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

Chapter 614: Giving the surname Qingmiao and a whip [Please subscribe*Please vote for the monthly ticket]

Wang Jian looked at Meng Yi who was talking eloquently and Meng Tian who looked confident, and the shadow of his grandson inexplicably emerged in his mind.

They are both so young, so why is there such a big difference between them?
Sure enough, the fight was still not enough!

Finally, the Central Army Meeting passed Meng Yi's proposal, and Wang Jian personally wrote a letter inviting Jing Ke of the Mohist school and Fu Nian of the Confucian school to come and preside over the fight against the local tyrants and the distribution of land.

Of course, Wang Jian not only invited Confucianists and Mohists, but also Taoists living in Taiyi Mountain.

It’s just that the Taoists are now preparing for the battle between heaven and man that takes place every five years, and they have no time to deal with them.

Moreover, even if there were no battle between heaven and man that took place every five years, given the Taoist's nature of staying at home, they might not necessarily come.

The last time Wang Jian met Chisongzi, the leader of the Taoist Tianzong, he asked about the method of practicing longevity and was beaten up by Chisongzi and driven out of Taiyi Mountain.

It was not until later that Wang Jian understood why he was beaten.

To use the words of Taoism, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is already so scarce, how can there be room for other people to come and compete for it?

Therefore, Wang Jian only invited the Taoists in order to maintain balance and not offend any of them. In his heart, he did not think that anyone from the Taoists would come.

This was indeed the case. The person who delivered the message even reported back that the Taoists burned the letter without even reading it, and then drove the messenger out of Taiyi Mountain.

When he was chasing people away, he also said something unlucky, which would affect his own practice.

However, the Mohists and Confucians agreed very readily, and the Mohists even sent out the Vermillion Bird to escort the messenger and Jing Ke back to Handan.

Confucianism was a little slower, but it also allowed Fu Nian to bring in a large number of scholars.

Therefore, a massive revolution to fight against local tyrants and distribute land was launched in Zhao State.

Of course, Fu Nian and Jing Ke are not stupid and will not take all the credit and reputation for themselves.

They understood the difference between the organizer and the host very well, so wherever they went they would clearly tell the local people that King Zheng of Qin had asked them to uphold justice.

Therefore, the name of Ying Zheng gradually spread to thousands of households in the State of Zhao.

If it weren't for the long-standing feud between Qin and Zhao, the people of Zhao would have wanted to build a shrine for Ying Zheng.

After all, in the agricultural age, land and food are the foundation of life.

"Zhao can actually serve as a pilot site for Qin's national policy after its unification. First of all, Zhao has a small population, so the impact will not be that great!" Yan Yan said, looking at Ying Zheng.

Overthrowing the local tyrants and dividing the land will inevitably lead to a shortage of manpower for local administration.

"Four-legged frogs are hard to find, but aren't there many two-legged people?" Ying Zheng said confidently.

In fact, at this time, the military merit title had already shown signs of collapse.

Because the Qin State could not provide so much land, rewards and official positions to those soldiers who were promoted for their merits.

Things are very good now. After we have conquered all the nobles in the conquered territories, there will naturally be a lot of vacancies.

In the past, in order to stabilize the local area, the Qin State did not dare to carry out drastic reforms. The Qin people also had the sentiment of being reluctant to leave their homeland, and the rewards and fiefdoms they wanted were also in their hometown.

But the Qin State could not afford so much land.

But now it is possible.

It is hard to leave hometown because there is no better development.

Now the Qin State can transfer these meritorious people to various places to serve as local officials. Then the fiefdom can be in the place where they serve, and the rewarded people can accept it.

"In the whole world, there are not many people who can have surnames. If the King of Qin can give them surnames..." Yan Yan continued.

It is hard to leave one's hometown, which is the fundamental reason why the military merit and title can never be further conferred and eventually collapse.

But isn't the purpose of conferring a title to bring honor to the family? Then what can be better than a king bestowing a surname?

To put it simply, there are almost no common people in the world who have surnames, and even those three generations ago may not be famous.

But once they have a surname, they can have a separate page in the family tree, which also means that starting from their generation, they can build their own ancestral hall.

In the past, people all over the country would worship their ancestors in ancestral halls built according to the names of villages, but a village might not necessarily represent a branch of a family, so it would be very confusing.

But with a surname, they will know what their ancestral hall is called and who are their relatives.

No one can refuse to start the family tree from himself. Even Confucians, Mohists and famous scholars cannot resist this temptation, let alone the common people at the bottom?

The family tree starts with themselves, and even if they don't want other rewards, the Qin soldiers will be willing.

Ying Zheng looked at Yan Yan in surprise, this is a good thing.

Once a surname is given, not only will it be hard to leave one's hometown, but even people of the same clan will be willing to move out.

This not only allows the Qin people to live together with the people of other princes, making it easier for Qin to control the world, but it also makes it easier to merge villages and fortresses.

With a surname and a clan hall, the difficulty of merging villages and towns will be greatly reduced.

"In fact, the land in the world is still very vast, and there is a lot of land suitable for planting. It's just that no one is willing to reclaim wasteland because they don't have the time, and they are also afraid that the land they have worked hard to reclaim will be occupied by the nobles."

Yan Yan continued.

There are many hooligans who have no land, residence or job, but they do not want to be hooligans. Instead, because of the oppression of the nobles, they have to sell themselves to the nobles to farm, which also leaves them with no extra time to open up wasteland.

In addition, the frequent wars among countries and the heavy corvee labor left them with very little free time.

"So, this is the Qingmiao method I mentioned before!" Yan Yan also taught the Qingmiao method to Ying Zheng.

The Qingmiao Law was actually a very good policy, but the Song Dynasty was unable to implement it.

Government lending turned into usury, making it impossible for the common people to benefit from it.

But the Qin Dynasty was not afraid that lower-level officials would dare to do so.

Ying Zheng wanted to kill people, no matter who you were, and Ying Zheng's control over the court was unmatched by the emperors of the Song Dynasty.

The imperial power does not reach the countryside?

Ying Zheng traveled everywhere and carved inscriptions on stone tablets everywhere. Do you think he just went there to enjoy the scenery and show off his achievements?

The inscriptions on the steles not only record his achievements, but also the laws promulgated by the Qin State.

This makes it impossible for local authorities to act recklessly.

Once discovered, Qin's system of collective responsibility would be put to the test.

"The tax rate is distributed according to the amount of land, and the Single Whip System prohibits local governments from making up excuses. It makes it easier to collect taxes and makes it easier for the people to adapt!" Ying Zheng nodded.

With surnames, it is easy to register and merge villages and strongholds. Combined with the Tiaobian Law and Qingmiao Law, it can restore the Qin State in the fastest and most rapid way.

Similarly, it can also enable Qin to establish prestige and gain goodwill in the conquered areas.

However, for all reforms, no one knows what problems will arise before they are implemented.

Now Yan Yan said that Zhao could be used as a trial and error tool, and once an error occurred, Qin could correct it in time.

Once it is confirmed that there are no problems, it can be developed throughout Qin to avoid disappointing the old Qin people.

(End of this chapter)