Qin Official

In late November, when the news of the two victories in Hedong reached Xianyang, people in Guanzhong were overjoyed. It seemed that they had gone back to more than 20 years ago, when the First Emperor's Eastern Expedition army conquered a certain country. In the scene of good news.

"The regent will be able to conquer the six countries again?"

"The Six Kingdoms are just a bunch of thieves. Look at what they have done to Xihe!"

Thanks to Heifu's propaganda, the tragedy of Xihe was exaggerated and told to all the people in Guanzhong, which made them feel the pain. I heard that the troops of the Xihe Division, after counting the heads, used the enemy's weapons by the river to kill them. There were many large Beijing temples piled with heads, and they couldn't help but scream in joy!

Some people even shouted: "The remnants of the Six Kingdoms that the First Emperor did not kill all back then must be slaughtered completely this time!"

This "nationalist" sentiment exaggerated many Qin people, and the confusion since the civil war was wiped away.

But when the officials from Guandong in the DPRK heard about this, they felt differently.

There was even a doctor from Qi, Fu Sheng, who suggested that the Xihe army’s practice of not keeping prisoners and killing everyone was too extreme. He further proposed that the system of Shang Shou Gong should be abolished on the grounds that the Qin people’s Shou Gong system was “too barbaric” and too This is appalling. We should be more civilized like in ancient times. At least we should change the count by cutting off the right ear.

Even Fu Sheng himself did not expect that his letter would be taken seriously by the regent, and he would be asked to go to the side hall to make a statement. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the regent smiling but not smiling, as if he were watching a play. He had many good ideas. A jailer who was born in the Qin region stared at him, and among them was Sima Xin, who had just returned from Hanguguan Pass, and was full of insults at Fu Sheng.

"Shu Ru, who told you that only Qin was able to judge merit by beheading?"

What followed was a long debate. Although Sima Xin was greedy for money and unprincipled, he still had some skills and knowledge. From the time when the Qi people cut the heads of the Wu people in the Spring and Autumn Period, the rule of Qi martial arts was: "Whoever wins the first rank will be given a gift." Redemption of gold." It proves that Qi is not a "civilized country", but it is nothing but a hundred steps.

"The only difference is that Qin's beheadings are fair and just in terms of merit, so the Qin people donated their armor and muttons to approach the enemy, holding heads on the left and captives on the right. Qin soldiers and Shandong soldiers are like Meng Benzhi and cowards, relying on gravity Pressing each other is like catching a baby in vain!"

Sima Xin said to Hei Fu: "The regent's first contribution is the foundation of the Qin army. If it is as this Confucian scholar said, it will be even more unfair. A woman's ears and a young man's ears are stained with blood, so it is not easy to distinguish them. It’s just that women and children were also slaughtered.”

After all, there are many people who have weapons swung at themselves in order to fight for their heads, and Heifu has not experienced this before.

Fu Sheng could only admit this, but he also emphasized that the kings of ancient times, such as Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, could do it, so they could move from west to east, from south to north, without hesitation, and the army moved over Win without fighting.

In Fu Sheng's view, since the regent is a saint who governs the country, he should follow suit.

"Blood flows on the oars." Heifu said these four words. This is a problem that all Confucian scholars who advocate ancient benevolent kings cannot get around.

"In the Yin and Zhou dynasties, the Battle of Muye was no less bloody. I also heard from Zhang Cang that there was a chapter in "Book of Zhou" that said that after the war, King Wu of Zhou killed hundreds of thousands of nobles and elders of the Yin merchants and reduced them to There are countless slaves and slaves.”

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the so-called elegance, etiquette and music system were just nobles versus nobles. On the battlefield, they could toast wine and write poems. Seeing that they were about to lose, they would declare their surrender and they would be well entertained - because the nobles could In exchange for ransom.

As for the Chinese soldiers who are eating ashes behind the military chariot, the savage cannon fodder, and the wheels of the nobles, there is no way they will stop in front of you...

"A gentleman will not be seriously injured or captured. In ancient times, the army did not block the passes. Even if the country is destroyed, the few will not be able to line up without drums..."

Hei Fu shook his head and said: "It sounds good, but we are not Song Xianggong, so we don't want the stupid pig-like benevolence and morality."

"It is even more impossible to repay evil with kindness!"

