Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

After some earnest persuasion from Lord Mo, Fu Nian finally agreed and became a teacher in Mo Mansion.

During this period of time, Mo Mansion was already short of people.

Since Mo Jun established a foothold in Xianyang, more than 300 orphans who were originally fostered in Nanjun Orphanage have been transferred to Xianyang and Hanzhong one after another.

These are the teams that Mr. Mo plans to cultivate personally in the future.

Now it is not like before. As Mr. Mo's status gradually increases, more and more eyes are staring at him.

A net, hundreds of schools of thought, spies from six countries, opponents in the court...

No need to talk about it later.

Even among the group of 'disciples' that Mr. Mo recruited before, Mr. Mo himself didn't know how many of them were spies sent by other forces.

Mr. Mo never thought of investigating this, mainly because it was not necessary.

Because these people are destined not to be included in Mr. Mo's "core team" in the future.

Precisely.

Even in today's Mo Mansion, there are only a few people who are truly considered by Lord Mo as the 'core team'.

Xiong Daxiong Er, Yao Gui Third Master and Disciple, Hei Yu, Jian Jiuyuan, Jian Ling'er, and Jin Peng.

The others include Zhan Qin, Zhu Yeqing, Jiu Jian Chi, and Yue Nu who are in Nanjun. None of them have yet fully gained Lord Mo's trust.

This has nothing to do with ability, character, or character.

Mainly 'loyalty' and 'position'.

Although Zhan Qin and Yuenv now seem to have sworn allegiance to Lord Mo, one of them still has the shadow of Ying Zheng behind him, and the other is from the Yin Yang family, and his purpose is still unknown.

Even if they are really loyal to Mr. Mo now, there is no guarantee that the position they stand on will not interfere with their making bad judgments in the future.

In contrast.

Nowadays, Zhuye Qing and Jiu Jianchi, who seem not to have a close relationship with Lord Mo, are actually trusted by Lord Mo more.

Mr. Mo doesn't need to care about those temporary 'clients'.

Because they do not have access to the core secrets of Mo Mansion, even if they betray Lord Mo one day in the future, they will not cause much loss to him.

But now this newly built [Hanzhong Mo Mansion] is different. This new Mo Mansion is a place that Lord Mo plans to build as a base camp in the future, so even if there is a guard or a servant here, he must be trusted by Lord Mo. man of.

But now it is obviously unrealistic to recruit so many loyal people from the outside world.

Only Mo Jun can cultivate it himself.

In this case, the orphans who were rescued by Mr. Mo from the 'meat pools' of the major families in Nanjun, but no one was willing to claim them afterwards, naturally became the best seeds.

But at this time, another problem emerged.

That is, Mo Jun can't find a suitable 'teacher'.

Teachers in the 'Martial Arts Class' are easy to find. Now Jian Jiuyuan, Zhu Yeqing, and Jiu Jianchi in Mo Mansion can all play the role of teachers.

But the teachers in the "literary class" are in a bit of trouble.

It's not that they can't be found, it's mainly because the people they found are not satisfactory to Mr. Mo.

The teachers of the 'Literary Class' who are recruited from outside are people with innocent backgrounds. Most of them are young people who have not learned well themselves, let alone teach others.

But for those famous and promising celebrities, after Mo Jun did a little research, he found that there were always some unclear aspects about the identities and origins of these people.

As a last resort.

In today's literary class, Mo Jun has no choice but to let Yao Gui's two apprentices make temporary guest appearances.

But Poria and Hongzao are doctors after all. It is okay to teach these children some basic knowledge, but if they teach them more deeply or more broadly, it will really be a bit difficult for them.

Therefore, during this period, Mo Jun was having a headache about choosing a teacher for the 'Literature Class'.

And just then.

Fu Nian appeared.

This contemporary Confucian master, the future head of the Little Sage Village, has the knowledge to teach a group of children with ease.

More importantly, Fu Nian's character deserves protection.

