Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 40 Hu Fu riding and shooting! (for collection)
"According to the sequence of reforms, we will talk about South Korea next." Ji Heng paused, and said slowly, "But I decided to talk about Yan State first."

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Hearing Ji Heng's words, Fu Su sat upright.

He has always been curious about Ji Heng's attitude towards Yan.

Ji Heng frowned and said: "Yan State was established very early, as early as the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, and it was the fiefdom of Zhou Wuwang's younger brother Zhao Gong's son, but in my impression, there was only one reform in Yan State, which was Le Yi's reform. .”

"But in my opinion, there shouldn't be only one reform of the Yan Kingdom, because the Yan Kingdom has existed for too long, and it is almost the same as the Zhou Dynasty."

"In more than eight hundred years, there has only been one reform. Normally, it cannot be maintained at all."

"In the past, it was as powerful as the Jin State. It existed for more than [-] years. During the period, it also carried out system reforms. In the end, it was hard to resist the fate of collapse. There was also the original Qi State, which was also tragically replaced by the Tian family. These vassal states that were established in the early Zhou Dynasty , only carried out one large-scale reform, and it either collapsed or was replaced, which logically could not support the Warring States Period.”

"Because there are too many accumulated disadvantages, it is difficult to recover from the accumulation."

"But the country of Yan is an exception."

"Although I am from Yan, I was moved to Xianyang when I was young. I don't know much about Yan's past history. The only memory I have is the Leyi Reform."

"Therefore, the reform of Yan State will be relatively rough."

Hu Hai frowned.

He didn't know much about Yan's history.

I have no idea.

Across the wall, Fusu looked slightly embarrassed.

He did know why.

After Qin destroyed Yan, because of old grievances, Yan's history books were also burned.

Now only the Daqin State Mansion has the orphan copy.

Although Ji Heng is an aristocrat of the Yan Kingdom, his historical annals have always been kept only in the palace and are not publicly displayed. Only those great aristocrats who have survived for hundreds of years may have a few records in their homes. As for ordinary aristocrats, there are only a few Knowing some big events, it took a little longer, and they were basically forgotten.

After all, the cost of bamboo slips is very high these days.

Not many nobles would use the bamboo slips to record things that had nothing to do with them.

What's more, the world has been through wars for a long time, and many nobles have declined in the wars, and the bamboo slips of the clan have also been lost. In the world, only the offices of the major vassal states have relatively complete historical materials.

It's just that with the unification of the world, all of these belonged to Daqin.

As for why the first emperor would destroy the historical materials of Yan State.

The real matter is about new and old grudges.

Firstly, it was Shihuang and Prince Dan's rivalry, secondly, Jingke's assassination of Qin, and thirdly, when Qin destroyed Chu, Yan State had been exerting pressure everywhere, creating a lot of pressure on Qin to destroy Chu, if Shihuang hadn't resisted Otherwise, Qin's fate will not be very good.

Because of this, Shi Huang held a breath in his heart, and as soon as the Qin army defeated the Chu army, he immediately asked Wang Ben to destroy Yan.

Yan Guo's library has really been vented.

What's more, the first emperor didn't want to keep an isolated copy. It was the old prime minister Wang Wan who confessed to Wang Ben in private, so that some historical records were preserved, but even if they were transported back to Xianyang, they were directly shelved. to tidy up.

Ji Heng didn't know these things, so he said to himself: "I don't know what happened in Yan State in the past, so I don't want to discuss it too much."

"However, I remember Su Dai, Shangqing of the Yan Kingdom, once said: Although Yan is small, he is good at attaching to a big country. If he attaches to Qi to the east, Qi will be strong; if he is attached to Qin to the west, Qin will be strong; if he is attached to Chu and Wei to the south, Chu and Wei will be strong."

"Perhaps Yan survived forever by relying on a strong country."

Ji Heng laughed lightly and shook his head.

"Let's get down to business."

"Le Yi's reforms are mainly 'recognizing ability and assigning officials', 'following laws and regulations, and those who follow the evil, giving and Mengli' and so on."

"It's just that Yan State used to claim to be the most orthodox feudal state outside of Zhou, so the reform was very conservative. The country was conservative and stuck to the kingly way. Leyi's reforms only improved some of the already battered kingly way systems. With Le Yi fleeing, this conservative reform also failed.”

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"Due to the profound historical background and the self-proclaimed orthodoxy of the Zhou Dynasty, the Yan State has always adhered to the kingly political tradition. Even if there is a change, it will be difficult to completely eradicate it. This situation is actually similar to that of the Chu State."

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu established itself as the king, and since then it has been divided and ruled."

"The Kingdom of Yan adheres to the kingly way from the beginning to the end, and the tradition of kingly way is deeply rooted,"

"In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, almost all the countries in the world abandoned the kingly way and rituals, but Yan State did not. The kingly way tradition has been passed down in Yandi for 800 years. This kind of kingly way has been passed down for too long, and it has already been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. It is almost impossible to change this. It is very difficult to integrate the tradition in the bones."

"In particular, Qin's system is completely different from the kingly way and Zhou etiquette."

"There's more conflict between the two cultures."

"However, after Qin destroyed Yan, he killed seven or eight nobles in the capital of Yan, and the resistance to implementing the Qin system was not that great."

"But there are many knights in Yanzhao."

"If the kingly tradition of Yan land is not eradicated, there will always be a gap between Qin and Yan."

"In the past, although Yan State was always poor and weak, it never gave up resistance when faced with the powerful Qin Dynasty, and was always trying to fight desperately. However, when faced with the cruel and inhuman tyranny of 'Bao Qin', the fierce confrontation between the two cultures Now, the combat power that the Yan people can unleash cannot be underestimated."

"This is a fight to the death."

"At least the nobles and knights in Yandi will not give in easily."

Ji Heng paused, picked up the jug, and took a sip happily.

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But Fusu was thoughtful.

Hearing what Ji Heng said, he immediately understood why Shihuang insisted on burning down the history books of the Yan Kingdom.

Because Zhou Li and Qin Fa are incompatible.

If the books of Yan Kingdom are allowed to survive, it will inevitably intensify the conflict between the two places.

The kingdom of Yan has been practicing the kingly way for the past [-] years, and the way of kingship has been respected by many officials in the court. If the books of the kingdom of Yan are brought back to Xianyang, the officials will definitely read and quote them, and they will suffer from it.

It may even cause the court to shake.

If the annals of the Yan Kingdom attracted the later monarchs of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Let future monarchs follow suit.

This will undoubtedly plunge Daqin into turmoil.

This was obviously not what Shihuang wanted to see.

Fusu raised his head and looked at Xianyang Palace, feeling undecided for a long time.

"Etiquette and law."

"It's two cultures."

"Da Qin can only accommodate one type."

"Did Emperor Father choose Fa from the beginning?"

"So the various debates after the founding of the country have actually been settled long ago?"

Fusu smiled wryly.

Now he is completely unable to figure out what Shihuang really thought at that time.

Is it really a moment of anger?
Or is it well thought out?
he does not know.

It's also completely indistinguishable.

Ji Heng turned his body sideways, let himself lean comfortably, and continued: "Since we have talked about many martyrs in Yanzhao, let's continue to talk about Zhao Guo."

"The change in Zhao Guo is very intuitive."

"Riding and shooting in Hu clothes."

"Although the follow-up reform has involved other aspects, the most important thing is this 'Hu'."

　The historical materials of the Yan Kingdom are basically missing from the history books, and they are all made up bit by bit with archaeological relics.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)