If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1265 Production Technology Reform

Ying Ziying continued, "The second major event is also related to Chen Sheng."

After Chen Sheng appointed the Grand Preceptor, he did not concentrate his efforts on stabilizing the newly formed Zhang Chu, but instead sent out almost all his troops, all his immortal masters, and all his capable generals.

For example, Wu Guang, acting as a "false king," is leading an army of 80,000 and is attacking Yingchuan, intending to launch a northern expedition against Xingyang.

Xiao Yu said, "The war is entrusted to King Lieyang and to all the military commanders."

As long as they don't cheat or cheat, we can accept it regardless of winning or losing.

Ying Ziying said, "I also understand that the Grand Tutor's main job is to help the Great Qin continue the Mandate of Heaven, while we will implement ten years of benevolent governance to change the people's hearts."

However, Chen Sheng's attack was so fierce that I was very worried, and I felt that even the King of Lieyang was unsure of himself.

Before Grand Tutor dredges the earth's veins, perhaps he should first go to the Central Plains battlefield to see if the overall situation is still under his control.

We all trust you and rely on you. Your judgment puts everyone at ease.

Xiaoyu sighed, "Actually, it's completely unnecessary. I can sense the condition of Chen Sheng's dragon vein."

To be honest, his dragon vein is currently in a state of intense activity, burning away its vital energy.

Their true situation was even worse than that of the First Emperor who died at the foot of the Qinling Mountains.

The Qinling Ancestral Dragon is currently in a stable state and will likely persist longer than Chen Sheng's dragon vein.

After hesitating for a moment, she still promised, "Before I dredge the earth's veins again, I will go and observe the aura of Chen Sheng and Chen County."

Ying Ziying let out a long sigh of relief and finally said, "The third important matter is related to the Second Emperor."

Hu Hai seems to have gone mad; lately he's been doing all sorts of inexplicable things.

"As long as he doesn't do anything bad or evil, just ignore him," Grand Tutor Yu said, suppressing a laugh.

Ying Ziying sighed, "The Second Emperor did not do a single bad thing."

He's even recently given up women, which has caused quite a bit of resentment among the concubines in the harem!

Yang Li had been concerned about the Hengshan Incident, but today was the first time he had heard about the Second Emperor.

He asked in surprise, "The Second Emperor doesn't even get close to women, so what is he doing?"
Political affairs are handled by the two prime ministers, and military matters by Prince Lieyang. He should have plenty of free time, right?

Ying Ziying said, "He has been doing a lot of things lately, so busy that he only sleeps for two hours a day!"

For example, three days ago, he personally received eighteen senior Confucian scholars from the Xihe School, listened attentively to their explanation of the "Confucian Way of the Sage Ruler," and was extremely humble. He even knelt down on the spot and asked the eighteen senior Confucian scholars to stay in Xingyang.

He wanted to establish the "Xingyang Academy" and vigorously promote Confucianism.

Yang Li said, "That's not surprising. Everyone knows about the policies formulated by Grand Tutor Yu and his plan to reverse the fate of the Qin Dynasty."

His Majesty the Second Emperor's study of Confucian benevolence will facilitate the implementation of ten years of benevolent governance, making the people of the world believe that the Qin Dynasty has truly changed.

At this point, he looked surprised and exclaimed, "Our Emperor has finally matured. He is now very shrewd and knows how to use the recruitment of great Confucian scholars to enhance his own and the court's reputation."

Ying Ziying looked awkward and said, "The emperor doesn't seem like a scheming person; he seems more like someone with a stroke."

Listening to Confucian scholars lecture and promoting Confucianism is already the most normal behavior.

During the busy farming season, he was like a little black ox, pulling the plow every day to help the elderly, widowed, and infirm in Xingyang to cultivate the fields.

After the busy farming season, he started blacksmithing again, forging iron plows for farmers, and even made a grand vow: "to ensure that every household in the Qin Dynasty has an iron plow."

Unfortunately, the quantity of fine iron was limited, and his blacksmithing skills were not very good.

The blacksmiths in the allied forces and the city worked for seven or eight days, forging five thousand iron plows and using up all the iron ingots.

Then he began to act as a just and upright official for the common people, opening the palace gates directly to allow them to come in and file complaints.

However, he wasn't very bright, his case-handling skills were poor, and his efficiency was very low.

In his spare time, he even personally went to the banks of the Yellow River to lead laborers in digging and building dikes to prevent flooding the following year.

Grand Tutor Yu's ten years of benevolent rule did abolish forced labor, but it did not completely stop it.

She only abolished the corvée labor system of the central government. Local governments built dikes and roads, all for their own benefit.

However, nowadays, those who do manual labor can receive wages.

Yang Li exclaimed in surprise, "This is not the Second Emperor, not Hu Hai! Could he have been possessed by a demon?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "No demon or evil spirit can possess the Emperor of Shenzhou."

Then she turned to Ying Ziying and said, "The Emperor's idea is excellent. Especially the matter of sending the iron plow."

We should give it our full support.

You demolished the entire 100-foot-tall building in the Epang Palace, which contained the "pillar reaching to heaven".

