Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 224 Various Suggestions! (seeking subscription)

Three days passed quickly.

Today is the time for Fusu to agree with the courtiers to give advice.

Lama Temple side hall.

Li Si and other important court officials have already arrived.

Fusu also appeared in the side hall very quickly. He glanced at the courtiers, but he didn't want to mention anything else. He said directly: "The time is almost up. May I ask the ministers, have you thought about a corresponding solution?"

The hall was silent.

No one was willing to speak out.

Fu Su frowned, and said with a smile: "All important ministers can speak freely, no matter what the solution is, Fu Su wants to hear it. If there is really a feasible solution, Fu Su will personally ask Father for credit for you."

It was quiet again.

Du He stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I am in charge of the Shaofu, and I have some understanding of the situation of the court. At present, the court has many mountains, rivers and lakes in various places, as well as a vast area of ​​forbidden land. If Your Highness insists on solving it, Maybe there's a way out of it."

"Let go of the forbidden area!"

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Fusu frowned.

He took a deep look at Du He.

The forbidden land and some mountains, rivers and lakes are exclusive to the Great Qin imperial family.

It's out of his hands at all.

And even if he dared to nod his head, Zong Zheng would probably not agree, and his father might not agree either.

Fusu shook his head, and said: "It is true that the Daqin Clan has many mountains, rivers and lakes, and has forbidden lands all over the country, but most of these places have their own purposes. Compared with the rewards of millions of soldiers, even The clan is willing to give some of it, but it may be difficult to solve the land and house rewards for millions of soldiers."

"also."

"The matter of the forbidden area is a matter of the clan's family and will not be discussed."

Fusu directly blocked the opening.

He can't be the master.

Nor should the courtiers be allowed to make a big fuss about it.

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Du He showed a look of embarrassment.

Finally, after hesitating for a while, he hesitated to speak, and then sat back down again.

Say no more.

Fusu looked at the other courtiers and said dissatisfiedly: "Besides this, don't you all have other solutions? Other countermeasures?"

Yao Jia took a few glances at Du He, then got up directly and said, "Your Highness, I am a Dianke, and my main job is to deal with nomads in the border areas, so I don't know much about the specific situation, but as far as I know, the court has In fact, there has always been a countermeasure, and it is very appropriate.”

"It's the migration of people from Guanzhong and Kanto."

"Or relocate some meritorious households to the northern borders of the South China Sea."

"Maybe it can solve the temporary worries."

"Your Highness, please enlighten me."

Hearing Yao Jia's words, Fusu's expression darkened.

What Yao Jia said was all nonsense. If relocating the population was really useful, why would he do so much?Yao Jiaduhe and the other two clearly knew this, but they deliberately said these methods, in order to prevaricate themselves, so that they could get out of this matter.

Fusu took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

He said coldly: "Dian Ke may not know that the relocation of the imperial court in the past was not smooth. Not only the people in the Guandong, but also the people in the Guanzhong will flee. This move is not popular. In the past few years, there have been many troubles. Afterwards, it will not only waste the people and waste money, but also cause people everywhere to complain about the imperial court."

"If we continue to implement this policy, we may cause a stir in the sky."

"It's hard to implement this policy any longer."

"And even if the imperial court wants to continue to implement it, can local officials and local people still stand up to this torment?"

"Can the world still stand up to this torment?"

"The homeland is hard to move!"

Yao Jia said in a low voice, "Why doesn't this minister know about this?"

"But right now, if I want to quickly solve the rewards for the soldiers' farms and houses, this method is the most effective and the most immediate. Or I can't think of other solutions because of my lack of talent and learning. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Yao Jia showed a look of shame, and then quickly sat down.

He didn't dare to raise his head to meet Fusu's eyes.

Following Fusu's rejection of Du He's and Yao Jia's suggestions, the hall fell silent.

Fusu didn't urge any more at this time, but just glanced over the other courtiers from time to time, as if expecting good suggestions from other courtiers.

a little.

Finally someone stood up again.

Shi Lu looked solemn, bowed and said: "Your Highness, the matter of rewarding the land and house is not trivial, so it must not be changed easily. I used to be the censor of Lingqu, and I have some understanding of the local situation. , as far as I know, the local head of Guizhou has a high degree of recognition of the farm houses, and the court wants to use other methods to persuade the head of Guizhou, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult."

