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

Chapter 525 The reform started with Zhao Si!

In fact, all harassment and dissatisfaction are just small tests of rights.

Even the First Emperor was actually not immune.

The difference between the First Emperor's reign and Zhao Si's supervision of the country is nothing more than the amount of harassment information.

After sending away the three gongs and nine ministers, only Li Si was left, and he took out the revised legal provisions from his arms.

There were not many changes to the law this time, but they mainly focused on regulations that stipulated that people who committed crimes would be demoted to slavery.

To be honest, it's not that difficult. It's just a matter of replacing being a slave with being exiled to the frontier. Whether you're a slave or exiled, you're actually making a contribution to the Qin Dynasty and letting criminals use their remaining energy. The difference is just in different forms.

"Good!" Zhao Si nodded.

"It seems that Prime Minister Li has been prepared for a long time. So, Prime Minister Li is also confident about the reform?" Zhao Si asked with a smile.

"His Highness has said that the legal provisions that need to be modified in the Slave Release Order are limited to the replacement of guilt and punishment, and there are not many in total. If the law is to be changed according to His Highness's wishes, there are eighteen types of Qin laws, and I am afraid that every one of them needs to be changed. Re-revising and changing it is probably more difficult than re-editing a Qin code." Li Si shook his head with embarrassment.

Li Si thought that Zhao Si would allow him to use his subjective initiative to find out his merits and praise them, and he murmured in his mind that Zhao Si became more and more shameless after supervising the country. The shy young man who had just returned from overseas could only recall in his mind when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. .

Could this be an assessment? Could it be a temptation? Is the First Emperor really satisfied with Zhao Si? The most important thing is, did Zhao Si pass the test? Will you support your own reform?

"Um... If Your Highness wants to start a sect, I'm afraid you still need to practice more..." Li Si smiled and skipped the topic.

"Gu plans to call Gu's writing method cursive script. What does Li Xiang think?"

Without a seal, it has no legal effect!
Without a seal, it’s just a piece of paper!
Li Si knew that Zhao Si went to Tangquan without stopping, but what he brought back was an empty edict...

Secondly, it is crooked and not straight horizontally or vertically.

A cheeky Q-version of the First Emperor who can get along with his subordinates and not stick to trivial matters?

The handwriting should be clear, horizontal, vertical, curved and rounded.

"Hmm... if His Highness writes another one, might he write exactly the same words?" Perhaps out of the respect for calligraphy that was left in his heart, Li Si asked this sentence in a roundabout way.

At present, Zhao Si's advantage in being able to win over the First Emperor is probably this.

After writing so much, there must be some progress, but Zhao Si has never relied on the current mainstream aesthetics. After careful analysis, Li Si really feels that this word really has a flavor of its own.

"Your Highness's calligraphy is still the same...well...now it seems to have a style of its own." At first glance, it is Zhao Si's unique calligraphy style.

But honestly speaking, Zhao Si's handwriting is ugly from the perspective of the current aesthetics of Xiaozhuan and official script.

But even if his ears were numb, Li Si would still be inevitably moved.

"How's the writing?" Zhao Si asked.

"Then let's compile a new book. There is no need to stick to the past. In Yigu's opinion, the current Qin Code is somewhat outdated. The Qin Code formulated by the Shang Dynasty in the past was to make the Qin Dynasty come out of the east. After that, it was revised in the six dynasties. Supplementary, it has been improved a lot, but in the final analysis, it is just a patchwork within the framework of Lord Shang, and what it serves is nothing more than changing from the east to unification. As for now, unification has been achieved, and Da Qin does not need to go east. But if we want to maintain a unified system for thousands of generations, the purpose has completely changed, so it is reasonable to re-compile Qin Law." Zhao Si said.

"Your Highness went to Tangquan earlier. What do you mean?" Li Si asked.

Li Si took the edict...

With Li Si's character as steady as an old dog, he naturally wanted to test the Emperor's intentions.

This edict is missing something crucial.

"Your Highness is really..." Li Si heard Zhao Si criticize Shang Jun's law more than once, and heard Zhao Si tempting him to abandon Shang Jun's influence and follow a new path more than once.

It's really hard for Li Si to continue to praise him, because Zhao Si is really thick-skinned.

"Good!" It's okay, but boasting won't open the door.

Hmm...probably so...

It's just a little scrawled and a little messy...

The First Emperor promised Zhao Si to supervise the country. Many people thought that the First Emperor's love for Zhao Si reached the extreme, but Li Si would inevitably think more about it.

