Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Gai Nie is different from Wei Zhuang.

Wei Zhuang joined Gui Gu after Gai Nie. Because of his talent, intelligence and determination, he learned Gui Gu's Zongheng method very quickly, and was praised by the previous Gui Guzi as having "Su Qin's style".

The core secret learned by the Guigu Sect lies in the word "choice".

The world is like a chessboard.

If you encounter a problem, you should make a decisive choice, either horizontally or vertically, or break when you need to.

This kind of decisiveness is also a lesson that Guigu disciples must learn.

In one of the assessments of Guigu Sect, the previous Guiguzi tied two people at both ends of a passage, and two black tigers attacked them at the same time.

With the strength of Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie at that time, the two of them could only choose to save one person at most.

In this assessment, it seems that they are testing which person they choose to rescue, but in fact it is testing their decisiveness in making decisions.

And in that assessment.

Wei Zhuang did not hesitate to save one of them and killed the Xuanhu who attacked the other, thus avenging the other.

On the other hand, because of Gai Nie's hesitation, he failed to save the last person.

If we look at the results of this assessment alone, it is obvious that the junior brother Wei Zhuang has surpassed the senior brother Gai Nie in the way of Guigu.

But is this really the case?

The answer can be said to be yes.

It can also be said that it is not.

Because in terms of Guigu's studies alone, Wei Zhuang has indeed surpassed Gai Nie.

But this does not mean that Gai Nie lost. To be precise, as early as when Wei Zhuang joined the Guigu Sect, Gai Nie's ideas had already faintly jumped out of Guigu and started to move towards another path.

Gui Gu's Zongheng theory is two paths destined to be in opposition.

That is to say.

Going down this road, there will only be two endings.

success.

Or fail.

And if the study of Zongheng is expanded to the entire world, once the disciples of Guigu enter the world, it means that in the troubled times at that time, some countries will inevitably win and some will lose.

Winning and losing.

This is the simplest principle that Gai Nie learned when he first joined Guigu.

But later, as Gai Nie learned more and thought more deeply, he suddenly discovered that there was something in this world that Guiguzi had never taught him.

That is:

[Prosperity means people suffer; death means people suffer. 】

In fact, Ge Nie had already realized this truth when he was very young, but he was never able to form a system.

It wasn't until he studied in Guigu that he finally discovered another important disease in this world.

That was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period for hundreds of years.

The various vassal states fought against each other, and each had its own victory or defeat. Although each lost something, each gained something.

But only the common people in this world have never won. They are always losing and always suffering.

Since realizing this.

Ge Nie became confused and spoke less.

He couldn't understand why we couldn't help each other even though we were all human beings. Instead, we had to fight and bully each other, and this could even last for hundreds of years without stopping.

That was the first time.

Gai Nie had doubts about the "Way of Zongheng" he had learned.

However, in the view of Wei Zhuang at the time, all this was nothing more than Gai Nie's weakness and evasion.

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Shortly after.

Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang became teachers one after another.

At that time, Wei Zhuang was still full of fighting spirit and chose to join South Korea, the weakest among the seven countries, without hesitation.

The purpose is simple.

He just wanted to use the weak to attack the strong and prove in this way that he had completely surpassed his senior brother Genie.

And Gai Nie joined Qin, the strongest among the seven kingdoms.

But his purpose was not to defeat Wei Zhuang, his junior brother. At this time, he had already jumped out of the concept of "win or lose".

At that time, he was just doing an "experiment."

[If the world is unified, does that mean there will be no more wars in this world? 】

So Genie at that time did his best to help Ying Zheng defeat the other six countries and successfully complete the unification.

But... the final result was different from what Ge Nie imagined.

After the world is unified.

The war still hasn't gone away.

Or.

The war on the surface has indeed disappeared, but the struggle and oppression have not.

Even if the world is unified, the harmonious world where people help each other that Genie expected has still not arrived.

It's just that the subjects of the rulers and the oppressed have been slightly changed.

In the past, the powerful, landlords, and clans of various countries oppressed ordinary people.

Now it has become Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.

The dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon.

This truth was vividly reflected in front of Ge Nie.

these years.

Except for the territory of the Qin State, the quality of life of the people of the other six countries who were conquered by the Qin State has not improved much compared with the past.

Although with the help of Lord Mo, Ying Zheng has been busy building various infrastructure facilities such as the Great Wall, Ling Canal, Qin Zhidao... etc. in recent years, and has recruited a large number of people from various countries and former prisoners of the Six Nations for corvee service.