"In my opinion, this matter can only be alleviated."

"The root lies in the military merit."

Fusu's eyes lit up, he looked at Shi Lu curiously, and asked, "Could you tell me a little bit about Tingwei?"

Shi Lu nodded and said: "The court can't give away the land and house, and there is no way to honor it. In fact, anyone with a little knowledge can see this, so the court can only find compensation from other sources as much as possible."

"Under Shang Jun's military merit system, if the descendants of future generations want to inherit the title, they have to be demoted to one level."

"I believe that if the court really wants to solve the problem, it can promise that the head of Guizhou, who has not fulfilled his merits, will not be demoted within five generations of title inheritance. After five generations, the title inheritance will begin to return to normal."

"Or."

"The heads of Guizhou with titles such as Shangzao and Zanniu can receive preferential treatment of higher-level titles such as 'Buchang', and then in terms of false rewards, the heads of Guizhou will be satisfied with this."

Fusu pondered for a while and asked: "Is there any disadvantage in this method?"

Shi Lu nodded, and said: "The disadvantages are obvious. It is true that within the five generations of the title, there is no need to degrade the title, but it can be promoted. This also means that in the next hundred years of the world, even if there are less than one thousandth of the million people If more than [-] people can be promoted, it will be a large number, and the burden on the imperial court will also be greatly increased."

"Even enough to bring down the court."

"And this also means that the title system will fall into chaos within a hundred years."

"The impact is too great."

"I really don't dare to think about it."

"Through these two methods, within a hundred years, there may be many people whose titles will not be changed, and the number of serving people in the world will be greatly reduced. This will invisibly increase the burden on the imperial court. Dare to make real suggestions.”

"Your Highness, please enlighten me."

Fusu nodded.

He looked at Shi Lu with approval.

Shi Lu's idea is very crazy. It is completely demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall. In order to solve the merits and rewards of the fields and houses, the entire military merit system will fall into chaos. This chaos is also full of uncertainties, which will not only increase the burden on the court, It will also cause great turmoil in the world.

This idea will not be passed.

The imperial court really did not dare to gamble with the fate of the empire.

But it is not easy for Shi Lu to put forward some viewpoints different from others.

He won't blame himself.

And he also knows that if there is a solution to both, someone has already proposed it before, and if he wants to solve the problem of the farm house, he is doomed to sacrifice the interests of some people.

Courtiers hope to sacrifice the interests of the clan, or sacrifice the interests of the bottom.

It is really difficult for them to transfer their own interests. They will never say this easily, and they will not even mention it to themselves and others.

Fusu sees Men Qing in his heart.

At this time.

Feng Quji said: "I have a different opinion. The situation in Guanzhong may have been known to the soldiers in the army. Therefore, it is really difficult for the court to continue to distribute the fields and houses. They know this very clearly in their hearts. Compared with the farm house, what they care about now is actually their own livelihood."

"I believe that it may be possible to exempt corvee taxes, reduce local land rents, etc., so as to restore the hearts of soldiers."

"But this move may greatly reduce the court's fiscal revenue."

"That's why I also proposed to levy corvee, taxes, land rent, etc. on the six places in the Kanto region."

"To offset the defects in Guanzhong."

"After all, Guandong is a defeated place, and it should be subject to high taxes and high rents. And as His Highness said before, Guanzhong is the foundation of Great Qin. Only by strengthening Guanzhong can Great Qin be invincible."

"So it is very advisable to lose Guandong and benefit Guanzhong."

"What is your Highness thinking?"

Fusu pondered for a moment, then shook his head again.

He said in a condensed voice: "Kandong has not yet gathered the head of Guizhou, and the old aristocrats have seriously violated the law. If we continue to levy high taxes and land rents, it may make Guandong even more alienated from the imperial court. Wouldn't it be encouraging the old aristocrats of Kanto? "

"If you really do this, it may take a few years for Kanto to be in chaos."

"This law is not right."

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Feng Quji sighed softly and said nothing more.

Since then, other officials have expressed their views one after another.

Some of them suggested that the free trading of fields should be allowed. He said that if the government allowed the free trading of fields, the fields and houses would have a price. At that time, the imperial court would send the money and food to the heads of Guizhou in full, so as to fulfill the debt owed to the soldiers. Field house.

