Chapter 31 Unsustainable
Yes, in fact, before the founding of the government, Li Yang decided to light labor, and he realized that Ying Zheng would definitely not agree.
If Ying Zheng disagreed, the new law will naturally abort.
However, as a time traveler, Li Yang knew very well that if the problem of light labor service was not implemented, not only would the people not have a way out, but even the Qin Dynasty would die.
Therefore, after thinking hard for a few days, he went to the palace to talk to Ying Zheng about the issue of corvee labor and national engineering for a night, and learned from the so-called "sustainable development" policy of later generations, perfectly solved the problems brought about by light corvee labor, which was deeply satisfied with Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, my strategy is called the 'Sustainable Development Strategy'." Li Yang smiled.
Ying Zheng nodded: "Oh, yes, I remember it wrong, but no matter what it is called, you can talk to the ministers in the court first so that they can have a better understanding."
"Here!" Li Yang bowed and took the order, but he felt funny in his heart. Who would have thought that Qin Shihuang, the eternal tyrant in history books, was actually a person of temperament.
Hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court looked question-marked.
Sustainability Development Strategy...What the hell is it?
Although everyone looked confused and confused, they could hear the matter now that the reason why the emperor was willing to dismiss all his servants seemed to be because Li Yang solved all the problems, making projects such as the Great Wall, Mount Li, and Afang Palace no longer a problem.
However, because of this, everyone was even more curious about what method was to dismiss all servants, which could solve the construction period problem of the project?
Although everyone was thinking hard in their hearts, they could not think of even a little bit of it.
Finally, I had to sigh, and then looked at Li Yang with curiosity and expectation.
At the same time, Ying Zheng turned his head and reminded Fusu: "Son, Li Zhongcheng's plan must be listened carefully."
Fusu nodded quickly: "My son knows."
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
There is no way, because his son was deeply influenced by the Confucianism of his teacher Chunyu Yue, he only knew to pursue benevolent politics without looking at the reality in front of him, and ignored the country's major projects. This is actually the kindness of a woman.
Thinking back to the beginning, if Fusu hadn't been too kind, he wouldn't have made up his mind and sent his son to the frontier of the Great Wall to be a military supervisor.
At that time, those disciples of the Confucius family strongly opposed the county system and suggested returning to the feudal system. This matter is a big deal, which is actually a misunderstanding of the country. However, his son was full of benevolence and feared that the Confucian scholars in the world would cause chaos, and he blindly tried to protect the Confucian scholars and ask for their orders. How foolish is it?
Now, although Ying Zheng no longer got angry with Fusu and summoned him back, the woman's cowardly nature still needs to be corrected, especially the Confucian things.
Ying Zheng was really worried that if Fusu took office in the future, would he really change his central system and restore the entire country to the feudal system?
The reason why he got so angry just now was that he was scolding Feng Quji and other ministers on the surface, but in fact, he wanted Fusu to understand a truth. As the future successor of the Qin Dynasty, facing various problems of the Qin Dynasty, the first thing he had to think about was to solve the problem, rather than give it to the problem or give it to the difficulties.
In fact, the reason why Ying Zheng brought Fusu to the morning court today was to ask him to come to the palace to listen and see how Li Yang governed the country and deal with the problem.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh. They were all young people in their twenties, so why is the gap so big?
Look at Li Yang, it’s very good!
He even thought, how great it would be if Li Yang was his son. Even if he wanted him to die now, he would not have any regrets or worries, because he believed that Da Qin would be in the hands of Li Yang.
Unfortunately, Li Yang is not his son. His own son... Alas...
Just when Ying Zheng was angry at his son for his inconvenience, Li Yang below also began to talk about the sustainable development strategy...
Li Yang walked forward, climbed three steps, stood below Ying Zheng, then turned around, faced the people in the hall, glanced at the civil and military officials, and then spoke: "Before I talked about the sustainable development strategy, I have three questions, I want to ask you all first."
"After asking, I want to ask Feng Xiang."
