Apart from the remnants of the Chu State, my daughter is the only one who is plotting a rebellion.

"Do you also think it was the tyrannical Qin?" Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

The people of Qian had a hard time. How could he not know this when he controlled the entire world?

"Dad, do you think Daqin is really poor?" Zhao Qingrui asked back.

"It's very poor. The common people can't even pay their taxes, and many people starve to death every year." Ying Zheng's voice was a little heavy. In order to make the Qin Dynasty stronger, he made a lot of efforts and even did not hesitate to bear the infamy.

"No, the Great Qin is not poor. The Great Qin extends eastward to Korea, westward to Lintao and Qiangzhong, southward to Beixianghu (south of the Tropic of Cancer), and northward as a barrier, extending from Yinshan Mountain to Liaodong."

"The Great Qin is vast, with so much arable land. Isn't that enough to support the 20 million people of the Great Qin? Isn't that enough for these 20 million people?"

"But the people of Qian are still very poor."

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Qingrui deeply. "Yes, it was very poor. People outside were talking about the tyranny of the First Emperor, the harshness of Qin law, the burning of books and burying of scholars, the construction of the Great Wall, and the execution of soldiers who missed their turn."

"In fact, the Qin Dynasty is not poor. The real money and grain are in the hands of those nobles and merchants. For example, our family, I think, originally did not have much land. These farms were all purchased. Because of paying some money and grain, they obtained a small empty title and were exempted from taxes. Or some are even more ruthless and directly forcibly seize the land of the common people without reporting it privately."

Meng Yi was also lost in thought. The Meng family had many businesses under their name, and he had also heard of some land grabbing incidents.

"The root cause lies in the system: the military merit system, the tax system, the land system, and the official selection system."

"What's wrong with the military merit system? The Qin Dynasty inherited the twenty-level military merit system proposed by Shang Yang, which allowed the Qin Dynasty to unify the six kingdoms." Ying Zheng frowned.