【March 2, 5th year.

The Qin King's decree said:

The imperial edict arrived, the iron tools needed for production in various places and local farmers' associations last year had been shipped to Xianyang and could be collected in the county. All regions should collect them quickly so that the harvesting period will not be delayed during the summer harvest.

In addition, this year, Fusu, the son of King Zheng of Qin, was the first year of the Farmers' Association. In this year, there was no tax levied. Local people and scholars of the Farmers' Association were ordered to serve the military and work-working service, and their families should be given a pound of wine and drink with me. Those who serve the military will give one pound of fat at home and those who serve the work-working service will give one pound of essence at home.

The amount is calculated by the local farmers' associations and handed over to the county to withdraw the flowers. In the autumn, the county will pay the flowers and pay the flowers and pay it to the Shaofu.

In addition, when the order is reached, all localities should supervise and report each other, and those who deceive superiors and subordinates and collect taxes this year will rebel against the economic inspection and verification, and the situation is true, and the locals will be demoted to slaves, confiscated land, and will be charged with the person who reports.

The Shaofu subsidized 30,000 yuan per person to pay.]

This is a decree from this spring.

Li Si was uneasy when he looked at the decree.

He sat down.

After a moment, I stood up again.

Then Manman began to pace the room.

After lunch, he had enough food and stayed up all night yesterday, but he was abnormal and did not feel sleepy.

What this decree says is a very simple thing.

Whether it is the so-called iron tools applied for from all over the country, you can get them, or calculate the number of accounts to pay rewards, or finally encourage people to supervise, report, and expose these things, in a sense, they are actually quite evil.

"Farmers' associations in various places..." Li Si walked around.

The girl held the teapot and her eyes kept walking around with Li Si.

She was puzzled.

Why did the gentleman walk around?

Why did the gentleman keep frowning?

Why is the gentleman so uneasy?

All of these questions have no answers.

The only wisdom that a girl has is not suitable for thinking about these unfathomable things.

She looked at Li Si and was soon sleepy.

So she put the teapot aside, took out the pillow that her mother made for herself yesterday, pillowed behind her back, and fell asleep.

Li Si was still confused.

He forced himself to sit down and read carefully the orders of the King of Qin.

King Zheng of Qin was a strange king for a Chu person like him.

Unfamiliarity is not only unfamiliarity in age and reputation, but also in governance philosophy and common means.

The easiest and most fundamental way to understand a politician is to understand his various decrees and measures.

Monarchs who love to do new things often encourage change, like to appoint young people around them, and dare to start wars outside.

Monarchs who do not like to play new things often value Confucian scholars and advocate the ancient Three Dynasties system. If they want to imitate the moral style of the ancients, they are more accustomed to appointing old ministers and do not like to launch wars from the outside.

However, in the chaotic times, those monarchs who did not like to play with new things and liked retro basically had their country destroyed.

So those who stay are basically countries that can create new things, are willing to accept reforms and gain benefits from it.

Judging from the decrees of King Zheng of Qin, Li Si felt that King Zheng of Qin was a person who liked reforms and knew how to reform them.

But the problem is...

Who are his supporters of the reform?

Who are the profit groups of his reforms?

What role did the generous treatment of military service and working service, as well as the "Farmers' Association", a thing I have never heard of, play in his new policy?

Li Si read the decree issued by King Zheng of Qin in his hand more than ten times, and finally gained some enlightenment.

But Li Si himself felt that these enlightenments were very absurd.

He felt a little confused.

He reached out to pick up the water cup and took a sip of the air, and Li Si swallowed absent-mindedly.

The fingers are unconsciously flexed and stretched.

"I can't understand..." Li Si murmured to himself.

Many things are incomprehensible.

Many government orders cannot be understood by many people.

Li Si suddenly punched the table hard.

The new wood desktop is painted and feels very good.

Li Si was in a irritable mood.

Something is wrong in this place!

Something is wrong with this so-called farmer association!

Something even worse is the same as the people in the farmer's association!

What was particularly wrong was the new Qin King of Qin.

Li Si was upset and looked around.

He saw the brand new house, the mortise and tenon junction of the wooden structure, and was carefully polished.

He saw the tables, low beds, and doors and windows in the house were painted.

He saw a brand new quilt.

He saw the rosy girl.

He saw the girl's brand new linen clothes and new shoes on her feet.

He saw the little hairpin on the girl's head.

The hairpin reflects luster brightly.

These people...

These people...

This girl was obviously thick-legged and knew she was used to doing work.

Those children Li Si has seen and taught.

The kids chatter all day long, either running here or fighting there, and happily holding a wooden sword.

They are all used to farm work.

Why can those people read?

Why can they get out of the mud?

The most important thing is why those brave soldiers did not rob their wealth?

Li Si's heart was filled with questions.

His heart was filled with uneasiness.

This anxiety does not come from anxiety about one's own personal safety.

This anxiety comes from some other things.

He picked up the cup and took another sip of the air.

After a while, I realized that I hadn't had any water when I savored the taste.

So Li Si bent down, picked up the kettle that the girl had placed next to him, and poured himself a glass of water.

He drank a glass of water and searched through the bamboo slips.

He slowly searched and found several volumes of the Qin King's orders.

These are all last year's decrees.

But even last year's stuff, Li Si thinks, it still has some reference value.

However, these decrees are strange.

They are all about the distribution of agricultural tools, what production is urged, what things are required by the "farmers' association" to do, and what requirements and benefits are given to farmers.

Looking at it bit by bit, Li Si became more and more confused.

I send money, but where does the money come from?

It is not the first year that the tax in the land is not collected. With such a political system in Qin State, if taxes are not collected, how will the local bureaucracy operate?

In addition, what's wrong with confiscating property?
To be continued...