"Feng Xiang repeatedly advised Your Majesty to light labor service, which shows that Feng should be clear about the current situation of the people of Qin, relative to me. So I want to ask Feng Xiang, what is the current situation of the people today?"
Li Yang looked at Feng Quji in front of him and asked.
Feng Quji glanced at Ying Zheng, as if he had been scolded by Ying Zheng before, and was still scared at this time, and was afraid of saying the wrong thing.
Li Yang smiled: "Feng Xiang can answer truthfully, there is no need to be nervous."
Feng Quji was a little more comfortable, pondered for a while, and finally got the courage and said, "Since Li Zhongcheng wants to tell the truth, then he will boldly talk about the current situation of the people of the Qin Dynasty."
"After the Warring States Period and the unification, the registered population of our Qin Dynasty was about 20 million. The number of corvee labor recruited was 700,000 people who built Afang Palace, 300,000 people tombs in Mount Li, 500,000 people to build the Great Wall in the north, and 500,000 people to guard the Wuling Mountains in the south. The total number of corvee labor can be estimated to be about 2 million. In terms of military service, Meng Tian led a large army of 300,000 people and Zhao Tuo led a large army of 500,000 people, and the troops in each county and border area will not be less than one million."
"The number of people in comprehensive corvee and military service is as high as more than three million, which accounts for about 20% of the total population of our Qin Dynasty, and they are all young and strong laborers. It can be said that except for the elderly, weak and young women, all the young and strong people of our Qin Dynasty are here. So..."
Speaking of this, Feng Quji was a little scared, and glanced at Ying Zheng again. Seeing that Ying Zheng was not displeased, he continued: "So, if the young and strong labor force is severely short of young and strong labor, now there is a serious situation where the old and weak farming are insufficient for warm maintenance, and military pay and taxes are even more levied. What is even more serious is that five or six out of ten people who are on the border cannot survive. Most of the people who are in labor service may die on the way or in the project, which has caused a rapid decrease in young and strong labor force. If this continues... it will be difficult to last for a long time."
Thinking of the current situation in Daqin, Feng Quji felt sad. As the right prime minister of Daqin, facing such a serious situation, do you think he can not worry, and can he not be in a hurry?
Feng Quji was really sad and felt that he was so wronged. Over the years, he had watched the situation get worse and worse. He was anxious and risked his life to persuade him many times, but His Majesty did not listen once, and today he was scolded by His Majesty in public.
Alas, if this continues, the Qin Dynasty will be over!
However, this time the emperor decided to dismiss all the labor service, which gave Feng Quji hope, because this meant that the crisis of the Qin Dynasty could finally be completely resolved.
The more than two million servants, all of whom are young and strong, have returned to the fields and engaged in farming. The Qin Dynasty has hope.
Although he was scolded by His Majesty today, Feng Quji was quite grateful to Li Yang for thinking about this. For nothing else, he could win a way out for the people of the world and resolve the dilemma for the Qin Dynasty.
After Feng Quji told the current situation of the Qin Dynasty truthfully, especially when he heard the numbers he said, everyone in the hall realized the seriousness of the matter and was worried.
Especially Fusu, she was so worried that she even opened her mouth wide.
Of course, Ying Zheng was also secretly shocked. He had thought about the current situation of the Qin Dynasty to such a serious level.
Li Yang nodded and said, "Feng Xiang's speech is so comprehensive, which shows that Feng Xiang's concern for the country and the people is unparalleled."
Feng Quji was stunned. Li Yang was very surprised to praise him like this, and at the same time he felt warm. He felt that someone had finally said something fair to him.
Suddenly, he was grateful in his heart and bowed: "Thank you, Li Zhongcheng, to praise you!"
Li Yang smiled, and then his face became a little solemn: "Feng Xiang said, it can be seen that the crisis of our Great Qin is urgent. What Feng Xiang said, "This situation is unsustainable" is the current situation of Great Qin."
Everyone nodded and agreed with Li Yang's summary.
Chapter completed!