Qin Official

"Absolutely not, this is the opinion of Confucianism!"

A big fat man walked up from the end of the hall. The speaker was Zhang Cang. He came to report the situation of the young master's plan, and happened to hear Li Shiqi coming up with a bad idea...

Since someone outside had just heard about Li Shiqi’s identity, Zhang Cang couldn’t help but sarcastically said: "

"The old gentleman calls himself a drunkard of Gaoyang, but in my opinion, he is still a Confucian scholar who wears dark clothes and has always been obsessed with feuding and founding a country."

Not only Li Shiqi, but also some Confucian scholars in the Fengchang Office in Xianyang were secretly planning, hoping to restore feudalism. However, they were a weak group in the court and did not dare to propose it rashly. In addition, the current Qin Dynasty has a special system. It is impossible to seal the Qin clan with the surname Ying. Xia Gong only has two sons. The eldest son has been established as the "eldest son". The second son was adopted by Ye Teng. The theory is that he is named Ye Fubo. He is still young, and there is no need to entrust him early.

Centralization of power is a consistent tradition of Xun School, whether it is Han Fei or Li Si. Zhang Cang is extremely opposed to feudalism. He said:

"As early as more than ten years ago, there was a big debate in the court hall of Xianyang Palace. Xia Gong and I were also present at that time. It was the dispute between Prime Minister Si and Prime Minister Wan about the dispute between feudalism and counties. There was a saying at that time that was very good: Today, we have been fighting endlessly, so that we can have princes and kings. After the ancestral temple was established, the world was first settled, and the country was restored. This is to build soldiers. Isn't it difficult to seek peace for them!?"

"If this is the case for enfeoffing the children, let alone retaining the territory of the Six Kings, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

When he caught a glimpse of Zhang Cang's seals, ribbons and clothes, he knew that he was a Jiuqing, but Li Shiqi was not afraid and said with a smile:

"Having said that, the chaos in the world did not end because Qin Shihuang abolished the feudal feudalism and established counties."

Li Shiqi was from Guandong, and he could cite countless local disasters caused by Qin's counties:

Instead of using local people as officials, a group of Qin officials were parachuted in Guanzhong. Some of them could not even speak the local dialect and were rigid and difficult to approach. They only restricted the people with Qin laws that were not suitable for local customs and punished them at every turn for minor crimes. The pressure of corvee every year is also overwhelming - at least in the Wei Dynasty, at least you don't have to walk hundreds or thousands of miles to Xianyang and the border to work in the corvee. There are not a few people in Wei who went bankrupt because of the corvee. He threw himself into the mountains, forests and swamps and became the main force under various anti-king heroes.

Heifu listened to Li Shiqi's words. In his opinion, the situation Qin Zhi encountered in Guandong can be described simply like this:

A foreign Internet giant parachuted senior executives to other regions and did not trust the local people. The products were put into use directly without localization. Meizizi thought that it would definitely be able to "reduce the dimensionality", but in the end, it failed completely due to the acclimatization. Leave in embarrassment.

The world is so big, and customs and sentiments vary from place to place. Political unification is right, and cars must be on the same track, and books and texts must be the same, but it does not mean that the systems of all states and counties must be strictly copied from the capital.

Li Shiqi spread his hands and said:

"The First Emperor died, and troubles broke out in all directions. Xiang Ji rebelled against Huainan, Lu Goujian rebelled against Hebei, and Zhang Er caused chaos in Huaiyang. Within half a year, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei all recovered. This also caused Wang Ben to be attacked on both sides and exhausted..."

He didn't say what he said later. If it weren't for this, Heifu, who could conquer the world with just one corner, wouldn't be able to stand on the top of power so smoothly...

"Therefore, the path of abolishing feudalism is wrong. If it is wrong, it must be changed!"

Although Li Shiqi had learned some short-term, long-term, and horizontal skills, his thinking was still Confucian in nature - relatives respected the lord, the king and his ministers, father and son, according to the system of the Zhou Dynasty, relying on enfeoffment to govern the country was enough. Solve all the world's problems.

"This is the right way."

Zhang Cang insisted on his own opinion.

"The Duke of Zhou established the rituals and established the five-level system. He indeed followed the historical trend and managed to surround the world with feudalism. However, when he surrendered to the king of Yi and all subsequent kings, the rituals and laws were destroyed, the dignity was damaged, and the feudal system collapsed. Bad potential. There are those who aspire to the throne, those who shoot the king's shoulder, there are those who defeat common people and punish Chang Hong. The world is surly and has no heart of a king. The so-called emperor is just an empty name based on the princes. Upper ear.”

