At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 301: The conflict between common sense and reason and distinguishing between friends and foes

Xie Yu expressed his last question: "Can the court allow us to do such a thing?"

Zhong Jun, a Han official with a thousand stone, would not dare to offend a prefect with two thousand stone. A private monthly newspaper like theirs might be banned just after it launches the first issue.

Li Si smiled and said: "It can be done if there is no prohibition in Han law. In other words, Han law does not prevent private monthly newspapers, so this monthly report can be run. As for worrying about offending high-ranking officials in Han Dynasty?"

Li Si smiled calmly and said, "We also have a backstage."

Zheng Qi said in surprise: "Our backstage?"

Li Sidao: "That is the emperor immediately."

"Emperor?" Zheng Qi and Xie Yu both asked in surprise.

Li Si smiled and said: "As long as the law does not prohibit it, it is feasible. This is what the emperor has been saying. In order for the Han officials not to stretch their hands randomly, I don't know how many Han officials in Guanzhong were punished by the Emperor. And what we do is what the Emperor wants to see. Yes, and it doesn’t violate Han law, the emperor is naturally our backstage.”

Outside Guanzhong, the Han officials may be lawless, but once they enter Guanzhong, they will become the most law-abiding beings. In Guanzhong, don't say that we can report the things that the prefects broke the law. Even if the prime minister Zhou Zhang made a mistake, we can still report it. You must remember that the emperor is standing behind us. "

Li Sidao: "Let's go over and take a look and we'll find out."

In his heart, Li Si despised Zhong Jun extremely. The disadvantage was that he had followed the Han Emperor since Chenjun, and he didn't even understand the Han Emperor's inner thoughts.

"Vegetable patch?" Li Si and the other three couldn't believe it.

His biggest backer is the emperor. It should be the Han officials who are afraid of him, not him. If the "Han Monthly" is good, he can be in a low position and even become the core of the power of the Han Dynasty. Even such a simple thing can't be done. I can't figure it out, and I still want to join the officialdom.

Only then did Li Si and the others realize that the Crystal Palace was actually built by Zhao Gao.

Li Si smiled and said: "It is no exaggeration to say that this old friend of mine is as rich as a country. The cost of one monthly report is nothing to him."

The next day, Li Si took Zheng Qi and Xie Yu in a carriage to meet his old friends.

Glass has become rapidly popular in Han Dynasty. For a few thousand dollars, the windows on a house can be turned into glass windows. The lighting of the house can be greatly improved, and there is no need to burn too many oil lamps. For wealthy families in Chang'an City, replacing glass windows has become a symbol of fashion.

Youdao is a gift from heaven. If you don’t take it, you will suffer the consequences. Li Si simply grabbed Zhong Jun's ecological niche.

"Thank you sir." Zheng Qi said excitedly.

So Li Si took the two of them outside the Yan Palace of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Gao said calmly: "This is the land purchased by our glass factory. It is none of your business what you want to build."

At this time, Wu Yue, a farmer's boy who was standing by, immediately said: "You can't slander people like this. We bought this land because we wanted to grow vegetables and solve the problem of lack of vegetables in Chang'an City in winter. This is a good thing that benefits people all over the world. "

"Isn't it glass?" Zheng Qi looked at the scene not far away in surprise.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty founded the "Han Monthly" firstly with the idea of ​​​​improving the atmosphere, and secondly with the monthly report to supervise the Han officials in the world, so he expected the newspaper to become a commoner censor.

Zhao Gao said calmly: "This is what the emperor ordered to build, and this is not the Crystal Palace, but a vegetable field."

Zhong Jun turned an intelligence agency that was supposed to go deep into the people into an official office of the imperial court. He did not think about the fact that the Han Emperor lacked his official office. If the "Han Monthly" really became an official office, how could it compete with the imperial censor's office.

Zhao Gaodao: "This is an off-season vegetable base jointly developed by the emperor and farmers."

Xie Yu still hesitated and said, "Sir, one monthly report costs tens of thousands of dollars. Is your old friend really willing to give you such a large amount of money?"

Zheng Qi looked at Wu Yue, who was dressed as a farmer, and knew that he was a farmer's son. He wondered: "Is there really such a thing as off-season vegetables?"

"After the emperor found out about this, he went to my farmer son and said that since the temperature determines the growth of plants, then use a cover to cover the high temperature so that the land can continue to grow in winter. This is how we came up with this experimental field. "

Wu Yue said: "Of course there is. In Shanglinyuan in Guanzhong, there is a hot spring in a canyon. Even if the temperature is not low in winter, vegetables can be grown all year round. The Qin royal family relied on this place to provide winter vegetables."

