General Qin

After detailed discussions among the ministers, the proposal to open engineering and agricultural departments suggested by the martial arts prince Zhao Tuo was officially implemented.

The Qin Guoxue Office, which originally trained grammarians, was run by the Tingwei Mansion.

The Engineering and Agricultural Studies Offices each also have an official office with specific responsibilities.

The Shaofu is in charge of hundreds of industries, so the establishment of engineering studies was presided over by Zhao Tuo, the Shaofu.

The engineering textbooks and the formulation of various details were all handled by Zhao Tuo himself, and everything was according to his wishes.

Agriculture is different.

Although this matter was proposed by Zhao Tuo, the specific implementation was under the control of Su Neishi Wang Wu.

Zhimi Neishi was the Great Secretary of Agriculture in the Han Dynasty. As his name suggests, he was the highest official in charge of agriculture, so Zhao Tuo should not have intervened in matters of agriculture.

But in fact, not long after, Wang Wu, the governor of Su Nei, personally came to visit Zhao Tuo's house and asked him about the establishment of agriculture.

"Your Majesty, please refer to our engineering school's charter for this matter. The specific implementation will be decided based on the farmers' situation."

Zhao Tuo directly gave Wang Wu a draft of the engineering system and showed him the first draft of the physics textbook.

"The prince actually even produced a teaching text on engineering!"

Wang Wu was greatly shocked.

To run a school, relevant textbooks must be provided.

For example, the literacy textbooks of the Qin Dynasty include "Cangjie Pian" by Tingwei Li Si, "Yanli Pian" by Shangshu Ling Zhao Gao, and "Bo Xue Pian" by Taishi Hu Wujing.

For example, in the grammar school, the main content taught is directly Qin Law and Qin Law.

The requirements for graduates of the school are to be able to recite relevant Qin laws proficiently, pass the examiner's questions and answers, and successfully defend themselves. Only then can they pass the examination and be promoted to grassroots officials.

Therefore, if they want to set up engineering and agricultural schools, they have to get the textbooks first.

Wang Wu has just figured out the personnel organization and general structure of agriculture. As for textbooks, he is still choosing from various agricultural books. Who would have thought that Wugong Hou actually came up with the first draft directly, so fast.

Especially when Wang Wu briefly flipped through the contents of the textbook, he was immediately shocked by the mechanical and acoustic systems.

He murmured: "The content of "Physics" is so profound."

Zhao Tuo explained: "Most of the contents in this book were excerpted from Gongshu fragments and Mohist's "Mo Jing", and then with the help of knowledgeable professionals such as Zhu Xia Shi and Mohist, I was able to sort it out quickly."

"Gongshu Fragments...what a good thing!"

Wang Wu licked his lips and looked at Zhao Tuo with some longing: "Junhou, you said before that you had contact with farmers, so you came up with tools and methods that are beneficial to agriculture, such as the retting method and the bending plow. Now Jun Hou You proposed to develop agriculture, I wonder if there is a way to teach me?"

Zhao Tuo was startled, and then laughed dumbly.

This Lao Wang actually had this idea.

However, Zhao Tuo did not hide his secrets and actually gave Wang Wu some advice.

The specific content of agricultural textbooks.

Zhao Tuo suggested that Wang Wu could, on the one hand, choose practical and effective methods from ancient agricultural books and incorporate them into it. On the other hand, agricultural officials from all over the country can present practical skills in agricultural farming.

At the same time, a small group of people can be organized to study the principles of various agricultural technologies.

Just like acoustics and optics in physics, as long as you first understand the principles of agricultural technology, you can make improvements and create from them.

After hearing what he said, Wang Wu nodded repeatedly.

At the end, Zhao Tuo also gave Wang Wu some "ideas I heard from farmers when I was a child."

The first is cross-breeding.

Just like crossing a female donkey with a male horse to produce a mule, you can try cross-breeding crops to greatly increase yields.

Zhao Tuo didn't quite understand the specific operation of this thing.

But he had heard about the famous hybrid rice in his previous life and knew that this technology would definitely be of great use. So he first pitched the concept to Wang Wu and asked him to find professional farmers to conduct research slowly.

The other is grafting technology.

