Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 482 Five ponies waved to Li Si again!

"It's not that easy..." Li Si sighed.

"Now that the world has just been settled, it will take some time to relax. Moreover, from the current point of view, there is no problem with Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo settling and compiling Baiyue's decrees. If the Central Plains people discriminate against the different customs of the Yue people, it will easily damage Lingnan. Human feelings..." Li Si spread his hands and said.

"The barbarians and Rongdi are not well educated, and the border vassal areas cannot make ends meet. If we mobilize troops in consecutive years, we will already be unable to make ends meet, and I am afraid it will become even more tense.

Your Highness, I have to tell you the truth. In fact, for the border vassal areas, being able to take care of their own profits and losses financially, and being able to promote enlightenment in government affairs and make the barbarians obey the king are already superior political achievements. However, now all over the world, vassals The people's induction must rely on subsidies from Guanzhong. Li Si said with a sigh.

"The main thing is to ensure stability in these places."

"So the five skills of controlling the people are only used in the Central Plains?" Zhao Si raised his eyebrows.

"The dog uses command, the wolf uses meat..."

"A good person has to have a knife put to his neck? Doesn't that make sense?" Zhao Si frowned.

"How many barbarians are there in Baiyue? How many Rong people are there?

If they have 500,000 people, then move 500,000 people there; if they have one million people, then move 1 million people there! "Zhao Si said decisively.

"There are only four million households in the Qin Dynasty. How could so many people move there? After the move is completed, who will cultivate the fertile land in the Central Plains?" Li Si looked at Zhao Si.

"Besides, there are many servants, concubines, and private slaves among these four million households."

"Then abolish slavery, free the slaves, send those who are guilty into exile, and those who are not guilty should go home and have children as soon as possible. I have wanted to do this for a long time. Doesn't Prime Minister Li want to reform the law? Want to become a saint and call him a son? Abolition Abandoned slavery, promulgated the order to free slaves, kept the tomb of Li Xiangzu to emit green smoke, gained merit, and ascended to the original place."

"Since Prime Minister Li wants to change the law, I think we have to start with the abolition of slavery and the legalization of it."

Slavery is so anti-human and also a waste of productivity.

As a time traveler and a modern person who has witnessed more than two thousand years of history, Zhao Si deeply understands a truth.

Free people are often the most valuable.

No matter from any angle, slavery is the most backward system.

"Your Highness really wants to come out..." Li Si smiled sarcastically.

"I'm not joking with Prime Minister Li. If you want to change the law, you must start with the abolition of slavery." Zhao Si said seriously.

In fact... Zhao Si had this idea from a long time ago.

From the first day he got off the ship and set foot in Daqin.

Zhao Si was lucky. After he returned to Da Qin, he lived a life of a master. Fortunately, he did not experience the laws carefully crafted by Lord Shang for the common people, nor did he have time to experience the so-called five skills of controlling the people.

Because from the moment he landed, Zhao Si was destined to become a noble.

Who were the people who came and went around him later? He was the First Emperor, a high-ranking official and aristocrat.

He only stood from the perspective of a bystander, criticizing this era based on the values ​​​​formed by his nine years of compulsory education, and never felt the same way.

He knows that some things are meaningless, such as equality...

Zhao Si would not talk about equality in ancient times.

But sitting in his current position, whether it is due to personal morality or because he is the prince who will inherit the throne in the future, Zhao Si clearly knows that slavery is simply unreasonable.

Especially for the imperial power! This thing will only have the opposite effect!

It satisfies your own values ​​and is good for your bottom, so why not do it?

"Your Highness, aren't you putting me on the fire?" Li Si sighed.

"I'm not joking with Li Xiang. In fact, Li Xiang knows better than me whether the border vassal is stable. It's true that he and Ji Baiyue are right, but in the final analysis, the barbarians still fear power rather than virtue, and there are not enough people in the border areas. , counting on cultural assimilation, how long it will take, and how many changes will occur in the process, Li knows better than me.

Now there is Baiyue, but Li Xiang has forgotten the Yinshan land he just conquered?

Han Xin brought back 200,000 people, but throwing these 200,000 people into Da Qin's newly expanded land was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

In addition to Baiyue and Longxi, what about Liaodong and Liaoxi? These two places are also vast and sparsely populated. What about the sea?

The islands are densely covered with stars. In the future, the entire offshore islands will be included in Daqin’s territory. Let’s forget about small islands for now. Big islands must have prefectures and counties, right?

