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

Chapter 545 The Beginning of Qin’s Five-Year Plan
"There is no need to convene the great court meeting. Inform the three ministers and nine ministers and all the officials." The First Emperor waved his hand and looked at Zhao Si.

"The five-year plan focuses on the local area rather than Xianyang. Local county and county officials must notify Li Si clearly and ask local officials to draft a charter as soon as possible.

Mainly focusing on roads, canals, farming, and livestock... As for business... What do you think? "The First Emperor hesitated and looked at Zhao Si.

The First Emperor originally wanted to say that business matters should not be rushed, but the First Emperor knew that Zhao Si had a different understanding of business. This boy was very interested in business and might have some fantastic ideas.

"Business should not be rushed. This period of time is used to lay the foundation. Once the foundation is laid, agriculture will flourish and the country will prosper. Even if you don't care about it, business will rise because of it. It's just additional products. This thing is forbidden. I can't help it, why do I need special support? My grandson is worried about setting rules for them." Zhao Si shook his head.

"Just think about it clearly. Since Li Si has polished it for you, you can hold the edict in the East Palace and summon the three ministers and nine ministers to inform the officials." The First Emperor waved his hand.

"Is this appropriate?" Zhao Si chuckled.

"I haven't patrolled the world for a long time..." The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si faintly.

This guy is so lazy that he wants to refuse even if he is asked to take charge of business notifications.

"Let's go now, let's go now... The great father of the world cannot be in a hurry. I heard that now all political affairs are handed over to the father? After five years, many places will have built a lot of things. For such a great governance, the following It is inevitable that there will be measures to deal with it. After five years, we can indeed conduct a large-scale inspection of local construction in person to review the results.

When the tide goes out, it's clear who is swimming naked.

It just so happens that in the era of large-scale infrastructure construction, there is no room for hiding clumsiness. By then, both truly capable people and those who are just pretending to be useless will emerge.

The content of this five-year plan is major infrastructure and major projects.

"You have a good plan..." The First Emperor pointed at Zhao Si helplessly.

When the ministers saw the gift, Zhao Si didn't say much in return and asked Jizhu to present the "Great Qin Five-Year Plan" that had been printed in advance to the ministers.

Anyway, the main focus in the past five years has been infrastructure construction, and water canals and roads must not be faked. Zhao Si is not a fool and will be fooled by others. Naturally, he cannot help but bring some technical expertise with him to test the quality and results of various infrastructure constructions along the way.

The leaders of each department are arranged in order...

The abilities of officials in various places are different, and the local conditions are different. People are divided into good and bad, and things are divided into success and failure. In the same way, when completing tasks, there are also advantages and disadvantages.

"My father was joking, but my grandson thought about it and felt really uneasy unless he saw it with his own eyes.

Taiwei Wang Jian, imperial censor Feng Quji, and prime minister Li Si will serve as Shaofu Dian Gong...

When it comes to having fun, this kid is very quick-thinking, but when Zhao Si said this, the First Emperor was indeed very moved.

It would be nice to have a guy like Zhao Si to relieve his worries on the way.

Just because the general direction has been set, it does not mean that the following steps will be successfully implemented.

Mainly, touring the world alone is not really relaxing, and the First Emperor's touring the world was not just for eating, drinking and having fun.

Moreover, it would be a pity not to see the results of five years with one’s own eyes. "Zhao Si said with a smile.

Once a national policy is implemented, it cannot be completed perfectly. Even in modern times, it cannot be achieved.

Zhao Si heard the news and left, taking the edict promulgated by the First Emperor and the "Five-Year Plan of the Qin Dynasty" that Li Si polished for himself to summon the three ministers and nine ministers.

From the perspective of the ruler, it can only be said that Zhao Si gave a 100-point answer sheet. After five years, all the officials of Da Qin can hand in a 60-point passing paper. Well... it will all go down in history. Great book to write about.

Merely relying on local official documents and reports will inevitably cover up each other and beautify political achievements. It is really not as good as going on a grand tour to see with your own eyes.

"Five years is still early...we'll talk about it later..." The First Emperor waved his hand.

At that time, I will accompany my eldest father...my father happens to be in Xianyang! "Zhao Si said with a smile.

"Now in the Qin Dynasty, the border areas are peaceful, civil strife has been suppressed, food prices have dropped significantly, and agricultural harvests are bumper. It is a time of great governance. However, if you are running a country, you will retreat if you do not advance. As a king and a minister, you cannot be content with the status quo. Taking this opportunity, I am alone. I have secretly planned the state affairs, military and political reputation of the Qin Dynasty in the past five years, and now I am ordering the ministers to discuss and discuss the gains and losses, and tell the local government to use the whip and rope of the world, the people will use their strength, and the officials will do their best. The affairs of future generations will establish a long-term foundation..." After Zhao Si made an opening statement, he asked the officials to read it by themselves.

