In the Qin Dynasty, the most reliable way to turn a concubine into a commoner was to redeem her with military merit.
Military merit is a hard currency in the Qin State. It can be used to promote officials or nobles, or it can also be used to redeem the lives of ministers and concubines.
There will always be some people whose relatives and friends were demoted as concubines because they violated a certain Qin law. Do you want to rescue them? Then go to the battlefield and rush forward bravely.
The First Emperor was a great king, but he was also a feudal king.
The First Emperor didn't have much sympathy for his concubines. He just wanted the empire to prosper.
The First Emperor could not see any benefit to Qin in changing the status of slaves to civilians, so he naturally refused to allow it.
"You stay here and don't go to Han, do you want Qin to leave without any concubines?" The First Emperor shook off Ying Chengyu's hand and said, "I give you Han, and you can do whatever you want. Let me look at you. No matter how far you go, there will be no concubines."
"No, a Korean land is meaningless. I need Brother Huang to implement it throughout the territory." Ying Chengyu said seriously.
Equality of personality is the first step that Ying Chengxuan must achieve, and the first step of equality of personality is to cancel the concubines.
Is it better for the Qin State to cancel the concubines? This guy's vision has always been relatively high.
The First Emperor looked at Ying Chengyu's expression, frowned and sat down again, saying: "Tell me what you think."
"Honestly, I can't convince the emperor." Ying Chengyu shrugged.
It makes no sense to talk about human rights, equality, and building a positive country where everyone has ideals and ambitions with a man whose words can determine the life and death of others and who is the most powerful and powerful person in history.
From the perspective of personal interests and the interests of the Qin State within a hundred years, the existence of slaves is more beneficial to the First Emperor, because slaves are easy to use.
The idea that concubines are not human has long been ingrained in everyone's mind, and no one will have much sympathy for a concubine.
When the main body of society is civilians, the number of exploited servants and concubines is far from enough to overthrow the ruling class and change the situation, and will not have an impact on the monarchy.
If we do not consider this aspect at the human level, the existence of concubines was limited to the level of social development of the Qin Dynasty. The benefits created are huge and the losses caused are almost non-existent.
The First Emperor remained silent, waiting for Ying Chengyu to continue. He knew his half-brother too well.
Ying Chengyu would not say or do anything that he was not sure of.
"As long as the emperor allows it, all the food I have saved in various places in the world in the past ten years can be given to the emperor."
When the First Emperor heard this, a look of astonishment appeared on his face, and he looked at Ying Chengyu with a look as if he was sick.
"How much food do you have? How dare you use this to induce me to cancel my concubine?"
No matter which dynasty you are in, food plays a great role. In ancient times, food played an especially important role.
If there was enough food, the First Emperor could mobilize all the people of Qin. Seize territory one after another and expand crazily.
The two words "farming and war" have gone away, leaving only "war".
This was definitely a big temptation for the First Emperor, who was determined to expand his territory.
Moreover, with sufficient food, the First Emperor could hire civilians to build civil engineering projects and do the work of serving as ministers and concubines.
For the First Emperor, who only focused on results, it didn't matter who did the work, he didn't care about the process.
Ying Chengyu raised his hands, spread out all his fingers, turned over his face, and said: "The food I have saved is enough for the world to feed for twenty years."
"impossible."
The First Emperor scoffed and didn't believe it at all.
"The world has been fighting for years, and the population has dropped sharply. According to the names in the county newspapers, there are more than 23 million people registered with household registration. This does not include those who have retired to the mountains and forests and are kept by various families. An adult A person can eat eighteen shi in one year, which will be 360 shi in twenty years. If these two three million are calculated as adults, twenty years would be..."
"Eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand." Ying Chengyu paused and then said, "Ten thousand stones."
It took the First Emperor a while to calculate it, and it was the same as Ying Chengyu's calculation. He even whispered it and calculated it faster than me.
"That's right, do you have so much food?"
Ying Chengyu nodded seriously and said, "I have it."
Knowing that the First Emperor would not believe it, Ying Chengyu said again: "Brother, the emperor already knows everything about the Han Dynasty. I can win in the Han Dynasty, doesn't it depend on food?"
This is true... This Zhuzi does have a lot of food in Han.
The First Emperor glanced at Ying Chengyu, who looked serious. Although he still didn't believe it in his heart, he was more or less shaken.
"If you really have a lot of food, I will cancel the concubine service. I agree."
"It's settled, brother, don't forget to hold a morning court tomorrow."
"Don't worry." The First Emperor held down the agitated Ying Chengyu and said seriously: "You give me the grain first, and then I announce the new system."
Ying Chengyu went to touch the First Emperor's head and said, "Brother, are you not sick? How can I bring you so much food to Xianyang?"
The First Emperor, who firmly believed that Ying Chengyu was bragging, nodded in agreement and said, "What should we do? I won't issue new grains if I can't see it."
"I'll take you to see them one by one." Ying Chengyu said decisively.
The First Emperor chuckled.
"You are sure that I cannot leave Xianyang at this moment. Are you deliberately irritating me with these words?"
It is now the year of the First Emperor. Although the Qin State is no longer in ruins and waiting for prosperity, it is still half in ruins and waiting for prosperity. The First Emperor cannot leave Xianyang for too long.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Ying Chengyu asked helplessly.
"It's impossible for you to keep all the food outside the pass?" The First Emperor held his chin and said, "Give me the food in the pass first, and I will allow you to cancel the concubines."
"Can."
Pretend, keep pretending.
"If the grain stored in Guanzhong cannot be eaten by the head of Guanzhong for twenty years, I will not agree."
"No problem." Ying Chengyu agreed very readily.
The First Emperor stood up, put on his mask unhappily, and said: "Han Di is given to you. You have to deal with the troubles you caused yourself. I don't care."
Ying Chengyu responded.
"I haven't asked yet, why did you hit Zhao Gao on one ear that day? I can't see you in public until there is no result between you and the family."
"It looks like he's unhappy."
"...Next time you act like this again, I will really put you in Xianyang Prison!" The First Emperor said harsh words, and then said casually: "How did Lu Buwei react when he saw what I wrote?"
"Qi and blood are in reverse flow, and the heart and veins are damaged. I was almost mad at you." Ying Cheng said truthfully.
Old thief! You have today too!
"Oh, I just want him to know the principle of 'don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you'. It was not my intention that he ended up like this. I asked Xia Wuqi to diagnose and treat him."
"Brother Imperial." Ying Chengyu pointed to the corner of his mouth and said, "The mask can't cover your grinning mouth. You can laugh if you want."
"Absurd! How can I be a stingy person!" The First Emperor turned his head and left in a hurry.
Ying Cheng held a piece of hay in his mouth, lying on his back on the bed and looking above his head.
"Imperial brother was not as easy to deceive as he was when he was a child. If all these aristocratic families are ruined, will the food be enough to feed Guanzhong for twenty years? Alas, it cannot be done. If it is done, the goose will be killed to obtain the eggs..."