These all require people, and in my opinion, turning people into slaves is the stupidest and most wasteful thing.

Especially those who have a natural cultural identity with the Central Plains.

Even if they are criminals, as long as they are not heinous, they are valuable to me.

So we must free the slaves! The slaves must be freed!

Not to mention that there are only more than 4 million households in Daqin now, even 10 million or 10 million households may not be enough..." Zhao Si said seriously.

"So, not only do I want to free the slaves, I also plan to abolish corporal punishment and even the punishment of sitting. To be honest with Li Xiang, these are all things that must be done in the reform.

I plan to refrain from amputating limbs except for heinous criminals in the future. People not only need to be alive, but also whole. Even if these people are exiled, they will be of great use. "Zhao Si said.

"Why bother? According to His Highness's method, it will be faster. I'm afraid there won't be less local fights, right?" Li Si said.

Li Si understood what Zhao Si’s strategy of immigration expansion was.

Increase the proportion of the population and change preferential treatment policies from ethnic groups to regions.

In human terms, the previous tax-free and corvee-free policies were no longer targeted at barbarian tribes, but now targeted at everyone who settled there. Both barbarians and people from the Central Plains who had migrated could enjoy this treatment.

Then various means including forced immigration, welfare promotion, and deportation of criminals were used to forcefully increase the proportion of Central Plains people in the region's population.

If the ratio of Central Plains people to barbarians can reach 1:2, it will be relatively simple to assimilate, integrate and change customs, because the Great Qin government will have a very stable fundamentals.

If the population ratio can reach 1:1, it will be easy to change customs.

But it's not necessary...

After all, the current method of assimilation is time-tested.

Show off your power first, then start the cultural invasion... It's just a little slower.

“Prime Minister Li doesn’t understand normality… It’s actually relatively simple to assimilate and change customs now.

Because in a broad sense, the barbarians, Rong and Di we are talking about now have been dealing with them as early as the time of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Putting aside myths and legends, there was a theory of barbarians, Rong and Di in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, not to mention The founding of the Qin Dynasty was founded on the territory of the Rong people.

Even these barbarian Rongdi might have the blood of many Yin and Shang nobles.

If we go back to the time of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, maybe we have the same ancestor?

Going back to the legends and myths, we have something in common with the barbarian Rongdi.

The Xia people lived in the center, and the barbarians were the Rong Di. After all, their customs and culture were also affected.

Mr. Li, you should be aware of this. Even some of our areas came from the barbarian period. "

Li Si nodded upon hearing this.

Chu...

That's true...

"Different pronunciations ten miles apart, different customs hundreds of miles apart... After all, these surrounding places have something in common, and they deepen their exchanges with each other. Over time, they will naturally become one. If you pick up a barbarian child and raise him now, who will be there when he becomes an adult? Do you know he is a barbarian?"

"Yes, that's exactly the truth!" Li Si nodded.

"What if people are different?" Zhao Si looked at Li Si.

"Prime Minister Li should have heard me say that overseas there are people with red hair and eagle eyes, some with brown hair, some with yellow hair, and some who are all black and look like evil spirits...

Beyond the Central Plains, the further you go, the less you have in common. The further you go, the people are even different. At this time, assimilation becomes even slower... You have said it a hundred times, but they are different. The place cannot be blocked, and there will always be opportunities for those who are willing to take advantage of it.

In the end, Zhu Xia had to have enough people.

That's why I prefer the advantage of population. It's easy to take the road less traveled, but Daqin will eventually take the road no one has traveled in the future.

A group of black-faced people, even if they speak Qin language and write seal script, after all, they can easily form a clique. "

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

“First let the population occupy the main body, and then use the culture to occupy the dominant position.”

"I probably understand what His Highness the Grand Sun said..." Li Si nodded.

"So how are you preparing for Li Xiang's transformation? When can you let him go?" Zhao Si asked with a smile.

Everything is still inseparable from Li Si.

In the final analysis, we still need to change the law.

The shortcomings and advantages of Da Qin's system are relatively obvious, so there is no need to elaborate too much.

The order to move the royal mausoleum and reduce the corvee and tax rates was, to put it bluntly, a small maintenance and lubricant.

Useful, but not enough.

If it really wants to become a big thing, it must be based on Li Si's reforms.

Change, change!

At the very least, we can no longer copy the work of Shang Jun a hundred years ago.

Need to change the engine! Need a major overhaul!

