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

Chapter 89 The first emperor bestowed jade, entered the palace and walked freely!

The first emperor's idea was very simple. Currently, hemp is used for weaving. Leaving aside, the output of the other four is much lower than that of corn.

Not to mention the benefits of corn stalks and cobs for firewood, corn bran for livestock, and the fact that corn has a shorter growth cycle and yields almost twice as much as other grains.

From any point of view, corn beats other grains at present. The first emperor was a practical person. It was economical, convenient, high yield, edible, convenient for storage and transportation, and that was enough.

When Zhao Si heard this, his first reaction was that Emperor Shihuang was possessed by Emperor Corn.

Afterwards, Zhao Si immediately shook his head: "Your Majesty... all grains have their uses, and corn is not suitable for all regions. Moreover, if a single type of grain suffers from disease, it is very likely that the whole country will lose all grains... The diet is too simple, and it is easy to eat. cause disease."

In fact, what Zhao Si wanted to say at the beginning was that corn was not tasty. Compared to white flour or rice, the taste was really bad. Corn was once popular in the era of underdeveloped productivity, but after the rapid development of productivity, corn basically It was reduced to something used to feed livestock.

But as soon as Zhao Si was about to open his mouth, he realized that the bad taste of corn was totally untenable in this era.

In the era of underdeveloped productivity, Li Shu was not qualified to dig and discard a kind of grain according to his taste.

In fact, even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the common people could not eat white flour buns. At most, they husked the wheat without peeling the skin, and the taste was not much different from that of steamed buns.

How can Li Shu be so extravagant that he grinds the wheat and then sifts out the skin to eat white flour buns?
Zhao Si had used white flour when cooking for the First Emperor before. It was ground with a stone, with a stone mill on top and a millstone on the bottom.

After grinding, the white flour is manually sifted out.

But Li Shu could not afford to use 硙, because the industry in this era was not developed, and 硙 was expensive.

For Li Shu, it is self-evident which is better, the corn kernels that are easy to remove the husks or the wheat rice that does not remove the husks.

To sum up, corn is indeed the mainstream crop of this era.

However, Zhao Si vaguely remembered that after the Great Corn Emperor, Mao Xiong blindly popularized it and initiated a national upsurge in growing corn, which ended in a food crisis.

The disaster resistance of a single crop is too low.

The First Emperor frowned slightly.

Emperor Shi Huang could understand what Zhao Si said, because Emperor Shi Huang had seen it before.

That is recorded in farm books. Every kind of grain may be affected by disease. Some diseases come from insects, some diseases come from the grain itself, some diseases can affect all grains, and some diseases can only be affected by a single type of grain. Harmful.

Zhao Si's statement was almost in line with the farmer's point of view on this aspect. After Emperor Shi Huang pondered, he still gave up his plan to plant corn all over the country.

However, given the current advantages of corn, it is inevitable to plant more corn and reduce the planting quantity of other grains.

The five grains may usher in new partners and become six kinds.

However, there are five of the four heavenly kings and six of the five grains, which is also very reasonable.

"Since this is the case, we will plant more corn, and the rest of wheat, chestnut, rice and rice will be slightly reduced..." The first emperor is a person who listens to advice. Of course, the first emperor intends to ask the advice of agricultural scholars for this kind of matter, although the first emperor does not like the farming family. The idea, but the experience and knowledge of the farmer's cultivation of the land is still worthy of recognition.

Just like the Mohist family was divided into three, the peasant family also split during the process of Daqin's unification of the world.

Some support the Six Kingdoms to maintain the world structure, and some support the Qin State to unify the world. Since Shang Yang proposed to re-cultivate and fight, Qin has begun to absorb agricultural scholars, but the ideology of the agricultural monarch and the people is too advanced, even if it was early. The peasant scholars who took refuge in the Qin State only existed at the bottom of the power center of the Great Qin State.

The peasant family is not a prominent school at all... Its advanced concept of governing the country was attacked by Confucianism, legalism and other prominent schools at the same time. It was not for the first emperor's deliberate maintenance, and the peasant family had long been labeled as a low-level theory. (In the Han Dynasty, farmhouses were classified as inferior by Confucianism.)
Zhao Si was noncommittal about the decision of the first emperor, but Zhao Si also made up his mind in his heart. Since his halo of uncut jade is also useful for crops, he turned around and planted wheat, rice, chestnut beans on his ten hectares of arable land, and went for a walk every day if he had nothing to do. Two laps of power should be used to strengthen the body, and it may also induce genetic mutations. Although it is impossible to enjoy the shade under the rice like old Yuan, it is not a dream to double the output.

