Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 440 New Officials and New Laws

"That's the name...a bit familiar..."

Zhao Si scratched his head, feeling like he had heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. He didn't seem to have any interaction with the Nanjun County Sheriff.

A closer look shows that this article was written in the 26th year of the First Emperor, which is more than ten years ago. He was a county guard more than ten years ago. If he followed the normal promotion process, his qualifications would be enough for this county guard to reach the central government. However, Zhao Si had never heard of this person in Xianyang, which surprised Zhao Si.

"Maybe he has passed away..."

Zhao Si scratched his head...

While he was thinking carefully about where this name came from and why it gave him a familiar feeling, he suddenly heard a huffing sound. Zhao Si turned around and saw that it was the First Emperor who came out of the barrel with his feet raised.

Zhao Si put down the document, came forward and wiped it with silk cloth.

"What were you looking at just now?" the old God of the First Emperor asked with a smile as he leaned back on the recliner and enjoyed his great grandson knocking his legs.

"The way of being an official... is an article written in twenty-six years." Zhao Si said.

The First Emperor squinted his eyes and nodded, a familiar name flashing across his mind.

"Is it the article written by Nanjun Shou Teng?" the First Emperor said with a smile.

"Do you still remember the memorial more than ten years ago so clearly?" Zhao Si smiled.

"As a king, you may not be able to remember the names of county officials clearly, but if you don't even know who the county governor is, how can you govern the world?" The First Emperor sneered.

This makes sense, especially after the First Emperor's words and deeds during this period, Zhao Si felt much more deeply.

The so-called governing the country is actually nothing more than controlling the overall situation.

And if you want to control the overall situation, the most important thing is to understand your own country well.

A king who knows his country thoroughly and is willing to work hard to govern it will surely prosper.

Compared with these, the so-called great principles are somewhat empty.

Governing the country is not that high-level, and the details can be seen in the details. It is a joke to expect the upper and lower lips to touch and launch a policy to make the country prosperous and strong.

"I read the book "The Way of Being an Official" and it's quite insightful. Why don't you hear the name of Nanjun Shou Teng?" Zhao Si asked.

"I have returned home after serving as an official..." The First Emperor smiled.

"How could such a talented person become an official?" Zhao Si was surprised.

"He not only wrote "The Way of Being an Official," but also the "Book of Yu" to teach officials. If you want to read it, you can find it by searching." The First Emperor said.

"As for why I became an official... Let me ask you, which year is the twenty-sixth year?" asked the First Emperor.

"The year when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world." Zhao Si answered. He must be aware of the major event.

"If you look for documents from the twenty-sixth year, there are many documents on "The Way of Being an Official". If I remember correctly, there is also an article on "Managing Officials in the Head of Guizhou", which is also well written. It comes from What Yi, the governor of Bajun, wrote was not because I caused the pearl to fall into dust, but because at that time and at that moment, things cannot be judged as right or wrong." The First Emperor shook his head.

Zhao Si frowned slightly when he heard the sound and fell into deep thought.

The First Emperor didn't say anything, waiting for his grandson to quietly comprehend.

A king can't just evaluate something based on good or evil nature, right or wrong. What he needs now is for his good saint grandson to think from the king's perspective.

Zhao Si knew that the First Emperor was teaching him. He was not a fool. Moreover, the First Emperor had already given out a lot of information. Zhao Si thought for a while and searched for documents from all over the world in the past twenty-six years.

Within a moment, piles of memorials were placed on the table.

"Let's take your time... Why did I make Teng become an official? If you can tell me right, I might as well take you on a hunting trip for a few days." The First Emperor smiled and said.

Zhao Si is really busy these days, even the First Emperor can see it.

The First Emperor was over fifty years old. Because of his age, he subconsciously couldn't wait to instill a true imperial education into Zhao Si. Therefore, Zhao Si, who had always had a lazy temperament, was almost forced by the First Emperor to go to bed late and get up early every day. .

Zhao Si also had a lazy temperament and complained constantly every day, but the good thing is that although he complained, Zhao Si was never lazy about the things ordered by the First Emperor.

And he won’t be perfunctory…

In addition, Zhao Si is really smart. What he lacks is the foundation of king's education, but he is not slow at all in learning.

Time was running out, but the First Emperor felt somewhat soft in his heart when he saw that his beloved grandson was as tired and busy as himself.

This is what elders are like. It is obvious that I have suffered a lot since childhood, but when my children are less than one-tenth of myself, I begin to feel that this is not too harsh on the children...

After studying so hard for so long, it’s time to let your children relax.

"okay!"

When Zhao Si heard that he could catch fish, he immediately became interested and his motivation immediately increased to a higher level.

When the First Emperor saw this, he felt that he had been a little more lenient towards his great saint grandson, and he wanted to take back what he had just said.

