Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 358 The change of power is also the change of wealth! (Please subscribe)

Fusu frowned.

Ji Heng's words were refreshing to him.

Are the only people who oppose Qin in the world are nobles and scholars?

It was almost unnecessary to think about this, Fusu knew the answer, it was absolutely impossible.

But the nobles and scholars had the deepest resentment towards Qin.

There is no doubt about that.

It's just that in the past, the focus of the imperial court was on the nobles and scholars of the six countries. When he suddenly thought about what else they could be, he couldn't really answer for a while. He only felt that they were some scattered people.

a long time.

Fusu smiled wryly.

He shook his head and said, "Fusu's eyes are dull and he really can't think of anything else."

"Please tell me, sir."

Ji Heng stood with his hands behind his back.

He did not turn around, let alone look at Fusu. He looked at the sky with a faint look and said profoundly: "The difficulty of governing the world is actually very easy to understand. It is that you have me, and I have you. Unify." The world is easy because it is easy, but governing the world is difficult because of it.”

"You have me in you, and you have me in you. In the past, I have stumped so many heroes in the world."

"This sentence affects the whole body."

"In fact, to a certain extent, it is a microcosm of the entire world."

"In the past year, you have done a lot of things in the world. You have transferred sergeants to different positions and sought orders from talents. If you look deeply into these, you are actually digging into the foundation of the nobility and scholars, making the nobility and scholars proud and proud of them. The dignity and honor we were so proud of were gradually abandoned."

"The implementation of these policies, combined with the First Emperor's patrol, is indeed effective."

"Today's nobles and scholars are like bereaved dogs, hiding here and there in a panic all day long. They dare not show their faces easily, let alone cause trouble easily, let alone provoke the nerves of the court."

"As a result, the atmosphere at the bottom of Da Qin is much clearer."

"But it is also inappropriate to blame the nobility and scholars for the source of the world's turmoil."

"They just appear to be the strongest and most powerful from the outside."

"Intentionally suppressing them will not solve the fundamental problem."

"Because they are not the only ones in the world who are against Qin?"

"Profit leads to where there is benefit."

"Where are the only nobles and scholars affected?"

"But everyone in the world!"

"It's just that the court, the nobles and the scholars all regarded the other party as their biggest opponent, and focused all their attention on both parties, thus ignoring many situations."

"At present, the imperial court's suppression of nobles and scholars has been very effective."

"But if we take it lightly or are so careless, sooner or later, the imperial court will fall into the hands of other forces that are spying in secret. Their hatred for Qin Ting is no less than that of the nobles and scholars."

"Nobles and Scholars"

Ji Heng smiled contemptuously, his eyes full of disdain.

He said indifferently: "They are just monkeys who were deliberately pushed to the stage to attract the attention of the world."

"The world situation has actually changed very early."

"Nobles are not noble, and scholars are not officials."

heard.

Fusu's face darkened.

He didn't think Ji Heng was being alarmist.

There must be a reason why Ji Heng dared to say these words.

It's just that he couldn't think of it at the moment.

He didn't think much about it and asked directly: "Why do you say this, sir? In your opinion, what other forces are anti-Qin in the world?"

Ji Heng turned around and glanced at Fusu lightly.

He sat down again, took a sip of tea, and asked with a half-smile: "Which group of people in the world do you think the issuance of the Order of Merit and the transfer of non-commissioned officers will have the greatest impact?"

Fusu subconsciously wanted to say nobles and scholars.

But soon.

He took the words back.

If it were really nobles and scholars, Ji Heng would not ask this question, and he would not say so many words before. But besides nobles and scholars, what else can it affect?
Scholars, farmers, industry, merchants and soldiers.

The greatest influence is undoubtedly 'Shi'.

The second is the soldiers.

And the army is in the hands of Da Qin.

He believed that the imperial court's control of military power was very appropriate and would not get out of control. The nobles who represented "scholars" were not scholars, and the military was strictly controlled by the imperial court. How could they still be farmers, industrialists, and merchants?
But do these three groups really have such strength?

So courageous?
He was very doubtful about this.

a long time.

Fusu still gritted his teeth and said: "In Fusu's view, it is still the nobles and scholars. Apart from this 'scholar' class, other groups have influence, but their influence is not great."

Ji Heng chuckled and shook his head simply.

