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There were many corvees collected by the Great Qin Dynasty, and there were nearly 70 corvees for the construction of the Great Wall alone.
Nearly 300 million corvees are collected every year to open the Lingqu for the Great Qin, build roads, and guard the frontiers.
Zhao Sheng was astonished just by hearing this astonishing amount, let alone seeing it in Jiuyuan County with his own eyes.
If the corvee of nearly a million people is canceled immediately, it may also cause turmoil.
At this moment, Prime Minister Wang Wan stepped forward and said, "My minister seconded the proposal!"
Wang Wan is also a member of the Confucian family. He has the same idea as Fusu, reducing taxes and exempting corvee.
"My minister agrees!"
Many knowledgeable officials stepped forward one after another.
Shaofu Xiao He also stepped forward and bowed, "My minister seconded the proposal!"
Brother Zheng frowned slightly, not satisfied with the current scene.
If Zhao Sheng is still the same as before, I am afraid that many people will object.
There is no shortage of blind seconders in the court of the Great Qin Dynasty, and there should be ministers who boldly raise questions and question them boldly.
Li Si was keenly aware of Brother Zheng's displeasure, stepped forward and bowed to salute, "I think it's inappropriate, Your Royal Highness, have you thought about how to deal with nearly a million corvees!"
Li Si didn't mean to compete with Zhao Sheng, but just wanted to discuss the pros and cons of exempting from corvee with Prince Zhao Sheng.
Millions of corvée, but an astonishing amount.
However, Zhao Sheng was already prepared for the exemption from corvee.
Zhao Sheng nodded to Li Si, and then continued, "Millions of corvees have been strictly registered and returned to the fields in batches. Each person will be rewarded with a curved plow and five stones of grain. Let them plow the land by themselves. It's all their own farm."
There is no need to divide the farmland from Daqin.
How can there be so much farmland in Daqin that can be cultivated by millions of corvees.
But giving them Quyuanli and five stones of food is enough to make them self-reliant.
The hardships of corvee can be endured with gritted teeth. I believe that if they are given a plow, they will gradually live a better life.
Li Si glanced at Zhao Sheng appreciatively, it seemed that the crown prince was well prepared for exempting from corvee.
I saw Li Si continue to ask in a deep voice, "If there is no corvee, how will the Great Wall be pruned, how will the Lingqu be opened, the Chi Road be repaired, and the frontier fortress be defended!"
These places are in great need of people.
"May I ask the Prime Minister, why did you build the Great Wall?"
Li Si was taken aback. Everyone in the world understood the reason for building the Great Wall, in order to resist foreign enemies.
"Naturally, it is to defend against the invasion of foreign enemies! The Great Wall is our Great Qin's defense line!"
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I saw Zhao Sheng chuckled, and asked Li Si in front of him, "Is the Great Wall built to resist the Huns?"
Li Si nodded, and suddenly thought of something again.
Zhao Sheng then continued to murmur, "Now that the Great Qin has defeated the Huns, and the remnants of the Huns have been driven out of Mongolian County, who can the Great Wall resist?!"
The current Great Wall, whether it is built or not, is not so important.
Li Si seemed a little unconvinced, "What about Lingqu and Chidao?"
"Does His Royal Highness mean that Lingqu and Chidao are like the Great Wall, so there is no need to repair it?"
Zhao Sheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Of course it must be repaired, let the Huns do it!"
Li Si showed confusion.
I saw Zhao Sheng facing all the ministers in the court, and said loudly as if announcing, "Go to the Xiongnu, bring back nearly [-] Xiongnu slaves, use them to replace the corvees of the Great Qin, open the Lingqu, and build Chidao!"
There was an uproar again in the court.
Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought back one hundred thousand Hun slaves.
Even if the [-] Xiongnu slaves are not good enough, they can still use work as relief and recruit workers from the common people.
The successful case of using work for relief is now the Daqin Academy. The people came to build the school independently, and using work for relief made Brother Zheng's reputation once again better in the hearts of the people.
Li Si had no objection, and bowed to His Majesty, "I have no objection!"
Li Si immediately returned to his previous position.
Brother Zheng also glanced at Zhao Sheng appreciatively. He didn't expect that Zhao Sheng would prepare such a big surprise.
Brother Zheng immediately agreed to cancel the corvee that Zhao Sheng said as if he had announced it.
And the important task of canceling the corvee was also handed over to Zhao Sheng.
The court will end here.
After the end of the court meeting.
Wang Jian then walked towards Zhao Sheng, and said in a deep voice to Zhao Sheng, "Boy, you did a good job this time!"
Wang Jian praised it extremely rare.
Zhao Sheng's expedition to the Huns this time was indeed brilliant.
Zhao Sheng grinned and said with a light smile, "It's thanks to the bravery of the Great Qin cavalry!"
"Are you ready?" Wang Jian asked.
After Zhao Sheng heard it, he couldn't help being taken aback, and asked, "Old General, are you ready?"
Zhao Sheng was dumbfounded by Wang Jian's unreasonable question.
Wang Jian's face darkened, he patted the back of Zhao Sheng's head lightly, and said coldly, "In a few days, it will be His Majesty's birthday, are you unprepared?"
As the crown prince, Zhao Sheng would be remiss if he did so.
It also chilled Brother Zheng's heart. Brother Zheng appointed you as the prince, and you can't even remember Brother Zheng's birthday.
After Zhao Sheng heard it, he also suddenly realized that it turned out that Brother Zheng was going to have his birthday.
Zhao Sheng pretended to be calm, and murmured, "Who said I wasn't prepared, I have prepared a unique gift for His Majesty!"