Da Qin: Become stronger and immortal by picking up attributes from the battlefield

Chapter 312: Once again appointed as prime minister! Zhao Feng shows his authority! Recruiting soldiers and reforming the system! The academy system!
The eight ministers all bowed and kowtowed to Ying Zheng and Zhao Feng.

"We will definitely not let your Majesty and the Crown Prince down."

"I will take on the responsibility of being a governor of a state and stabilizing the state and the county."

The eight ministers said in unison.

"Each of the nine governors is in charge of a state, and holds a high position of power."

"The official position is equivalent to Shangqing."

"As for the candidates for the county governors of the thirty-six counties in the Nine Provinces, except for those I have already nominated, the remaining vacant county governors will have their names drawn up and submitted to me after the nine of you have entered your respective provinces and counties. I will then consider whether to confer the title." Ying Zheng said to the eight people.

"We will obey the imperial decree." The eight ministers said immediately.

"The governors of the Nine Provinces have been appointed. Each of the Nine Provinces has nearly 10,000, or even tens of thousands, of county soldiers who need to be led by generals."

"Has the prince decided on the candidates for these generals?" Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Feng with a smile.

"Father."

"The candidates for the military commander of Jiuzhou have been selected."

"They are the meritorious generals in the five major camps of our Great Qin."

"I have already given instructions for the specific arrangements." Zhao Feng said.

"Okay." Ying Zheng nodded without asking any more questions.

"Eight nobles.

"After you return to the states and take over the government affairs, the first thing you will do is to build schools in the counties, prefectures, and states," said Zhao Feng.

"May I ask your Highness?"

"After the academy is built, how do we recruit students? Where do the teachers come from? And how much tuition will the academy charge? And how long will the classes be at each level?" Yan Bing asked respectfully.

"Good question."

Zhao Feng smiled, and then said: "After the completion of our Great Qin Jiuzhou Academy, anyone aged eight to twenty-five can go to the county academy to study. The county academy is free of charge and can provide basic accommodation, but students need to bring their own food."

"The county school has a two-year term."

"After two years, the academy will test the students. The students who excel can enter the county academy. The tuition fee is 500 coins. Students need to provide their own food. The duration is one year! After one year, the academy will also test the students. Students who are talented can enter the state academy. The tuition fee is 800 coins. Students need to provide their own food. The duration is also one year! After one year, students can enter the capital academy to take the test. Those who pass the test can become officials!"

Hearing what Zhao Feng said.

All the civil and military officials in the court nodded repeatedly, with amazement in their eyes at the implementation of the academy system.

Moreover, their prince has already drafted the charter.

The county school lasts for two years and its main purpose is to teach literacy.

When they arrived at the county school, they began to teach the various schools of thought and even the ways of government.

The provincial academy is even more profound.

The existence of the Capital Academy is to test students from all over the world, and those who pass the test can become officials.

"This way."

"It will take four years, once the academy is built, to train countless talented people for our Great Qin. After entering the capital, we can let the knowledgeable students serve as officials." Ying Zheng said with a big laugh.

He seemed to have seen the scene where countless outstanding people emerged in the Qin Dynasty after the academy's plan succeeded.

"As for the academy teacher."

"As for the teachers needed by the academy."

"I have already sent people to Qi and invited many talented people."

"Xunzi, the great sage of Jixia Academy, is also willing to serve as the head of the capital's academy, and even the academies of the world, and be a role model for students all over the world."

"Under Xunzi's call, many talented people in the world are willing to come to the palace to teach students all over the world." Zhao Feng spoke slowly again with a smile on his face.

Hear this.

The ministers were horrified.

"Xunzi is a great sage of the time. The Prime Minister of Han and the Minister of Justice were all his disciples."

"Xunzi is highly respected and has always taught students at the Jixia Academy. I never thought that the prince would be able to invite such a great sage."

"The prince is worthy of being the prince, and the great sage can also be invited to move."

"With Xunzi as the first, how could the talented people in the world not understand it?"

"but."

"The Qin Dynasty established academies throughout the country to educate the world and enlighten the people. How could Xunzi refuse such a great deed?"

“This is a major event that will go down in history.”

"good."

"With Xunzi as the head of the academy, our Great Qin Academy will surely prosper. In the future, Great Qin will have countless outstanding talents."

"The academy established by the prince will surely be a great success."

……

After hearing the name of Xunzi, many ministers in the court were filled with amazement.