During the Zhou Dynasty, there was a saying of "Lianli wood".

It refers to two branches growing next to each other in nature, and over time they become connected.

After the ancients discovered it, they thought it was a great auspicious sign, and used it to describe the love between men and women that would never be separated.

Zhao Tuo said that farmers discovered the technology of grafting plants from the phenomenon of "Lianlimu", which can increase yields, disease resistance, etc.

Wang Wu was fascinated by what he heard. The concepts of "cross-breeding" and "grafting" proposed by Marquis Wugong were very powerful upon hearing them.

Thinking back to the fact that martial arts masters never target without aim, all the methods they throw out are of great use.

If these two technologies are realized, wouldn't Daqin's agricultural output be able to be greatly improved?

Isn't his political performance of Wang Wu very good?

"Wu has recorded the advice from the Lord."

Before Wang Wu left, he bowed deeply to Zhao Tuo to express his gratitude.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome."

Zhao Tuo sent him away with a smile.

Although Wang Wu didn't say anything explicitly, his attitude showed that he thought he had received a big favor from Zhao Tuo.

Favor debts are the hardest to repay.

In the future, if Zhao Tuo needs Wang Wu, he will definitely be responsible.

In fact, Zhao Tuo took advantage of this matter.

The real purpose of his proposal to open engineering and agricultural study rooms was to use them as a pathfinder for the military merit system.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country.

The purpose of Qin's Shang Yang's reform was to turn Qin into a country of farming and warfare.

The "Book of Shang Jun" makes it very clear: "The reason why a country prospers is the agricultural war."

Everything in the country puts agricultural warfare first, and as long as it is conducive to agricultural production, any other industry can be moved later.

Even to a certain extent, Legalism served Qin's agriculture and war.

So Zhao Tuo used farmers and workers as a cover, and he suppressed all opposition as expected.

From the emperor to the ministers, no one will stop a proposal that is beneficial to agriculture.

As for Baigong, although his status was not high originally.

However, in recent years, under the influence of Zhao Tuo's many creations across the ages, the emperor and the ministers attached great importance to it, and it is reasonable to raise it to the status of agriculture.

As a pioneer in Zhao Tuo's big plan, as long as the first batch of engineering and agricultural studies are done well, results will be achieved. Then he can propose opening more classrooms later.

Such as medicine, such as military academy, such as...

By the time Zhao Tuo found out all the various schools.

If the students in the school can serve as officials in relevant majors as long as they pass the examination, then the value of military merit will be greatly reduced, and the country's willingness to launch war will also be reduced.

This is a very gentle way to put the brakes on Qin's chariot.

Therefore, Wang Wu's agricultural achievements are very crucial. Zhao Tuo is helping himself by helping him.

"Take your time, build a school in two or three years, and do everything well, so that people will have nothing to say."

"I want to avoid conflicts with Li Si. He is older. There is no need to confront him head-on on these matters. I need to use gentle methods to get through the past few years. When he dies, I can show off my skills."

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo smiled.

He wanted to use the military merit system, and his biggest enemy was probably Li Si.

But Zhao Tuo felt that he did not need to confront Li Si head-on, why bother.

A quick calculation shows that Li Si seems to be sixty-five this year.

He, Zhao Tuo, is only twenty-six years old this year.

Even if Li Si is allowed to live for another ten years, Zhao Tuo will still have plenty of time to reform.

Time is Zhao Tuo's advantage, enough to eliminate all enemies for him.

"Political fight?"

"It's not necessary, just survive to death. This is the true crushing of strength, the righteous way of a military strategist."

With the help of Zhao Tuo and the Shaofu's engineering regulations and textbooks as a reference, Wang Wu's agricultural affairs quickly got on the right track.

The first batch of pilot projects for these two newly opened schools should be conducted in Xianyang to see the effects.

If all goes well, it can be rolled out across the country.

Just when the Engineering and Agricultural Studies Department was in full swing in Xianyang, as time went by, the soldiers recruited and the grain transported by various counties and counties were rapidly gathering towards the southern border.

By September of the 31st year of Qin Shihuang, all personnel and logistics transportation had been arranged.

Qin's conquest of Baiyue officially began.