The beginning of spring
The snow melted, and all things revived.
In the main hall of the Monarch's Mansion, Chen Wei was looking at the geographical map of the Chen Nation with his hands behind his back.
What made people sigh was that this map was actually not drawn by the Chen people.
It was written by scholars who traveled around and went to the State of Chen to survey the human geography.
Mountains and rivers of all levels stretched for hundreds of miles. No matter how one looked at it, it was smaller than other countries.
The current Chen Nation looked like half the size of a palm on the map. It was very pitiful.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, 100 people were villages, 1,000 people were cities, and 10,000 people were counties.
The capital where Chen Wei was located was called Lingyi.
Although it is a city, there are as many as 30,000 people in the country.
The capital of the State of Chen was built with Lingyi as the center. This was the place where the ancestors established their country. There were three counties and nine cities outside.
There were countless villages, and many of them were hidden in the mountains and forests.
Therefore,
In the entire Great Chen State, there were only 40,000 to 50,000 people included in the national statistics.
Including the refugees, refugees, and people who were not counted in the household, there were no more than 80,000 people.
Chen Wei was shocked and sighed repeatedly.
As the capital of Lingyi, other than the monarch's residence and the noble houses, the commoners 'residences were only made of straw.
The common people were only fit to build their houses with clay and thatch. The roofs were short and very simple.
Only nobles could use tiles and bricks.
One could imagine how weak and poor the State of Chen was. It was truly chilling.
"Chen Jun, are you sighing?"
At this moment, a soft and delicate body appeared beside him and held Chen Wei's arm as she asked gently.
"My Great Chen State has a small population, and its land is barren. It is poor and broken, weak, and has few people.”
Chen Wei sighed.
He was only thinking about how to initiate a reform with the current state of the Chen Nation.
Yuji comforted him softly." I am grateful that you care about the people. However, please calm down. It will take more than a day to rectify the court and reform the calendar.”
Chen Wei smiled and stroked Yu Ji's soft long hair.
When she was in the bedroom, Yuji never tied her hair up. This was something that Chen Wei had specially instructed.
He knew that it was very tiring and troublesome for ancient people to wear a bun. Anyway, he stayed at home. Who would be afraid of being rude?
Yu Ji was very uncomfortable and shy at first, but she gradually let go.
In the harem, she did not wear a bun and had long hair that reached her waist. She was very beautiful.
"Yuji, oh Yuji, such a beauty, such a loving wife, what else do you want?”Chen Wei pulled Yu Ji into his arms.
This little girl was young, but she was quite knowledgeable.
She was talkative, considerate, and rational.
She was simply the best candidate to be his wife.
Chen Wei felt very lucky.
Yu Ji blushed and buried her head in Chen Wei's arms.""Chen Jun, although I am also a citizen of Chen, I am short-sighted and only hope to share your worries.”
"You've already helped me a lot.”
Chen Wei sighed,"My beloved concubine, I have decided to reform!"”
"A reform?" When Yuji heard this, she was instantly shocked.
Chen Wei nodded." The state of Chen is poor and barren because of its system. I have the intention to reform, but I'm afraid that there will be many obstacles to implement it."”
There was no such item in the System Technology Tree.
politics is never science.
Therefore, it was extremely difficult to reform.
Before Chen Wei transmigrated, he had read history books. When he was in university, he was also very interested in the history of big countries.
Thus, he burned the midnight oil and read through the twenty-four histories, as well as various biographies and ancient books.
After that, he gradually forgot about it and could not remember much.
However, Chen Wei knew very well,
In this era, slavery still existed.
What was reform? Of course, it was to change the system.
This would affect the interests of the slave owners, which were the nobles.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou emperor had granted fiefs and kingdoms.
The ancestors of the Chen Nation were supported by the nobles to ascend the throne. For a hundred years, the old aristocratic families had their own fiefs and territories.
Although the State of Chen was small, it had given a lot of land to the old aristocratic families.
Chen Wei did a rough calculation. Just outside Lingyi City alone, there were several large aristocratic families 'fiefs and territories.
Many of the villages and fiefs had been given away.
Although the noble families would pay taxes every year, that was within their interests.
In this era, people ruled the land of noble clans and slaves.
Even during the Warring States Period, there were still slave trafficking and other systems without human rights.
In a country, other than the slaves at the bottom, there were only the aristocratic class.
Whether it was the military or the government, all the resources in the country were concentrated in the hands of the slave owners.
With so many territories, towns, cities, and counties, would the old families agree to a rash reform?
Yuji thought carefully and asked,"Chen Jun, how do you want to reform? I can weigh it for you."
Chen Wei pinched her little chubby face and said,"My reform has never been seen in history!”
Yuji was shocked. Hearing Chen Wei's bragging, wouldn't outsiders laugh at him?
However, she trusted Chen Wei.
If he said there was no such thing, then there was no such thing.
Of course, Chen Wei did not spout nonsense.
In the thousands of years of history of the Great Country, whether it was from slavery to feudalism, it was inseparable from the rule of men.
And what is the rule of man?
It meant that the law was the emperor himself. If the emperor wanted the minister to die, the minister had no choice but to die.
Whether it was the state's politics or punishment, it was all based on people.
However,
The Great Country had a great figure during the Pre-Qin period.
Wei Yang, the reformist, had been carrying out reforms in the Qin country for more than twenty years, allowing the Qin country to move from the rule of man to the rule of law.
After Wei Yang was old, he was granted the title of Lord Shang by the emperor.
This was the famous Shang Yang reform.
When he was old, Shang Jun had written all the books he had learned in his life into a book, which became the cultural heritage of the country and was preserved for thousands of years.
Chen Wei happened to have seen it.
This was the famous Book of Shang!
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