General Qin

Martial arts lord Zhao Tuo and Prince Fusu had a secret talk in the mansion for a day.

A few days later, the prince formally submitted a letter to the First Emperor to divide the world's corvee and military service areas.

"People from the north guard the north, and people from the south guard the south?"

Deep in the Qin Palace, the First Emperor once again looked at the documents Fusu had sent up and chewed on the policies proposed in the memorial.

At today's court meeting, Prince Fusu publicly submitted a letter, which aroused a lot of discussion among the ministers.

It was said to be a discussion, but in fact there was no objection.

Because you only need to think carefully about this matter to find that what Fusu said makes sense.

In particular, the prince was very well prepared for this letter and listed a lot of data in the memorial.

For example, when the Qin army conquered Hexi last time, data on the food consumed by soldiers and servants recruited from Guanzhong and Shu, as well as data on food consumed by soldiers and servants recruited from Qilu, as well as data on the number of deaths of related personnel, etc. Compared.

These data, listed using the newly promoted Qin numbers, all show that recruiting soldiers and soldiers from distant places takes a very long time, suffers great losses, and has a high mortality rate. It is indeed a matter of getting half the result with twice the effort.

The Qin State has always focused on practical interests. The thinking of the previous emperor and ministers had not completely changed from a regional country before unification to a unified dynasty after unification. Still acting according to the old rules will only increase losses.

Now that the prince revealed this matter, many ministers in the court stood up and agreed on the spot.

The most excited person was not the prince's father-in-law Li Si, but Wang Wu.

Part of the data in the prince's hands was provided by him.

As the Zhi Su Neishi in charge of the world's agricultural taxation, Wang Wu had lost an incredible amount of hair in the past few years in order to fill the holes created by the emperor's wars. Every extra stone of food wasted was costing his life.

Although the implementation of the regional corvee policy will reduce taxes in some places, compared with the large losses on the road, there will still be a lot of surplus.

If there is a clever way to save food, he will naturally support it with both hands and feet.

"My minister Wang Wu believes that the prince's words are actually a good strategy to benefit the country and the people!"

After Wang Wu, most of the other ministers felt that the prince's strategy was feasible.

Seeing that all the ministers praised him for his kindness.

The First Emperor did not dismantle his son, and nodded at the court meeting.

He issued an edict and ordered the Taiwei Mansion to optimize the recruitment of soldiers for the attack on Baiyue and select as many people from the south as possible. At the same time, the Su Neishi Mansion discussed corresponding tax reduction and exemption policies.

If you say you will do it, do it.

Acting vigorously and resolutely is the consistent style of Qin.

But after returning to the palace after the next court meeting, the First Emperor felt something was wrong again.

At first glance, the policy of dividing the world's corvee and military service seemed like something Fusu could come up with, but he still had some doubts.

The First Emperor turned to look at Zhao Gao, who was standing beside the palace.

"Shang Shuling, please submit some of the prince's previous documents to me. By the way, there are also Tingwei and Wugonghou."

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Zhao Gao took the order, walked to the entrance of the palace, and relayed the information to his subordinate Pu She.

Seeing the servant surnamed Huang walking away, Zhao Gao's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Shangshu Pushe.

Fortunately, this position has been replaced, if it were still the son of the Tingwei.

He, Zhao Gao, the newly appointed Shangshu Ling, would definitely be frightened every day and could not even sleep for a moment.

The position of Shangshuling was that after the First Emperor was injured, he rarely went out by car, and Zhao Gao was needed to help him polish his pen and correct documents. So he was simply transferred from Zhongchefu Lingping to Shangshuling, who was in charge of documents, so that Zhao Gao could legitimately write for the emperor.

"Most of the important documents of the Qin State were approved by me, Zhao Gao. Many policies were decided by the emperor after asking my opinion!"

Zhao Gao was obsessed with this.

He turned back and looked at the First Emperor, who was looking at the documents with his head lowered.

"It would be great if this could continue like this. The emperor will always be his emperor, and I, Zhao Gao, can always stay at the center of power in this country."

After a while, Shangshu Pushe sent a bunch of documents from the prince, martial prince and Tingwei, and Zhao Gao forwarded them to the first emperor.

The First Emperor compared the three memorials in detail, showing a serious reasoning.

