Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 223 The wave of revolution in the world [two-in-one, please subscribe]

Chen Ju had been sitting aside with his eyes closed and waiting. When he heard Fusu's voice, he slowly opened his eyes and stood up, looking extremely calm.

He was so calm that he seemed not to have heard the quarrel just now.

He turned back and looked at Li Si. His eyes were extremely sharp, as if he could see through people's hearts: "Is Prime Minister Li worried about himself or about Great Qin?"

Chen Ju said this as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Li Si's heart tremble.

When everyone in the court saw Chen Ju like this, they were stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile. Some people even looked at Chen Ju with a look of nostalgia on his face.

They were filled with emotion.

Sure enough, a member of the Chen family is a member of the Chen family.

No matter how modest they appear, it's nonsense. People of the Chen family have always been arrogant and upright. They don't care about the rumors in the world or the attacks of others. They just want to "do their own thing."

Some of Chen Zheng's old friends looked at Chen Ju with tears in their eyes.

In the land of Zhuhua and Zhuxia, people have regarded land as their lifeblood since ancient times. After some rich and powerful people got rich, they bought property as soon as possible.

This is why when someone boasts about his or her confidence, he or she will say, "My family is rich and I have thousands of acres of fertile land."

Yes.

"Food is the most important thing for the people, and food grows from the land. The leaders of Guizhou regard the land as more important than their own lives. Wouldn't taking back the land at this time cost their lives?"

After thinking for a moment, he said: "No, not only is there no difference, but there is more guarantee. After all, the court will not lower the price or take advantage of the situation, but will only redeem it at a fixed price, right?"

Chen Ju just smiled, looked at Li Si and said, "No need to worry, Mr. Li."

No matter how good Chen Ju's idea seems to be for the leaders of Guizhou, he has only one final purpose.

Li Si's last words were a little hesitant, but everyone in the court understood the meaning of his words.

There was a smile on Chen Ju's cheek. He looked at Li Si and the many ministers who fell silent after listening to what he said. He shrugged his shoulders and said: "In this way, even if the annexation of fields occurs, the biggest The annexer is also the imperial court.”

The most important and indispensable aspect of family property is "land".

He could tell that although Li Si had some selfish motives, he was more worried that the land system would affect the current stability of Daqin.

He was a little confused, as if he really didn't understand anything: "Li Mou always thinks about Da Qin, how come it seems to have ulterior motives when it comes to Prime Minister Chen's mouth?"

"Otherwise, Lee can assert that."

He pondered for a moment and then said: "This land state-owned system is not the previous land state-owned system in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but is similar to the reform carried out on the basis of private ownership."

This is indeed true.

He squinted his eyes and said: "The land is naturally still in the hands of the leaders of Guizhou, and it is not like the state-owned system in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Everyone farmed together and then divided the results together. Instead, he distributed the fields evenly to each household. ."

"As soon as this reform comes out, I'm afraid the whole world will mutiny in an instant."

"This is the guarantee provided by the imperial court for them."

But if you want to say that Li Si's selfishness dominates, that's not true, because Li Si does have enough reasons to worry.

Although Chen Zheng passed away, at this time they saw the shadow of their old friend in Chen Ju. Isn't this a happy and joyful thing?
Li Si calmed down and looked at Chen Ju, with a forced smile on his face. He paused and said, "What did Mr. Chen say?"

Chen Ju looked at Li Si meaningfully, and just smiled and said: "Then Prime Minister Li, tell me, how can this "public ownership of land" endanger Da Qin?"

"And what about those soldiers who have made military exploits?"

That is to let the Guizhou leaders cultivate the fields honestly and obediently.

"Those soldiers exchanged their lives for the land, but now that the war has stopped and the world has been unified, the court wants to take back the land they exchanged for their lives. Isn't this a little bit..."

"But they cannot buy and sell these fields. If they need money urgently, they can sell the fields to the court again, and the court will take them back at a fixed price."

