Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 137 The Great Harvest of the World

  Under Mo Jun's earnest persuasion, Fu Nian finally agreed to become a teacher in the Mo House.

  During this time, the Mo Mansion was short of people.

  Since Mr. Mo gained a firm foothold in Xianyang, more than 300 orphans who were originally fostered in the Nanjun Orphanage were all transferred to Xianyang and Hanzhong one after another.

   These are the teams that Mo Jun plans to train himself in the future.

   Now it's not like before, as Mo Jun's status gradually improves, more and more eyes are staring at him.

  Luowang, schools of thought, spies from the six countries, opponents in court...

   Needless to say the future.

  Even if it was the group of 'doormen' that Mo Jun recruited before, how many of them were spies sent by other forces, Mo Jun himself didn't know.

   Mr. Mo didn't think about investigating this, mainly because it was unnecessary.

  Because these people are destined not to be included in Mo Jun's "core team" in the future.

Precisely.

  Even in the current Mo Mansion, there are only a few people who are truly regarded by Mo Jun as the "core team".

  Xiong Daxiong Er, Yao Gui San master and apprentice, Hei Yu, Jian Jiuyuan, Jian Linger, and Jin Peng.

  The others include Zhanqin, Zhuyeqing, Jiujianchi, and Yuenv who are in Nanjun, and none of them have fully trusted Mo Jun yet.

  This has nothing to do with ability, character, or character.

   Mainly 'loyalty' and 'position'.

  Although Zhanqin and Yuenv seem to have sworn allegiance to Mo Jun now, one of them still has the shadow of Yingzheng behind them, and the other is from the Yinyang family, and his purpose is still unknown.

  Even if they are really loyal to Mr. Mo now, it is difficult to guarantee that the position they are in will not interfere with their bad judgment in the future.

   By contrast.

  Now Zhuyeqing and Jiu Jianchi, who seem to have a less close relationship with Mo Jun, are actually more trusted by Mo Jun.

  Mr. Mo doesn’t have to care about those temporarily recruited ‘menke’.

  Because they have no access to the core secrets of Mo Fu, even if they betray Mo Jun one day in the future, it will not cause too much loss to him.

But now this newly built [Hanzhong Mo Mansion] is different. This new Mo Mansion is the place where Mo Jun plans to build his headquarters in the future, so even if there is a guard or a servant here, he must be trusted by Mo Jun man of.

   But now it is obviously unrealistic to want to recruit so many loyal people from the outside world.

  Only Mo Jun cultivated it himself.

  In this case, the orphan who was rescued by Mo Jun from the 'meat pool' of the major families in South County, and no one is willing to claim it afterward, naturally became the best seed.

   But at this time, another problem appeared.

  That is, Mo Jun couldn't find a suitable 'teacher'.

   Teachers in the 'Martial Arts Class' are easy to find, and now Jian Jiuyuan, Zhuyeqing, and Jiu Jianchi in the Mo Mansion can all play the role of teachers.

  But the teacher of the "Wen Dao Class" is a little troublesome.

   It's not that they couldn't find it, but Mo Jun wasn't very satisfied with the people they found.

  The teachers of the "Wen Dao Class" recruited from outside, people with clean identities and backgrounds, are mostly young people, and they haven't learned well yet, let alone teach others.

   But those famous and promising celebrities, after a little investigation by Mr. Mo, he found that there are always some unclear places about the origin of these people's identities.

   As a last resort.

  In today's Wen Dao class, Mo Jun had no choice but to ask the two apprentices of Yao Gui to make guest appearances temporarily.

   But Poria and Red Dates are doctors after all. It is okay to teach these children some basic knowledge, but if it is taught a little deeper or more lenient, it will be a bit difficult for him.

   Therefore, during this period of time, Mo Jun is having a headache about the teacher candidates for the 'Wen Dao Class'.

   And at this moment.

  Fu Nian appeared.

  This contemporary Confucian brother, the future head of Xiaoshengxianzhuang, with the knowledge he has mastered, teaching a group of children is naturally a piece of cake.

