Chapter 294: The Second Year of King Qin
The administrative efficiency of Qin State is still very high. As long as the king agrees and decides that it can be implemented, no officials will object. Qin State will do its best to complete the latest policy. Today's policy is the new policy proposed by Lu Buwei. After officials from all over the country learned about the new policy, they did not feel unfamiliar with it. This is because they have all read the "Horse Costume Book", and the contents of the new policy are highly similar to those of the Horse Costume Book.
Many people even believe that this policy was proposed by Wu Chengjun. Lu Buwei was just an executor. Lu Buwei had no intention of controversy about these people. In his opinion, it would be better for everyone to think like this. He can still scare many people in the tiger skin of Wu Chengjun. This makes some people who hate the new policy dare not say anything. After all, this was proposed by Wu Chengjun.
There were indeed many ministers from Zhao Kuo who came to visit him and asked about the new policy, which was to ask about Zhao Kuo's views on the new policy in a different way. Zhao Kuo certainly agreed with the new policy. He was also willing to be Lu Buwei's tiger skin and was willing to be used by him. In this situation, the new policy began to be implemented in Qin, and the first thing was to be a benevolent and righteous army.
Officials from all over the country began to preach the benevolent and righteous army. They took the content of the horse fujun, and used the pavilion chief as the specific executor to preach policies to the people in various places. The officials of Qin were very familiar with this. When Wu'an Jun attacked Chu, they asked them to preach to the soldiers of Chu and Wei. Now, they have only added some content to preach to the people of Qin.
From the people of the seven countries whose Mafujun was as close as brothers, to the war in Qin State was to fight against tyrants and save the people of the world, to the bright future described in the Mafu books, the people of Qin State listened carefully to the officials' reading that the task obtained by Qin State was to make the people believe that Qin State was benevolent and righteous, and the war they launched was benevolent and righteous. They were to save people, not to kill people, so Qin State was different from all countries.
They even used the tax comparison of the people of various countries to describe the pain suffered by the people of the seven countries. For example, King Zhao wanted to kill horses and subjugate the king, King Yan beat the old minister Jiang Qu, King Wei was obsessed with men and murdered his own younger brother, King Qi ignored the government affairs, killed his mother, King Chu... King Chu valued villains and allowed the nobles to kill the people at will. In short, in the mouths of the officials of Qin, the people of the other six countries lived in dire straits, and the Qin people were the happiest, so the Qin people needed to save them.
The Qin State was going to end this war and establish a peaceful and prosperous era in which everyone had arable land, could afford clothes, and live a prosperous life.
Zhao Kuo felt that the pavilion chief of Qin really had the ability to be a political commissar... According to Qin's requirements, the pavilion chief of Qin was not only responsible for catching thieves and extinguishing fires, but their more important responsibility was to preach the law. The common people of Qin were ignorant of the word, and Qin needed to make them obey the new laws. At this time, the pavilion chief needed to take action and preach the new laws of the country or the abolished laws to the people, so that they could know what they could do and what they could not.
Therefore, the pavilion chiefs of Qin were equivalent to later police stations, fire brigades, and law firms... They had to provide legal advice to the people. If the people did not know the law, the pavilion chiefs here would be ruined. For those written contents to be understood by the common people, they needed the pavilion chiefs to have extraordinary understanding and outstanding eloquence. At this moment, these eloquent pavilion chiefs played a huge role.
They made the Qin people believe that the people of Qin are the happiest. Of course, this is indeed true in terms of survival security. Although Qin is harsh, the people living here may not be happy. However, if they survive, they will not be frozen to death or killed at will. Just like Fan Ju, he killed one of his disciples and a censor in the country. When the ministers finally impeached him, these two crimes were among them, and the King of Qin could not ignore these crimes.
As a country's prime minister, no one can escape such sanctions, and it is impossible for the officials at the bottom to do so.
Of course, the Qin State is still implementing Lu Buwei's benevolent government, that is, the policy of light taxes and taxes, which makes the people of Qin bear less pressure than other people. I don't know what the officials think, but the Qin people believe these rhetoric. They fight for great goals, they save people all over the world, and they fight for a better life in the future.
