Zhao Xin pondered for a long time, thinking about how to explain the subtle relationship to Li Ji. After thinking about it, he decided not to clarify these things with him. After all, in the eyes of most people, there was no abnormal movement in the country of Zhao.

So Zhao Xin just smiled and said, "This is a long story, and some secret matters related to the Lord's Father and the King. As a close minister of the Lord's Father, it is not convenient to disclose it. I hope my cousin understands it."

Li Ji looked at Zhao Xin for a long time, but when he waited for his perfunctory words, he felt a little angry, and then curled his lips and snorted, "If you don't say it, it's all, no one wants it. You guy is old and have too much thoughts, and you are still playing scheming with your cousin."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves, pretended to be angry and turned around to leave.

Zhao Xin smiled and quickly stretched out his arms to stop Li Ji, bowing and begging for mercy. "My good cousin, just spare me. How dare I talk about such things casually? If the master and the king find out, I will be in danger of being protected."

When Li Ji heard that he was about to behead, he was shocked and looked at Zhao Xin and said skeptical, "Is it true or false? Is it that serious?"

Zhao Xinla nodded with a long face and said, "It's true. You must know that being with the king is like a tiger. Our close ministers seem to be extremely glorious, but they are also trembling as if walking on thin ice. If you have the intention of disobeying the king, you will be in danger."

Although what Zhao Xin said was a bit exaggerated, it was reasonable. Li Ji thought about it and nodded, "It's a little bit reasonable, so I won't make things difficult for you for my brother."

Zhao Xin was still very interested in Li Ji's words just now, so he looked up and continued to ask, "Cousin, although the current national policy of Zhao State is no longer determined by the Lord's Father's words, he can still control the court's policies. It is better for you to tell me your superior opinions and I will try to give advice to the Lord's Father. The Lord's Father follows advice and will listen carefully as long as it is beneficial. Therefore, if your suggestions are indeed feasible, the Lord's Father will definitely not bury you."

Li Ji was a little dejected when he heard Zhao Xin's words. When he heard this, he couldn't help but feel energetic and hurriedly said, "It's not a high opinion, it's just some ideas."

"The problem of our country of Zhao is ultimately due to the fact that farming is not prosperous. To revitalize farming, we just start with two points, one is arable land and the other is farmers. In terms of arable land alone, Zhao does not lack land. Whether it is Hebei, Dai land, and newly harvested Zhongshan land, there are large areas of fertile arable land waiting to be cultivated. Although it is not as good as Guanzhong and Hedong, it is almost the same, so the problem lies in the system. Cousin, do you know the well-field system passed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties?"

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "I know, "In ancient times, three hundred steps were called the well field." The emperor divided the 900 acres of land in square li to nine pieces, and the middle was public fields. The surrounding private fields were shaped like the word "well", so it was called the "well field".

Li Ji said again, "After all, the well-field system is that in order to maintain his ruling authority and maximize his interests, the princes also imitated it. They collected all the land as state-owned, the most fertile public land was their fief, secondly as nobles, secondly as civilians, and worstly as 'savages' (referring to the people outside the city). The people paid grain according to the amount of land they cultivated, and land transactions were not allowed."

"This system was indeed able to greatly stabilize the authority of the king at that time, but time had changed. With the decline of the emperor's power and the continuous annexation of each other, this system had long been lost. The change of a large number of population and land led to the emergence of many desert fields. On the other hand, with the increase of population, many farmers' homes were insufficient, and land could not be traded as private products, so the consequences arose."

Speaking of this, Li Ji was full of spirit and no longer had the nerd spirit of ordinary times. He continued: "Since it was a bad policy, as the Zhou Dynasty moved eastward, the authority of the Zhou emperor plummeted. In order to enhance national strength and annex other countries, countries carried out changes one after another, especially land reform. Therefore, before the three families divided Jin, the well-field system had already existed in name only, and each country also established a new set of land policies accordingly."

