Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 633: Governance by doing nothing (please give me a monthly recommendation vote!)

Chen County, Huaian County.

As the sun sets, the county town is peaceful.

Most of the soldiers patrolling the border returned to the tower and waited quietly for nightfall.The door shops on the street have also closed their doors early, and the woodcutters and vendors are going to their houses in twos and threes carrying their burdens.

In Huai'an County, wherever you look, there are houses with large openings and closings.Even if you look at the entire Chen County, it is difficult to see tall buildings.

A gentle breeze passed by this county town, blowing the lotus flowers in the pond, and the fragrance overflowed.

The white crane stopped in the center of Jiangzhu, surrounded by children shepherds, wearing long skirts, driving the flock across the hillside, grazing the flock and drinking water.

With the sound of the xun, the surroundings became even quieter.The sound of the xun was very melodious, and it was carried by the breeze over the mountains and to the Huai River.

The rice fields were empty. After harvesting the rice, it seemed that the burden on the earth had been reduced.

The whole city became lighter.Surrounded by water, Huaiyang County seems to be floating on the water from a distance.

On the dense waterway, there are canoes with pointed bows and long and wide hulls moored.The boatman holds his pole and anchors it on the water.

In the past history, Chen County was just a Feng Shui treasure land for growing rice, and it was land within the Chu Kingdom.Because it is far away from the capital, it is rarely affected by politics. It has always been peaceful and has almost no bloodshed.

Compared with the undeveloped land of China, Chen County's environment is relatively closed, so there is such a densely populated city with extensive paddy fields.

Although the place is small, it is really rich.

And this Huai'an County is very famous in the Chu region.It is close to a vast body of water, but at the same time has a vast flat area.In terms of production methods, the people on this land can cultivate, weave and fish; in terms of navigation, they can sail or land.After the Chu State was annexed by Qin State to a large area of ​​Nanyang County, the King of Chu withdrew eastward, mainly relying on the resources of various counties in Chen County to maintain national strength.

The people here have lived in this area for generations and have a strong Chu accent, passing down the Chu culture.

Most Qin people who serve as officials in Jingdi will encounter strong resistance.Getting them to change their habits is indeed harder than letting them die.

As a result, Qin officials became outnumbered in the Jingchu area and had to submit to the old local bureaucrats.

When the state of Qin occupied the land of the state of Chu, in order to eliminate the impression of the descendants of the local people on the state of Chu, they forcibly changed the land of Chu to the land of Jing.

When this kind of change quickly landed on the villagers of Jingchu, it would naturally arouse everyone's resentment and disgust.

When the Qin State forcibly and violently transformed the six countries and turned them into the appearance of the Qin State, many hidden dangers had been laid within the counties and counties of Jingchu.

Just over ten years have passed, cars running on the same track and books sharing the same text have become history.

The old wheels have decayed, the old writing has been buried in the ground, only the language and customs remain.Of course, language and customs are also being impacted by the Qin people.

The hidden dangers that were originally hidden in the ambush are now about to be exposed.Under the calm surface of Jingchu, there is a serious crisis.

In order to speed up national integration, the First Emperor Ying Zheng had already used forced population migration to allow the people of Qin and the Six Kingdoms to intermarry and give birth to offspring.

After 14 years, this change is significant.

In peaceful times, people often place their expectations for the future in the new era by naming their children.

Most of the children in the past were named randomly, but now there are children everywhere, everyone's name is Yannian, Yishou, and Gaolu.It can be seen that everyone's positioning for the future is to prolong life in the new era, for a long time.

Huai'an County is located in Chenjun Prefecture.

Under a towering ancient tree, a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged in a gray cloth, stroking his beard quietly, as if he was trying to comprehend something.

Two young men were kneeling before him.

Both of them were sitting upright, with pious looks on their faces, as if they were listening to a lesson.

Xiao Lu asked first:

"Father, since you came to Chenjun, everyone in Chenjun has admired you. It can be seen that my father is widely approved of. Recently I heard from the officials in the county that no one in Chenjun has been talking about it day and night. The ancient kings of Chu State are all praising your Majesty."

"The county guards of the state of Qin beat the local people with whips, but they couldn't make the local people submit. But father, you did nothing, but managed Chen Jun properly. I don't know what is the reason for this?"

Xiao He listened and said calmly:
"Governing the people is like taking care of the vegetation. The vegetation sprouts in spring, flowers in summer, bears fruit in autumn, and declines in winter. If you force the vegetation to bear fruit in spring for your own purposes, it will definitely be counterproductive and cause resentment among the people."

"In the past, the chief officials of Qin State used wattle sticks to beat the local people in order to make them obey the laws of Qin State. Naturally, the people were unwilling."

"The ancient sage said: I do nothing and the people become themselves. I like to be quiet and the people are upright. I do nothing and the people are rich. I have no desires and the people are simple. Whatever the superiors desire, the people will follow quickly. Where I am Desire, but no desire, and the people also have no desire and are self-sufficient. These four are to respect the foundation and to rest at the end."

"The king wanted to rule the world and thought that harsh punishments were the only means. In the end, it caused resentment among the people. By this time, harsh punishments had become the purpose of the king's rule, not the means."

"Your Majesty arranged for me to come to the land of Jingchu to appease the people. If I still force the villagers to do things they don't want to do with harsh punishments, it's just a waste of time. So I can only do it when someone makes a mistake. Only use criminal law to deal with criminals."

"Nowadays, His Majesty's benevolent reputation spreads far and wide, and the reduction and exemption of taxes is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. And I adopt the idea of ​​governing by doing nothing, which is more in line with public opinion, so that Chen Jun can be orderly and peaceful."

Xiao Lu replied:

"Father still advocates adopting Taoist ideas, governing by doing nothing, and resting with the people. This is in line with public opinion. But as far as Lu knows, the situation in other counties in Jingchu is not good. In the early years, he followed his father in Sishui County At that time, my father realized that there were too many unrest factors in the world. No one stopped the annexation of land by local tyrants, but there were still Qin officials working with it."

"Although the county is established now, most of the county kings in the Jingchu area are greedy for luxury. Especially the eighteenth son of the first emperor, the current Jiujiang County King Hu Hai, I heard that he forcibly recruited the people's husbands for his own selfishness. , built a palace for him, and later forcibly selected beautiful women among the counties, but they were not dedicated to His Majesty, but kept for themselves."

"The entire Jingchu area, except for a few counties and counties, is relatively stable because there are honest officials like you, father, and General Zhao Tuo's heavy suppression. But there is chaos in the counties and states. This will be a big influence on the empire The hidden danger of stability, my son believes that if it is not dealt with early, the situation may become difficult to control in the future."

(End of this chapter)