As for improving welfare, benefits and the like, you can learn, but these all require money. The Qin State has no money, the treasury has been emptied, and it has to build a medical system. Although there was a bumper harvest last autumn, it only alleviated the shortage of food.
question.
Moreover, the reason why Qin is able to launch wars every year is to concentrate all the wealth on the country, reward one and punish two, and the reward will never be more than the punishment. If the welfare is really improved, it means that Qin wants to make profits, which is against the law.
original intention.
It also means that if Qin cannot expand its financial resources, it will not be able to launch frequent wars in the future.
Thinking of this, King Qin couldn't help but think of the merchants traveling westward. It had been a whole year. At first, there was still news coming, but now there is no news at all.
Deep down in his heart, Qin Wangji no longer had any hope for these people.
However, he did not neglect Lu Buwei because of this. In any case, Lu Buwei was a talent, the kind that Qin State lacked the most.
In the past two years, the State of Qin has continuously sent people to the six eastern countries to look for top civil servants, but none of them have been found. The State of Qin took action too late, and those who really wanted to serve as officials had been snatched away by the State of Zhao.
The rest either already have owners or are unwilling to serve.
As for weakening the State of Zhao, this is what the State of Qin has been doing for so many years. It was only one step away from completion before, but fell short in the end, and now there is no progress.
"Actually, I have been thinking about one thing. Where did the Zhao State come from so much money? Even if the entire world's money is put into it for so many constructions, it may not be enough." Fan Ju said in confusion, "Perhaps, I, Qin
The country can try...to reduce the suppression on businessmen?"
Fan Ju didn't understand why Zhao Guo was so rich.
Agriculture? The Qin State copied agricultural tools such as the plow and the water wheel, and the land of the State of Qin was no worse than the land of the State of Zhao. In some places, it was even better than that of the State of Zhao.
Animal Husbandry? The animal husbandry of the Qin State is no worse than that of the Zhao State. The two families are from the same ancestor and both made their fortunes by raising horses. How can they not understand animal husbandry?
Fisheries? This may be the reason. Qi State was very wealthy when it enjoyed the benefits of fish and salt. I heard that Zhao State was also engaged in this, but Qin State could not learn from it.
Then only business was left. Fan Ju also understood the reason why Shang Yang emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. However, after his continuous learning during this period, he believed that businessmen should be controlled, but not overly restrained.
"Mr. just said that after Zhao State's regulations are formulated, they will be tried out in Taiyuan first, and then they will be promoted nationwide after they are correct. If this is the case, then this matter will be tried out in Bashu first. If it can really increase the tax revenue of our Qin State, and
If it won’t have any impact on government and business, then we can implement it nationwide.”
Qin Wangji felt that it was a good thing to try something developed by Zhao in one place first. Even if there was a problem, it would only harm one place, and the harm would be much less.
If there is no problem, it will only be two or three years late. For a country, two or three years is nothing.
"No." Fan Ju leaned over and said.
"General Wang Lu, do you have any suggestions for improving military strength?" Qin Wangji looked at Wang Lu.
"The last general suggested sending troops to attack the Qiang people." Wang Hao said with clasped fists.
"I disagree." Fan Ju said immediately.
Qin Wangji also frowned. It was not just Fan Ju who did not want to fight the Qiang people. In fact, there were very few people in the entire Qin State who wanted to fight the Qiang people.
On the one hand, the land is favorable for the Qiang people, with mountains and plateaus everywhere. Although the Qin State was able to repel the Qiang people's attacks every time, it almost never took the initiative to attack the Qiang people.
Compared with the Qin State, the Qiang people's terrain was too high and it was difficult to conquer them. Even if they were conquered, they would not be able to immigrate there to farm.
The State of Qin did not want areas where farming could not be done.
On the other hand, the Qiang people were too poor. Most of the soldiers did not even have metal weapons, and their cattle, sheep, and horses were all concentrated in the hands of a few nobles. Qin would not get anything even if it won.
The same is true for ordinary soldiers. If they want to obtain a title, they need to kill armored soldiers or low-level generals. Killing Qiang people has no military merit.
For the Qin State and its soldiers, the victory was a small loss and the defeat was a big loss.
Unless the Qin State can destroy the Qiang's home base, it will not only be able to make up for the losses, but also seize a large amount of livestock and grain.
But this is difficult to do. The Qiang people are no match for the Qin army in a frontal battle. Once the Qiang people hide in the mountains, the Qin army will have nothing to do with them.
If the Qiang people posed a threat to the Qin State, the Qin State would have reason to destroy the Qiang people even if they suffered a large number of casualties. However, the Qiang people were scattered, and apart from being constantly disgusting to the Qin State, they did not pose any threat to the overall situation of the Qin State.
Qin could not find any reason to attack a neighbor who was poor, posed no threat to itself and was difficult to deal with.
Therefore, even though the Qiang people often harassed Qin's southwest and western borders, Qin would always send troops to drive them westward, so that they would not harass Qin in a short period of time.
Out of sight out of mind.
"Reason." Qin Wangji said. Although he did not agree with attacking the Qiang people, he still decided to listen to Wang Lu's opinion before making a decision.
"Troop training. Since the emergence of cavalry, their mobility far exceeds that of chariots, and it is difficult to deal with it on the plains. After Zhao equipped the war horses with stirrups, saddles, and iron hoofs, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry has greatly increased."
"I personally believe that the world will be dominated by cavalry in the future. But when the world's cavalry comes out of Zhao, Zhao's cavalry is ten times more powerful than Qin. If Qin cannot establish an elite cavalry as soon as possible, it will definitely not be Zhao's on the battlefield in the future.
opponent."
"The best place to train troops is the battlefield. The most suitable opponents around are the Qiang people. They are large in number but not very strong. With the strength of the Qin State, the battle losses can be minimized. They can train troops without too much trouble."
Big loss.”
The Qin State does not lack warriors suitable for cavalry. There are a large number of good cavalry seedlings in Longxi, the North and other places. The Qin State also has no shortage of war horses. There are a large number of war horses in the northwest, Hexi Corridor and other places, and they can also capture wild horses.
The Qin State does not lack generals and inheritance who can train cavalry, but it only lacks time and platform.
Zhao State developed cavalry too early, and it accumulated more cavalry than the other six countries combined. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Qin State to catch up, and it could only overtake in a corner.
The road to the east has been blocked, and the whole army can be mobilized at a moment's notice. The north is the neighboring country and the desert, and the south is the mountains and forests, so the only option is to attack the Qiang people in the southwest.
"In addition, I suggested that the Qiang, Yueshi, and Xizhi be recruited as retinues during the war. Many of them are better at fighting on horseback than us," Wang Hao said.
"This is okay, but it may be difficult for the national treasury to support the Qiang people all the time." Qin Wangji shook his head.
After listening to Wang Lu's words, he was a little moved. The Qin State was in great need of an elite cavalry so that they would not be at a disadvantage when facing the Zhao State in the future.
As long as the Qiang people could be richer so that Qin would not be unable to make ends meet if it won the war, Qin Wangji agreed.