"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. The barbarians I am referring to are not really barbarians. They are also citizens of the Great Qin. They just couldn't survive outside the mountains, so they gave up their citizenship and fled to the mountains to become barbarians."

When Yun Panpan heard Zhao Xin's question, she immediately knew that he had misunderstood.

He explained: "In fact, the so-called natives today were originally ordinary people outside the mountains. It was only because of wars, corvee labor and other reasons that they finally hid in the mountains, and finally multiplied and formed the so-called natives today.

However, most of the natives are common people from the previous dynasty or even earlier who moved into the mountains.

Today's fugitives are still savages. In fact, they live in more difficult and unstable conditions than the natives.

They are called savages, but they are often bandits."

Zhao Xin nodded when he heard this, but his brows couldn't help but frown.

This kind of thing is actually not new, but the emperor cannot remain indifferent to it.

This is not purely humanitarianism of a time traveler.

But for the emperors of this era, population meant taxes, soldiers, and manpower.

And as Yun Panpan said, these people are not just savages, some of them are also bandits.

They may have been pitiful originally, but now they have become a source of social instability.

This is the emperor's perspective, cold and heartless. Even if he loves the people like his own children, he only loves those who are beneficial to his rule.

In the eyes of the emperor, whether they are from aristocratic families or common people, they are all a disaster.

Now he suddenly realized that there were some hidden dangers in his own kingdom that he had previously ignored. Of course, his face was not very good.

“Are there many of these people in the Great Wilderness Mountains?”

Zhao Xin asked.

Yun Panpan's answer was calm, and she said matter-of-factly, "It's not too bad in the Great Wilderness Mountains, because there are natives in the Great Wilderness Mountains, and it's difficult for them to gain a foothold.

However, most of the counties in Bingzhou are located in remote and poor mountainous areas, and there are probably quite a few refugees among them."

But she then added, "However, most of these people had their land taken away by powerful people. They could not survive outside the mountains, and they were unwilling to be enslaved by the powerful people, so they fled and came to the mountains."

"Um."

Zhao Xin nodded, the root was indeed with the aristocratic and powerful families.

Then he asked, "Does this happen in other states and counties?"

Yun Panpan was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "That, I don't know, but I guess there are probably some, and they are not a small number."

He paused for a moment and continued, "Before, when my father was an official in Nanzhou, I also happened to read the old records of the imperial court.

At that time, I discovered a problem. Since the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Qin until today, although there have been occasional natural disasters and man-made calamities, there have not been too many major plagues or chaos. However, in these nearly 150 years, the population of the world has actually decreased instead of increased.

I asked my father about this, but he scolded me for being too nosy, saying that this was not something a woman should ask..."

Yun Panpan couldn't help but laugh bitterly when he said this, and then he continued: "However, I have gradually discovered some clues. Most of the reasons are naturally because the rich and powerful are hiding people, and another reason is that they are escaping from their nationality.

Or perhaps the fundamental problem is the loss of land..."

Yun Panpan talked freely, and Zhao Xin originally just listened with a smile, but gradually he sat up straight and serious.

He suddenly realized that he might have made the right choice in choosing the county magistrate.

"I've heard the ancients say, 'Those without permanent property have no permanent heart.' Your Majesty, please forgive me for my disrespectful words. Since then, I've felt that if this problem isn't resolved, the Qin Empire will inevitably be in chaos."

When Yun Panpan said this, she bowed to Zhao Xin and asked for forgiveness.

Zhao Xin had completely forgotten the other person's gender at this time, so he naturally knew what Yun Panpan said.

But as people of that time, they could see so clearly that gender could no longer limit the brilliance of each other's talents.

He didn't interrupt her immediately, but just waved his hand for her to continue.

Yun Panpan then bowed again and said, "I suspect that Your Majesty appointed me as the governor of Dahuang County in order to familiarize me with the advantages of all parties in Dahuang County so as to promote harmony among all parties and assimilate the locals.

But I must be frank, but if this fundamental problem cannot be resolved, I am afraid the natives will not assimilate, and the Qin people will fall into disarray."

After saying that, he subconsciously looked up at Zhao Xin's expression and apologized again.

However, to her surprise, Zhao Xin was not angry at her frankness, and did not seem surprised by what she said.

I knew immediately in my heart that His Majesty's mind was probably as clear as a mirror.

Then I thought about how the other party had almost wiped out half of the powerful families in the county in the past few days.

I immediately understood the other party's intention.

only……

She was just pondering when she heard Zhao Xin, after a brief pause, suddenly say, "I suddenly remembered that Lord Yun also comes from a prominent family. Your father was once the Prime Minister of Qi County, right?"

Zhao Xin's sudden words made Yun Panpan stunned and she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

I was clearly analyzing the general situation of the world with the emperor, but why did the emperor suddenly talk about his own life experience?

After a moment, she bowed and said, "Yes, my father was the Prime Minister of Qi. He was dismissed several years ago for advising King Qi on the matter of Wang Tian. Because of this, I became a saint girl of the natives of Dahuang Mountain."

"I see."

Zhao Xin nodded slightly, then seeing her hesitation, he knew she had misunderstood. He smiled and said, "Don't mind me. I just suddenly thought of something, so I asked."

Seeing that she was still puzzled, he smiled and said, "I'm sure Yun Qing has seen what I've done in the county these days. I originally planned to help you clean up this Great Wilderness County.

I originally thought that there were no aristocratic families entrenched in Dahuang County, and the powerful did not have deep roots, so this should not be difficult.

However, I found that the biggest difficulty in this matter was not how powerful those powerful families were, but that I found that if they were all eliminated, there would be no one left in the world to use.

Moreover, I also discovered that my original intention was to do good for the common people, but when I really did this, I found that the common people were the most uneasy.

Without those powerful people controlling the village, they seem to be unable to do anything and are at a loss as to what to do.

Zhao Xin thought about the past two days. He saw that when the people in the county saw the powerful people who oppressed them being eliminated, they did not applaud, but were terrified.

Some people even took the initiative to plead for those powerful families.

Some of them, without the supervision of the local tyrants, actually took advantage of the situation to rob.

Zhao Xin was a little confused at that moment.

This was completely different from what he had expected, and it was also completely different from the later legends about fighting against the landlords and dividing the land, and then the people enthusiastically supporting him.

What's going on?

Are the people of this world more ignorant and numb?

But he soon realized that he was probably oversimplifying the matter.

The success of later generations was due, firstly, to the fact that the world had undergone decades of change at that time, and secondly, to the powerful propaganda and mobilization force.

That is the power of a group of people, and he is just one person.