Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 545: History is an endless cycle (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)

The ministers retreated and Zhang Han was surrounded by ministers to congratulate him.

No matter how Zhang Han got along with these people in the past, Zhang Han's status today is beyond the reach of most of them.

Although Zhang Han looked glorious, he knew very well in his heart that he, the guard captain, was an arrangement made by the emperor to check and balance the government.In the Qin State, where there are many powerful generals, a young man with a former foreman background is appointed as the captain of the army. This just shows that the military nobles in the empire no longer have any great talents, or that they are not willing to serve the Ying family.

Just as Zhang Han thought in his heart, the generals of the empire left angrily, but they didn't seem to see him, the newly promoted captain of the guard army, at all.

Seeing this, General Sima Xin just bowed to Sima Xin from afar, and then chose another way to leave.

Zhang Hand suddenly felt that he, the guard captain, was simply not worthy of his name in the minds of the generals.

The reason why these people are willing to call him captain is to show the emperor's face.

He is in charge of the generals in the world, but it will obviously take a lot of hard work for him to make all the generals obey him.

Zhang Han endured the disappointment in his heart and left Xianyang Palace talking and laughing surrounded by Zhou Qingchen and others.

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Zhangtai——

When Fusu heard Meng Tian's report, his whole body went numb.

Fusu immediately asked Yu Yang, an old minister of the late emperor.

"The prohibition of private education is an edict issued by the late emperor himself to the world."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty personally requested it from the late Emperor. The late Emperor readily agreed to establish the Imperial College and prohibit private education."

After hearing this, Fusu's mouth naturally twitched.

"Then did the late emperor know that all the families in Xianyang city use private schools?"

Yu Yang was stunned, shaking his head and thinking hard, wanting to say something but not daring to say it.

Meng Tian felt disgusted in his heart, but he still stood up and left.

"Your Majesty, I will retire first. I will come back another day to listen to Your Majesty's decision."

"Wait a minute. Yu Yang, if you have anything to say, just tell me. Dazhu Kingdom is not an outsider."

Yu Yang took a breath.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor has issued many edicts, but those edicts were all aimed at the heads of the six countries of Guizhou. And when Your Majesty ordered the abolition of private schools, wasn't it just to prevent private schools from affecting the remnants of the country's subjugation?"

Fusu's face became even stiffer.

"So the late emperor tacitly allowed each family to have masters in their homes to teach hundreds of forbidden arts?"

Yu Yang looked frightened and naturally shook his head.

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this."

Among the thousands of military-defining marquises in Xianyang City, there are many people who support scholars in the high-level courtyards, not to mention a few masters who teach the children of the family.

Meng Tian was also confused, because they also had high-ranking scholars in their house who specialized in teaching the children of the family.

For a big family like the Meng family, with dozens of children in the family, it would naturally not be the two Meng brothers who would go into battle in person to teach them.

Seeing Meng Tian and Yu Yang showing the same expression.

Fusu naturally felt that Meng Tian had finally become too upright and a completely honest person, so he shot himself in the foot.

Fusu originally wanted to take advantage of the military family, but now he has it.

"Are the edicts issued by the late emperor for the people of the world, or for the common people of the six countries? Yu Yang, as one of the nine ministers, don't you even understand this truth?"

"Your Majesty, I am terrified. But this matter involves many things, and no one in Xianyang City may be spared."

"The purpose of establishing Taixue is to abolish private schools. Hundreds of schools can't agree on one thing, and people are in confusion. If the families in Xianyang City enjoy fame and fortune, but don't set an example for the world, then how can I govern the country."

"Is this matter really that difficult? The masters of Taixue were all recruited from all over the world by me in the past, and there are also 72 doctors, who are knowledgeable about the past and the present. There are also the imperial edicts of bronze power from the late emperor, so why do all the aristocratic families still use them for themselves? Master, could it be that even today, there are still people in the mansion supporting members of the Yin-Yang family and the Strategist family, waiting for another alliance from time to time?"

The emperor's reprimand naturally made Meng Tian feel ashamed.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I will set an example now. When I get back, I will expel the masters from the mansion and send all the children in the mansion to the Imperial Academy."

"The Censor is indeed someone I value highly. If the Censor does this, all the officials will definitely follow suit."

Yu Yang knew very well that although Meng Tian took the lead in this matter, if there was no profit motive and forced execution, it would only force the military nobles to rebel.

Yu Yang bowed:

"Your Majesty, I have a word of advice regarding this matter."

"Say."

"Although the late emperor issued an edict to establish Taixue and prohibit private education, Taixue did not have many children from aristocratic families enrolling in the school. Instead, it recruited many celebrities. These celebrities were not reused for a long time, and some of them defected to aristocratic families. Below the family line."

"I believe that the important thing is not who teaches them, but who uses their talents and learning, and whether the children they teach can serve the empire. Taixue should not just be the largest school in the world, but should be the world's scholar. The only way to move up."