As for whether Da Qin will become less Da Qin? Then it doesn't matter.

Zhao Si had been waiting for Li Si's movement for some time.

"Now that the world has decided, it is better to be quiet than to move. It is the time when we need to recuperate. Moreover, I have no clue yet when writing a book... This matter is huge and needs to be considered carefully. It is really difficult to commit time to His Highness." Li Si said replied.

You just took the blame for the relocation of the king's tomb, so you have to take the blame for the release of the slaves, right?

This offended a lot of people.

Almost all the big nobles, small nobles, clans, and those with slaves in their families were offended.

Hey, that’s not all. You also have to offend the local government. Why?

Because Da Qin has fucking official slaves. Strictly speaking, official slaves are fucking assets of the local government.

This is even bigger than the move to the royal tomb order...

Although it may not necessarily be more turbulent than the order to move the royal tomb.

The relationship with the First Emperor had just been eased, and Zhao Si, who was close to him, had become the grandson again. Li Si had just happily thought that the five ponies had left him.

Hey, who would have expected that these five ponies are running back again.

The kind that brought five more friends...

Li Si dared to do it by destroying the body, and Li Si dared to do it by destroying the body. After all, this would offend the old officials at most, and it would offend the students who believed in the old law and were regarded as traitors by the Legalists.

But he still has new officials to win over. Once his new doctrines and ideas come out, the new laws that adapt to the times will be kicked into the trash can by the old laws and they will not be able to crawl out.

After all, the punishment of corporal punishment and sitting together may not be beneficial to everyone, but at least there are no disadvantages.

But abolition of slavery?

Li Si understood the truth, but Li Si just refused to do it.

Among other things, there must be thousands of slaves in Li Si's family, which is relatively few among his colleagues.

Li Si felt that if such a government order fell on him, he would feel pain and regret, let alone if it fell on everyone in the world.

Is this real property?

This is clearly asking for someone to cut your flesh!

Although he can tolerate cutting off his own flesh, the world will not tolerate him Li Si.

Li Si knew that this was a good thing, a good thing for the country, and could even make up for a key part of the idea he was conceiving.

But who can protect him?

My great-grandson cannot be saved.

The First Emperor... I'm afraid it's hard to say.

After this is done, someone will really think about the plan of physical destruction and termination.

Don’t talk about the far ones, let’s talk about the near ones…

The imperial palace guards the Yulin Army, which is the only standing army in the Qin Dynasty. Everyone has a title and property, and basically every family has slaves.

In addition to this are the palace guards and the halberd-bearing men. The same is true for these.

The flesh is cut off to the violent group that protects personal safety...

Who can protect him politically except the First Emperor?

It would be impossible for Zhao Si to get him to ride five ponies again with just a few words.

At the very least, we need to provide some guarantee of personal safety, right?

"Is that so..." Zhao Si glanced at Li Si suspiciously, feeling that the old guy Li Xiang hadn't finished what he said.

There is something in the words?

But after all, he was a professional, so it was not easy for Zhao Si to push him too much.

After all, Li Si is the prime minister of a country and has a lot to do. Being a paper poster is not easy. What's more, he manages political affairs in an orderly manner and the administration of officials is acceptable?

"Li Xiang must hurry up..." Zhao Si smiled and did not disturb Li Si.

How's it going? It’s nothing more than communicating with Li Si more later, exchanging and supervising...

After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhao Si went straight to the palace...

At the end of the day, nothing was done, but I was able to reach an agreement with Li Si.

The First Emperor asked quite leisurely. Zhao Si frowned and finished speaking, and the First Emperor smiled after hearing this.

"Didn't you say when it can start?" The First Emperor knocked on the table with great interest.

"I didn't say...I see that Li Xiang is writing a book and writing a book, but he hasn't finished it yet..." Zhao Si shook his head.

"When did you start writing books? If he can't finish writing in one day, will the Dharma remain unchanged?" The First Emperor snorted.

The First Emperor got up and hit Zhao Si on the head with a bamboo slip.

After many years of being a ruler, how could the First Emperor fail to understand Li Si's little thoughts?

Even though Zhao Si is the most beloved grandson of the First Emperor, he is not the First Emperor after all, and he cannot make promises on behalf of the First Emperor.

At the same time...he is naturally not as inoffensive as the First Emperor.

It was obvious that he wanted to get a guarantee from his side because of his old relationship with his beloved grandson.

"Go again!"

"Still going?"

"Scare him!"

(End of this chapter)