Even Han Fei and Li Si were quite surprised at this moment.

"The prince is really amazing. The teacher has always stayed at the Jixia Academy and has not come out. He is old and it is time for him to enjoy his retirement. Yet, he was invited out by the prince."

"With teachers teaching in person, the academy will surely flourish."

"Looking around the world, the teacher is the benchmark for all the scholars."

Han Fei and Li Si looked at each other with amazement.

In today's world.

If we talk about a great sage whose reputation is truly known throughout the world, there is perhaps only one person, Xunzi.

He taught countless students, many of whom became important officials in various countries in the past, such as Han Fei and Li Si, who held high positions in the government.

In this era, he is the benchmark for literati.

It can be said.

With the participation of Xunzi, the academy opened by the Qin Dynasty will surely be recognized by the world. This is the ultimate benefit for the literati to join.

"May I ask the prince?"

"After the academy is opened, will it teach Confucianism, or law? Or any of the other schools of thought?"

Chunyu Yue stood up at this moment and asked with a nervous look.

Since Fusu left Xianyang, Chunyu Yue has become honest, and the Confucian scholars in the court have also become honest.

With the lessons learned from Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang, Chunyu Yue would never dare to do anything evil again.

After all, he was just a Confucian scholar, and he went to Qin to promote Confucianism.

When the academy was opened at this moment, Chunyu Yue was naturally very nervous. If the academy emphasized legal education, all the students in the academy would be legalists, and his Confucianism would be completely gone.

Hearing Chunyu Yue’s question.

All the ministers' eyes were focused on Zhao Feng.

Ying Zheng just smiled faintly and said nothing, because his son was the same as him. At no time would the Qin Dynasty have monopolized one technique.

"Since the beginning of China, since the Spring and Autumn Period, various schools of thought have emerged one after another, and their scholarship has been passed down until today."

"I founded the Great Qin Academy to enlighten the people of the world, to train talents to serve the Great Qin, and to strengthen the national strength of the Great Qin."

"After the academy is opened, it will not only teach one technique or one method, but all schools of thought."

"The Great Qin I want is not one that only respects one technique or one law, but one that embraces all rivers and seas. I want to have the best of all schools of thought."

Zhao Feng glanced at the court and said in a dignified voice.

The expressions of the ministers changed slightly, and they all looked at Zhao Feng with awe.

The sea embraces all rivers and absorbs the strengths of all schools of thought.

This is enough to show Zhao Feng's courage.

"Then can I, a Confucian, also teach in the academy?" Chunyu Yue asked nervously.

He was worried that Zhao Feng would target him because of his past actions.

"I said so."

"All schools of thought can be taught."

"Whether it's Taoism, Legalism, Confucianism, Mohism, Gongshu, or Military Science!"

"Any of the various schools of thought can be taught. In the future, our Great Qin needs not only talents in handling government affairs, but also talents in commanding troops and fighting well, as well as talents in craftsmen, machinery, and all kinds of talents."

“After the court meeting is over, I will issue an edict and announce to the world that all scholars who are willing to learn from the various schools of thought can be included in the Xianyang register. I will send someone to review them, and those with talent can enter the county academy or the state academy to teach, so that the talents of the various schools of thought can be spread throughout the world.” Zhao Feng smiled and said loudly.

Hear this.

Chunyu Yue was so excited that he bowed immediately, "Your Highness, you are so virtuous."

Many Confucian scholars in the court also shouted: "The prince is virtuous."

Obviously.

Zhao Feng's broad mind and his willingness to let bygones be bygones made them sincerely convinced.

After Zhao Feng was made the crown prince and Fusu went to the northern border, they even thought that their future situation in Daqin would be difficult, very difficult.

But Zhao Feng was not targeting them at all. Now he even gave them the same opportunity to learn. How could they not be shocked.

"Grandmaster Chunyu, after the court meeting is over, please come to my house."

"I have an important task for you."

Zhao Feng smiled slightly and said to Chunyu Yue.

"I will definitely be there." Chunyu Yue bowed immediately, feeling extremely shocked.

Zhao Feng smiled and looked at the court.

"Your Majesty."

"Let's continue the discussion." Zhao Feng said.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty."

"The princess' wedding preparations have been completed and she will be married in ten days."

"Your Majesty, please make the decision with the Crown Prince."

An old minister stood up. It was Zhang Cang, the least powerful of the Nine Ministers.

Talk about it.

