Hu Hai paused, his eyes flashed over the faces of the important ministers, and he continued,
"If you, my dear friends, have any good ideas for the matter of checking the land, please tell me and let me discuss it with you, my dear friends."
Many of the ministers in the lobby were the senior officials of the Great Qin Empire, and none of them were mediocre. When I heard Hu Hai’s words, I immediately thought of what Hu Hai had suddenly said before, to keep the laborers who were unwilling to return home and resettle them.
idea.
As their minds turned, many people naturally connected these two things together.
"Your Majesty, is the land surveyed this time for labor that does not want to return home?" Li Si asked.
"That's not all!"
After hearing Li Si's words, Hu Hai's eyes flashed and he replied.
Sure enough, Li Si sighed secretly in his heart. Since it was not just about preparing farmland for the working people, Hu Hai must have bigger actions behind him, but what Li Si was worried about was what Hu Hai would do next.
"Your Majesty, land is related to taxation and people's livelihood. Mr. Zheng, the governor of Su Neishi, will discuss the matter today, and land measurement is the responsibility of the governor of Su Neishi. For details, you need to ask Mr. Zheng, his ministers and others to find out."
Li Si wanted to delay the time and consult Hu Hai privately before discussing the land matter. Tonight, every time Hu Hai said something, he would immediately draft an edict and issue it. He was worried that Hu Hai would issue an edict immediately after discussing the matter. At that time,
It is difficult to recover, and Intten is a lesson learned from the past.
As the maker of the basic national policy of the Qin Empire after the unification, Li Si was very aware of the current situation of the land of the Qin Dynasty. When the First Emperor Ying Zheng was in power, he also knew the seriousness of the land issue. However, given the great talent, broad strategy and martial arts of the First Emperor, why did he not take any measures?
Woolen cloth?
The most critical issue is that the land is not only related to countless people. The fundamental reason why the First Emperor was afraid of the rat is that the land involves countless nobles of the Qin Dynasty and the interests of the family, and the whole body is affected by it.
If you act rashly, it will definitely lead to a strong backlash from these noble families, which may lead to chaos and the destruction of the country.
But now Hu Hai has just started to take charge, and his previous reputation has not been completely restored. In addition, now that the Six Kingdoms have been restored, if he touches the land at this moment, which is a taboo that involves the interests of countless people, Li Si is afraid that he will improve due to Hu Hai's changes.
The Great Qin Court will immediately become the target of public criticism.
What's more, the ministers in the Great Qin Dynasty are themselves part of the noble family.
As soon as Li Si finished speaking, he was immediately greeted by a chorus of approval. The important ministers in the hall were obviously aware of the corrupt state of the land of Da Qin, and knew that this was a forbidden land that could not be easily touched, especially under the current general situation.
Hu Hai didn't know who Master Zheng was, but if Li Si said his full name, he would definitely be able to remember who it was immediately.
The current ruler of the Qin Dynasty, Lord Zheng, is Zheng Guo. Maybe many people don’t know who Zheng Guo is, but if you talk about "Zheng Guo Canal", many people will know who he is.
Zheng Guo, a famous water conservancy expert in my country's pre-Qin period, was a Korean during the Warring States Period. In the first year of Qin Shihuang (247 BC), he was ordered to go to Qin to lobby and suggested that the Jing River be diverted from the east to the Bei Luo River as a canal in an attempt to tire the Qin people and prevent them from attacking Korea. Ying Zheng accepted his proposal and ordered him to take charge of the excavation project.
The Zhengguo Canal was started in the first year of the First Emperor of Qin (246 BC) and took more than ten years to be completed. After the canal was completed, the land in Guanzhong became a fertile wilderness, which greatly enhanced the strength of the Qin State and laid the foundation for Qin to unify the six countries.
It is not important that Hu Hai does not know who Mr. Zheng, the internal historian of Zhisu, is. What is important is that Hu Hai is not a fool. Although he comes from a later generation and does not understand the real actual situation of the land of Daqin at this moment.
But it is precisely because he comes from later generations that he is more aware of the importance of the land issue in today's era. If he cannot take advantage of the general trend of the world to quickly solve the core issue of land, then he will be unable to do so when the world is at peace.
What's more, only by resolving the land issue first can the counties in Guanzhong and northern Shandong be completely peaceful, and can we better accumulate strength to resolve the chaos across the country as soon as possible, so that the people will less suffer from the war.
Hearing the underlying meaning of Li Si's words, Hu Hai decided to speak openly, because the important ministers in the hall were not only the top civil servants of the Qin Empire, but also each of them more or less represented some vested interests. If he could first
Convince them and then the land issue can be solved.
Otherwise, even if he uses the army in his hands to forcefully implement land reform, he will encounter strong backlash from everyone, and he may be killed by these old foxes before he can calm down the world.
Even if he wins in the end, and kills all the most important ministers of the Qin Dynasty, and becomes a mere commander, where can he find so many experienced and loyal people who can be used immediately to govern the country?
Besides, he does not want to completely eliminate private ownership of land. The landlord class in feudal society is bound to exist. This is an inevitable result of the development of productive forces. He cannot stop it, but he can control it.
"I know that all of you also have a lot of land in your beloved mansion..."
