"By the way, do you recognize this?" Zhao Kuo said, pointing to the cotton not far away.
"There are many such Baidianzi in the far west," Huai said.
"The king needs a large amount of this kind of thing, or seeds." Zhao Kuo said.
"King Qu Yan may have seeds left behind by the caravan," Huai said.
"As long as you can find cotton seeds, I will reward each of you with a wife." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. You guys will definitely find it." The three of them said excitedly.
The next day, the three of them brought a small half bag of cotton seeds. It was said that the horse merchant gave it to King Quyan. King Quyan heard that it looked good when opened and could change colors, so he kept it.
"Send the seeds to the farmers and tell them to cultivate them as quickly as possible." Zhao Kuo ordered.
"No." Dozens of cavalrymen escorted the cotton seeds and rushed toward the Hetao.
"Based on your merits, I will bury you in a place with mountains and water." Zhao Kuo said to the body of King Qu Yan, and finally decided to bury him at the foot of Helan Mountain.
Everyone, please go and try it soon.】
Zhao Kuo originally planned to return to Hetao in a few days, but because of the cotton issue, he stayed in Helan Mountain for more than half a month. He did not leave until he searched the entire area and determined that there was only a small piece of cotton in total.
After he rushed back to the Loop, everyone finally formulated a complete immigration policy.
"Just issue it according to this." After Zhao Kuo read it, he handed it to Liu Ping.
Soon, an immigration process involving most parts of the country began with great fanfare.
In addition to Helan County, Zhao Kuo established Shuofang and Jiuyuan counties in Hetao, parallel to the original Yunzhong County, and established Monan County to the north of Yinshan Mountain, the former homeland of the Huns.
Zhao Guo planned and established ten large ranches in Hetao and Monan County, and immigrated 100,000 households from the Central Plains to develop Hetao. Each household was given 150 acres of land, and was exempted from agricultural taxes and oral taxes for five years. The government distributed a free cattle
and a sheep. In the first year, the government provided seeds and farm tools.
And starting next year, Zhao Guoguo will give priority to building schools in the Hetao area, with one school in each township for everyone's children to study.
These people originally lived in the Central Plains, and they were definitely not willing to go to the frontier. As for the national justice, it was very feeble to them, so Zhao Kuo chose to give them sufficient compensation.
For the people, nothing is more important than their children, and the most important thing for children is education. Therefore, Zhao Kuo did not popularize education in the Central Plains first, but spread it in Hetao.
In addition, when singles go to Hetao, the government will give out wives for free, not limited to Zhao country.
These measures caused a large number of slaves to flee into the Loop. Nobles from all over the country reported to the government one after another, but the government did not care at all, because this was Zhao Kuo's tacit approval.
As long as you arrive in the Loop, the government will provide you with a household registration, regardless of where you come from, and will not check your previous identity. Even if you are reported for a crime, as long as it is not a serious crime, the government will ignore it. As long as you do not continue to commit crimes in the future.
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The nobles in the country were in trouble. They had made a lot of money following Zhao Kuo, but this time they were directly deceived.
But in the future, they can make a lot of money by developing the Loop, building pastures, and processing milk and goat milk. If they openly oppose it, these good things will have nothing to do with them in the future. If they choose to acquiesce, those slaves will never come back.
Finally, seeing that the government really did not intend to care about them, everyone could only pretend that this incident had never happened. They were not qualified to fall out with Zhao Kuo, and they actually did not want to fall out with Zhao Kuo.
Because Zhao Kuo did give them a lot, the strength of each of their families has been improved. However, this improvement is much smaller than that of Zhao Kuo. As a result, they are now even less powerful compared to the country, but overall, their
Their strength has indeed increased, and now they are struggling every day.
"What do you think of the land in Hetao?" Zhao Kuo suddenly asked.
"If it is developed well, it will be as good as the Central Plains." Le Yi didn't know why, but he still said it.
"I wonder if you would like to change your fiefdom here?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Now Le Yi understood it, and he wanted to take back my fiefdom and turn it into a place where birds don't poop. Although everyone said that the Loop is no less than the Central Plains, everyone knows that the gap between the two is still not small.
What's more, the Loop is not developed at all.
Le Yi suddenly felt chilled. Sure enough, this step was inevitable in the end!
However, thinking of Zhao Kuo's kindness, Le Yi planned to do his last to help Zhao Kuo. After that, it had nothing to do with him: "As long as the king needs it, I will be available at any time."
"The general has misunderstood. I am not a person who crosses rivers and burns down bridges. Doesn't the general want to leave a piece of land for future generations?" Zhao Kuo said.
"The king is saying..." Le Yi suddenly became uneasy.
"Yes, I can promise the general that this fief is hereditary." Zhao Kuo nodded.
In theory, the fiefs granted to ministers by Zhao State can be inherited, but... this is just a theory. In fact, in order to avoid the situation of fewer and fewer fiefs and the end of domestic land, Zhao State will always find ways to transfer fiefs from ministers.
Take it back.
Zuo Shichulong once asked the Queen Mother Zhao, "Counting three generations from now to the time when the Zhao family establishes the Zhao Kingdom, if the descendants of the monarchs of the Zhao Kingdom are ennobled, will any of their descendants be able to inherit the title?"
The Queen Mother said: "No."
It can be seen that all these lands were taken back by Zhao State. In history, Zhao Sheng was the only one who clearly passed down the fiefdom and title to Zhao State when the country was destroyed.
If Zhao Kuo changes the fiefdom of his ministers from the rich Central Plains to Hetao, all the ministers will have opinions and may even unite to oppose it. But if a hereditary clause is added, then, except for a few people, most people will
There will be no comments.
On the one hand, if the Hetao is developed, its richness will not be much worse than that of the Central Plains.
On the other hand, there is a huge difference between being able to pass it on to future generations and being taken back after one's death, and everyone would choose the first one.
To put it bluntly, is it called a fiefdom if it cannot be passed down to future generations? That is Hu Nongren's.
"Wherever the king is appointed, the general will be there." Le Yi said excitedly, clasping his fists. It turned out that he had misunderstood Zhao Kuo. He was not here to kill the donkey, but to give him benefits.
"The same goes for the last general." Lian Po said.
"As long as the two generals agree, I just have a rough idea of this matter now. I have to wait until I return to Handan and discuss it with everyone before making a decision. By the way, the two generals who are near the water and the towers will get the moon first, so you can first
Send people to investigate, choose a place and tell me the king. As long as the city has not been built, I will agree. If you two are not afraid of the cold wind and want to seal the land in Monan, I can also agree." Zhao Kuo said.
This was something he had thought about long ago.
Fiefdom is a reward and an incentive given by the monarch to his ministers in this era. The social system is like this, and it cannot be avoided no matter what. This thing has advantages and can greatly stimulate the fighting spirit of the ministers. But it also has a disadvantage, that is, land
The more it seals, the less it will be...and it is easy for the tail to be too big to fall off.
For example, the Zhou Dynasty, such as the Chu State.
Even Shang Yang's reforms could not solve this problem. Shang Yang even got a large fiefdom for himself. After being falsely accused of rebellion, he actually went to the fiefdom to raise troops to rebel, and was defeated by Qin.