Qin Official

"I wonder if the First Emperor also realized this."

Heifu hadn't shown his heart to anyone in this way for a long time, and he murmured:

"The First Emperor hated Xianyang Palace all his life. He first built a palace in Guanzhong and went to handle government affairs elsewhere. Later he became addicted to traveling. I guess that in addition to showing the emperor's power, he also wanted to escape from this place, leave the isolated center, and go out. Look, look at the huge world, look at the real joys and sorrows of people's livelihood, he wants real things, everything..."

"But the experience of the First Emperor, his great desire, outweighed his concern for all living beings, and countless people concealed it for various purposes, so he was destined not to see the truth. Even if he saw a little bit, he was probably more concerned about it at that time. How can he live forever, how can he fight hundreds of battles with his ministers in one day?"

"In short, from the beginning of the First Emperor, great problems have arisen in the Qin Dynasty from top to bottom. Everything is based on the emperor's desire. Tens of thousands of Qin officials and 30 million people in the entire world are running east and west, south and south, in order to realize the desire of the First Emperor. During the Northern War, we forgot the simplest relationship between the king and the people..."

Zhang Cang was indeed someone who understood Heifu. He explained to Heifu the simple and clear truth that was deliberately ignored by the First Emperor.

"The king is a boat, and the common people are water. The water carries the boat, and the water overturns the boat."

Zhang Cang sighed: "This is the teaching of my master Xun Qing Dundun, but Prime Minister Li doesn't know whether he forgot it on purpose, or he just followed the king's will and added fuel to the flames, which eventually led to the ruin of the world..."

"That's right, water can carry a boat and it can also race...well, capsize the boat!"

Heifu nodded: "Losing the support of the people, the weak south can defeat the strong north, and this is also why the Guandong group rose up to rebel against Qin. In addition to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, those who were in the hometown of the Six Kingdoms also really The Qin Dynasty has been suffering for a long time, and I have had enough of the hard work..."

When Tian Wei sought democracy, he gave a great sacrifice and died in Chengtang. He who is the lord of the people is the Son of Heaven.

As a servant of democracy, we must obey the law. Those who make decisions for the people are officials.

Since the emperor and officials of the Qin Dynasty cannot make decisions for the people, the people of the world can only cut down trees to serve as soldiers, raise poles and banners, and make decisions for themselves...

This is the true connotation of "democracy" in ancient China, and it is also the rule of the game. The greater the violation of these rules, the faster the dynasty will fall. Struggles will not end well. Proper rest with the people can only last long.

Hei Fu thought to himself: "When I conquer the world again, there will be no war for at least twenty years!"

That is a matter for the future. What needs to be outlined now is the policy measures of his "regent government":

"The old Qin has collapsed with the fall of Hu Hai, and the new Qin must not make the same mistake again!"

"Xin Qin..." Zhang Cang chewed on what this title meant: "But how to avoid it?"

"Although the Qin Dynasty established military meritorious service, the civilian titles were not as good as public ones. In recent years, those who were born in the army of Wu Qian and were able to occupy the court..."

Heifu pointed at himself: "It's not that Heifu is bragging, it's just me!"

Moreover, it can only be done by cheating hard.

"Therefore, when the princes were destroyed at the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the hearts of the world were still undecided, and the injured were not yet injured. It was supposed to arouse the people's anxiety, provide for the elderly and orphans, and maintain harmony among the common people. However, the generals and ministers still obeyed the wishes of the First Emperor and made great achievements... …“

When Zhang Cang said this, he glanced at Hei Fu and thought to himself, weren't you the one who took the lead in these things...

Heifu explained for himself: "It was necessary to drive out the Xiongnu, and that was all. But after the Eastern Expedition, the Southern Expedition, and because of a word from the Daxia people, the First Emperor ordered Li Xin to kill tens of thousands of people and destroy ten mules and horses. Expeditions to the west are really unnecessary, let alone repairing palaces and so on."

"I also once admonished to attack South Vietnam, at least to plan it slowly, but the First Emperor didn't listen. He even had a big quarrel with me in Jieshi Palace. None of the ministers at that time could speak for me..."

"But it's different now."

