The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 427: Bingzhou Weirdness [Please subscribe*Please vote monthly]

After all, the nobility is the top of this era, and the circle of the top nobility is never limited to the country where it is located.

It is beneficial and harmless to Meng Tian and Meng Yi to make good friends with Yan Chunjun.

Who can say whether you or your descendants will ask for help from others in the future?

Sometimes it is often the shade of the ancestors that can give future generations a chance to make a comeback!
Especially for royal nobles like Yan Chunjun, his followers are all over the world, and the power he holds is not limited to the Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, Meng Tian and Meng Yi were happy to help with a request that did not affect Bingzhou's interests.

After sending someone to escort Yan Chunjun and his party out of Danlin, Meng Yi returned to Danlin City.

"The future of these two sons is limitless!" Yan Chunjun also wanted to make friends with Meng Tian and Meng Yi.

The platform created by Bingzhou for the two of them was too high, and coming up were the generals and supervisors of the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry.

With this qualification, no matter whether they return to Qin or stay in Bingzhou in the future, at least one general position will be available, and this is just the beginning!

The entire Bingzhou was completely under military control, and all grain, grass, and materials were controlled, limiting everyone's food and clothing expenses, and people were not even allowed to engage in commercial trade on their own.

The poverty of Bingzhou is obvious to all. The food ration for 300,000 people is an astronomical figure, and Bingzhou does not produce grain itself, which means that all the grain and grass in Bingzhou need to be imported from outside Bingzhou.

"Although population means productivity, it also means consumption. How can Bingzhou afford such a large population!" Yan Chunjun's long history was a little confused.

A capital city of 300,000 people. Except for Linzi, Xianyang, Handan, and Daliang in this era, I am afraid that no other city can have such a scale. Even Shouchun and Xinzheng cannot compare with it.

Therefore, Yan Chunjun did not look down on the two of them. They were friends with each other as equals, and maybe they would have the opportunity to work together in the future!
Because Yan Chunjun and his party passed straight through the middle of the grassland, they did not encounter any familiar people or envoys from various countries who came to watch the ceremony.

All the people can do is barter, and Bingzhou doesn't even have its own currency system!
All means of production are nationalized and no private ownership is allowed!

"Isn't the purpose of the war just for land and population?" Yan Chunjun was a little solemn. There was no shortage of land in Bingzhou and grassland, but only productive population.

However, they also encountered a steady stream of grassland tribesmen who were driven to the hinterland by Bingzhou. According to statistics, the number of people they encountered was almost over 10,000.

"This is the really scary thing about Bingjun!" Yanchunjun also had to admit that if it were him, he wouldn't be able to guarantee the food rations for 300,000 people.

Based on what they saw along the way, they could roughly guess that there were probably no less than 300,000 grassland people gathered in the capital of Bingzhou today.

"There are big problems with the system of merging states!" Chang Shi has studied the system of merging states.

Although such a system can ensure a balanced distribution of supply, in the long run, something will happen sooner or later!

Their starting point is already at the end point of countless generals.

But they have to admit that this is the only way for Bingzhou to survive now.

"If Qin only has farmers and soldiers, then what does Bingzhou mean?" Yan Chunjun asked in a soul-searching voice.

The Qin State and Bingzhou were largely the same. All supplies were controlled by the treasury. However, except for the early days of the reform, the Qin State relaxed its rules later on, and was not so absolute. It also allowed the existence of merchants, especially after Lu Buwei became prime minister. , the status of businessmen has been improved to a certain extent. But the people of Qin are still the same. There are only soldiers and farmers, and they pursue officials as teachers!
Therefore, any official of the Qin State who can be pulled out can be a general.

However, even so, Qin finally allowed free trade.

Only in Bingzhou, people are not allowed to have their own business activities, and all household assets are confiscated and allocated by the national treasury.

"Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die!" When Yan Chunjun arrived, Bingzhou sent Yu Qing, the imperial censor of equal status, to greet him in person.

"Learn?" Yan Chunjun shook his head. Don't say it's similar. Among the princes, even if the Qin State dares to imitate the merging of states, there will be a civil upheaval!

Therefore, what Yan Chunjun is most confused about is why there is no rebellion or civil commotion when Bingzhou implements such a system.

"Because we are poor!" Yu Qing spread her hands helplessly.

In any country, if you dare to do this, you will be scolded by the people in the world. If you don't go against it, then the people can tolerate it.

However, Bingzhou will not, because the people in Bingzhou are too poor.

After the state took control, it has been giving money to support these people.

All the people in Bingzhou are almost as poor as two taels of cloth. What else can be confiscated by the national treasury?

Who wouldn't want to trade his property, which even a dog would look down upon, in exchange for enough cloth to keep out the cold, and in exchange for a day's supply of food?

If you hand over all your assets, you can exchange for winter and summer clothes, two meals a day, continuous food rations all year round, and occasionally meat and fish, so who wouldn't want to?
Those family assets, even if they are given to merchants, can they ensure that their family's life is stable and their food is endless?

As for turning over the family property and still working for Bingzhou, what's wrong with that?
Even if they don't hand it over, they still need to work, and they may not be able to ensure that their families have enough food and clothing.

In Bingzhou, work is measured, and if you work a lot, you can exchange for meat and cloth with your work points!

And these materials obtained through hard work are allowed to be traded privately!
Therefore, Bingzhou really does not support idle people!
You can eat and drink and work around, but the supervisor will definitely throw you to the most difficult area to open up wasteland, and you will still get higher wages.

It’s just those places that no one who has been there would ever want to go there again!

"In Bingzhou, everyone can call you bloodthirsty, cruel, and vicious, but they will not allow outsiders to call you names!" Yu Qing said confidently.

Complaining is inevitable, but everyone also knows who gave them the life they can complain about now.

They themselves can scold Bingjun thousands of times, but they will never allow outsiders to scold you even once!
"Weird Bingzhou!" Yan Chunjun indeed often saw people scolding Bingjun and officials at all levels in the street, but officials at all levels in Bingzhou seemed not to hear them and ignored them.

In the words of officials, they even dared to scold you, but you didn't care. What's wrong with you?
"The literacy rate in Bingzhou is also the highest among the princes. Anyone can know almost a hundred characters!" Yu Qing continued to introduce.

"So scary?" Literacy rate represents knowledge and the power of the nobility.

The literacy rate in Bingzhou is so high, there will be problems sooner or later!

(End of this chapter)