Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 338: How can we serve a country if there is no order between the noble and the lowly? ! (Please subscribe)
"Trapped?"

"I don't feel that way."

"I only see people's livelihoods withering and all people suffering."

"And what kind of prosperous age are you talking about? Where does this prosperous age come from?"

Zhang Liang spoke calmly.

Ji Heng glanced at Zhang Liang indifferently, but he understood that Zhang Liang was deliberately trying to trick him, but he didn't care, and said directly: "The prosperous age I mentioned has not yet arrived, but the world will indeed usher in a prosperous age. The prosperous age, but the prosperous age I understand is different from the one you understand.”

"As Qin strengthens its control over the world and weakens the privileged existence of nobles and scholars, the world will enter another state, where nobles and scholars will no longer be valued, but where everyone will have opportunities like a dragon."

"Compared with the past, isn't this considered a prosperous time?"

"Everyone is like a dragon, this is too big a statement." Zhang Liang said coldly.

Ji Heng nodded.

He knew this was impossible.

He looked at the sky with his hands behind his hands and said with deep eyes: "Everyone is like a dragon. It is indeed impossible. But in the past world, even if dynasties changed, the rich would still be rich and the prominent would still be prominent. At most, their family fortunes would decline. From the past, The powerful have become the so-called poor, but even so, these people are still beyond the reach of those at the bottom."

"You can even still curry favor with the people at the bottom."

"How unfair this world is!"

Ji Heng shook his head sarcastically, his eyes full of indifference.

Zhang Liang was silent.

After a moment, Zhang Liang hummed: "This is the natural order of the world, how can it be considered unfair?"

"Autonomous order?" Ji Heng sneered and said disdainfully: "This is really ridiculous. Do you really say this to the people at the bottom? Those who are unhappy in the world, under your instigation and instigation, all think that they need to change their lives. They will be able to prosper in the world, change the current situation, and stand out."

"But that's just the fantasy of most people."

"That's exactly what I said."

"Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer."

"The turmoil in the world is just a redistribution of interests for those who have the resources, connections, knowledge, and ability. Even if the world changes and dynasties change, you can still calmly take a share of the world and still maintain your nobility. At best, their status will become a little shabby and embarrassing, but for the people at the bottom, if there are no big opportunities, they will only get endless hardships."

"Extract his strength in Anping and use him to death in war."

"This is the life you arrange for the people at the bottom."

"Spring comes and autumn comes, but it remains the same."

"I used to enjoy this situation. After all, I can always be the best for others, so why not do it? After all, it's not me who is suffering, it's all the lowly slaves and untouchables. But after seeing too many human tragedies, I am dissatisfied with this situation.”

"This is not how the world should be."

"And it shouldn't be like this."

"so."

"I want to make some changes in the world."

"Let people at the bottom have the opportunity to go to the space above and see the scenery above."

"And compared to getting ahead in troubled times, I prefer another sentence, which is 'It's better to be a dog in prosperous times than a man in troubled times'!"

"Troubled times are too painful and difficult after all."

"The so-called recuperation, to a certain extent, is a helpless move after the human world has withered. At the same time, it is just that the people at the bottom are tired of war and tired of the compromise of death. In fact, their situation has not changed much. It remains the same. It is to 'squeeze their power' for the powerful, but after years of war, they are more eager to have a peaceful and stable life."

“I’ve also become more tolerant.”

Ji Heng sighed quietly in his heart.

He originally believed that after the troubled times, the world would enter a state of recovery and the lives of the people at the bottom would get better. However, after several reincarnations, he discovered that this was not the case at all and was completely wishful thinking.

After the world's forces are reshuffled, the impact on the bottom level is actually very small.

Local landlords will still crazily exploit the bottom class. Only when the national power of the central court increases and its control over local areas is continuously strengthened can these local landlords dare not act so recklessly. At other times, the life of the bottom class is always difficult. , there will not be any change, the so-called change is just the numbness after endless casualties.

The great changes started by Zhou and Qin lasted for more than two thousand years. In real terms, the prosperous age lasted only one or two hundred years. For most of the rest of the time, people's lives were very difficult. However, with the improvement of productivity, material resources were relatively abundant. It can be seen that It seems to be getting better with each generation, but the top management's determined efforts to "squeeze their strength" have never stopped.

And it's only getting tougher.

The blood of millions of heroes, in exchange for the old world today.

This is the sorrow of the world.

