Country and Beauty

Xie Fei also knew that his idea was too universally shocking. He thought for a bit, organized his thoughts, and then smiled: "Jingjing! The big problem is the shortage of manpower, how many people are there in Qin State, how many men, and how many women? "

Up till now, Wang Meng still could not understand what Xie Fei was really doing. However, as a loyal subject, even if the emperor asked him, he would still answer. Wang Meng thought for a moment, then nodded: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject's statistics for the beginning of the year, there are a total of 2.710 million people in Qin State, more than 13 million. There are more than 5,760,000 men and more than 7,500,000 women. "

Xie Fei had originally known that the male to female ratio in the ancient times was different from the modern world. However, he never expected the disparity to be so great. No wonder the men of ancient times allowed concubines to be taken. If not, perhaps thirty out of a hundred women would have no partner and would be widowed for a lifetime. Xie Fei was moved, and sighed: "A woman is also worth half the sky! "What would happen if I used women in large numbers in all walks of life?"

Wang Meng looked left and right and found that the nearest imperial palace official was also three zhang away. He then whispered, "Your majesty, aside from the fact that women can raise their own children, I really can't think of any other use for that woman! "If the Emperor wants to use some women, he can do me a favor!"

Hearing that, Xie Fei's face immediately became gloomy. Since Dong Zhongshu of the Western Han Dynasty put forward the concept of feudal rule of the three principles, thus establishing the ruling position of monarchy, patriarchy and husband power, sanctifying the feudal hierarchy and political order into the basic law of the universe.

As an emperor, Xie Fei didn't deny that the Three Elements of Creation's role was often played. But as a person of the future, Xie Fei hated this bad habit of his. Xie Fei asked: "Isn't it possible for women to break free from their mental constraints and participate in the construction of the Qin State? In terms of knowledge, I am far inferior to Brightmoon. In terms of business and learning, I am inferior to Susu. There are many talented people in this world, but the number of talented women hiding in the people is even more numerous. I can only look at such people, but not use them. "What a pity!"

Although Wang Meng came from a humble background, he had still grown up in the Book of Virtue. Dong Daoru's concept of the inferiority of men and women had long since sunk deep into his bones. Even if he couldn't turn the corner in a short period of time, he was actually still touched. Wang Meng firmly shook his head and said, "The ruler is the subject, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife." The three levels were all based on the Dao of Yin and Yang. The king, father and husband embody the "yang" side of the sky, while the subject, son and wife embody the "yin" side of the sky. The sun is always in a dominant and noble position, while the yin is always in a submissive and lowly position. "This is the way of a saint. If His Majesty goes against the rules and destroys the ethical principles of the Party, it will cause chaos in the world. Your Majesty, you have to be careful."

In this era, women did not have the habit of wrapping themselves around their legs, and it was not as if women were virtuous men. However, women did not have any status in this world. Discrimination against women is a painful disease for the vast majority of men. Women only exist as male subordinates, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, another custom began to rise, men and women are not close. The classical Confucian etiquette of nobility emphasizes the separation and estrangement of men and women, preventing excessive sexual contact with non-husband and wife, and forbids women from having sexual relations with any man other than their own husband. The stricter division of men and women imprisons women in a narrow world not only restricts and destroys women's love for the ideal opposite sex, but also distorts their thoughts, feelings and desires, making them self-consciously tame tools of feudal moral power.

But as time went on, the rational code of ethics became absurd, and the woman's right to associate with the opposite sex was lost. It was a crime to say anything. There were only three men whom ancient women could be familiar with: father, husband, and son. Even in a commoner's home, a woman's behavior would be severely restricted.

Wang Meng knew that Xie Fei was someone who was used to walking down the path of the dark. Although Xie Fei suppressing the Wealthy Class was an earth-shattering move, this starting point was the long-term peace of the Qin State, and the emancipation of women was a serious challenge to the traditional Confucianism.

Xie Fei had definitely been in this space for a long time, and was used to this era's code of conduct. This problem could only be cycled closer and closer. There was no way to rush it.