Although with the current national power of the Qin State, these corvees will naturally not be the same as in the original history. Some of them can't even afford to eat, and eventually starve to death in the corvee.

It is impossible for Mr. Mo to agree to such a thing.

Even among those who are building the Great Wall today, except for the captives from the Six Nations, the remaining civilians who have been recruited not only have enough food supplies for their daily work, but also can earn wages.

Although the money is not much, it is much better than the situation in the original history.

But no more.

Obviously this is not what Genie wants to see.

If we follow the language of later generations, it would be: Whether it is slavery or feudal monarchy, they are essentially the oppression of the lower class by the upper class, but one is heavier and the other is lighter.

But whether it's light or heavy, this world is far from the world in Gai Nie's heart.

So in the end, Gai Nie chose to leave Ying Zheng and Qin.

If you look at it from Lord Mo's point of view, Gai Nie's behavior is not actually a defection. If we look at it in future generations, it can at best be regarded as "resignation".

But under today's system, his act of resigning without the permission of his "boss" is tantamount to betrayal.

Especially later he got together with Jing Ke's son.

Naturally.

Even if it was just for the majesty of the king, Ying Zheng had to send people to hunt him down.

From Mo Jun's point of view, it is difficult to judge Gai Nie's behavior in terms of "right or wrong", because he is like a pure idealist, trying to find an idealist answer in this bullshit world.

His ideals are obviously not wrong, because such a "great harmonious society" and an era of "win-win for everyone" will still be pursued by many people even if we look at it two thousand years from now.

But his mistake was also because he was too idealistic, because such a society, even two thousand years later, has still not been created.

Not to mention the current era that has just entered feudal society from slavery.

At this point.

In fact, he is not as good as Gai Nie.

Mo Jun was very clear about this from beginning to end. He knew very clearly that if it were not for cheating, then with his original abilities, in this era, he would only become a struggling member in troubled times.

Even now, Mo Jun only wants to make people of this era live a better life.

That's all.

So Mr. Mo sometimes wants to see if Gai Nie can find the "answer" in the end.

Although he felt that the hope was very slim, there was no harm in giving it a try, and it didn't cost him anything anyway.

This is also one of the reasons why Lord Mo has not paid much attention to this matter since he learned that Gai Nie had defected to Qin.

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But then again, except for Lord Mo, in fact not many people in Qin paid attention to Gai Nie's defection. Otherwise, if Ying Zheng really wanted to pursue him, he would have directly mobilized a large army to cooperate with Qin's intelligence. Institutions and assassination organizations such as [Luowang].

in the world today.

I dare not say too many, but at least in the territory of Qin, no one can escape at all.

But in fact, whether it is hunting down Gai Nie or dealing with the so-called rebellious elements of various schools of thought, it can only be regarded as a small fight for the Qin State.

as far as I can tell.

Qin's biggest external dangers were the Xiongnu in the north and the Baiyue land in the south.

The main internal targets are still some remnants of the Six Kingdoms, as well as some hidden dangers that have begun to erupt from within the Qin State.

For example: the military merit system.

This system was the core of Shang Jun's reform, and it was also the "major contributor" that made Qin become the strongest fighting force in the Seven Kingdoms.

It is precisely with this system that the Qin State now dominates the world.

But although this system is good, it is only suitable for troubled times.

The essence of this system is to use the enemy's territory and money to reward soldiers who have made meritorious service after the war. As long as the enemy's territory can be conquered, the resources and land of these territories will be rewarded to those who have performed meritorious services.

But if you can't defeat it, there will be no credit, and naturally there will be no reward.

What they are doing is buying and selling with no capital.

In a sense, this is a different kind of "painting the pie."

But here's the difference.

This kind of pie can be realized.

But this worked before, but not now.

Today, Qin's main external battlefields are in two places: the Xiongnu on the northern grasslands, and the Baiyue people among the high mountains in the south.

With the current military strength of the Qin State, beating the enemies in these two places is similar to a father beating his son. He can just press them on the ground and rub them.

But the question is, what happens after we win?

These two places are currently dangerous areas where "no grass can grow". Even if such places are conquered, the Qin State will not be able to manage them!

in other words.

The fight was in vain.

But the military merit system also stipulates that if you win a battle, you will be rewarded.

This way.

The current Baiyue and Xiongnu are just like a fixed place to spawn monsters in the game. They can earn unlimited credits, but they get nothing.

If this continues, just a military merit title system can bring down the entire Qin State.

Therefore, it can be said that military reform is imperative.

It’s just that the military system that has been implemented in a country for many years cannot be changed if you want to...