In the eyes of the Xihe people, this is not a simple battle, but their battle of revenge. The greatest damage to Xihe was the Chu army, followed closely by the Wei army. After all, Zhang Er was a ranger, and the so-called Wei army under his command was also mainly light knights and bandits. Their order was extremely poor, which caused a lot of damage to both Hedong and Xihe. Big damage.

"Since they can come to Xihe and raise the butcher's knife against the people of Xihe, they must have the same consciousness of dying under the butcher's knife..."

Heifu deliberately turned a blind eye and allowed the army to take no prisoners and annihilate all the enemies in Puban and Ruicheng.

In the end, the only ones who survived were the people from Hedong who were forced to become thieves.

Fu Sheng finally felt bored and left in dejection. His boss Shusun Tong was smart and brought up the theory of the Gongyang School to prove that this was right:

"Father's brother, we can't live together; brothers, we can't fight against each other; friends, we have different countries."

"Therefore, it is okay for the people of Xihe to avenge their parents, brothers, family members and neighbors!"

Lu Jia's proposal to Hei Fu was more thoughtful: "Regent, today the people of Xihe will kill all the prisoners because they massacred Xihe. And as far as I know, many bandits from Chu, Wei, and Zhao are wreaking havoc in Xihe, and it is because of the ten More than a year ago, his father and brother died under the sword of the Qin people, and their heads were beheaded as the first crime..."

"The Qin army did not target the old, weak, women and children with their weapons, and they never massacred the city." Sima Xin still argued forcefully.

"My home is in Shouchun. More than ten years ago, the Qin army entered the city. Although they did not massacre the city, there were still a few who destroyed people's homes and robbed clothes and silk. If they resisted even a little, they were said to be stubbornly resisting. How difficult was it to kill them? In the end, You can even cut off your head as a reward."

"After all, there are not many people who can restrain their subordinates like a regent. My neighbor was robbed by such a rogue army. After a battle, every family was submissive. It was still like this back then. If we let the Xihe army enter Wei now Oh my god, can they still abide by military law after being killed?"

As a native of Shouchun, Huainan, Lu Jia was deeply impressed by that war. He believed that this theory of encouraging revenge was problematic.

It is like a wheel of hatred, turning repeatedly and never stopping, pushing the two sides to meet hand-to-hand. The result was that the people of the Six Kingdoms were dissatisfied with Qin, and Qin could take their land, but not their hearts. The two sides took revenge repeatedly with resentment, and in the end the grievances became deeper and deeper...

"Is it really necessary to massacre all the people in the Six Kingdoms' homeland before this wheel of hatred and this push of the blade can be stopped?"

The debate in the hall continued, but Heifu was a little distracted. He suddenly remembered that the first tough battle he participated in was the Battle of Waihuang in the 22nd year of Qin Shihuang.

I, who was still the village chief at that time, kicked open the house, only to see an old man and a trembling child inside.

They were probably the family members of a certain light knight who died under the sword of Heifu.

Heifu didn't take action. He trembled and begged to die. The old man held his hand to save his grandson, retreated, and closed the door for him.

That was a small thing in his life, but 17 years later, Heifu suddenly wanted to know, what is happening to that child now?

Has he grown up successfully?

Do you still remember that Qin Bing who broke in and exited politely? Are you still thinking about the revenge of your father and brother being killed?

Now, like Zhang Er and his son, he remembered his old hatred, took up arms, stood in Zhang Er's army, and massacred in the Xihe River. Now he has become a rotten human head in the Jingguan on the river bank...

Or should he just stay out there, tend the fields with a hoe, and do a small business?

"I really hope it's the latter..."

Heifu sighed.

History has gone full circle. Is what he is doing now a new beginning or an old reincarnation? They keep saying that they want to break the law of historical cycles, but in fact, even this endless chain of hatred is difficult to cut off with a sword...

After a long time, Hei Fu stopped everyone's argument and said: "Feng Chang is right. If everything remains as it was more than ten years ago without any changes, even if this battle is won, it will be just another one." A conquest that can be combined but not condensed!"

He glanced at the ministers in front of him who all had their own opinions, and said loudly:

"But I believe that what can stop this wheel of hatred is definitely not unilateral repayment of evil with kindness."

"But order and time!"

Everyone was in awe, and Hei Fucai said again:

"Eight thousand or fifteen thousand are all in the capital, and the river is red. It's time for the people of Xihe to relieve their hatred and calm down."

