is……

According to his custom, in the past, matters of free service would be freely handled by the young government. The First Emperor never specifically asked about paying for travel expenses when returning home.

This kind of thing has its own process. The Qin Dynasty had so many campaigns and had countless experiences.

Even if Emperor Shihuang didn't say this on purpose, the subordinate organizations and the person in charge would handle it properly.

What surprised the First Emperor was that he actually remembered this matter and specifically warned him today.

Unknowingly, something seemed to be different.

Perhaps it was because Zhao Si mentioned Qianshou so many times that the First Emperor was really willing to lower his head and take a closer look.

It is no longer the eyes that treat tools in the past, but treat them as a living individual.

It's a small amount, but something is definitely starting to change.

The First Emperor knew Zhao Si's starting point very well, and he also knew that there was a trace of compassion in Zhao Si.

The First Emperor smiled for no reason, and then he changed his clothes, washed himself, and prepared to rest.

It's getting late, and no matter how heavy the news is, it can't stop people from needing a rest.

The next day, when the sun was just rising, the storm of public opinion officially began.

There are a lot of blockbuster news in this court meeting, but there are only two that can really attract the attention of the general public.

The tax has been reduced to eleven...Of course, the matter of taxes is another matter. If there are any projects or wars in special periods, the taxes should be increased.

But the tax has actually been reduced. This is something that truly benefits both the nobles and the common people. Only the interests of the court are harmed, which in the true sense benefits the common people.

The second is to reduce the corvee!

What did the First Emperor do?
He actually stopped the mausoleum and Afang Palace, and returned home as a servant?
It started out as gossip. Some people swore as if they were insiders, some were surprised and doubtful, and some thought it was ridiculous.

joke!Tax reduction?

Which serious old Qin people don’t know that this tax and corvee have been going on for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years, to people, it almost means that it has been like this since ancient times.

The old Qin people instinctively felt that it was impossible.

Some people are noisy and some people are talking.

However, in the afternoon, the county government in Xianyang began to post notices one after another to inform the public.

This was of course a decision made by Xiao He who had just taken office.

This notice is really a good thing.

A large piece of white paper several feet square with black characters and the official seal on it was clearly posted on the wall outside the county government office, with a government official standing guard.

The black characters on the white paper and the official seal are clear and can be seen at a glance!
There were no so-called official documents before, because there was no paper before, and naturally there were no notices.

If we had to inform the people, it would be nothing more than sending officials and government servants to publicize it in public near the county government office.

But people are more convinced by documents than people.

People subconsciously believe that even the words of officials may be deceiving, but notices written in black and white cannot be changed.

Even if Xiao He, a newly appointed county magistrate, goes out to speak in person, it may not be more trustworthy than a notice with an official seal.

Because people will abuse their private rights, deceive their superiors, and confuse the public...

Of course, it’s possible to write in black and white, but people are naturally more likely to trust documents.

"Is the tax really reduced?"

People outside the Pass fear Qin like a tiger or a wolf, but the old Qin people within the Pass have lived for hundreds of years, and most of them know about the legal system, so they are not so afraid.

As soon as the notice was posted, people gathered around and watched from a distance.

After all, this is Xianyang City, the political center of Da Qin, and there are naturally more educated people.

Some people looked at each word and exclaimed.

"The tax is really reduced, and the tax will only be [-]% in the future!"

"real or fake?"

"What's real or fake? It's written in black and white on a piece of paper. It's posted on the door of the county government office in full view of everyone. It has the official seal on it. How can it be fake?"

"This is a really good notice. Once you put it up, you don't have to listen to anyone's comments anymore. It's just what it says."

"Hey! It's really down!"

"The mausoleum and Efang Palace will also be closed, and the servants will be released to return home?"

The common people with little cultural literacy are just complacent in the fact that their good days are coming.

And some people with cultural literacy began to wonder, could Emperor Shihuang really do such a thing?

So the tidbits that should have finally come.

Zhao Si argued convincingly in the court, and everyone was convinced in private.

The case was solved, not because of the kindness of the First Emperor, but because of the loyal minister and righteous Zhao Si who was not afraid of life and death and spoke directly to remonstrate, which made the Qin Dynasty lower corvees and taxes.

Stereotypes never go away.

The First Emperor never looked like he could look down at the world.

(End of this chapter)