China's women's liberation movement is also not a smooth sailing. It is not impossible to liberate women in this era, but it is very difficult. To liberate women, we must first solve the problem of women's equal status, some gains and some losses. If the more than seven million Qin State women were to exercise all kinds of protection rights like the men, they would have to fight for power from the men. Would the men agree? The answer was yes, he definitely wouldn't agree. If Xie Fei enforced this decision, perhaps his army would be the first to rebel. All the men in the world would turn against him. The hardest thing to change was people's way of thinking. If you asked a person who was used to eating rice to change to steamed buns, even if he had to eat due to helplessness, he would still change his way of eating steamed buns when the opportunity presented itself.

Xie Fei said, "Actually, the role of a woman is also incalculable. Behind every successful man, there is the help of a successful woman.

Wang Meng said, "This kind of attitude has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. If they want to change it, it would be harder than ascending to the heavens!"

Xie Fei still decided to take it step by step and slowly chart it.

At this time, the culinary officer had already prepared lunch. Xie Fei brought Wang Meng to eat with him. With regards to clothes and food, Xie Fei was not a particular type of person. Today's lunch was just like usual, four dishes for one soup, two meat and two vegetables. A plate of fried tofu, a plate of shredded potatoes, a plate of lamb, and a plate of pork. Although they were all ordinary dishes, in this era, it wasn't something that ordinary people could eat often. But with Xie Fei's identity, eating this kind of lunch would be a little strange.

However, ever since he had followed Xie Fei in the Azure Province, Wang Meng had known this master's habits. The places he should have spent money on, he would have never lost a single cent. The places he should not have spent money on, he definitely wouldn't have wasted a single cent. Xie Fei had never been stingy with his rewards for warriors and meritorious service. He had absolutely never been harsh towards himself, and had never changed during the inauguration ceremony since then. The gowns he wore at the enthronement ceremony were all laid out in different places in the imperial palace, and he did not seek extravagance nor extravagance, he only wanted practicality.

Xie Fei was filled with thoughts, after telling Wang Meng to sit, he immediately started to eat. Xie Fei was engrossed with his food, while Wang Meng was at his side like chewing on wax.

Xie Fei ate very quickly, and finished it in a few seconds. On the other hand, Wang Meng had only taken a few bites out of his pancake. Xie Fei raised his head and asked: "Jing Xuan, what's wrong, is our food not suitable for your appetite?"

It was not the first time that Wang Meng had dinner with Xie Fei. In a private setting, if Wang Meng followed the etiquette of a sovereign, he would be unhappy. Wang Meng said, "I was just thinking about something."

Wang Meng was still afraid that Xie Fei would act the way he treated the problem of the descendents, slashing out swiftly and ruthlessly like a knife. This way, it would actually be unsightly.

Xie Fei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't even think about it, I am not a person who doesn't know the severity of this matter. The current shortage of manpower had to be properly dealt with. Otherwise, not only would it severely restrict the economic development of Qin State, it would also have an impact that could not be ignored in the future. The meal had to be eaten mouthful after mouthful, and the journey had to be walked step by step. Similarly, this matter could not be rushed. "Without a sufficient population, I am unable to manage and expand my territory. Only with a sufficient number of talents can I expand further!"

Wang Meng said, "Regarding the issue of manpower, this subject still has another plan!"

Xie Fei looked at Wang Meng excitedly: "Quickly tell me!"

Wang Meng let out a pitiful smile. "This is not a whimsical idea. Actually, His Majesty has already been doing it for a long time."

"I'm doing it again!" This time, Xie Fei was at a loss.

Wang Meng said, "Your Majesty, all the nomadic peoples in the grassland have a habit. After fighting with each other, the losers will become the slaves of the victors, and since the allied army of the grassland surrounded Changan, we have cut down hundreds of thousands of people. These people were originally only used to repair the cities and roads. What the Empire needs the most now is labour. They can order the prisoners on the battlefield to no longer need to be killed carelessly like they did before and can instead become slaves, responsible for farming and being used in the construction of the Qin State. "

"Especially the distant Pirate State. I heard that there are more than three million citizens there, and they can make the Fukuda that we work with come out. We support them by giving them food and weapons. Now, His Majesty has ordered all the Han people of the Qin State not to be slaves, but to be responsible for farming. This way, although the production of food has gone up, all the factories in the area will almost never hire craftsmen during the farming season. Instead, they will be idle, and the use of slaves can alleviate the shortage of labour! " Wang Meng drank a mouthful of soup and said confidently.

