At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 302: Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies and realizing world harmony step by step
It has been three years since Shusun Tong took refuge with the Han Dynasty because he stayed with Xu Fan for a long time. His view of the emperor was different from that of the outside world. The outside world believed that the emperor was generous, strict with himself, and lenient towards others. He was a sage king rarely seen throughout the ages.

Although such an evaluation is not wrong, it does not speak to the core of today's world.

Today, the emperor is an extremely pragmatic person, and his standards for employing people are also extremely simple. If he is useful to a big man, even his enemies will reuse him. He is useless to a big man, but as long as it does not affect the emperor's work, the emperor will not care about this.

But if it is useless or harmful to the Han, the Emperor will strike back and forth without mercy. Although the Emperor rarely physically destroys the enemies of the Han, and looks a bit less cruel than the original emperor, the Emperor divides the enemies based on class. If the emperor identifies them as enemies, then all people of this class will be cleared out of the Han, and more people will be affected.

Just like the Qin officials who were recognized as enemies by the emperor, hundreds of thousands of Qin officials in the violent Qin were mercilessly purged by the Han Dynasty. You must know that even the first emperor who unified the world had to rely on the nobles and power of the six countries to rule the world. And today's emperor is even more cruel than the First Emperor. If you win the world immediately, you must rule the world immediately, win over the hearts of the Han officials, and let the entire Han Dynasty promote the purge of Qin officials from top to bottom.

The same is true for the powerful nobles of the Six Kingdoms. Their group has disappeared from the territory of the Han Dynasty from top to bottom. From this point of view, today's world is even harsher than that of the First Emperor.

Therefore, Shusun Tong understood that it was useless for him to just talk about how innocent the persecuted nobles of the six countries were and how many people had been wronged by the court, because the emperor would not care about these things.

Maybe it's the luck of the people in the world. The emperor considers life and death to be a big deal, so he rarely kills people. This time, the nobles and powerful people in the entire Central Plains and Hebei were purged, but no more than a hundred people died. Compared to the hundreds of thousands who suffered the purge. People, this number is extremely small.

The emperor even issued a special order to strictly prohibit the occurrence of vicious incidents of murder in the local area. Compared with the First Emperor who was prone to killing and flowing into rivers of blood, it is not an exaggeration to say that the emperor today is truly benevolent and righteous.

But it is also possible that the people in the world are unlucky. The emperor immediately thought that there was no major matter other than life and death, so he naturally did not care whether there were innocent people in such a large-scale purge.

Xu Fan was happy to see these Han princes and nobles unite with Han officials to purge the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, so he did not stop them. However, the current trend of expansion was obviously not what Xu Fan was happy to see.

It is true that this kind of purge cannot be carried out often. This time it has been very smooth. The reason is that Xu Fan also understands that it is not that he has high prestige to purge hundreds of thousands of nobles and powerful men, but because purging them is a common idea among the Han Dynasty. Xu Fan can use the help of Han officials Complete this goal with the princes of the Han Dynasty.

Shusun Tong said: "Your Majesty should still strengthen the education of Han officials, not only to teach them to abide by the law, but also to teach them how to deal with political affairs and govern a big country. Such drastic actions are not the country's responsibility. In the long run, I ask your majesty to take violence against Qin as a warning."

Xu Fan hesitated and said: "Why do the Han officials do this? The population is small, which is not a good thing for them."

Xu Fan took the memorial and found that it contained a list of the powerful nobles in East County who had been purged and their family properties. Xu Fan's face turned pale after a few glances.

Three days later, Chen Sheng returned to Xu Fan with the information he had obtained. The list on Shusun Tong was basically correct. Now the Han officials were targeting small landowners and farmers under a thousand acres.

So Xu Fan ordered people to find Chen Sheng, handed him Shusun Tong's memorial and said: "Go to Dongjun to investigate and see if the list above is true."

Although these Han officials are loyal to you, they have no political experience and can even be said to be very immature. You can barely control them by defining the scope of their administration.

