When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 245 The Old Qin People Who Supported Yingzheng

Early winter has come quietly, but this year's temperature does not seem to be too low. Although the west wind is always whistling in the ears, it does not bring a piece of silver, but colorful colors that can be seen everywhere.

On the roads in the country, you can listen to the cool wind rubbing the leaves everywhere, smell the fragrance of persimmons and fruits, and the branches are dotted with orange-red colors, dyeing the countryside red.

However, although the persimmons are ripe, few people pick them.

It's just that some children are greedy, and they climb up the tree in groups to pick a few persimmons to satisfy their hunger.The adults on the side will not stop the children from playing, after all, this winter is the only way to relax a little throughout the year.

However, if the child standing under the tree did not catch the persimmon, but let it fall to the ground, then the adults on the side would sternly scold.

Some old people would pick up the rotten persimmon, wipe the upper part of the persimmon with their sleeves, sigh, and pile up the rotten flesh next to the persimmon tree and bury it in the soil so that it can be turned into nourishment again. Return to the persimmon tree and eat the part that has been wiped clean.

The sweet taste entered the mouth, but there was no smile on the faces of the old people, but all bitterness, and some even shed tears, as if recalling some bad memories.

"If it weren't for these persimmon trees, we would have starved to death long ago. How could we survive the king's relief food?"

Two years ago, on Gengyin Day in July, the fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, the locusts that overshadowed the sky came from the east and devoured the fields of the people all over the world. Almost every family encountered such a tragedy.And with the spread of locusts, the disease also spread with the locusts, and the whole world fell into hunger and disease.

The Mohists organized various factions to forcibly clear the locusts in the world by force. All countries also fully cooperated with the Mohist actions. Suppress it.

But the disaster has been eliminated, but the losses caused by the disaster cannot be made up.

Famine was everywhere, and the people even had to change their children to eat.

Later, I don’t know whether it was the people of Guanzhong with the curtain of the sky or what, but the persimmon forest in Guanzhong suddenly produced fruit. These bright red persimmons saved countless lives, but the dead could not be resurrected.

And the people who died were far more than those who starved to death.

Therefore, whenever I eat persimmons from this tree, I will think of those relatives who are no longer at home, especially those children.

The persimmon juice smells like blood, with a rusty and fishy smell, which makes the corners of the eyes tear.

However, in addition to this persimmon forest, they also have one person to thank.

Back then, the kings of various countries were also in dire straits, and all the food in the treasury might not be used for disaster relief. Otherwise, what would they eat like meat eaters?What's more, we have to guard against the invasion of other countries, so we can only take some disaster relief measures hastily.

In the Qin State, Ying Zheng, who was 17 years old at the time, issued a decree for the first time, showing the vision and courage of an emperor through the ages for the first time.

Yingzheng ordered, "The common people will pay a thousand stones, and they will be worshiped as nobles."

It means that if the people pay a thousand shi of grain to the government, they can get a first-class title.

The original intention of the decree was naturally to relieve the victims of the disaster, but such a decree not only caused an uproar in the Qin State, but also caused verbal criticism from nobles and scholars all over the world.

No matter which dynasty or generation it is, it is a matter of criticism by the nobles and scholars to openly sell officials and nobles. They say that Yingzheng is harming the country and the people, is a foolish king, and is a mediocre lord.

But the aristocrats and scholars care about it. It has never been that Yingzheng harms the country and the people. After all, what does the aristocrats and scholars of other countries have to do with each other?Shouldn't we applaud and laugh at the crisis of Qin?
In addition, even the courtiers of the Qin State, many people wrote admonishing letters to withdraw their titles and return their food.

But are these people really worried about the future of Qin?
No, they are just angry, they are just upset.

Even though Yingzheng limited the limit of promotion to the fifth-level nobles, it has surpassed many small nobles and scholars.

What grade are you, equal to me?

It's just a bunch of lowly mud legs and profiteers, is it worthy?
Especially the latter.

As merchants whose status is inherently inferior, their status is equal to that of the lowest son-in-law and prisoner. Even if they hold a huge amount of wealth in their hands, and use the food, clothing, housing and transportation that the nobles can't afford, they suffer from blind eyes and bullying. .

Because in the eyes of nobles and scholars, a group of people who are full of copper smell are worthy of being at the same level as themselves or even higher than their titles?
They were naturally the first to actively respond to Yingzheng's decree. Merchants from all over the world entered Qin Dynasty one after another. Even the Emerald Tiger of the year paid five thousand shi for grain and was hung up in Qin State without any real power, fiefdom, or food. Doctor false title.

Merchants are lowly, and they can get rid of the name of merchants and get a title of scholar. Although they are only the lowest ranks of noble dukes and cannot be passed on to future generations, they are fanatical about it.And the merchants who got the Grand Duchess were also elated, straightened their backs, and got closer to Qin in their hearts.

Some merchants sold a batch of grain in Qin State at the market price before the locust plague, and even offered to give away a batch of free grain.

Of course, some merchants still came to Qin with high-priced grain, but the grain merchants came one after another, and the more grain merchants and grain in the Qin market, the price of grain naturally dropped, and finally let the Qin State survived that famine.

And this famine also established Yingzheng's prestige among the people of Qin.

The people are not scholars. Although many of them have earned titles through military exploits, most of them understand Yingzheng.

They have been poor, they have been hungry, so they know what the food means.

What's more, these purchased titles cannot be passed on to the family, and the titles they obtained through military service can be passed on to their descendants, so what is there to worry about?
In the end, relying on openly selling the title to obtain food, Yingzheng helped the victims of the Qin State and saved tens of thousands of households.

The people have their own set of criteria for judging the king, and it is very simple.

Whoever treats them well is a Mingjun.

In the eyes of these old Qin people who were able to survive the famine, Ying Zheng was a wise king.

Jiujiu old Qin, went to the national disaster together.

Yingzheng and the old Qin people went to the national crisis together, and the old Qin people were willing to go through the difficulties and obstacles together with Yingzheng.

During that time, if anyone dared to criticize Yingzheng's move of selling his title in exchange for food relief on the land of Qin, he would be hanged up by the angry old Qin people and beaten to death immediately.

Now, their king is about to hold a coronation ceremony and be pro-government. This is undoubtedly great news for the old Qin people.

They will also be the largest but also the least known supporters on the road of Yingzheng's pro-government.

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