"Next, the minister will tell the king about the contradictions within the scattered country, especially the contradictions between the nobles and the common people."
"Well, you can say it," Ji Zhao said.
"Before talking about this question, the minister wants to ask whether the monarch is important to the nobles or the common people in the country" Before answering this contradiction, Zhou Yao suddenly asked.
The nobles and the common people are that important Ji Zhao had never thought about such a question, because in his opinion, such a question was too simple.
In a slave society, it has always been an aristocratic world, as for commoners and slaves, it is really a dispensable thing, and now Zhou Yao actually asked him such a thing, Ji Zhao felt a little ridiculous So Ji Zhao couldn't help but smile faintly, shook his head, and didn't answer.
"Do you think this question is a little funny," Zhou Yao asked again when he saw this.
"It's not funny, but it's not worth answering, don't say that we are scattered, that is, every country and even the royal family in our Guanzhong must rely on the nobility to support, do you say that the nobility is important or the people are important, it must be the aristocracy is important."
Ji Zhao replied reluctantly.
Zhou Yao shook his head lightly after hearing this, "If the monarch continues to insist on this, the minister feels wrong, in the minister's opinion, it is the opposite, the nobles are not very important, but we should pay attention to the interests of the people." ” Pay attention to the interests of the people Hearing Zhou Yao's words, Ji Zhao was a little surprised, after all, Zhou Yao himself is also a nobleman, and he is also one of the top nobles in the scattered country, not only does he not protect the interests of the nobles but also agrees with the people to speak, which is really strange.
"How can you say this to protect the interests of the people," Ji Zhao couldn't help asking.
"Let me tell you this, although all the vassal states of our scattered kingdom and even Guanzhong were formed by nobles.
But at critical moments, we still have to rely on the lowest level of civilians and slaves, for example, we have to rely on civilians to do business and make money to feed the country, and we have to rely on slaves to farm the land and fight as soldiers, etc.
If we blindly harm the interests of these people, we will eventually lead to the people at the bottom of the country leaving us.
Your Majesty, when the people at the bottom of the society leave us, who will you go to be the monarch, and who will we be officials?"
Although Zhou Yao did not understand Mencius's truth that "the people are noble and the monarch is light", starting from the actual situation of the country, he has realized that the slave owners and aristocrats can no longer harm the interests of the lowest level of society without restraint.
After all, all the people have long legs, and they can't stay here, they can run to other places.
Obviously, Ji Zhao listened to Zhou Yao's suggestion, so he said: "But Zhou Aiqing, even if the widow wants to protect the interests of these people, how can he do it?"
"Your Majesty, since the succession of the first monarch, our scattered kingdom has lost about 20,000 to 30,000 people, and the loss of these people has greatly reduced the strength of the country.
If the monarch intends to change this situation, the minister suggests that the monarch can do the following things. ” "Aiqing, please speak."
"One is to settle the lives of the people on the south bank of Weishui near the Qinling Mountains as soon as possible, so that those people who are still around Sancheng can live here with peace of mind."
Zhou Yao directly put forward the living conditions of the people who migrated from Longchuan a few years ago.
Since the Qin people defeated Rong Di's attack in Qianyi, most of the people of Longchuan have secretly returned to their original homeland, and basically got their original land there, and now there are not many people left on the south bank of Weishui.
If Sanguo does not solve the lives of these people in time, in a very short period of time, it is very likely that these people will leave Sanguo and go to Longchuan.
When the time comes, the scattered country will lose a lot of people.
Zhou Yao saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart "You're right, from tomorrow onwards, the widow will arrange a special person to be responsible for the resettlement of these people, and they must not let their interests suffer any more."
Ji Zhao said after listening.
"There is another thing, that is, the king should issue an edict prohibiting the human trafficking in Sancheng.
At present, the number of people in Sancheng is decreasing day by day, and if we don't stop it, our strength will be even weaker in the end. ” Human trafficking was indeed a big problem in society at that time, and since Sanpan succeeded to the throne, many people have been lost due to human trafficking.
After listening to Zhou Yao's suggestion, Ji Zhao's expression became more and more serious, "Some of our nobles are indeed too disagreeable, in the case of repeated orders from the state, they still sell their slaves to other countries without repentance, if they are not stopped, who will protect the country in the future, I think you will draft this edict and issue it to various places as soon as possible." ” "The minister commands."
Zhou Yao replied.
At this time, it was already very deep, but the two monarchs and ministers had no intention of leaving at all, after all, they were very excited to have such an opportunity to stay together and discuss the affairs of the country.
"Come, Aiqing is thirsty after saying so much, drink, drink" At this time, the firewood in the brazier gradually dimmed, and Ji Zhao ordered the attendant to continue to add firewood to make the whole hall warm again.
The two of them drank for a while, and Sangong Ji Zhao said to Zhou Yao: "Aiqing, let's talk while drinking, you continue to talk about the third contradiction we face, the contradiction between the Sanguo and the Qin people, this problem is the most concerned thing for the widows."
In the past, there were many quarrels between the widow and the monarch's father, and now the widow has succeeded to the throne, and I would like to hear your opinion on this matter. ” After talking for most of the night, the two monarchs and ministers finally talked about the Qin people that Ji Zhao was most concerned about.
As Ji Zhao himself said, for many years, he and his sovereign father have quarreled over the matter of the Qin people entering Longchuan, and now that he is in power, this problem is once again in front of him and he needs to deal with it personally, what should he do Zhou Yao took a sip of wine and looked at Ji Zhao calmly, "To tell you something from your heart, if you succeed to the throne as the king, do you want to drive out the Qin people in Longchuan?"
"This" Ji Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "From the heart of the widow, there is not a day that I don't want to drive out the Qin people in the north, to tell you the truth, in the eyes of the widows, the most dangerous enemy of the scattered country is not Rong Di, but the Qin people of Longchuan.
Because the widow feels that these Qin people who stay by our side will sooner or later become a great disaster for the scattered country.
For now, the Qin people have occupied our Longchuan, and they will not leave for a while.
Besides, the Qin people have a low status and vulgar behavior, and the widows don't like it at all, and they can't wait to drive these barbaric Qin people away from the land of Sanguo as soon as possible. ” "Then now that the monarch has taken over the power of the scattered country, do you still want to drive away the Qin people?"
asked Zhou Yao.
"If you can't drive it away, now the widow can't tell, even if the widow wants to drive away the Qin people in the north now, can you drive it away, besides, what kind of method do we want to use to drive away the Qin people and fight" Then Ji Zhao shook his head, "I'm afraid we can't beat the current Qin people."
Obviously, Ji Zhao, who became the monarch, has a different view of things than in the past, and he is not as stubborn about some things as before
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