Heifu was quite confident: "Unlike the first emperor, Wang, Meng, Yang and other generations of military ministers who served as generals and ministers. Although their talents were the best in the world, they still despised the head of Guizhou. As the regent, I have many civil and military subordinates, most of whom are Originating from commoners.”

Needless to say, the old troops in Nanjun were either local officials or paupers. There were also many white men like Hei Fu who didn’t even have a surname. The rest of the people, Lu Jia, Sui He, and Chen Ping were poor people, and Han Xin was unemployed. Wanderers, Xiao He and Cao Shen are local officials.

In the process of winning, some people did forget the class they were born in and fell rapidly, but most people, at least, were still based on the class they rose from, and the mud had not yet fallen off their feet.

"Among them, there are not a few who are talented as ministers."

Heifu is not bragging. Several prime ministers of the Han Dynasty in history, Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Chen Ping were all in his pocket, not counting the Zhang Cang in front of him.

"That generation will occupy the core of the court, or serve as a feudal official to govern a country, creating an unprecedented situation..."

Heifu spread his hands and pointed at the main hall of Xianyang Palace that he had used force, murder, coercion and inducement to clear away:

"The situation of commoner generals and prime ministers!"

Moreover, the origins of this group of people are widely distributed, not only from Nanjun, but also from Liangdi, Huainan, Fengfeng, Qilu, and almost all over the world.

"When that generation governs the country, they will at least be more aware of the diseases of the lower class and the urgent needs of the world than the wealthy ministers who grew up in the city."

Heifu said: "Local officials gather together the common people's concerns and report them to the court. The central government makes corresponding improvements, and then distributes them to the local governments. They continue to receive feedback and test whether these policies are correct. This cycle is to ensure that the communication is passed down to the next level. A good way to make decisions for the people.”

"Is this what you said, from the people and to the people?"

Zhang Cang was a little moved. Although he did not come from a poor background, he was just a wealthy man from Yangwu County. If he was thrown into a place like Xianyang, he would still be a mere commoner.

"Prince of Common People...this is the dream of many scholars."

Scholars in the Warring States Period were very enterprising and traveled to various countries to become officials. They either wrote to the monarch directly or lobbied to explain their political opinions and strategies. After gaining the trust of the monarch, they were re-employed and transformed from a scholar to a senior scholar. bureaucracy.

But as Heifu said, in all the princes and countries, there has never been a grassroots leader like Heifu and his group...

In this situation of civilian generals and prime ministers, Zhang Cang also has a place!

Although this is just Heifu's ideal, and there will be various difficulties and unexpected changes in putting it into reality, this ideal alone is enough to make people extremely excited.

Which regime in Zhou, Qin, or even all dynasties in the past had its blueprint for the building not filled with idealistic outlines when it first arose?

Ideals are not hypocrisy.

It is the expectation of the founders for those who come after.

It is also a "lie" that a political system must maintain at all times.

Some people find it disgusting, some are disapproving, some are scornful, and some are sarcastic.

But there are still some people who believe: I believe that the hard work of our predecessors will not be in vain, and we believe that generations of people have worked hard for it. What if, one day, this ideal comes true?

The regime emphasizes ideals, just like people must remember their dreams. If one day we forget this, we will already be stuck in the quagmire of reality, muddle along, and have no future.

"But this situation cannot last forever."

But immediately, Zhang Cang, who was well aware of the evil of human nature, was convinced: "The reason why people follow you is for the title of prince, but they may not necessarily follow the ideals you expect. Now that they have ascended to high positions, they are no longer the common people they used to be." , at most one generation, he will be no different from the former world minister!"

"Yeah..." Heifu understood that if no changes were made and he still followed the routine since the Spring and Autumn Period, this situation of common people would last for twenty or thirty years at most, and then it would disappear in an instant as the man who conquered the world died. .

"So there is a need for a channel to rise from the bottom up, so that talented scholars among the people, especially the scholars from the Six Kingdoms, can step by step first become petty officials, then county officials, and finally slowly rise to the court. A system for participating in world decision-making.”

Ask the canal where it can be clear, so that there is a source of living water. A political system without fresh blood is destined to be a pool of stagnant water. Only by providing a stable upward channel can the political power maintain its vitality to the maximum extent.