"And each person only has one chance to distribute land for free. If he sells it to the court, if he wants the land again in the future, he can only pay to redeem it again."

Li Si’s reasons were calm and powerful: “The reason why the military merit system can stand is because of fairness, and the real core is ‘land’.”

"Fields will be distributed according to head count."

Li Si was flustered by Chen Ju's eyes.

He just gave a simple example: "Let's talk about the "military merit system" that still exists in the Qin Dynasty today. Is the essence of the twentieth-rank title system just a title and the money attached to the title?"

Thinking of this, Li Si straightened his back and looked at Chen Ju aside: "Doesn't Mr. Chen know this at all?"

"Enough for them to continue farming for Da Qin."

Does he have selfish motives?
It is indeed selfish, because he really owns a lot of land. These lands are what he relies on for survival and may even be passed down to his family in the future. If this is taken away by the court, wouldn't he be able to do it overnight? Became a pauper?

"But the people are no different from before, except that they can't pass this land on from generation to generation."

Why?

"Not really."

Chen Ju sighed: "When I learned about the current situation of land annexation, I already had some ideas, and finally I occasionally got a flash of inspiration."

"Even if Lord Shang carried out his reforms that day, it would not have improved the combat effectiveness of Qin's soldiers that much, and they would not even be brave enough to fear death."

When Chen Ju said this, the expression on his face became more determined: "Your Majesty, if this happens, those Guizhou leaders who have to sell their land due to difficulties and eventually become tenant farmers or even live on the streets will have a chance. Chance."

Chen Ju stood there, listening to Li Si's words, the look on his face looked much better.

"And in the future, they only need to pay 10% or 50% more than the previous price to redeem it again."

Because the majority of the imperial court's annual taxes are paid by these seemingly poor Guizhou heads!
Those wealthy households are all thinking about escaping, so how can they really pay for food and other things honestly?
And if these Guizhou leaders can be given a guarantee, the agricultural-based country, nation and even civilization of Da Qin and Zhuhua and Zhuxia can have an additional layer of guarantee.

Chen Ju spoke sincerely, and everyone present also fell into silent thinking.

Does what he said make sense?
Of course it makes sense.

Do the many courtiers have reason to refute?

There is no reason to argue.

But the question is, will they be willing to truly implement the method Chen Ju said?
Will not.

Because the people who hold the most land in the world are not the soldiers or the heads of Guizhou, but the people standing in the court. They have a lot of land in their hands.

The 10,000 hectares of fertile land mentioned before are all small. Among the officials present, which one does not have more than 20,000 acres of land in his hands?
Not to mention those families that have been passed down for many years, such as the Mengtian family, Wang Jian family, Feng Quji family, etc., just talking about the family of Li Si, the "left prime minister" who has only been prosperous for a short time, has a full 100,000 acres of fertile land.

And this is not to mention the fields in the hands of nobles such as Han Bo and Zhao Bo who used to be the royal family.

Nowadays, the lack of fields in Great Qin is because these people have too many fields!

What Chen Ju wants to do and is doing now is very simple.

Two words! Cut the meat!

He wants to cut off the flesh of these nobles so that he can use the fat flesh of these nobles to feed the heads of the world, so that this huge country can continue to survive.

This is Chen Ju's purpose.

Fusu sat on the high platform, looked at Chen Ju with a gentle expression, and then nodded slightly: "What Mr. Chen said is right."

He asked softly: "Li Xiang, is there anything else you want to say?"

When Li Si heard Fusu's question and subconsciously wanted to say something, he looked up and saw Fusu sitting there.

At this moment, where is Fusu's gentle look from before?

His face was filled with murderous intent.

The emotion contained in a pair of eyes almost made Li Si, an old man, tremble. He could only stammer: "I don't have any objections."

No comments!
Left Prime Minister Li Si has already expressed his attitude. What else can others do?

