Meng Tian's words came out, and the sound of needles dropping could be heard in the hall!
If the saying that the Huns cavalry could break through the Great Wall and "leap their horses and whip their whips to the land of Xianyang" came from the mouth of any minister in the court, I am afraid that any of the ministers in the palace would be the first to stand up and spit on him.
, and then cursed, saying that he is misleading the public with his evil words, or that he is a lunatic. Of course, if there is such a thing as lunacy in Da Qin at this time!
However, after hearing what Meng Tian said, all the important Qin officials in the palace, including Li Si and Wei Liao, collectively fell into deep thought!
Everyone knows that Meng Tian will not be alarmist, and as Meng Tian is, he will not do alarmist things! Meng Tian, who is the number one person in the Qin army, is now dealing with or fighting with the Huns.
The most experienced person!
It seems that according to the words of the emperor and Meng Tian, the Huns are more dangerous than the survivors of the Six Kingdoms who have set off a wave of restoration in the Qin Dynasty? But, what does the Huns have to do with the abolition of the slaves?
When everyone was meditating, such thoughts appeared in their minds involuntarily!
The young emperor who was perched high above the main hall spoke up at this time!
"Do you all know what I have said? I must be thinking about the connection between the Huns and the abolition of slaves. Then I will tell you.
It is impossible for me to unite with Meng Aiqing to compete with the fate of our country and the abolition of slaves! The threat of the Huns is still under control. After all, the Maodun unified the vast land and destroyed the Donghu and other tribes. I want to digest it.
Such a huge land also takes time. In the same way, it will also take some time for the Huns to consolidate their strength before they can truly move south.
However, this time will definitely not be too long. It may be one month, it may be two months, it may even be a year and a half, or half a month!
And our Qin Dynasty is now in ruins and waiting to be reborn. There is still Xiang Liang pending in the south, and the matter of Ziying has not yet been resolved. Fortunately, Xiang Liang's army has all retreated to the south of the Huaihe River, and everything in the hinterland of the Central Plains and Shandong has returned to peace!
I want to abolish the slave status. It is not to snatch private slaves from your dear friends, but to allow our great Qin Dynasty to have enough manpower to recuperate and recuperate! After accumulating strength, we can have enough power to deal with the Huns who are about to go south after quelling the chaos in the south.
people!
In various parts of the Qin Dynasty, after years of wars, the people's livelihood has declined and the population is not prosperous. If there is another natural disaster, chaos will spread across the country! At this moment, countless lands in the Central Plains need people to cultivate, and we, the Qin Dynasty, need enough people.
Come and rectify this fertile soil of China, which is full of desolation.
However, now that all the people in Da Qin have been registered, each household can only cultivate that land. The remaining large amounts of land are deserted. Who should cultivate it? Only those many who are hidden among the many wealthy families in Da Qin
Private slave! Do you, dear friends, think so?"
Hu Hai said this from the bottom of his heart.
He has been thinking about the abolition of slavery for too long! He also knows that the abolition of slavery basically involves all aspects of the Qin Dynasty! Once he mentions the abolition of slavery, it is basically equivalent to his emperor digging into the current situation of the Qin Dynasty.
The ancestral graves of all those who had some power and family fortune!
However, now he had to bring up the issue of abolition and had to do it!
Xiang Liang retreated to the south of the Huaihe River, but with his retreat, Surabaya and Chen County have basically become two empty counties! All the people, men, women, old and young, were brought to Jiujiang County by Xiang Liang!
He went from Xianyang to Julu, then from Julu to Jimo, and finally returned to Xianyang from Jimo. He walked through more than ten counties in Shandong one by one. He saw too much fertile land along the way that had become wasteland and weeds because no one was cultivating it.
Overgrown!
It’s not that Da Qin has no land, it’s that there’s no one to cultivate it!
What the people lack is not land, but an environment that allows them to farm and recuperate with peace of mind!
Now, the entire Central Plains has finally become peaceful. Hu Hai thought about it, and the only thing he could think of was the countless private slaves in Guanzhong's tens of thousands of aristocratic families, wealthy households, and many ministers in the DPRK!
The hall fell into silence again!
None of the people present were fools, nor were they stupid. It was impossible for the emperor to dig up their ancestral graves because of his heartfelt words! Private slaves were related to the vital interests of every noble and aristocratic family!
Once agreed, everyone's net worth will immediately shrink by more than half!
At that time, who will make up for your losses? Ask the emperor to make up for it? You might as well find a knife and wipe out your own neck!
None of the ministers spoke, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely dull!
Meng Tian and Zhang Han stood up at the same time to speak.
"Today's abolition of slavery, dear friends, you should think carefully about it! Let's discuss it another day!" Hu Hai saw the actions of Meng Tian and Zhang Han and quickly spoke before the two of them!
Meng Tian would agree that he had known it for a long time, because he had discussed the abolition of slavery with Meng Tian on the way back, and Meng Tian also strongly agreed! Zhang Han, as a die-hard confidant of the emperor, naturally knew which side he should stand on
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However, regarding the abolition of slavery today, Hu Hai just said hello to the most important ministers of the Qin Dynasty, that is, as a precaution. He said that he would take action on the abolition of slavery!