"And the princes of the world merged with each other, and then they were divided into twelve, and they were combined into seven kingdoms, and finally they were unified by Qin. Qin conquered the world, divided the cities and made them into counties and cities, abolished the princes and guards to make them governors, and controlled the great kingdoms in the world. , the upper reaches of the capital Liuhe, filming the four seas, is a move to seize the momentum, abolishing the enfeoffment and moving to counties is the result of adapting to the current situation."

Li Shiqi retorted: "If that's the case, then why don't we just count for a few years and the world will be in ruins?"

Zhang Cang had his own thoughts: "The corruption of the world lies in people and politics, not in the system!"

"The reason why Qin revolutionized it was because it was a system and a public one. However, its emotions were private, and the world was private and served one person. It made people resentful of those below and officials fearful of those above. However, the officials of Qin in Guandong could not adapt to the situation. The local people's sentiments and blindly copying the laws of Guanzhong were too harsh for the people of Guandong and eventually collapsed, but this is by no means the fault of the counties."

Li Shiqi continued to argue, but Hei Fu stopped him.

"Zhang Cangzhi's words are good, and the First Emperor's general policy is right."

"What is wrong is his desire and the way he governs the world."

What kind of soil gives birth to what kind of political system? In China, a centralized big government is an inevitable choice.

Although the Central Plains is large and has many strong mountains and rivers, it does not have the kind of dangerous and isolated geographical boundaries. Therefore, the general trend is not division, but convergence.

In addition, farming civilization longs for stability, but it has always faced the vagaries of floods and droughts in the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Huaihe River. Starting from Dayu, protecting people from floods and droughts has become the most basic public need throughout history. . After five hundred and fifty years of division, the princes begged their neighbors and even used water as soldiers to threaten each other. The river, which had been calm for two thousand years, began to become restless again...

Therefore, it has become everyone's desire for a strong centralized power to mobilize national resources and centrally direct relevant people to control water, turn water from a disaster into a benefit like Dujiangyan, and eliminate internal wars.

Qin Shihuang responded to this desire, completed his historical mission, and created the cornerstone of great unification.

But to some extent, he also failed in his mission...

It’s okay to concentrate on doing big things.

The question is, after concentrating the power, what big things can be done?

For the sake of personal selfishness and the pursuit of immortality, the producer who builds palaces, pavilions and various wonders, is obsessed with distant places, constantly launches wars, and drives the people who long for rest to the border to die.

Or should the money, silk and food come from the people and be returned to the people, and focus on infrastructure construction, water conservancy and farmland, encouraging childbirth, and establishing education...

Different eras require different rulers and ideas. Sometimes they need to forge ahead, and sometimes they need to sum up the past and learn to control desires.

In this era, people all over the world are obviously looking forward to the latter rather than the former...

"Come with me."

Heifu called Li Shiqi and asked him to go out with him to have a look. This old guy could be used as a lobbyist and counselor, but he could forget about running the country.

…

The two of them left the tent and boarded the military chariot. Following Hei Fu, they came to a place where Li Shiqi had been blindfolded and had not seen before. It turned out that outside was a vast and flat school field, and a group of soldiers were lining up for training, shouting. Zi shouted loudly.

"Those are the recruits from Xihe and Hedong. They are bent on attacking the Avengers of the Six Nations. They are the most war-minded. Their shortcoming is the lack of order, especially the people from Hedong. They have to start practicing from the most basic step in step. Once you make the wrong step The feet, the calves of other people, will be pulled out countless earthworms by the military officers, until they hear the order, without having to go through the brain, the muscles will react on their own."

Heifu pointed to the ancient Qin army in the distance. They were trying out the latest weapons. In addition to the traditional swords and shields, sword and shield bearers were also added, and tassels were also added to the spears to avoid the enemy's blood after the assassination. The bottom of the spear shaft was sticky, and the soldiers needed to adapt to the new weapon, so they had to practice assassination postures against the scarecrow made of withered grass for several hours every day.

There are also soldiers of the Northern Expedition. They practice changing formations under the banner of military officials - from sitting to standing, forming the simplest small square formation, and more than ten small square formations forming a large square formation. From slow to trot, try to keep the formation from spreading out and maintain enough impact...

Farther away on the plateau, there was a cloud of smoke and dust. It was Beidi Liangjiazi and Guan Ying who were transferred from the north by Heifu. They were integrating various cavalry and training them. They were either shooting from a distance or charging with spears...

Similar scenes can be seen everywhere in the open areas of the opera camp for more than ten miles.

"How is it?" Heifu asked Li Shiqi.

Li Shiqi was a little shocked, as if he had seen the Qin army that swept across Wei more than ten years ago...

He sincerely praised: "It is so majestic that it is no wonder that it can dominate the world. No matter whether it is Chu, Wei or Zhao, it is inferior."

