Qin Official

"I traveled to the Eastern Mountains, but I never returned home. I came from the East, and there was no rain. I came back from the East, but my heart was filled with sadness from the West..."

On the loess land with crisscrossed ravines, the young master helped Su stand on the plateau, wearing a jingle around his waist. He looked at the mountain pass that stretched for nearly ten miles, carrying it on his shoulders and carrying it with his hands. He couldn't help but read out the song "Bin Feng" .东山》come.

"I heard that Qixian County is called Nanbin and Beidi County is called Beibin. They are both the hometown of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gongdan led the Westerners to march eastward. The Westerners went to Dongshan and missed the Western land. Now the people from the East are fighting in the West in the same way. The soldiers of Zhou Dynasty are like ordinary people. They work hard in the army, eat in the open air, and sleep beside the chariots and carriages, just like mulberry insects exposed to the sun in April."

Since childhood, he has experienced his mother being left out and dying, his mother's relatives from Chu abroad being suppressed and expelled, his uncle Chang Pingjun even turning his back on Qin, and eventually dying tragically, which made Fusu develop a character that is prone to compassion.

This time, as a supervisor, he escorted 5,000 civilians into the North. Along the way, Fusu saw the real suffering of slaves. Listening to the complaints in different dialects and seeing the pain, Fusu truly felt the troubles this war had brought to them.

After the busy farming season was mostly over in February, the peasants gathered from all counties, gathered in Guanzhong in March, and arrived in the border areas in April. Although Fusu couldn't help but remonstrate with his father, saying that this was too urgent, in the eyes of Qin Shihuang, there was only the upcoming war and the vast territory waiting to be developed, but he did not care about the life and death of the people, and only regarded it as a necessity of losses.

Fusu shook his head secretly. He didn't think that human life could be simply used as a consumable like arrows and livestock.

Seeing that the people were traveling under the sun all day long, many people were not accustomed to the climate and were suffering from diseases. Before they reached Xiaoguan, they were dying at a rate of several people every day. Fusu was unavoidably worried. After this battle was over, maybe one or two out of ten civilians would never be able to return to the East, right?

After Fusu sighed, someone on the side immediately responded: "Young master can understand the meaning of recruiting people in the poem, you are really a benevolent gentleman."

But he was a middle-aged man in a wide robe and long sleeves, with a sword at his waist. Although he was sweating from the heat, his clothes were still tightly closed.

His name is Chunyu Yue, and he is a doctorate and Confucian scholar whom Prince Fusu brought with him for consultation.

There was also a man on the other side who nodded and said: "Zi Mozi also said that if he cultivated the Tao so far, his food supply would not continue, and the people would die innumerable. Instead of being uneasy in the place where he lived, he would not be able to eat at the right time. , the muscles are full and unregulated, and the people die from diseases and diseases, innumerable. The reason why this ink practitioner is not attacking."

But it was Tang Duo, a poet whom Heifu had met many years ago in Yangcheng County. He helped Heifu improve papermaking three years ago, and now he has become Fusu's guest.

At this time, there was a noise below, and another farmer fainted on the road due to fatigue. This was the tenth person on the road today.

But the Qin official didn't want to stop, and ordered the onlookers to carry him to the side of the road, pour some water on him, and keep walking if he could wake him up. If he couldn't be saved, let him die and dig a hole and bury him!

Fusu couldn't stand it any longer, so he went to Gaoyuan and issued an order to the Qin officials and soldiers who were urging the people to march arrogantly:

"Stop, carry the fainted person to a cool place, and let my master's doctor come and take a look! The rest of the servants, rest on the spot!"

"Master, think twice!"

After hearing the news, the school captain rushed over and advised: "This is an expedition from the imperial center, and we are going to the outside. We must not stop because of fatigue. If we stop if one person falls, we may not be able to arrive on time..."

"I remember this law."

The young master Fusu said, "If you don't do enough, you should punish the person in charge, Erjia. Please ask the school captain to have the knife and pen clerk write it down. On the third day of the lunar month in the twenty-ninth year, Fusu insisted on going his own way and made the people rest, so he should be punished by Erjia!"

With that said, he asked the attendant to get the money.

The swordsman was very embarrassed. He didn’t remember it, and it didn’t matter if he didn’t. Since the military supervisor had said so, the captain had no choice but to say:

"Young Master, Your Majesty has ordered that the war will begin in May. Before then, if we cannot escort the civilians to the frontier fortress in time, even the Young Master will not be able to escape punishment. I hope that the Young Master will not make things too difficult for the subordinates!"

