NOVEL WEB Chapter 187
Chapter 186 Population Birth, Birth! (Subscription)
To maintain the rule of the Daqin Empire, the population must at least maintain the status quo, some people farm, some people go to war, and it needs a lot of financial and material resources both internally and externally.
The first emperor Yingzheng’s treasury was not sufficient. In order to maintain the battle with the Xiongnu, Wang Jian and other troops needed to shrink. Zhao Yu’s vision was very vicious. In the field of industrial production and commerce, Zhao Yu also has his own unique vision.
The Huns had already spent huge sums of money, the treasury was empty, and they could not impose additional taxes on the people, so the empire could only be supported on the basis of the people.
So, is there a way to obtain wealth without shaking the foundation of the country, or even change the way of thinking, so that Zhao Yu can earn money and feed back the development of private industry and commerce?
Returning to his residence from Ying Zheng’s palace, Zhao Yu began to meditate all night.
Fighting is all about financial resources, and the tactics of marching are all supported by materials. Just look at the equipment of Qin soldiers and soldiers, stirrups, saddles and other items of military horses.
Things can be one, two, but not three.
Zhao Yu held the minced fruit he brewed in his hand, took a sip, and his body felt warm. He liked this stuff, it was refreshing, quenching cravings, refreshing, and after drinking it for a long time, it would become addictive.
Looking at his hands, Zhao Yu knew that what he was holding was not just a pot of wine, but a huge amount of wealth, and now it was how to turn illusory wealth into real gold and silver materials.
When Daqin was hiring, Zhao Yu found that his subordinates also lacked a good businessman.
Population increase is the foundation. In this era, people’s production and labor are only sufficient to feed and clothe themselves, and they cannot create more surplus value. Therefore, the only way to increase the population is to increase the population first.
When there are more people, consumption will naturally go up. In addition to grains and salt, the sales of wine will also increase. Then, return a part of the wealth and let some people taste the sweetness. These people will become Zhao Yu’s pawns and will automatically Gather more wealth for Zhao Yu.
The question is, where are the people? Where are the winemakers and the markets?
Everything is difficult at the beginning, but Zhao Yu found that it is very easy to spread out the brewing technology, but does Da Qin have so much money to consume the minced fruit brewed by himself?
He decided to take a long-term view, or choose a person with a flexible mind who can help him build a business empire.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn’t figure out a suitable role.
Moreover, before going to bed, Zhao Yu was still thinking, he overturned all his assumptions, and began to try from scratch how to change the status quo of the Qin Empire.
“Husband, it’s getting late, rest.” Beside Zhao Yu, Li Zhishuang and Wang Mengning began to urge.
Both women thought of Zhao Yu’s biological father’s words of hope for his grandson, and blushed for a while, but the woman couldn’t say it directly, and Zhao Yu didn’t think about sleeping at this time.
“Husband, take a rest, all the lights in Xianyang City are out, and the wife and children at home stay together…””
In Zhao Yu’s mind, a thunderbolt flashed, and he turned his head and stared at Wang Mengning who was talking.
“Meng Ning, what did you say?”
Wang Mengning blushed and said like a mosquito: “I said husband, rest early.”
“No, the latter
“I said, every household in Xianyang City is sleeping with their wives and children together.
“Yes, that’s it!” Zhao Yu finally found out what he wanted.
In this era, another idea appeared in Zhao Yu’s mind, and he needed some time to plan and think.
The new policy was issued in the form of an imperial decree to encourage the common people to have children. Farmers could be exempted from the farmland tax. In this way, the common people would not have to bear the burden of having children. By the way, subsidies should be added so that the people of Daqin would regard childbirth as a way to make a fortune. s method.
Zhao Yu’s idea has begun to take shape. As long as the population of the Qin Dynasty is larger and the politics is stable, then the Qin army will grow stronger and stronger, and more people will drink the mincemeat, and wealth will flow in.
Although he rejected the imperial edict of Qin Wang Yingzheng’s succession, Zhao Yu still thought about the problem from the perspective of the Great Qin State.
Folk technology has not ushered in breakthrough development, and can only rely on increasing population to enhance national strength.
Technological progress and population increase, as the two graspers of Daqin, must be grasped, and they must be hard.
Zhao Yu turned over, covered with a quilt, and decided to reward his wife well.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yu came to the Xianyang Palace’s Hall of State Affairs along with his ministers. He got up very early today, wrote a memorial, and wanted to come up with his ideas and discuss them in the court.
“All the courtiers, do you have something to report?” the eunuch male duck shouted.
Zhao Yu stood up directly, frightened the ministers, and said in his heart, “Why did this cheap prince jump out again, is he going to make trouble?
When Ying Zheng saw Zhao Yu, with a smile on his face, he gestured: “Zhao Yu, say it.
“I want to play a big event!”
Zhao Yu said what he thought last night, and immediately aroused the discussion among the ministers.
This is the reverse implementation of family planning in later generations, but it is also the first time in Chinese history to discuss how to generate population from a positive perspective.
It is not an empty phrase that many people are powerful, everyone knows it, but the current Qin state is not suitable.
Someone retorted: “Birth population is a major event, but who will be responsible for the corresponding production and farming? Every family has children at home with their doors closed. How will the border defense military handle it?”
This is a statement from the bottom of my heart. Zhao Yu had considered it for a long time, and responded: “It can be appropriate to reduce women’s corvée labor, not every family has to go into battle to have children, and there are more people in the family, and men have to work hard.
Another person said: “Taxes cannot be reduced, and the treasury is not empty for a day or two. If no more taxes are collected, it will be difficult for the country to circulate.
Zhao Yu said: “This is a big cycle, the country is stable, the people are stable, and the population naturally increases, but it is difficult to reach seven or eight households in a limited number of years, so the state is required to implement administrative laws.
When Ying Zheng heard the words of Zhao Yu’s family, he was already thinking about this issue.
If he can be called an emperor, he naturally has the ability of an emperor. In terms of governing the country, Ying Zheng is a wise monarch.
He tried to say: “Without money, everything is difficult, this proposal is good, but it’s a bit general.
Zhao Yu nodded yes and said, “Although the products of this dynasty are not rich enough, some of them are wasted. The minister has already had this idea, to open up the countries in the Western Regions, and then sell Daqin items to those from the Fan state.”
Ying Zheng said: “The Western Regions are better than the Xiongnu in the north. North of Daqin, the climate is dry and not suitable for ordinary people to live in. Going west, it is densely populated.”