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

Chapter 611: The Loneliness of the Greatest Emperor in the World [Please subscribe*Please vote]

Yan Yan's method was easy to understand for Ying Zheng and others. It was just to change the recommenders of filial and honest officials from local nobles and government officials to the common people.

However, Ying Zheng thought of more and waved his hand to send everyone away, including Wang Jian.

"Pass the order, no one is allowed within a hundred steps!"

"Yes!" Wang Jian and others were stunned at first, not understanding why Ying Zheng suddenly wanted to dismiss everyone. But after thinking about it for a while, they broke out in a cold sweat. This was going to change.

However, no one dared to stay any longer and they all left the central military tent.

"Why did the king suddenly..." Li Xin, who had just walked out of the camp, had not yet reacted. After all, he was still young.

"Shut up!" Wang Jian glanced at him coldly. Is that something he could say?
Didn’t you see that the king didn’t even allow me to stay in the tent?
Only Yan Yan and Ying Zheng were left in the entire central military tent. All the soldiers cleared the area within a hundred steps of the tent, and no one was allowed to approach or eavesdrop.

"Lord Bing wants to destroy the current official selection system!" Ying Zheng looked at Yan Yan solemnly and said.

"Before Duke Xiao, there was a situation in the world where officials were not subject to punishment. But in the Qin State, even the crown prince who broke the law was punished the same as the common people?" Yan Yan looked at Ying Zheng and asked in return.

Ying Zheng nodded, and after a moment's silence, he continued, "I have been thinking about one thing over the years!" He looked at Yan Yan and continued, "Perhaps I can get the answer from Bing Jun."

“What the King of Qin should be thinking about is what kind of system and policy should be implemented in this vast world after unification!” Yan Yan also sat up straight, without any laziness.

"That's right, the one who understands me is you, and I am not alone!" There was light in Ying Zheng's eyes, no longer filled with deep melancholy and anxiety.

"This is an unprecedented country, a centralized and unified empire where the imperial power can reach directly to the countryside. It is no longer the era of feudal fiefdom and tribute in the past. However, we have no precedents or experiences to learn from. I need to think about everything!" Ying Zheng said heavily.

Yan Yan nodded. As a latecomer, he had a lot to learn from history, but Ying Zheng was not a time traveler. There was no history to learn from for everything he had.

Just like China when Yan Yan came, wasn't it also a brand new country with no history or other countries to learn from? Everyone was crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Therefore, Yan Yan truly admired those kings who created a completely new system and a new era of prosperity.

Especially Ying Zheng, not everyone is worthy of the title of the greatest emperor of all time.

In a brand new centralized country, Ying Zheng was ahead of the world by so many years, even centuries.

When China had already entered the era of a centralized empire, the world, regardless of east, west, south or north, was still in the era of nomadism, city-states, or feudalism.

As the founder of this new unified empire, Ying Zheng left China with many things that can be learned from.

He opened up a path that was not feudal in the dark and desolate centralized power.

After completing the unification, Ying Zheng could completely inherit the Zhou system, divide the world into fiefdoms, continue the feudal system, and then create another Zhou Dynasty belonging to Qin for another 800 years.

But he didn't, he chose to find a new path of centralization.

Then they were beaten to a pulp and the Qin State's resources were exhausted.

But it also created a China that will never be divided again.

"What the King of Qin wants to ask is how this unified centralized empire should be managed!" Yan Yan was in awe. He didn't expect that Ying Zheng was already thinking about these things.

"Please teach me, sir!" Ying Zheng bowed and asked, asking for advice as a disciple. "The world can no longer follow the old path of the Zhou Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty can continue to implement the feudal system, but the result is nothing more than the continuation of the Zhou Dynasty's princes fighting each other." Ying Zheng continued.

"The Zhou Dynasty has been divided into feudal states for eight hundred years, and the system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If the King of Qin really wants to do this, it will alienate the courtiers and generals of Qin, and it will cut off the national destiny of Qin! Does the King of Qin still plan to do this?" Yan Yan confirmed again.

After 800 years of feudal system, the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Not to mention the distant past, just look at the generals who are waiting outside the tent now, who among them doesn’t want to be made a marquis, appointed as a prime minister, be granted a fiefdom, and become the lord of a place?
Even Wang Jian was probably hoping that the Wang family could become a local lord, continue the family line, and become a ruler under the Ying family.

If Ying Zheng abolished the feudal system, I'm afraid all the officials of the Qin State would stand against him.

However, the feudal system was too large and involved all aspects of the system.

For example, the current appointment and dismissal of officials and inheritance of titles.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the world implemented the system of hereditary nobles and hereditary officials. The hereditary nobles and hereditary officials were the titles of senior officials.

Hereditary nobles refer to the nobles under the emperor or the princes, who are reappointed to high official positions from generation to generation, from father to son.

Hereditary salary refers to the property enjoyed by officials, including salaries from the court. It is not limited to fixed wages, but also includes fiefdoms and tax income.

Hereditary officials are low-level officials below the rank of minister. They also serve as officials from generation to generation, with the son inheriting their father's official position.

"I'm sure!" Ying Zheng answered Yan Yan firmly.

"To disturb the interests of the upper class is like killing their parents, and to disturb the ideas of the lower class is like digging up their ancestors' graves. The ideas of the lower class are precisely the source of the interests of the upper class, and this is exactly the case with the feudal system."

"The people have long been accustomed to enfeoffment and paying taxes to the nobles. If the King of Qin wants to change this concept and undermine the rights and interests of the upper class vested interests, he will die!"

Yan Yan spoke again.

"I have made up my mind!" Ying Zheng looked determined.

"Alas~" Yan Yan sighed deeply, but looked at Ying Zheng with admiration.

"Then there is no construction without destruction, and only after destruction can construction be established!" Yan Yan spoke.

"Please give me some advice, sir!" Ying Zheng excitedly held Yan Yan's hands. Over the years, this matter has almost become a knot in his heart.

Although Li Si, Wang Wan and others were talented, they only acted according to their own wishes. In other words, they did as much work as they were paid, instead of really thinking about the problem like him.

It was just because he was the King of Qin, he wanted to do what he wanted, and then Li Si and others had to passively think and look for ways.

Therefore, Ying Zheng, as the greatest emperor in history, was so lonely. No one could stand by his side and help him break through this dark future.

"The nobility and aristocratic families have become the parasites of the world, and the reason they can become nobility and aristocratic families is because of the rights they possess, and their rights come from the hereditary system of nobility and hereditary officialdom."

"So, if we want to abolish the feudal system, then the hereditary noble system and the hereditary official system must also be broken, and military merit is one of the ways to break the deadlock!"

Yan Yan talked about what he could think of and what could be realized at this time.

(End of this chapter)