   More importantly, Fu Nian's character is worth protecting.

   Even if he is not loyal to Mo Jun now, Mo Jun is not worried that he will mix some private goods in the process of teaching students.

   Such a 'good teacher', how could Mo Jun let him run away.

  The only pity is that Six Fingers Heixia said he was going to travel around Hanzhong, and he was unwilling to stay.

   Otherwise, Mo Jun originally planned to reserve a place for him in the Mo Mansion!

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  Early October.

  Mr. Mo returned to Xianyang.

  Qin has two major sacrifices every year, which are the [Spring Ritual] before the spring planting, and pray to the heavens that the planting will be smooth and the weather will be good this year.

   and the [Autumn Festival] after the autumn harvest, the five grains and six animals are used to worship God as a reward for the good weather this year.

  In the past, these two major sacrifices were the major events of Qin State.

   It's just that this year is more lively, because this year is the first time that the "new grain" has matured after being promoted in Qin, and this year is really good.

   As early as a few days ago.

  Ying Zheng and Mo Jun, the rulers of Su Nei Shi, have received good news of big grain harvests in various places one after another.

  So before this year's [Autumn Festival], Ying Zheng also held a rare grand court meeting, convening civil and military officials, intending to announce the good news, so that everyone can enjoy themselves together.

   "Qing Mo, read it!"

  On the throne, Ying Zheng said.

   "No!"

Mo Jun was at the forefront of the civil servants, took a step, and then took out a bamboo slip, first glanced around the officials below, and then said: "Since the promotion of the Daqin [first-generation improved rice seed], it has been blessed by the emperor and the empress soil, and the weather is good. , Grain is ripe everywhere.”

   "As of yesterday, counties and counties in Qin State collected a total of 16.72 million shi in grain taxes..."

  Hearing this number, Ying Zheng couldn't help being startled even though he had expected it before, but then he couldn't help showing a bit of excitement and surprise on his serious face.

  The faces of the ministers below also showed smiles and joy.

  Just as the courtiers were about to speak in unison, taking advantage of the good news to flatter Ying Zheng, they only heard Mo Jun continue to speak:

"Among them, Berkshire collected 4.2 million shi, Shu County collected 4 million shi, Nanjun collected 3.2 million shi, Hanzhong County collected 1.67 million shi, and Xianyang County collected 90 shi. Wanshi..."

  As Mr. Mo reported the specific amount of taxes in various places one by one, the expressions of many civil and military officials who were still smiling just now suddenly froze.

  The excitement on Ying Zheng's face quickly faded away, and turned a little more cold.

Although Yingzheng also got the news of "the world's big harvest" before, the specific amount is not clear. After all, even if Yingzheng now manages Qin in a centralized way and completely concentrates all the power in his own hands, but he It's not even possible to do things like calculating data by yourself.

   But after hearing the specific data reported by Mo Jun today, Ying Zheng immediately noticed something was wrong.

   This year is good.

  If it is changed to previous years, in a year like this, Qin's annual grain tax is about 8 million shi.

  As the granary of Qin State, the land of Bashu receives the most grain every year. In good years, it can generally harvest 3.67 million shi of grain.

   And this year, the "new grain" has been replaced, and a lot of new fields have been reclaimed with Quyuanli, so the total grain tax in the land of Bashu this year is 8.2 million shi, which is not a problem.

  But the food tax problems in the next few counties are getting bigger and bigger.

  First of all, South County.

  South County has a vast area. Although it is not as fertile as the land of Bashu, it has sufficient water resources, so it was considered a large grain taxpayer in Qin in previous years.

  Under normal circumstances, the annual grain tax in Nanjun is about one million shi.

  Even if the 'new grain' is replaced this year, and some new fields are reclaimed with Quyuanli, the grain tax of Nanjun this year will be 2.23 million shi.

  But this year, Nanjun's tax revenue has increased by one million shi out of thin air.

  Where did this million stones of grain come from?

   Even more outrageous is Hanzhong County.

  Although the terrain of Hanzhong is flat and the fields are quite fertile, the area of ​​Hanzhong County is very small, so the average grain tax in previous years was about 500,000 shi.