"At such a young age, I am so lax and lazy, I feel tired in my studies, and I don't know how to restrain myself from having fun. In the future..."

"There is no joke in heaven!" Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhao Si quickly stopped the First Emperor.

"Besides, it's a matter of combining work and rest." Zhao Si chuckled and leaned forward to give the First Emperor a squeeze on his shoulders.

When the First Emperor heard this, he had no choice but to give up.

In the next few days, Zhao Si asked the Craftsman Bureau to send craftsmen to build the fire dragon in the palace, while at the same time trying to reconstruct the truth of what happened twenty-six years ago from a large number of official documents and memorials.

This is not a simple matter. Restore the scene at that time through official documents.

However, the First Emperor's words and deeds had taught him for so long, Zhao Si's political thoughts had improved to a higher level. After three or five days, he already had a rough line of events in his mind, but he still needed to sort it out.

Another day, when he was deep in thought, perhaps because he had been looking at this name for a long time, the dusty memory of his previous life finally flashed through. Zhao Si was shocked, but he remembered why this name was so familiar.

It turns out...it comes from a novel I read in my previous life.

Nanjun Shou Teng, isn’t this the black husband’s father-in-law?

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that the test given to him by the First Emperor was not helpful?

"By the way, does Teng have a daughter?" Zhao Si scratched his head and thought.

The first emperor, who was busy, saw Zhao Si scratching his head, a smile appeared on his face and said: "How, can you think of why Teng Teng became an official and returned home?"

"I think I figured it out, but before that, the eldest father has to answer some questions from his grandson." Zhao Si said.

"Just ask..." The First Emperor nodded.

"Apart from Teng, has Ge, who served as the governor of Ba County for twenty-six years, also become an official?" Zhao Si asked.

"I have not become an official, but I am now a censor." The First Emperor shook his head.

Oh... horizontal transfer, from an official with real power to a department with little power.

That's okay... "So I probably understand..." A smile appeared on Zhao Si's face.

"In the twenty-sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world. After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, a major event occurred, which was the dispute between Chun Yuyue and the Right Prime Minister Li Si. It was a dispute between the feudal system and the prefecture and county system, and it was also a dispute between Confucianism and Legalism. Fight..." Zhao Si said.

"Teng Ke was not a disciple of Confucianism. He was promoted step by step with officials as his teachers, and he supported the system of prefectures and counties." The First Emperor shook his head.

"Yes, not only Teng, but also Ge ​​actually took officials as his teachers and became an official from the officials. Sun'er has never said that they support the enfeoffment system."

"But at that time, the Qin Dynasty unified the world, and Qin ruled the world with legal officials. However, the Shang king's old law was that the officials were harsher than the officials, and the officials were harsher than the people. Although Li Xiang made some changes to the old law of the Shang king, it did not involve the foundation, so in the end The fundamentals remain unchanged, but Shang Jun’s old laws only won the hearts of the emperor, not the people...

In fact, after Qin unified the world, if Sun'er guessed correctly, as more and more people in the world took officials as their teachers, the world also returned to stability from war, and the thinking has changed. If Li Xiang represents If they are old officials, then Teng’s group of people represents the new officials...

The old officials governed Guizhou with harshness and strongly promoted the old laws of the Shang monarchs, but the new officials were not like this.

If my grandson remembers it correctly, Han Fei's "Five Worms" and "Xian Xue" were probably written during that period, which used law to attack hundreds of schools of thought. However, "Five Worms" and "Xian Xue" emphasized breaking up clans and destroying human nature. For the king, it was the science of governing the country, but for the people of the world, it was too harsh. Therefore, the world's ideological trends became reactionary, and this was how the dispute between the feudal system and the county system came into being. The special ideological group of new officials was born during that time. To stand out, to be different from the old officials and old laws, and not to follow the family's learning, although they are Legalists, they do not tolerate Legalists, just like Xunzi to Confucianists. Not tolerated. "Zhao Si said.

Due to special reasons of the times, local officials during the Qin and Han Dynasties actually not only had the right to issue official documents, but also had the right to admonish local officials.

There is no strict distinction between official documents and admonitions.

To put it bluntly, officials like county governors can formulate codes of conduct for local officials according to their own ideas.

The so-called "The Way of Being an Official", "Yu Shu" and "Being an Official and Managing Officials in the Head of Guizhou" are typical codes of conduct for local officials formulated by county governors.

These codes of conduct have the force of law while they are in office.

If you look carefully, these three are not based on Legalist ideas, nor are they based on the doctrine of one family and one surname. The starting point is the good expectations of the general public for officials.

That is to say, as an official, you must understand people's feelings, be loyal to the emperor, know right from wrong, protect yourself, and cultivate morality...

