Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Tian Wan and Qiu'er were naturally taken aback by Zhao Kuo's behavior, and exclaimed coquettishly in unison.

"Your Majesty, the children are watching!"

"Your Majesty, it is still daytime!"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly: "Daytime?

If I say it is day, it is day, if I say it is night, then it should be night! "

Amidst the laughter, Zhao Kuo happily walked towards the bedroom not far away with his three concubines.

For Zhao Kuo, this is destined to be a happy day!

Chapter 1120 The royal family should stand with the common people

Spring is here, the earth is warm and flowers are blooming, a piece of peace and tranquility.

The spring plowing of the Han Kingdom was carried out amidst such excitement.

As an emperor, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to ignore this most important event for the agricultural society. He specially attended the spring sacrifice, and personally brought the queen, prince and other family members to the fields outside the imperial capital. .

Zhao Kuo walked down the field in person, and waved to Zhao Qian who was not far behind him: "Qian'er, come here with Father."

So, Zhao Qian led the ox in the front, and Zhao Kuo held the plow behind, and plowed the field in front of the military officials.

His Majesty the Emperor had already ended, and the military officials naturally had to follow suit, so they went down to plow the fields one after another.

Although Zhao Kuo's plowing was just for show, he still plowed an acre of land very seriously.

It is worth mentioning that today's plow has been "invented" by Zhao Kuo and vigorously promoted. This kind of plow is not only flexible in action, but also can dig deeper when plowing the ground, turning the bottom of the plow. Digging out the soil is definitely one of the most outstanding agricultural inventions in Chinese society for thousands of years.

After plowing, beads of sweat appeared on Zhao Kuo's forehead under the sun's rays. After walking on the field, Queen Tian Wan immediately came up with two concubines, wiping sweat and handing water.

Zhao Kuo smiled, and said to Zhao Qian who was gulping down water, "How about it, now you know the hard work of the farmers?

You, my father and son only need to cultivate one mu of land, but each of these farmers has at least one hundred mu of land, and they have to take good care of it after the spring plowing is over! "

Zhao Qian was also gulping water at this time. The young man's body was like a bull, and he drank three bowls of water in one breath.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao Qian also hurriedly said: "What the emperor said is very true, and I also think that farmers are really hard, so I think that maybe after the development of commerce, more people can do business. You can avoid the hard work of farming.”

Zhao Kuo was taken aback when he heard this.

Frankly speaking, Zhao Kuo really didn't expect Zhao Kuo to answer from this angle.

Afterwards, Zhao Kuo shook his head slightly, and said: "The truth is, of course, but the problem is that if we don't have enough labor to work the fields, how can we get enough food in the Han Dynasty?

If there is no food, everyone will starve to death, and doing business will be impossible. "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao Qian was also dazed for a moment, and then bowed his head a little ashamedly: "What the father said is that I think too little."

Zhao Kuo patted Zhao Qian's shoulder with a smile, and said, "No, it's not that you think too little, but that your thinking is too advanced."

Most people participate in commercial activities, which can indeed liberate the labor force from the fields, but the premise of doing so is that the farmland can still produce enough food after the lack of labor force.

So the question is, how can we still produce enough food under the premise that a large number of laborers leave the farmland?

The answer is very simple, that is the improvement of productivity, in layman's terms, it is the improvement of technology.

For example, it seems that modern agricultural machinery is used on a large scale. One person driving the machine can do what a hundred people can do with manpower in a day. Isn't this done?

Countries such as Germany and the United States are representatives of this large-scale modern agriculture, and modern China is also developing rapidly.

So is what Zhao Qian said right?

Right.

It's just that if Zhao Qian's words want to be correct, the premise is that there must be enough productivity to ensure the output of the farmland, which is temporarily impossible for the current Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo put away his smile and said to Zhao Qian: "So you have to remember that until there is no way to solve the food problem, farmers are the most important thing. If possible, it is best not to let farmers leave the farmland and enter the city easily, otherwise It will shake the foundation of the country!"

This is the fundamental reason why in the history of China, the rulers of the Central Plains dynasties all adhered to the principle of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business".

Don't the rulers know that once commerce develops, the income from commercial tax will far exceed that from agricultural tax?

Of course they know it. After all, for this kind of thing, you only need to find a few people with a little foundation in mathematics and do some calculations.

But the problem is, farmers have all moved to the city to work for businessmen, who will grow the food?

