Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 378 The True Meaning of Sovereign Power and Rule
After beating Li Ji, Zhao Xin asked A Miao to heat up the food, brought two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, and the four of them sat down to eat.

Sheng Haizhou and Li Ji quickly declined, saying they didn't dare, but Zhao Xin's words made their hearts burn: "Did you forget when we ate porridge in the same pot?"

That being said, it's not what it was five years ago.During the meal, everyone was silent. Sheng Haizhou and Li Ji ate a few mouthfuls before pleading that they had already eaten before. Zhao Xin also ate half a bowl with great taste.

When the two left later, Zhao Xin asked Li Ji to stay.Sheng Haizhou vaguely knew that Li Ji was responsible for the matter in private, but when he thought of his own matter, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Tell me, what has happened in the past few months?"

The spy organization that Li Ji is in charge of has now become a giant, with tentacles covering every resident group; if you want to compare it with anything, it is similar to the "XX masses" in another time and space.

Whether it is a factory or a farm, or the security police, civil affairs, the army, and the school, they have all developed eyeliners, and Li Ji can know what happened in any area during the day at night.There are all kinds of miscellaneous news, ranging from weddings and funerals to various satisfaction or dissatisfaction during folk chats.

Zhao Xin doesn't want to engage in "secret politics", only a ruler who cannot fully trust his subordinates will engage in such things.When a ruler prefers to use unconventional means that are free from the law, then he must want to achieve his own unconventional goals.

Whether Wu Zetian or Yongzheng, who knew this well in history, one established the dynasty as a woman, which neither conforms to the ritual system nor the ancestral system; Official corruption.

In fact, what they are really afraid of is that officials will unite against themselves, so they must use spy politics to maximize the control and separation of officials, and let them fight alone in order to establish their absolute authority.

Zhao Xin chatted with Li Ji very late, except for some nonsense about "Zhang's parents and Li's family are short, three toads and five eyes", there are two things that caught his attention.

One is that Sheng Haizhou and Xihui, the eldest daughter of the Pianbingwei family, are in love, and now they are waiting to get engaged with Zhao Xinming after obtaining consent.Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Momoyama era in the island country, no matter the shogunate or the vassal daimyo, they have to intervene in the marriage affairs of their subjects.The samurai would be punished if they negotiated a marriage in private without going to the court.

Although Beihai Town has long advocated the independence of marriage, but after all, in the face of powerful secular forces, few dare to do so; especially Katayama and Sheng Haizhou, guys who were born as island warriors.

Xi Hui Zhao Xin from the Pianshan family also met her, and she had a good impression. She was a beautiful and responsible girl. Ding Guofeng had thought about her coming before.

So Zhao Xin told Li Ji that this matter was nothing, and told Sheng Haizhou that if he needed to come forward to help propose marriage, he would be happy to be the matchmaker.

The second is that since Zhao Xin teamed up with the Sendai Fan to attack Shimadzu, there have been some criticisms among the naturalized people of the island country, but now they are still discussing in private, and no one dares to say it in public.The biggest pushers here are Lin Ziping and Sato Xinyuan.

Since Lin Ziping has been in charge of making maps for Beihai Town, he naturally had a lot of contact with Sheng Haizhou, the chief of staff of the Beihai Navy.Old man Lin is also a well-known university scholar in the island country, and he gradually had some influence on the young Sheng Haizhou.Old man Lin often revealed in his words that he was worried about the future of the island country.

In fact, from the standpoint of the islanders, Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro have no reason to think so.You, Zhao Wangdian, are capable of saving the people from fire and water, but you are messing with my country after all.

It is obvious that the shogunate and the vassals are a bunch of bastards who can eat people without spit out their bones. The lives of the common people are in dire straits. Why don't you Zhao Wangdian knock down the island country and sit in the country?After going around and around, they actually supported a Sendai feudal clan to come out and sing against the shogunate.

Taking advantage of this "support incident", Zhao Xin took away the two major army leaders in the naturalization of the island country - Sheng Haizhou and Zhao Liji. Navy thoughts.If old man Lin was dishonest again, Zhao Xin would have to send him to the Beihai Special Zone for residential surveillance, and it would be impossible for him to return to China.

