dognovel Chapter 413 The Studious Ying Zheng
Chapter 413 The Studious Ying Zheng
"The way of business and craftsman is really of great use to the country and the people!"
After the dynasty dispersed, Ying Zheng left Ying Yu alone, and he was very moved.
In the previous Great Qin Dynasty, although there was no clear hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, there were clear distinctions.
As the noble class of the Great Qin, the gentry are high above the top, and the hereditary and ever-expanding lords have become a great burden for the Great Qin.
Although farmers are the foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty, due to years of wars and heavy corvee, they are suffering unspeakably, the weather is not good, and the continuous years of drought and famine can be said to have reached the limit.
The business at the end has been severely suppressed since Shang Yang's reform, and due to Lu Buwei's reasons, it has been reduced to the lowest level of despise.
As for the craftsmen, they were completely forgotten, and even the General Master's Mansion became a place to send idle nobles away.
Although the huge ship Daqin was huge, it had already reached the edge of the reef during its continuous voyage, and it was all supported by the captain of Shihuang.
However, since Ying Yu's rise, everything has changed.
Business, which was originally the least valued, has become the main force of Daqin's development.
And craftsmen and science and technology have become the foundation for Daqin to be far ahead of other countries in the world.
The power of science and technology, the ability to fly to the sky, and the ability to manufacture all kinds of magical machines, really opened Yingzheng's eyes and made him feel deeply moved.
At this moment, Ying Zheng felt that his previous decades of experience were not as exciting as the past two years.
Although Ying Zheng is physically strong now, he is getting older and it is becoming more and more difficult to take charge of Daqin. If it wasn't for Ying Yu's unwillingness to take over now, Yingzheng really wanted to abdicate immediately and hand Daqin over to him.
"A country is actually the same as a person. It is unreasonable to lack any part, and it must go hand in hand."
"The original meaning of a scholar is actually a person who can read and write, but it has been continuously misinterpreted later."
"Nowadays in Daqin, everyone has access to reading and literacy, that is to say, every household can become a gentry!"
"In this case, in fact, there is no so-called distinction between high and low, and some are just different occupations."
"Those who have good grades in liberal arts and intend to benefit one party can take the imperial examination and enter the imperial court and become an official in the county government."
"Those who are superior in force can participate in martial arts, defend their home and country, and expand their territories."
"However, the places for the above two types are limited. The vast majority of students study hard, in fact, just to support their families and find a decent job."
"The emergence of new crops also made Daqin's grain production surplus for the first time, and even the supply far exceeded the demand, which almost pushed down the grain price to the bottom."
"Under such circumstances, although food security is still the foundation of the country, only a part of the land needs to be reserved for growing food, and the rest can be replanted with cash crops such as sugar cane and cotton to increase farmers' income."
"Furthermore, the increase in production levels has also made farmland farming less manpower than before, and the extra labor must have a place to be resettled."
"Currently, only industry and commerce can meet this demand."
"The flow of business has increased the income of the people of Daqin and greatly enhanced their purchasing power."
"The industry is to produce various items that the people need, and sell them through commerce. Commercial profits are the driving force of industry."
"The emergence of any emerging industry will drive the corresponding industrial chain and provide a series of jobs."
"The common people have solid jobs, stable income, and security of life. Naturally, they think about their wives and children, and they don't want to do it even if someone drives them to rebel with a stick!"
"The Great Qin Empire will naturally last forever."
Even in later generations, the employment rate is a barometer of the stability of a country.
The economy is developing rapidly and the employment rate is stable. Most people have jobs and want to earn more money, even if they work harder.
However, once the economic development slows down, the unemployment rate rises, and people who have nowhere to make a living can no longer survive, they will naturally cause troubles, and various law and order issues such as vandalism and looting will arise.
Seriously, it may even lead to internal and external wars.
In the history of World War I and World War II, in fact, after the economic problems were too great, the rulers had no way to stabilize the interior, so they could only launch wars abroad and export conflicts, hoping to supplement themselves by plundering other countries.
Industry and technology are actually products that accompany the economy.
To put it bluntly, people are greedy and yearn for profit.
In the history of later generations, the reason why the industrial revolution occurred in the West was actually that capitalists saw new technology and could obtain more profits, which was full of motivation.
And a braid dynasty that has been sprayed by countless people is actually not ignorant of technology, such as the importance of guns and artillery.
It's just that they know that they are a minority. If they develop muskets, they will not be able to maintain their straight rule without the advantage of horseback riding and shooting.
For the benefit of their own small ethnic group, those rulers of the braided dynasty deliberately chose to seclude themselves from the country and pretend to be stupid.
When it is really unbearable, they would rather carry out all kinds of power and humiliation to cede land and pay compensation, as long as their small ethnic group can be comfortable and continue to enjoy privileges.
That is to say, Ning and Youbang, not domestic slaves.
As a result, China, which had been ahead of the world for thousands of years, not only missed the best opportunity for development, but even went backwards.
Even after decades of crazy pursuit, it was only catching up or surpassing in certain fields, and there is still a lot of work to be done in many basic fields.
As a time traveler, Ying Yu would naturally learn this lesson.
First of all, when the Daqin Frontier Army made an inspection tour, they completely wiped out the predecessor of a certain tribe by the way, and completely cut off the roots.
The second is to use iron and blood to wipe out the hidden dangers in Daqin, nobles and powerful, vigorously promote compulsory education and medical care, open up channels for advancement, and stabilize the foundation of people's hearts.
The ultimate goal is to be profit-oriented, so that Daqin will actively learn, actively invent, create and explore, and convert them into profits in a timely manner, forming a virtuous circle and creating space for Daqin's industrial revolution
The industrial revolution is not something that can be done in a few books.
The simplest one, a bicycle, has a full set of blueprints. It took several months for the Daqin Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering to research it, and because of the material, the performance is still inferior.
A gunpowder formula, the Daqin Institute of Engineering, has tried countless times, and it has only just yielded something.
As for the steam engine that Ying Yu has always been thinking about, it is only an improvement over being able to boil water, and the conversion rate is pitifully low.
In Ying Yu's view, the current Daqin still has a lot of room for improvement.
But to foreign lands, it already exists like a kingdom of gods.