After letting the wind out, he believed that tomorrow the whole of Xianyang would know what he said today. At that time, which side should he stand on and which side should he not stand on? All the ministers in the court would have a thought in their hearts.
The real compromise and competition must be completed in private!
He hasn't thought about bringing the abolition of slavery to a conclusion today in the government hall. In that case, he would be too high on himself and too low on the abilities of the various ministers in the court!
If he insists on reaching a conclusion in this political meeting hall, I am afraid that the Great Qin Court will be divided!
He can wipe out all of these people with thunderous momentum, but what happens after that? So, take your time, everyone is better!
Hearing that the emperor did not want to come up with a result on the abolition of slavery today, all the ministers in the hall, including Li Sijin, secretly breathed a sigh of relief! As long as there is no need to come up with a result today, everything will change.
room!
The dull atmosphere in the hall suddenly turned calm because of Hu Hai's words!
"My dear friends, please think more about the abolition of slavery after you go down! It's for Qin's plan, it's for mine!" Hu Hai said in a deep voice!
"I obey the order!"
This time the voice of responding to orders will be much louder and more orderly!
"That's great! Let's talk about the second thing, how is the land survey in Guanzhong? Zhang Aiqing?" Hu Hai fixed his eyes on the fat and pale Zhang Cang!
This is the first time Zhang Cang has come to the government hall since he took office as the Prime Minister of Shangji Mansion!
The last time Hu Hai summoned Zhang Cang was in the emperor's study. At that time, Zhang Cang's performance made Hu Hai extremely dissatisfied! Today, it is time to examine the effect of Shangji Mansion in Zhang Cang's hands!
"Your Majesty, all the land in Guanzhong has been measured!" Zhang Cang stood up and bowed to Hu Hai and said!
"How is the tax collection from merchants going?"
"Several counties in Guanzhong and the offices of Shangji Mansion have been established. The matter of doing business and collecting taxes can be done at any time by His Majesty's edict!"
"Can the grain mill, iron utensils, salt mill and other official business markets be completed?"
"Back to Your Majesty, everything is set up!"
"Can the price of grain and iron be fixed?"
"Well, back to Your Majesty, I haven't decided yet!"
"Well, the issue of copper coins has been issued to all parts of Guanzhong? Will the people respond?"
"Back to Your Majesty, gold and copper coins are now circulating in Xianyang, and several counties in Guanzhong are collecting cloth coins and other items. It will be completed in a few days! The people have no objection!"
"Has the statistics of dead soldiers been completed?"
"Back to Your Majesty, as soon as you respond to the soldiers, all the statistics from the 20th year of the First Emperor to the present have been completed!"
When Hu Hai asked, Zhang Cang answered, very fast!
Hu Hai only asked if it was completed, and did not ask Zhang Cang about the specific figures! There was no need for him to ask Zhang Cang! Because Long Wei had more detailed figures and various reports than Zhang Cang!
However, Hu Hai didn't have time to read Long Wei's report, nor did he have time to ask!
However, Zhang Cang's performance today greatly improved Hu Hai! He was able to complete 90% of the many tasks assigned to him in less than two months. No wonder Zhang Cang seemed to be thinner this time.
A lot!
"Well, let's stop the land surveying for now! Please prepare a detailed letter for me and hand it over to me tomorrow!"
"I obey your order!"
When Zhang Cang heard the emperor's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed the test, and responded quickly! It's just that the emperor seemed to ask too simply!
When Hu Hai asked Zhang Cang, all the officials in the hall were silent and silent!
"Tomorrow is the grand ceremony for the queen's appointment! That's all for today's court meeting! I'm tired! However, now that the drought situation in various places in Guanzhong has been relieved, all my beloved ministers should perform their duties and make up for the farming work in various places in Guanzhong as soon as possible. It's not too late now
, and we can still catch up with autumn planting!”
Hu Hai issued an eviction order!
In today's court meeting, it seemed that the emperor didn't mention anything other than conferring the title of Three Dukes and briefly mentioning the abolition of slavery! Even if the God's request for rain seemed like a trivial matter, there was no mention of anything else.
Mention!
What also shrouded Li Si and others' minds was the fact that the emperor's more than 20,000 personal guards had returned to Xianyang and only about 6,000 were left in Xianyang. The emperor also did not mention it at all! No one knew what the emperor was planning!
Is this considered giving up halfway?
It is the unanimous thought of all the ministers in the palace that they are increasingly unable to see through the actions of the little emperor!
Come to think of it, among the ministers in the palace, only Meng Tian probably guessed a little bit and understood a little bit. That is that the emperor's actions are becoming more and more invisible like an antelope hanging its horns!
Unintentionally, the emperor had achieved all his goals!
Meng Tian was amazed by his accurate timing and foresight!
I'm afraid that by the time word spreads in the court tomorrow that His Majesty wants to abolish slavery, His Majesty has already completed all the arrangements and is preparing to issue an official edict to abolish private slavery in the world!
Did Li Si see through it? Meng Tian couldn't help but look at Li Si!
As if noticing Meng Tian's gaze, Li Si smiled and nodded at Meng Tian with a rare smile!
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
All the ministers said in unison! (To be continued)
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