He has experienced too many troubled times and no longer believes in the so-called recuperation. It is just that the central court turns a blind eye to the darkness in the place and has no choice. Zhu Yuanzhang, who hates corrupt officials deeply, has been involved in various corruption scandals for more than ten years since the founding of the country. Cases are emerging one after another, which shows that people's greed will not change due to chaos.

It just makes them crazier.

of course.

It is not entirely true to say that the underlying environment has not improved at all after the troubled times. It is just that within more than ten years, those evil forces will come back and squeeze back double the deprivation and squeeze of what was lost in the past.

So he does not long for troubled times.

He prefers that after a period of pain, the world can come to the prosperous age as soon as possible.

This does not make the deaths of so many people in vain.

Zhang Liang was silent.

For the first time, he was moved.

Because this is different from what he expected.

And he could tell that this was Ji Heng's true thoughts.

He sighed: "Is this the real reason why you helped Qin? You don't believe that the world will get better soon after the chaos. You only believe that the world should change from chaos to order as soon as possible, so that the world can become a better place."

Ji Heng smiled and nodded.

He said indifferently: "Throughout the ages, the world has changed a lot."

"But very little has really changed."

"Only with the reforms that began in the Zhou Dynasty, the world gradually changed from the past."

"The reason why Qin is regarded as a tiger and wolf by the Six Kingdoms is really because Qin is a barbarian? If we really talk about barbarians, Jingchu may be even more barbarian than Qin. After all, the title of King of Chu was imposed on him by himself. How barbaric. However, Liu The state of Chu also doesn’t want to see Qin, why?”

"Actually, you and I both know the reason very well."

"It comes from Shang Yang's method."

"Shang Yang's method broke many of the old orders."

"However, the lower-level officials, dead people, and ordinary people have the opportunity to step into places that only nobles can reach. That's why the six countries are so afraid of them, lest their status as a powerful person be taken away."

"So for more than a hundred years since Shang Yang's reform, the six countries have continued to slander and curse Qin."

"At the same time, he continued to spread rumors and threats within his own territory, so that the people at the bottom believed it was true and truly regarded Qin as a cruel tiger and wolf."

"After more than a hundred years of slander, Qin's cruelty has become more and more recognized by the world."

"Also resist and resist for the people of the world."

"But is that really the case?"

Ji Heng sneered.He said indifferently: "You dare not tell the truth to the bottom, and you are even more afraid that the bottom knows the truth, because you are afraid of losing, and you are afraid that everything you own will be taken away by others one day, and the one who takes everything away is not the nobles of Qin, but I am a slave and a pariah in your eyes, and I am even more afraid that one day I will become a low-class person."

"You know very well how you treated people at the bottom in the past, so you are extremely worried that you will also encounter such dark treatment after becoming a person at the bottom."

"That's why you are so afraid of Qin."

"Qin teaches that all people are equal under the law."

"You are preaching that etiquette cannot be extended to common people, and punishments cannot be extended to officials."

"Qin talked about the rule of law, but you talk about the rule of etiquette."

"As Qin becomes more and more contrary to your ideals, you become more and more unable to tolerate Qin's existence, not even for a moment. However, after Shang Yang's reform, Qin's national power became stronger and stronger, and you could only tend to protect yourself. As the general trend of the world was established, it was difficult to escape the fate of destruction in the end, and Qin finally unified the world."

"It's just that with the unification of the world, what the nobles were most worried about has not happened."

"Because Shang Yang's method collapsed."

"But under the First Emperor's troubles, Qin's law became more and more collapsed, and the world became more and more uneasy, so you became rampant again, because you know very well in your hearts that Qin is not with you after all. People, you are always worried that Qin will one day return to Shang Yang's old ways, so you must rebel against Qin and destroy Qin."

"After Qin is destroyed, history will be written by the victors."

"Many things about Qin will be intentionally erased and intentionally hidden."

"Because you don't want these things to be known to the outside world."

"I don't even want the world to miss Qin."

"But is Qin really as cruel and unkind as you describe?"

"Ha ha."

"I'm afraid not."

"It's just that you won't tell the world what Qin's system actually looks like, nor will you tell the world how much effort and painstaking effort Qin put in to ensure justice at the bottom, nor will you talk about the so-called 'three days of exposing the first leader'. There is no dispute over the level determination, and there will be no talk about Qin Faxia. The charges of each person who is sentenced will be posted truthfully, just to let the outside world clearly know the whole story."

