Chapter 960: Land merger

"In that case, our itinerary will be extended a lot." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, the prime minister," the secretary said.

"In this case, let's go directly back to Xianyang, send a telegram, and let the Queen of Korea explain the situation in the telegram." Shang Wen said.

Shang Wen believes that if he takes the initiative to go to South Korea, it is not justified. The first is his own travel plan, which has been decided by King Qin. It is impossible for oneself to have great autonomy.

Secondly, if you go on your own initiative, you may lose the initiative. And it was the other party's initiative, and if Shangwen took the initiative to talk, it was likely to lose the opportunity. Shang Wen thinks this is very important.

Finally, the content, the content of the conversation has not been determined. Shang Wen went rashly without any preparation. In this case, it is very likely to be in an extremely passive situation in the conversation. In that case, Shang Wen might as well refuse directly. This is very beneficial to Qin.

In fact, South Korean high-level officials are actively discussing some large-scale development patterns in the future.

"A telegram from Prime Minister Qin asked us to voluntarily give up the newly occupied land, which is very unfavorable to us." Han Shu said worriedly.

And the ministers who were close to the audience could not tell their inner sufferings. And Zhang Liang looked at the ground blankly.

In his opinion. It will be a matter of time for the new South Korean army to withdraw, because when the plan was made, the new South Korean army did not intend to occupy that piece of land. Moreover, the occupation is also future occupation, not now. The new South Korean army has withdrawn. Zhang Liang was relieved instead. Because this has been dragging, Qin will inevitably take measures. Rather than dragging it passively like this, it is better to retreat proactively. Zhang Liang thought so in his heart.

But the Queen's words really made Zhang Liang start to weigh South Korea's current plight in his heart.

Qin State's important tightening of South Korea's raw material imports can make South Korea fall into an economic desperation. This has to make South Korea re-examine the current situation.

"Widow people think that at present, our big South Korea depends on Qin too much." Han Shu said solemnly.

"The flour we eat is imported from Qin. Coal needs to be imported from Qin. There is also a large amount of leather, steel, pipes, cement, etc.. We all need to import from Qin." Han Shu said.

"And these things, there are very few parts, we can produce them." Han Shu said.

In fact, this is true. Most of the factories set up in South Korea are labor-intensive light industries, and most of the things they produce are things that are very closely related to people's production and life. Because only these things can open up the markets of all countries.

Production of linen mills and blended fabrics mills. And garment factories, there are printing and dyeing factories, in addition to shoes, and some food processing factories and so on. When these factories were established, they were all built on the basis of a large amount of intensive labor.

South Korea is annexing a large amount of land, losing land, and migrants from the six countries have transferred here, and they have become the main source of labor. South Korea is located in the Central Plains and is a labor-intensive country. They do not lack population. What is lacking is how to develop the economy.

The idea of ​​the Queen of South Korea was to allow Korea to rise rapidly from the beginning. The rapid rise was that they ignored the role of agriculture. But this neglect also has reasons why South Korea has to consider.

In the long-term war environment of the Warring States Period, South Korea ceded large amounts of land to Qin each time. As a result, South Korea’s strategic space is constantly being compressed, and when it finally reaches Han Shu, it is no longer possible to develop agriculture like Qin State.

Qin has a vast territory and relatively sparse population. The first problem that Shangwen had to solve when he came to power was the agricultural problem. The agricultural problem was directly linked to the food problem of the Qin State. Shangwen not only had to ensure that grain production would not be reduced, but also that it would greatly increase grain production. This is not a small problem for Shang Wen. But Shangwen successfully solved this problem.

Shangwen's solution is to merge land. The issue of land annexation is a considerable problem in Chinese feudal history. In history, those dynasties that founded the country were based on the feudal small-scale peasant economy. In other words, every peasant in the country had land. Land is equal land ownership. This is why the feudal rulers had to carry out the equalization of land rights at the beginning. Because their tax subjects are small farmers, they not only have to bear the country's taxes, but they also have to perform military service. Whether it is materials or soldiers. The country’s war behavior cannot be separated from these small peasant economies.