Xie Fei understood Wang Meng's meaning, it was to use a lot of slaves. In this era Rome was still slavery, but the dynasty of the Gupta (the first feudal dynasty to unify India). The territories include parts of northern, central and western India. The capital is the Huadian City (now Batna). has begun to move towards feudal rule. In this era, as long as one was not afraid of the expansion of the slave class to an uncontrollable extent, such an action was still feasible.

Xie Fei said with a worried look on his face, "Doing this would go against my Qin State's righteous winds!"

When Wang Meng heard this, he almost choked on his own saliva. In Qin State. Xie Fei was indeed kind to the Han people, if not, he would not be sincerely embraced by the citizens of the Qin State. However, his methods towards the other races could be described as righteous, because in the battle of rami cordis, he had killed more than a million people in an instant, and in the battle of the Liaodong, he had killed more than eight hundred thousand people. He had killed a Murong Tribe with over two million people, and had almost wiped out the entire race of the Han people. Wang Meng despised Xie Fei's actions from the bottom of his heart. Shameless, he was really too shameless. But it was impossible for him to say these words to Xie Fei, so he said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, righteousness and benevolence is dictated by man, to treat our citizens, of course we have to treat our citizens with benevolence, but to this strange man who can kill my heart without dying, it naturally cannot be equated to discussing!"

"En!" Xie Fei pretended to nod his head: "Jing Lue is indeed a wise man, doing this is indeed the most suitable national policy in Qin State. The nomadic peoples on the prairie are all wolf-like people, after they are injured, they will hide in the depths of the prairie and lick their wounds. Once their wounds have healed, they will once again head south to the Central Plains, becoming a huge threat to my Qin State. "

Wang Meng said, "It's good that there aren't too many slaves. We need to be within a reasonable range, otherwise we won't be able to effectively manage them." Once there is a rebellion, it will not be easy to deal with. "

Xie Fei muttered to himself, "Then we will divide the Slave Division under the Department of Revenue into a Slave Division and a Slave Division. The Slave Division will specifically be responsible for the management of the slaves, and the slaves' right to life will be protected by the imperial law. In addition, the slaves were divided into ten categories, working hard and advancing. Upon reaching level 10, one could become a free citizen and gain freedom and property. If you rebel, you will be killed without pardon! "

Wang Meng nodded and said, "Our Han nationality is a nation with unlimited tolerance. In order to give the slaves hope, we should let the children of slaves of a certain rank receive education in Chinese culture and assimilate their children into the Han people. "As for learning Han Li and Han Li, they started to live their lives the way the Han people do. This is the most basic condition, which is to slowly integrate them into the empire."

With regards to this matter, Xie Fei also had a big headache. This was not something that could be accomplished in three years. However, he was glad that the Central Plains civilization was now much more advanced than other civilizations, and could completely assimilate this fact.

It was just like how a military conquest could conquer the world, but a civilized conquest could rule the world. He could use force to defeat the world, but he could not use force to rule the world. The military conquest was a must, but if one wanted to achieve the final result, it was necessary to conquer the civilization. For thousands of years, the Huns had plagued the northern borders of China. Although they had the powerful force to force the Darkhan Empire to bend their knees and seek peace with their parents, it showed how powerful their combat power and destructive power was. However, although the Huns had the powerful force, they had not achieved a great deal of domination. The reason was that they did not have their own culture and did not have the experience of governing the world properly.

Xie Fei said: "This matter is your specific responsibility. Give me the detailed terms and conditions, we need to implement them as soon as possible!"

Wang Meng nodded. Then, suddenly, he said: "Your Majesty, in the end, what is the purpose of our expedition to the Yan State this time? If your reputation is not good, then your words will not be correct, and if your words will not be correct, then it will be difficult to accomplish. The Empire's expedition should at least be able to make a name for itself! "

Xie Fei is now a traitor of the Qin State, leading his troops to chase after the rebel army. Hu Dahai, whose elite troops were chasing after them relentlessly, actually fled to the Yan State in a panic. If the Yan State dares to accept Hu Dahai, we have reason to send our troops straight into the Yan State to cause a ruckus. If the Yan State does not accept it, and send troops to attack Hu Dahai's troops, in order to protect themselves, Hu Dahai and the others will be forced to retaliate. Even if the Yan State burn people to kill and plunder everything, what does that have to do with my Qin State? "

The corner of Wang Meng's mouth twitched, but he still didn't say anything.