In the past five years, Li Ji has read some books, whether voluntarily or forced by his wife Shino, and his vision is no longer that of the small rich peasants in the Hirosaki Domain.At the end of the talk with Zhao Xin, he finally couldn't hold back and asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

"My lord, why don't you want to be emperor?"

Zhao Xin pondered for a while before slowly saying: "Liji, do you know what an emperor is?"

Li Ji was stunned for a long time before saying: "Emperor? God?"

Zhao Xindao: "It is said in the "Book of Changes" that the emperor is the master of creatures and the ancestor of prosperity."

Li Ji doesn't understand this!So he could only shake his head blankly.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Xin explained: "The emperor is above, and the emperor is below. The emperor originally meant heaven and earth, which means that heaven and earth are the masters of all things. Whether you are good or me, we are just passers-by in the world. .”

Li Ji said: "Master, you are different, you are."

Zhao Xin raised his hand and interrupted: "There is no need to bring up this matter again. Remember, I will not speak, and no one is allowed to engage in this matter again. Tell the people below, whoever dares to make a fuss about this matter will be punished." Roll me to Lake Baikal to drink the Mistral."

When Zhao Xin went to Shen's house for breakfast the next day, Shen Xuan said a few words about what happened yesterday while there was no one around.The seven aunts and the eight aunts of the Shen family all ran over last night. Through the chat with Mrs. Shen and Shen Xuan, there was a lot of complaints in their words, saying that if the opportunity is good, why doesn’t our uncle grab it? live?
After all, Shen Xuan was going to be his wife, and Zhao Xin decided to tell her the truth to avoid any trouble in the future.He asked A Miao to watch at the door first, not to let other people in, and then said to Shen Xuan: "Ah Quan, why do you think the common people need a king?"

Because she is going to marry Zhao Xin, Shen Xuan has been studying "History of the Ming Palace" with Wang Zhong recently. She thought for a while and said: "The "Tongjian" says that the duty of the emperor is nothing more than courtesy, and there is nothing more than courtesy. There is nothing greater than fame. To educate the world, to lead Yin and Yang together."

Zhao Xin nodded slowly and asked again: "Then what is etiquette, what is division and name?"

"Ji Gang is the etiquette, the monarch and ministers are the divisions, and the public, marquis, Qing, and doctor are the names."

"Well, that is to say, the etiquette divides people into three, six, and nine grades. Under the emperor, there are dukes and princes, and under the princes, there are scholar-bureaucrats. Do you agree with me?"

Shen Xuan nodded, the Confucian "Book of Rites" indeed meant this.As a king, in addition to setting a title, he also needs to set a salary and divide the land.

"Remember what I said next. If anyone wants to whisper to you about proclaiming the emperor in the future, use my words to figure out the other party's mind."

Zhao Xin held Shen Xuan's hand, stared at each other's eyes and said: "Royal power is just a product of the inability of the people and the powerful to reconcile. All the rich and powerful want to sit back and enjoy what they get, and the people don't want to Oppressed by the powerful, not paying taxes is their greatest wish. It is precisely because of the conflict between these two forces that there must be a ruler who represents the interests of everyone to check and balance, otherwise everyone will die. As for the etiquette you mentioned Restricting that is just an appearance, a means to check and balance the powerful and the common people."

"Then you mean you don't need an emperor?" Shen Xuan was stunned.

Zhao Xin smiled and said: "Emperor, it's just a name. Whoever controls the distribution of benefits is the real king. The system of Beihai Town is different from that of any dynasty in the past. The key is not to be a king but to be a king."

"After that," Shen Xuan hesitated for a while, her pretty face turned red, and finally she asked with some embarrassment: "We will always have children in the future."

"Family and the world cannot be guarded. "Zuo Zhuan" says that the king starts with this and ends with it. The dynasty changes, and everything is like this."

Zhao Xin sighed at this point, and continued in a deep voice, "I have too much blood on my hands."

