"The chief of the right concubine advised your Majesty that the people north of the Dahe River should garrison the three northern counties of Daidai, Yuyang, Shanggu, and Youbeiping; the people south of the Huaihe River should garrison Jiangnan and Jiangdong; the people of Guanxi should garrison Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun, and Nahenan.
, where should the people of the counties in Huaibei garrison?"
Chen Ping was from Dangjun. He found that Heifu did not mention the Central Plains area, so he asked more questions. He was still very concerned about the future of the rural party members.
Hei Fu had just asked Zhang Han, and then discovered that Qin Shihuang was interested in the Queen Mother of the West and decided to focus his national policy on the northwest. At the same time, he did not expel the Yanqi alchemists. He still asked the young master to pay a sum of money to let them go to the seaside.
Shipbuilding and looking for immortals...
In Heifu's opinion, instead of wishing for immortality, it is better to study how to safely and effectively cross the Bohai Strait and closely connect Qidi and Liaodong. With today's navigation technology, Korea and Japan cannot cross, but the Liaodong Peninsula is not difficult.
The Bohai Sea is an inland sea with moderate wind and waves. There are various small islands for anchorage along the way. If they land at the mouth of the Liaohe River or the Yalu River, the garrison troops from Linzi and Jiaodong counties can quickly reach their destination...
Of course, this was just an idea he had and was not written into the memorial. He planned to add it after he returned to Xianyang to meet the Holy Spirit.
Except for the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the only remaining Central Plains region in the true sense is only about one-sixth of the area of the Qin Dynasty, with more than ten counties, but half of the population of the Qin Dynasty!
After more than a thousand years of development in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the population of these counties has become saturated. The land is small and the people are small. A few families in the first Guizhou Province live in small houses.
Chen Ping nodded and agreed. For example, his family used to have only thirty acres of thin farmland. The two brothers farmed together and could barely make ends meet.
This is not bad. One-third of the households in their Kushang are landless and can only work as farm laborers for the rich. The same is true in neighboring Sanchuan, Yingchuan, and Chen counties. The land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and those who have no land are
Farmers were everywhere, and many people were forced to become merchants. This was the reason why there were so many merchants in the Central Plains.
In Heifu's view, these homeless poor people, farm laborers, and traders can just immigrate to the real border!
The people under the fortress are not well paid and cannot live in a dangerous place for a long time. They are exempted from the punishment of prisoners, restored to the normal status of the adopted son-in-law, given the title of farmer, exempted from taxation for ten years, granted farmland to farmland, and whatever is needed will be given.
If the ax goes down, there will definitely be many people in various counties in the Central Plains.
In short, there were landless people in the Central Plains. After traveling westward and entering the customs, they were moved to frontier fortresses with fertile land, abundant water and grass but sparse population. They built houses and cities, settled their families and purchased land, and organized them according to the Shiwu system. In the first three years
, the government will give them winter clothes and sufficient food, as well as necessary cattle, farm tools, and seeds until they can be self-sufficient.
Three years later, the land had been opened up and the government could purchase grain nearby, so the border officers no longer had to rely on traveling long distances from the interior to provide grain.
During the slack season, immigrants were given military training, weapons were distributed, and soldiers were stationed in the fields. During peacetime, they could work in the fields. After war, they were not expected to kill the enemy, but they could serve as a logistics brigade and accompany the army on expeditions.
This kind of armed colonization will be carried out in Longxi, Beidi, and Shangjun. In the future, as the empire's borders move forward, it can be extended to Hexi and Hetao...
Heifu also proposed to install medical witches to cure diseases and perform sacrifices, so that men and women could get married, live and die together, plant trees and raise livestock, and make houses safe. After one generation, graves would follow each other, and immigrants would become
I have become acquainted with the local indigenous people and have the desire to live there forever.
After listening to Heifu's detailed account, both Zhang Han and Chen Ping thought this was a good strategy. They heard from Zhang Han that Qin Shihuang ordered the prime minister, imperial censors, and court officials to discuss the matter, and the result was almost there.
Zhang Han said: "Everyone knows that His Majesty is determined to expand westward, so there are very few people who oppose it. What's more, this strategy has precedents as early as King Zhao."
