Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 58 Yili! (for collection)
Fusu looked at Ji Heng solemnly, and said doubtfully: "It is true that the court ignores the lower classes, but it is not as serious as what you said, and it is impossible for hundreds of officials in the court to sit idly by. noticed, or ignored."

"I think you're biased."

Ji Heng took a sip of his wine, looked at 'Bo Qin' calmly, did not answer directly, but changed the subject, and asked, "What do you think of Confucianism?"

Fusu frowned.

He couldn't figure out Ji Heng's mind.

But he still said honestly: "Confucianism is a group of schools that ignore the past and talk about the ancient times, restoration of rituals, and benevolent governance."

Ji Heng slightly raised his forehead and said with a smile, "What about the Legalists?"

Fu Su was taken aback.

He looked at Ji Heng suspiciously, and said sternly: "Legalism is a fair and just existence that maintains the order of the world."

Ji Heng laughed lightly, not knowing what he was laughing at.

He shook his head, looked back, and said lightly: "You are wrong."

"The Legalists are not that fair."

"The so-called rule of law is actually the rule of man."

"There may be honest and fair officials, but not everyone can be desiring."

"You think Confucianism is a conservative school that revives the ancients and restores rituals, but why not Confucianism and Legalism headed by Li Si?"

heard.

Fusu froze for a moment.

Ji Heng continued: "There is a saying in the Analects: 'A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit'."

"Confucian children are human beings."

"Li Si and other legal officials are also human beings."

"It doesn't make any difference."

"From the perspective of righteousness and benefit, Daqin has been under the framework of this legal dogma for a long time. In fact, it has already had a contemptuous mentality for anything beyond this scope. Therefore, despite social changes, these beneficiaries will cling to the so-called 'orthodoxy'."

"Confucianism is like this."

"The same is true of the current Legalists."

"Even when there is an existence around them that threatens their power, they will unanimously defend their power."

"Even if this move is extremely harmful to the country."

"It's like when the world was discussing the enfeoffment of counties and counties, almost all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty thought it was 'line enfeoffment'."

"Indeed."

"Don't make it a king, don't fill it in, it's based on the general opinion of the current situation."

"But why didn't the minister who proposed the 'enfeoffment' proposal at that time not want to restore the Shiqing and Shilu of the Zhou Dynasty?"

"It's just the next best thing."

"Li Si did make great achievements for Qin Li."

"However, as I said before, the hustle and bustle of the world is all about profit coming and going."

"When it comes to their own interests, very few people can really do it for the public."

"Same for Liz."

"Perhaps you can't believe it. After all, Li Si and the first emperor are so close, how can Li Si have a different heart, but the fact is obviously not the case. Li Si is the current leader of the legal officials, and he wants to protect the legalist position in the court. "

"That's why he actively suggested burning books and burying Confucianism."

"And it is recommended to use officials as teachers and law as teaching, but these alone are not enough."

"In his position, many things cannot be controlled by oneself."

"The current Great Qin Dynasty Hall is completely different from the Dynasty Hall when it swept the Six Kingdoms."

"You need to understand that."

"The courtiers have not changed, but people's hearts have changed."

"If Li Sizhen is dedicated to the public, when the court implements this system, it will never replicate Shang Yang's decrees."

"Shang Yang said at the beginning that 'if the world is not governed in the same way, the country will not follow the law.'"

"Don't follow the past, don't follow the present!"

"Han Feizi mentioned it more than once: 'When time changes, those who are not easy to cure are chaotic'."

"Both Shang Yang and Han Feizi advocated that the law should change with the times, but Li Si, as a legal official in power, completely ignored this point of view and blindly copied Shang Yang's wartime laws and regulations. How is this different from Confucianism's conservative approach?"

"So Li Si is not a true Legalist."

"Those like Shang Yang and Han Feizi have a very clear view of history."

"They are opposed to conservative and old-fashioned ideas, and advocate reforms. They believe that history is moving forward, and all laws and systems must develop with the development of history. They can neither go back to the old, nor follow the old ways."

"Li Si obviously didn't do it."

"He is no different from Confucianism in some respects."

"It's just that Li Si has made so many achievements in the past that you dare not speculate."

"However, if we ignore Li Si's achievements in the first few years of his founding, Li Si's deeds in the next few years actually fit the two words."

"bureaucracy!"

"As for the meaning of bureaucracy, you go down and decide for yourself."

"The reason why Daqin fell into such a precarious situation is that a large part of the reason is that the imperial court ignored the foundation at the bottom, and with the collapse of the military merit system, the only channel for the bottom to rise in the past was completely closed."

"After Shang Yang's reform, the Great Qin became a powerful country by farming and fighting."

"The two complement each other."

"Nowadays, due to the over-employment of the people in the Great Qin Dynasty, the head of Guizhou is unable to farm, and the collapse of the military merit system has completely left the bottom without hope."

"Coupled with the court's high pressure, it's only a matter of time before something happens."

"Now back to the topic."

Ji Heng drank a few sips, moistened his throat, and continued: "The reason why Chu was the first to rebel is actually very simple."

"Because the Chu land was the most relaxed in the past, and it was divided and ruled, the land is vast and abundant, so it is not difficult for the people to make a living. The land has the deepest resentment towards Da Qin."

"Perhaps you will be puzzled."

"This is different from the facts heard in court."

"The land of Chu has always been very slow to implement the government orders of the Great Qin, etc."

"But you overlooked one thing."

"Officials are officials, people are people, the two should not be confused."

"The local officials really don't care about promoting the Qin government, but they still have the courage to use the banner of the Qin court to amass money for themselves."

"And it's huge."

heard.

Fusu's face darkened.

He understood the meaning of Ji Heng's words.

Ji Heng ignored Fusu's ugly face, and continued: "I'll tell you one more thing, the nobles of Chu have a strong control over Chu, so the head of the Chu government will not only pay the rent and taxes stipulated by the court, but also pay extra money. The diplomacy gave some of the harvest to the nobles, so the already poor family situation became even worse."

"Such a situation is very common in Kanto."

"Chu is especially serious."

"Because Chu has a vast land and rich resources, it is the most exploited."

"In the past, they could rely on mountains, rivers and lakes to increase their livelihoods, but if they try to make such an idea now, they will only be targeted by officials who are waiting."

"So in recent years, more and more people have fallen into the grass and become bandits in the Chu land and escaped into the lake to become bandits."

"The people in Chu should have the most relaxed life, but in fact they have the most difficult life. The number of people in the mountains, rivers and lakes is limited, and the anger and resentment accumulated by the people is also limited. If Daqin doesn't resolve it in time, one day it will be destroyed. Backlash."

"At that time, the world will be hard to say."

"After all, the world has accumulated grievances for a long time, and it is only a little spark."

(End of this chapter)