My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 139 It’s hard to go up and down (please give me a monthly ticket!)
For the first time, Fusu felt that he was in a huge dilemma.

This makes him eager to promote some new people around him, those who really care about the people.

Fusu believes that even 2000 years ago, there must be such people in this world.

If he can't meet them, then he will dig them one by one according to the digging process in history.
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In the next few days, Fusu summoned some people with different identities, whether they were disciples, craftsmen, common people, or merchants.

Fusu summoned them all one by one.

These adults and young people were all brought to Fusu by local officials.

Their views on the laws of Qin and their attitudes towards the people of Qin are completely different from those of the children before them.

They did not directly say that the people of Qin were very nice and Qin's laws were not harsh at all.

This is what they told Fusu.

"Your Majesty, this "Qin Law" is really complicated and detailed compared to our previous laws in Korea, and the punishments are very severe. We couldn't stand it at the beginning, but that was just the beginning, and after two or three Years later, we will know how good Qin’s law is.”

"In the past, people in our city dumped garbage and polluted the water source, causing people in a village downstream to be infected with the plague."

"Alas, since the "Qin Code" was promulgated, I have never heard of such a thing happening again. Moreover, the environment in Xinzheng City is much better than before. The roads are clean and there is no excrement at all."

"In the past, the women who looked after the house didn't care where their children pooped or peed. Since the "Qin Code" was promulgated, the corners in the city that used to have the most stinky smell now exude a fresh fragrance."
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"Nowadays, people in Xinzheng are much more honest than in the past. In the past, I would have my money taken away five times a year when I drank in a hotel in the city. Now it's better. I have been there for three years. No money was stolen once.”

"Last year, I tied a donkey under a tree. Unexpectedly, three days later, the donkey is still eating and drinking under the tree, and no one dares to take it away."
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Fusu sat back in his boat. Guanfu came back, buttocks still hurting.Seeing that the prince was unhappy for several days, he wanted to ask why but didn't dare.

This was the first time the prince punished him, but he didn't expect the punishment to be so severe.

"You know what's wrong?"

Guan Fu lowered his head and said, "I will never dare to do this again next time."

"So there will be a next time?"

"Prince, I'm wronged. Guan Fu didn't know at first that you wanted to ask those children what they thought of Qin."

But in that situation, he really couldn't help but be angry.

Because the world they lived in in the past was very narrow. If a noble captured a few children for no reason, more people would think that they wanted to take them away as their own slaves. However, no one expected that the prince wanted to ask these little ones if they were right. Qin's view.

Who would have thought of it.

"Even in the past, no one has ever done this."

Guan Fu said, his voice was very aggrieved.

The prince is like an alien, using a method that is beyond everyone's understanding, just to understand the attitude of the people at the bottom of the world towards Qin.

As time passed, everyone knew that the prince was truly benevolent.

These senior officials also respected and admired the prince more and more.

But they don't recognize Fusu, because Fusu always seems very idealistic, even more idealistic than the king.

Those Koreans summoned by the officials all spoke in the same tone.

The implication is to advise the prince not to cause more troubles. The people of the old Han Dynasty have adapted well to Qin's laws.

This was also the attitude of the officials of the Qin State. They were tired of using old methods to manage these arrogant and recalcitrant foreign people, but the prince actually wanted to use new methods to benefit these people.

They felt that the prince only cared about giving favors to the Koreans and had no idea what it was like to be a soldier of the Qin State, stationed in front of other people's homes, patrolling day after day, and on duty year after year. .Going up and down is difficult.It's difficult for the Koreans, and it's also difficult for the soldiers stationed in garrison with foreign enemies.

This time, everyone could see that the prince was in an impasse.No one is willing to speak to the common people in Korea, and no one is involved in the question of whether to revise the "Qin Code".

Everyone originally thought that as long as they did not participate in this matter and ignored it, leaving Fusu alone and letting him give up, nothing would happen and Fusu's reputation and face would not be harmed. .

But he is still persistent.

Did not give up.

Seeing that it has been more than ten days since he helped Su arrive in Xinzheng, and including the days of departure and arrival, forty days have passed, and he doesn't have much time left.

He had to find a way as soon as possible to leave some practical benefits to the people of Xinzheng.
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Eight days later.

On a sunny afternoon, Fusu drove to a mine under heavy military protection.

Only a small number of people here are specialized workers, and most of the rest are apprentices who have made mistakes.

The large number of these disciples shocked Fusu.

There are thousands of people working in such a large mine.

They are all here because they made mistakes.Fusu now thought about the words of those children. If this situation continues, half of the people in a defeated country will eventually become slaves and work for the government because of the "Qin Law".

The interests involved here are really complicated.

Except for disciples, they are those who have made mistakes and can only repay them by doing corvee.

"Qin Lu*Sikong" stipulates: Those who are guilty and sentenced to a fine, or who are unable to repay their debts to the government, and use corvee to repay their debts, will be credited with eight qian for each day of labor.

Those who need food provided by the government will be credited with six qian for each day of work.

Those who served in the government were provided with food by the government according to law.

Men get one third of a fight a day and women get a quarter of a fight.

The corvee wages can also be converted into food.

Men and women served as corvees for the government. Men were given two dan of grain per month and women were given one and a half dan of grain per month.

The payment will cease if the employment is terminated.Men who are less than [-] feet [-] in height are given one and a half dan of grain per month; if they are temporarily unable to work due to injury or other reasons, their ration is reduced to one dan.

This means that corvees are paid, and it is more convenient to exchange for food for free. This is a person with social power, not a slave with no right to survive in people's stereotype.

Fu Su was inspecting the mine. The place was lifeless because the mines were full of common people. The officials were afraid that something might happen to Fu Su, so they only asked him to walk to the edge of the mine and look down from a distance for a round of inspection. This made him come back. .

On the way back, Fusu had a bold idea in his mind.

In an old capital city, half of the people had served as slaves or slaves in just four or five years.

Such numbers are really terrible.

Originally, the total number of people in the Qin State was not as large as that of the Six Kingdoms, but all the people were soldiers; now, the Qin State had to use its smaller number to suppress the common people, who were originally more numerous than the Qin State.

What makes people think deeply is that this is only a place Xinzheng has seen, so what is the situation in other places in the world?

If you meet a good official, everything will be fine; but if you meet an evil official whose selfish desires are higher than the interests of everyone, it is entirely possible to use Qin's laws to make a fuss for your own benefit.

(End of this chapter)