Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 24 Zhou Li, Qin Fa! (for collection)

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Fusu was thoughtful.

He had heard it all.

Wang Wan's suggestion is that Daqin be entrusted temporarily to win the hearts of the people.

The reason why Ji Heng said so much is mainly to clarify the benefits of enfeoffment.

The Duke of Zhou distributed the enfeoffments and divided the princes into four directions, realizing the dominance of the Zhou royal family and completely securing the world.

Since then, the king of Zhou has become a veritable emperor of Zhou.

The princes from all over the country adapted measures to local conditions, ruled according to customs, and obeyed the hearts of the people. Not only did they realize the expansion of territories, but they also spread the system promoted by Duke Zhou throughout the world.

Daqin can also follow suit.

The world has been fighting hard for a long time, and the Kanto is even more exhausted. If the Great Qin entrusts the children to the Quartet, let the children rule according to the customs and regain the hearts of the people, while the imperial court can rest and recuperate in the next few decades. After the Kanto people's hearts are restored, the imperial court will abolish it. Entrustment, to completely take back the authority.

Then realize the great rule of the world!
Thinking of this.

Fusu has made a move.

This temporary entrustment proposal is indeed the most practical.

Change your mind.

Fusu frowned.

Wang Wan's suggestion is not incomplete, and it also fully draws on the experience of the Zhou Dynasty.

If it is implemented, there is a lot to do.

But Ji Heng could see the benefits, how could Shi Huang not see it?

However, the reality is that the first emperor not only did not listen to Wang Wan's suggestion, but instead tried his best to push forward the prefectures and counties. Why?

Fusu lowered his eyebrows and thought.

He knew very well that there must be a reason why Shi Huang did this.

He thought about it in his mind, but he didn't find any clues in the bamboo slips he had read in the past few days.

Fusu smiled wryly.

By now, he also understood.

He had indeed read a lot of information, but he had only scratched the surface.

The doorway in the dark is not involved at all.

If it wasn't for Ji Heng's explanation, I'm afraid I still don't realize it.

And this may be the common situation. After all, who can be promoted to the court, how can there be any idle people?
There are hidden mysteries in every word and deed.

He still has a lot to learn in the future.

Fusu thought about it again, but finally gave up helplessly.

He really couldn't think of the reason why Shi Huang did this.

Fusu stood tall, with a bitter expression on his face, he said: "Fusu, you don't even understand the most basic political strategy, how dare you talk about benevolence in the past? Father has taught you more than once in the past. , everything is a matter of life and death, if you paid attention to it at the beginning, how can you not notice it now?"

the other side.

Hu Hai scratched his head, hesitantly said: "Is enfeoffment right?"

"But didn't you say that Qin and Zhou are different?"

"And if enfeoffment really has so many benefits, how could Shihuang not adopt it?"

Ji Heng laughed lightly and said, "What you said is correct, if enfeoffment really has so many benefits, how could the first emperor not adopt it?"

"Furthermore, Wang Wan's suggestion has almost won the support of the entire government and the public. With Shihuang's talent, I am afraid that he saw its advantages early on."

"But how did Shi Huang do it?"

"The first emperor chose the county system that was against the government and the opposition."

"The reason is what you mentioned."

"Qin is not Zhou!"

"Zhou can divide the feudal, but Qin can't."

"Wang Wan is very thoughtful, but he overlooked one point, which is also the most critical point."

"Da Qin is different from Zhou!"

"What's the difference?" Hu Hai said in a low voice.

Ji Heng took a sip of his wine, with a cold expression on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "What does the Emperor Zhou rely on to rule the world?"

Hu Hai was taken aback.

Why are you asking yourself this?
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"It's a gift!" Fusu's face turned pale.

Ji Heng said indifferently: "It's a ceremony."

"What is a gift?"

"Etiquette is something that shows the dignity of nobles."

"The vassals entrusted by Zhou are all nobles. They are naturally willing to use this system to show their noble status and establish their prestige."

"But Qin is different."

"Qin is the law!"

"Li is something for the upper class nobles, but law is for the lower class."

"Rites only need to be accepted by the upper class nobles, but the law is for everyone in the world to accept."

"Etiquette can be governed by customs."

"Because courtesy is not inferior to ordinary people, and those who can perform courtesy are nobles."

"As long as the nobles accept it, it doesn't matter whether the people at the bottom accept it or not."

"Because people at the bottom have no 'polite'."

"Cure because of common customs, but it won't cure the low-level people."

"'Zhou Li' respects that the monarch and ministers have positions, the distinction between high and low, and the distinction between high and low, which is only among the nobles."

"This set is easily accepted by the local barbarian leaders. As long as they are not too demanding and given enough respect and status to these barbarian leaders, they will naturally be willing to integrate into the Zhou ritual environment."

"So governing according to the custom can make the people's hearts go away."

"Of course it won't work."

"If the law is governed by the custom, it is no different from the different laws in different places."

"The world will still be different at that time."

"Even because there is no turbulence, these anomalies will be completely stabilized. Even if the imperial court abolishes the enfeoffment in the future, the situation of different laws and regulations has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has long been accepted by the world. By then, it will be as difficult to think about 'unification' as the board sky."

"Qidi is rich in fish and salt, and has a lot of commercial taxes, which can reduce agricultural taxes."

"There are frequent rebellions in Chu, they are governed by customs, and they should be punished lightly for minor crimes."

"Zhao's resentment towards Qin, ruled by customs, should be lenient."

"There are also many rangers in Yandi, private schools in Weidi, and romance in Handi,"

"If everyone chooses to rule according to the custom in order to attract people's hearts, it will definitely benefit all places."

"This move certainly attracted the hearts and minds of people everywhere, but who has considered Guanzhong?"

"Confucius once said that people don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality!"

"The people of Guanzhong fought with the Great Qin to conquer the world. They are the victors, and the result is not as good as the defeated land. What do they think?"

"Perhaps the imperial court can add all the six places to Guanzhong because of customs."

"But in this case, is it that Great Qin wiped out the Six Kingdoms, or that the Six Kingdoms wiped out Qin?"

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Hu Hai's face suddenly changed.

Hastily said: "It is Qin who destroyed the six kingdoms."

Ji Heng laughed lightly and said, "Leave that alone."

"It is said that the six places are imposed on Guanzhong because of customs, which also means that Guanzhong has to change the laws and regulations. After such a toss, whether the court can pass, whether the court can bear the consequences, and whether the people of Guanzhong will be satisfied. I don't know, but Guanzhong must Will collapse."

"If Guanzhong remains the same, and the six lands are governed by customs, the laws of the six lands are already loose, but today the next country will not make the people of Guanzhong yearn for it?"

"So no matter what you do, once Daqin chooses to rule according to the custom, it will shake the foundation of Guanzhong."

"Because the foundation of Daqin is law!"

"How can the law be changed lightly?"

"That's why Shi Huang firmly implemented the prefecture and county system."

"Da Qin has no choice!"

"Governance based on common customs is not suitable for Daqin."

"Daqin can only firmly choose the 'great unification' route."

"But that got into another trouble."

"The 'Great Unification' promoted by the Qin Dynasty is indeed beneficial to the country and the people in the eyes of the Qin people, but in the eyes of the people of the Kanto region, these policies are undoubtedly tyranny."

"Thus, in the eyes of the world, the 'tyranny' of the Qin Dynasty is not just the law."

"There is still a great unification!!!"

(End of this chapter)