Wood is a good thing; it can be given to people as coffins. Hmm, using spiritual wood capable of withstanding fierce winds from hundreds or thousands of feet in the air to make coffins would be too wasteful.

Grand Tutor Yu thought for a moment, then took out the "Bai Jiang Pu" (a book on military strategy) that the Imperial Guard had given him from his sleeve, and turned to the "Military Techniques" section.

There were five prominent figures in military strategy. Four of them were disciples of the Mohist school, specializing in forging divine weapons of war.

Do you recognize these people?

Several celestial masters and Ying Ziying peeked out and took a look; some nodded, and some shook their heads.

"This 'Gongshu Guo' was once one of the 'Eight Gentlemen of Xianyang'."

While not exactly a household name, they are at least somewhat famous.

"Later, it seems he was exiled to the outer sea along with Gengzhuzi, the Grand Master of the Mohist School," Ziying said.

Xiao Yu said, "Xiao Linzi, go and call Ye Jiutian here."

A moment later, Ye Jiutian was taken to the main hall of the Emperor's Palace by Xiao Linzi.

"Greetings, Grand Tutor. At least eight hundred demon kings in Xiniuhezhou and Beijuluzhou have received notices of the public trial in Xianyang."

They are all very interested in the case of the Xuanmen Celestial Master breaking his oath, and they will definitely spread it widely. "Ye Jiutian said.

"Hmm, very good. Now I'll assign you another task." Xiaoyu pointed to four Mohist disciples on the Hundred Generals List and said, "Ten years ago, Mohist disciples were exiled to the outer sea by Meng Zhenjun. Go and find them."

At least these four people should be found.

If you meet the Grand Master of the Mohist School, tell him that times have changed, and the Qin Dynasty needs them again. Ask him to come back and visit.

Ye Jiutian hesitated and said, "I've also heard about the exile of the Mo Sect disciples."

He glanced at the Celestial Masters around him. "At that time, the Mohists were all extremely indignant and harbored deep resentment towards the Ying clan for their ungrateful and disloyal behavior."

That's one point. Secondly, their exile wasn't actually Meng Zhenjun's personal idea.

Several powerful figures in the Xuanmen sect despised them.

It seems that even the Dao Ancestor said he didn't like them.

The exile of the Mo Sect can be seen as an expression of the collective will of the Xuanmen (Mysterious Sect).

Yang Li frowned and said, "Grand Tutor Meng didn't tell us about this."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Times have changed. Not only has the Grand Tutor of the court changed, but the court's view of the Mo Sect has also changed."

Just now, I was discussing the demolition of the Epang Palace with the magistrate of Xianyang.

I need the disciples of the Mo Sect to help me forge the spiritual materials used to build the building into civilian appliances such as windmills, bellows, and chaff crushers.

Such fine spiritual materials will surely last for many years. From now on, the disciples of the Mo Sect will only use their talents to benefit the people, and will no longer use them for war and divine weapons.

She looked around again. "The emperor wants to forge iron plows because they are more convenient for tilling the fields."

This idea is good and commendable, but it's not perfect.

Our land possesses the strongest immortal civilization, so why can't we apply the mystical arts to people's livelihoods?

Iron plows are sharper than wooden plows, but iron tools are expensive and easily rot.

If we use the method of forging magical artifacts to melt down the bronze pillars supporting the thousand-foot-tall building and forge them into magical artifact-level shovels and plows, wouldn't they be able to be used for thousands or tens of thousands of years?

If the disciples of the Mohist school were to imbue their shovels and plows with runes, without stealing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but simply by absorbing the inner strength of farmers, the efficiency of tilling and digging would increase tenfold. Wouldn't the Qin Dynasty truly become a celestial empire, a divine dynasty on earth?

When Grand Tutor Yu said this, he was quite excited, his eyes were shining, and he was very much looking forward to the scene he was describing.

Ke Yangli, Guan Zhenren, and the others appeared relatively calm, but their gazes towards her were somewhat strange.

"Grand Tutor, the late Emperor also briefly held this idea of ​​yours."

"They didn't even start putting it into practice; they only deduced it on paper for a few days before the late emperor completely abandoned the idea," said Master Guan.

"Oh, is there a difficulty that I haven't discovered yet?" Grand Tutor Yu asked curiously.

Master Guan said, "There are no technical difficulties at all. The main problem is that the cost is too high, while the returns are extremely low."

For example, under normal circumstances, a martial artist at the True Essence Realm can only take care of one hundred acres of land.

If you give them magical tools like hoes and iron plows, enabling them to cultivate a thousand acres of land, but the Central Plains don't have that much land for them, what will they do?

Xiao Yu asked curiously, "What else can we do? Of course, we'll continue cultivating those hundred acres of land."

Would he really kill, commit arson, and seize his fellow villagers' land just to cultivate more land?
He was only at the True Essence Realm, and the magic weapon, the iron plow, only allowed him to cultivate the land faster, not to increase his martial power dramatically.

In the past, we had no power to resist the officials and their servants; the same is true now.

Master Guan said, “He can indeed only cultivate one hundred mu of land, but in the past he took care of one hundred mu of land all year round, day and night.”