The "Five-Year Plan of the Qin Dynasty" written by Zhao Si himself is relatively complicated. Basically, I wrote it wherever I thought. Later, after a little integration, it was still a bit messy.

After Li Si's polishing, in addition to the improvement in thinking level, the organization became clearer.

The first is to state the concept of the master plan as laying a foundation for eternity. To put it bluntly, it means laying the foundation.

Secondly, according to the classification of military, political and people's livelihood, the performance goals and future prospects that each department should achieve are divided according to the official system of three public officials and nine ministers.

Then, based on the geographical division of counties, the prospects that each region should achieve in the future are formulated.

In addition to people's livelihood construction, such as border areas, there are also city construction tasks, etc...

In addition, each region has population growth tasks.

Of course, there are no particularly strict mission goals, and there are no actuaries in this era. Even if there are, there is no way to determine why. This is a political matter...

But if you perform well, you will definitely be rewarded, and if you behave well, you will not be punished. But if you lag behind and perform poorly, you will definitely be severely punished.

"As for the army, Gu plans to initially establish a parallel system of military service and recruitment within five years..." Zhao Si said.

"Of course, they are still soldiers in name, but the salary and rations must achieve a certain breakthrough within five years. They will be distributed according to half of the net profit earned by a strong laborer in a year. Secondly, weapons, armor, clothing, etc.... are all issued by the government, and recruitment is There is no need to bring them anymore. In five years, the army, whether it is clothes, armor or weapons, must be unified..." Zhao Si began to talk eloquently.

Reform of the military system is necessary. Da Qin's current military system is the most primitive military service system.

It’s similar to corvée, with no wages. Except for “soldiers”, the largest number of low-level arms are only equipped with weapons. As for armor and clothing? Think about it.

Being a soldier these days is a loss-making business. Not only do you get no salary, but you also have no money when you arrive, so life is very miserable.

This point has been confirmed by Heifu's family letters and there is no need to say more.

"The military service of the Great Qin Dynasty is no less than one million..." Wang Jian said quietly.

The standing military strength of the Qin State is an exaggeration when looking at all dynasties. Of course, this is also because the current military system of the Qin Dynasty is the most primitive military service system. Most of the recruitment costs have been passed on to the leaders of Guizhou. Therefore, the government's military expenditures are not as high as expected. big.

But if the military system is reformed and all recruitment costs are borne by the government, the annual military expenditure will be an astronomical figure.

There are 600,000 soldiers and horses in Lingnan, and if Zhao Si's feudal state is included in the border areas, there are also 500,000... plus the troops deployed in various counties and vassal areas, the total force must be 1.5 million.

"How many of the more than one million soldiers who serve are actually soldiers? The border areas are both cultivated and fought... I can't tell whether it is corvee service or military service." Zhao Si shook his head.

"Take the 600,000 soldiers and horses in Lingnan as an example. The actual combat effectiveness of these 600,000 soldiers and horses is probably not even 200,000. Among them, 50,000 can be considered elite soldiers. When you pick up the weapon, you are a soldier. When you put down the weapon, you are a farmer. It’s no different…” Zhao Si rubbed his eyebrows. "In fact, this is true not only in Lingnan but also in frontier armies from all over the country..."

This is related to the national policy of the Qin Dynasty. Six hundred thousand soldiers and horses sounds like a lot, but in fact it is an expansion of the army, followed by conquest by force. The main purpose is to enrich the production and construction of the border areas, so the quality of the soldiers is generally low.

Especially the 600,000 soldiers and horses in Lingnan, which is ridiculously large. Its main personnel are son-in-laws, traders, criminals, and the leaders of the Six Kingdoms... There is no comparison with the Great Wall Corps.

If there were really 600,000 elite soldiers, would Lingnan still need to implement the policy of integrating Baiyue?

Of course, in fact, from a modern perspective, the combat effectiveness of the Great Wall Corps is lackluster.

Under the military service system, it is impossible to have truly elite soldiers.

Qin's combat effectiveness is strong because its farming and warfare system ensures that its lower limit is relatively high.

If we really want to talk about elite soldiers, the only one in Da Qin that can be called elite soldiers is Yu Lin in Xianyang.

The Habayashi Garrison is composed of completely off-the-job soldiers, and all of them are veterans with military exploits. They are a group with strong military skills. Every one of them can be an officer.

Although there are only a few thousand people in Yulin, by expanding with them as the core unit, it is easy to pull out an army with no less than 200,000 people and quite good combat effectiveness.

If the two armies really faced off, it would be easy for thousands of Yu Lin to defeat ten times more Lingnan soldiers.

If we are dealing with barbarians on the border, regardless of climate and geographical factors... it is not an exaggeration to say that one is worth a hundred.

"On the south and north sides of Lingnan, 11 troops will be transferred and reorganized into the standing army. They will be rotated every five years. The remaining troops will be reorganized into the Futuntian troops." Zhao Si said.

Zhao Si has already thought about this...