After all, the Han Emperor was too merciful. A mediocre person like Zhong Jun who could not even understand the emperor's will had long been a scapegoat in the Qin court and fell into the prison of the Qin Dynasty.

After arriving at the farmland outside Yan Palace, Li Si quickly found Zhao Gao.

"Be careful, each piece of glass is higher than your salary. If it is broken, you can't afford to pay for it." At this time, Zhao Gao was leading a group of craftsmen to build a glass house with steel.

Products such as magnifying glasses, glasses, and even various glasses cost from a thousand to several thousand dollars each. The most expensive glass mirror costs 10 gold per foot. Even with such a high price, it is still popular among noble ladies all over the world. like.

But glass is still a luxury product, and now he actually saw someone building a palace with glass. It was like a crystal palace. He couldn't even believe that the scene before him was real.

It’s okay to live extravagantly in the family, but now in broad daylight, the Crystal Palace is specially built in the palace where the emperor lives. What is the intention? It is to corrupt the emperor. Thinking of this, Zheng Qi became even more angry.

The person Li Si was talking about was the number one working emperor in the entire Han Dynasty, Zhao Gao.

Xie Yu said: "How can such a thing that violates the time of heaven be successful? It's not because you want to use this as an excuse to corrupt the emperor, right?"

Zheng Qi pointed at the glass and said, "Just to eat vegetables in winter. This is too extravagant."

Li Si continued: "The first issue of our "Rule of Law Monthly" can use Xiao Zheng's article as the front page headline. The textile industry in Han Dynasty is developing rapidly, and there are already hundreds of thousands of female workers. Such a large group encounters difficulties. If the imperial court doesn’t find a solution, it will definitely cause serious trouble.”

Now Dahan's glass factory is on the right track. Under Xu Fan's inspiration, it has developed dozens of products, among which the lowest-priced flat green glass costs a hundred dollars per foot.

Wu Yue said: "That's not what I said. People who can eat vegetables in winter will be healthy and fewer people will die. Human life is at stake, and a few pieces of glass don't matter."

Zheng Qi also wanted to condemn Zhao Gao, but Li Si pulled Zheng Qi and asked: "The emperor is not a person who enjoys pleasure. Are you not afraid of offending the emperor by building such a crystal palace?"

"How dare you be so extravagant without fear of the emperor punishing you!" Zheng Qi couldn't stand it and said.

Under Zhao Gao's development, Chang'an Glass Factory has become the most profitable factory in Han Dynasty. It can earn hundreds of thousands of gold profits every year. According to the 1% bonus Xu Fan gave Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao can earn tens of millions every year. Money has become the person who earns the most from working in the entire Han Dynasty, so Li Si said that Zhao Gaofu can be the enemy of the country.

After the city walls of the Qin Palace were demolished, this large area was opened up, and people could freely visit here. Because of the good infrastructure, many attractions, and the bonus from the palace, there were quite a lot of people visiting here every day.

When Li Si was looking for Zhao Gao, the employees of the glass factory told Li Si that the factory director had gone to the farmland outside Yan Palace.

Xie Yu was also surprised and said: "This is too extravagant. I, the Han Dynasty, have always advocated simplified musical notation. For this reason, the emperor demolished the walls of the palace to build houses for the soldiers, and also used most of the palaces for government offices and open them to the people. How could anyone dare to do this? Outside Yan Palace, build such a luxurious Crystal Palace.”

The palaces in this era were extremely large. Because wars were very frequent, even the capital of a country often had troops approaching the city. This resulted in a large amount of open space in the palaces of this era, which could be quickly converted into fields. There are many such fields in the Qin Palace.

Xie Yu frowned and said, "But growing vegetables in a Crystal Palace like this is probably more expensive than meat. Can ordinary people afford it?"

Wu Yue said: “We must first determine whether it is available, and then we can find other ways to replace glass, or directly lower the price of glass.

But no matter what, this is increasing vegetables and grains. No matter how beautiful things like glass are, they cannot be eaten. Grains and vegetables are actually edible things. Useless things are exchanged for edible food. This is a good deal for the world, how can it be called a luxury. "

Zheng Qi and Xie Yu were said to be speechless, because among the officials, hundreds of masters said that gold, pearls and jade cannot be eaten when hungry, and cannot be clothed when cold. Farming and mulberry trees are the foundation, although people in the world still prefer gold. Pearls and jade.

But today, some people really use gold, pearls and jade to produce food, and the result is such a horrifying scene. Farming and mulberry trees are the foundation, how can it be expressed in this way?

