Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 189 The truth of hard work! ! ! (seeking subscription)

"Enlightenment." Fusu whispered.

"Mr. Ji used the official script wantonly, and proposed to use some signs to reduce the difficulty of literacy and hyphenation. Is it really for the purpose of continuing to move down the knowledge? Just doing so, I am afraid that there will be great resistance."

"Since ancient times, knowledge has been exclusive to the upper class."

"Although after the Zhou Dynasty's 'Emperor loses his official position and learns in Siyi', there are only a few people who have really fallen to the bottom. With the peace of the world, knowledge will undoubtedly be concentrated upward again. The nobles will not think about passing on knowledge. At the bottom, the difficulties that will be encountered in it will be extremely huge."

"Mr. Ji, do you really dare to risk the displeasure of the world?"

Fusu showed hesitation.

He didn't doubt Ji Heng's courage.

There is probably nothing in the world that Ji Heng dare not do.

But after all, Ji Heng just opened his mouth, and it was the Daqin Chaotang who finally implemented it. He was no longer a brat who didn't know the world at the beginning, and he also realized the complexity of the court, especially the selfishness of people's hearts.

even.

He didn't even think that Ji Heng's idea could be approved by Shihuang.

For the court, knowledge is undoubtedly a great weapon to control and fool the people. If it is moved down to the bottom, it will only produce a lot of variables.

At that time, I am afraid that it will not be under the control of the court.

Fusu pondered for a moment.

He really didn't dare to guess Ji Heng's thoughts.

After thinking about it, he went straight to the Shaofu, took a bag of coins from the Shaofu, and was going to see Ji Heng.

If you have doubts, just ask!
Also.

Now he also wants to know what Ji Heng will do next.

As he got a deeper understanding of the imperial court, he felt more and more the constraints and shackles. These constraints and shackles came from all aspects, not only from the courtiers, from places, but also from people's selfishness.

He's been feeling like he's stuck in it lately.

This frightened him a little.

Therefore, he was eager to listen to Ji Heng's suggestion, trying to break himself out of it, avoid being affected for a long time, and finally let himself completely sink in.

He is self-aware of himself.

He is not a man of great intellect, and even to some extent, he is a stupid man, unflexible, lacking foresight and foresight, so he needs someone to guide him.

And this person is currently Ji Heng.

Only Ji Heng has this vision, this vision can help him see the emptiness.

Think of this.

Fusu looked around, and said to Wei Sheng, "Get ready for the chariot and horses, I'm going to the west city."

"Promise." Wei Sheng quickly agreed.

Soon.

Fusu arrived at Ji Heng's gate.

The door is open.

Ji Heng is not alone in it.

Next to Ji Heng, there is a young man also lying down.

Seeing Fusu approaching suddenly, Hu Hai was startled, he quickly stood up from his chair, and said respectfully: "I've seen you, brother."

Fusu frowned.

He looked at Hu Hai, then at Ji Heng, and in the end he didn't say much, but said to Ji Heng: "Mr. Ji, I have already paid back the money and food you asked your attendants to put on the mat last month."

Ji Heng stood up from the reclining chair, smiled lightly and said, "If you don't bring it here, I'm afraid I'm going to drink the northwest wind, so just sit down."

Fusu smiled wryly, but still opened his mouth to defend himself.

He said: "Fusu has been busy with various political affairs during this period, and he can't get away from it for a while, but he has indeed forgotten it. Please forgive me, sir."

Ji Heng nodded slightly, but didn't say much.

Fusu sat down.

Hu Hai showed a look of hesitation, but in the end he didn't dare to sit on the reclining chair anymore, so he sat on the seat honestly, with depression written all over his face.

Fusu cupped his hands and said: "With the help of Mr. Huai County, the shipwreck matter has been properly dealt with, the corresponding merchants have also been brought to justice, and most of the officials who are lazy and indolent have been dealt with. Now the people in Guanzhong are full of enthusiasm for the court again. It is all thanks to Mr.

"Please accept my worship, sir."

Fusu stood up and bowed to Ji Heng.