Fusu also bowed solemnly to the captain: "Thank you very much, captain. Fusu has his own plans. He will definitely arrive at Yiqu City before April 10th and reach the border in May. One day is not missing."

"The subordinates don't dare."

Seeing the firm look in the young master's eyes, the captain sighed and arranged for everyone to stop to drink water and rest.

The long snake stopped moving forward. When the people knew that it was the young master who showed mercy and arranged for people to treat the fainting person, they couldn't help but burst into praise and said in different local dialects:

"Young master is wise!"

Chun Yuyue and Tang Duo, who were following Fusu, couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw this situation, but then turned away.

Their schools have been bitter rivals for hundreds of years, but the strange thing is that the Confucian scholar Chun Yuyue and Qin Mo Tang Duo coincidentally chose to follow Fusu and came to the border with him...

The Mo scholar was interested in the fact that Prince Fusu was simple and benevolent since he was a child. He had always strongly opposed Qin Shihuang's palace renovations and provoked border conflicts. Qin Mo, who was originally disappointed with Qin's failure to be both offensive and affectionate after its unification, There seems to be hope in this virtuous young master!

As for Chunyu Yue, he was a retrotist. Although Qin Shihuang used Confucian scholars as doctors, he did not increase their use and scorned their advice of retrograding and enfeoffment. This was not the case for Fusu. He was raised by the Queen Mother of Huayang Ancestor since he was a child. He had studied poetry and calligraphy and had a certain interest in Confucianism.

Seeing that the Legalists were dominant in the Qin Dynasty, the emperor had no intention of changing his ways in a short period of time, so the two simply stayed with the young master Fusu, hoping to slowly exert influence...

The two of them had their own thoughts. At this time, Fusu also returned to his car and asked someone to open the map to see how far it was from Yiju Township, Niyang County, where they would arrive tonight.

"There are still twenty miles, and the Beidi County Lieutenant is already waiting here..."

After all, he is the eldest son of the empire. Unlike other military supervisors, Young Master Heifu had to lower his profile and wait at the gate of the north. However, Fusu was kind-hearted and could not bear to rush the civilian husband to hurry up. He expected to arrive at Yiju the day before yesterday, but he has been delayed until now.

Fusu looked at the peasants sitting on the ground who were about to fall asleep, then looked at the darkening sky, frowned and said, "I'm afraid we won't arrive until tomorrow."

He asked the Mohist Tang Duo again: "Mr. Tang, you said that you worked with Lieutenant Wei Jun during the expedition against Chu. Mr. Cheng, the Mohist, has never gone against the relationship. What kind of person do you think this Beidi Lieutenant is?" ?”

Tang Duo thought for a while and said: "I still remember the first time I met General Wei. At that time, my uncle Tang Master took me and Cheng Shang to Yangcheng to see Meng Sheng and one hundred and eighty Mo. Cheng Shang and I had a dispute since he died for righteousness."

"I thought that what Meng Sheng did was the righteousness of Mohism. Thanks to this incident, people in the world can trust Mohism. Cheng Shang said that this was just a personal relationship between Meng Sheng and Lord Yangcheng. Because of this incident, the Mohist family declined. "

"At that time, General Wei was just a junior general. After hearing this, he said that after he had been stationed in Yangcheng for two months, it was the first time he heard about Meng Sheng's incident. The local people had already heard about the Mozhi guarding the city here. I forgot...but it was a Yangcheng governor who was little known in the world. He built a canal for the people two hundred years ago. The people remembered his virtue and built a temple for the governor, and offered sacrifices continuously every year." (See Chapter 172)

"He asked us, why can the people remember the Prime Minister of Xiaoyi more than two hundred years ago, but forget the Mohist giant more than a hundred years ago?"

Tang Duo still remembers what Heifu said with a smile.

"He felt that it was not that Meng Sheng's righteousness was not as good as that of the governor of that city, but that Meng Sheng's righteousness had never benefited the local people. Even though more than a hundred people died, it shocked the Chu country and became famous all over the world. The princes were embarrassed by it, but it did not leave a deep impression on the local people. At most, they would forget it in two or three generations. On the contrary, the canal of the city governor has always been benefited by the people. As long as the canal is in use, no one will forget it. .”

"It is a long-lasting righteousness to benefit the people, a righteousness that can be remembered by the people..."

Fusu nodded: "It makes sense. General Wei was very outspoken when he was still young. No wonder he often said shocking things after coming to Guanzhong."