The border army was too watery. Even if Zhao Si planned to change the military service to recruiting soldiers, it would not be possible to pay individual wages.

Having millions of mouths is the second priority. If all of Da Qin's more than one million soldiers and horses were really high-quality soldiers, Zhao Si would tighten his belt and find a way to raise wages and weapons for them.

Just kidding, more than one million high-quality troops, equipment and wages can keep up, which is enough to push Europe and Asia.

The problem is that among the more than one million people, it is hard to say whether there are 300,000 high-quality soldiers.

What is a high-quality soldier source? A son of a good family, tall and powerful, with strong understanding ability, good military literacy, strong obedience, and fearless of death...

Even when the dynasties were at their most prosperous, they might not be able to recruit 500,000 high-quality troops.

Zhao Si's plan was to select relatively outstanding members from various frontier armies and organize them into a standing force, which would be equipped by the government with weapons, equipment, food rations, and salaries.

From then on, he will be responsible for fighting and military literacy training. He will be rotated every five years. From now on, he will be a professional soldier.

As for the rest? Instead, the army will be stationed in the fields, cultivating in peacetime and summoned in wartime. On the one hand, production, construction and development will not be left behind, and on the other hand, military expenditures will not be excessive and wasteful.

"In that case, I have no objection." Wang Jian nodded after hearing this.

"When it comes to the reform of the military system, a single move can affect the whole body. Please take care of it, General Wang." Zhao Si heard the sound and said.

"Although I am an old man, I still have the energy to help His Highness." Wang Jian nodded.

There is no need to say more about this matter. After all, Wang Li has been almost bound to Zhao Si, and it was Zhao Si who proposed the Great Qin Five-Year Plan. Moreover, Wang Jian is still a lieutenant, so he should do his best both emotionally and rationally.

The most important thing is that Wang Jian already feels that his time is running out. In the last stage of his life, he hopes to make Wang Li's path wider.

Sun was thousands of miles away. Although Wang Jian didn't say anything, how could he not worry about him?

After confirming the military reform with Wang Jian, Zhao Sifu looked at Li Si again.

“As for people’s livelihood in various places, the first priority is to build roads.

First, Chidao in the world must be completely connected within five years and connect all counties in the world. Secondly, official roads in each county must be able to reach Chidao directly.

The official standards of Chidao have been fixed and there is no need to change them, just stay as they are.

Secondly, the channel farming and mulberry work should be adapted to local conditions. The conditions in different places are different and difficult to be constant. Within five years, natural disasters and insect disasters will inevitably occur. It is difficult to make decisions in advance. All rewards and punishments are based on the actual production conditions over the years.

In addition to this is the population... We must promote more people to have more children. Now that farming is convenient, it will not be difficult to have children.

All localities must supervise and supervise. If there is an act of drowning of infants, both men and women will be severely punished. Those who collect, cut, and abduct children will be killed without mercy. This is not a five-year policy, but a long-term policy. We must strictly supervise. "Zhao Si said.

Li Si naturally had no objections. As the head of a hundred officials and the highest level of counties and counties, he was naturally responsible for the summary and actual implementation of people's livelihood in various places.

"Will be the young master..." Zhao Sifu looked at Xian Gong again.

"The system of the young master must also be changed. The craftsmen's salaries should be paid as they should, and their remuneration should be improved. Now the law has been changed. They cannot be driven by livestock. Craftsmen do not work in agriculture and can only make a living by working..."

Xian Gong nodded. He had expected this a long time ago, but he was just pretending to be confused.

There is no other way. The sooner you start, the sooner you pay. Although the future Shaofu is not short of money, who can come up with it?

The general trend is now, and there is no way around it.

"In addition to restructuring, we need to recruit more craftsmen. In addition to the Xianyang official office, five more production and gathering places will be built in Longxi, Lingnan, Liaodong, Jiaodong, and Langya within five years. Minerals in various places will be vigorously exploited. This is the first priority..."

The requirements for a general to serve as a Shaofu are relatively simple.

Increase production, increase production, increase production.

"Governing the history of Li Nei... Encouraging farming in Sangzi and promoting farming techniques should be taken into account in all places. Although Daqin's grain production is abundant, there is never too much food. In the future, food expenses will only increase. In addition, It is good to set up warehouses in various places. It is good to have low grain prices, but the price of grain will hurt farmers. It should not be too high or too low... The details will be detailed here and will be reported to Yu Gu after discussion. "

"Master Yushi supervises all county and county officials in the world..."

"Your Majesty... Set up a horse factory in Yinshan... In addition, a breeding ground for fine horses will be opened in the pass... Five years from now, Gu Yao will see 200,000 new horses!"

"The law has been changed. Tingwei can no longer practice the old law. He should set an example and make the new law be implemented as soon as possible..."

"Dianke changed the general order... He was in charge of the affairs of various countries, and he investigated the actual situation of other countries' territories and the political trends of other countries..."

(End of this chapter)