Emperor Qin

Sixteen years later, King Qin returned to his hometown again.

Back to Handan City, the place where he grew up.

It's just that he has never been given any kindness here. When he was young, his father abandoned him and returned to the country. He hid in the small courtyard of his grandfather's house, with only a square inch to see.

When they grow up a little bit, they will be bullied and domineering by their peers. In Zhao people's view, it is already a great kindness to spare the life of this Qin child. How can a child's quarrel be regarded as a matter?

However, bullying by children is only worse than adults, because they never know the severity, right and wrong, let alone the consequences.

His mother always comforted him at that time, and endured it, and his father would always take their mother and son back to the country. After waiting for almost ten years, someone always whispered maliciously in his ears, Ying Yiren married another Korean noble girl, and gave birth to Dizi, your mother and son are just the abandoned sons he abandoned in Handan.

Finally, he endured until his father succeeded to the throne. At this time, King Zhao finally reacted and took the initiative to send their mother and son back. If the son born to the Korean woman succeeded, wouldn't that be the advantage of South Korea?

The year he returned to Qin State, he didn't even know Qin Yu, had no friends, and no teacher. He watched his younger brother innocently wrapped around his parents' knees, but he didn't have any fear of the future at all. He had already experienced dark times. , From then on, the road is long, no matter how many thunderstorms, there will be light.

Splendid ceremonial guards, copper-clad chariots, Yan Jiang came down from the city wall, and a parade team was added on the way-a golden horse in the team, saddled and unmanned, obviously prepared for him.

He got on the horse skillfully, King Qin glanced at him, he turned his head and gave King Qin a smile and wink, which was regarded as a greeting.

After receiving the message, Qin Wangzheng's expression was still domineering and indifferent, reserved and restrained, without smiling back.

King Qin drove straight into the palace of King Zhao. It was not affected by war, and it was still gorgeous. On the palace, Zhao Wangqian knelt beside him trembling slightly, as a gesture of pleading guilty.

He didn't have the same courtesy as Han Wang'an, because breaking the city and asking to surrender were not in the same dimension at all.

The king of Qin was on the throne, and he didn't rest even though he came from afar. Yan Jiang sat on the sidelines and watched. He sat quietly with him and listened to Wang Jian's report. The county magistrates and officials are all major issues that need to be resolved urgently.

There is no way, this battle to destroy the country is too smooth.

It was so easy for Li Mu to go, and Zhao Guo's pig teammates were so powerful, no one really thought of it.

You know, this is the State of Zhao, which has fought against Qin for hegemony for a hundred years, won three of the five battles, and caused countless troubles for the State of Zhao.

One hundred thousand Qin troops were destroyed in the battle of Yan Yu, one hundred thousand Qin troops were destroyed in the battle of Fei, 12 Qin troops were destroyed in the battle of Handan, [-] Qin troops were destroyed in the battle of Hezong, hundreds of miles away from Xianyang...

Prior to this, the psychological bottom line of the Qin State was that if they saw the victory or defeat within three years, they would have earned it.

The State of Zhao is almost one-third the size of the State of Qin. It is really a big problem to send so many officials all of a sudden. Even if the State of Qin has the two great arts of paper and printing, it cannot afford so many people for a while. Come.

"What do you think of Yan Qing?" King Qin turned his head and asked Yan Jiang who was watching the play.

Yan Jiang was about to say that I made soy sauce, but seeing King Qin asking so seriously, he was staring at him with a gorgeous crown and beautiful clothes, and his handsome and unparalleled appearance, his heart beat faster for a moment, and the words in his mouth couldn't help turning: "I think, you You can try entrusting meritorious ministers."

The King of Qin frowned: "In the Qin system, there are only empty titles and no actual titles. Why do you propose this?"