"Really, Xiaozhuan and official script are not suitable for Gu, but Gu is used to this kind of writing, and feels that it has a special sense of beauty. Unexpectedly, Li Xiang also saw it. According to Li Xiang, Gu's handwriting may start a sect?" Zhao Si He asked with a smile.

In the past, Zhao Si's calligraphy was really written horizontally like a wavy line. I couldn't write the same character a second time. It's not an insult to Zhao Si's calligraphy to say it's like a dog crawling.

Strangely enough, as Zhao Si's status became higher and higher, Li Si, a calligraphy master, became more and more pleased with Zhao Si's calligraphy.

"I thought Li Xiangzhen was brave enough to boast..." Zhao Si laughed.

"But having said that, if I write it again, I can really write exactly the same words..."

"Nuo..." Zhao Si handed Li Si the edict he had written to free the slaves.

In fact, from this point of view, Zhao Si has made great progress.

It's just that it can be used. What can't be used in a notification file?
"Look at Mr. Li again?" Zhao Si said with a smile.

No stamp!

Don't look at Zhao Si's current success, but as long as the First Emperor wants to, he can take back this power at any time. Li Si naturally wants to test the First Emperor's attitude.

In fact, the edict is nothing to read. It is nothing more than a notice to counties and people all over the world that there will be no such creatures as slaves from now on. The laws have also been modified to a certain extent. Everyone should pay attention to updating their knowledge reserves.

After all, Zhao Si is just a grandson, and now he is just a supervisor...

Li Si was shocked when he heard this... People with ugly handwriting have a state where they cannot write the same handwriting again.

It just has a taste...it's still far from being formed.

Although the appearance is still the same, in Li Si's view, the artistic conception is different.

Could it be that!
Your Majesty, does he... have any objections?
Li Si looked at Zhao Si in surprise: "Your Majesty did not seal this edict? How could it be? Didn't His Highness just come back from Tangquan?"

It was a matter of great importance, and there was no room for Li Si not to be nervous.

He has publicly betrayed him, and Li Si is currently under a lot of pressure. If Zhao Si can't stand it, Li Si will have to do it himself.

As for repeated horizontal jumps? Even though Li Si's moral bottom line is relatively flexible, he knows that he can do this kind of thing himself, but others cannot accept it.

"Li Xiangmo, why don't you panic..." Zhao Si smiled and took out the brocade box from the side and opened it slowly.

"Look what this is?"

Li Xiang looked carefully and saw a small jade seal standing quietly among them.

In an instant, a big stone fell to the ground in my heart. Panic turned to surprise. All kinds of thoughts and speculations came to my mind. The expression on my face changed again and again. I just bowed and said: "Congratulations, Your Highness!"

"Congratulations to Prime Minister Li!" Zhao Si smiled.

"When Li Xiang asked about Tangquan, he just wanted to ask Gu's eldest father what he thought. Now does Li Xiang think Gu has passed the eldest father's test?" Zhao Si said with a smile.

Li Si heard the sound and smiled sheepishly.

Passed, of course passed, passed with a big bang!

The imperial seals are all placed here! This means that Zhao Si can now intervene in political affairs at the highest level.

Even if it means abolishing the existing Qin Code and compiling a new Qin Code! Even if it means abolishing the county system and presiding over enfeoffment!

It is said that all the edicts issued by Zhao Si have the highest legal effect and are completely tenable in theory.

Of course... Zhao Si knew that it was not as exaggerated as Li Si's obscenity.

To put it bluntly, the Imperial Seal is just a stone, and the same is true for the First Emperor's private seal. At best, it is a more beautiful stone.

Being able to publish a file does not mean that the file will be executed smoothly.

Zhao Si is still self-aware of these things.

Just like the Tiger Talisman, which can mobilize the soldiers and horses of the world, it only has this right in name. In fact, at the end of the dynasty, how can anyone respect this broken Tiger Talisman of yours?
"This... Your Majesty really loves His Highness." Li Si agreed with a slight embarrassment.

"Wrong, Gu did it well!" Zhao Si raised his eyebrows.

"After the spring begins, the eldest father will come back from Tangquan. It will only take more than two months to complete the calculation." Zhao Si smiled, picked up the jade seal and stamped the edict, and at the same time attached the First Emperor's personal seal and his own seal.

Li Si, as the prime minister, adds another seal, and he has the highest legal principles.

In theory, there is no more formal document than these four seals combined.