At the beginning of the establishment of the country, this method of equalization of land rights can still be implemented. This is because the rulers will try their best to maintain this kind of land-rolling practice, but in the later period, with the rapid development of the national economy, wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people. With the accumulation of wealth, land has gradually been transferred to the hands of those who have accumulated a large number of wealth as another form of wealth.

The practice of equalization of land rights has been severely damaged. A large number of land acquisitions, farmers who have lost land, cannot afford the country’s taxes and various military services, because they have lost land, an important source of income. Farmers without any source of income have become an important destructive factor for social unrest and discomfort. The country has not made any adjustments at this time. Without such adjustments, the country will soon lose its balance. Once this balance is broken, the prosperous country will enter a state of self-destruction.

The peasant uprising, and then the society will enter a kind of sharp turmoil. The war broke out continuously. The plague continues to kill more and more people. The society is turbulent. The people suffered heavy casualties. This is for the country and for the people. It is a huge disaster.

It can be said that the issue of land annexation seriously affected the rise and fall of a feudal dynasty. If the problem of land annexation cannot be solved, then the feudal dynasties will enter such a vicious circle. This is why, one after another, the Chinese dynasties, but in the end no one escapes the problem of extinction. The root of the problem is that they are not very good. They solve the major economic problem of land mergers, and their inherent thinking mode hinders the solution of this problem.

For example, in the Western Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu was equalized land rights, adopted a policy of rest and recuperation, and everyone had land. Therefore, the country was stable, but with the accumulation of national wealth, it was the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Social wealth has reached its peak. Coupled with the catalytic effect of war. Land mergers are serious. But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was unable to maintain such an equal land ownership approach. In the end, it caused turbulence and unrest in the society. The most fundamental problem of Wang Mang's usurpation of power was serious land mergers. People wanted to get land, and Wang Mang wanted to equalize land rights like the ancients. In fact, if you do that, it will only harm the interests of those who use land wealth. As you can imagine, the society will become more turbulent. Whether it was the Tang Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, these problems were not well resolved.

The turbulence in the late Qin Empire was also caused by the serious land annexation. The resulting problem became the fundamental problem, but Shangwen successfully resolved this contradiction.

Shangwen is different from the previous practice of continuing to equalize land rights. Shangwen gave some guidance. Just like Dayu's control of the water, Shangwen is not to block, but to dredge. Land merger is a historical law, because wealth develops to a certain stage. It is a trend. Shangwen knows very well that only when the land is concentrated can larger and more food be produced. Therefore, Shangwen boldly encourages land mergers and expands the scale of the land rapidly. In this way, agriculture completely destroys the original economic model, and produces a new agricultural model.

The land was concentrated in the hands of a few people, and large-scale production of crops that easily produced economic benefits began. For example, wheat, the promotion of wheat began with the large-scale concentration of land in the Qin Kingdom. With the large-scale promotion of wheat, corn quickly withdrew from the stage of history, while corn, this crop, slowly withdrew only during the Southern and Northern Dynasties in history, and Shangwen was hundreds of years ahead of schedule.

With the annexation of the land. The land is becoming more and more concentrated. There are fewer and fewer people in need. This also means that a large number of rural people in Qin will lose their land. For them, it means losing their source of livelihood. At this time, Shangwen began to build the industrialization of the Qin State. Encouraged by the military industry, a large number of rural people from the Qin State who lost their land entered the cities and became workers, and these landless farmers became the abundant labor force at the beginning of industrialization.

In order to alleviate the rural population's demand for urban, especially industrial jobs. Shangwen appropriately launched two large-scale invasions at this time. The war greatly reduced the pressure on rural populations to migrate to cities.

In this way, Qin solved the relationship between the countryside and the city, and easily resolved the serious social problems caused by land mergers. The main reason is that the unemployed population has increased sharply. Shangwen solved the problem at this time.

But South Korea is different, South Korea also wants to solve this problem, but South Korea does not have a solid agricultural foundation, so the national production strategy space is small. At the same time, there is still a serious problem. There is no land for agriculture, so there is no solid agriculture. South Korea's economy, especially the light industry economy, is built on the supremacy of a country without any solid agricultural foundation. Such an industry will sooner or later suffer a big loss in industrial raw materials.

Now, the upper echelons of South Korea finally realized this problem. But South Korea cannot solve this problem. Because your land is inherently limited, there is no strategic space for land rotation.