When Yuan Wu said this, no one answered his question immediately.
It was because the officials and generals present knew very well that this issue was not as simple as it was on the surface, and it had already involved the final position of taking sides. If the words were slightly different, it would probably cause great trouble.
The sound of copper leakage in the hall suddenly became clear, and the blue brick floor reflected the broken gold shaking candle fire. Yuan Wu asked this question lightly, but the general kneeling on the steps knew that his guilt had been temporarily spared, and he knocked his forehead heavily.
On the cold brick surface, the scales of the armor made a harsh sound.
"Report to Your Majesty." Chen Huan, the chief censor, suddenly stepped out, and his robe surging in the candlelight like blood: "I heard that the seven counties in the capital have damaged a total of 437 houses, but..."
His deliberate tail sound shocked the jackdaw that was perched on the beam: "Every countryside is reporting the people to live as usual, and even have spare money to buy oxen and iron plows."
The cough of Li Muzhi, the head of the chief military officer, suddenly sounded, and cut off the topic of the conversation. The old minister's purple gold fish bag hit the hall pillar, and the jingle sound was covered with hoarse advice: "The old minister thinks that the act of rebel traitors is actually a scattered fortune.
It's a trick to win people's hearts! Those copper coins..."
"Those copper coins can allow thousands of households to purchase agricultural furniture and household purchases, send their children to the county school, and have a way out to learn literature and martial arts."
The light and dark candlelight reflected Yuan Wu's face, and the bamboo slips piled on his desk suddenly had no wind to automatically:
"Their extra ox and land will eventually fall under my rule, and the taxes produced will also flow into my treasury, and will eventually become the armor of border soldiers and the wealth shared by our great Qin Dynasty.
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He paused for a moment, his eyes slowly swept across everyone in the hall, and finally fell on the old face of Li Muzhi, the Master of Martial Arts:
"Does Li Qing think that I should punish these people for "accepting bribes"? Don't you want the soldiers under your command to eat and wear well and have clear armor?"
The old man who had outstanding achievements in the past and had a high prestige in the army trembled all over and finally bowed, his wide sleeves drooping, covering his clenched fists:
"The old minister... dare not, but the thief's whereabouts are mysterious, and his plan must be very small. I am afraid that raising a tiger will cause trouble. If this wind lasts for a long time, I am afraid that the people will change."
"Your dear is too much. I naturally know how to control my people."
Yuan Wu bent his fingers and knocked on the imperial desk at some point, and the flying eagle fire paint on the edge of the letter was shining coldly under the candlelight: "Hou Xu used the letter of advice sent by the Jiuling Golden Eagle in an expedition,
Have you all circulated it?"
Du Heng, deputy director of the Civil Affairs Office, took a step forward with the ivory tablet, and the Yunyan embroidered on the official uniform patch was soaked in cold sweat:
"No matter how evil this traitor is, according to the opinions of his ministers, his advice is indeed a strategy to benefit the country and the people. If it can be implemented, it will make our Qin Dynasty more prosperous and prosperous, and it will also demonstrate that Your Majesty is doing good and embracing all rivers of the sea.
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As soon as this statement came out, the atmosphere in the hall changed suddenly, and many officials exchanged their eyes secretly and tacitly understood.
They all knew very well that what Du Heng said at this moment was actually exactly what they were thinking - the content in the feudal essays really pointed out the many shortcomings of the Qin Dynasty at present and proposed many practical reform plans.
However, these words were said by Du Heng, but the meaning was very different. The Civil Affairs Office was in charge of the people's livelihood plans such as household registration, land, taxation, etc. The attitude of the Deputy Chief undoubtedly represented the position of half of the Civil Affairs Office and even a large number of court officials.
"Oh? Du Qing thinks, what is the admonition of this traitor?"
Yuan Wu raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was quite interested in this topic. The dragon copper furnace at the four corners of the hall rose up and the green smoke rose, and the sandalwood mixed with the cold fragrance of wintersweet in the ice-cracked porcelain bottle, woven into an invisible net in the hall.
"Go back to your Majesty," Du Heng took a deep breath and calmed his mind and said: "In the past, I saw the miasma forest in Lingnan. The local people used the "Thunder Talisman" to burn the wasteland and reclaim the fields, and the yield per mu was twice that of the Central Plains." He trembled.
Weiwei added: "What the thief said about 'cultivating productivity' is not a lie."
"For example, the thief mentioned in the letter that the land reclamation order may be changed to a step-by-step tax reduction, and the new land reclamation acres will be exempted from 50% of the first year and 30% of the next year. This will not only prevent the powerful from taking the opportunity to enclose land, but also
To ensure the benefits of farmers to continue farming... More importantly, the development areas that are recommended for land reclamation are marked later."
"Also, the idea of ​​converting some military talisman arrays into civilians is also quite clever. For example, using the principle of "Nine Palaces Lock Yuan Formation" to improve the granary, it can ensure that it will not be corrupt for ten years, and maintain the formation only requires
Several low-level practitioners who cultivate Qi in the second realm. If they are promoted nationwide, our Great Qin no longer needs to open a regular settlement for the spring wasteland!"
"What Lord Du said is wrong."
The Sergeant Zhou Yannian of the Military Affairs Office suddenly stepped out and bowed: "These advice seems grand, but in fact they contain evil intentions. For example, the previous article you mentioned, the field book of the border county is already in chaos. If you follow the new law, how to ensure the following
People won’t be slandered and get a full bag?”
"What's more, tax cuts will inevitably reduce the treasury income. What's the benefit of the country and the people?"