"In this way, can we tell the world?" Zhao Si looked at Li Si with a smile.

"Of course." Li Si nodded.

"What if Gu Ruo wants to abolish the old laws and establish new ones?" Zhao Si continued.

"Your Highness...you are the crown prince..." Li Si's eyes lit up and he sighed again.

The prince is not the emperor after all.

This is not something that Zhao Si can accomplish with Zhang.

There is probably no bigger thing in the world than abolishing laws and establishing new ones.

"What are you thinking about? What can you do in two months?" Zhao Si glanced at Li Si strangely.

"It's just a start. If we really start to do it, the eldest father will come back. That's the eldest father's business. I'm not stupid. The easiest thing in the world is to add seals." Zhao Si smiled.

The imprinting of policies and even spreading throughout the world is just the beginning. It does not mean that the issuance of an edict can be directly implemented.

Promulgating documents is very simple. The most time wasted is simply preparing the new law in advance and fighting a public opinion war.

To truly implement it, we will need to re-populate the law and officials will have to re-learn. There are a lot of things that society will not be able to adapt to in less than five years.

The most sensitive people to political trends are naturally the Sangong and the Nine Ministers, while the most insensitive person is the head of Guizhou in the world.

It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a difference of ten years between the time when the two obtained information on changes to a government decree and law.

"Your Highness means..." Li Si's eyes lit up.

In this way, the First Emperor's attitude was almost certain.

"You can't just go into the hot spring alone at night and steal the imperial seal." Zhao Si spread his hands.

"Actually, Gu can understand what the eldest father means, but the eldest father is very strong, and besides, Gu is only the grandson, not the prince." Zhao Si said in a deep voice.

"My eldest father said he would be back in the spring. In fact, when will the old be abolished and the new be established, when will my eldest father come back?" Zhao Si said.

How could Zhao Si not understand the good intentions of the First Emperor?
In terms of power and prestige, the First Emperor was enough.

Fusu is also good enough, but Zhao Si is the one who lacks the background.

Without the precipitation of time, no matter how many rings there are, it is like a shooting star.

Sometimes this is the case, the meaning of life is not even as good as the sensation and legend of death.

The First Emperor didn't need it, Fusu might need it, but Zhao Si needed it even more.

No matter how much he said, the First Emperor still recognized the fact that Zhao Si was the grandson, not the prince, and there was a generation gap in between.

The First Emperor asked Zhao Si to accompany him to handle government affairs and carry him with him in everything he did. Now he went to Tangquan to let Zhao Si supervise the country.

To put it bluntly, it is to let everyone in the world get used to this fact as soon as possible.

Zhao Si is the undoubted successor.

Even if he is just an illegitimate child who grew up among the people!

Nothing is easier to gain prestige and authority than showing your face and giving orders.

As for running to Tangquan to avoid him this time, Zhao Si also had speculations in his mind.

The reform was for the Qin Dynasty, but the personal benefits brought by the reform were not actually important to the First Emperor.

And reform is a long and arduous task.

After all, it cannot be figured out in a few months, and to put it bluntly, it may not be successfully completed in five or ten years.

This is to lay the foundation of a country. It cannot be like writing a novel. If you talk about reforms today, in ten days and a half, the whole country will turn around.

With the modern Internet so developed, it will take a few days for public opinion to reverse.

Zhao Si could not supervise the country for a lifetime, so such a long reform was ultimately completed under the rule of the First Emperor.

As for what his father wants?
Zhao Si probably knows.

The reform could no longer be completed under his own rule. It was impossible for the First Emperor to deliberately delay the reform for decades in order to strengthen his authority.

But it cannot be completed under one's own rule, but it can be started by oneself.

As a pioneer, what Zhao Si needs to do is simple.

Abolish the old and establish the new, and promulgate the highest document.

No matter who implements the reform next, people all over the world will always remember Zhao Si.

Even decades later, when Zhao Si succeeded to the throne, the world had almost completely accepted the new laws and regulations.

In other words, the world has become Zhao Si's shape more than ten years in advance.

"My eldest father is not in a hurry...but Mr. Li also needs to take stock of the orphan. The little child went to Tangquan with my eldest father not long after he was born. You can't let me, the father, be separated from your son for too long, right?"

"Has your Highness already thought about it?" Li Si asked.

"I have the right not to use it. It will become invalid upon expiration. If I really offer this national jade seal as an offering, I'm afraid my eldest father will not be happy with it."

(End of this chapter)