He asked the clerk to take notes and announced:

"From December onwards, any army that privately executes captives will be treated as a private fight! From now on, soldiers capturing prisoners will be equivalent to beheading, and for officers, capturing 10 prisoners will be equivalent to 11 levels of beheading."

"After a prisoner is captured, he will be tried by a military judge and sentenced, depending on his crime, to be executed, made a vassal, or released."

No one is a saint, and it is impossible to forgive enemies. Even Confucianism, the bottom line is only to repay grievances directly.

Then let them bear the iron fist of Da Qin's bureaucracy!

Replace emotion with reason.

Letting public trials replace private punishments is the consistent rule of the Qin State, and it is also what Hei Fu likes most about her.

The prisoners will be punished for murder, gang robbery, rape, robbery, and treason. Anyway, they will inevitably die in the end.

The result will be that military judges will be very busy. In the "study room" that Heifu has just re-established in Yunyang Palace, those young legal officials must be trained in batches, and then immediately go to the front line to observe, record, and finally personally participate in the trial. .

There is no time to carefully screen, the principle is to kill the wrong person rather than let it go, and encourage each other to report. People who have done the above things in Xihe will die worse than beheading.

And Zhang Er, Xiang Ji, Kuai Che and others will be listed as war criminals with heinous crimes. Their trials will be publicized to everyone, and they may finally enjoy the same treatment as Zhao Gao...

Sima Xin and other Qin officials naturally agreed with both hands, and Lu Jia also strongly agreed with this method.

"If the father is not punished, the son will be able to recover. This is the way to push the edge."

In a word, if parents die due to legal punishment or revenge from others due to their own sins, children are not allowed to take revenge... This is the supplement of Confucianism to its "great revenge", and the opposite is "the hatred of the country can be restored for nine generations!"

Heifu also added several principles and sent them to the front line, asking the Han Xin army occupying Hedong to strictly implement them.

"Everything that is punished is not to punish the people, but to punish the people who are in chaos. When our army goes east, it is to punish the chaos, not to kill and take revenge!"

"We will not massacre the city, we will not kill the old and the weak, we will not destroy the crops, and we will only kill the chief evildoers of the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms who are not in Xihe. As long as they are willing to lay down their weapons, their crimes can be pardoned."

At most, it's better to have a tattoo on your face. Being a slave is better than being killed.

And for the restless ordinary people in Guizhou, Heifu still has a big gift to give them...

"When the world is reunited, after all the rebels who deserve to be punished are tattooed and put on brown clothes..." He smiled secretly:

"I will abolish most corporal punishments!"

…

After the court meeting was over, Heifu called Lu Jia and others down and comforted them:

"Don't worry."

"I understand what you, the Kanto people, think."

The Mohists hope that everyone in the world can love everyone, love other people's sons as their own sons, and love other countries as their own, so that the world can be unified.

But Heifu said that only after the world is united by the first decree and the die-hard elements are eliminated physically and mentally can we start telling stories.

The story about the descendants of Yan and Huang, about the unification...

Only after hundreds of years and generations of people repeating this can all living beings believe that they belong to the same country and are not enemies who cannot live under the same roof, only then can they seek universal love.

"I'm not trying to stop this wheel of hatred."

Hei Fu came to the Jiuding Hall alone. Facing the illustrious Jiuding displayed in the hall, this Xia Xia treasure was just like its caster expected. He raised his hand and made an oath!

"I'm going to smash this wheel!"

…

But some people are still working tirelessly to push this wheel forward.

At the end of November, the first snow fell in Guanzhong. When news came back from the front that Han Xin had killed Uncle Zhou, captured Anyi, and Zhang Er fled north to Pingyang to join the Zhao army, there was also an urgent report from the south.

"After Xiang Ji regained Huainan, he led his troops westward and launched an offensive against Hengshan and Nanjun..."

Hearing that his hometown was in danger, Heifu frowned:

"Running back and forth for more than a thousand miles, he really didn't rest for a moment. Does Xiang Yu want to... surround Wei and save Zhao?"

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ps: There is only one chapter today, because sister Zhiling, who helps me navigate on Amap every day, got married... Bah, in fact, I can’t cheer up without the feedback from readers. The customer service lady said it would be restored at 0 o’clock, but I don’t know if it’s true. Fake.

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