Zheng Qi and the others were confused for a moment. Although Wu Yue said it well, it was obvious that there was something wrong with it at a glance. Common sense and truth were contradictory, and their three views began to get knotted. They didn't know how to refute it for a while.

But Li Si didn't care about this at all, and instead told him his purpose of looking for him.

When Zhao Gao heard that Li Si wanted him to sponsor the "Rule of Law Monthly".

Zhao Gao said calmly: "What good does this do to someone?"

Li Si smiled and said: "The money you make now can be said to be as rich as any other country, but your rights can only be limited to this small glass factory, while a certain "Rule of Law Monthly" can affect the entire Han Dynasty ”

Zhao Gao thought about it and realized that becoming the director of the glass factory had made him a lot of money. His family's house that had been confiscated by the Han Dynasty was bought back, and his wealthy life was restored.

But he wanted to control power more than wealth, but his power could only be limited to managing hundreds of craftsmen in the glass factory. Even if the glass factory made more money, it still could not satisfy Zhao Gao.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Gaodao said: "Your monthly reporter has invested 50 yuan and wants half of the share."

Li Si shook his head and said: "My reputation is also very valuable. You can take 100 million and get % of the share."

Zhao Gao said: "Deal."

After obtaining funds from Zhao Gao, Li Si and others purchased office space and recruited employees and reporters. Compared with the conservative Zhong Jun, Li Si was much more radical. He recruited dozens of reporters to go to Northland, Hebei, and the Central Plains battlefield. Find hot topics in Dahan.

On the tenth day after receiving the investment, the first "Rule of Law Monthly" was published.

The words are divided into two parts.

After Xu Fan completed the purge of the powerful powers in the Central Plains, he led the reinforcements to the front line of the battlefield. At this time, Song Liu on the front line of the battlefield had already begun to turn from defense to offense.

After the huge war machine of the Han Dynasty was started, elite armies began to join Song Liu's team. All the steel factories of the Han Dynasty also stopped the production of farm tools and craftsmen, and began to make all-out efforts to build steel weapons and iron armor. The production capacity of steel weapons has skyrocketed.

Every 10 days, a new all-armored battalion will appear in Song Liuchun. In less than a month, the number of armored soldiers in the Zhendong Army exceeded 2.

Song Liu then used this elite army to storm the Qi army's front. Even though the Qi army was equipped with armor-piercing heavy weapons, it was still defeated by the Han army and could only retreat to the Taishan defense line.

Seeing that Song Liu was a talented fighter, Xu Fan continued to let Song Liu be the frontline coach, while he himself prepared food and supplies for the army.

There were 20 troops in Xue County of the Han Dynasty, and there were many civilians who needed to transport food, grass and baggage. Xu Fan often found them and chatted with them about home affairs.

"How was the harvest this year?"

The citizen said: "In normal times, it is neither good nor bad."

Xu Fan was shocked and said: "You didn't use struvite to fertilize your fields?"

The farmer shook his head and said, "This struvite is too expensive and we can't afford to use it. Most of it is used on the land of the gentlemen."

Xu Fan continued to ask: "Where is the compost?"

The farmer said: "I've heard that it can fertilize the fields, but we don't understand it and don't dare to use it on the land."

Faced with this situation, Xu Fan could only sigh helplessly. Guanzhong was indeed just an exception. The people in the Central Plains didn't even know how to compost. It can be said that the Han Dynasty had almost no influence on them. They still farmed according to centuries-old traditions. , if we want to promote advanced agriculture, we still have a long way to go, and we still need to increase agricultural talents.

The farmer said: "This war comes at the wrong time. I have just finished harvesting the wheat at home, and I was urged by the court to become a civilian husband. It's just that this year has been too chaotic, and the whole world seems to be at war."

Speaking of this, the faces of the common people were still a little frightened. Although the battle line was in the Qi State, the entire Central Plains and Hebei Province was in chaos because of the Han Dynasty's purge of the powerful nobles. These common people felt that the world had suddenly changed from peace to chaos, and they did not want to Going through such troubled times.

Xu Fan comforted him: "It will be fine after this year, and there will be no chaos in the world in the future."

Xu Fan had nothing to do about this. The war would definitely affect agricultural production. If the army and civilians were not mobilized, and Xiang Yu invaded the Central Plains, the casualties of the people would be even more heavy.

At this time, another citizen said angrily: "It's not that the King of Qi rebelled and ruined our good life. There are also those nobles who don't want us poor people to live a good life."