"I think that your Majesty can set up a degree in Taixue, and only those who have obtained a degree in Taixue can enter the court and receive a salary. In this way, although there are people in the world who have studied in hundreds of schools, they have to go to Xianyang City to get this degree. , when the time comes, won't these talents return to His Majesty's hands one after another?"

Yu Yang's words made everyone present suddenly enlightened.

"It's wonderful, it's really wonderful. In this way, I can not only firmly control these talents, but also effectively attack private private schools. At that time, why worry that people in the world will not listen to me."

"Your Majesty, the benefit of this matter is not only to control the scholars in the world, but more importantly, he can inspire the children of aristocratic families to enter the Imperial Academy."

"how to say?"

"In this world, there are ten fights in total, one for the nobles, and nine for the common people. How many people in the common people's homes can read and digitize. Only the noble families can afford to raise teachers, so that the children in the mansion can be immersed in the six arts. , you can cultivate yourself and your family at a young age. In a common people's family, if there are one or two people in the same family who have studied in three generations, they have been blessed by Shao Siming."

"How can such a common people's family raise scholars? So as long as Your Majesty is willing to lower the difficulty of the selection examination, families with military merits will definitely follow suit and enter the Imperial College as officials. By then, The military families have inherited His Majesty's kindness, and they will definitely show their loyalty to His Majesty one after another."

After hearing this, Meng Tian also thought this method was good.

"Your Majesty, I think this is okay. The houses of nobles are inherently different from the common people. The common people have always listened to the nobles. If there is no noble suppression for a long time, then the common people will be arrogant and try to use an egg to attack a stone. Although the power of ants is small, , but it is enough to destroy the levee."

Fusu had a headache. He had not expected that the situation would develop like this.

"Step back first and let me think about it later."

"only."

After Meng Tian and Yu Yang disappeared into the hall, Shen Yu hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, what the visitor said is very true."

"What he said is indeed true. By doing this, I can regain the support of the nobles, and my throne will be secure. But I know very well that if the Imperial Academy is regarded as an institution that serves military nobles, then this will It means that the empire has closed the way for common people to be promoted from now on."

"Do you know why the empire became stronger because of the military merit system? Because the essence of the military merit system is to allow the common people to gain the opportunity to be promoted to soldiers and made soldiers through fighting. Therefore, in the past hundred years, although our Qin Kingdom has repeatedly prohibited political struggles in the royal court, but The morale within Qin is much higher than that of the six nations."

The military merit system has improved the fighting enthusiasm of the common people and adjusted social contradictions at the same time.

"If I issue this edict today, the channels for common people to be promoted will be narrower. In the long run, the nobles and the common people will become tit-for-tat. The oppression will become more and more serious. By then, the problems outside the customs have not been solved, and the problems within the customs will be Unrest breaks out first.”

Fusu took a breath and laughed at himself:
"Just a year ago, I asked Xiao He to give the common people a chance, but now, I have to take the initiative to cut off the common people's promotion channels in order to stick to the military merit family's ass."

Shen Yu felt that His Majesty's words today were too indecent, and he had never heard many words in what he said.But Shen Yu still understood the meaning.

If Taixue opens the door to military families, it will make Qin's situation even more critical.

"Didn't His Majesty once say something to us at the beginning of the reform? If a person can't even survive tomorrow, how can he talk about things in the years to come? Now that His Majesty has attacked a family with military exploits, people in the court are panicking. , His Majesty needs a large number of civil servants to be dispatched to various parts of the world, but most of those who are literate and literate belong to noble families. Compared with what may happen in the future, Your Majesty is probably worrying too much this time."

"There will definitely be a way to resolve the conflict between the nobility and the common people in this world."

After hearing this, Fusu looked at the ancient man in front of him. He didn't look like he was transformed from an ape.

smart.

Everyone around me is very smart!
"You are right. There is indeed a way to resolve the conflict between the nobility and the common people. The only way to resolve the conflict is war!"

Shen Yu was naturally confused after hearing this.

"In this way, it's like going full circle and back to the starting point."

"Yes, it has come full circle, and history is an endless cycle. It seems that the living standards of the people have become higher, but oppression will never disappear no matter how many times it goes through. I abolished the military merit system in order to end it completely War, but if the internal conflicts are backlogged and need to be resolved at that time, we will still have to launch a war. If I do not launch a war externally, my people will launch a war against me."

"No one can break out of the endless cycle of history! However, history is not immutable. At least, I know its laws. Today's matters are not allowed to be told to the outside world. I am allowed to think about it before making a decision."

Do we have to lick the butt of a military-proud family... Or should we move the capital...

If we change the capital of the empire, we will definitely be able to get rid of these old diehards in Xianyang City, but the price of moving the capital will be higher.

(End of this chapter)