Xu Qing placed the box on the imperial desk, helplessly looked at the two people who were still rummaging through the box, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I found it."
Emperor Chu turned his head and looked at the box placed on the table, frowning: "This box contains the national seal? I thought someone paid tribute to the jewelry, so I casually ordered Wei Zhong to put it elsewhere."
If the box hadn't been changed, how could he not recognize the national seal?
Damn royal brother, he changed the box without saying a word.
The wise king also came over and said, "Look, I said I would send it back."
Emperor Chu looked at King Xian: "Where is the original box?"
The wise king said: "Xue'er accidentally broke the box when she was using the national seal to smash walnuts. I'll replace it with a new one for you."
Emperor Chu pursed his lips and his throat moved slightly: "Crush...walnuts?"
Xu Qing also pursed his lips. No wonder the walnuts the little girl fed him that day tasted so good and the national seal was opened.
The wise king took out the national seal and handed it to the Emperor of Chu: "It's good that the national seal was not dropped. Hurry up and cover it."
Emperor Chu put his seal on the imperial edict and handed it to Xu Qing: "Take it, it's for you."
Xu Qing took the imperial edict and looked at Emperor Chu: "Why don't you read it out?"
A trace of uneasiness flashed in Emperor Chu's eyes, and he turned away: "Take it back and look at it."
If it hadn't been for the embarrassing scene just now, Emperor Chu would have left according to the normal procedure. But when he was rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for the national seal, the emperor's majesty had already been exhausted when he was looking for the national seal. How could he have bothered to arrange for people to read these things.
King Xian looked at Xu Qing and asked: "How many thunders have been made?"
Xu Qing wondered: "What kind of thunder?"
Emperor Chu also cast a doubtful look, what is Zhentian Lei?
The wise king said: "The name you chose still lacks some momentum, so I changed it to the name."
Xu Qing asked: "When was it changed? Looking at His Majesty's behavior, you don't know?"
The wise king coughed and said, "Just now."
Emperor Chu: "..."
Xu Qing's eyes twitched and he said: "Probably nearly a thousand have been made. This thing is cheap to make, and the Firearms Department works on an assembly line. As long as there are enough raw materials, it is easy to produce. But it can't be done now, because the clay pots are used
It’s over. I’m afraid this thing won’t be able to be maintained until it’s replenished. We’ll have to wait for the next batch of clay pots to be replenished.”
Because of the approval of the wise king, the Guoshang Academy can now blatantly research and make firearms, and there is no need to set up a fireworks shop to cover up.
Mo Heng was promoted yesterday by Xu Qing to the position of Director of the Firearms Department, in charge of firearms research and production.
I had been making these things secretly at first, but now that I was allowed to do it, I could free my arms to do it. I accidentally used up the ingredients that I had prepared for a long time and made so many.
King Xian said: "Let's take a thousand pills. Transport them to the border gate first. The subsequent Thunder Thunder will be sent to the border gate along with the parts of the siege equipment. This morning, the border gate has arrived eight hundred miles away. Hurry, Zhou Guojun
The formation has already approached the border city. Counting the days of sending the message, the border is not far away even if there is no battle yet. I also plan to set off for the border in the next two days."
Xu Qing cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
The wise king nodded and said: "I have returned to my palace first. The emperor has something to do with you. Let's talk about it."
After saying that, the wise king walked out of the imperial study.
However, it was clear that the enemy army was threatening the border. What was the reason for the Xian King's unconcealable joy?
Zhou State devoted all its national power just to make the wise king laugh?
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Xu Qing looked at Emperor Chu and cupped his hands and said, "I wonder what your Majesty's orders are?"
Emperor Chu looked at Xu Qing and said: "Speaking of which, this matter was caused by the imperial brother's confiscation of the house. Do you still remember the three powerful families in Fengzhou?"
Xu Qing nodded: "Of course I remember that those three families have been eradicated, but there are still future troubles?"
Emperor Chu shook his head and said: "We can't talk about the future troubles. It's just that after the collapse of the three families, they left a large amount of unclaimed land for sale by the government."
"You also know that some of these fields were obtained through plunder and can naturally be returned to the farmers, but most of them were purchased from farmers who could no longer survive at a low price. Now three families own half the state's fields."
"Furthermore, the people who were involved in this land were implicated in the nine clans, and they were unlucky. The small families around them did not dare to buy for fear of being unlucky. Even if the people around them dared to buy, they would not be able to sell all the land in such a large amount. Their family wealth
They couldn't afford it, and the tenants were poor and couldn't come up with the money to buy it back."
"So, these properties are still accumulated in the hands of the government, tenants can't find a place to pay their rent, and some people who want to rent land can't find anyone to rent it to. What can be done like this?"
Xu Qing said without thinking: "The household contract responsibility system..."
When Emperor Chu heard Xu Qing's words, he was slightly startled: "What did you say?"
Xu Qing said: "If you can't sell it, just don't buy it. Declare the land that can't be sold to be owned by the state. Tenants who want to rent land can go to the government to rent land on their own, and the rent can also be handed over to the government and collected into the state treasury."
When Emperor Chu heard this, a light flashed in his mind. Is there such an operation?
Emperor Chu sat down behind the imperial case, looked at Xu Qing and said, "Tell me in detail."
Xu Qingdao: "The land used to be in the hands of the big landlords. In every disaster year, land annexation was carried out. Farmers' land was purchased at low prices and they were reduced to tenant farmers. When the contradiction between the landlord class and the peasant class intensified, there would be farmers who could not survive.
Rebellion, this is also the reason why the three of them... well... were forced to rebel and were exterminated by the subordinates."
Emperor Chu nodded: "Yes, many farmers turned against us during the disaster last year, so the emperor wanted to get rid of those three families."
Xu Qingdao: "But if the land is in the hands of the court, land annexation can be greatly suppressed. In disaster years, the court can also reduce or exempt farmers from rent taxes, allowing farmers to have time to recuperate instead of being exploited by landlords.
Increase rent.”
"Fengzhou land is the beginning of state-owned land. If there is a disaster in the future, the government will purchase the land of farmers who have no choice but to sell it at a fair price. This will not only suppress the powerful landlords, but also consolidate the country's rule.
Preventing farmers from being exploited by landlords allows farmers to live and work in peace and contentment."
Emperor Chu's eyes revealed brilliance: "You mean, farmers only have the right to use state-owned land but not to possess it?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Not bad."
Emperor Chu asked: "But what if someone with ulterior motives rents a large amount of land and acts as a middleman to sublease it at a higher price?"
Xu Qingdao: "Those lands belong to the Chu State, but not to him. The court can rent them to whomever it wants. It is not against the law not to rent them to him."
Emperor Chu smiled and said: "Okay, I and the emperor brother really did not misjudge the person. They have solved problems for me and the court several times. Xu Qing, you are really a blessed general! I didn't expect that you could solve the problem in the blink of an eye when all the officials in the court were helpless.
untie."
Xu Qing shook his head: "No, it's not that they can't think of this method, but they won't think about it, and even if they think of it, they won't tell His Majesty."
"What?" Emperor Chu frowned: "Why is this?"
Xu Qingdao: "Because the nobles themselves are also landlords who control a large amount of land. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents."