Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 259

The king of Qin was in high spirits, Zhou Chong knew that the opportunity was coming, and if he seized this opportunity to make a suggestion, he would get twice the result with half the effort, and then said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks that roads are not enough, if there is not enough goods to transport, then we have to pay The roads that have been built with all our strength are just decorations and useless at all."

This is a very simple truth, and the King of Qin agreed very much, saying: "What Mr. Zhou said seems ordinary, but it actually contains a great truth. There are not many things for the common people to use. This is the real reason for the destruction of the six kingdoms. Mr. Zhou, you Let’s talk about how to make the freight flow smoothly, Daqin has inexhaustible goods.”

Zhou Chong expressed his thoughts in a calm manner, saying: "Zhou Chong thought that all countries are integrated into one body, each has its own system, there are many checkpoints, and the width of the roads is different, which leads to inconvenient transportation and inconvenient passage of goods from north to south. Remove those checkpoints that are not conducive to the people, and unify all the roads in the country."

This was a very serious problem at the time. When Zhou Chong mentioned it, everyone agreed, saying, "That's right!"

The King of Qin walked up and down, saying: "Mr. Zhou's words are on the point. Each country is integrated, each has its own roads, each has its own vehicles, and each has its own writing. These issues should be completely unified. That is the real unity. Just unifying the territory without unifying such things is not a real unity.

"Since the Zhou Dynasty moved to the east, the emperor has lost his power, the princes have been seated, and they have their own affairs. The damage has never been seen since Pangu opened the world. The cars are on different tracks, the books are different, the power is not balanced, and the ten miles are different. The widow has decided In order to truly unify the whole country, it is necessary to ensure that the vehicles must be on the same track, the books must be in the same language, and the authority must be equally balanced. A vehicle from Xianyang must be unimpeded, and it must go to the desert in the north and the sea in the east.

"Li Si, you are proficient in writing, tell me about the writing situation in various places."

Li Si responded, and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, every country has its own script, and there are also different scripts within each country. There are eight ways to write the horse character, and more than 90 ways to write the dare character. Let's communicate. It is extremely inconvenient. Your Majesty's unification of characters is indeed a major event that benefits the country and the people, and I sincerely admire it."

Han Fei stammered: "Your Majesty, what Li Si said is very true, and the words should be unified."

The King of Qin took two steps and said: "Li Si, you take the lead, Han Fei and Zhao Gao participate, formulate the characters of Daqin, and inform the world. You must remember that the characters must be convenient and practical, saving time and effort. When you create the characters, other All the written words will be abolished, and anyone who does not comply will be killed!"

Writing is the crystallization of a nation's civilization. Qin Shihuang's policy was conducive to the development of Chinese history. However, at that time it was strongly opposed by scholars from the six countries. Death is unwilling to accept new words.Qin Shihuang’s methods are very simple. If you don’t accept it, you will die, killing many scholars. In the history books written by scholars, Qin Shihuang’s policy that has made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese history is included in the tyranny. It is really ridiculous.

We all know that the Qin Dynasty perished soon, but the unified pattern created by Qin Shihuang has been passed down, and China is still a unified country to this day.The reason is that Qin Shihuang's unification was a real unification. It did not just stop at conquering the land, but rose to the level of culture and formed a unified civilization. This is the real reason why China finally wants to unify after many divisions. , because the Chinese nation forms a whole.

Knowing the importance of these unified measures, Zhou Chong seized the opportunity to remind King Qin to take action.As for the opposition of those scholars, King Qin's method was a bit bloody, but that was the price he had to pay. Without these obstacles, China's unification process would be faster, so Zhou Chong did not object.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thought that the common people should have food and clothing, and that they should promote ox farming and iron farming tools." Zhou Chong continued to lead the way, and said: "From what Zhou Chong saw, the farming in all the lands of Zhao There is still a big gap in technology compared with the Great Qin Dynasty. The common people don't have many bronze farming tools, and some still use stone farming tools. The efficiency is low and the grain output is very low. How can the common people get enough to eat with such extensive farming? .”

In the late Warring States period, cattle farming and iron farm tools were already in use, mainly in Qin State, and the other six countries were far behind Qin State.By the way, don't underestimate the cattle farming technology, it was of epoch-making significance at that time, just like our mechanized agriculture today.If iron farm tools for ox farming are promoted throughout the country, it is foreseeable that there will be a leap in grain production, and it will not be difficult for the common people to eat enough.

The King of Qin clapped his hands together, and said: "Yes, these words have reached my heart. I have looked around and found that the farming in various places is far behind my Daqin. We must put Daqin's farming The technology is popularized, and the widows put their words here, within three years, the whole country must be rich in products, and the common people will have food to eat, and they will no longer be hungry."

After Shang Yang's reform, the two major national policies pursued by the Qin State were farming and warfare, so Qin's agriculture was highly developed at that time.According to estimates by historians, Qin Shihuang dispatched 100 million troops to unify China, and the total population of Qin State was only 500 million. On average, every five people had to provide food for one soldier. Not to mention the Qin Dynasty, even in China in the past few years It is difficult to do it, but Qin Guo insisted on doing it.The reason is that Qin State has a complete agricultural security system. This system is still very advanced even in modern times. This is not the case in the six countries. If Qin State’s agriculture is extended to the whole country, it will be unreasonable if the whole country is not rich.

Thinking of such wonderful consequences, Zhou Chong's eyes were filled with stars, and he added the icing on the cake, saying: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thought that the success of Daqin's agriculture was related to Daqin's water conservancy. Dujiangyan made the middle of Shu a land of abundance. Guanzhong originally had an auspicious year, and with Zheng Guoqu, Guanzhong will be full of droughts and floods..."

King Qin interrupted Zhou Chong with a wave of his hand, and said, "Mr. Zhou is right in reminding you. If you only have farming technology, if you don't have water conservancy to guarantee it, you won't have a good harvest if you encounter an unlucky year. Well, let's do it this way. To build water conservancy projects across the country to ensure that the people can farm, let Zheng Guo lead the water conservancy to conduct surveys, and repair wherever it is necessary and suitable for repair.”

"The king is holy!" Everyone was convinced.

King Qin continued: "As for the use of iron farm tools, I think it is feasible. Although iron is good, it is not as mature as bronze. Daqin's bronze is worse than the world, and Daqin's weapons are all made of bronze, which is enough to meet the needs of the situation. It is not necessary. Occupy this precious iron. However, I should increase investment in iron smelting in order to produce more refined iron. Does Mr. Zhou have a magic method?" (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log www.QIDIAN.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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