Ji Heng's expression was normal, and he said calmly: "You don't need to thank me, I did make a move, but it's just a deal, and it's Daqin Chaotang who will do the work in the end."

Fu Su shook his head and said: "If it wasn't for Mr.'s help, the matter in Guanzhong would not be stable for a short time. If the remnants of the Six Kingdoms seized the opportunity, Guanzhong might still be in trouble. Governance in Guanzhong will also be shaken a lot.”

"Why do you have to be so humble, sir?!"

Ji Heng was silent.

Seeing this, Fusu didn't say much.

He turned around and asked: "Sir, the imperial court has sufficient money and food, and the people's hearts are available. I don't know what to do next based on your opinion?"

"The world is exhausted. Although Fusu is not talented, he still wants the world to return to long-term peace as soon as possible."

"I went to see Gao and Jiang Lu today, and I heard that they are preparing a 'Book of Enlightenment' according to the master's wishes. Fusu is a little curious about this."

Ji Heng laughed lightly and asked, "Why do you think this is?"

Fusu hesitated for a moment, then said: "In my opinion, sir is thinking about the future. In today's world, because the cost of learning is very high, most of the knowledge is passed on among the nobles and powerful, and is not known to the lower classes. The method is intended to continue to move knowledge down, following the example of 'learning in Siyi' at the beginning."

"Create more talents."

"Then solve the shortage of talents in Daqin."

Ji Heng shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't think so."

"Since you have met Gao, Jiang Lu and others, you should also know that what I asked them to sort out is not any knowledge or knowledge, but the simplest literacy and word breaks, so knowledge is still mastered by the upper class."

"It's not easy to fall to the lower levels."

"I know what you think. You think my move is to mobilize officials and train a large number of officials for Daqin, so that the court will have more choices, no longer need to be controlled by courtiers, and no longer have to face the shortage of officials, but That's not my main purpose."

"My purpose is to fill the big hole in the military meritorious rank."

"In the past few months, the imperial court has collected a large amount of money and food from merchants and Qidi through a series of measures such as 'Official Mountains and Seas'. Merit, this amount of money and food is not enough at all, and it is far from enough."

"As I said before."

"The collapse of the military honor system is imminent."

"It has to be solved too."

"The solution is to combine reality and fiction."

"Only by satisfying the soldiers to the greatest extent can the things promised by the Great Qin Dynasty over the years be fulfilled in another form."

Fu Su's forehead.

Ji Heng did say this.

But what is real and what is virtual?
Ji Heng was not in a hurry to explain.

He said: "During this time, the government has taken action against merchants and officials. Right now, merchants and officials are in danger, and it is no longer suitable for them to take any further actions. If there is any further action, I am afraid that it will arouse strong anxiety among the officials. At that time, the outcome may be unpredictable.”

"Guanzhong can only let it go."

"As for mobilizing officials, it's just a daydream."

"Great Qin doesn't have enough control over the world, so how can he easily attack courtiers? Isn't this 'the emperor forces the officials to rebel'?"

"Da Qin can go to tease the heartstrings of officials."

"But not too much."

"Once it's over the fire, I'm afraid it will catch fire."

"Moreover, knowledge is currently controlled by a small number of people, and most of these people are powerful and wealthy people in the world. If they want to snatch food from these people, even the first emperor would not dare to act rashly. If it provokes dissatisfaction from all parties, even the first emperor may not be able to suppress it."

Fusu's face changed slightly.

He thought about it carefully, and it was indeed as Ji Heng said.

He said: "Then what is the intention of this sir?"

Ji Heng sneered, and said lightly: "It's just to solve the hole in the military merit system."

"If the military merit system is to be properly handled, millions of soldiers must be appeased. According to the military merit promise, the Great Qin will reward the soldiers with corresponding fields, houses, money, etc., and the fields in Guanzhong have long been divided up, and the money is the same. The gap is huge."

"This is not something the court can solve in a short time."

"The reason why we can keep suppressing is mainly because when the Great Qin ruled the world, many of the six countries surrendered directly out of the city, so the soldiers did not fight, but their military achievements were counted. Because of this, although the soldiers were dissatisfied with the court , but based on Shihuang's prestige and trust in Daqin, soldiers are still willing to believe."