On the contrary, Wang Jian, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "I just don't know how to take back the national property that Xiang Chen said?"

"Do you want the people of the world to hand over the fields in their hands?"

Wang Jian's words were very tactful, but Chen Ju immediately understood the meaning and immediately shook his head with a smile: "Of course not."

"Whether it is land in the hands of soldiers or nobles, my idea is that the court will redeem it for a fixed amount, and then distribute it according to the number of alchemists per head."

He squinted his eyes and took one last stab. It was this stab that solved everyone's worries and problems, and also solved a huge riot.

"As for those who obtained land through military merit, the court will redeem as much land as they have in their hands, but it will not take it back."

"But it continues to be in his hands and is considered his land."

"After he has passed a hundred years, these lands can still be redeemed by his children and grandchildren at a fixed price."

Chen Ju shrugged his shoulders: "But if you want to set rules, they can only be passed down for three generations."

"The blessings of our fathers have been passed down to three generations. This is enough."

It has to be said that Chen Ju's move did make the nobles present pause for a moment. They originally wanted to continue talking about the fields in the hands of soldiers, but they did not expect that he would come up with this method.
At this time, Fusu on the stage smiled and smoothed things over: "It's not just the fields in the hands of those soldiers."

Fusu said with a smile: "You should also use this method for the fields in your hands."

"Three generations have been killed. Can you still worry about what will happen after three generations?"

Hearing Fusu's promise, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. They have fought for three generations, and that is enough. It is better than continuing to argue and getting this person angry and getting nothing, right?
After all, although this person seems to have a good temper, he is actually the same as the First Emperor.
Perhaps this is the inherent nature of the Chinese people.

If you want to tear down the roof, they will reject it without hesitation, but if you first say that you want to tear down the house, and then take a step back and say that you want to open a roof, they will immediately agree, thinking that you are indeed Be reasonable.

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Fusu sat there laughing. He looked at Chen Ju in front of him and said, "Sir, you didn't even see the expressions on Li Si and others at that time. It made me laugh so hard."

There were almost a few tears from laughter in his brows.

"However, sir, this method is indeed good. It can comfort the refugees to the greatest extent."

He sighed and said: "Great Qin has just experienced a drought. It was a time when there were many refugees. Fortunately, I have you here."

Chen Ju's expression remained unchanged, he just smiled and said, "Your Majesty is joking."

"Even if Chen Ju hadn't been there, someone else would have thought of this method,"

Fusu sneered: "Maybe others can think of this method, but what's the use?"

"Do they dare to risk being isolated by their ministers and continue to speak out and implement this method?"

There was disdain on his face: "Except for Mr. Chen, probably no one would dare to do this."

Chen Ju didn't say anything, after all, it was a fact.

He just looked at Fusu and said: "Your Majesty, you still need to be more careful when it comes to reform, lest someone secretly covets you and make some moves later."

Fusu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Sir, what you mean is"

At this time, Chen Ju remained silent. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you just know it in your heart. There is no need to say it out loud."

Fusu frowned slightly: "That's fine."

He looked at Chen Ju and said, "I will be more careful, just don't worry."

In the second year of Zhaoyuan, the second emperor Fu Su re-appointed Chen Ju, the right minister, and used Chen Ju as the reformer, which once again launched a vigorous reform movement in Qin.

This reform is particularly important because it involves the land that everyone is concerned about.

But unlike the grief and anger of those nobles, the capital of Guizhou in the world felt excited and excited, because they finally had their own land, even if they couldn't sell it.

After all, this time, no matter your background is poor, you are a refugee, or whatever, you can receive the land based on your head.

This was a rumbling reform, and few people in the world didn't know about it.

What no one expected was that the poisonous snake hidden in the darkness of Da Qin seemed to be alarmed by this vigorous reform.

Kuaiji County, a village in the mountains.

Everyone looked ugly. They looked at the middle-aged man in front of them and whispered: "General, what should we do??!"

(End of this chapter)