At that time, the price of food will inevitably soar, and merchants will surely take the opportunity to hoard and sell it at a high price, and the entire bottom-level migrant workers will not be able to afford food, and then they will become dissatisfied with the entire society.

Then, there is the plot of "the king and the general will have a kindness".

Therefore, in order to maintain the stability of the dynasty's rule, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has become the unanimous choice of the rulers of the Central Plains dynasties.

However, for Zhao Kuo, he does not need his policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. When the rice imported from the south is added, the grain of the Han Kingdom will be improved enough, and this problem will be solved.

Only a society with sufficient free circulation of commodities can truly develop, which Zhao Kuo naturally knows well.

Suddenly, Zhao Kuo remembered something, and said with a smile: "I heard that you and that little maid of the Wu family have gotten very close recently?"

After Zhao Qian heard Zhao Kuo's words, he blushed immediately, and said after a few seconds: "Father and Emperor misunderstood, son and son are friends, friends relationship!"

Wu's little maid actually refers to the daughter of Wu Fei, the owner of the Wu's tofu shop in Pingkangfang.

After the incident in Pingkangfang, Zhao Kuo's official wife, Tian Wan, also took Wu Fei's daughter as a maid. Now this daughter has become a young female official next to the queen, and she must have contact with Zhao Qian on weekdays.

The reason why Zhao Kuo learned about this matter was just after a chat with the queen.

Zhao Kuo looked at the embarrassed Zhao Qian, and couldn't help laughing. Beside Zhao Kuo, Queen Tian Wan and the two concubines also had smiles on their faces.

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said lightly, "If it's possible, then get married at that time.

Queen, I'm here to tell you today that our modest queen in the future can be a woman from a commoner family. "

When Zhao Kuo said these words, Empress Tian Wan and the two noble concubines couldn't help being startled.

The Prime Minister Xu Li who happened to come over heard this and said with a smile: "Is Your Majesty planning to select a queen from among the common people?"

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and said with a very serious expression: "Yes, this should be considered.

Queens who were born among the common people are often better able to understand the sufferings of the people, and they are also a good match for future emperors. "

Tian Wan thought for a while and said, "I don't have any objections, I'm just worried that someone will say something inappropriate in the future."

Although Tian Wan's meaning is very euphemistic, it can be heard that the queen's child will basically become a prince in the future. Can a queen who is born as a commoner teach the prince well?

Moreover, it is easy to be discriminated against.

The smile on Zhao Kuo's face disappeared.

After a few seconds, Zhao Kuo said very seriously: "The reason why our royal family can get this country is because our army is strong?

of course.

But let's not forget, where does our army come from?

It came from among the common people.

The royal family is indeed honorable, but they shouldn't put on airs, and shouldn't do anything superior.

Our royal family should be kind to the people, and we must always stand with the lowest level of the common people.

Only in this way can all the people love us from the bottom of their hearts, which is the real path for the long-term stability of our Great Han Kingdom.

Uncle Xu, you can study it with the other two prime ministers and Da Zongzheng at that time. From now on, every prince must marry a commoner woman as his official wife. If the future prince does not come from commoner blood, then in the When he inherits the throne, he should consider postponing his selection! "

Zhao Kuo is also very courageous, originally he just wanted to think about it, but when he realized that even his wife Tian Wan was hesitant, Zhao Kuo immediately made up his mind.

To put it bluntly, in this era, the aristocrats still have the lofty mentality. In this era, princes and generals really have "kindness", and they can really be passed down from generation to generation.

This is bad.

Zhao Kuo knew very well what would happen if this momentum continued, that is, these so-called princes and generals would form a class against the monarch. When you are a mediocre or fatuous monarch, slowly lift the monarch, and finally replace the monarch.

For example, Zhao Kuo, as the founding king, must have been calm when he was alive, and no one dared to fart, but after Zhao Kuo died, could Zhao Kuo's descendants have the courage and ability to suppress all dissatisfaction?

Therefore, Zhao Kuo must plan ahead at this time, leaving a way and pointing out a direction for future generations.

The founding kings of other dynasties may not understand the solution, but as a time traveler, how could Zhao Kuo not understand it?

To break this situation, Zhao Kuo must support a class to fight against the noble class represented by these princes and generals.

The emperors in history actually tried a lot, such as supporting relatives, or supporting eunuchs.

But does this work?

History has told Zhao Kuo that it is useless.

Whether they are relatives or eunuchs, after they took control of power, they behaved no differently from the noble class.

