Prime Minister of Great Qin

Xiao He shook his head and said: "Sir's words are very tempting. Most people in the world will probably accept them and are happy to accept them."

"But the early stage is good."

"The latter's pension and other requirements are too high for Da Qin's finances. Da Qin already has a lot of officials. If so much money and food are to be distributed, Da Qin's finances cannot support it."

"There are also education and medical care that Mr. mentioned."

"There is also a huge demand for doctors and book teachers. Da Qin cannot provide such a large number of people at the moment. Besides, even if we can slowly take care of them."

"Building medical centers and schools in various places requires a lot of expenditure. This is also a cost, and it also takes money to support this group."

"What's more, there is a huge youth shortage in the local area. Even children are a labor force for many families. Many families will not agree to sending them to school."

"This is also extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming for bottom-level guidance and so on."

"All these things are beyond what Da Qin can do right now. Sir's ideas are too optimistic, too unrealistic, and even too far away from the current world."

Xiao He expressed his feelings directly.

Speak out all your thoughts.

He was also amazed by Ji Heng's idea, but while he was amazed, he also started to think about the feasibility. If he just talked about it verbally, it could not be implemented in reality. Too many people in the world can say this kind of empty talk, so it may not be as good as Ji Heng said it better and more exaggeratedly.

Others gradually calmed down.

Civil nobility is a good inspiration point, and it is indeed very suitable for them to make changes. Other basic necessities of life, food, housing, and transportation are also derived from the military nobility system.

It's just that it's no longer as stringent as the military meritorious requirements, and has become more rare. Everything is based on the actual situation of the people, and almost all the favors that the people can currently obtain are granted.

This is excellent.

It is also the easiest thing to win people's hearts after their reform is promulgated, but the follow-up, whether it is education, medical care, elderly care, etc., is too general.

It's also too unrealistic.

After calming down, I also deeply understood the emptiness in it, and Daqin needed the bottom class to provide free labor. Without the free dedication of the bottom class, Daqin's expenses would only be higher.

This could easily bring down Da Qin.

Ji Heng nodded, showing a hint of relief, and said with a smile: "Of course I know this, so that is just a follow-up, under the condition of sufficient finances."

"Before this, the priority was to establish the civil nobility system and use it to make clear distinctions and promote restructuring."

"But given the current situation in the world, who do you think can enjoy those preferential treatment?"

Everyone was stunned.

Zhang Cang frowned, seeming to understand something, and said thoughtfully: "Just now?"

Ji Heng nodded.

Zhang Cang said: "Those who have meritorious service!"

When Zhang Cang mentioned the meritorious ones, others also looked surprised. Ji Heng never said from the beginning to the end that everyone should enjoy it.

But only those who are qualified can enjoy it.

Only those who are qualified and can afford it can enjoy it.

There is a clear difference.

That means that the court will not bear too much additional expenses for this. It only needs to ensure the basic operation, and it can even make money from the powerful local gentlemen.

Because most of these people have no titles.

Those who have merit are honored.

Under the circumstances of Qin's two sweeps across Guandong, there were actually many meritorious people in the world, and the alternative merit rewards specially launched by Minjue were actually issued specifically to these people.

Let them have the qualifications and opportunities to access things that they could not access in the past, whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, medical care, etc. for their children.

This is Hui's meritorious service.

How can these people not shed tears of gratitude?

Although with this, the imperial court is gradually withdrawing the rewards that have been distributed, allowing it to recover the part of the money and food that was previously distributed through education, medical care, etc.

But this is something that many meritorious people are willing to accept, or even accept with joy, because many of them had no chance or qualification before.

This will benefit hundreds of thousands or millions of people.

This group of people were originally the beneficiaries of Da Qin's system, and they are still the beneficiaries of Da Qin's reform. Therefore, this group of people support and love Da Qin even more.

Zhang Cang sees things more clearly than others.

time!

Ji Heng once again used time to divide the people of the world into two, and no one complained. Those who have made merit are honored. This has been the truth since ancient times.

Therefore, Da Qin gave preferential treatment to this group of people, and no one could refute it, and there was no way to refute it. And the extra group mentioned by Ji Heng required these meritorious people to pay extra money and food.

If it were the past.

He would also think that the court could not afford it.

Over the years, he has known some things, such as the medical clinic system, the "Yu Shu" compiled by Gongzi Gao and others, the signs, and the paper produced by Hu Hai, which have continuously reduced operating costs. As long as there are enough students.