Although his name is not as famous as Han Fei and Li Si in history, he is actually a disciple of Xunzi, just like Han Fei.

As Zhao Feng's family returned to their ancestral home.

Zhao Ying also became the legitimate princess of the Qin Dynasty.

The marriage of a legitimate princess is naturally a big event in the true sense of the word.

The preparation was ample and the action was big.

"Tingwei."

"Is your house ready?"

Ying Zheng asked with a smile.

Li Si stood up with an excited look on his face and said loudly: "Your Majesty, my house is ready and can welcome the princess into the house at any time."

For the Li family.

Once Zhao Ying was welcomed into the mansion.

This is not just an ordinary wife, but a talisman for his Li family.

As long as Zhao Ying is in his Li family, his Li family will prosper forever.

Now the First Emperor is in power.

The prince will be on the throne one day.

His Li family is the most prestigious family after the Wang family and is bound to prosper.

"Li You."

Ying Zheng looked at Li You again.

"His Majesty."

"I have been ready to marry Ying'er for a long time." Li You was also excited.

The person he loved was finally going to marry him. He had waited for this day for too long.

"Okay." Ying Zheng smiled and nodded.

"Zhang Qing."

"The wedding date has been set, and all the ceremonies are in order."

"Sudden time."

"I, the Emperor and Empress, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess will all be at the Supreme Court." Ying Zheng said.

"I obey your command." Zhang Cang bowed immediately.

But then.

Wei Liao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please report this."

"A few days ago."

"In order to ensure the security of the northeastern border of our Great Qin, the two countries of Guli have sent people to contact the generals guarding the border of our Great Qin. They want to send envoys to our Great Qin to pay tribute." Wei Liao said loudly.

"Tuan, Guli?"

"What country is this?"

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it before.”

"It seems that these two countries used to be adjacent to Yan State, but not bordering our Great Qin. Now that our Great Qin has unified China, these two countries are naturally bordering our Great Qin."

"The Yan State in the past was enough to make them fearful, let alone our Great Qin."

"These two small countries are naturally afraid of our Great Qin."

……

Upon hearing about Tuan and Guli, the court officials began to discuss the matter, but most of them did not take it seriously and regarded the two countries as small barbaric countries.

How powerful is Daqin now?

How prosperous is the national strength and military power?
Naturally, they looked down upon just two small countries.

This is the pride of a great power.

for these.

Zhao Feng naturally smiled and was happy to see it happen.

Huaxia people, Daqin, Qin people.

What he wants must be to be above all nations and races.

The power of the country and the power of the nation will be demonstrated in the future.

"Feng'er."

"I seem to remember that when you launched a surprise attack on Donghu in the past, an army under your command wanted to pass through Tuan and escape, but Tuan stationed troops to block them. In the end, these elite soldiers had to take risks and return to the Qin Dynasty." Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Feng and asked.

"Replying to Father, it is this Tuan."

Zhao Feng nodded in reply.

"Humph."

"How dare a small country like you be so presumptuous and block the advance of the Qin army?"

"court death."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, with a fierce murderous intent in his eyes.

"Father, calm down."

"Now our Great Qin is still stabilizing people's livelihood and stabilizing the Great Qin Shenzhou."

"There is no need to resort to war for the time being. After the implementation of the various national policies of our Great Qin Shenzhou, our national strength will become even stronger, and it will be easy to destroy these two small countries."

"The implementation of national policies now requires countless money and grain. It would be nice if these two small countries could contribute some." Zhao Feng smiled.

"You want to take the tribute from these two countries and find a reason to destroy them someday, right?"

Ying Zheng took a glance and immediately smiled.

"Father knows me." Zhao Feng replied with a big laugh.

In this atmosphere between father and son.

The civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty in the court also laughed.

"Hahaha."

"What the prince said is correct."

"The implementation of the national policy has cost our Great Qin countless amounts of money and grain."

"And this is especially true for the construction of the academy."

"If these two countries pay some tribute, although it won't be too much, it can help alleviate some of our urgent needs."

"These two small countries can be easily destroyed by the Great Qin army. Once the Great Qin national policy is fully implemented, the national strength will reach unprecedented strength."

"good."

……

The ministers in the court also laughed.

"in this way."

"Then let these two countries send envoys to our Great Qin."

"However, as for Tu Anguo, you must intimidate him." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

"I have received your order and will instruct the border officials to carry it out." Wei Liao smiled immediately.

"Father."