  Even if the ‘new grain’ is replaced this year, and some new fields are cultivated, the grain tax of a little over one million shi can be paid, which is quite good.

  But now Hanzhong actually paid 1.6 million shi grain taxes.

To know.

  Hanzhong County is now the real fiefdom of Mojun, and Mojun has a preferential tax payment. Others need to pay 30% of the tax, but Hanzhong only needs to pay 20%.

  The remaining 10% belongs to Mo Jun, the fief lord, and this can be regarded as one of the "annual salary" that Ying Zheng gave to Mo Jun.

in other words.

  The actual grain tax paid by Hanzhong this year is 2.4 million shi.

   There are 1.4 million more stones than normal.

   So much food, it is naturally impossible to change it out of thin air.

   Then there is only one explanation left.

   That is, when Nanjun and Hanzhong paid the grain tax in previous years, they evaded a large amount of grain tax. This year, the extra grain was the part that should have been paid before.

  As for why only the grain tax in Hanzhong and Nanjun will be exposed this year.

  The reason is even simpler.

  Because these two places have one thing in common, that is, someone has stayed in these two places, and each of them set off an astonishing massacre in the local area, eliminating a large number of old nobles and landlords.

besides.

  There is also a huge problem with the total amount of grain taxes paid by counties and counties in various places.

  The total grain tax collected by the whole country this year is 16.72 million shi, but the total grain tax of Bashu, Nanjun, and Hanzhong is about 13 million shi.

in other words.

  The remaining six or seven counties in Qin State, including Beidi County, Shang County, and Longxi County, including Xianyang, have a combined grain tax of only more than three million shi.

  Originally, this data problem is not too big. After all, Xianyang, Beidi County, Shangjun... These counties and counties are all located north of the Qinling Mountains, and the terrain and climate are not suitable for growing rice.

  So the 'new rice species' does not play a big role in these places.

  The quyuan plow and the waterwheel will also work, so the grain tax of these counties this year is generally only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of shi more than in previous years, which is completely normal.

  However, now, when the data of Hanzhong County and Nan County exploded, the data of other counties, which were originally normal, fell into the eyes of Ying Zheng, and suddenly became abnormal.

   Accompanied by Mo Jun's words.

  The entire court suddenly fell into silence.

   One time.

  I don't know how many people below the court hall showed unkind eyes at Mo Jun. After all, Mo Jun's move can be said to have revealed many unspoken rules hidden in the shadows.

  Jun Changping, who was not far away, saw this scene. Although the expression on his face remained unchanged, there was a sneer in the depths of his eyes.

  In his opinion, Mo Jun's actions today are completely trying to die.

   I don’t know how many high-ranking officials and nobles in Qin State are doing such things as evading food and taxes. Mr. Mo unveiled this fig leaf today, which can almost be said to have offended at least 70% of the officials in the entire court.

  Facing the cold eyes of these officials, Mo Jun in the front also felt a little helpless in his heart.

  In fact, he didn't want to offend these people at first, but he had no choice. Who told him to make great contributions again soon!

  If he doesn't hurry up and train himself a few opponents in the court, what if the credit is too great and Ying Zheng feels that he can't restrain himself, what should he do if he gives himself a glass of poisoned wine?

  Although it is said that Mo Jun will definitely not be captured without a fight when the time comes, but Mo Jun is also reluctant to abandon the glory and wealth that he has finally obtained for nothing!

  So after thinking about it, since no one in the court can fight against me, why not just take the initiative to cultivate a few opponents to play with me.

   Anyway, Mo Jun is not afraid of overturning now.

   After all, he is now in a great situation, unless Ying Zheng's brains show off, otherwise he will definitely save Mr. Mo.

   Even take a step back.

  Even if it was really fun in the end.

  With Mo Jun's current strength, and Jin Peng has grown up, even if he gets rid of it in the end, the big deal is to pull his team, ride Jin Peng, and travel around the world with one hand.

   So, it's not a big problem.

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  (end of this chapter)