Chapter 012 Ying Zheng: I must have an idea? Why don’t I know?
"Multiple times."
Zhao Long said with a smile, "The yield per mu is three to four hundred kilograms, which is not a problem to provide food and clothing for our villagers!"
What?
Hearing Zhao Long's words, Ying Zheng was immediately shocked, "Does this exist?"
"What, is it too little?"
"No, no, let alone three or four hundred, even if it is doubled, no...half times, it is already a lot!"
Ying Zhengxin said that there might be a great famine in this world at any time. Grain production has always been a very weak and fatal thing in the Qin Dynasty.
What a blessing it would be if we could double the world's food production?
"It's not much. How can even doubling it be enough? I want everyone in our village to have enough to eat! But..."
As he said that, Zhao Long changed his tone and said, "Just hoping to change farming is not enough. We have to find a way to get more food now..."
kindness?
After hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded and smiled, "Yes, no matter how good the food is, it will only be next year."
"Yes, so we have to find a way to develop some industries and make some money."
Zhao Long said, "When the time comes, go outside and buy some food first!"
"Buying food?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile, "Buying food is an idea, but if the world is short of food, I'm afraid the food will not be good."
"Hey, Old Zhao, you are worrying in vain. This is not the ancient times. There is no shortage of food in the world."
Zhao Long smiled and said, "It is true that our Zhaojia Village is short of food! Besides, food shortages in ancient times were basically caused by troubled times! In normal times, most people don't have much food in their hands."
"oh?"
Ying Zheng was stunned after hearing this, and then he felt moved and asked with a smile, "Sir, do you think Da Qin is short of food?"
"Qin Chao?"
Zhao Long smiled and said, "Old Zhao, you are quite concerned about the affairs of the Qin Dynasty."
"hehe……"
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Yes, I am indeed curious."
"Qin Chao..."
Zhao Long said, "The Qin Dynasty also lacked food, but there was no shortage of food either."
"How do you say this?"
"The Qin Dynasty was really short of food. After all, Qin Shihuang was doing huge projects one after another. How could he not be short of food?"
Zhao Long said, "It would be false to say there is no shortage!"
"Yes!"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded immediately and said, "Of course there is a shortage. Qin Shihuang naturally also suffered from a shortage of food!"
"He's too anxious."
Zhao Long shook his head and said, "I want to do everything in one go, but the productivity at that time is just there, so there is no point in rushing!"
"Really?"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng felt complicated, and then asked, "Then why do you say that Da Qin is not short of food?"
Zhao Long smiled and said, "Actually, you may say that there was not much food in ancient times. The real situation is that except for the times of troubled times and the end of the world, at other times, the total amount was not much! However, it was neither in the hands of the people nor in the hands of the people.
In the hands of the treasury..."
"Whose hands is that?"
"A powerful country squire!"
Zhao Long shook his head and smiled, "In ancient times, the imperial court belonged to the emperor. The emperor was the largest noble, but he was not the only noble. All nobles had their own granaries. The emperor's granary was a treasury, and the powerful nobles' own
The granaries, although not as good as the treasury, are still full!
Do they have little food in their hands? It must be a lot! The total food in their hands must be much more than the national treasury! However, Zhumen's wine and meat are smelly and the bones are frozen to death. How can they care about this? This food, the imperial court
It’s not like I can’t take it out…”
"This...is also..."
After hearing Zhao Long's words, Ying Zheng frowned, but Li Si beside him had a pale face.
That's right, he is the powerful person Zhao Long mentioned.
He is the Third Duke, and he also belongs to some fiefdoms. Naturally, his family has a lot of food.
certainly……
This fiefdom is not a fiefdom under the enfeoffment system, but a private property that is awarded to officials as officials.
These private fields belong to him, and the food produced from these fields belongs to his family.
Not only that, as an official, he also has to receive food from the court and serve it that year!
"Haha, the food in the hands of the powerful? I'm afraid I can't get it out..."
Ying Zheng laughed and said meaningfully.
"Actually, it's not that it can't be taken out, it's that it's difficult to take out..."
Zhao Long smiled and said, "You have to use the appropriate method! If the method is appropriate, it will still be obtained! If the method is inappropriate, the powerful people are the skeleton of the court and they work for the court. You have to make the powerful people feel uncomfortable.
Then the court will be in chaos!"
oh?
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Sir, do you think the method is suitable? Do you have any clever ideas?!"
"It's simple. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's take the Qin Dynasty as an example. The old Qin dignitaries in the Qin Dynasty were really rich. They had accumulated hundreds of years of Shang Yang's reforms. How could they have no goods in their hands? In addition,
After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he did not set up a feudal system, but he gave a lot of rewards and small fiefs, right? Do you think they have less food in their hands? "
Zhao Long smiled and said, "However, the Qin Dynasty also has a system problem, that is, all titles are not hereditary!"
"Yeah... um?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed, "Sir, are you saying that by opening up hereditary inheritance, you will exchange for the grain stored in the hands of the powerful? If so, wouldn't this be a disaster for future generations?"
What descendants will be left behind?
Zhao Longxin said, "Didn't the Qin Dynasty die after two generations?"
Still care about this?
"It's not about opening up hereditary inheritance. It's about selling some idle titles in the name of taking care of the next generation of powerful people."
Zhao Long smiled and said, "Of course what I'm talking about is that after the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, the world belonged to the Qin Dynasty. The dignitaries of the Qin Dynasty helped Qin Shihuang manage the world, but not everyone in the family is a talent, right?
People's hearts are made of flesh, and parents will think about all their children. If you can't get an important position, it's not that important. Qin Shihuang will give it to you in exchange for some grain and put it into the treasury. Isn't that enough?
If Qin Shihuang had done this and showed more kindness and kindness to the people, then at least the relationship between the court and the people would not be so tense! If the people all turned towards the court, could the six countries still incite public opinion so easily?
"
certainly……
Zhao Longxin said, no matter what you do, it will be useless. Anyway, there is a top Qin II, and he will be wiped out by Great Qin in just three years.
"But there is some truth..."
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "But sir, you don't know that the Great Qin Dynasty uses grain as a salary. If you hold an official position, you have to pay a grain stipend. If you go back and forth, don't you mean that you can't add food to the national treasury? On the contrary, as time goes by,
, the food that the national treasury will provide will only be more?"
"Hey, then you underestimate Qin Shihuang too much!"
Zhao Long smiled and said, "He must have an idea!"
kindness?
I must have an idea?
Ying Zheng was stunned, why didn’t I know?81zw.??m
Beside, Li Si was also stunned.
Hey, this kid has also learned how to pat horses from afar?
"for example?"
Chapter completed!