Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 13 Great benevolence is not benevolent, great kindness is not beneficial! (for collection)

"The law of the monarch, Confucianism and ministers, is this the way the first emperor paved for the eldest son?" Hu Hai clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of unwillingness and loss.

Ji Heng took another sip of his drink, and said indifferently: "There is no need to be too concerned about the emperor's family garden."

"Now go back to what I said at the beginning."

"This is the reason why I say that the Great Qin did not end the troubled times."

"The head of Guizhou has not been gathered and the old aristocrats have messed up the law. The Great Qin Dynasty has not been resolved for nine years."

"Judging from the current situation, Shihuang will not be in a hurry to solve it."

"The reason why there are Qianshou Weiji and the old aristocrats chaotic laws in the world is that the cultural systems of Guanzhong and Guandong are different."

"Great Qin did destroy the six kingdoms, and established a unified system, even without seals. However, the traditional power of the old nobles of the six kingdoms was not really restrained by Qin's short-term unification. These old nobles The social foundation still exists, and it can still preserve and even accumulate a lot of power.”

"In recent years, the number of dead people in the world has increased sharply, which may be a sign of intensified conflicts."

"As far as I understand it, Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms simply by military means. It only eliminated the monarchs of the Six Kingdoms and the courts of the places where the Six Kingdoms ruled. It did not integrate the old social structures of the Six Kingdoms. destroy."

"Thus Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms should be regarded as a political and military demise, and the soil of division has not been fundamentally destroyed."

"It is inevitable that the world will fall into chaos!"

Hu Hai took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and recovered from his sense of loss. He frowned when he heard Ji Heng's words, and said, "According to what you mean, Daqin will be in chaos in the future?"

Ji Heng pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Hu Hai snorted coldly and said: "As you said before, Shihuang paved the way for the eldest son to be a 'monarch, Confucianism, legal minister'. The eldest son has a benevolent heart. After taking office, as long as he implements benevolent government step by step, he will be the general of Meng Tian." Help, how can the world be in chaos?"

Ji Heng shook the jug, there was still a little half left, and said: "Benevolence and righteousness can't solve the problem."

"Great Qin relied on force to forcibly integrate the world together."

"In the process of unification, Great Qin has been trying to push Qin's laws and systems to the six countries, trying to achieve cultural and institutional unification in the true sense. Transformation, this is tantamount to nonsense."

"As long as the cultures and systems of Guanzhong and Guandong are not fully integrated, the internal contradictions of Great Qin will always exist."

"No matter how much benevolence and righteousness you do, you can only delay it in the end."

"One day it will explode!"

"At that time, Qin will lose its deer, and the world will chase after it!"

"This is the general trend of history."

"The first emperor can only help Su stabilize the world."

"In the end, I still need to help Su go on his own. It may be right to implement a benevolent government."

"However, in governing the country and governing the country, where is the boundary between benevolence and inhumanity?"

"As a national government, is it benevolent to the people, or to the nobles, or to the Confucian scholars?"

"It's up to Fu Su to figure it out on his own."

"If Fusu can really understand the benevolence of government, and realize the stability of the world, the world is peaceful, the people are prosperous, and the country is strong, he will be able to complete the work that the first emperor did not compete for. Ren, perhaps this historical task will be handed over to the next person to try."

"Maybe this person's surname is Liu, maybe he's surnamed Xiang."

In the remote and quiet cabin, Ji Heng's voice continued to echo.

Hu Hai's face was sullen, and there was a hostility in his heart.

He thought it was not worthwhile for Shihuang to do so much for Fusu.

Fusu is a good brother.

But as Ji Heng said, Fusu is an embarrassing task.

partition.

Fusu blushed, but didn't know how to argue.

What is benevolence?
What is benevolent government?

He asked himself in his heart, do he really know?

Fusu clenched his fists in shame, his nails were even embedded in his flesh, but he didn't know the pain.

He used to think he knew.

Benevolent government is nothing more than being kind to the people and recuperating.

But now, he hesitated.

Because of this kind of questioning, Shihuang also asked.

When the first emperor ordered Ji Heng and more than [-] people to be killed, he was anxious to persuade him, but in the end he was scolded by the first emperor as "excessive benevolence".

He was stubborn at the time, so he cited the example of Boyi and Uncle Qining who were lonely and loyal ministers who refused to eat Zhou Su after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty. In short, it will only give the nobles of the six countries an excuse to disturb the hearts of the people, and even make the people panic.

The first emperor asked him what is benevolence?
He answered Confucian benevolence.

The first emperor asked him: "In the eyes of Confucianism, is it benevolence that the people in the county and county in the world enjoy their work?"Is it benevolence for the princes to split the soil and fight continuously?The unification of the world is benevolence, so is it benevolence to entrust the princes? Confucianism says that governing the world with benevolence and love is benevolence, so governing the world with the law as the criterion is not benevolence? '

He didn't answer at that time.

The First Emperor went on to say:
"Confucius taught benevolence all his life, and Confucianism has advocated benevolence for hundreds of years, but has it given a real foundation for 'benevolence'?"

"no!"

"Confucianism won't give it."

"Because once you give it, there will be no benevolence!"

"The benevolence of Confucianism is the 'benevolence' of Confucian scholars. It changes with people and moves with one's heart."

"The power of interpretation is in the hands of Confucian scholars."

"They say you are benevolent, and only then can you be benevolent."

"It is the Legalists who really define 'benevolence' in the world."

"The law is based on loving the people, and there is no benevolence."

"The true benevolence in the world is fairness and justice!"

Shihuang's words kept echoing in Fusu's mind. At that time, he still stubbornly believed that Shihuang was trying to make excuses, so he didn't really listen to it. In his opinion at the time, the strict laws of the Legalists made the people complain even more. Where can one be called benevolence?
but now.

He vaguely thought of something.

Great benevolence is not benevolent, great kindness is not beneficial.

Fusu sighed softly, a bitterness appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Small kindness is like great evil, and great kindness is like ruthlessness."

"Father told me what benevolence is long ago, but I never figured it out myself."

"The reason why my father expelled the Confucian scholars from the court is also to let me be less influenced by Confucianism in the future, and to understand the true benevolence and morality of the world as soon as possible."

Fu Su stood tall, facing the direction of Xianyang Palace, and bowed respectfully.

The attitude is incomparably humble.

the other side.

Ji Heng has already talked about the chaos of the old aristocracy.

He wiped his mouth and shook the wine jug, but there was not much wine in the jug.

Ji Heng said: "The old aristocracy's chaotic laws actually existed side by side with Qianshou Weiji."

"The people of the 'unattached' and 'uncollected' old places of the six countries in the Kanto region are mainly targeted at the old nobles of the six countries, and these people have become the basis for the nobles of the six countries to gather forces in the local area and disrupt the legal system of the empire. The two complement each other .”

"Right now, it's very common for the old nobles to mess with the law."

(End of this chapter)