Soon he started laughing: "This Martial Arts Lord is interesting. Instead of giving such good advice himself, he asked the prince to come. Does he want to help the prince establish a reputation as a capable person?"

Hearing this, Zhao Gao's eyebrows moved slightly.

Judging from the tone of the First Emperor, it seemed that he did not resent Zhao Tuo for doing this.

"If the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the future, Marquis Wugong is his brother-in-law. He will probably become an auxiliary minister and still have power over the government. And what about me, Zhao Gao?"

Zhao Gao looked at the emperor in front of him, feeling a sense of fear in his heart.

"Without the emperor, I, Zhao Gao, am nothing."

…

The First Emperor's doubts were quickly resolved.

The reason why Zhao Tuo handed over the regional division strategy to the prince was because he had a more important suggestion that could change the country's situation.

At the court meeting a few days later, Zhao Tuo formally submitted a letter as a Shaofu and put forward two important suggestions.

"Compilation of books on industry and agriculture."

"Imitating the Grammar and Law Department, establish agricultural and engineering departments. If farmers and craftsmen in the world can pass the examination of the engineering and agricultural departments, they will have the qualifications to become officials of the corresponding industry and agriculture."

Can you become an official after passing the examination of the Engineering and Agricultural Studies Department?

All the ministers looked at each other in confusion, and many of them looked shocked.

Even the First Emperor on the imperial couch narrowed his eyes and his expression became serious.

Marquis Wugong's suggestion was to change Qin's official appointment policy.

In the Qin State, if you want to become an official, in addition to the emperor's recruitment, you can usually hold the corresponding title or become a grammar official in the school.

Now Wugong Hou wants to set up a school of industry and agriculture, so that ordinary craftsmen and farmers can become officials after passing the examination of the school of industry and agriculture. This is equivalent to opening up a new path to becoming an official.

Tingwei Li Si's heart was pounding and his chest was heaving.

The original school of the Qin State was specially used to train grammarians, and what was taught was Qin Law and Qin Law.

The children of the school who passed the examination could serve as grassroots officials in various counties and counties. To a certain extent, those children were the strength of Legalism.

This is also an important reason why the Legalists were able to dominate the Qin Dynasty and have a transcendent status, because they had a way to become an official that could rival the military merit system.

If the head of Guizhou in the world wants to be an official or a official, in addition to going to the battlefield to perform meritorious service and fight in the war, he can only join the school and become a disciple of Dharma.

But now Wu Gonghou suddenly resorted to this move to steal the big cake from his Legalist family.

What is the purpose of Zhao Tuo doing this?

"Wugong Hou wants to prosper the Gongshu Ban lineage!"

Li Si instantly remembered the name of the all-powerful Gongshu Ban in his mind, and immediately guessed Zhao Tuo's purpose.

Gongshu Pan was a famous craftsman in the world, a truly outstanding figure among all craftsmen. In terms of inventions and creations, even Mozi was not as good as him.

But among hundreds of schools of thought, when people mention "craftsman spirit", they only mention Mozi, not Gongshu Pan.

What is the reason?

Isn't it just because Mozi has descendants, and the Mohist family with inheritance can carry forward Mozi's thoughts and make him known all over the world?

Gongshu Ban seemed to be a short-lived figure. After his death, there was no sound at all.

But this has become a thing of the past.

Now because of the appearance of Zhao Tuo, the successor of Gongshuzi, he created all kinds of magical creations based on the fragments of Gongshuzi, which made Gongshu Ban's name resound throughout the world, and even suppressed Mozi.

Once you have a name, you naturally want to be real.

In Li Si's view, this may be Zhao Tuo's plan.

He wanted to use Gongshu Pan as his name to compile a book on hundreds of craftsmen, and at the same time open up a channel for the world's craftsmen to become officials, and create a "Gongshu family" to join the list of hundreds of schools of thought.

As for the mention of farmers at the same time, I'm afraid it's just a cover-up for the "public losers" he wants to prosper.

"This kid Zhao Tuo actually wants to take advantage of the opportunity to establish a sect. What a huge ambition!"

Li Si took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Tuo with fear.

He guessed Zhao Tuo's purpose, but it was hard to object.

Because at this moment, Wugong Hou was talking about the importance of industry and agriculture to the country in the court.