Many years ago, King Zhaoxiang of Qin thought that the Qin State was vast and sparsely populated, so he implemented the policy of "recruiting the people": Anyone who came to submit to the vassal states would be given a rank of nobility, granted a hundred acres of land, exempted from corvee taxes for ten years, and
This policy, written in laws and decrees, eventually attracted 100,000 poor peasants.
Heif's proposal is just an improved version of this strategy, and there is already a successful case.
"However, three years ago, after I led my troops to wipe out Yuzhang, Your Majesty moved thousands of people from Nanjun to Nanchang City, allowing the soldiers and civilians to open up wasteland. This can be regarded as the beginning of farming. Now there are nearly 10,000 people in Nanchang County.
What was once a barren land is now a wealthy city in the south of the Yangtze River!"
Nanchang City, this is the joint achievement of Heifu and Zhang Han, the two of them toasted each other with a glass of wine while talking.
Of course, Heifu did not say that many of the immigrants planted sugar cane in their own plantations during the slack season. As brown sugar has become popular in Kansai in the past two years, and is even sold as far away as Yueshi, sugar cane brown sugar is profitable.
In addition to Nanchang County, Heifu's old men in several other counties have also begun to follow suit. They burn wasteland to grow cane and squeeze sugar in their own fields, and then sell it to Heifu's cousin. The Black Party is likely to become a Sweet Party.
the trend of……
With both legal support and successful precedents, Heifu's farming policy will definitely pass if nothing unexpected happens. This is why Zhang Han congratulated Heifu on his "promotion" again.
"Heifu continuously writes letters and proposes national policies. If your majesty adopts them, the merits of his suggestions cannot be lost. He will be promoted to an official position and become a nobleman, just around the corner!"
Zhang Han guessed that according to the practice of official promotion in the Qin Dynasty, if Heifu was promoted again, he might be able to serve as a guard in the county, and he would be envied for a time by a feudal official like Wei...
At this time, he remembered something again and said with a smile: "I just said that I have gone to farm, but I haven't told you how the court is arguing about what you said about shearing wool for clothing!"
"What's so controversial about this?" Heifu felt incredulous.
“The Ph.D. students who praise Confucius’ teachings don’t think so.”
Zhang Han followed the example of Dr. Le Zhengli and lacquer carving and dyeing. He shook his head and said: "Everyone said, China's Rong and Yi, the people of the five directions, all have their own nature, which cannot be changed. The people in the east are called Yi, and they are sent to the country, and they are not fire-eating.
Those are the people. The people in the south are called Barbarians, who live in caves with feathers, and there are people who eat without fire. The people in the west are called Rong, who are clothed in clothing and skin, and there are people who don't eat grains. The people in the north are called Di, who live in caves with feathers, and there are people who don't eat grains..."
"They thought that Qin was a country with great attire and great etiquette, so it was called Xia. It had the beauty of clothes and seals, so it was called Hua. The descendants did not seek Xia, and the barbarians did not mess with Hua. The attire, robes, and robes were taught by the sages. But now
Hei Fu wrote a letter to make Chinese people wear feathers and live in woven skins. This is to disturb the Chinese clothes and hats with the customs of Rong and Di, and it is like returning to the behavior of animals!"
Because in Heifu's proposal, woolen clothing can not only be worn by border guards, but can also be extended to the entire north in the future, so it is inevitable to be opposed by Confucian scholars. They do not want to see the land of Qi and Lu in the future full of "military uniforms"
.
"Being the same as Rong and Di" was a term used by the Six Kingdoms of Shandong in the Qin Dynasty. Different from the Qin people, the Confucian scholars in Wei, Lu and other places attached great importance to these. They believed that a gentleman should act in obedience and wear orthodox clothes.
Only by wearing clothes can you do things. Your Majesty will never agree to this.
In the end, the Confucian scholar defeated Heifu's army.
"This is not conducive to His Majesty's decree of 'One World's Customs'."
"It's like they don't wear furs in winter." Chen Ping calls himself Mr. Huang, and he can't stand these rigid Confucian scholars.
Heifu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He really didn't expect that such an incident would happen again.
However, he was not worried, because Confucian scholars and doctors were just mascots used by Qin Shihuang to decorate the court, and they had little say. Even if it related to the tradition of dress and dress, which was their area of expertise, there were people from other schools who opposed it.
For example, the Mo family...