After having this idea, the orders for not killing innocent people indiscriminately and destroying houses will be more understood by these people and these soldiers.
At the same time, Lu Buwei expanded his school offices across the country, and required that the assessment be conducted based on the vacant official positions in different locations starting at the county level. Those who pass the assessment can get this position. These are all secondary, and the most important thing is the transformation of the military merit system.
Lu Buwei decided to change the military merit system, and the first thing was to reward. Rewards gradually turned to privilege rather than cultivated land. This was on the one hand, and on the other hand, the key to improving titles, gradually becoming a result from beheading to other aspects. Although the Qin State in the past emphasized farming and people with high grain output could get titles, this situation was still very rare. Getting titles faster on the battlefield and more military merits.
But now, Lu Buwei pays special attention to farming and water conservancy. Officials can also get rapid improvement in their titles through their own political achievements, rather than having to work hard on the battlefield. The people can also quickly improve their titles through farming and textiles... Of course, in order to prevent the decline of the military's combat effectiveness, Lu Buwei decided to give subsidies to the soldiers in other aspects.
Zhao Kuo was very grateful for this new policy, and he even encouraged his disciples to participate in the assessment. He himself would sometimes visit various cities in Qin to visit the results of this place, ask the people, and listen to their ideas. The Qin people respected Zhao Kuo very much. The influence of horse costume books on Qin was very huge, and Zhao Kuo himself was also approachable, which made the Qin people very close to him.
Some people even invited him to participate in local football matches.
The people of Qin were a little pitiful. Just as they were allowed to entertain, they met two monarchs who died one after another, making them unable to engage in entertainment activities for two years and they also had to be mourned. Now, the mourning period has passed, and they can come and play again. The people of Qin quickly fell in love with the sport of Taju, and even set up teams in various places, which made Zhao Kuo very happy. Zhao Kuo felt that he could form a league cup in Qin in the future.
Zhao Kuo was not the only one who thought so. Yang Quanjun, a nobleman in Qin, was very obsessed with this kind of sport and repeatedly proposed to the King of Qin to form football teams in various places to play. Yang Quanjun wanted to set up a county-level league, but this idea was rejected by the King of Qin and was severely scolded by the King of Qin. Although Yang Quanjun was the elder of the King of Qin, the King of Qin did not like him very much.
Speaking of which, since King Xiaowen's death, King Qin has never seen Mrs. Huayang.
He was with his biological mother Xia Ji all day long, but Lu Buwei persuaded him, saying: The king once accepted the favor of Mrs. Huayang, but now if you don’t repay her, who else dares to love you like Mrs. Huayang again in the future? The King of Qin immediately went to Mrs. Huayang and apologized to her. Since then, he never forgot to visit Mrs. Huayang regularly, and Mrs. Huayang is also very happy.
No one expected that Lu Buwei's new policy had achieved surprising results in a short period of time. After the proportion of agricultural and sericulture output in the way of title promotion increased, the people in various places were even more enthusiastic about farming, and there was no longer any need for officials to supervise them. The enthusiasm of officials was mobilized, and the output in various places continued to increase, at this time.
Zhao Kuo got his own gains.
After three years of cultivation in the arable land, he finally got a piece of wheat field. The grains of the wheat here are not scattered and have shells to protect. The people can directly harvest wheat without picking up wheat. Zhao Kuo immediately handed over these wheat seeds to the King of Qin. The King of Qin was very happy and took these precious seeds and quickly expanded the planting area. At the same time, Zhan also proved the theory of Ma Fujun through breeding.
The food grown after seed selection is indeed different from other foods. The food can be domesticated through seed selection and artificial pollination.
This discovery shocked everyone in the temple. At first, when Zhao Kuo proposed to breed food so that the crops could become more abundant, and even resist the cold and drought, everyone laughed at him, thinking that this was impossible. There were not many people who believed him, but when his views were confirmed, the ministers were stunned when they looked at the half-human-high millet cultivated by the exhibition in the farmland.
