Tian Xin, as a contemporary leader of farmers and a top talent in academic circles, even though his title was low, in terms of status, he could directly meet the First Emperor.
Tian Xin hesitated for a long time...
He stood between the ridges of the fields, and the officials all cut a handful of millet, threshed the grains, and placed them in the cauldron.
The next harvest was carried out by soldiers.
Hundreds of soldiers holding sickles enthusiastically began to harvest millet.
The First Emperor is in front, and his ministers are standing beside him.
Tian Xinze fell into deep thought...
Thought and academics, what if you can only choose one or the other?
The First Emperor recruited talents from hundreds of families, but he used skills instead of learning.
The Qin State absorbed the Mohist industrial technology, but did not use the Mohist political thought. It absorbed the farmers' farming techniques, but denied the farmers' ideas of governing the country. The First Emperor was a very decisive king.
Tian Xin always knew what the First Emperor needed.
However, as the leader of the farmer's family, Tian Xin is not only a farmer who is good at farming, but also bears the thoughts, ideas and aspirations of the farmer's family.
He had already worked with the First Emperor once, and he knew that as long as the First Emperor was still there, this result could not be changed.
He also knew that the First Emperor would not be stingy with high-ranking officials' generous salaries. He knew that as long as he went by himself, the First Emperor would ignore past grudges.
The First Emperor was indeed a man who loved talents, there is no doubt about this.
The First Emperor was very tolerant of talents. Tian Xin made it difficult for the First Emperor to step down in public and even spoke out to remonstrate with him. The final result was nothing more than dismissal from office and reduction of titles.
Apart from this, there was no other punishment. The most important thing was that Tian Xin later benefited from farming. After Tian Xin was dismissed and his title was reduced, the officials of the Qin Dynasty still promoted Tian Xin according to the rules and procedures.
This is something that would be unthinkable in other countries.
A person who disgusted and angered the king, a person who was dismissed from office and reduced his rank...
Not to mention officials, in other countries, even the three ministers and nine ministers have to think carefully if they want to be promoted again.
However, the officials of the Qin Dynasty seemed to be accustomed to it, and even took it for granted.
The king has already punished you, and our promotion to you is in accordance with the express provisions of the law.
This is unreasonable, but very reasonable.
This was also the main reason why Tian Xin finally decided to stay in Xianyang after losing his official position.
Although Qin's law is cruel, rewards and punishments are clear, not based on personal likes and dislikes. However, only in the world can the officials in Guanzhong be clear in their governance and have access to all directions. Only if he stays in Guanzhong can he better promote farming technology to the common people.
Peasants are essentially representatives of thousands of peasants.
Unfortunately, the farmers' ideas are too unrealistic. The core starting point is to focus on the homesteaders, which is in serious conflict with most schools of thought.
On the one hand, Tian Xin could feel the proficiency of the officials in Guanzhong, but on the other hand, he also deeply hated the Qin State's persecution of the peasants.
When he was working on the history of governing Su Nei, he not only remonstrated with the First Emperor, but also openly fought with Li Si more than once. He even criticized Shang Jun's reforms and the five skills of controlling the people in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
He touched all the slides that Da Qin could not touch. The most terrible thing was that the First Emperor even saved him.
As a king, Tian Xin was really satisfied with the First Emperor. He was a king who could tolerate others and protect his subjects.
However, at present, the world is squeezing the peasants, and every order is truly approved by the First Emperor.
Look at the high taxes imposed on farmers, the complicated and cruel corporal punishments, the frequent corvee labor, and if you are not careful, you can easily be demoted to gangsters...
Which of these did not originate from the First Emperor?
Tian Xin was very conflicted in his heart. He was grateful to the First Emperor, but also hated him.
He hoped to change all this but knew clearly that the First Emperor would not change his ways easily.
Now, the First Emperor put the problem in front of him again.
He knew that the First Emperor was still the same First Emperor. No one could change the king who dominated the world, and no one was qualified to preach to him.
Is it to be repeated again? Using skills without thinking?
No matter how much you do, can you change everything now? No, the higher the grain output, the heavier the Qin State's corvee will be, and the more frequent wars will be.
They will make the people work hard and squeeze out every ounce of nutrients from these farmers, which will become the cornerstone of their hegemony.
In his eyes... there will never be Qian Shou,
The First Emperor, Li Si, they will not give these Guizhou leaders a good life.
Tian Xin was playing short and looked out of place with the Gong Gongs present.
Peasants are a worldly culture. In addition to studying peasant ideas, they also personally farm, collect mulberry and plant hemp. Peasants are free from the persecution of yeoman farmers. They are the embodiment of yeoman ideas.
The country is oppressing them, the king is oppressing them, the nobles are oppressing them, the officials are oppressing them, the vagrants and handicraftsmen have Mohists to speak for them, and the yeoman farmers have farmers!
However, the Mo family was once famous for a while, but the farm family never had any glory from beginning to end.
Farmers, they are too honest, too eager for comfort, too easy to compromise, and too good at bearing humiliation!
It is precisely because of the endless oppression that they have suffered too many grievances. Looking at it, no one wants to treat them as a meal. It is precisely because of this that farm families that are incompatible with this era have been born.