When Shen Xuan heard this, her face turned pale, and she put her hands on Zhao Xin's mouth and said, "Why do you say this well? At worst, I will eat fast and chant Buddha in the future, and ask the Buddha to cook the oil for you!"

Zhao Xin was moved in his heart, held Shen Xuan's hand and finally said: "Remember, with the layout of Beihai Town, the emperor can only become a kind of bastard in the end, and people will be seen as monkeys on the stage. Instead of this, what It’s better not at all. What I can do is to establish a system in which everyone can fight for leadership based on their ability. The descendants of our family can sit behind the stage and watch them play monkeys.”

Shen Xuan recalled what Zhao Xin said afterwards, and finally fell on the four words, not king but king.Later, when she asked Wang Zhong for these four words, Wang Zhong said something else.

As a scholar adhering to pre-Qin thought, Wang Zhong said that Zhao Xin’s line is actually “one world”, but the way is different from Confucianism, it is a miscellaneous school mixed with Guanzi and Xunzi; Guanzi’s theory of managing the world is a means , Xunzi's "righteousness makes the king" is the foundation.

That is to say, Zhao Xin controlled the economy with Guanzi's idea of ​​"the one who makes a hole, his country is invincible", and Xunzi's establishment of justice and integrity, forming the fact that there is no king but a king.

(It’s good to talk about this in general, and I can’t go deeper, otherwise I won’t be able to talk about it for three days and three nights.)
By taking away the positions of Li Ji and Sheng Haizhou, Zhao Xin completely suppressed the naturalization faction of the island country, and the warning to some people is self-evident.However, the new candidates for the heads of these two departments have not been announced, leaving many guys who think they meet the qualifications feeling empty.

There is no rush to help Sheng Haizhou propose a marriage. Zhao Xin has one more thing to deal with right now, and that is the candidate for the governor of the "Beihai Special Zone".

It goes without saying that Lake Baikal has been called the "North Sea" since Su Wu's sheep-herding era.The reason why it is a special zone is because whether it is Nerchinsk or Irkutsk, the current main residents are Tsarist Russians.Of course, in addition to Tsarist Russia, there are also Buryats and a small number of Evenkis.

Zhao Xin's plan is to immigrate at least 3 people to the upper reaches of Heilongjiang starting next spring, with an average of 5000 people in each town.After a year or two of development, even if those Russian dignitaries leave, the impact on the local economy and people's livelihood will not be great.

As far as the system of Beihai Town is concerned, it is impossible to coexist with the merchants and dignitaries like the five major families; these people not only control a large number of serfs, but also monopolize the trade between China and Russia.So now it can only be a "special zone".

As far as Zhao Xin learned within a few days in Irkutsk, although the overland trade between China and Russia in Kyakhta is an act of the state, in fact all commodity prices are controlled by six Shanxi merchants and five major families .

The Tsarist Russian government is concerned about the huge benefits of taxation. The tariff income from the Kyakhta border trade can account for 15% to 20% of Russia’s total customs revenue; the Manchu Qing concern is the various donations of merchants in trade activities. Whether it can be sold or not, as long as a load of tea leaves passes through Guihua City, a donation of 2.5 taels of silver will be required.

Zhao Xin found Yu Deli, and the two of them rowed through the crowd for a long time, and a guy named Zhang Jingxuan from the power plant crowd appeared on Zhao Xin's candidate list.

Zhang Jingxuan, 28 years old, is from the south.Before I came here, I was doing centralized control operation, responsible for regulating power output and voltage stability. Simply put, it was to ensure that there would be no short circuit.

The reason why Yu Deli knew Zhang Jingxuan was because of a dinner party. At that time, he told Wu An'an that there was a shortage of teachers in the cadre school, and hoped that the other party would find a way to support him.

Wu Anan went back to check the resumes of his subordinates, and recommended Zhang Jingxuan who had been a student union cadre. This person was the chairman of the student union in the electric power college he had attended before.After a few classes, Yu Deli was quite satisfied with Zhang Jingxuan. Gradually, he discovered that this young man's organizational skills were also quite good. Whether he was working in a factory or helping new refugees settle down, he was doing very well.

With a candidate, Zhao Xin decided to talk to him.

