Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

Now, he has resigned as he wished, and he can, and has a good death.

After returning home, Feng Quji immediately took off his official robe, packed up his belongings, took his family with him, and bought a train ticket back to his hometown.

It seems that he no longer has a trace of souvenirs for the huge Xianyang Capital.

Today, the world is at peace.

The people live and work in peace.

The court doesn't need him anymore.

Besides...

By Ying Zigao's side, there has never been a need for a few former veterans.

After seeing off Feng Quji, the corners of Ying Zigao's mouth rose slightly.

Back in the bedroom, Dongfang Bubai looked at Ying Zigao curiously and said, "What's the matter? Your Majesty? Seeing you, why are you so happy?"

Ying Zigao shook his head with a smile and said, "Hehehe, you don't know about that."

Ying Zigao looked out the window, and said in a relaxed tone: "These elders of the former dynasty, more or less, have their own little thoughts."

"After all, they fought the world with their father, not with me."

"In their eyes, I'm just a brat."

"Sending them away and replacing them with a batch of fresh blood will be more conducive to the development of the Great Qin Empire."

"Those old people, although they have made great contributions to Da Qin, in the end, they still cannot resist the temptation."

"Feng Quji is one of the few veterans of the former dynasty who was able to die well."

After Dongfang Bubai heard this, he nodded slowly, and then squinted his eyes and asked: "Didn't Your Majesty give him a hundred acres of fertile land? Master Feng should be able to live a good life, right?"

Ying Zigao shook his head: "Not necessarily, a hundred acres of fertile land is actually not much, and it's enough for their family to eat."

After finishing speaking, Ying Zigao turned around slowly and sat in front of the bed.

While stroking Dongfang Bubai's lower abdomen, he continued to speak: "However, that's fine, Mr. Feng's family has more than a dozen children besides his elderly wife."

"If they don't go out to work and just sit and eat at home, the one hundred acres of fertile land may not be enough."

"But if they all go out to work, that's enough!"

Ying Zigao completely introduced the modern way of life.

No matter how rich the family is, when the children grow up and it is time to start a family and start a business, they cannot stay at home and eat their parents.

But in ancient times, this is actually very incredible.

For veterans of the former dynasty like Feng Quji, as long as the descendants do not break the law and the Qin Dynasty does not perish, their families will not need to work for generations, and they can live well.

But it's different in modern times.

In addition, although Feng Quji resigned and retired, he was not useless.

After all, colleges are now being built all over the country.

In addition to those who study medicine, there are also those who study mechanical engineering, history, and politics.

No matter how bad Feng Quji was, he could still find a college and become a professor of political science.

With his qualifications, it is not an exaggeration to be a principal, let alone a professor.

What's more, the son of a scholar is not low.

As a professor in the college, the monthly salary, converted into silver taels, is at least five taels of silver!
If you are a dean, your monthly salary will be at least ten taels of silver!
You know, the banner officer of the Jinyiwei of the Zhenfu Division has a salary of only 20 taels for a whole year.

Therefore, the last thing Ying Zigao didn't need to worry about was how Feng Quji, a former veteran like Feng Quji, would live after retirement.

They have ten thousand ways to live a more nourishing life than when they were picking and rolling in the court.

At this time, Dongfang Bubai frowned, and asked again: "Then...the veteran-level officials can have many ways to make a living after returning home, but what about the grassroots cadres?"

"Your Majesty, after you have undergone a series of reforms, the salaries of officials have become very small, and their status is not as good as before."

"When working in the imperial court, there is also free housing provided by the imperial court, and free various expenses."

"But after retirement, what will they do?"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao was taken aback.

Indeed!
Ying Zigao hadn't considered this question yet.

At first, he just thought that the salaries of the current officials are too high, and there is no need for such a high salary.

At least ten times more than ordinary people!
It is naturally the dream of many people to work in the imperial court, in order to live a better life.

But there is no need to be so exaggerated.

Therefore, Ying Zigao lowered the salaries of officials to twice the salary of ordinary people.

This is enough.

Twice as many as they are, which can not only show the excellence of being an official in the court, but also prevent those low-level officials from looking at people with their nostrils.

But Ying Zigao seemed to be revealing a little bit.

That is, the issue of pensions for grassroots officials.

After a long time, Ying Zigao nodded slowly and said, "You are really a clever little ghost."

After hearing this, Dongfang Bubai smiled.

At this moment, what Ying Zigao imagined in his mind was social insurance.

However, since the officials have to pay insurance, then another problem will arise.

That is, the current factory workers do not have the slightest guarantee.

In Xianyang City alone, workers went on strike every day, and factory owners hired people to beat workers.

It has only been two years since Daqin entered the industrial revolution.

But in the past two years, the average life expectancy of the population of the Great Qin Empire has not increased.

It is no different from the average life expectancy in the Spring and Autumn Period.

This is very strange.

Obviously, the world is peaceful now, and the quality of life of the people has improved. There is no war, and food and drink are beginning to pay attention to nutritional balance.

It stands to reason that the average life expectancy should increase.

The reason is that the working class is exploited too severely. ,

Especially underage child laborers.

The death of child labor is a common occurrence in today's factories.

Nobody cares.

Many poor parents even sold their children to factory owners.

The body of the dead child was either thrown into the canal, or thrown into the coal pile, and then, along with the coal, was thrown into the boiler of the steam engine.

Of course, Ying Zigao didn't know this.

He only knows that since he opened up the privately-operated factory, there have been many illegal operations.

Crushing workers and such.

At first, Ying Zigao didn't care.

After all, things like squeezing workers will never disappear.

But Ying Zigao did not expect that simply squeezing the workers would cause so many bad consequences.

The Great Qin Empire is not the same as it was during the Industrial Revolution in the previous life.

At that time, it was a constitutional monarchy, and the workers had been oppressed for a long time, so they simply formed trade unions and found trouble with the prime minister and the parliament.

But the Great Qin Empire is an absolute monarchy!
The workers went to the Zhen'an office, but the people in the Zhen'an office turned a blind eye.

They won't blame the people in Zhen'an Division.