"It's just that in these years, the Great Qin took the Xiongnu in the north and Baiyue in the south. The rewards were also not fulfilled. In addition, a large number of soldiers and their families were moved to northern Xinjiang and Lingnan. This undoubtedly aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers. The dissatisfaction is deepening."

“The dissatisfaction is very serious right now.”

"It's far more difficult than I imagined to solve it, because Daqin just can't give so much money and food, and can't squeeze so many fields from Guanzhong, so we can only find another way."

Fusu stood upright.

He knew that Ji Heng was going to tell the real thing.

He was also very curious, how could this literacy solve the problem of military merit?
The two don't seem to meet.

Hu Hai also sat upright, looking over curiously.

Ji Heng said: "Normally speaking, if the court wants to solve this problem, it can only give the corresponding land and money and food, but this is not what the court can give, so giving land and money and food is not feasible."

"Besides the fields and money and food, other things are also difficult for soldiers to agree with."

Fusu nodded.

Fields and money are real.

It is also the most important thing for the people. If it can be replaced with other things, I am afraid that the government has already done so. The reason why it has not been replaced is that there is no replacement.

There was a smile on Ji Heng's face, and he said lightly: "Most people in the world work hard all their lives just for food and clothing, but have you ever thought that the money, food and clothing they earn through their tireless work will not only solve their own food and clothing, but also help others Where is it used?"

"Ah?" Fu Su and Hu Hai were surprised at the same time.

The two brothers looked at each other, confused.

Fusu pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "People in the world work hard, but they can't ask for more than food and clothing. Besides food and clothing, what else can it be used for?"

"They can't even call it food and clothing."

"It can only be counted as filling."

"Furthermore."

"How can Qianshou have so much money and food?"

If he hadn't walked the road of founding the country and went deep into the local area, he might not know much about the situation of the people, but it is precisely because he has really been to the local area and learned about the local situation that he has a deep understanding of the local poverty, food It is common for people to not have enough to eat and not to be clothed.

Many families even have only one set of clothes.

Whoever goes out wears it.

How can there be much money in this situation?
Ji Heng knows more about the situation of the people than he does, so why would he say such a thing?

He was puzzled.

Hu Hai was also full of puzzlement.

Ji Heng shook his head and said lightly: "You may be mistaken. If a person does not have a family and has a hundred acres of land in his family, even if he does not cultivate all of it, he may be self-sufficient. It's just that the government will not allow this situation, so Guishou worked hard. Working is not only to ensure food and clothing for oneself, but also for the family.”

"Home" Fusu whispered.

Ji Heng said with his forehead: "It's just a family. It's just that many people are used to confusing the individual with the family, but in fact the two are not necessarily equal. You all subconsciously think that labor is for the food and clothing of the family, so the family is important to Guisou. Very important."

"And this is where the game breaks."

"Home is always the warmest place for people."

"Soldiers live frugally in other provinces, go through life and death, for what?"

"It is for this family, for their families to live well, and for their families not to suffer from these sufferings in the future, so they will not let go easily, because in their eyes, the most practical and most tangible things It’s the fields and the money.”

"It's also best passed on to the next generation."

"So starting from the soldiers themselves, there is nothing that can make them agree."

"But it may not be necessary if it is placed in the family."

heard.

Fusu felt his hair stand on end.

He looked at Ji Heng deeply, but it was like seeing a ghost. Ji Heng's scheme was too poisonous. He knew that the soldiers would not let go easily, and ordinary things could not be recognized by the soldiers, so he didn't care about the soldiers at all. Instead, look directly at the family.

But the home is the cornerstone of social stability.

If it is not handled properly, something big will happen to Daqin.

Fusu's complexion was slightly pale.

Didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu lightly, knowing that Fusu wanted to go wrong again, he was not so mad, and threatened millions of soldiers with his family, even if he had tens of thousands of heads, he couldn't resist chopping them off.