Chunyu Yue sneered and said: "Although it is not vulgar, what this general has done in recent years is completely opposite to what he said back then. Isn't it absurd?"

Fusu asked: "How to do the opposite?"

Chunyu Yue said: "My impression of this person originated from when your Majesty ordered the ministers to discuss the enfeoffment and division of prefectures and counties."

Like other Confucian scholars, Chun Yuyue was also a die-hard feudalist. He tried his best to restore feudalism in the Qin Dynasty and let the princes divide their control over the four directions. However, Qin Shihuang decided to abolish feudal counties and counties, which disappointed him.

But compared to Fa and Mo Lai, who also supported counties and counties, he was even more disgusted with Heifu, who advocated "the parallelism of counties and states."

"Why is this? Isn't Wei Jun's opinion the doctrine of moderation recognized by Confucianism?"

Fusu didn't understand what he meant. In his eyes, the parallel arrangement of counties and states was a good compromise.

Chunyu Yue said: "Be able to maneuver around, be well-rounded, do not go against the emperor's will at the top, do not offend the ministers at the bottom, do not go to extremes, do not stand out, and propose compromises. In fact, this is not the golden mean, but what Confucius said 'Hometown Wishes'!"

"Xiang Yuan appears to be a sincere person, but in fact he is a hypocritical person with no morals and is a vulgar person! It is precisely because he is such a person that he repeatedly speculates on his intentions and encourages His Majesty to expand to the west."

The expansion to the west was indeed Heifu's initiative, but Shandong Confucian scholars had no interest in the unfamiliar northwest. They even felt that this national policy delayed their efforts to encourage Qin Shihuang to worship Mount Tai and incorporate it into the Confucian Zen system.

Chunyu Yue said mercilessly: "In my opinion, this general has completely forgotten what he said that day. How can what he did be beneficial to the people? It was just in the name of opening up territory for His Majesty. He just wants to be promoted to a higher position to increase his wealth! I admit that he has some talents, but Confucius said, today there are people who are not loyal and trustworthy, but who know too much and are capable. Such people are like jackals and should not be approached! Master, please be careful!"

Tang Duo's senior brother Cheng Shang had a good relationship with Hei Fu and had a good impression of Hei Fu, so he retorted:

"Mr. Chunyu's words are wrong. When General Wei was Lang Wei, he built a mill and planted wheat extensively to relieve the hunger of the people who migrated to Guandong. When he was the Shaofu Cheng, he supervised the production of paper. Hemp paper and leather paper have become popular all over the world. Not only the official documents, but also the copying of books by the people are a lot more convenient. Now I am a county captain, and I am raising sheep and spinning cloth in the border areas. Although it is only used in the army now, sooner or later it will be used in the north to protect the people from the frost. , isn’t this a matter of great benefit to the people?”

But Chunyu Yue sneered: "Rong Di Yangqiu destroys our clothes and hats. Isn't it a great benefit? It is actually a great harm!"

Tang Duo became angry, and the Mohists, who were supporters of the promotion of woolen clothing, pointed at Chunyu Yue's nose and cursed: "Corrupt Confucianism!"

Chunyu Yue waved his sleeves: "Foolish Mo!"

Although the two worked together with Fusu and admired him for his kindness and respect for the virtuous and diligent, they also had great differences on issues such as enfeoffment and prefectures and counties, and they often quarreled with each other if they disagreed.

"Gentlemen, stay here!"

Fusu stopped the two of them from going about their daily routine. He looked in the distance. At the end of the road, a chariot with a banner with the character "鈥" was slowly approaching. Wherever it went, the servants and soldiers stood up solemnly.

He said: "I'm afraid General Wei couldn't wait for me and came in person..."

The two of them quickly shut up, and Fu Su adjusted his clothes meticulously. Seeing the chariot and the rider getting closer, he said to himself: "The ancients said that if a husband's bow and arrow are harmonious, then he will find the right one; a man must be loyal and trustworthy, and then he will ask for his knowledge and ability." Yan."

"The art of learning from others is to observe their words and then observe their actions. The reason why a person speaks expresses his love and expresses his feelings is because a person who can act must be able to speak. Therefore, he first observes his words and then criticizes his actions. , the husband uses words to punish his behavior, even if there is an adulterer, there is no way to escape his love."

"Whether the Beidi County Lieutenant is a man of righteousness or a treacherous villain? This time I am out to supervise the army, so I have the opportunity to find out!"