"The Qin Dynasty is much better than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Six Kingdoms in this regard. The head of Guizhou and even his subordinates can be appointed as officials through military merit. Moreover, all prime ministers are sent to the state departments. Strong generals must rise in the army. Princes, princes, and grandsons cannot belong to the nationality without merit. , it can be regarded as containing Shiqing Shilu..."

However, Qin's military meritorious titles had two big problems. First, it was difficult to come down after they were promoted. In the end, they became less and less valuable and gradually deteriorated. On the other hand, those who enjoy this system are the new and old Qin people who only account for a quarter of the world's population. The six countries that were quickly annexed within ten years have no chance of this upward channel.

"When the First Emperor was not unified, he did not reject anyone who came, so that all the scholars from all over the world gathered in Qin. But after the unification, except for the more than seventy doctors, have you ever seen a single scholar from Guandong occupy a high position?"

After much deliberation, the only ones I can find out are Chen Ping, Cao Shen, and Xiao He, who have risen through the ranks with the support of Heifu...

The rest of the officials above Qianshi are all from Qin, and there are almost no people from the six countries!

Lu Jia, Sui He, and countless advisers and strategists in the anti-king camp of the Six Kingdoms are all people with talents, but they have not been able to enter the promotion channel under the system. What's even more egregious is that because Qin officials had limited support for retainers, local nobles were hit, and they had no way out, the Kanto scholars naturally had no choice but to actively join the ranks of "anti-thieves."

To put it bluntly, in the past ten years or so in Guandong, Qin was like the Qing Dynasty that canceled the imperial examinations, cutting off the promotion channels for scholars from the Six Kingdoms, and undoubtedly pushing them to the opposite side of the political power.

Coupled with the fact that the aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms were already intertwined, and the common people of Guizhou Province were repressed and resentful, and scholars made suggestions from them, it is surprising that the rebellion was not violent.

Zhang Cangshen thought so: "My teacher Xun Qing once said that although they are descendants of princes, officials, and officials, if they cannot belong to the rituals and righteousness, they should be treated as common people."

“So what is above must come down, and what is below must come up.”

Heifu has already made a calculation: "Those who are above will be simple, those who are downgraded will be demoted every generation, and those who will be unworthy of future generations will not be able to maintain wealth."

Zhang Cang looked at Hei Fu: "If you do this, you will offend a large number of heroes and soldiers who created this 'New Qin'."

"So we need to plan it slowly, at least in a short period of time, and not make it suddenly."

Heifu looked at Fatty Zhang's mouth and said, "The reason why I told Mr. Zhang is because I know you are tight-lipped."

"Cangdang is tight-lipped." Zhang Cang nodded, but immediately felt that something was wrong. He always felt that this conversation was weird...

Heifu didn't think much about it. Outlining the system requires the wisdom of a thinker. As a disciple of Xunzi and a die-hard member of his party, Zhang Cang was the first person he thought of as an assistant: "As for how to let the subordinates go to the state department and the court, …”

Zhang Cang could not help but continue to promote Xunzi's idea: "My teacher Xunqing also said that even if he is a descendant of a common people, he has accumulated literature, behaves upright, and can belong to the etiquette and righteousness, he will be regarded as a minister or a scholar."

Heifu disagreed. Xunzi only proposed this idea, which could be used as a program, but did not further propose specific implementation methods.

And the reference factors are literature, moral character, and etiquette? Although it is the theme of the examination and imperial examination system in later generations, which shows the profound influence of Xun Xue, it is not in line with the current basic national conditions of Qin and Heifu's higher expectations for the future...

"How to do it? I have to think about it."

If he is not in his position and does not seek political power, even if he is as smart as Zhang Cang, as a lowly official in the Qin Dynasty, he could only sort out books, calculate money, grain, and important matters in the court? Hei Fu is not qualified to comment on system reform, let alone mention him, so he has not thought deeply about this issue.

"Does this need to be said?"

Heifu held up his palm and showed an evil smile to the hundreds of millions of students in future generations.

From ancient times to the present, from childhood to adulthood, from students to civil servants, what are the Chinese people best at and most passionate about?

"Of course it's the exam!"

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ps: Chapter 2 is in the afternoon...m.