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and said: "After all, this is inevitable. Although you have allocated fiefdoms to the Chehous of the Han Dynasty, their fiefdoms are obviously not as good as those of the original nobles. For their own interests, the nobles of the Han Dynasty will naturally deal with the original nobles. The nobles. And the Han officials will add fuel to the fire and expand the scope of the purge."

In this era, the yield per mu of land was too low. Landowners with hundreds of acres or more could only be considered small landowners. They could not be rentiers like the powerful nobles. Instead, they had to find ways to manage their own fields and improve production technology. In this era, they are also one of the representatives of advanced productivity.

But if they were left to their own devices, things like this would happen. The war in the world will eventually end, and the Han Dynasty will eventually enter the construction stage. Such drastic actions are not the right way to govern the country. "

Zhang Liangdao: "Have you forgotten what happened in Nanyang County? The Han officials purged a large number of the original owners of the land. Even if we, the Han Dynasty, equalize the land, because of the small population, there will still be a large amount of land in the hands of the Han officials. Local It’s okay for Han officials to use the money and food from the land to gain political and political achievements, whether they are harming the public or enriching themselves. Of course they have this motivation.”

Zhang Liang was reminding Xu Fan that although Han officials were useful, they were too immature compared to experienced bureaucrats and were prone to major turmoil. Today's situation is an inevitable result.

But Shusun Tong still found a breakthrough that allowed Xu Fan to end the purge. He took out the memorial and said: "This is the list of the nobles and powerful men who have been purged from Dongjun. Your Majesty, please check it."

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I understand that you are not willing to accept the nobles and powerful men from the seven countries into the Han Dynasty. Instead, you educate soldiers on a large scale and let them become Han officials and rule the world for you.

Discovering that the purge was expanding, Xu Fan kept recalling his experiences in later generations.

Although Xu Fan still wanted to be sure, he already believed 70% of what Shusun Tong wrote.

But there will no longer be external enemies like the powerful nobles of the Six Kingdoms. Even if there is a purge later, the blade will be inward. If he wants to do such a thing, even he will have to pay a heavy price.

There was nothing wrong with the initial list. They were either aristocrats with billions of dollars in wealth or powerful men with thousands of hectares of fertile land. But as you went to the back of the list, the wealth of these people became smaller and smaller. In the end, there were actually a large number of people with thousands of acres of land. A small landowner with a hundred acres.

Xu Fan immediately issued an order for county guards and county magistrates to stop the purge.

So he found Zhang Liang and told him about the expansion of the Han Dynasty's purge.

But when Han officials are punished for violating laws and disciplines, no one can say anything. Corrupt officials have been despised for thousands of years. In the future, regularization and legalization will be the long-term way to govern the country.

At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen the study of Han officials. It has been three years since Xu Fan made large-scale officers become county guards and county magistrates. In these three years, whether they are dragons or insects has been revealed.

Some Han officials who managed the local area well were to be rewarded, while those who managed the place poorly were recalled to Chang'an and sent to the Institute of Government Affairs for further education and study.

Xu Fan didn't want the old officials of this era, so he had to work hard to cultivate his own Han officials.

With the experience of later generations, he naturally understood that this required the formation of a system and regular study. In this way, he could continuously improve the political management capabilities of Han officials to cope with changes in complex situations.

At the same time, this training and learning method can also be used to screen out some unqualified officials.

A well-known saying in later generations is that learning is a very painful thing, and even adults find it difficult to endure such pain.

Xu Fan understands that not all of his subordinates are the best among men, and many of them do not even have the qualifications to be among the best. Those subordinates who are willing to learn and progress and keep up with the changes of the times will naturally be reused, but those who are not They can only ruthlessly eliminate subordinates who are willing to accept painful learning and cannot keep up with the times.

Xu Fan told Zhang Liang and Shusuntong his thoughts.

Zhang Liang said happily: "I am willing to serve as the master of the Government College and hand over some of my political and economic experience to the Han officials."

Zhang Liang's family has been the Prime Minister of Korea for five generations, and it is a top-notch powerful family. Their family's experience in government affairs is naturally strong.