"The first result was the Li Li reform of Wei State. At that time, Wei State inherited the land reform system in the late Jin State and confirmed the privatization of land. Li Li pointed out that too high rice prices are harmful to consumers, and too low rice prices are harmful to farmers. He founded the "Peace and Break Rate", that is, to control rice prices to a certain level, making Wei State a super hegemony in the early Warring States Period. The most effective reform was naturally Shang Yang's reform of Qin State. He did more thoroughly in the land system than Li Li, abolished well fields, opened fields, allowed land transactions, and encouraged the people to reclaim wasteland as their own cultivated land and pay taxes according to the amount of land. These methods greatly increased the enthusiasm of the common people to farm, and also attracted a large number of people from the Three Jins to reclaim wasteland."

"Compared with the land reforms in the Wei and Qin reforms, the reforms of Han Shen Buhe, the reforms of Zou Ji in Qi and the reforms of Wu Qi in Chu seemed to be much smaller. However, since the division of Jin, our Zhao State has been stagnant, and it has only inherited the land system of Jin State, which has lagged behind the various countries in this regard. Although the master father also encouraged private ownership of land and released a large number of slaves during his reign, these actions were like dropping the bucket for the powerful traditional aristocratic forces of our Zhao State. In my opinion, if we want to completely break this situation, we must have great determination to carry out a top-down reform!"

Zhao Xin gradually listened and asked according to Li Ji's words, "I'm cousin, you mean, is my Zhao State going to imitate the Shang Yang reforms of Qin State?"

Li Ji nodded, shook his head again and said, "Yes, not right."

"What do you mean?"

"Although Shang Yang's reforms were comprehensive and were the master of the Legalists, they were too fierce. They were proposed when Qin was destroyed to the point of destruction, so they would be accepted by the Qin people. However, our Zhao State is different. Now our country is in a huge state and strong force. If a fierce change is carried out, it will inevitably arouse strong opposition. Moreover, Qin State and Zhao State have different national conditions and different folk customs. If we copy the Qin State's style, we may fail."

"Qin is located in the western frontier and lives with Rongdi. It has always been criticized by the countries in the Central Plains and is regarded as a foreign race. In addition, the people's wisdom has not yet been opened, and the people are more foolish and wise, so Shang Yang's system of ignorant people who burn books, cool laws, and farming and fighting can be effectively implemented, thus building Qin into a powerful war machine. However, our Zhao State is different. Jin State was originally the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the ritual and music system has become more perfect. The people's wisdom has long been enlightened. If the Qin State's policy of ignorant people is copied, it may be a big deal before it is implemented. Moreover, Zhao's people are generous and martial and value profit. Many chivalrous people in the people are now even more arrogant. The people are proud of joining the army. This is also the fundamental reason why our Zhao army is good at fighting. If it is forced to change, it will not be worth the loss."

"If all Zhao State wants to reform, they can only refer to the reform of Qin State, but they must not copy it. Although the Legalist theory is beneficial to the country, it also has many shortcomings. Therefore, if you really want to reform, you must combine the strengths of a hundred schools of thought, refer to the gains and losses of the reforms of various countries, and slowly plan it, but you cannot achieve it overnight."

Zhao Xin nodded and praised him after hearing this, "It seems that you have a lot of thoughts, and what you say is comprehensive. Even this insight is rare."

Li Ji smiled confidently and said, "Naturally, I have always been very interested in the Legalists' theory, and I have also studied the reforms of various countries very deeply. In addition, I have learned about the people of our country over the years, so I have naturally achieved it."

Zhao Xin laughed and said, "It seems that my uncle is really wrong. He often says that his son is not as good as his father, but he doesn't know that his son is better than his son. He claims to be a disciple of the Fa family. If he knows that his son has such skills, he will probably be happy to death."

Although he said something to Li Ji, his eyes drifted behind Li Ji, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Ji glared at Zhao Xin angrily and said, "What does it have to do with me if he is happy or not? If he is thick-skinned and unscrupulous, I will be willing to give him a disadvantage, but if he talks about governing the country through the world, his tricks will be riddled with holes and cannot be mentioned."
Chapter completed!