Although Lu Buwei granted Luoyi, Lao Ai granted Laoguo, and Chang'an Jun granted Tunliu, they were all food towns. Since only these counties received taxes, the appointment of county officials was directly under the central government, while Yan Jiang The proposal is obviously not Qin's kind of enfeoffment.

"The lands of the six kingdoms have different folk customs. You can entrust meritorious ministers first and use the Qin law to subdue the hearts of the land. But before enfeoffing, there should be a policy that must be implemented." Yan Jiang shook his finger and said softly, "Whoever wins the Qin Jue , handed down to three generations, and the system of pushing grace."

"What's the explanation?" King Qin already understood, but these reasons were not enough.

"For a while, the unscrupulous officials of the Qin Kingdom can only be governed according to the old people of the Six Kingdoms. It is inevitable that they will not be deceived by the people of the Six Kingdoms. Quite a lot." Yan Jiang said slowly, "In order to prevent the tail from getting too big, before dividing the nobility, we ordered Tween, and each generation will reduce one nobility, and the inheritance will stop."

Although the Qin State unified the six countries, it had to rely on the local nobles in the governance of the six countries. The laws of Qin were extremely complicated, and the new officials did not understand the local culture and could not integrate into the grassroots of the six countries. Wu Guang fooled the peasants in Daze Township into revolting by saying "beheaded if the time is lost", and the Qin bamboo slips unearthed in later generations show that this is completely slander, and the rain is clearly innocent.

He slowly explained: "Yes, before assimilating and absorbing the land of the six countries, there must be an intermediate buffer between the common people at the grassroots level and the center of the empire, so that both sides have a period of time to adapt. The biggest difference between the lord and the official lies in this. The lord will try his best to treat the subjects of the fief as his own property. The central government will object and propose to resist if the central government is too outdated. The officials are different. These belong to the king. The king can do whatever he wants. Most of them went to jail."

Seeing that the king of Qin was in deep thought, he paused for a moment before continuing: "Of course, if the king has tens of thousands of Qin officials and is proficient in the customs, customs, and language affairs of various countries, he can also directly rule him. It takes decades to deal with the complicated affairs of the country before it can be suppressed and stabilized."

Xunzi's statement about the Qin State is very sharp. "Therefore, it is said that the king is pure and the king is contradicted. Hegemony, and no one will perish. This is also the shortcoming of Qin."

It means: the king is strong if he is strong, the king can live normally, and the king will perish if he messes around with garbage.This is also the shortcoming of Qin.

King Qin is so powerful because he alone can quell all kinds of disturbances in the six kingdoms, but this is maintained by his overdrawn life when he travels around the world. During the repetition, the people of the Six Kingdoms were the first to kill Qin officials and officials. The speed at which the rebellion spread was probably only comparable to the great changes after 2000.

Thinking of this, he continued to explain to them that the county system is of course the best, but every system will have its last and most fierce counterattack. The enfeoffment system has a history of more than 800 years since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Among the culture, bloodline, and state governance of the Six Kingdoms, this is also the reason why the reforms of the Six Kingdoms always fail. It does not matter whether it is Li Kui or Wu Qi of the Wei Kingdom. is their common interest.

And why was the Qin State able to reform successfully?

Because when Shang Yang reformed, the people of Qin State were still a group of local turtles who had just changed from semi-nomadic herding to settled farming. After Shang Yang proposed to move the capital, they moved from the mountains of Yongdu to the Guanzhong Plain of Xianyang, so the nobles of Qin State At that time, they were all upstarts who had just gotten rich, and they didn't understand the twists and turns of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms at all, but even so, Shang Yang was ripped apart by the old nobles later on.

"Your intention, to pass on the favor to three generations, and share the favor?" Qin Wangzheng was thoughtful, but still didn't like it too much, "Isn't it too late to take effect?"

He had heard A Jiang mention that after becoming a king, he could extend his favor. If the king had many sons, each son would have a share, turning a big country into a small one. After three generations, it would be completely returned to Qin. Will it take three to fifty years to completely eliminate these forces?