So, new agricultural innovation began in Qin State, and the promotion of the most new agricultural technology began in various places.
Zhao Kuo finally could breathe a sigh of relief. Humans finally began to consciously domesticate wild plants. Of course, if we trace it fundamentally, it could be traced to many years ago. However, it is the first time that we understand the principle and cultivate it with purpose. Even if we only increase the yield of a plant a little bit, this is a very big contribution, because when the crop is promoted, the increase in grain will be huge.
In the first year of the Qin King ascended the throne, there was no war in the world.
However, the Qin chariot once again abandoned other countries and walked in the forefront.
When the second year arrived, the King of Qin could not wait to call Lu Buwei.
Sitting in the palace, Lu Buwei looked at the King of Qin in front of him. He was busy in Beidi County before, so he received the order from the King of Qin to return to Xianyang quickly. Lu Buwei thought that someone had not been able to survive this cold winter. Unexpectedly, everything in Xianyang was fine. He was a little confused about why the King of Qin was so eager to find him. The King of Qin looked at him, cleared his throat, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm a little worried."
Lu Buwei smiled and asked, "Thank you for your concern. You are so anxious to call me here. Is there any other reason?"
The King of Qin then smiled and said, "Mr. I know me best... When my father passed away, I promised him to realize the world of a king. Now I have been ascending the throne for a year, but I have never opened up a territory for Qin. I want to ask you, who can be attacked among the princes?"
Lu Buwei immediately understood that the King of Qin was in a hurry to unify the world, so he couldn't sit still. Lu Buwei lowered his head and thought seriously. He said, "Since King Xiaowen, Qin has not used troops to the outside world. The princes probably think you are weak... Therefore, they relaxed their vigilance. This is a good opportunity to go to war." Hearing Lu Buwei's words, the King of Qin asked a little solemnly: "Then do you think I can attack the unjust tyrant monarch?"
"You can attack Zhao Dan, a villain."
"This villain Zhao Dan, who conspires to murder Wu Chengjun, is a huge crime. Moreover, he is alienated from talented people like Lian Po and close to villains like Zheng Anguo. I heard that Zhao State suffered a snow disaster last year. Because of his inattention, many people were frozen and killed everywhere. The grain production was severely reduced, and many people were starved to death. But he did not want to help the people, but he also summoned corvee labor and built canals, which cost national strength. Such a move was intolerable by Qin State. Please attack Zhao Dan, a villain!"
The King of Qin nodded, and he understood what Lu Buwei meant. Apart from Lian Po, this made Qin lose a powerful opponent, and the snow disaster and corvee labor made the Zhao people exhausted and had no food reserves...
"What exactly should I do?"
"I don't know the military, you can ask General Meng Ao."
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"Taiyuan! Attack Taiyuan!!" After rushing to the palace, General Meng Ao immediately stated his target to attack. Meng Ao said seriously: "If Qin can capture Taiyuan, it can prevent Zhao from continuing to harass Shangdang, and even directly threaten Handan through Taiyuan. In this way, when Zhao State is destroyed in the future, he can choose to send troops from three places, and the Zhao people will definitely not be able to stop him!"
"Then you absolutely, who can serve as a general to attack Taiyuan County?"
"I."
General Meng Ao said confidently.
The King of Qin looked at him, then looked at Lu Buwei next to him, and then said, "Then I would like to be the general and lead the army to attack Taiyuan County... This is the first time I have used foreign troops since I ascended the throne..." General Meng Ao stood up and bowed to the King of Qin, then said, "Please rest assured, I must conquer Taiyuan for you! If I cannot win, I will not return to Xianyang alive!"
The second year of the Qin King, Yuanyue
Qin took Meng Ao as his general and deployed 70,000 troops on the border of Zhao in advance. After the deployment was completed, he suddenly attacked and attacked Taiyuan.
When the news reached Handan and King Zhao ordered Lianpo to recruit troops, most of Taiyuan had fallen.
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Chapter completed!