And so on, it is recommended to confuse.

Fusu was also full of disappointment after listening to all of them.

The courtiers gave all kinds of suggestions, but most of them had no merits. Either they had more negative effects, or they completely demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall, and there was no way to use it at all.

Fusu was also very tired.

These courtiers are all the founding heroes of Great Qin.

The various major policies of the Great Qin Dynasty were also carried out by these courtiers, but the people who had always been far-sighted, when they mentioned the merits and rewards of the fields and houses, they suddenly stopped, and each of them became mediocre or even fatuous.

a long time.

After the surroundings calmed down, Fusu suddenly asked: "If the suggestions you put forward are placed on you, or if you are the heads of Guizhou right now, will you agree to the suggestion you put forward?"

A word fell, and the surroundings fell into dead silence.

No one answered.

Everyone was silent for a long time.

Ask yourself, if you were one of those leaders, would you accept these trade-offs?

will not!

They answered very neatly in their hearts.

No matter how powerful those things are, no matter how extravagant they are, their value is far inferior to the actual farmhouse.

Tianzhai is the real thing.

Otherwise, when Wang Jian conquered Chu, why did he ask His Majesty for a large number of farms and houses?Isn't it because these fields and houses are the most practical?It is also the most intuitive and realistic, and it is also the one that can best shadow future generations.

Others also deserve to be compared with Tian Zhai?

They knew this truth in their hearts, but they couldn't say it directly.

Fusu looked at it coldly, and said indifferently: "Why are you silent? Don't you agree with my suggestion? If you can't convince yourself, how can you persuade the more snobbish and more realistic Qianshou?"

"You let me down!"

Hearing Fusu's words, everyone couldn't help lowering their heads.

a long time.

Du He said: "Your Highness, it's not that we are not paying attention, or that we can't think of a way, but that there is really no good way. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, His Majesty called the ministers to discuss, but after a few days of discussion At night, in the end, we had to compromise and choose a way to relocate."

"I'm really helpless."

"Although it has been nine years since the last discussion, His Highness asked me to wait for a few days to come up with a new solution. Not caught."

"Your Highness, please calm down."

Du He and others bowed their hands together to apologize.

Du He was telling the truth. It wasn't that they hadn't thought of a solution, but they really couldn't think of a solution. If they could think of a solution, why would they keep hiding it?It has already been dedicated to His Majesty.

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Fusu was noncommittal.

He said coldly: "I have a different opinion on this."

"You really can't think of a way?"

"I do not think so."

"I think you can figure it out, but you just don't want to think about it, or you don't want to think about it."

"In the past, how high-spirited you were when you scolded Fang Qiu and pointed out the country in the court, and how calm and comfortable you were when deciding on various major political strategies. Why are you helpless now?"

"You really don't have the ability?!"

"I Fusu doesn't believe it."

Fusu swept his eyes towards the audience, and everyone looked at each other, but no one said anything.

Fusu sneered, and continued: "I can't even convince myself of your suggestions, how can I convince the millions of low-level households in Guizhou? Although I, Fusu, don't know enough, I have also I have been to places, and I have even been to the barracks of the Beiyuan Army, and I have some understanding of the situation in the army, and I also spent time to inquire about the real needs of the soldiers at the bottom of Guizhou and the army."

"The issue of farm houses is indeed difficult, but it is not impossible to solve."

"As long as you really put your mind to it, there will be a solution. It's just that you have become content with the status quo these years, and you are unwilling to do things that may harm your own interests."

"You can ask yourself if you have changed."

Be quiet.

No response.

After a long time, someone said: "I just heard His Highness's words, does His Highness have a plan in mind?"

Fusu didn't deny it or admit it, but said indifferently: "The method is thought up by people. As long as we can find the right problem, we may not be able to achieve the right medicine. Tianzhai is indeed very important to Qianshou, but it may not necessarily be an option."

Everyone bowed in unison and said loudly: "Please make it clear, Your Highness."

Fusu looked deeply at the courtiers below, and finally decided to speak out those few suggestions.

He nodded and said, "I do have some ideas, but I don't know if they are feasible or not. But compared to your suggestions, I think the policies I mentioned may be more feasible and easier to accept."

"Therefore, please give your corresponding opinions."

(End of this chapter)