Hear the words.
Fusu's face turned red.
He wanted to defend himself, but he couldn't say anything.
Ji Heng is right.
The imperial court had no idea of annexation, but after the decree was issued, it was no longer under the imperial court's control.
Local officials acted in disobedience and eventually turned into a 'tyranny'.
I'm afraid there are still many local governments that are "implementing" such decrees as "making the head of Guizhou come to Shitian", and the imperial court may not be the victim of it.
There was a hint of anger in Fusu's eyes.
Ji Heng took a sip.
He roughly guessed what Fusu was thinking.
But he didn't think that the court was really well-intentioned.
It's just that the land rent cannot be collected, so I want to use this to collect more rent.
Moreover, the imperial court itself did not fully consider it.
How can we blame everyone below?
Again.
The Qin Dynasty did not have strong control over Guandong. This kind of decree related to the livelihood of the lower class should have been carefully considered. However, in order to collect more money and food, the Qin court chose to implement it in a hurry. This will naturally lead to such disasters. After the decree is issued, Without much supervision, it will inevitably lead to a lot of corruption and become a local carnival.
It will intensify the oppression and exploitation of the people by officials, nobles, and powerful men.
In short.
This is Qin Ting's own mistake!
In a moment of thought.
He thought of Wang Anshi's Green Miao Method.
This is similar to Qin Ting's Tian Ling.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi promoted the green seedling method.
Wang Anshi's original intention was to let the people estimate the year's grain and wheat production by themselves when they were short of money and food, and then borrow money from the government and return it to the government after the grain was ripe. This was the so-called 'green crop money'.
The Green Crops Law stipulates that the money from the Changping Cang and Guanghui Cang, which were previously set up for famine preparation, will be used as capital. Farmers will borrow money from the government in two installments every year, that is, in the first month and May when sowing is needed and when summer and autumn are not ripe. On a voluntary basis, farmers will borrow money from the government. For things, the interest rate will be increased after the harvest, and taxes will be paid to the official in summer and autumn.
Wang Anshi's purpose is definitely good. It is to protect farmers from the exploitation of loan sharks during the lean period, to prevent farmers from having their land annexed by big landlords when they are out of food, and to allow the government to obtain a large sum of money. Qingmiao interest money' income.
It stands to reason that farmers should cheer and tell each other about this policy.
After all, the imperial court intervened so that farmers no longer had to be exploited by landlords, but it was local officials who ultimately went to tell the truth.
Because it is the local officials who benefit in the end.
First of all, Wang Anshi set an annual interest rate of two cents (20%) for the interest on young crops.
But this is what Wang Anshi stipulated.
The two cents of annual interest that fell to the local government initially became a one-time charge of two cents, that is, two cents of semi-annual interest. Because the government issued loans once in the spring and once in the autumn, local officials recovered the principal and interest every six months, and still paid the interest at the rate of two cents. The two-cent interest rate eventually became four-cent annual interest rate.
Once the Green Seeds Law goes completely awry, it will become a situation where local governments can harvest whatever they want.
The highest annual interest rate can be as high as several hundred percent.
Although Wang Anshi's policy is voluntary, it is an administrative order. The so-called voluntary will eventually become compulsory voluntary, so that it will later evolve into whether you can borrow or not, and you must borrow. Not only does it not reduce the burden on the people, On the contrary, it has increased the burden on the people.
Ji Heng sighed secretly.
He still admires Wang Anshi very much, but many of Wang Anshi's policies are more like sweeping away long-standing abuses. There is no in-depth consideration, no effective supervision, and no relevant regulations have been formulated. In the end, it backfired and worsened the situation. of social conflicts.
Qin Zheng is the same.
Without effective supervision, any government order will be distorted.
But unless the time comes when change is absolutely necessary, how many monarchs would persist in seeking change?
It is extremely difficult to achieve continuous revolution.
Ji Heng sighed: "When Great Qin was created, all parties were rushing forward, but no one saw the trap hidden under their feet. Some officials may have seen it, but they couldn't even shout. This is not a Very serious problem.”
Fusu took a deep breath, raised his hands and said, "Sir, the harm of land annexation has endangered the world. I wonder if you have a good plan to eradicate it."
Ji Heng remained silent.
Fusu still persisted.
Ji Heng looked at Fusu staring at him with bright eyes, looking at the eyes full of eager anticipation, sighed and said: "Field matters have been the most difficult problem since ancient times."
“Eradicating mergers is like driving fish out of a deep abyss.”
"It's not that simple."
Fusu gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how difficult it is, we must solve it."
He could obviously see that Ji Heng understood the reality of land annexation better than he did.
Moreover, it is difficult to do anything to eradicate the annexation itself at the moment, not to mention that the Qin court is facing many major internal and external troubles. Da Qin currently has no spare power to correct it, and it really does not have the energy to let itself go to the trouble of eradication. The evil of land annexation.
But he couldn't accept this.
Disaster has already appeared.
If you don't notice it, that's it. Now that you've noticed it, how can you ignore it?
If we continue to allow people's land to be lost, we are clearly allowing farmers to become slaves.
Peasants have no land, but they have to pay land rent and are exploited by powerful nobles. Who can bear this kind of pressure?
When the farmers are unable to shoulder their burden, the world may be in chaos.
How could he not be worried?
As the eldest son, how could he remain silent about such a big matter?
That's not Fusu!