To a certain extent, the court is still profitable. If the energy source continues to replenish the student source, the court can even obtain a stable income from this.

It's just that the cost should be spread as much as possible to those who have made merit.

first time.

Those who can enter the school are destined to be in the minority, so the court's expenditure will not be too much, and there will not be a shortage of people and schools.

When the system continues to spread, relying on this obvious class distinction and the momentum of the early group of people to encourage others to participate, the scale will be expanded step by step.

At that time, the problem Xiao He mentioned may no longer be a problem. This is the exchange of time for space that Ji Heng mentioned long ago.

Same thing this time.

He is indeed focusing on the world, but it is still divided into layers. The priority is given to those who have a good impression of Da Qin, and he relies on these people to stabilize the foundation.

Picture it slowly.

If you think about it a little more, Ji Heng doesn't give preferential treatment to the so-called meritorious people, but to the 'middle class'. It's just that this part of the class is alive and can be constantly replaced.

Zhang Cang thought of a lot at once.

Ji Heng gives priority to those who have meritorious service, but also gives those who have no meritorious service the same opportunity to obtain in the future, so as to realize the wealth search for the middle class.

As for the bottom floor.

Just for them to see.

Let them know that they have the opportunity to enter that environment, but they will have to pay a higher price, and not many people in Daqin can afford this price, at least for a long time.

By the time the people at the bottom of the Qin Dynasty can afford it, the world will probably have changed a long time ago.

Ji Heng said: "Have you figured it out now? These preferential treatment may look very tempting, but in fact, the threshold of invisibility is very high. Most Qin people can only watch and cannot step in."

"For the middle level, they are qualified to participate, but they have to pay a high price to screen these people."

"This is used to achieve class mobility under the old military meritorious ranks."

"Moreover, the school system has long been different from the past. There are obvious differences between junior schools and normal schools."

"The vast majority of those who come out of the junior school enter the technical school headed by Mohist doctors and farmers, rather than the official school that mainly trains Legalists."

"There will always be grading in the world."

"And he told the people of the world so clearly that if they want to make a further breakthrough, they can make a certain contribution to the Qin Dynasty, and then allow themselves and their descendants to achieve further leaps and bounds."

"Otherwise we can only stay where we are."

"Even as time goes by, it will continue to decline. The world is fair. Some people advance and some people retreat. It takes effort to always move forward and stay where you are."

Everyone was silent.

I just felt numb.

They don't know.

But they also had to admit that this was a way that was more beneficial to Da Qin and easier for others to accept because everything was clear.

As long as you don't break the law, work steadily, and take one step at a time, you will definitely gain something, but the changes will not be that prominent.

Ji Heng said coldly: "Do you know that in the world, only the country is rich and the people are strong? There is no such thing as a country being rich and the people are rich. Do you know why?"

"Because that doesn't exist under normal circumstances."

"Wealth itself is accumulated by squeezing other people. If a country becomes rich, it must be squeezing the people at the bottom, otherwise the country will not be rich."

"If you want to make the country rich and the people rich, there is actually a way to shift the target of exploitation from domestic people to outsiders, to squeeze other people, and then achieve a certain degree of wealth for the country and the people."

"However, you also know the current situation in the world. The Xiongnu and Baiyue are simply vulnerable. They do not have much population and cannot support the Qin Dynasty."

"So that's what Da Qin can do."

"It is to first make the country rich, then make the people strong, and then try to develop step by step, so as to achieve the goal of making the country rich and the people rich."

"Everything I proposed is essentially the same as the military meritorious service. It is extremely offensive and aggressive, for the purpose of pioneering and progressing."

"But it will take a long time for Da Qin to reach that point, and it still needs a lot of precipitation, so what Da Qin wants now is to stabilize."

"Settled."

"And this is the same as the military merit system. As long as the people can continue to benefit from this system, Da Qin will always be able to maintain a strong offensive follow-up ambition. It is essentially integrated with the military merit system."

"It's just that one is suitable for wartime and the other is suitable for peacetime, but the effect is the same. They both rely on squeezing the bottom to increase national strength, and they will also give some sweetness to the people."

"And this is the system of Great Qin."

"The next thing you have to do is to continuously add bricks and tiles to this system, and in the form of benefiting the people, benefiting the people and letting the people, drive and force the people to move up, or have to work hard."

"The tasks on your shoulders are very heavy." (End of this chapter)