Therefore, farmers’ ideas are explosive, advanced, and full of reaction!
But the peasant family is a reflection of the anger of the homesteaders who have endured humiliation, oppression and oppression for thousands of years!
Tian Xin had a grudge against the First Emperor!
Just like the group of nobles from aristocratic families who wanted to invite him as their guest, all they wanted was to help them make their farmland more productive so as to usurp more land, the same was true for the First Emperor!
Since being dismissed from office and reduced in rank, Tian Xin has only indulged in private promotion and has never been a guest of the nobles.
Tian Xin knew that what they wanted was never to treat Qianshou better, and they would never do so.
Rather than giving the technology to them and expecting them to promote it, it is better to promote it to Guizhou Province privately so that Guizhou City can get some real benefits.
Right... The First Emperor would definitely not do this, nor would Li Si, nor would Great Qin do this, and no nobles in the world would do this!
Tian Xin clenched his hands, because he had been farming all year round, and his body was a little stooped.
He watched the soldiers harvest millet and beat out the millet, and saw the pile of millet turn from a small pile into a mountain of yellow grain.
"The yield per acre is calculated!"
"One acre is worth five stones and three buckets!"
Some officials held up the bamboo slips and reported to the officials, who exploded and screamed in surprise.
Although the officials all boasted loudly, wishing that the millet harvest could reach fifty dan.
It seems that Duke Gungun in the court has become very calm because of the three new grains.
Yes, those are divine grains that yield thousands of pounds per mu.
Five stones and three buckets can only be converted into more than 600 kilograms. (Qin Jin is equivalent to more than 400 modern Jin.)
However, it still caused bursts of exclamations!
This is not a new grain, this is Ji, one of the five grains!
How long has this land been cultivated? With their own sentiments here, the officials also know better what the concept of Ji with an output of five stones and three buckets per mu is.
The yield of good farmland and rice is only two dan per mu, while the yield of good paddy fields and careful care is only three dan per mu.
This is more than doubled!
The ministers cheered...
Destiny! This is the real destiny of Qin!
"The emperor's star is swaying? Yinghuo Shouxin? Hahahahaha..."
"If the destiny is not in Qin, how can there be a good harvest in Ji?"
Compared with the blunt public relations release last time, this is really the most powerful counterattack against public opinion.
The emperor's star is swaying, Yinghuo guards his heart, and Jiang Shen predicts that although the Daqin official has held a press conference to refute the rumors, even though Li Si has begun to control public opinion.
On the surface, the matter has cooled down, but it would be nonsense to say that the ministers were not upset.
That's the Emperor Star fluttering to confuse Shou Xin...
The two stars appeared together. Anyone who has read any books will know what this means. Even when King Wen of Zhou came, he had to hold sacrifices to sin against the world.
This thing is really linked to the national destiny in this era!
No matter how good your public relations is, no matter how powerful you control public opinion, you can't solve the turmoil of people's hearts.
The yield of Ji, which can produce up to five stones and three bushels per mu, is the most powerful counterattack.
If the destiny does not lie with Qin, and if it does not lie with the First Emperor, if the First Emperor is really guilty of heaven and earth, and the fate of the Qin Dynasty is approaching, how could such divine food be born?
What's more, this is not done through human intervention.
The First Emperor had made it clear that this batch of grain was to be used as seeds to spread throughout the world. Obviously, the First Emperor would not slap himself in the face.
This shows that history will change in the future.
People in the world only need to maintain the current farming conditions, and Ji's yield per mu can be doubled for nothing.
Not to mention, the officials could clearly see that there was more than just rice growing here.
There is also wheat, beans, yellow rice, rice, and hemp!
These are almost ripe. Although there is no harvest, just looking at the heavy ears, you know that the harvest will definitely not be low.
There was so much panic in the past, and so much panic now.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! The destiny of my country, the Qin Dynasty, belongs to your Majesty! The Qin Dynasty will last for thousands of generations!"
The ministers are not fools. At this moment, someone has stopped their agitation and came to flatter them?
Zhao Si took a look and thought, oh, it’s another acquaintance, Shusun Tong!
It’s not just Shusuntong either!
After the harvest, everyone knew what was going on, but Shusun Tong never mentioned the message from heaven and man.
What kind of emperor's star is swaying, and his heart is confused and guarded?
That is obviously a normal astrological change!
The sages have already said it, if you don't talk about it, your strange power will confuse the gods!
More courtiers came over to congratulate him.
The atmosphere in Da Qin's court is still a bit conservative when it comes to flattery. Although some people were moved to tears, it was obvious that they were sincere.
For those who have a heart for the Qin Dynasty, in this era, various strange phenomena happen to occur. Who is not worried about the country and the First Emperor?
Ji is a good medicine to relieve their worries and sorrows!
Although Ji's yield per mu is not that explosive, at this time, his significance is extraordinary!
"Statistics on total output and tell the world!"
The First Emperor stood on the bridge with high spirits, his long sleeves fluttering in the wind, his head slightly raised, and he looked up at the sky!
And Tian Xin, who was between the fields and ridges, looked at the tall and straight Emperor, who was no longer twilight, as if he had made some determination and walked step by step towards the Emperor.
The big patrol is coming soon, he can't control that much anymore!
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