When Zhao Xin saw Zhang Jingxuan, the other party was wearing a pair of rimless glasses with silver frames, and his eyes looked very bright.The figure is about 1.7 meters eight, with thin cheeks and a side-parted hairstyle similar to Wu Yanzu, which looks dark and dense.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wu said that you have something to do with me?" Zhang Jingxuan's tone was well-balanced, with a hint of respect in the plain.

"Sit down." Zhao Xin got up, and said while making tea for the other party: "The cigarettes are on the table, you have to take it yourself."

Zhao Xin handed over the tea, ordered one himself, and started chatting.

Psychologically speaking, the posture of smoking can also reveal a person's character.Zhao Xin observed Zhang Jingxuan's posture of holding the cigarette and the movement of flicking the ash by swallowing the clouds, and he had a rough judgment in his heart.

This is a strong-willed, stubborn guy.From the time he took the first puff of a cigarette, Zhao Xin knew that Zhang Jingxuan paid attention to details and was a man of the city. When dealing with such a person, one must think twice before acting.

"As for me, I've been outside for the past six months, and I haven't communicated much with everyone. Lake Baikal has been captured, and now I need someone to go over there to watch over the military administration and trade with the Russians. Old Yu recommended you to me. I don't know. Would you please come and discuss it?"

"Me?" Zhang Jingxuan was overjoyed, but still had a puzzled look on his face, and said to Zhao Xin, "Are we here to help build a power plant?"

At present, the first coal-fired power plant in Beihai Town has completed the equipment installation and started trial operation. The main power supply user is Zhao Liang's workshop. Now Wu Anan is leading a group of men to carry out the final maintenance and debugging, and plans to officially start in late October. When it is put into production, every household in Beihai Town will be able to use electric lights.Wu Ping'an's plan is that if the power plant runs well within half a year, the next step is to build another one in Fuldan.

Zhao Xin rubbed his forehead and said, "Yes, but there is no one on hand. The children in the cadre school are too young to bear such a heavy burden. How is it? Are you interested?"

Zhang Jingxuan pretended to hesitate for a while, looked up at Zhao Xin and said, "Then what should I do? I don't understand anything."

Zhao Xin said: "You go to Irkutsk to be the governor,"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Jingxuan was amused, and said: "It sounds like the governor of the colony."

"It's different." Zhao Xin explained with a smile what the Beihai Special Zone is, and then said: "Don't worry about military matters. There is now a battalion of troops there, and I will transfer troops in spring. Liu Sheng and Fan The president is in Kyakhta right now, and Liu Sheng will go to Irkutsk in half a month. His mission is to deal with the Russian army coming next year, and he will not interfere in civil affairs. Your mission is to manage the administration of the entire Beihai special zone. Do three things well: trade, immigration, and keep the Russians steady with kindness."

Zhang Jingxuan asked with some puzzlement: "Merciful? To Tsarist Russia?"

Zhao Xin nodded and said: "For ruling a newly occupied territory, it is actually similar to taking over a new company with old employees. You can either conquer others with kindness and generosity and ability to do things, or kill all the old people and change the batch completely. Newcomer."

Zhang Jingxuan couldn't help shivering when he heard this. He understood what Zhao Xin meant by "killing" and wondered if this person in front of him was a murderer without blinking an eye?A feeling of "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger" can't help but emerge.

Zhao Xin saw Zhang Jingxuan's concerns, so he pretended to be relaxed, and explained kindly: "I don't like Tsarist Russia in this era like you, otherwise why should I beat them?

But you have to pay attention, as a manager, you can't use violent machines because of personal hatred, otherwise they will secretly find opportunities to rebel against us.As the old saying goes, only a thousand days can be a thief, but there is no one who can prevent a thief for a thousand days.Instead of worrying about this group of people every day, it's better to cut the grass and root out.

You remember, only interests can unite people's hearts.Stabilize the new settlers with trade until they arrive.As an occupier, the premise of using force is to protect our safety. In addition, it is okay to use violence for the benefit of the majority.If this is done, the Beihai Special Zone will be as stable as Mount Tai. "

(End of this chapter)