Chapter 702: The Nobles’ Worries
Everyone nodded slightly and realized that Qin An had thought very carefully. In this way, even if the other party could really find the tunnel entrance, we would quickly turn it into an abandoned tunnel.
Maybe those who enter this tunnel will die in this tunnel. It is simply the best artifact for sneak attacks.
Qin An continued: "As for building tunnels, forget it. Basically, all the villages in the ten miles and eighty miles are in the mountains. It is easier to go directly to the mountains. After the mountains, your world will be yours."
And I am sure that they would never dare to set fire to the mountain. "
"You mean they're afraid wildfires will draw national attention?" Lis said.
Qin An nodded and said: "It will definitely attract the attention of the country. Setting fire to the mountain is actually our last strategy, but this strategy is a last resort and should never be used unless it is a last resort."
Everyone nodded vigorously, as if someone was really coming to attack them.
Ying Zheng learned about the authentic war and said with great admiration: "The wisdom of our ancestors is indeed extraordinary.
This book is very good and very useful to us. I will have people prepare everything secretly.
I'm leaving tomorrow. I want to ask you, if you need anything else, just tell me. "
Qin An thought for a moment and said, "We don't need it for the time being. They are all available in the village now."
"That's good. Just be busy. You won't have to see me off tomorrow. You're busy. We only have half a year left. Time is very tight." Ying Zheng said.
Qin An nodded and said, "In that case, I won't send my father-in-law away. Let me know in advance when my father-in-law is ready to take me to meet people from outside forces."
"Okay." Ying Zheng responded.
Then Qin An said a few more words and left. They left Zhaojiacun the next day, and Qin An did not go to see them off. This time, Xiang Liang also left, and only Zhang Han and Feng Yan stayed.
After returning home, Ying Zheng brought up the issue of sharing the land with his family.
This policy immediately caught a group of nobles, especially the Gan family, Bai family and Meng family by surprise.
Even Feng Quji didn't react.
In terms of who has the most land, it is of course their group of nobles. Whether they are old nobles or new nobles, they have the most land.
Since Shang Yang's reform, land has become private ownership. Soldiers can achieve military exploits on the battlefield and be knighted, and they can also get land.
And these lands became privately owned.
After private ownership, those nobles began to embezzle land and became the real landlords of Great Qin. After that, there was a lot of land, and those without land could only farm land for others and became tenants.
Feudal society slowly took shape.
However, Ying Zheng's policy of dividing every family into every acre suppressed all those who owned large amounts of land, whether they were nobles, landowners, or businessmen, and were caught off guard.
Now, all the nobles in Xianyang City have gathered together, led by four people, namely Gan Mao, Bai Siqi, Meng Xifan and Feng Quji.
They booked a restaurant and didn't allow anyone to enter.
Feng Quji felt a little headache when he saw that the nobles below were talking and quarreling.
This matter concerns the entire aristocratic circle, so whether they are new aristocrats or old aristocrats, regardless of any grievances or grudges, they all arrived one after another.
If the relationship is good, the two parties will talk and laugh. If the relationship is not good, of course they will glare at each other. If there is hatred, they will start scolding each other directly.
But we are all civilized people, and we don’t use a single curse word when we curse.
"That's enough." Bai Siqi suddenly got angry and said angrily, "Please leave me alone."
Gan Mao and the other two looked at Bai Siqi. This guy was born in the army and had a violent temper. He was already very awesome for being able to endure it until now.
The nobles were all calmed down by Bai Siqi, and the originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet.
A nobleman said: "Master Bai, we are here to discuss how to deal with His Majesty's tenants.
Just now I and
The others chatted for a while, but did not find a good solution. They hoped that the Bai family, the Gan family, the Meng family, and Feng Xiang would come up with a solution together. "
Bai Siqi said angrily: "We are anxious, don't we just think of ways to do it. There are old Qin people, new Qin people, old nobles, and new nobles here. No matter who they are, they have countless properties.
Once the land is divided into acres, we need to pay ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times the grain tax every year. ..
This is a very important thing for us, so you will all come when we give the order.
Now that I'm here, I don't want you to talk nonsense or make noise. "
The nobles in the audience were silent again, not daring to speak again.
Feng Quji said at this time: "Master Bai, please don't be angry."
Bai Siqi sighed and sat down directly. They were all a bunch of loose sand. I didn't know if they could think of a way to fight against the crowd.
Feng Quji stood up and said, "Everyone, your Majesty definitely didn't come up with the policy of sharing children as one's own mother, so it must have been the idea of the Emperor's Master.
I'm afraid the Imperial Master has already thought of a way to deal with the proposal. Even if we adopt this policy, we may not get any benefits.
Therefore, we are also very embarrassed about this matter. You don't know the terror of the Imperial Master, but the four of us do.
Therefore, we, the four of us, do not support or object to this matter of dividing the land between small families. We will do whatever the court says.
And I brought you together, firstly, to tell you about this, and secondly, to let you decide what to do.
Those who support it should stand on the left, those who don't support it should stand on the right. If you want to do the same as us, sit still and don't move. "
After everyone heard this, commotion began again below. You and I were talking, and they couldn't make up their minds for a while.
Feng Quji put it nicely, what does it mean to not support or oppose, just do whatever the court asks you to do. This does not mean supporting the court's policy.
They don't want to support it. Once they support it, their income will be much less. How will they do business and go overseas?
Nowadays, there are many merchant ships on the sea, and they are already doing business with each other with the Maurya Dynasty.
Especially a piece of colored glaze from Da Qin can earn a lot of gold in the Mauryan Dynasty, which is a very profitable business.
But they couldn't afford the boat, but they could afford it a few years later.
Now the court wants to tax them again, which means they may not be able to afford it in a few years.
Basically, everyone is against it.
But everyone knows what the consequences of opposition will be, and everyone also knows that the law does not punish the public.
However, the fact that the law does not hold everyone accountable does not mean that the court will not hold those who stand out accountable.
So no one dared to move for a while.
"I support."
At this time, a nobleman stood up. This person was Xiang Liang. He knew how he came to be a tenant and he also knew the consequences of not supporting him.