Among them, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and there is no need to question it too much.

As for the hundreds of industries, Zhao Tuo cited on the spot the powerful effects of various new artifacts on the country such as giant cannons, curved shaft plows, papermaking, three treasures of cavalry, and hundreds of steelmaking. Everything is supported by physical objects and cases, making it impossible to refute.

"I believe that industry and agriculture are the foundation of the country. If the foundation is strong, the country will be strong. If we, the Qin Dynasty, want to become more prosperous and powerful, we should pay attention to this approach, from the central Shaofu and Zhi Su Neishi to all the counties and counties in the world. For the positions of engineer, field officer, etc., only the best should be selected from among the best."

After talking about the importance, Zhao Tuo cited two more reasons for opening engineering and agricultural departments.

"The retting method has been implemented in Guanzhong and has achieved great results, but it is very difficult and slow to promote it to the distant Qi and Yan areas. Although documents are transmitted, the local field regulations may not be understood and implemented accurately during implementation. It will inevitably cause inefficiency and delay production.”

"If you study systematically in the school, you can teach a group of disciples who have mastered the method of retting, plowing, and various agricultural production techniques. After they have completed their studies, they will be sent to various counties and counties to become field officials and teach the local people. Agricultural production will definitely make our Qin country’s agricultural production increasingly stronger.”

"The same is true for agriculture, and so is the craftsmanship. The number of skilled craftsmen for the steel-making technology developed by the Shaofu last year is not large, and it will be difficult to spread it to remote counties for a while. But if schools are opened, the corresponding skills will be By summarizing the technology, cultivating more craftsmen who master such advanced technologies, and then allowing them to serve as engineers in various counties and counties, can we quickly promote the spread of technology?"

Marquis Wugong made his final conclusion with an impassioned voice.

"Build agricultural, engineering and other schools to cultivate corresponding talents. Let them master systematic industrial and agricultural skills. After passing the assessment, they will be sent to counties and counties to serve as local engineers, field administrators and other positions. They will definitely be able to become more Bringing efficient and systematic methods to all parts of the world, then our Qin Dynasty will surely prosper in all industries and its agricultural production will become stronger day by day!"

Above the court hall, there was silence.

Everything Wugong Hou said is reasonable. Even if someone wants to object, there is no reason to object.

It is different from metaphysical theories such as Confucianism and Huang-Laoism. Agriculture and various industries are implemented in a practical manner and are the foundation of a strong country. Any normal person can see the benefits of promoting these.

"What do you think, sir?"

The First Emperor did not make a decision, but left the issue to the court officials as always.

"My son believes that the strategy of the martial arts prince is actually a strategy to strengthen the country and benefit the people, and it is feasible."

The prince helped Su out to the platform and expressed his attitude.

Zhi Su Neishi Wang Wu immediately followed. For him, as long as it can help agricultural production and allow his Zhi Su Neishi Mansion to receive more food every year, then Wang Wu will definitely agree.

"Wugong Hou's strategies are beneficial to me every time. He is really a good person!"

Wang Wu looked at Zhao Tuo, even a little grateful.

Seeing that the prince and Zhisu Neishi both agreed.

The two prime ministers and several other important ministers naturally did not turn their eyes away and expressed their agreement one after another.

Tingwei Li Si sighed quietly in his heart.

If Zhao Tuo's proposal was replaced by another theory, such as establishing a Confucian or Taoist school, he would definitely stand up and refute it.

But now.

"Farming is the foundation of the country, and workers are the backbone. Moreover, those who passed the examination are also minor officials such as engineers and field officials, so it is generally fine. I can bear it."

Li Si gritted his teeth and cupped his hands and said, "I second my proposal."

No one objected to Zhao Tuo's proposal.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Tuo and then at Fusu.

Zhao Tuo's strategy is good for the country, and he, the emperor, would not disagree with it.

The First Emperor smiled and said: "Since all the ministers agree, then the Shaofu and Zhisu Neishi will come up with a charter for me in the next few days."

"I obey the decree!"

Zhao Tuo immediately accepted the offer, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

Success!

Sure enough, workers and peasants are the foundation of society. Starting with these two, no one can object.

The children of workers and peasants are the pioneers of Zhao Tuo’s transformation of this era!