The sweet potatoes grown now and the original species brought back are completely two species. It is also reasonable for the wheat, rice and chestnut to have a point gene mutation under the influence of their own jade halo.

"The method of drying salt has been practiced in Qi, what's your opinion now that the salt ponds are widely opened?" The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si.

After all, Zhao Si was the initiator of the sun-dried salt method and the purification of table salt, and the sun-dried salt method has a lot to do with it. Now, he is planning to completely replace the boiled salt method. Ask Zhao Si again, so as to prevent mistakes.

"That's not true. The method of drying salt is far better than the previous method of boiling salt." Zhao Si shook his head and suddenly remembered something.

Wait... the dictatorship of salt and iron...

"I do have a suggestion." Zhao Si looked up.

"Speak!" Emperor Shihuang nodded.

"Salt and gold can be controlled by the government, and a monopoly system is implemented. Private sales are not allowed. In this way, taxes are included in the price. People have to pay taxes, but they don't see taxes. Businesses are not allowed to stockpile goods. If there are people who are deliberately speculating, they can't make a lot of money. Privately bought gold-cast armor and murder weapon..." Zhao Si talked eloquently, but did not notice that Emperor Shi Huang's expression became more and more strange.

Zhao Si’s deepest impression on the salt and iron monopoly system was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Sang Hongyang. The salt and iron monopoly strengthened the central government’s fiscal revenue, which is of great significance to the strong control of the local government and the country.

Zhao Si definitely wouldn't know how to implement it, but Zhao Si also said that he was just offering a suggestion.

The First Emperor looked at him with a strange expression and talked about the salt and gold monopoly, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

Because, today's Daqin implements the salt gold monopoly system.

The salt and iron monopoly system began with the Guanshanhai policy proposed by Guan Zhong of Qi State, that is, to monopolize both salt and iron.

After Shang Yang's reform, Qin State controlled the profits of mountains and rivers, and also implemented a monopoly of salt and iron.

The Shaofu, one of the nine ministers, is in charge of the monopoly of salt and iron for support.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si who was talking eloquently. Obviously, if Zhao Si knew enough about Da Qin, he would not have made such a joke.

But it's normal to think about it. After all, Zhao Si was a young man wandering overseas, and lived in Lantian after returning, isolated from the world. So far, his understanding of Daqin probably comes from the few books he has read.

Thinking of this, the First Emperor suddenly felt that if Zhao Si could come up with a salt and iron monopoly policy through superficial reading and study before he had ever come into contact with the concept of Guanshanhai...

The First Emperor looked at the eloquent Zhao Si and raised his eyebrows, and had a wonderful misunderstanding.

Zhao Si talked eloquently about the monopoly of salt and iron, without knowing that he was making a joke, and his mouth was dry when he said it. He felt that he had explained the pros and cons clearly, so he stopped and looked at Emperor Shi Huang: "I have never read a few books. Books, my knowledge is superficial, Your Majesty laughed."

That's what he said, but Zhao Si believed that a wise man like the first emperor would realize the huge benefits just by hearing the words "salt and iron monopoly". Zhao Si would never underestimate this unprecedented ruler king.Nor did he underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Sometimes, the ancients were only missing a layer of window paper.

He thought that his copying behavior could inspire the first emperor to some extent, but unexpectedly, the first emperor only had a playful smile on his face, turned around, took a few scrolls of bamboo slips from the bookshelf and threw them into his arms.

Zhao Si subconsciously took a few scrolls of bamboo slips, only to see Emperor Shi Huang paced and said, "Zou Feng will stay in Lantian for a few days, and watch the sky at night to ensure that the weather is safe. Although you have read some books, you have not entered school. , if you have any doubts, you can ask more questions.”

The First Emperor knew that Zou Feng wanted to talk to Zhao Si about the sea, so he was willing to give Zou Feng this opportunity. After all, the Yin-Yang family had to take on the task of the Great Qin to investigate the world. Of course, the First Emperor also knew that Zou Feng was quite envious of Zhao Si.

Emperor Shihuang didn't care about Zou Feng's little selfishness, because the decision-making power was always in his hands.

Zhao Si nodded. He really needs a qualified teacher. The more he reads, the more he feels that reading dead books is not enough. Even if there is modern knowledge to confirm each other, Zhao Si still feels that there are many things he has not read thoroughly. In any case, he is also a contemporary representative of the Yin-Yang family, who once raged for the Great Qin Zheng Tianming's power, and it can be said that it is more than enough to teach Zhao Si.