"Besides, this military talisman array is converted to civilians," he widened his sleeves, and the jade pendant on his waist jingled: "How can such secrets be disclosed to the common people at will? If they are carefully done by the enemy country, wouldn't they be responsible for the enemy?
Didn’t you destroy the Great Wall yourself and ignore the safety of the country?”
"Mr. Zhou's words are a bit alarmist." Du Heng twisted his beard and said disapprovingly: "These talisman arrays are not unique to me, Daqin, not to mention that the civilian talisman arrays proposed by the thief in his letter are all
Even if these basic formations are spread, they will not be harmful."
"As for the chaos in the field list, it cannot be clarified overnight. However, the implementation of the new law can force counties to remeasure the land and check the household registration. Wouldn't it be a killing two birds with one stone?"
"It's ridiculous! You are the deputy head of the Civil Affairs Department. You have been specializing in this position for many years. How could you not know that if you want to implement this order, it will take three years of time to retest the land?"
Zhou Yannian made generous speeches, and every sentence directly touched Du Heng's pain:
"How should we make up for the manpower and material resources spent during this period? Could it be that the military commander should send soldiers?"
Before he finished speaking, another official from the Department of Workers rushed to rush: "Master Zhou may not know that this time, that time is also the time. The lower officials have calculated that if a practitioner of the second and third realms performs the "Zhangdi Art",
In conjunction with the new Qianjun rules of the Industrial Bureau, the three counties in Longxi can be clarified in more than a month."
"Yes, 'Zhangdi Art' is one of the methods contained in the letter."
Du Heng smiled with his palm, as if he was confident: "In addition, there is another 'ramming earth technique', which is also highly commendable. Whether it is building roads and embankments, building water conservancy, or building houses and palaces, it can greatly save people's efforts and working hours.
.”
"Just counting on road maintenance, the annual maintenance costs of the official road from Tongguan to Changluo section alone can save at least 120,000 yuan!"
"Twelve thousand gold? Is this a lot?" Zhou Yannian turned his head and glanced at Li Muyi and continued to speak: "Don't forget that it took more than ten million gold to build this road back then! What's more, such a evil way,
How could you know there were no future troubles? What if the road suddenly collapsed?"
A candlelight suddenly burst out with a lamp flower. Yuan Wu raised his hand to intercept the splashing sparks. The orange red spot condensed into a flapping wings in his palm: "What do you think of Master Mo?"
Mo Shoucheng, who had been closing his eyes and resting, slowly opened his eyes, and the dispute in the hall immediately came to an abrupt end.
The old man stroked his long snow-white beard and his eyes fell on the secret letter of the imperial case: "The old minister was curious about this seventh article - 'Cultivation of civil use', and suggested setting up a temple in various places to teach basic breathing techniques. What does your Majesty think?"
Yuanwu's fingertips suddenly spread their wings and flew around the palace beam for half a circle. The falling sparks burned a scorch on the doctor's shoulder. The minister gritted his teeth and did not dare to cry out the pain. He heard the emperor say in a deep voice:
"You should know that the thief has put a modified version of the Little Zhoutian Guidance Technique in the paper scattered to the people."
The civil and military officials in the palace were puzzled, but they were just a very ordinary skill in cultivation. What should I mention if even those inexperienced practice places are not favored?
Could it be that because of his long-term retreat, His Majesty felt "why not eat meat minced meat"? He felt that those ordinary people who were not even very literate could also rely on this to embark on the path of cultivation?
Or do you think the traitor was deliberately humiliating the court and using such a superficial method to ridicule the Qin Dynasty?
"It seems that you still lack the insight."
Yuan Wu looked around with a smile, and finally fixed his eyes on Mo Shoucheng, who was rarely seen in the palace for discussion, who was rarely seen in the palace: "Master Mo should understand what I mean, right?"
"It seems superficial, but it is actually exquisite and invaluable, and its value is immeasurable!"
Mo Shoucheng took a deep breath and sighed: "Because, if this technique called "Health Preservation and Body Training", even an ordinary person with no qualifications may be able to cultivate the sense of venting energy and step into the threshold of practice.
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As soon as these words came out, everyone in the seat was shocked.
Cultivating the sense of breathing is not the same as ordinary body-strengthening and weapon skills.
The former means being qualified to become a true practitioner. If you spend enough time slowly polishing, the worst is that it will be the peak of the second realm, while the latter is just a warrior in the ordinary world.
"This...how is this possible?!"
Zhou Yannian said in a lost voice: "Even if a child of a wealthy and talented person has used good medicine to wash away his age since childhood, he has been trained with all his heart. And one of his parents is a practitioner, he may not be able to enter the path of cultivation. Those mud legs are
How can it be done?"
Even though he was born as a powerful family, in the past, Changling had not yet reformed the law and his family was in full swing, if all branches of the Zhou family were divided, many clans could not practice due to various reasons and could only become families.
The bargaining chips for marriage or exchange of interests may even end up with abandoning children.
However, those civilians who have worked for generations often find it difficult to even touch the word "cultivation" due to the lack of innate resources and the lack of acquired cultivation, let alone truly embarking on the path of practice.
But now, Mo Shoucheng actually said that the martial arts spread by the thief can allow ordinary people to cultivate the sense of venting their energy and become practitioners?
If this is true, wouldn’t it completely shake the foundation of the aristocratic family and even be in danger of overturning?
"Why, Zhou Qing thinks that I and Master Mo will deceive you on such a big thing?"
Yuan Wu snorted lightly, the Vermilion Bird flapped his wings at his fingertips, and suddenly drilled into Zhou Yannian's sleeves. The latter felt that his entire right arm was burned by fire, but he could not break free. Cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.
But he still had to endure the pain and leaned over and bowed down: "I... dare not."
To be continued...