He said solemnly: "These policies do have a great impact on the nobility and scholars, but if you really look carefully, you will find that the impact on the nobility and scholars is actually lagging behind. In the short term, the impact that has the greatest impact is On the contrary, it's not them. Even if it really takes a long time, the people who are most affected may not necessarily be the nobles and scholars."

"Ah?" Fusu exclaimed, "How is this possible?"

His eyes were full of disbelief and doubt.

Ji Heng's face was calm, and he didn't take Fusu's disbelief to heart. He said calmly: "Aristocrats and scholars are actually from the 'scholar' class. How come the 'shi' can dominate the world for hundreds of years?" , in fact, there are reasons for it.”

"It lies in the 'shi' who controls the land and knowledge."

“Fields are wealth.”

"Knowledge preserves wealth."

"In the old days, owning land and knowledge meant having power, so a 'scholar' servant was, to a certain extent, the actual lord of a land."

"It's just that with the start of the great war of scholars, the land and knowledge that were previously monopolized by scholars were broken due to the conquests and the contention of a hundred schools of thought. The power of scholars was actually reduced, but they still had a lot of power in the local area. Big influence.”

"But at the same time."

"After the abolition of the well-field system and the emergence of the Yuan-tian system and other land systems, the fields controlled by the 'shi' have slowly been transferred to the hands of the powerful gentry."

"After Qin unified the world."

"The land and knowledge that the scholar class used to possess were, to some extent, divided into two."

"The fields fell into the hands of powerful squires."

"Nobles hold knowledge."

"It's just that the nobles and scholars had a noble status in the past, and they had been operating in the local area for many years. They were deeply rooted and influential, so they created the appearance of a single family in the world for a while."

"But it's just an appearance after all."

"The 'scholar' class has actually been divided into three."

"Nobles have family backgrounds, knowledge and land, but the scale is much smaller than in the past. Scholars only have knowledge, and powerful squires only have land. The integration of the three is the momentum that 'shi' should have."

"It's just that nobles and scholars regard themselves as noble and want to be the first in everything."

"So it stands out the most."

"The powerful one seems a little quiet."

"But the policies you have promulgated over the past year have actually had the greatest impact on powerful people and country gentry." "They have also been the most severely suppressed."

"It also frightens and disturbs them the most."

heard.

Fusu was completely stunned.

The squire is powerful.

Of course he knew.

It's just that I didn't take it to heart.

As Ji Heng said, the focus of the court is on the nobles and scholars, because nobles and scholars are the most likely to cause trouble, have the greatest impact on the world, and are also the easiest to stir up unrest in the world, so the focus of the court's surveillance is on them. .

But the imperial court actually also targeted the powerful.

In the past, there were many powerful people migrating, but it has gradually slowed down in the past two years.

What surprised Fusu was that his decrees clearly did not target powerful people, so why would they have the greatest impact on powerful people?
He was very puzzled.

He wondered: "Mr. Ji, I don't quite understand. The imperial court obviously didn't deliberately target it, so why does it have the greatest influence on powerful people? This shouldn't be right, right?"

He was really confused.

In recent years, the imperial court has mainly targeted nobles and scholars.

Why do powerful people and country squires suffer?
He was speechless for a moment.

Hearing Fusu's unbelievable words, Ji Heng laughed a few times.

He thought to himself: "The boss argued with the second child, and the third child died. Isn't this a normal occurrence in history?"

He shook his head and said slowly: "One emperor and one courtier. This sentence refers to the court, but this sentence actually also applies to local places."

"The sudden changes in local officials and the emergence of lower-level scholars in Guandong will greatly change the old structure of Guandong, and will also greatly touch the nerves of the powerful."

"It will directly change the original political landscape of the place."

"That's why."

"Maybe you still don't understand."

"But remember one sentence, the birth of powerful people is actually inevitable in the transformation of the world. When the scholar-bureaucrats lose power and the nobles are suppressed, the local fields will naturally become fragrant buns, and they will definitely gather upwards, and eventually they will form Powerful."

“Fields are wealth.”

"And during times of war, some powerful people were able to learn knowledge and then gained the ability to hold on to their wealth."

"but"

"Why do nobles and scholars admire scholar-bureaucrats and the imperial court co-ruling the world?"