At the same time, it also contains many legalist ideas. That is to say, we must understand good and evil and determine rewards and punishments.

At the same time, one thing these documents have in common is the way and ideas of governing the place, which have changed from intimidation and threats to teaching.

This is the thought that Zhao Si gave to Li Si from Amway before, and it is also the direction that Li Si is working hard to become a saint and a son.

No, Zhao Si never expected that as early as ten years ago, a group of Legalist disciples began to try a new path, abandoning the cruelty and harshness of the old officials, and trying to develop on a new path.

Zhao Si thought that he had inspired Li Si, and lamented that Li Si had changed so smoothly, but he did not expect that this was an idea that had happened before.

The reason why Li Si changed so smoothly is because he personally suppressed the reactionary elements within the Legalist family back then.

As a suppressor, it would be impossible to say that Li Si had not studied it.

It's no wonder that Zhao Si had already completed the transformation without much effort and Li Si had begun to establish a systematic thought.

Prior to this, this set of ideas was almost perfect...

It can be seen from the articles written at that time such as "The Way of Officials" and "Yu Shuo" that this kind of thinking was extremely popular among Legalists at that time, and even gradually formed its own system, but there was a lack of one person to integrate it all.

Again……

In this turbulent era of communication, most of what a modern person can think of has already been thought of by the ancients.

However, due to various reasons, it failed to survive successfully.

Why it failed to survive is also very simple...

This is feudal society.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty had just unified, and the First Emperor was very eager to popularize the Qin Law and Qin Law everywhere. If he wanted to do it quickly, he must first strictly enforce the law and rule with cruel officials.

In the political arena, there has always been no room for swings. All political decisions are not the best of both worlds, but the lesser of two evils.

Therefore, the will of the First Emperor meant that such moderates would have no room for victory.

What the First Emperor wanted was speed, and he also wanted to squeeze the personal value of Qian Shou to the greatest extent. Only the old method could do this.

Even though there would be endless troubles, the First Emperor proudly believed that he could handle these things in his lifetime.

Compared with ideas, real mobilization power was what the First Emperor needed most.

This is the charm of the old law. Regardless of the public sentiment, look at how many major projects were carried out by the First Emperor during his reign.

The First Emperor did not like the new laws and new officials, because it would seriously affect efficiency, and Zhao Si deduced that the First Emperor's health might have begun to deteriorate at that time and he had to swallow elixirs. Various reasons made the First Emperor make the choice of quick success and quick benefits.

And Li Si was at the right time...

To fight against foreign forces, one must first settle the internal affairs, clear out the weak factions in the ranks, and then fight to the death with Confucianism and even the mainstream thoughts of society, and thoroughly lay the foundation of Legalism.

Therefore, it becomes reasonable for Teng, a member of Xinfa, to return home after serving.

At that critical moment, neither the First Emperor nor Li Si tolerated any wavering or weakness.

At that time, it is necessary to move forward with firm steps.

The so-called great talent, given the background of the times, makes sense not to be used. This is not something that can be argued about as good or evil, and national affairs cannot be swayed.

When the First Emperor heard this, a bit of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he finally nodded with complexity.

"good……"

He really didn't expect that Zhao Si could restore to the greatest extent the choices and struggles he made in terms of thoughts and national policies through documents alone.

"But my grandson still has a question." Zhao Si smiled.

"Ask!" The First Emperor nodded.

"Does the governor of Nanjun, Teng, have a daughter?" Zhao Si asked.

He is not thinking about Hei Fu's wife, he is curious, just curious...

　When you check the information about the Qin State, you can see that in fact many of the documents unearthed now are different from most people's stereotypes of the Qin State.

　　You can take a look at "The Way of Officials" and "Government of Officials and Heads of Guizhou by Officials". They are almost completely different from the stereotype of Legalism, and even have reflections on the thoughts of various schools and schools.

　　After research, it was found that officials in the Qin and Han Dynasties had the right to formulate ideological and behavioral codes for the local area.

　　I don't think "The Way of Officials" is an official code of conduct that has been popularized throughout the country, because if it were, it would conflict too much with the various administrative measures of the Qin State. If it is reasonable to speculate, I think these are their admonitions to local officials. It is not Da Qin's admonition to all officials in the world, and this idea of ​​new officials should be abandoned.

　　I still have to lament that the problems that people can see today were actually seen by the ancients a long time ago.

　　But for various reasons, there is no choice.

　　Today's people think that ten years and a hundred years can be accomplished in one or two generations. They think that they can get the best of both worlds and make steady progress. But for the ancients, that was something beyond their reach in a lifetime.

　　Today, it is strange that the ancients were eager for success. The ancients also hated themselves for not being able to live another five hundred years.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)