After dinner, Xie Fei returned to the imperial study room and officially gave the Expeditionary forces a secret order, "Agree to provide the Fukuda with two thousand sets of Qin Army standard equipment. But it was the backward Guard equipment. The price is that Fukuda must provide Qin State with one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand taels of silver in labour. "

This batch of equipment would not be worth more than five thousand taels of silver in the Qin State. Furthermore, this type of equipment could not be used to arm the regular army of the Qin Army. The iron knife had to be returned to the furnace. However, this kind of inferior equipment was undoubtedly the best equipment in Pirate State. Fukuda suffered a heavy loss from Jin Chuanyiyuan's surprise attack. But today, the Chuan family was really powerless. With 25,000 troops, they suddenly attacked the last Zhang nation, which had a defense of 4000 people, and in half a month, they had only occupied six small cities. No wonder the Yukawa's hyacinth in history could kill Jin Chuanyiyuan in a battle in a storm and become the biggest overlord of East Ocean Society. With such combat strength, it was impossible for him to not lose.

Yukawa's hyacinth had no choice but to compromise due to the situation. Accept Qin Army's request.

The first batch, thirty thousand young and robust Pirate State slaves were loading ships at the military port of Chang Men to set off for the journey. Just as the battle in the narrow stream officially began, the Zinzi family on the Nine Prefectures island also surrendered to the Qin Army, becoming their representative on the Nine Prefectures island. The Qin Army sent representatives to do the slave trade with the Island Jin family. They used the cheap goods produced by the Qin State to exchange for gold, silver and slaves from the Pirate State at a high price. Every male slave in the prime of their life cost two taels of silver, no bargaining. Women have to be cheaper, three or five hundred to one. This time, the famous people of Pirate State all had a way to earn money. In order to buy the luxury goods and weapons produced by Qin State, they didn't want to spend the gold and silver that they had worked so hard to get, so they set their sights on the citizens of the enemy forces. Although their warriors weren't very strong, they were still a piece of cake when dealing with the unarmed peasants and slaves.

Right now, the Pirate State had formed a special job, a slave catcher army. All of these people were famous warriors and raiders, holding weapons bought from the Qin Army, they were like locusts as they rushed towards different parts of the Pirate State. Regardless of the consequences, they had made the hostile farmers, and even the famous family servants, into their spoils of war.

Those famous people sold the captured slaves to the Qin Army, and the Qin Army did indeed give them the money and weapons they were promised. It had to be said that the people of the Pirate State were truly talented in crime. Their methods had made the ferocious Qin Army look bad, and wherever the famous army went, chickens and dogs were killed, old and weak were stolen, their homes were burnt and many of the citizens of the Pirate State were unwilling to be tortured. They had no choice but to leave their homes and hide in the deep mountains and forests.

With such a situation, Xie Fei was naturally happy to see it happen.

Just as the slave-hunting trend in Pirate State grew higher and higher, Xie Fei started to lay down his plans for the Yan State.

Actually, the plan that Xie Fei had thought of was very simple. It was to let the demonic servant, Ma Zheng, do whatever Hu Dahai wanted when she was drunk, with the intention of going against Xie Fei's woman. After Xie Fei heard about it, he became furious and wanted to kill Hu Dahai, but was dissuaded by Chen An, but Xie Fei was still furious and ordered to beat him up. And fired from all official positions, never to be hired.

He was originally born a horse bandit, and had a close relationship with several generals in the army. Hu Dahai then contacted a few brothers who had a good relationship with him to defect to the Qin State. This way, Hu Dahai could justifiably escape towards the Yan State. No matter how Yan State tried to deal with it, Xie Fei's final goal would be achieved.

His idea was not bad, but in this era, it was obviously a little difficult. Women's reputations are always better than life and death, if he lost a woman's life for a show, Xie Fei would not be able to bear it.