Fusu suppressed the anger in his heart and said seriously: "Everything Mr. said makes sense, but we still have to do something."
Ji Heng said slowly: "It's a good thing that you are determined."
"But this matter is so big that it cannot be revealed without the emperor's authority."
"Even if he is an emperor, if he does not hold real power and does not have the trust of the world, it will still be difficult to overthrow him."
"If you want to alleviate this matter temporarily, just abolish the First Emperor's decree."
"Then re-establish Shang Yang's land administration."
"But how to establish the 'trust' of the government, who will supervise the officials, how to attack the nobles and merchants, how to make the peasants accept it, etc. Do you really think that the interests and dangers involved can be solved with passion?"
"Today, the turmoil has not subsided, and the undercurrent of aristocratic restoration is raging. At this time, land annexation is involved, which involves too much."
"At the end of the day."
"Qin Ting is trying to avoid the rat."
"You have a sincere heart, but you have no ability to act."
"Even if you have learned about the many evils in the place during this trip, know a lot of shady stories, and have seen the darkness of the place, there are still some things that can affect the whole body at the same time, and those who are not strong-willed can bear it. Based on the current situation in Daqin, you want to expose It’s very difficult to open this shady curtain.”
"Moreover, one of the Nine Qings has a history of governing Su Nei, and he is in charge of the land of the world. How can he not know about local annexation and the harmful effects of annexation?"
"So if you don't speak up, it's not the right time!"
Fusu sat in front of the case indifferently for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said: "Are we just going to do nothing and just watch the Qin Dynasty rot? If this continues, even if the Qin Dynasty solves the problem of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, there will always be new evils in the world. When will we get true peace?”
"It takes half a mile to travel a hundred miles." Ji Heng said calmly.
Fusu's expression changed slightly.
Ji Heng said again: "People always make mistakes, and then they can change; trapped in the heart, balanced by worries, and then act; manifested by color, issued by sound, and then metaphor. When you enter, you will be helpless, and when you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country Eternal death. Then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in peace and happiness."
"This is from Mencius' "Born in sorrow, died in peace and happiness" chapter."
"The logic is the same."
"If we want Great Qin to exist for a long time, we must forge a system that can operate for a long time."
"This is what the First Emperor is doing now."
"The most important thing for a system that can operate in the long term is not necessarily short-term decision-making optimization, but the ability to constantly correct errors."
"The accumulated evils in the world are like covered clay pots."
"These lids must be lifted, but which lid should be lifted, who should lift it, when, how, to what extent, and what to do after the lid is lifted, all of these must be fully considered, otherwise it will be A 'one careless move and everything is lost'."
"Besides." Ji Heng glanced at Fusu coldly and said indifferently: "Don't take 'Taiping' too seriously."
"Throughout history, peace and peace are just ridiculous 'moments' in historical data, but 'peace and development' should be a country's long-term pursuit."
“Unrest is what truly exists throughout human history.”
"What Da Qin has to do is to bring peace to the world as much as possible and make peace last as long as possible."
"But it's not easy to do."
"You are a little too ambitious, and your eyes are too high but your hands are too low."
Fusu's face turned green and red.
He cupped his hands and said, "It's Fusu who's worried."
Ji Heng said calmly: “Haste makes waste.”
"If land annexation continues to be allowed to go unchecked, it will definitely become the greatest disaster in the world. However, if we want to completely eradicate annexation, now is indeed not the best time."
“If we want to eradicate annexation, we must implement new land laws.”
"The imperial court has no relevant plans and hastily issued decrees, which will definitely become a bad government and tyranny just like 'making the capital of Guizhou return to the countryside'."
“The policies will only continue to serve as a reason for local governments to exploit the bottom class.”
"Secondly, Da Qin has more important things to deal with. Compared with the more immediate national danger, land annexation is obviously not an 'important matter'. At this time, if the land is used to fight, I am afraid that all the people in the world will No other force would agree, and it would be difficult to gain recognition.”
Fusu was silent.
He knew he was overreacting.
But when he went deep into the local area and saw the local land abuse cases, which were also mixed with various injustices, and even the existence of blatant land seizures, he was really indignant in his heart, and even wanted to rectify the law, but under Ji Heng's words , he also understood that it was not the right time.
Land annexation involves too many aspects.
It is simply not something that the court can touch now.
I was too eager.
Fusu lowered his head in shame and bowed, "Fusu has learned a lesson."
Ji Heng said: "You have seen a lot along the way and learned a lot of history, but I can tell you clearly."
"Do you want to learn from history?"
"impossible!"
"In fact, nothing has changed in history. It is true that production tools have changed, technology has changed, clothing has changed, and diet has changed, but these are just the outer shell, and nothing has changed inside. It is still the same set of rules in the past, with just some extra disguises. , History goes around, and people will still make the mistakes they should make."
"Everything that happens, happens for a reason."
"Few people in the world can transcend history, because we all have our own desires and weaknesses."
"We know all the mistakes."
"But it can't be changed after all."
"What can be changed is called a shortcoming; what cannot be changed is called a weakness."
“If you want to learn from history, you must transcend history and overcome your own weaknesses.”
"If Da Qin wants to surpass the history that should have been destroyed, it is destined to put in a lot of effort and endure a lot of disasters."
"This is a historical necessity."
"You just got a glimpse of the door. The road ahead will be more difficult."
(End of chapter)
