The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 610: Defeat the Landlord and Divide the Land [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

"A general is going to compete with a lieutenant general. Are you trying to elevate Zhao Yida's status and value?"

Wang Jian also couldn't understand why Yang Duanhe had degraded himself to the point of competing with a small captain before they arrived?
This is increasing the other party's value.

After this battle, if Zhao Yi survives, his value will soar because Yang Duanhe will personally fight against him.

"His surname is Zhao, so he is a member of the royal family of Zhao State?" Li Xin was curious.

If he is a member of the royal family, then it would not be considered as lowering one's status if Yang Duanhe personally took action to confront him.

"Whose royal family would you be willing to do the dirty and tiring work in the engineering camp?" Yan Yan decisively added.

There are not many people with the surname Zhao in the State of Zhao? How can they all be descendants of the royal family?

Everyone looked at Yang Duanhe speechlessly. If you are not a member of the royal family, do you have to do this?
Yang Duanhe also felt that he seemed to be flattering the other party a little, so he stopped talking.

"In fact, it doesn't make much sense for you to just quarrel and persuade them to surrender. The hatred between Qin and Zhao is too great. If you want them to surrender, you have to come up with something substantial." Yan Yan spoke again.

After watching the verbal battle between Qin and Zhao, he could only say that it was too crude, and there were only a few sentences used to persuade them to surrender.

You have been surrounded. Resistance is useless. Lay down your weapons, leave the city and surrender, and seek leniency.

The day the city is captured will be the day you surrender. Leave the city and surrender as soon as possible, and those who surrender will not be killed.

This is simply forcing the other party to fight to the end.

After hearing Yan Yan's words, Ying Zheng and Wang Jian's eyes lit up.

Yes, how could they forget that the person in front of them is the number one person in the field of psychology in the world today.

The so-called best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their troops, and the worst is to attack their cities.

Attacking a city is always the worst strategy and should only be done as a last resort.

Now that the two countries are at war, the war of plans and diplomacy is over, and what remains is the army attacking and sieging cities.

But attacking an enemy does not necessarily mean killing the enemy. Turning the enemy into one's own people will also have the same result.

Attacking the heart is better than attacking the city.

"Please teach me, Master Bingjun!" Ying Zheng did not care about his status as the King of Qin at all and bowed directly to ask for advice.

"The relationship between the Zhao court and the people is very tense now. The lack of a civil uprising is entirely due to the presence of the Qin army, which forces them to suppress their internal conflicts and turn them into external conflicts with the Qin state."

Yan Yan spoke slowly.

"Yes!" Ying Zheng nodded.

Handan’s high-pressure policy did not allow the people to talk about anything related to corruption in the court and misappropriation of military funds, but this contradiction did exist, it was just suppressed.

It is more difficult to prevent people from speaking than to prevent a river from flooding. This cannot be suppressed.

"Then, we just need to bring up the old matter again and trigger this conflict!" Yan Yan said confidently.

Qin generals such as Ying Zheng and Wang Jian frowned. They knew this principle, but the question was what were the specific methods?

"It's a rumor!" Yan Yan looked at the confused and thoughtful generals such as Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Li Xin and Yang Duanhe, and complained, "This is how they call themselves famous generals!"

"Please tell me clearly!" Wang Jian could no longer sit still. He never said that he was a famous general. It was you who regarded me as a famous general.

"Spread rumors that royal family members privately occupied people's land and the powerful and wealthy embezzled land. Expose all the negative information about royal family members and the powerful and wealthy. Don't tell me that the Qin State has not collected the negative information about these people." Yan Yan looked at Hei Bai Xuan Jian.

"..." Hei Bai Xuan Jian hadn't expected that he would be involved. But when he saw Wang Jian and the others looking at him, Hei Bai Xuan Jian nodded, "Luo Wang does have some dirty information on the Zhao royal family and dignitaries."

"Then what?" Wang Jian continued to ask. Even if they spread rumors, Handan could still suppress it. It would just be adding some more black material on the basis of misappropriation of military funds, which would not play a decisive role.

It is also impossible to use these negative materials to make the defenders and people of Handan completely break off relations with the Zhao court.

“Then tell the people and defenders of Handan that as long as they are willing to surrender, the State of Qin will publicly try these dignitaries, including the King of Zhao, and distribute all the land of the royal family and dignitaries to the local people…” Yan Yan spoke slowly.

To overthrow the landlords and divide the land, isn't it enough to just have hands?

"And these cannot be slogans, otherwise the lies will be exposed one day. You need to do this in the cities of Zhao that you have occupied, and then select some prestigious elders from the people of each city and have them come to Handan to persuade in person."

"It's impossible that all the defenders of Handan are from Handan, right?"

Yan Yan continued.

"Divide the land?" Ying Zheng and Wang Jian looked at each other. This was not a good thing. It was equivalent to pushing the State of Qin completely to the opposite side of the nobles.

In the future, whether we attack Wei, Chu, Yan, or Qi, we will encounter absolutely stubborn resistance.

After all, land is the foundation of the nobles' livelihood.

This is tantamount to sucking the marrow out of one's bones. It would be strange if the nobles could accept it.

"Does the Qin State still intend to allow these local nobles to continue to control the local areas?" Yan Yan looked at Ying Zheng and asked back.

After the death of the First Emperor, why did the situation in the world suddenly reverse and the princes restored their rule?
Isn't it because the Qin State was too kind and left those nobles to control the local areas?

But do you expect these nobles to be grateful?

Stop dreaming!

They were only afraid of the power of the Qin army and did not dare to resist.

As conquered people, they have lost their former power, and their status will naturally be lower than that of Qin officials. Is this what they want?
As long as there is a chance, they will try every means to regain their former rights or even go a step further.

The Chu-Han Contention was so brutal that almost all the nobles were killed, which is why the Han Dynasty was able to stabilize.

"Never trust those nobles!" Yan Yan reminded Ying Zheng.

The nobles have always been afraid of power but not virtue, and they are also the parasites of the country. Only by killing them all can we have peace and recuperation.

"But without the nobles, who will manage the place?" Ying Zheng asked after pondering.

"Let the people of all regions nominate their own candidates, and then the Qin State will conduct unified examinations, training, and teaching them how to govern their local areas."

Yan Yan directly brought out the idea of ​​democracy.

There are also many areas where we can do something about it.

For example, if the person nominated has anti-Qin intentions, then it can be said that the other party has not passed the exam and is not qualified.

Or they could manipulate the voting process behind the scenes to get pro-Qin people elected.

In short, there are too many places where this kind of thing can be manipulated.

After a little thought, Ying Zheng realized that there were many things that could be done in this so-called recommendation. Isn't this just recommending filial and honest people?
Do you really think there is no room for maneuver in selecting filial and honest officials?
All of those who were recommended as filial and honest officials were related to the local nobles. The local nobles had built up momentum for them in advance, and then they were recommended as a natural result.

There are people who are recommended because of their good character, filial piety and integrity, but they are very few.

(End of this chapter)