Wang Jian is a mature man and can think about the details.
However, the courtiers present were shocked.
They had no time to think about the First Emperor's intentions.
Only the First Emperor's answer remained in his mind.
allow!
Is this... accurate?
Reducing corvees and taxes was considered politically correct in other dynasties, but in Da Qin it was an untouchable slide.
The Qin State's system of farming and war has been in existence for hundreds of years. Now in the court, it is not only the First Emperor who needs to be persuaded, but also Prime Minister Li Si, who has just been promoted to the right minister.
Most of the courtiers present sighed with emotion at Zhao Si's righteousness.
Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather!
If you die, you will die, and the country of death can be called!
When Zhao Si said these two sentences, it was destined that Zhao Si would be included in the category of their own by the courtiers, especially since Zhao Si was a very close minister of the First Emperor, and could even persuade the First Emperor to change his name at some point.
Although Zhao Si's overestimation of his ability and the taboo slide of reducing corvee and tax reduction put him in danger, at this moment, just by saying that the country would die, it was already destined that the courtiers would find a way to save Zhao Si.
Everyone's first unanimous thought is that Zhao Si is one of his own and can seek for the country.
The second consistent thought is that Zhao Si is too presumptuous and must find a way to keep Zhao Si.
But……
That’s it?
It is unimaginable that things went smoothly, and the issue of reducing corvee and tax was not mentioned without any doubt.
Everyone knew what the final outcome would be, and the First Emperor actually got it right?
The corvées he proposed to stop were the Mausoleum and Afang Palace...
There is also Li Si, who has just been promoted to right minister. This is a reduction of corvees and taxes. Do you really want to say nothing?
However, in fact, Li Si did not speak and just stood by and watched.
The First Emperor has also approved the reduction of corvees and taxes, and good results have been achieved, which makes the courtiers who are preparing to follow up feel hesitant.
But no matter what, reducing corvee and tax is a good thing...
Sir, who among those present does not have vast fields?
The taxes collected by the First Emperor were treated equally, so the more land there was, the more taxes would naturally be paid.
Even if they could secretly collude with others to pay less taxes, that would be illegal after all. It would be better for the First Emperor to directly order the tax reduction personally.
In fact, except for Legalist fanatics or people who are truly public-minded, most people do not support the heavy taxes of the Qin Dynasty.
Land is owned by every household, and taxes are paid by everyone.
Taxes are actually something that involves the interests of most people in the world. The reason why the Qin Dynasty was able to impose heavy taxes for hundreds of years was, on the one hand, because of constant wars and too frequent external crises. On the other hand, the fighting power of the Legalists should not be underestimated. The military merit nobility system created by the Legalists directly tied up the military merit aristocrats who were promoted from the middle and lower levels.
In the past, there was only one acre of land. How much food could be left after paying one-tenth of the tax?
However, there are hundreds of acres of land rewarded after meritorious service. Even if you pay half of the tax, you can still get fifty acres of harvest. Not to mention that if you continue to perform meritorious service, there will be more and more land, and there will be slaves.
But now times have changed, and as the First Emperor has unified the world, there are fewer and fewer places to use troops, and classes have gradually become fixed. With no room for advancement, people will naturally become dissatisfied with the high taxes.
This is also one of the main factors for the death of Qin II.
I can't get promoted again. I can only cultivate one acre of land in my life. I don't even have any hope. The public's anger is naturally strong.
Not to mention, heavy taxes in the Qin Dynasty were a norm and custom.
Although as the war progressed, the six countries all implemented military control of the economy and raised taxes to fight against Qin, the people at least had an idea that other countries would not charge such heavy taxes when there was no war.
Everyone hopes to win and then taxes will become meager again.
But the fact is that only Great Qin won everything.
The dissatisfaction and hatred of the people of the Six Kingdoms towards Qin are not without roots, and it is not just the remnants of the Six Kingdoms who are wantonly raking in the dark.
A powerful enemy is pressing down on the country, and the country's survival is at stake.
A regime that has reached the end of its rope will use all available forces to make a final struggle for its own continuation.
Expand military service to obtain more warriors.
Extensive supplies of grain and grass were collected to obtain sufficient logistics.
This is an embellished statement, but in fact, on the eve of the country's destruction, no matter how humane the Qin State was, the dust that fell on Qian Shou was still so heavy that it made people unable to stand up straight.
Fighting, fighting, raping and plundering...
When a country is about to fall, there will be chaos, and all of this will naturally be blamed on Qin and the First Emperor.
After all, before the arrival of Qin's army, everything was fine. Although it was difficult, we could barely survive.
If the Qin State could properly treat the head of Guizhou after unifying the world, adopt the method of light corvee and low taxes, and stabilize the head of Guizhou in ten or eight years, maybe the Qin State would be able to stabilize its country.
The hatred in Guizhou will not last long.
They will only think that after the world is unified, there will be no wars in the future, taxes will not be so heavy, and there will be no need to live in fear in the future.
The Qin State's reforms gave the Qin State the confidence to overthrow the six countries, but in some respects, the First Emperor was always worried that his descendants would not do something well, and he wanted to take advantage of the last time to lay the groundwork for everything.
Because of this, Qin inevitably accumulated social contradictions that were difficult to reconcile, but the First Emperor did not blindly squeeze people's power.
He was operating to the limit, taking advantage of the fact that the Qin State could still mobilize such great power and wealth to complete all the major projects that could be done, but he did not rush to destroy the Qin State.
Objectively speaking, although the relationship between father and son is very contradictory, Fusu is indeed the first emperor's back-up man.
While operating to the extreme, the First Emperor also deliberately turned most of his hatred for Qin into hatred for the First Emperor.
As his reign came to an end, much of the hatred directed at him died.
However, all this is not enough to tell outsiders. It was precisely because he knew that his time was running out that the First Emperor acted in a hurry.
There are more and more labels on him, and even the courtiers who meet him every day are still in awe of the First Emperor.
They deliberately ignored that Legalism, when it came to reform, was just a tool for the king to achieve his goals.
King, will you have faith?
The king cannot have faith. The reason why Legalism appeared in the Qin Dynasty was because Legalism really brought vitality to Qin, a border country, and accumulated the capital for Qin to dominate the world.
The reason why Confucianism failed in the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism was because Confucianism could not help the First Emperor break the old habit of feudalism, and could not allow the powers from all over the world to gather in Xianyang, the political center of the Qin Dynasty.
It was precisely because Li Si knew what kind of king the First Emperor was that he did not stick to the old rules. Even when he had the ultimate advantage, he always actively led the Legalists to seek change. This was Li Si's capital to win.
And this is something that most courtiers, and even people in the world, find it difficult to think clearly.
It was easy for the Legalists to use it, not that the First Emperor had to use it.
But this is an objective analysis from God's perspective, but one thing that cannot be ignored is that the First Emperor was a human being.
The choices made by the First Emperor also had their own personal factors, and he could not fully understand the overall situation.
His body will not rust like a machine.
It is precisely because of this that it is so difficult to achieve the reduction of corvee and tax in the court of Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhao Si naturally became famous in one battle.
(End of chapter)