"Instead of the nobles and the imperial court co-ruling the world?"

"The reason is also very simple."

"Because in China, whether it is knowledge or wealth, it must ultimately rely on power."

"Power supreme!"

“Without power, none of this can be maintained.”

"The nobles and scholars have understood this very early. They know very clearly that only by seizing power and restoring the scholar-officials' local monopoly can the long-term prosperity, glory and wealth of the family be guaranteed. And this is the key to the nobles and scholars themselves. Neither can be done.”

“It all comes down to power.”

"This is especially true for Da Qin."

"China has always been a power-based world."

"Once people have power, they can easily obtain wealth, and they can also easily plunder the wealth from others, so you should be able to understand it now."

"In the land of China, the change of power means the transfer of wealth."

"Land is the greatest wealth currently."

"Whether it's seeking talents or transferring sergeants, the essence is a change of power."

"That will undoubtedly lead to the active or passive transfer of wealth. This transfer is not based on people's personal will. The reason why the powerful and the squires could hold back in the past was because there were nobles and scholars in front of them, and they kept silent in secret. Make a fortune, and like the salt merchant Feng Dong and Cao Bingsheng, try to collude with officials, and then achieve mutual collusion to keep their wealth."

"But all this peace and tranquility was gradually broken with the emergence of the order to seek talents and the transfer of sergeants."

"Because officials are no longer selected from the local area, but are directly transferred from abroad. The arrival of officials from other places will undoubtedly directly break the old local ecological pattern, and will also directly lead to the re-division of the fields controlled by the powerful gentry."

"If it only involves a few counties, local powerful people and country gentry, there won't be much reaction."

"You will only consider yourself unlucky."

"But with this series of measures, the imperial court has directly told them that the imperial court is going to make some changes to the local structure. The changes in officials will directly lead to the replacement of rights and the transfer of wealth. The powerful are different from the nobles and scholars. Most of them only He has land in his hands, but once it is divided or seized, his power will almost cease to exist in name only."

"It's a matter of life and death for your family, why would you sit back and wait for death?"

"The disruption of the old local structure will definitely lead to the emergence of new forces and the weakening of the original forces."

"It's inevitable."

"After this big wave, how many powerful people think they can escape unscathed and preserve everything they own? And can they take this a step further? I'm afraid not many families have this confidence, and most of them will fall into panic. I am worried that my family business, which has been in business for hundreds of years, will be robbed by these new officials."

"And this is where the unrest comes from!"

"Don't think that all officials can abide by the law."

"it's out of the question."

“Don’t underestimate human greed.”

"Don't underestimate the temptation of money and power to officials."

"Especially officials from Guandong, who grew up in this environment since childhood, will inevitably plunder even more crazily once they gain power. I don't deny that there are officials in the Qin Dynasty who can stick to their true intentions and never be greedy or possessive, but after all, they are a minority. "

“Those who have money seek power, and those who have power seek wealth.”

"This has been true since ancient times."

"The powerful cannot succeed at high levels and cannot achieve at low levels."

"Their mastery of knowledge is far inferior to that of nobles and scholars. Their control of land depends on the eyes of local officials. They are destined to be the easiest to target. Therefore, powerful people are also the most easily replaced part of the world."

"This is also the most severe part of the order for non-commissioned officers to transfer to other positions and seek talents."

"You can wait and see. The reaction of these policy aristocrats and scholars will not be so strong. However, these powerful people who are related to their own personal interests are the most sensitive to this. They will definitely take action."

"At that time, nobles, scholars, and even merchants may join in."

"This storm sweeping the world has just begun."

Ji Heng lay comfortably on the recliner, holding the warm tea in his hand, tasting it sip after sip.

It seemed as if these things had little impact on him.

Only Fusu.

At this moment, it was like facing a formidable enemy.

The whole person became extremely serious and dignified.

Ji Heng made it so clear, how could he not understand?

The situation in the world has changed.

In the past, it was mainly nobles and scholars.

And then it will transform into a powerful man and a country squire.

The powerful and squire were inconspicuous in the past, but they controlled most of the land in Guandong. This is a fact. If the powerful and the squire really rioted, their impact on the world would be no less than that of the nobles and scholars.

It will only become more severe.

Because they can affect the livelihood of tens of millions of people in Guizhou.

(End of this chapter)