Although Xie Fei did not waste much effort on the layout of the imperial palace, there was a lot of attention paid to the residences of the emperors in the ancient times. It was winter, and the water was frozen and covered with a layer of snow. The vines that grew from the jagged rocks were dry, and the branches were covered with a layer of white snow. In a small pavilion by the pool sat a white-clothed woman. In her hand was a traditional adamantine flute. Why should the flute blame the willow tree?

The spring breeze did not bother with the closing of the jade door. This kind of flute is a kind of two-row ten-hole flute, like Xiao, not Xiao. A wisp of clear and gentle voice came from the purple Qiang flute, resounding in the air, perfectly forming a poetic curtain of wind with the snow, the flowers, and the people. It was ethereal and ethereal, but between her eyebrows, there was still a touch of lingering loneliness and worry.

This person, on the other hand, was the unnamed Caulis Amaryllis's Pearl, which was taken into Xie Fei's palace. An indescribable sadness quietly covered her heart, just like the clouds covering the moon. The ancient castle of Caulis Amaryllis was finished, his home was also destroyed. In the entire ancient castle of Caulis Amaryllis, only the five of them were left. He was not Xie Fei's concubine, nor was he a servant of the palace, yet she was enjoying the same treatment as an imperial concubine.

The life in the palace was lonely, the pearl who was used to being lonely felt no different from the life in the castle. However, all of her thoughts were on the prophet, Xie Fei. The ancient fortress of the Caulis Amaryllis was just a cornerstone of his success, and he was her chosen one. His emotions fluctuated, and the flute music carried a faint hint of sadness.

Unknowingly, Xie Fei had come here, and under the same courtyard wall, he had actually not seen the beauty even once in almost two years. Xie Fei despised himself, he was obviously a wolf, why did he pretend to be a sheep? Xie Fei walked up, and said indifferently: "Jing Mei, you are more beautiful, just like that!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ming Zhu's heart skipped a beat as she quickly bent down and said, "This lowly one didn't know that your majesty was here. If you're lacking manners, I hope your majesty can atone for your sins!"

Xie Fei glanced at Ming Zhu's well-developed body, his heart filled with emotions. If such a young girl could already have such a good growth, then after a few years her body would mature, what would happen to her? Xie Fei subconsciously touched his nose, "Are you used to living here?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. This lowly one is doing well!" Ming Zhu smiled sweetly. She was like a fairy from the mundane world, more like a otherworldly angel.

When Xie Fei saw the pearl, his heart was moved. She was a member of the Qiang Clan, so he should not care too much about the so-called festivals and reputations in the Central Plains. He did not know if she would be able to handle that. Xie Fei thought for a while, and said with a little difficulty, "Ming Zhu, I want you to help me with something, is that alright?"

Then, Xie Fei told Ming Zhu all the thoughts in his mind.

Surprisingly, Ming Zhu said excitedly, "I thought I was a useless person. Now that I can help the emperor, why can't I?!"

This way, Xie Fei's plan would be implemented faster.

One day, Ma Zheng, who was completely drunk on Hu Dahai, coincidentally bumped into a Heavenly Immortal who had descended to the mortal realm. He was interested in sex and wanted to invade Ming Zhu. She was grabbed by the female Luan Guards and beaten up.

Then, when he heard the news, he became furious and wanted to kill Hu Dahai. All of the generals who were close with Hu Dahai pleaded for, and when Xie Fei saw that everyone was begging for mercy, he was spared his death sentence. They hit Hu Dahai with a hundred whips.

Even the strongest man would die with a hundred lashes. Even if the person who executed the punishment had let go, Hu Dahai's life was only left in half.

On the second day after Hu Dahai was expelled from Chang An, Xie Fei caught up to him and personally helped him with the ointment. It moved the thick-skinned elder Hu Dahai to a complete mess.

According to the records of "Qin Shi", in the fifth year of Taiping, Emperor Qin Wu and General Hu Dahai, carried out a stratagem of tormenting the people of the Yan State, and kept the spies of the Yan State hidden. After five years of war, until ten years later, when the great general Hu Dahai was officially conferred the title of general of plunder, the world finally realized that it was only a stratagem. Just because Hu Dahai was a burden to the Yan State, the Yan State was not able to develop. Even when Taiping was in her fifteenth year, with the Qin Army's army attacking the Korean Peninsula and the roaming general Ran Min killing, the Yan Jun's overall strength was still weaker than when Taiping was in her third year.