The relatives at the end of the Han Dynasty were also able to stand up to the emperor, and the eunuchs at the end of the Tang Dynasty directly abolished the emperor at will.

Therefore, the only thing the emperor should do is to find helpers from among the common people.

The emperor kept promoting helpers from the common people to fight against the nobles, and it was enough to maintain a balance of power.

In the process of this game, many promoted civilians will slowly integrate into the nobles, but that doesn't matter, there are so many civilians in the world, just continue to promote some helpers.

The emperor does not need to worry that the power of the nobles will expand more and more, because in the process of the game itself, some nobles will definitely be eliminated by the emperor from the noble class.

At the same time, the emperor didn't need to worry that these officials who were born as commoners would be too big to lose, because the commoners were doomed to have no power behind them. How could a person with no power grow stronger under the mad suppression of the nobles, and at the same time, be able to overshadow the emperor? Woolen cloth?

If there is such a person, it may only be a time traveler.

In this way, the emperor, nobles, and civilians will form a relatively stable iron triangle, and the future political system of the Han Kingdom will be able to maintain a relatively stable state.

Of course, Zhao Kuo is not so naive if he expects such a system to maintain stability for hundreds of thousands of years. After all, Zhao Kuo is not a prophet, how can he know what will happen in the future?

What Zhao Kuo has to do is to create a relatively stable framework for future generations. In this way, even if there is any trouble in the future, this stable framework will give future generations as much time as possible to figure out a solution. This is enough.

This is the best legacy that Zhao Kuo, as an ancestor, left to future generations.

Zhao Kuo coughed and repeated slowly: "The royal family is always the most noble in front of the nobles, but in front of the common people, we should always be the most kind.

Of course I know that many people don't take my words seriously, and I also know that many people will only put on a show in the future, but what I want to say here is that no matter what they think, this show has to be done for me!Anyone who can't do well will get out of the royal family! "

Zhao Kuo's words have reached this point, and other people naturally can't say anything more, and they should say yes.

Only Prince Zhao Qian felt his heart fluctuate for a while after listening to it.

You know, when Zhao Qian was in Pingkangfang, he helped Wu Fei's tofu shop for a period of time.

The boys and girls at that time were already secretly in love.

The love of young people is actually very simple. It doesn't matter what status or family, what matters is the spark of love between the two parties.

But Zhao Qian also knew that his status was relatively noble. The daughter of Wu Fei's family was just a tofu seller. How could his parents allow it?

So although Zhao Qian really thought about it, he could only think about it.

But now, everything is different.

Zhao Qian cast his eyes on the slim court lady not far away, wishing he could rush over to hold her in his arms, and told her loudly: "Father has already agreed to this marriage, and even allowed you to marry her in the future." Become the queen of our Great Han Kingdom!"

At this moment, Zhao Qian felt from the bottom of his heart that his father is really a wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, and emperor!

Chapter 1121 A blow to Wang Jian

Zhao Kuo's order was promulgated on the spot, and after the officials knew about it, they also talked about it.

"Your Majesty really loves the common people enough."

"Let me tell you, Your Majesty's love is too much. The royal blood is noble, how can they marry commoners?"

"That's right, the blood of us nobles is also noble, so we are the most suitable objects for intermarriage with the royal family."

"Otherwise, you go to discuss with His Majesty?"

"Ahem, the old man still has something to do at home, so let's go home first and say goodbye!"

The psychology of the nobles is probably the same as the conversation that just happened. Although they are very upset, they can't find any good solution.

But no one would be really stupid enough to ask Zhao Kuo, the emperor who conquered the country all his life, to put forward any ignorant opinions. Wouldn't this be against the lives of his whole family?

This is where the majesty of the founding king lies. In the true sense of the word, no one dares to fart.

As for the few ministers standing at the top of the Han Kingdom, their thinking is different from others.

Xu Li looked serious, and said to Pang Nuan who was beside him: "Prime Minister Pang, it seems that you and I still underestimated His Majesty's love for the people."

Pang Nuan thought for a while, then also nodded and said: "Yes, yes, in fact, the old man is sometimes quite strange. You said that His Majesty is obviously a famous general in all battles, but why is he so kind and considerate to the people?"

From the perspective of Pang Nuan, or the logic of many people, the number of enemy soldiers who died under Zhao Kuo's command has exceeded 100 million. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are truly murderous. How can Zhao Kuo be so kind? ?