Chapter 639: What I care about is myself
After Fusu explained the matter, he sent people to the Baiyue leaders of each tribe that day.
At that time, the Qin army launched a large-scale war, and more than a million people were killed and injured in the land of Baiyue. Later, everyone surrendered to the Qin Dynasty, but only in the open, and secretly there were still many forces thinking of rebelling against Qin.
However, since Fusu arrived in South Vietnam and established the city of Guangzhou, the forces that originally wanted to oppose Qin were disintegrated bit by bit.
The people of Baiyue, who originally had a very small population, now saw a better life than before, so they all began to accept the rule of Qin.
Within fifteen days, the tribal leaders from the Land of Baiyue came to Guangzhou City one after another. Even those who did not want to come or were afraid of coming also came.
Because the purpose of calling them here this time was to discuss how to develop Baiyue Land.
Those who arrived first were accommodated in the largest restaurant in Guangzhou City.
There is a government office in Guangzhou City, but there is no guest house. This is because there is no one in the village, so Fusu rejected Xiao He's proposal to build a government office.
Fifteen days passed quickly, and leaders such as Ouyue, Wuyue, Minyue, Nanyue, and Xiou all came.
Although Baiyue Land has the word "hundred", it only means that there are many tribes of Yue people, not that there are a hundred tribes.
It can be roughly divided into ten major tribes, including Wuyue, Ouyue, and Minyue. Each major tribe has many small tribes.
Now, Fusu invited the leaders of the ten major tribes.
The day for discussion arrived, and the ten leaders came to Fusu's mansion.
"See His Highness the Crown Prince." After seeing Fusu, the ten leaders saluted Fusu at the same time.
Fusu waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be polite, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The top ten leaders each found their seats and sat down. In addition to Fusu and the top ten leaders, there were also Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
Fusu waited until everyone was ready, and then said: "Gentlemen, since I came to Baiyue, I established Guangzhou City, which has developed rapidly and become the most fertile city in the land of Baiyue."
The leader of South Vietnam said: "All this is the result of the Crown Prince. The people of South Vietnam are very grateful to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Fusu shook his head and said, "I only did what the court wanted, so the credit cannot be placed on me.
Today, Baiyue Land is divided into four types of people. One type still makes a living in the mountains by hunting, raising poultry, and planting fruit trees.
One kind makes a living by farming, and the other kind makes a living by fishing in the sea.
There is another type of people who work in the city for a living.
Of these four, I am not saying who is good or bad, but I want to make people live a better life.
People who make a living by planting fruit trees and hunting can also farm land, grow grain, and grow fruit, all of which can be taken care of by the Yamen.
At the same time, I decided to reduce the grain tax again, changing the eight-eight tax to one ten-tax tax. In addition, the government's steam plowing vehicles and harvesting vehicles can be rented to villagers during busy farming periods.
Secondly, for the people who make a living by fishing, I can teach them to breed various fishes, just like chickens and ducks.
In addition, I also decided to establish an aristocratic academy, an academy specifically for the children of people of high status and wealth.
Here are the children of court officials, the children of your leaders, the children of nobles in your tribe, and the children of merchants who will all study in this noble school.
This academy is different from Guangzhou Academy, which teaches life skills. The Noble Academy teaches how to make money, how to manage business, how to manage cities, how to manage tribes, etc.
Simply put, as long as those who come from aristocratic academies are willing to study hard, they will be great in the future.
And the people who came out of Guangzhou Academy are the ones who work for you. "
When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking. However, what they were talking about was not about letting the villagers raise fish or something, but about the noble academy.
That's what they care about.
The leader of Ouyue asked: "
Your Highness, your aristocratic academy doesn’t want to use our children as hostages, does it? "
"Asshole." Xiang Yu said angrily, "The prince wants your children to be used as hostages. Do you have the right to refuse?"
The Ouyue leader immediately shut his mouth, his face full of embarrassment. Just as Xiang Yu said, as long as Fusu is willing, they have no power.
The South Vietnamese leader immediately expressed his loyalty and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that I fully support His Highness's decision."
Fusu nodded and said, "You decide for yourself whether you want to go to school or not, and if you want to go to a noble school, the tuition will be quite high.
I don’t have an exact number yet, and it changes every year. "
Everyone started talking again.
The leader of South Vietnam said: "Your Highness, I wonder when you can start school?"
"Don't worry, building an academy is not a child's play. Everything must be done step by step. Moreover, the academy will be very big and the project may take a long time. However, don't worry, everyone, I will do what I say.
You don’t have to worry. After you go back, even if you have more children, I can help you share some of the burden in the future. Fusu said half-jokingly.
Liu Bang heard this and said with a smile: "Everyone, you are all big leaders, and there are many small tribes below. If your children are not good enough, they may be replaced by others. Therefore, His Highness the Crown Prince is right, you must have more children." child."
"Hahaha..." Xiang Yu and the others couldn't help laughing, and the others also laughed.
However, a few people really listened to it, and after returning home, they really went crazy and created people, but that’s something for another day.
Fusu continued: "The Noble Academy is just one of them, and then we will start discussing the development of Baiyue.
Everyone, the population of Baiyue has dropped sharply due to the war. I don’t want to comment on whether this is right or wrong. I will leave it to future generations to comment.
Now our first goal is to develop the population, so we should intermarry on a large scale, not only with each other in Baiyue, but also with the people of Qin.
What's your opinion on this? "
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." The leader of Ouyue said, "Intermarriage is okay, but His Highness the Crown Prince should give some rewards to stimulate young people to marry more wives and have children."
"It makes sense." Leader Wu Yue said, "Your Highness, it is easy for them to get married, but it is not necessarily true for them to have children. For us, giving birth to children is like taking a photo with death, and many people will be worried."
"Don't worry, everyone." Fusu said, "I know what you are worried about. Xiao He. Tell you how the court resolved this matter?"
"No." Xiao He said, "Everyone, the imperial court encourages people to live separately from their parents after they get married.
Separation is not a separation of families. There are two benefits to doing so. The first is to stand on their own after separation, which allows the children to shoulder the burden of being the head of the family and allows the children to go through training, which is good for the children's future growth. "