At the same time, Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, after the Qin Dynasty was overthrown and you became the co-owner of the world, the Han Dynasty has indeed slacked off a lot. Many local Han officials think that they are heroes. Although they are not yet lawless, their thoughts He really slacked off a lot and began to harm the interests of his family. "

"There are not many things about this, but you must be on guard. This incident is a sign of the slack thinking of the Han officials. They don't want to work hard to build the world, but they also want to show their achievements to the court so that they can be promoted and make a fortune, so this happened Such a large-scale purge.”

"Just like your Majesty said, everything has its good and bad. This great purge has given me, the great man, a large amount of wealth and land, and can even support this war. For the people of the world, They lighten the load.

But the disadvantage is that it increases the idea of ​​​​Han officials getting something for nothing. Why work hard and build when you can plunder and gain wealth? If your Majesty cannot eliminate their thoughts, I am worried that such things will happen again in the Han Dynasty in the future. "Xu Fan was stunned when he heard this. He had not thought of this, but it was very possible. Compared with people of this generation and the Internet age he had experienced, he knew very well that the Han officials under his rule were ordinary people. , why should they take the hard way when there is a shortcut for them to take.

And he could not prevent this kind of thing in advance, causing the slightly inferior coins to drive out the good coins, and the political ecology of the entire Han Dynasty would become extremely bad.

Xu Fan nodded and said: "In the past two years, not only the Han officials have been lax, but I have also been lax. The goal of the founding of the Han Dynasty is to achieve world unity. This goal must be engraved in our minds, and it must also be engraved in the minds of the Han officials in the world. .

It is necessary to tighten the strings in the minds of the Han officials in the world and let them understand that the imperial court makes them Han officials not for their high position, power and glory, but for the prosperity of all the people in the world. "

"How to build a world of great harmony? Nature is labor. I require Han officials to understand technology and knowledge, and to become leaders to lead the people of the world to work and build a beautiful world. Only those who can do this are good officials of the Han Dynasty. A good official in the hearts of the people in the world.

In order to do this, our officials must have the ability to constantly strengthen their studies and constantly improve their abilities to lead the people. "

Then Xu Fan said to Shusun Tong: "Write an article according to my wishes and send it to all levels of Han officials in the Han Dynasty."

Shusun passage: "Nuo"

Then Xu Fan said to Zhang Liang: "The ambition of great unity can only be expressed in a short paragraph. If it is expressed in such a big way, it will be difficult for Han officials to apply it in governing the world."

"I want you, Zifang, to expand the content that meets the needs of our great people according to the aspirations of the Great Harmony. I want to have a clear standard for the Great Harmony thought so that the Han officials can understand and implement it. As long as the Han officials have the direction and ideals to move forward, , after all, it is less likely to be corrupted than looking at one-third of an acre of your own home.

At the same time, we must also let the people of the world understand the aspirations and ideals of great unity. As long as people who have the ideals of great unity in their hearts continue to appear and join our Han Dynasty, our cause will be like a rushing river that will not stop, even if the Han officials become corrupt. , we also have enough like-minded people to replace these corrupt Han officials. "

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and said, "This is not an easy matter."

At that time, the masters of various schools of thought only proposed a general goal. Now the emperor wants him to propose a specific step. He really thinks too highly of himself.

Xu Fan said, "It's not as difficult as you think. The most basic goal is to prevent people from starving to death."

Zhang Liang thought for a while and smiled bitterly: "This first step alone is very difficult. For thousands of years, there have been few dynasties in the world that can prevent the people from starving to death. Even in the prosperous times, only a few people starved to death."

Xu Fan said: "I think this problem is easy to solve. The big man is even sure that it can be solved within five years."

Zhang Liang saluted respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, please speak clearly?"

"People will starve to death because they have no land and become gangsters. As long as I, the great man, equalizes the land for the people of the world and the people have land, basically there will be no starvation to death. Even if there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, as long as the court provides relief If you gain profit, the people will not starve to death.”

Zhang Liang frowned and said, "But our country has a vast territory. It may take a month to report disasters in remote areas, and it will take a while for the court to send relief food. After such a long time, I'm afraid the people will starve to death."