Even if he is not loyal to Mr. Mo now, Mr. Mo is not worried that he will get involved in some personal gain while teaching students.

How could Mr. Mo let such a 'good teacher' run away.

The only pity is that the Six-fingered Black Man said he wanted to travel around Hanzhong and was unwilling to stay.

Otherwise, Mr. Mo originally planned to leave a place for him in Mo Mansion!

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Early October.

Mo Jun returned to Xianyang.

The State of Qin holds two major sacrifices every year, one is the [Spring Festival] before spring planting, praying to heaven for smooth sowing and good weather this year.

As well as the [Autumn Festival] after the autumn harvest, grains and animals are used to worship God as a gift in return for the good weather this year.

In previous years, these two major sacrifices were major events for the Qin State.

It's just that this year is a little more lively, because this is the first time that the 'new grain varieties' have matured since they were promoted to the Qin Dynasty, and this year's business is indeed good.

As early as a few days ago.

Ying Zheng and Mo Jun, the internal history of grain management, have received good news about great grain harvests in various places.

Therefore, before this year's [Autumn Festival], Ying Zheng also held a rare meeting, gathering civil and military officials, intending to announce the good news and make everyone happy together.

"Mo Qing, read it out!"

On the throne, Ying Zheng spoke.

"promise!"

Lord Mo was at the forefront of civil servants, took a step forward, and then took out a bamboo slip. He first glanced around at the ministers below, and then said: "Since the promotion of [the first generation of improved rice seeds] in Da Qin, we have been blessed by the Emperor and the Empress, and the weather has been smooth." , food everywhere is ripe.”

"As of yesterday, the counties and counties in Qin State had collected a total of 16.72 million shi in grain taxes..."

Hearing this number, even though he had expected it before, Ying Zheng couldn't help but be shocked, but then his serious face couldn't help but reveal a bit of excitement and surprise.

The faces of the ministers below also showed smiles and joy.

Just when all the ministers in the court were about to speak in unison and use this good news to flatter Ying Zheng, they heard Lord Mo continue to say:

"Among them, Ba County collected a tax of 4.2 million shi, Shu County collected a tax of 4 million shi, Nan County collected a tax of 3.2 million shi, Hanzhong County collected a tax of 1.67 million shi, and Xianyang County collected a tax of 90 Wanshi·······”

As Mr. Mo reported the specific amounts of taxes from various places one by one, the expressions on the faces of many civil and military officials who had been smiling just now suddenly froze.

The excitement on Ying Zheng's face quickly dissipated and turned into a bit of coldness.

Although Ying Zheng also received news of the "Great Harvest of the World" before, the specific amount was not clear. After all, even if Ying Zheng now manages the Qin State in a centralized manner and completely concentrates all power in his own hands, he can You don’t have to do things like calculating data yourself.

But when he heard the specific data reported by Mo Jun today, Ying Zheng immediately realized something was wrong.

This year is going to be good.

In previous years, in times like this, Qin's annual grain tax would have been about eight million shi.

As the granary of the Qin State, the land of Bashu harvests the most grain every year. In good years, it can usually harvest 3.67 million shi of grain.

This year, the "new grain seeds" were replaced, and a lot of new fields were opened up with curved plows. Therefore, the total grain tax in Bashu this year is 8.2 million shi, so there is no problem.

But the problems with food taxes in other counties became bigger and bigger one after another.

First is South County.

Nanjun has a vast area. Although it does not have as fertile fields as the Bashu land, it has sufficient water resources, so it was considered a major grain tax collector of the Qin State in previous years.

Under normal circumstances, Nanjun's annual grain tax is about one million dan.

And even if 'new grain seeds' are replaced this year, and some new fields are opened up with curved shaft plows, Nanjun's grain tax this year can be as high as 2.23 million dan.

But this year, Nan County's tax revenue increased by one million dan out of thin air.

Where did this million stones of food come from?

Even more outrageous is Hanzhong County.