Another citizen laughed and said: "Now these gentlemen have been captured by the Han officials, and the situation is that they will be sent to Liaodong as slaves."

"The imperial court made a lot of money this time. The carriages carrying food and money never broke. The gold was so heavy that even the carriages broke. The gold was scattered all over the ground. Some people picked it up and made a fortune directly."

Then these people told Xu Fan the gossip of their hometown, about which young daughter-in-law the Han officials had taken a liking to and snatched to be his wife, and which poor boy had picked up the old man's treasure chest and made a fortune, which made people envious. Even Xu Fan had a hard time telling whether these messages were true or false.

But generally speaking, they took pleasure in the purge of the big men and believed that these gentlemen deserved their crimes.

The people of the Central Plains were all beneficiaries of the Han Dynasty's equalization of land, and they were all grateful to the Han Dynasty. The thinking of the common people is very simple. Whoever treats them well is a good person. Whoever treats them badly is a bad person. The court will distribute their land, reduce taxes, and exempt them from corvee. Such a good court will never be found in eight lifetimes. . The people naturally believed that the imperial court and the emperor were good people, and the rebellious King Qi and the noble lords were bad people.

The people of the Central Plains were on the side of the Han Dynasty, which made Xu Fan relieved. If the people supported the powerful nobles, they would not be able to change the world.

A few days after Xu Fan communicated with the people, Shusun Tong came to Xue County and found Xu Fan.

He persuaded with sincerity: "Your Majesty, there are many powerful and powerful nobles in the Central Plains who are loyal and loyal. What you are doing does not chill the hearts of loyal and loyal people."

To say which force had the greatest impact on the great purge launched by the Han Dynasty, it must be Confucianism. After hundreds of years of development, Confucianism has become the strongest among hundreds of schools, and half of the scholars in the world are Confucian scholars.

And this is also a historical choice. The Confucian theory is too suitable for the powerful aristocrats of this era, so these people have become members of the Confucian family and promote Confucian theories for their benefit.

Most of the purges of the Han Dynasty were caused by Confucian forces. Although many Confucian disciples did so because of Kong Kun's defection to the Han Dynasty, more Confucian forces in the Central Plains looked down on Xu Fan, who was of low origin.

In history, Liu Bang even destroyed Xiang Yu. Because the Confucian scholars in Lu looked down on Liu Bang, they even wore sackcloth and mourning for Xiang Yu. They sympathized with Xiang Yu's failure and gave Liu Bang eye drops.

But now Xu Fan's background is lower, the policies of the Han Dynasty are even more unfriendly to nobles and powerful people like them, and the imperial examination is not friendly to them (these Confucian scholars like to rise to the top in one step, and do not like the small officials who do practical work, so they do not like the imperial examination). In addition, the Confucian students in Lu were originally conservative, so they naturally hated the big man even more.

The result of this mutual dislike was that the Confucian scholars in Lu were almost wiped out by the Han, and many Confucian schools were uprooted by the Han.

This made Kong Yu and the others unable to sit still. They wanted to ask Xu Fan for mercy. After all, these people had broken bones and connected tendons with them.

So Shusun Tong came to the front line to intercede with the emperor.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "I, the Han Dynasty, are a newly established dynasty. It is an inevitable choice to cleanse the nobles and powerful people of the old dynasty."

Shusuntong wanted to say something just now.

But Xu Fan said: "Listen to me first. The ratio set by Lord Shang for officials, scholars, merchants, craftsmen, and farmers in the world is 1:1:1:3:94. Although I don't agree with all of them, I still agree with the ratio between officials and scholars. The first two are not engaged in production and can only be supported by farmers. If there are too many of them, the people of the world will suffer. "

"Now that I, the Han Dynasty, have nobles and officials, the burden on the people of the world has been extremely heavy. The nobles in the Central Plains and Hebei are powerful. They neither want to pay taxes to my Han Dynasty honestly nor do they want the industrial, commercial and peasant households to increase the wealth of the world. They treat me, the Han Dynasty It is harmful and useless, I can only remove these cancers attached to my big man. "

"I said during the uprising that the uprising must clearly distinguish who is a friend and who is an enemy. If we can distinguish between friend and foe, our Han army will be invincible.

Nowadays, when governing the world, we must also clearly distinguish who is a friend and who is an enemy. The nobles and officials of the Han Dynasty manage the world for me, and they are my friends. The people of the world pay taxes for the Han Dynasty, and they are my allies. The powerful aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms are not only unhelpful to our great Han, but will only harm our interests. They are our enemies. "

(End of this chapter)