On the first day of the first lunar month (October), the court meeting in the front hall ends, and the small court meeting begins in the Xianyang hall.
At the end of Li Si's report, the only thing worthy of attention is that despite this summer's severe drought, grain production has not decreased, but has increased. The increase is mainly due to the further expansion of the rice planting area in the south of the Yangtze River and the increase in people moving there. The production on both sides of the Deshui River has still been reduced, but the overall impact has not been much.
After Li Si finished, Feng Jie stood up: "Your Majesty, there have been many lazy people in Guanzhong recently. According to statistics from the Internal History Order, there are about ten thousand people, and the trend is getting worse. I am afraid that these people will eventually develop into hooligans. Please decide what to do, Your Majesty." Deal with these slackers.”
I frowned slightly: "Is it because of the severe drought this summer?"
Feng Jie glanced at Ying Piao, who stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, that's not the case. I've been visited by officials. These lazy guys are just lazy people. Now that the world is rich, even if they don't engage in farming, they only rely on begging and playing rogue. I can fill my stomach, so naturally I don’t want to farm anymore.”
I was speechless for a while, thinking that the prosperous age had become a hotbed for these lazy people. I am a big landowner now, so naturally I cannot tolerate this situation, which is worse than lying flat on my back.
"Don't the laws of Qin have corresponding punishments? Just remove their peasant status and arrest them all to build the city."
Ying Tong had a constipated expression on his face: "Your Majesty, Qin law stipulates that as long as you hand in oral gifts, you are not considered a hooligan. These lazy guys are very smart. They leave enough oral gifts every year and hand them in on time. This is why Prime Minister Zuo calls them lazy people, and It’s not because of gangsters. Qin’s law only punishes gangsters, not lazy people.”
My eyes widened. I didn't expect people from the Qin Dynasty to be so good at taking advantage of the law! In fact, in the final analysis, this is the problem of how to mobilize production enthusiasm, which cannot be solved by coercive means.
I thought for a moment, took the plan into consideration, and said with a smile: "Okay, they are lazy, then let the court find something for them to do! Feng Jie, order all counties and counties to investigate similar lazy people, and after verification, each person will be given a few sheep." Young pigs, pigs, chickens and the like, no money, just free."
Feng Jie looked surprised: "Your Majesty, doesn't this encourage their laziness?"
I sneered: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Although these livestock were given to them for free and they were just raised, the ownership of these livestock still belongs to the court, but the offspring of these livestock belong to them. But there is a prerequisite, and that is If the first batch of livestock issued by the imperial court is not recycled, they will have to keep them until they die of old age, or even if they die of illness due to poor care, they will be considered as embezzling the imperial property and they will be taken directly to build the city!"
Everyone was confused. Isn't this fucking forced lending? And it’s the kind that you can’t do without borrowing it! Although the principal will be repaid without interest and the income will be yours, once the principal is lost, can you bear it if you directly cut off your membership and go to build the city...
But after thinking about it, I really have no way to deal with lazy people. This is a way...
Feng Jie looked delighted: "Your Majesty is wise, in this case, the food obtained by being rogue will definitely not be able to feed the livestock, and they will have to farm."
Everyone didn't have any good ideas, so they all agreed.
I looked at Ying Zhi and said calmly: "In the future, there is no need to wait for the Great Court to discuss such matters."
Ying Hao quickly bowed and said yes. After solving this matter, the next step is Zhang Liang.
"Your Majesty, except for a few relatively wealthy counties, other counties are not very enthusiastic about building roads. I have tried my best, but there are still many counties that are unwilling to build roads. The reason is that those counties, li, and pavilions feel that they are in trouble. All daily needs can be met locally, and there is no need to communicate with other counties. Therefore, despite the government subsidies, progress is still very slow."
I nodded. I hadn't considered this before, so it wasn't a surprise. Now Daqin is still a small-scale peasant economy, and everyone is used to being self-sufficient. This concept is understandable.
"Increasing subsidies will not work, and may even be counterproductive. I would like to establish a typical county with good road construction in each county. The imperial court will arrange Daqin merchants to trade in the county, and some preferential policies can be given to related taxes. Wait for this county With the improvement of living standards and the influx of new goods, I believe it can serve as a demonstration."
"Although the grain in the south of the Yangtze River is high-yielding, it is difficult to transport it to other places. The grain in the hands of the head of Guizhou is accumulated and has the conditions for trade. At the same time, it happens that the rice from the south of the Yangtze River is transported out by the merchants of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, the subsidy policy is limited to the seventh year of the Second Qin Dynasty , the court will no longer provide subsidies if it exceeds the time limit.”
Zhang Liang admired him so much that he did not expect such a stimulating policy. He handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty is wise. This will definitely increase the enthusiasm of counties and counties to build roads."
Meng Hanyu also stood up: "Your Majesty, half of the city of Zhangye has been built now, but the further west it becomes, the harder it is to ram the soil, and the construction progress is quite slow. At the same time, Qinchang and Wuwei are not very effective in absorbing the population."
"Well, this is indeed a problem." Building the city is very expensive. If no one moves into the repaired city, it will be a nightmare.
I thought for a moment and said, "Are you just using the pulley to transport soil to the city wall?"
Meng Hanyu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, yes."
"We will discuss the construction of the city later. As for Qinchang and Wuwei, the effect of absorbing the population is not good, we can no longer rely on forced relocation. Ge Yue." I thought of the trade in the Western Regions, and I still have to start with policy.
Ge Yue stood up: "I'm here!"
I ordered: "Now that it has been three months since I returned from my mission to the Western Regions, I can inform the world about the trade in the Western Regions. Anyone who intends to do business in the Western Regions, as long as they have no land at home and make a living by selling goods, can go. Announce the profits of the Ba clan and the Wushi clan. Anyone who intends to move to the west of Hexi and settle in the south of the Yangtze River will be exempted from taxes for two years."
First treat the Western Regions as the "New World" of the Qin Dynasty. No matter what, create an image of gold everywhere in the Western Regions, and you won't be afraid that no one will go there.
It's not a big deal for the others. I listened carefully to Jie Wu's report. Now Changsha County has gradually begun to recover. Jie Wu works hard day and night. He rarely stays in the government office. He keeps running to the county to encourage farming and severely crack down on the evil forces left behind by the feudal expansion. , the results are remarkable.
It seems that I did not hire the wrong person. The chaotic land still needs people with thunderous methods like Jie Wu to manage it.
After everyone finished reporting, I called the roll: "Zhang Gou, I am going to let you go to Donghu to serve as Donghu's supervisor. What do you think?"
Zhang Gao, like Meng Hanyu, is familiar with the Rong territory, and I am quite satisfied with this mission. Donghu urgently needs someone to appease the Hu people and implement the Qin national policy.
Zhang Gou looked resolute and stood up and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will do my best to make Dong Hu return to the Qin Dynasty!"
Everyone has different expressions. Since the emergence of Zhang Liang, the supervisory envoy with a general place name has become an important official position comparable to Jiuqing. Now is the period of rapid development of Da Qin. I have no choice but to use this dangerous method. At least these three people can still be trusted. The most important thing is that they have no military or financial power.
One day, I will make arrangements in advance so that this kind of supervisory envoy that is independent of the Qin official system will also end with me.
