Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 14 Theory of Strengthening the Country [Second update, please collect and read]

Different ways, don't work together!
  This is a very serious sentence, and it is even more serious when it comes from Shang Yang's mouth.

What's more, before saying this, Shang Yang also cut off the relationship between them and simply said "it's just a reward for moving wood", which is similar to cutting off the robe and severing the meaning.

Mrs. Shang Yang's expression changed. She looked at Shang Yang with a bit of hesitation in her eyebrows, as if she wanted to exhort him, but she didn't seem to know how to exhort him.

She sighed faintly: "Why is this necessary?"

Shang Yang stood up and looked in the distance with his hands behind his back, his gaze far-reaching, but actually not focused at all, as if he was organizing something in his mind.

He just said indifferently: "Everything should be like this."

What Shang Yang said at home spread quickly, and the whole city of Yueyang was abuzz. Everyone knew about it, and it even spread to the palace, letting Qin Xiaogong know about it.

When Qin Xiaogong first heard this, he was stunned for a long time, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Just the same long sigh.

He knew the choice of Shang Yang and Chen Ye, and he also knew that this choice might be good for the two of them, even for Qin, and for everyone.

There is no way to do this.

"Chen Ye, a real person."

He said these words silently with emotion. According to Qin Xiaogong's wisdom and his understanding of Chen Ye and Shang Yang, he naturally knew what the two were planning.

When the news reached Hei Jia and Slug Mansion, they were gathering together to plan how to create a gap between Chen Ye and Shang Yang, and they suddenly clapped their hands and laughed.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, since these words came from Shang Yang's house, they represent Shang Yang's attitude!

As for whether the two of them are plotting?

A mysterious smile appeared on Heijia's face: "It doesn't matter whether the two of them are plotting or not. Once the news and rumors come out, there will be a slight gap between them."

"So what if it's a trick? In the end, it's just a fake show."

"The human heart is the least able to withstand the test."

He turned his head, looked at Slug and said, "The things I mentioned before about Chen Ye can be temporarily stopped. Just focus on delaying Shang Yang."

"Once that incident comes out, the gap between Shang Yang and Chen Ye will widen again."

"Didn't Chen Ye say that the law should be enforced impartially and in accordance with the laws of Qin?"

"It's best to target people like this."

"What's more, we don't need to knock him down, we just need to drive a wedge between him and Shang Yang."

"Would Shang Yang not make mistakes? Wouldn't he violate the laws of Qin?"

Hei Jia's eyes were full of malice: "Sometimes, it is too easy for Shang Yang to make mistakes, especially things that do not threaten his life but do violate the laws of Qin."

"What's more, even if Shang Yang doesn't violate Qin's laws, he is really a perfect man, but Shang Yang still has clan members."

"Chen Ye dealt with Shang Yang's tribe once, maybe he can continue to act, but what about twice? What about three times? What about four times?"

He turned his head and said with a cold voice: "After three or four times, even if it is a fake show, it must be done for real!"

Slug pawed at the side and smiled: "Hei Gong has a big plan!"

Qin Palace

Chen Ye and Qin Xiaogong sat opposite each other. Qin Xiaogong's expression was still normal, as if nothing that had happened these days had ever happened.

He looked at Chen Ye and asked softly: "Sir, if the people are strong, the country will be strong. How can we strengthen the country?"

"Zuo Shuzhang's method of strengthening the country is to reform and strengthen the country. It is the strategy of the new law. Sir, can you teach me how to do it?"

Chen Ye sat upright. He looked into Qin Xiaogong's eyes and said without any hesitation: "Your Majesty, what is the country composed of?"        Qin Xiaogong said without the slightest hesitation: "It is composed of the people."

Chen Ye shook his head slightly: "No, there are four components of a country."

"First, the governed, second, the rulers."

“There are three subjects: the people, the rulers, and the creators.”

"This is the composition of the country."

"Who is involved in Zuo Shuchang's reform?"

He looked at Qin Xiaogong and said: "Only the rulers and the people are involved, but the creators and rulers are not involved at all."

Chen Ye's words seemed a bit treasonous, and he seemed to want to shake the monarch's rule. The expressions of the waiters standing beside him all changed.

But Qin Xiaogong's expression remained unchanged. He knew that Chen Ye would not say something unreasonable or even directed at the monarch at this time. He was definitely not one of those Confucian scholars.

"Please teach me sir."

Chen Ye smiled slightly and said magnanimously: "Your Majesty, let me talk about the creator of a powerful country first."

"The Shang Gong Reform seems to involve the creator, but in fact it does not at all."

"What are the creators? There are craftsmen, merchants, cultivators, and scholars—"

“How to make it powerful?”

"It is to restrain the craftsman himself, provide enough rewards, and not restrict his thinking. Create new things. If it is useful, he will reward it. If it is useless, he will not pursue it."

"With this plan, things will change with each passing day."

Duke Xiao of Qin looked solemn. He was not an ordinary monarch. He naturally knew the role of craftsmen. For example, why is Qin's combat effectiveness stronger than other countries now? It is because of the unique forging method,

He looked at Chen Ye and asked, "Should all craftsmen follow this method?"

Chen Ye nodded and asked, "Do you think, your Majesty, that except for the blacksmith, others don't need to do this?"

He shook his head and chuckled: "What if a craftsman could make a better writing instrument to replace the carving knife? What if someone could make a writing instrument that could replace the bamboo slips? What if someone could make a better agricultural tool?"

"Your Majesty, do I need to demonstrate the effects of these in detail?"

Qin Xiaogong nodded slightly and couldn't help but sigh: "If this is not what you said, I really don't know."

Chen Ye said again: "It's just that we need to pay attention to that when we let go of our thinking, these people must be more tightly restrained to prevent them from making profits and seeking refuge in other countries."

Qin Xiaogong nodded again, he was familiar with this thing.

"I know this."

"For example, domestic blacksmiths and forging craftsmen have very strict management methods, but now these strict methods are applied to all craftsmen."

Chen Ye reminded: "Your Majesty, please remember that you cannot make a horse run without giving it grass to eat."

Qin Xiaogong laughed dumbly: "In the eyes of a fool like you, am I such a foolish king?"

"I will make good rules, and future kings can only increase them, not decrease them!"

Chen Ye felt relieved now, otherwise wouldn't he have restricted the development of science and technology in the future? That would be too great a sin.

After talking about the creator, it’s time to talk about the ruler, that is, the king.

Chen Ye sat up straight, and Qin Xiaogong opposite him did the same. Both of them knew that the important point was coming.

"Your Majesty, targeting the ruler is your way to strengthen the country."

(End of this chapter)