"Because this is not the law of the nobility."

"The law that the nobles want has always been 'the punishment cannot be known, and the power cannot be measured'."

"There is actually no Legalist school in the world."

"Only law changers."

"What many people don't expect is that when it comes to Legalism, most people remember Shang Yang, Han Fei, Li Kui and others. Li Kui wrote the "Book of Laws", led the Wei State's reform, and opened up the world. It was the beginning of reforms to become stronger, and Shang Yang’s reforms made Qin, which was despised by the princes, become a powerful country and finally unified the world."

"And Han Fei is the master of Legalist ideas."

"only."

"They are indeed representatives of Legalism."

"Few people in the world know who the originator of the Fa family is."

"The originator of Legalism."

"It's not Shang Yang, it's not Han Fei, it's not Li Kui, it's not Guan Zhong, it's not Gao Tao."

"It is the son of Confucianism."

"Confucianism doesn't even want to admit a great talent like Xunzi, so how can it promote Zichan? So there are many people in the world who don't know about it."

"As far as the deeds related to Zichan known to the outside world, most of them were that Zichan was in charge of the Zheng State and implemented reforms within the Zheng State to strengthen the country. However, what really makes Confucians taboo about Zichan is not that Zichan led the Zheng State's reforms."

"But something else."

"That is, Zichan casts a punishment book."

heard.

Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows.

He didn't know much about Zichan.

It is only known that Zichan seemed to be a minister during the reign of Duke Jiang of Zheng, and officially took power in the state of Zheng in the 23rd year of Duke Jiang of Zheng.

Before Zichan came to power, the two powerful powers of Jin and Chu were competing for hegemony. Zheng State was caught between the two powers. There were many internal conflicts among the nobles. Zheng State was poor, weak and chaotic.

After Zichan came to power, on the one hand, he used his political wisdom to shuttle diplomacy among the great powers.On the other hand, he began to implement reforms within the Zheng State to strengthen itself, vigorously reforming the land and tax systems of the Zheng State, and finally allowed the Zheng State to achieve great governance and turn the country from weak to strong.

It's just that Ji Heng regarded Zichan as the originator of Legalism, which was somewhat beyond Zhang Liang's expectation.

He also had almost no understanding of Zichan's casting of punishment books.

see.

Ji Heng also knew that Zhang Liang knew very little about Zichan, and this was actually normal. The Zheng State was destroyed very early, and there are not many historical materials about Zheng State left in the world. In addition, Confucianism was very powerful, and the relevant classics were even more popular. It is kept privately, so if you don’t take the initiative to look for it, it would be normal not to know.

Ji Heng sat back on his recliner.

He said calmly: "Zi Chan's punishment book, if you don't take the initiative to understand it, there are actually not many people who know about it. In addition, the world has long been accustomed to promulgating legal codes, so Zi Chan's punishment book seems even more insignificant."

"But that's not actually the case."

"Before there were any legal codes in the world, most people went through a period of secret laws."

"The upper-class nobles at that time believed that the more concealed the criminal laws were, the better, and they must not be known to the people of the country. This would help the nobles deal with the people at the bottom at will and increase the status and dignity of the nobles."

"But Zichan went against the norm and decided to break this old ignorance."

"So there was the Zichan Casting Book of Punishment."

"That is, Zichan cast a big tripod, cast the national laws on it, and placed the tripod in a prosperous place in the city to announce it to the world."

"This is the first time that China's government affairs have been made public."

"It is also the first public code in the world."

"Since then, the world has officially entered the era of open code."

"It's not that there were no laws before Zichan, it's just that these laws were secret laws hidden in the government and not known to the people."

"This is the so-called punishment that cannot be known, and the power cannot be measured."

"Zi Chan cast a punishment book, which broke the long-standing secret political tradition in the world that 'the punishment is unpredictable, and the power is unpredictable'. Therefore, it was fiercely criticized by many nobles."

"Among them was Uncle Xiang, a celebrity at the time."

"Zi Chan was praised by Confucius as 'the love left by ancient times', and Shuxiang was praised by Confucius as 'the straight love left by ancient times'."

"The two had a fierce argument over this incident."

"In the end Confucius also met his end."

"And left a saying that is widely circulated in the world."

"This sentence is still regarded as a guideline by many nobles to this day."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Liang asked curiously.

"What is the purpose of a country if there is no order between the noble and the lowly?" Ji Heng said quietly.

(End of this chapter)