"Now the war in our Shenzhou has been settled, and all the countries have perished."

"In the past, we would recruit young men from Daqin to join the army every year."

"Now we have to change this national policy." Zhao Feng said at the right time.

Hear this.

Ying Zheng nodded in agreement, with a thoughtful look on his face: "Feng'er is right."

"In the past, we recruited young men to join the army every year to replenish the troops and make our Qin army strong forever, but now we have to make changes."

"Feng'er, what do you think?"

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Feng again.

"Father."

"You really don't want to work hard at all, do you want me to think about this?"

Zhao Feng said with some helplessness.

Hearing these words.

The ministers in the court were trying to hold back their laughter.

Since Zhao was named the crown prince, he has been in charge of government affairs.

Although the court was still majestic, the atmosphere in the court had changed.

Throughout all dynasties, there has never been such a harmonious relationship between the king and the crown prince.

"Those who are capable should do more work." Ying Zheng laughed.

"Your son proposes the strategy and your father implements it." Zhao Feng smiled.

"Of course." Ying Zheng nodded immediately.

"As for recruiting soldiers, we can continue to recruit soldiers, which is different from the previous practice of recruiting young and strong men to join the army."

"From now on, the generals of the five camps must report the number of retired soldiers to the Shaofu, who will then hand it over to the Recruiting Hall to select strong men from all over our Great Qin to enlist in the army. After the camps are fully reorganized, the remaining young men will serve as the farming army."

"First, we will open up wasteland in various parts of our Great Qin. Second, we will build highways and cities."

“This is corvée labor.”

"The term is two years. During the service, the annual salary will be given as that of an ordinary soldier. After two years, you can choose to stay or return home."

"Our Great Qin must make full use of the young and strong manpower in order to become a strong country." Zhao Feng said immediately.

Hear this.

All the officials in the court nodded.

Zhao Feng's implementation this time was, on the one hand, to allow the Qin military merit-based recruitment system to exist, and on the other hand, to reuse the recruited young and strong manpower.

"My dear generals, the Grand Master."

"Have you heard what the prince said?"

"Let's start implementing the strategy of recruiting soldiers and establishing military farms this year," Ying Zheng said with a smile.

"Your Highness, I will obey your command."

The generals and Wei Liao responded immediately.

"All right."

"Today's court meeting is almost over."

"But before that."

"I have one more thing."

Ying Zheng looked down at the court with a serious expression.

The expressions of the court officials also became serious.

"Wei Zhuang assassinated the crown prince, and his entire family has been executed. The position of right prime minister is now vacant."

"I have thought about this for a long time and have made a decision in my mind."

Ying Zheng spoke slowly.

As the sound falls.

The ministers ranked among the Nine Ministers all began to breathe rapidly, filled with anticipation.

Especially Li Si.

At this moment, the hands in the sleeves couldn't help but clenched tightly, and he was very nervous.

When Wang Wan's family was exterminated in the past, he had also imagined that the position of right prime minister would be his, but Han Fei suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making Li Si very disappointed.

It was only later that I understood a little bit.

The reason why Han Fei was able to rise to the position, apart from his own abilities, was most importantly because of Zhao Feng. Han Fei was on good terms with Zhao Feng, and because Han Fei was a disciple of the prince, he was entrusted with important tasks and was successfully promoted to the position of right prime minister.

Under everyone's gaze, Ying Zheng's eyes fell on Li Si.

"Tingwei Li Si."

"You are very capable. Since you came to Qin, you have made many contributions to the Qin Dynasty. You are willing to serve me till death."

"He should be promoted to the position of Right Prime Minister."

As Ying Zheng's voice fell.

A look of ecstasy appeared on Li Si's face.

Then.

He immediately stood up and bowed to Ying Zheng and Zhao Feng: "I thank your majesty for your trust, and thank your highness the crown prince for your trust."

"I am willing to swear allegiance to the Qin Dynasty until death."

Looking at Li Si like this.

Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said, "I hope you will not fail in your duties as the Right Prime Minister."

"I will never let Your Majesty and the Crown Prince down." Li Si said immediately.

"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded.

The expressions of all the officials in the court were reflected in his eyes.

"My Great Qin will wipe out all the nations and rule over the Divine Land."

"My government affairs are complicated and cumbersome, and I have difficulty in handling many memorials from all over the country."

"Therefore."

"I have invited back a capable minister of my Great Qin, who is also my elder."

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(End of this chapter)