But Hei Fu said: "I didn't let you come to see the other generation to show off how to fight with everyone. Who can resist it? If you attack a city with this, what city can't be conquered?"

Well, isn't it?

Heifu shook his head: "But to tell you that the Northern Expedition has been completed, and I have given them new names. From now on, whether it is the past Northern Expedition Army, the old Qin Army, or the newly recruited Xihe Soldiers, Hedong Soldiers, Soldiers all have the same name, do you know what their names are?"

"Not the Qin army?" Li Shiqi tried to figure out what Heifu meant.

Heifu laughed and said, "As the saying goes, new wine is put in old bottles, but most people only look at the bottle, not what's inside. In the past, it was salty, and in the future, it will be considered salty."

"But with a coat of paint, many people won't recognize it."

"And as long as they are tricked into taking the first sip and finding out that it is sweet, they will no longer care whether the soup is in a pottery bottle or a lacquer bottle."

"Just like this Great Qin is still called Great Qin, but the final decision is that it is no longer the Emperor of Qin, but me, the Duke of Xia, the Duke of all Xia. I don't know if I can make the people of Guandong more willing to surrender."

Li Shiqi praised: "Xia Gong has thought carefully..."

Heifu said: "And in order to prevent the people of Guandong from becoming hostile again, although they are Qin troops, they cannot be called Qin troops."

"And call it 'Ding Yijun'!"

Li Shiqi understood: "In the past, King Xiang of Liang asked Mencius, is the evil in the world determined? Mencius replied: 'Determined as one'..."

Heifu said: "Of course, although Mencius said many wrong things, his words are praised by people. If the world wants to be settled and the people want peace, the only way to achieve unity is to unite!"

Li Shiqi smiled evilly: "But Mencius's answer is that those who are not fond of killing can be settled in one! The regent is unwilling to make a promise to the six kings, and wants to subjugate the enemy's army without fighting. Can..."

"I don't want to be a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, I just want to use force to stop the war."

Heifu said:

"At this point, it's no longer possible to kill people. Only by burning out the weeds can we grow crops properly. The only difference is how much we kill, and this is not decided by me, but by the heroes of the Six Kings."

"I would rather kill more for the sake of unification than kill less for the sake of maintaining the six kingdoms through compromise!"

These words were as cold as a knife, and Li Shiqi finally understood why Heifu was able to win all the way.

This person's heart is cruel enough.

He certainly didn't choose the wrong person.

"Li Shiqi, your temperament and courage are very suitable for me. I will also give you an explanation so that you can be measured when lobbying in the future."

"First, those heroes from all over the country who are willing to defect to me can temporarily serve as the order of a county in their hometown. I will only send the county magistrate to assist with the administration and review the case."

Just like when the Qin Dynasty was first unified, Heifu did not have so many officials who were redistributed to various parts of the Kanto region where Qin officials were almost killed. Those who were sent were ignored by the locals. This "autonomy" situation had to wait until the first of Xianyang's new school Only when a batch of people graduate can improvement be achieved.

"Secondly, if the rebel kings of the six countries are willing to surrender, I can even agree to reduce their titles to marquises, and move their cronies to Lingnan and the Western Regions beyond the Nine Provinces."

"Thirdly, after the Six Kingdoms are eliminated, the local scholars of the Six Kingdoms, such as you, can participate in the new government and will not be excluded. Those who know Qin characters will be given priority. The descendants of the powerful clans in various places can Those who are sent to the entrance hall and pass the examination can also become officials. Those who perform well can even come to Xianyang to enter the imperial court and participate in state affairs."

"But there is absolutely no room for negotiation on the fact that Kyushu is unified and takes orders from the central government as counties!"

This is Heifu's bottom line.

A China, starting from the First Emperor and two thousand years later, cannot be shaken.

Great unification needs to be deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone in this land.

It's like a stamp of thought.

"Li Shiqi knows it..." Seeing that Heifu had made up his mind, Gaoyang Drunkard stopped trying to refute.

When leaving, Heifu said:

"I remember that a few years after King Wu of Zhou divided the two kings and three Kes, Uncle Cai and Wu Geng rebelled, and the Eastern Barbarians were raging. If there was no Duke of Zhou to go to the east to clear out the rebellion, and the Zhou Dynasty fell, would future generations say, Two generations of the Zhou Dynasty died because of feudalism?"

“Who said Qin Shihuang’s policies failed?”

"No."

Hei Fu stretched out his hand, and in front of him were strong soldiers, ready to attack the army in Hedong:

"Whether his great cause succeeds or fails, whether the great unification can continue for eternity depends on whether I, the successor of the cause, do well enough in the future!"