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
As soon as Hu Hai started speaking, all the important ministers immediately knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Uh, dear ladies, please stand up. I don't mean to blame you," Hu Hai said helplessly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After everyone got up, Hu Hai continued,
"The land in your mansion is the land that you deserve for your loyalty to the country. How can I blame you? However, you need to know that the people are the foundation of the country, and the land is the foundation of the people. The people
It has become a duckweed without roots. How can our country, Qin'an, survive?
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"My dear friends, please don't rush to praise me. Wait for me to finish. However, how much cultivated land is there in my beloved prince's house now? I think there are many lands that have become wasteland, right? I, the noble Qin Dynasty, have an aristocratic family,
There are so many wealthy households, and how much fertile land is barren?
So much fertile arable land is left barren. How much taxation will be reduced by our Qin Dynasty? And how many people can the nobles, aristocratic families, and wealthy households have? There are few people but a lot of land, and there are countless people in the world but nothing to cultivate.
Earth, if things go on like this, can our great Qin'an remain in chaos? Our lips are dead and our teeth are cold. The country will not survive. How can you, my dear friends, be lucky? Do you, my dear sirs, think so?"
Without waiting for the important ministers to answer, Hu Hai continued,
"All of you, my dear friends, are the pillars of our Great Qin. You should be able to understand the critical situation of our Great Qin today. If I want to re-inventory and measure the land, it will definitely affect the interests of too many noble and wealthy families. Therefore, I hope that all of you, my dear ones, can use our great Qin's
The country is the most important thing and supports my strategy of inventorying and measuring the land.
And all of you, my beloved ministers, should set an example for the world. I hope that you, your beloved ministers, can take the initiative to turn over the land in your mansion to the national treasury and have it uniformly managed and distributed by the imperial court. I will re-grant the land that belongs to the ministers, nobles and noble families in the court according to their titles.
However, the land granted to the person with the highest title is limited to 10,000 acres, and the title of the person with the next title decreases in descending order.
In this critical situation, I hereby implore all of you, my dear friends, to give me a helping hand to protect our great Qin kingdom for the sake of our country and the people of the world."
After Hu Hai finished speaking, he stood up slowly and bowed deeply to the important officials in the hall again!
This is the second time Hu Hai has saluted the important ministers tonight! Many of the important ministers who had heard Hu Hai's analysis and were weighing the pros and cons suddenly became stunned for a moment when they saw Hu Hai's move.
"The people are the foundation of the country! Good! Good! Good! Lord, God bless our great Qin! Long live my emperor!"
A high-pitched and choked cry suddenly woke everyone up.
It's Wei Liao!
At this moment, Wei Liao was crying and laughing, with tears streaming down his face, as if he was crazy!
The reason why Wei Liao agreed to go out to help Hu Hai was not only because of Hu Hai's flawed strategy, but most importantly because he didn't want the Great Qin that he had worked hard for half his life and put in countless efforts to create to be destroyed.
Today, Wei Liao is completely devoted to Hu Hai. Hu Hai's in-depth analysis of the land and his judgment on the fundamentals of the people and the country made him shine with respect and admiration.
He was almost certain that no matter how big a crisis Da Qin encountered, as long as Hu Hai was in Da Qin, it would turn the corner and prosper. Now he was extremely looking forward to seeing how far Da Qin could go under Hu Hai's leadership.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
The important officials in the Tang Dynasty shouted in unison.
From Your Majesty to My Emperor, although they are just two different words with the same meaning, it is not difficult to understand the thoughts of many ministers in the hall at this time.
These important ministers of the Qin Empire in the lobby can basically be said to be the most outstanding elites of this era. Each of them has been in a high position for a long time and witnessed with his own eyes the great cause of the First Emperor to destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world.
Going through two dynasties also gave them an unusual political vision and broad mind that far exceeded ordinary people. In the era of Xianqin, there were no party disputes or factions. The only conflicts were private hatred and national hatred.
However, these important ministers of the Great Qin Empire were in one dynasty, but they all lived in harmony, devoted themselves to the country, and everything they did was only for the prosperity of the Great Qin. There was no strife, no plotting, and no clinging. Of course, except for the eunuch Zhao Gao
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Taking the Great Qin Empire as an example, the harmony between the high-ranking officials in the court was rare and unique in subsequent dynasties.
After more than two thousand years of dynasty rule in later generations, the intrigues, mutual strife, clinging and clinging to each other in the officialdom, and the consequent formation of the idea of officialdom have profoundly affected later generations. This cannot but be said to be a tragedy of the Chinese nation.
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It is because these important ministers are all elites of this era, so they can better understand the profound meaning of Hu Hai's words. The change from "Your Majesty" to "My Emperor" can already show their thoughts at this time.
"Okay! Dear ladies, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!"
After saying this, Hu Hai walked quickly down the hall and helped Wei Liao up.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter. The other important ministers were also smiling brightly, for the sake of the British Lord and for the Mingjun. For a time, the hall was full of laughter, and the monarch and his ministers were in harmony.
a long time.
Hu Hai returned to the hall and looked down at the ministers below.
"My dear friends, your loyalty to our Great Qin is as evident as the sun and the moon. I am very relieved. In this case, dear sirs, please listen to my arrangements first."
"I will listen to the holy teachings."
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