Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 128 An open secret is not equal to an open secret! (seeking subscription)
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Ji Heng had already put on a thick fleece coat.

There was a fire burning in the house.

Fusu entered the room alone, bowed to Ji Heng, and put the wine in his hand on the table.

But before Fusu could speak, Ji Heng stretched out his hand.

Fu Su was taken aback.

"Money." Ji Heng said directly.

Fusu's eyelids twitched.

Ji Heng didn't care about these, and said to himself: "When you entered the house just now, you should have seen something new in the courtyard, a stone mill."

"It's something from the North."

"After I heard about it some time ago, someone also built one."

"It cost more than 100 yuan."

"There is also the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt during this period."

"A total of 190 taels."

Fusu smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "I went out in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring any money with me. I have written down the more than 100 yuan for Mr. Ji. When I return to the palace, I will send someone to bring it immediately."

Ji Heng nodded and said, "Tell me, what are you doing this time?"

Fu Su said solemnly: "Fu Su came here this time not to ask for advice, but to express some thoughts in his heart."

"Mr. proposed to 'take the road of founding the country again'. Fusu felt a lot along the way, and also had a solid understanding of the long-standing disadvantages of the Great Qin Dynasty."

"Fusu is grateful for Mr. Guidance."

Fusu saluted Ji Heng respectfully.

Ji Heng's expression was normal, and he didn't react much.

Fusu has long been used to it.

He told Ji Heng all the things he had seen and heard along the way.

According to Fusu, the Great Qin’s plan to consolidate China has achieved initial results. The roads are smooth, business travelers are coming and going, the river defenses are gone, and the rivers and boats are densely packed. However, under this seemingly vibrant scene, it is Undercurrents surged.

Fu Su sighed: "Sir, I mentioned it before, it's expensive to see what's wrong."

"Right now, Daqin is lacking in many aspects."

"The first thing missing is people!"

"Old Qin."

"If it wasn't for the last time when I left, my husband reminded me that Fusu might not have paid attention to it, but because I noticed it in advance, when I went to Yongcheng, Jingyang, and Liyang counties, I went to ask about it. After a while, the result was shocking.”

"When I first heard it, I couldn't believe it."

"There is no one in Guanzhong."

"The current population of Guanzhong is around 500 million."

"Among them, the old Qin people only accounted for about [-]%, and there are only a million people."

"And most of them are old and weak women and children."

"The remaining [-]% to [-]% are the Kanto population who moved in."

"What a palpitating amount."

"The old Qin people who relied on the great Qin to make a fortune and prosper, there are only a few million people in this land that has been cultivated for generations."

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Ji Heng frowned slightly.

He didn't say anything, just took a sip.

Fusu took a deep breath and continued: "I went to ask why."

"Mainly Lishan Mausoleum, the Great Wall and Efang Palace."

"In the past, the expropriation was mainly from the nobles and civilians of the six countries in the Guandong who moved into the Guanzhong. However, since the unification of the world, the Lishan Mausoleum has been overhauled. At first, only more than [-] criminals from the six countries have accumulated. Continue to move into Lishan, the young nobles of the six kingdoms in the Kanto region, and Lishan will gather hundreds of thousands of Kandong elites."

"If the nobles of the six countries take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, it will be trouble at the elbow and armpit."

"at the same time."

"A few years ago, there was a Tingbu riot in Lishan."

"In order to prevent another rebellion, the imperial court no longer conscripted young and strong nobles from the six countries in the Kanto region, but instead conscripted the old Qin people in Guanzhong."

"At present, there are 50 million old Qin people in Lishan Mountain."

"In addition, the construction of the Great Wall started a few years ago, and Afang, which started construction only last year. The government decided that for the sake of stability, they still chose to conscript the old Qin people. Therefore, in the Guanzhong area, the old Qin people who remained there were already young and strong. there is none left."

Fusu's eyes were full of worry.

Without an in-depth understanding, there is no danger at all.

Fusu looked solemnly and said: "Since the emperor came to the throne, there have been tens of millions of old Qin people. Among them, the population of Longxi, Hexi, Bashu, and the counties outside the Guanzhou accounted for about [-]% of the Qin people, and the population of the hinterland of Guanzhong accounted for about [-]% of the Qin people. Cheng, since the beginning of the Great War to Destroy the Six Kingdoms, the main force of the Qin State, together with the defenders of Xianyang and various fortresses, plus the royal family and various official guards and soldiers, etc., the total number is nearly one million."

"Based on the total number of all Qin people, roughly ten men and one soldier."

"If you count the population base of the army, it was nearly two or three men and one soldier at that time."

"This is also Da Qin's confidence to bring peace to the world!"

"In the war that swept across the six countries, 30 or [-] soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty died in battle, and the follow-up requisitions made up for it. Only then did the conscripts of nobles and civilians from the six countries begin, and several times the old Qin people were conscripted to guard the borders of Beihe."

"There are several times of population exchange and migration with the Kanto."

"Overall, there are as many as one million Qin people who moved out of Guanzhong, more than 200 casualties before and after joining the army, and a total of nearly [-] million were conscripted."

"At present, the old Qin people in Guanzhong, except for the men who are in the army, have probably spread to the border."

"The only ones left are basically repairing the Great Wall at Lishan and Afang."

"Mr. Ji."

"There are no old Qin people in Guanzhong!"

"If something happens in the world, if there is a change in Guanzhong, who can the court rely on?"