Although the terrain of Hanzhong is flat and the fields are quite fertile, Hanzhong County is very small, so the average grain tax in previous years was only about 500,000 shi.

Even if we switch to 'new grain seeds' this year and open up some new fields, we can pay a grain tax of just over one million dan, which is already quite good.

But now Hanzhong actually paid 1.6 million stone in grain tax.

To know.

Hanzhong County is now the actual fiefdom of Lord Mo. Lord Mo has a preferential tax payment. Others need to pay 30% of the tax, but Hanzhong only needs to pay 20%.

The remaining 10% belongs to Mo Jun, the fiefdom lord. This can be regarded as one of the 'annual salary' given to Mo Jun by Ying Zheng.

in other words.

The actual grain tax paid by Hanzhong this year was 2.4 million shi.

That's a full 1.4 million stones more than normal.

It is naturally impossible to conjure so much food out of thin air.

Then there is only one explanation left.

That is, when Nanjun and Hanzhong paid grain taxes in previous years, a large amount of grain taxes were evaded. This year, the extra grains that were made out of thin air were part of what should have been paid before.

As for why only the grain taxes in Hanzhong and Nanjun will be exposed this year.

The reason is even simpler.

Because these two places have one thing in common, that is, someone has stayed in both places, and each set off a massacre of staggering scale in the local area, eliminating a large number of old nobles and landlords.

besides.

There is also a huge problem with the total amount of grain taxes paid by counties.

The total grain tax collected nationwide this year is 16.72 million shi, but the combined grain taxes of Bashu, Nanjun, and Hanzhong are about 13 million shi.

in other words.

The remaining six or seven counties of the Qin State, including Xianyang, including Beidi County, Shang County, Longxi County, etc., had a combined grain tax of only more than three million shi.

Originally, this data problem was not a big problem. After all, Xianyang, Beidi County, Shangjun... these counties are all located to the north of the Qinling Mountains, and the terrain and climate are not suitable for growing rice.

Therefore, ‘new rice seeds’ are not very useful in these places.

Only the plows and waterwheels will be useful, so the grain taxes in these counties this year are generally only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands more than in previous years, which is completely normal.

However, now, when the data of Hanzhong County and Nan County exploded, the data of several other counties that were originally normal suddenly became abnormal in Ying Zheng's eyes.

After Mo Jun finished speaking.

The entire court suddenly fell into silence.

For a while.

I don't know how many people below the court looked at Mr. Mo with evil eyes. After all, Mr. Mo's move could be said to have revealed many unspoken rules hidden in the shadows.

Lord Changping, who was not far away, saw this scene. Although his expression did not change much, there was a bit of a sneer deep in his eyes.

In his opinion, Mr. Mo's behavior today was completely seeking death.

I don't know how many high-ranking officials and nobles in the Qin State are doing things like evading grain taxes. Today, Lord Mo has lifted this fig leaf, and it can be said that he has offended at least 70% of the officials in the entire court.

Facing the cold looks from these officials, Mr. Mo in front felt a little helpless.

In fact, he didn't want to offend these people, but he had no choice. Who told him to make great achievements soon!

If he doesn't seize the time to cultivate a few opponents for himself in the court, what if the credit is too great and Ying Zheng feels that he can't control himself and gives himself a glass of poisonous wine?

Although Mr. Mo will definitely not be captured by the time the time comes, Mr. Mo is reluctant to abandon the glory and wealth he finally got for nothing!

So after thinking about it, since no one in the court can compete with me now, why not take the initiative to cultivate a few opponents to play with me.

Anyway, Mo Jun is not afraid of overturning now.

After all, he is now in a position of success. Unless Ying Zheng gets smart, he will definitely keep Mo Jun.

Even if you take a step back.

Even if you really lose it in the end.

With Mo Jun's current strength and the fact that Jin Peng has grown up, even if he loses his ability in the end, the worst he can do is to take his team, ride on Jin Peng, and travel around the world single-handedly.

So, it's not a big problem.

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