He probably has most of his time free now.

Xiaoyu was even more confused. "Isn't this my purpose? To free up time to do other things, such as reading, practicing martial arts, or taking up a sword and packing a bag to travel thousands of miles and see the famous mountains and rivers of China."

Master Guan exclaimed in surprise, “This is exactly what the late emperor and his ministers feared!”

The Book of Lord Shang clearly states that the people must never have surplus money and grain, or spare time.

Once the villagers have built three large brick houses, have full granaries, and have some free time, how terrifying would it be if hundreds or thousands of warriors gathered at the village entrance to chat idly!

Once something goes wrong, the government can't suppress it at all.

If they are allowed to roam freely, how can we manage billions of people worldwide?

Grand Tutor Yu frowned and said, "The late emperor was scared off by this kind of future? How ridiculous."

"The late emperor was not intimidated and backed down. The Grand Tutor also knew that the laws of Qin clearly stipulated that people could not leave their villages and towns without permission."

If people have free time, they will definitely be unable to resist running around.

This reality contradicts the Qin laws, which represent the will of the late emperor,” said Master Guan.

The Grey Crane Master also sighed, "Even if I were not the emperor, if I stood in the emperor's shoes and thought about things from the emperor's perspective, I would still be sweating profusely, dizzy, and at a loss."

Grand Tutor Yu said, "If the king treats the people like thieves, how can the people not turn into bandits themselves?"
When a ruler treats his people like livestock in a pen, the people naturally regard him as an enemy.

Chen Sheng once said something particularly insightful: "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

We cultivators all understand that there is no significant difference in intelligence or talent between noble people and ordinary people; the difference lies only in fate.

The emotions and desires that kings have are also present in ordinary people.

Unless a ruler doesn't consider himself human, no ruler has any reason to treat his people as less than human.

Ziying murmured, "That's Shang Yang's theory."

Grand Tutor Yu said, "Shang Jun's ideas certainly have their merits."

However, Shang Yang's own insights were quite limited; they were suitable for the 'Qin state,' but not for the greater Qin dynasty.

"Isn't the Great Qin the Qin State?" Ziying asked, looking completely bewildered.

Grand Tutor Yu said, "Shang Yang was born in the chaotic Warring States period. In that era, rites and music had collapsed, people's hearts were no longer what they used to be, and every country was surrounded by a pack of wolves and tigers."

The most urgent task is to survive, to become as strong as possible, and then to devour others.

Shang Yang's ideas were particularly suited to this period. It was like sending a thick cotton coat in the dead of winter.

But once the Qin Dynasty unifies the world, with no surrounding enemy states and all the barbarian tribes submitting, will we still need to wear cotton-padded clothes after winter and the arrival of summer?

Yang Li hesitated and said, "Although times have changed, the old laws are indeed not suitable for the new era."

However, according to the Grand Tutor's approach, the difficulty of governing the country was so great that it was terrifying.

Human desires are never satisfied.

After cultivating a hundred acres of land, the common people will definitely want more. They want to be like the nobles, like immortals.

The imperial court can't give it to us, and neither can the heavens.

Grand Tutor Yu shook his head and said, "We don't need the court's money, nor do we need alms from immortals or gods."

People can strive for and create what they want themselves.

The fortune created by humanity can enable the Dao Ancestor to become a saint and allow many immortals to attain the Great Luo Dao.

What a great power this is!
Why would you doubt that they can't create a world where people can live like human beings?

It has always been the emperor who adapts to the new world.

It's not that the emperor forces the world to operate in the way that he finds most comfortable.

The emperor could not adapt to the political system, so he was eliminated.

Those who can adapt to the new era are probably the masters of the imperial aura of the Southeast.

Ye Jiutian looked at her with a complicated expression and said, "A person like Grand Tutor should really go to assist the true Son of Heaven, instead of staying in the Great Qin, which has lost its Mandate of Heaven."

Ziying became anxious and angry, and said, "Great Immortal Ye, the Grand Tutor is my Great Qin Grand Tutor!"

My Qin Dynasty is also willing to adapt to the new era.

Whatever the Grand Tutor says goes, whether it's the Book of Lord Shang or ancestral family laws. Even the ancestors in the underworld are supporting the Grand Tutor!
Look at our second emperor, who tills the fields for the people like a black ox and forges iron plows for the households like a blacksmith.

In the Ying court, from the emperor to his ministers, everyone was steadfastly committed to following the Grand Tutor in creating "a new world where every citizen can live like a human being."

Ye Jiutian sneered, "The Ying family doesn't understand the principles; you're just afraid of dying and want to live."

"Alright, enough nonsense. You finally understand my thoughts."

Now we are going overseas to find disciples of the Mohist school.

After you find them, Ziying, you should arrange for them to convert the Mo Sect's technology and Xuan Sect's Taoist practices for civilian use.

"Let them melt down the bronze pillars of the thousand-foot-tall building and forge them into an iron plow, so that the Second Emperor can use it to practice the 'Way of a Sage Ruler,'" said Grand Tutor Yu.

(End of this chapter)