As for Zou Feng being a yin and yang family?The books Zhao Si read belonged to the Legalists?
That's not important, a hundred schools of thought copied a lot, you borrowed from me, I borrowed from yours, not to mention that the academic disputes among the schools of thought in this era are extremely anxious, if you want to defeat your opponent, you must do it without a doubt Knowing the opponent better than the opponent, which of the bunch of literati who led the eradication of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty was not proficient in Buddhism?
Zou Fengneng has become a representative figure of the Yin-Yang School, and his academic attainments are naturally not limited to the Yin-Yang School.

Moreover, the books Zhao Si read were from the Legalists, but he had no prejudice against other schools of thought. He was willing to accept the knowledge of the Yin-Yang School, and even the knowledge of other schools of thought. His roots were modern people, not this Any family of the era.

Zhao Si took the bamboo slips, saw that Emperor Shi Huang had raised his hand, and was ready to leave knowingly, but unexpectedly, Emperor Shi Huang threw a jade pendant instead of chasing people away.

"In the past few days, take good care of the three new grains. If there is any accident, you can use this jade pendant to go straight to the palace! Walk freely!" Shi Huang smiled.

Zhao Si was overjoyed, this is a standard match for the emperor's eagle dog in the novel.Although there are no other rewards, just entering the palace ban is a great honor.

It's just... Zhao Si still has some doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty..." Zhao Si hesitated to speak, asking, it seems inappropriate, not asking, I feel uncomfortable.

"Huh?" Shi Huangdi looked at Zhao Si who was embarrassed.

"After using it, how should I return it?" Zhao Si finally used a more tactful way.

The First Emperor couldn't help laughing. This kind of question is quite offensive, and it has obviously violated the unspoken rules of officialdom.

Thunder and rain are all grace.

Whether to use it or not, and whether it can be used in the future, the decision is in the hands of the first emperor, which is closely related to the attitude of the first emperor.

"Back down!" Shi Huangdi didn't answer, turned his back, knelt down and spread out the memorial.

Zhao Si sneered and left, holding the simple jade pendant in his hand, thoughts arose in his heart.

How long will this thing last?Do you want to pay it back in the future?

The First Emperor didn't say clearly, if in the future he used this jade pendant to go straight into the palace and pressed it down for himself, saying that he trespassed, wouldn't it be broken?Zhao Si made up his mind, after these few days, even if Shi Huangdi didn't take back the jade pendant, he would honestly report and search the jade pendant after entering the palace.

It is not that there are no such examples in history, and life is still the most important thing.

While thinking, while stuffing the jade pendant into his arms, Zhao Si opened a roll of bamboo slips as he walked.

"Pipe. Mountain and Sea"

Um?The first emperor gave the book Guanzi?What does this mean?
No matter what it means, read it carefully when you go back, the book given by the first emperor cannot be ignored.

I don't know what the first emperor thought of his own salt and iron monopoly system?

If Zhao Si could do this thing, he would definitely not be able to do it. He didn't have the ability. Politics is not just talking about it, it has to be put into practice.

In the past dynasties, all the reformers have made better blueprints one by one, but how many can succeed?

The same thing, different people do it at different times, the result is bound to be different.

Zhao Si was able to make suggestions because he had read a lot recently, so he could barely make a practical analysis, otherwise he would only be able to say the words "salt and iron monopoly" when he stood there, why should he open his mouth?
On the other side, in the imperial palace, Emperor Shi Huang asked about Zhao Si's offense, but he was not angry at all.

On the contrary, on the face hanging down to deal with the memorial, there was still a long-lasting smile.

This kid... is very straightforward.

But...he is a rare and smart seedling.

The First Emperor was keenly aware that a person who basically hadn't read much hadn't studied for more than half a year.At the same time, it is under the premise of not having seen Guanzi and not having a deep understanding of the Qin system.A monopoly system for salt and iron can be proposed.Even if it's just a slightly blunt suggestion, it means that Zhao Si's political talent is very high!

Apparently, the time traveler came from the mixed knowledge reserves of modern times, which caused the first emperor to have some small misunderstandings about Zhao Si.

　The tax on mountains, rivers, rivers and swamps is the salt tax and mine tax, and the tax on mountains, forests and aquatic products. "Guanzi. Haiwang" has already proposed the official mountain and sea. The tax of Heze refers to salt and iron deposits, mountain forests and aquatic products, but Sang Hongyang once again focused on salt and iron.Therefore, it is called "Salt and Iron Theory"

　　
　
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