"Why did Daqin go to secure the world?!"

Fusu's face was full of uneasiness.

He really felt the crisis.

In the past, even if he heard that there was something wrong in the local area, he didn't take it to heart. The prestige of the Qin army has spread all over the world, but the foundation of the Qin army is in Guanzhong. Now Guanzhong is so vain. Once there is turmoil, it will inevitably affect the army. Isn't it dangerous?
The army is unstable, how can the world be safe?
And the more he learned about the situation in the world, the more he understood that the restoration of the nobles of the six countries was bound to come, and there was bound to be a decisive battle between Guanzhong and Guandong.

If that day really comes, Guanzhong will not even be able to pull out a hundred thousand soldiers.

How can this stabilize the world?
Fusu's thoughts surged, and his heart was full of fear.

Ji Heng's face was calm, he looked up at Fusu, and nodded slightly, Fusu's ability to understand so much is already very good, but he still has a "craftsman spirit", and he is a little too trusting in the information given by the local officials , These data may be correct, but how can the people from Kanto and Lao Qin be divided so easily?

Ji Heng put down the jug, and said slowly: "I don't know where these data come from, it must be from local officials, or directly from the prime minister's residence."

"But as far as I'm concerned, those numbers are not objective."

"It's also unconvincing."

"Perhaps the disappearance of the old Qin people does exist."

"It's also very serious."

"But too much emphasis on the old Qin people and the Kanto may not be without evil intentions."

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Fusu was startled.

He sat upright and listened solemnly.

Ji Heng said: "Numbers do not deceive people, but the person who records the data, or the person who tells you the number may not be able to deceive people."

"So you have to have your own ability to discriminate."

"It's true that the old Qin people have exaggerated their expropriation over the years."

"But how do old Qin people define it?"

"How to divide?"

"Who defines it, and who distinguishes it?"

"The hinterland of Guanzhong and Longxi, where the Qin State first established itself, are the Yingqin tribe, and they should belong to the old Qin people. But what about other places in Guanzhong? What about Bashu and outside the Guanzhong as you said? Are the Qin people in these places counted? Old Qin people?"

"What is the difference, time? How long is it for Qin to annex?"

"Or something else?"

Help Su silently.

He thought about it in his heart, but couldn't give a reason.

Ji Heng smiled and said: "If you can't make a distinction, you can judge as you like."

"For the Ying Qin tribe, except for those with the surname Ying, they are all 'New Qin people', while for the people of Xihe, Bashu and other counties, those who were annexed by Qin are all 'New Qin people' ’, if we take the time when the first emperor came to power, all the people in the Kanto region are ‘new Qin people’.”

"But Shi Huang reigned for nearly 36 years."

"Qin occupied Nanjun, Shangdang and other counties much earlier than sweeping the world."

"How about these people?"

"The distinction between old and new Qin people is actually a game of interests."

"Some people are using this to solicit power for themselves and strive for benefits, and such a situation has actually happened in Daqin."

"Orders to chase away guests and remonstrance to chase away guests!"

heard.

Fusu's pupils shrank suddenly.

He actually heard it in a daze, but after hearing the expulsion order and the remonstrance order, he immediately figured out the reason.

I reacted immediately.

Ji Heng said: "When Shi Huang first came to power, he issued an order to expel guests."

"Expelling Guandong officials."

"At that time, when the order of expelling guests was issued, the government of Qin State was almost paralyzed. The reason was that it was difficult to distinguish between 'Qin' and 'guests'. , all the Kanto people were expelled from Qin.”

"That's why the government offices in Xianyang have become lame and blind."

"Official affairs are paralyzed, many things are directly chaotic and there is no clue, and no one can straighten them out in time."

"The ones who are expelled are the people from the Kanto region."

"However, how the Kanto people differentiate is ambiguous."

"Those who live in the Kanto region are counted as people from the Kanto region, and those who settled in the Qin Dynasty count? There are also civilized and prosperous states that perished in the past, such as the Lu state, Song state, Yue state, Wu state, Xue state, etc. These people were born in the Kanto state, but they have long since died. The country was subjugated, so I came to Qin Shiqin from thousands of miles to find an errand, are these people from the Kanto?"

"In a hundred years, because of the strength of the Qin State, and the fact that the Qin State has absorbed the population of the Kanto region extensively, the population of the Kanto region that entered the Qin State reached as many as one million."

"Under the eviction order, they all belong to the Kanto people."

"You know the final result."

"Under the eviction order, the Qin court was in chaos, and the government office was completely paralyzed."

"In just a few days, the first emperor abolished the order to expel guests, and even ordered the army to block the population of Liqin officials, and give preferential treatment to win the hearts of the people."

"It's actually the same right now."

"You can have a distinction between the old and the new Qin people in your heart, but you can't take the initiative to say it out, and you can't use it as a basis to do favoritism, because you can't control this speed. Once you open the mouth of the old and new Qin people, the following Officials will only selectively implement according to whether it is beneficial to themselves, and the final situation will only continue to deteriorate."

"The old Qin people have indeed encountered many injustices. As the eldest son of the Great Qin, even if you have fluctuations and worries in your heart, you can only think of 'Qin people'."

"Changes and solutions from the perspective of 'Qin people', rather than one-sided designation of new and old Qin people."

"Fusu, you need to remember."

"An open secret is not the same as an open secret!"

(End of this chapter)