The old Qin people all had tears in their eyes.
However, the hearts of all the officials in the court were beating wildly.
Few of the people present were from the Qin Dynasty, and among the nine ministers, only Wang Ben was from the Qin Dynasty.
His Majesty's words were clearly to raise the status of the old Qin people.
This was definitely a bad thing for them.
After all, if one party's status was raised, the other party would definitely fall.
"They didn't get anything. The Shang Lord's reform and suppression of the human clans were what Great Qin needed.”Ying Zheng said in an overbearing tone,""Now that Great Qin has stabilized, it's time for the old Qin people to enjoy life.”
"I've decided that all the old Qin people will be exempted from corvee for three years and from land tax for three years."
"All the people of Old Qin will be given food that can be used by a family every month.”
These words were like thunder, shocking all the officials.
The thousands of Qin soldiers in the surroundings were all ecstatic.
One had to know that Great Qin's soldiers did not receive any pay!
Only by killing enemies and making contributions could one obtain a title and be rewarded.
As for the pension?
What a joke, that kind of thing did not exist.
Therefore, almost all ordinary families who had lost their sons and did not contribute to the war were living in poverty.
This was the tragic state of Great Qin's lowest class.
"Old Qin is too difficult." Su Qing had learned about the situation from Ying Zheng's memories. Ever since Shang Yang's reform, the people of Old Qin had been in a terrible state. They had silently sacrificed themselves for Great Qin, but in return, they were only injured.
After all, those who could obtain titles and fiefs were few and far between.
After unifying the six states, the surviving Qin people also fell into a state where they had no land to seal.
For example, most of them were sealed in desolate places like the southern border and the northern border.
It was not that Ying Zheng had not thought of changing this state before, but it was very difficult. The first problem was the lack of food.
But now, there were potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Moreover, these two crops did not require fertile land.
They could also let the old Qin people explore the land.
As for whether this benefit would allow the old Qin people to return to their former clans, they were aggressive.
Or even become a threat to the imperial power like the Three Kingdoms and the Han and Tang Dynasties?
Su Qing didn't think much of it. Aristocratic families and clans couldn't be destroyed.
So what if he became an aristocratic family?
Naturally, there were ways to suppress it.
However, Su Qing and Ying Zheng knew about the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
But he didn't know anything else.
They had only seen Ying Zheng's bloody suppression, and now, he wanted to raise the status of the old Qin people and suppress their status.
How could they tolerate this?
Even if he had beheaded so many people before, he could not suppress them.
However, no one dared to jump out.
Everyone's gaze was on Meng Yi, Feng Quji, and the other important officials.
They weren't from Old Qin, and they had clansmen as well. Shouldn't they step forward?!
But there wasn't!
Meng Yi and Feng Quji looked at each other and thought of the potatoes and sweet potatoes that His Majesty had shown them.
At this moment, he also knew the deep meaning of His Majesty at that time.
He had probably already planned to do so at that time, right?
What could they say?
Most importantly, whoever stepped forward first would offend the military.
This was the welfare of the entire army.
The Qin army was close to two million, and almost all of them were old Qin people.
Who dared to offend him?
Even Zhang Han didn't dare to step forward, he just looked at Wang Ben.
Even though His Majesty had good intentions, could Great Qin hold on?!
As expected.
Wang Ben stood up, his body trembling and his voice trembling.
He understood too many things. With tears in his eyes, he said with a trembling voice,"Your Majesty is wise!"
It had been nearly a hundred years since Shang Yang's era.
Most of the people who sacrificed themselves for Great Qin were old Qin people.
Every family in Old Qin had sacrificed for Great Qin.!
Even the Wang Consortium had lost too many people.
Most importantly, he knew the Emperor's confidence, so he did not want to refute, nor was he willing to refute.
He could only hope that the potatoes and sweet potatoes could really hold on.
If he couldn't hold on any longer, Wang Ben would be the first to step out.
However, these words also made everyone's expression extremely shocked.
They didn't understand why no one stood up to say anything.
After all, the most important tax for Great Qin was the land tax, followed by the head tax.
The land tax took up 50% of Great Qin's income.
Although the people of Old Qin were down and out, due to the problem of population, the land they occupied was also extremely exaggerated.
Forget it.
Then where did the monthly food come from?
How could Great Qin hold on?
Moreover, by supporting the old Qin man's position in the army today, he would definitely allow the old Qin man to enter the court in the future.
What would happen to them then?
Most of the people present were from the six dynasties, and a small portion of them had gradually joined during the unification period.
Most of them had joined before unification.
They were also people from the six dynasties. As for whether they were nostalgic for their old country, no one knew.
However, there was no doubt that these people had contributed to the fact that most of the people from the six countries could enter Qin as officials after the country was destroyed.
This was also one of the reasons why Great Qin was destroyed in just three years after the second emperor ascended the throne.
There were too many officials in the six states!
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