Xu Fan said: "As long as the Han Dynasty establishes Changpingcang in various counties and counties, whenever there is a disaster, officials can mobilize food from the Changpingcang to relieve the people, so that even if there is a natural disaster, the people will not starve to death."

Zhang Liang said: "I am worried that corrupt officials will keep an eye on the big man's Chang Pingcang."

Xu Fan said helplessly: "This is the price the Han Dynasty has paid to prevent the people of the world from starving to death. The most the court can do is strengthen supervision."

There will be great rats in later generations, not to mention today's big men.

Then Xu Fan said: "The next step in the world of Datong is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the world, so that people can have enough to eat and solve their concerns about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Zhang Liang was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, you have reached the world of Datong in just two steps. Isn't it too fast?"

Xu Fan rolled his eyes and said: "There is a difference between having a full meal and having a full meal. How can ordinary people like me, the Han people, have a full meal the same as we have a full meal?"

Xu Fan said: "Ordinary people can eat enough rice and have clothes without patches. Although their lives are hard, they don't have to suffer from hunger."

Zhang Liangdao: "This is also difficult to implement. To be able to achieve the points you mentioned, Emperor, the Han Dynasty is already a small landowner family. It requires hundreds or thousands of acres of land to achieve this. I, the Han Dynasty, can equalize the land. , but it is impossible for everyone in the world to have thousands of acres of land.”

Xu Fan said: "Although this is difficult, it is not impossible. I plan to spend 20 years to achieve this."

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "It's impossible, it's simply impossible."

Xu Fan said: "Nowadays, most of the land in the world has an yield of a little more than one stone per mu, but in Chen County, the yield per mu is close to three stones.

Why does Chen County have such a high yield per mu? Because Chen County has a large number of water conservancy facilities, water mills, windmills, iron plows and other advanced agricultural tools, as well as struvite, farmyard manure and other production-increasing fertilizers. If these water conservancy facilities, advanced agricultural tools, guano Stones and farmyard manure were popular throughout the Han Dynasty, and the land in the world could reach three stones. "

"And this is not the limit. In the farmers' experimental fields in Chen County, they have already produced rice with a yield of 6 shi per mu. With the double-cropping rice in the south, the grain yield of more than 10 shi per mu has been achieved. Only The problem of popularization in the imperial court has been solved. If every field in the world can grow shi of grain, food and clothing will be solved."

Zhang Liang was really shocked and speechless. Although it was difficult for Xu Fan to do what he did, there were already successful cases. This was a qualitative leap from being completely hopeless to being possible.

Xu Fan continued: "As for people all over the world wearing new clothes, there is hope of solving it now. Gongshuqiu has developed a water-powered spinning machine that is hundreds of times more efficient, you know?"

Zhang Liang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to explain this. In recent years, our textile industry has doubled. Now textile machines have become our supporting industry. The price of cloth in the world has dropped by one-third. According to the If this trend continues, the problem of clothing for the people of the world will definitely be solved with my hard work.”

Xu Fan smiled and said: "The third step is to let the people of the Han Dynasty achieve a well-off life. The standards are also very simple. They can eat enough and eat well. They can have three meals a day. Even if they want to eat chicken, duck, fish, they can do it. The world The people have completely solved their food, clothing, housing and transportation problems. They can wear several clothes and rotate them in different seasons. They live in good brick and tile houses and can travel with horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts. "

Zhang Liang said: "This is already the world of great harmony in my heart. If I, a big man, can really do this, I will have no regrets even if I die."

Xu Fan was calm in his heart, he came from such a world of great harmony, but it is a pity that the world of great harmony also has the troubles of the great harmony world.

"With your Majesty's prompting, I know how to write the book of Great Harmony. From now on, realizing the ambition of Great Harmony is my ideal, and I will definitely push the Han Dynasty to achieve this goal in my life."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Zifang is my comrade."

Zhang Liang nodded excitedly. There is no stigma against being gay in this era. Like-minded people are considered gay. This is a relationship that is closer than that between husband and wife or relatives.

(End of this chapter)