Sure enough, Zhang Han said happily: "As soon as the students finished speaking, Master Tang was the master of Mohism. Cheng Shang retorted on the spot, saying: The words of the students are different. Zi Mozi once said, but the actions are not obeyed!"
Mohists also quoted scriptures: In the past, Duke Huan of Qi wore a high crown and a wide belt to rule his country, and his country was governed. In the past, Duke Wen of Jin wore a large cloth robe and a sheep's fur to rule his country, and his country was governed. In the past, the king of Chuzhuang wore a crown and a tassel.
Wear crimson robes and rich robes to rule your country, and your country will be governed. In the past, King Gou Jian of Yue had his hair cut and tattooed, to rule his country, and his country would be governed.
These four monarchs had different clothes, but they all created their own governance. It can be seen from this that the so-called etiquette and clothing cannot determine the governance of a country. Confucian scholars are particular about whether a piece of clothing is made of linen, silk or wool.
pedantic.
This is the view of the Mohists. In their view, as long as they are comfortable, it is okay for the garrison soldiers who go to the north to be given left ribs, and it is okay for the soldiers to go to the south to be tattooed and have their hair cut off. As the mortal enemies of Confucianism, the views of both sides have gone to extremes.
, you can’t pee in a pot at all.
Just when the two families were quarreling, the Legalists headed by Li Si also spoke.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Shang once said that laws should be made according to the times, etiquette should be made according to the situation, and laws and regulations should be made according to their own needs. Clothes and equipment should be used for their own purposes. Therefore, there is no need to follow the ancient rules to facilitate the country! I think that clothes are for
Ease of wearing and etiquette are for ease of doing things. If it can benefit its people and benefit its country, it is not a bad idea to slightly change the material of the clothes."
"Now the advice of the right concubine Chang Heifu is just to imitate the Qiang people's method, using wool as thread and making clothes to protect the soldiers from the cold. It does not mean that all Chinese people will be sent to the left. It is really surprising that all living beings are so opposed to it!"
It is not difficult to guess Li Si's opinion. As long as the change is beneficial to the country, Legalists support the change. The Qin State has been strong for hundreds of years because of this mentality of being brave in change.
Zhang Han said: "Finally, even Zhang Cang stood up and spoke for you."
"Oh, doesn't Zhang Zihu just like to study behind closed doors and not ask about political affairs? What did he say?" Heifu was very curious about what shocking words this intellectual geek would say.
"He just said one thing."
Zhang Han said with a smile: "Zhang Cang said that if you have a solid warehouse, you will know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace. It is better to let the border garrison have enough food and clothing, and then talk about the great etiquette and the beauty of uniforms!"
"Well said! One sentence is enough!"
Heifu was very pleased. This was the benefit of inheriting the legacy of hundreds of schools of thought. Different viewpoints collided in the government and the public, and the mind was open and enterprising. Instead of claiming to be a heavenly dynasty and being autistic, he was autistic.
Finally, Qin Shihuang also made a decision:
Zhang Han recounted: "Your Majesty said that those who have great achievements in the world will be burdened by the legacy of the world; those who have the worry of being independent will be feared by the common people!"
"At that time, King Wuling of Zhao was riding and shooting in Hu uniforms. Although he was ridiculed by the vulgar scholars, he was able to continue the work of the emperor, destroy the country of Zhongshan, open the hometown of Hu and Zhai, and Zhao Sui had Yunzhong and Jiuyuan."
"Now, according to Heifu's words, by slightly changing the material of the clothes, the soldiers can avoid the suffering of frost, guard the borders for the country, and open up new territories. In the future, if they can cross Yunzhong and Jiuyuan, and take Hetao and Yinshan, this
It’s also the work of sheep and cloth!”
"Your Majesty, His Majesty." Heifu clasped his fists in the direction of Xianyang Palace. It was not easy to meet an emperor who was brave enough to change.
"By the way, Dong Yi told me that during the month when Hei Fu was on the road, His Majesty had another favorite by his side." Zhang Han said smoothly.
"Oh, could it be that Youzhan (zhān) has returned to the palace again?" Youzhan has been ignored by the emperor since the last time he and Fusu remonstrated together, and he has not been summoned to the palace for a long time. Heifu sympathizes with him.
"It's not Youzhan."
Zhang Han smiled and said: "It's a musician from Yan State named Gao Jianli!"