He said coldly: "Soldiers are fighting outside for the sake of their families, and the real discussion is for their own offspring. When they can maintain their hunger, they are actually happy to see money spent on their offspring. That’s why I asked Gao and Jiang Lu to compile the book.”

"If you can't be hard, then come soft."

"If the soldiers themselves can't get through, then pass through their heirs."

"In the past, literacy and hyphenation were basically monopolized by scholars and other classes, and they were rarely owned by the lower class. Although the people of Qin disdain Confucian scholars, if something happened, they would respectfully ask literate civilian scholars to help them. They used to It’s just that there is no way to read and write, what if the government gives their offspring a chance.”

"They'll probably start to weigh the value of the land versus the knowledge."

"As long as someone moves his heart, the goal will be achieved."

"As long as there is a little guidance from the subsequent court, more and more soldiers will use the rest of the rewards to raise their children after they have enough land to support a family at home."

"Because for them, knowledge can only be mastered by the upper class."

"Once their heirs learn it, don't they have the opportunity to become officials of the Great Qin Dynasty, become scholars, and become nobles from the 'untouchables' with their faces turned to the loess and their backs turned to the sky?!"

"Soldiers live and die for future generations."

"But what will happen if you get the money from the fields? You still face the loess and your back to the sky, and continue to be the head of Guizhou for generations. In times of disaster, you may have to flee everywhere, but if you have the ability to read and write, you can at least be regarded as one. Commoner."

"The gap between the two is huge."

"As for those who are knowledgeable or ambitious, in their eyes, the opportunity given to their children to go to school by the government is far more valuable than the land, money and grain they get as a reward."

"after all."

"This is a class leap!"

Fu Su and Hu Hai were silent for a long time.

After Ji Heng opened his mouth, they realized one thing. For them, being able to read and write and acquire knowledge seems to be a matter of course, but it is almost a gift from heaven in the eyes of the leader of the bottom.

Unless Qianshou really couldn't survive his whole life, their whole life was for their family.

And the most important thing about a family is the continuation.

Ji Heng was clearly aware of this point, so he did not choose to start from Qianshou himself, but chose to start from the descendants of Qianshou, through the descendants of Qianshou, to shake Qianshou's insistence on land money and food.

In the end, the head of Guizhou recognized this solution.

Over the years, the imperial court has thought of many ways to try to make the head of Guizhou let go, but it has not been able to do so. It even moved a large number of Qin people to the South China Sea and Beiyuan in order to force the target, which aroused complaints from the Qin people.

Hu Hai remembered one thing.

When Shi Huang visited the South China Sea, he visited the South China Sea. At that time, Shi Huang asked Zhao Tuo a word.

Is the army in the South China Sea stable?

He was still young at the time and didn't understand the meaning of it, but after hearing Ji Heng's words today, he was also shocked. I'm afraid Shihuang had already realized the problem at that time, so he asked Zhao Tuo specifically, and Zhao Tuo's reply later It's the old Qin people of the Qin army in the South China Sea, what happened? ', which made Shihuang finally relieved.

But now Ji Heng gave another solution.

unusual.

Instead, starting from the continuation and prospects of the family, jumping out of the perspective that rewards can only be honored to soldiers, thus giving up a more practical method.

Fusu took a deep breath, unable to calm down for a long time.

He was still in a daze.

He actually understood something.

Literacy, for them, is very rare and common, but for Guishou, it is very valuable. Therefore, as long as the court opens this mouth, it can solve the problem of rewarding many soldiers.

All the land, house, money and food that should have been rewarded can be exempted.

The only thing given is teaching.

But compared to the real money and food for farms and houses, it is undoubtedly a good deal for the government to send some people to give lectures to some children, because simple literacy is not worth much in the eyes of the government.

He raised his head and looked at Ji Heng with awe in his eyes.

Ji Heng's move was absolutely amazing.

In the eyes of Qianshou, the money and food in the fields and houses are indeed of high value, but they are obviously worthless compared with knowledge, but in the eyes of the government, knowledge is very cheap.

high!
It's really high! ! !

(End of this chapter)