However, it is not difficult to implement. The military rank of the Qin State is only passed on to one generation. If it can be passed on to another generation and get support, three generations is a bit too long...

After listening to King Qin's intention, Yan Jiang smiled slightly and stopped talking. He had already said what he should say. The matter of cultural conquest and winning people's hearts was not in a hurry. Three to fifty years to conquer the six countries, the six countries are the most wronged.

Even if the great Han Dynasty establishes the country in the future, it will not be until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han that all these old enfeoffed forces will be swallowed up, and troubles such as the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion will be repeated, so that Emperor Wu of the Han can work together and achieve great achievements.

Qin Wangzheng seemed to see his unfinished intentions. When he turned his eyes, he saw Wang Jian's expression moved slightly, and he frowned slightly. He didn't continue talking, but only said that he should think about it before discussing it. .

Next, Wang Jian took out the prepared list of Zhao Guo's dignitaries and handed it to King Qin.

He also needs to deal with some dignitaries of Zhao State.

Different from the weak power of the Korean nobles, there is no shortage of loyal and patriotic people in the Zhao Kingdom, many of whom have prestige, especially the many princes, once they escape, it is always troublesome. He browsed the list submitted by Wang Jian, and took a pen to write on some of their names. Draw circles.

Finally, with a sneer, he handed the drawn list to Wang Jian: "The people in this list are all those who bullied the widow, mother and child in Zhao State back then. Find them all and expose them to death."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at A Jiang. Seeing that A Jiang was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved everyone back.

Yan Jiang had known for a long time that King Qin would kill his former enemies when he returned to Handan. It's very convenient, so it's not easy to provoke his rebellious psychology.

Besides, it takes enough reasons to persuade the king of Qin, and there is really no reason to persuade him about this matter, so Yan Jiang is very self-aware, sitting on his knees and watching the king quietly.

When he talks and laughs, he is as dazzling as the sun; when he is quiet, he is as quiet as a mountain forest. Just looking at it makes people feel peaceful and fascinated by it.

Qin Wangzheng looked at it for a few breaths, then stood up and sat in front of him, naturally clasped his right hand, held it up in front of his eyes to play with, and said leisurely: "Long time no see, Aiqing, do you miss me?"

Yan Jiang generously let him pinch, smiled and said: "If you say you miss me, Your Majesty fell asleep very quickly when he knocked over the candlestick last night and was almost burned."

"That's different." Qin Wangzheng put down his hand and moved closer, "Your Majesty and my widow should not be confused."

"Your majesty, when you made the oath back then, you were justified and strong, why didn't you say that you can't confuse it?" Yan Jiang was unmoved.

"Then A Jiang wants to mess around, or doesn't he want to?" King Qin raised the corners of his lips slightly and asked calmly.

"So what if you mess around, so what if you don't mess around?" Yan Jiang crossed his chest and asked back.

"Ruohuan, that's the case..." King Qin bowed his head and kissed her before he finished speaking.

Yan Jiang was sitting by the pillar, and he pressed him on the pillar to kiss him, but he completely lost the intention of pushing each other last time, instead, his heart was beating so fast that it was hard to resist, and after being pressed for dozens of breaths, he reluctantly pushed him away , pretending to have nothing to do with the messy clothes corners, brushed the messy hair between the eyebrows, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty is really not afraid that I will let the tiger go."

King Qin caressed the corners of his lips, his mood was as bright as a summer flower, and he said with a smile: "That flower tiger was left by you outside the city for several months, and it was already starving to the bone, even if it is really released, I will have no fear."

"That's enough. I have to climb over the city wall every ten days to feed it. It thinks of me and loses weight. Forget it," Yan Jiang shook his head helplessly, "Come with me, I have a gift for you."

"Courtesy?" Qin Wang smiled and held his hand, "I thought A Jiang was congratulating him with this body."

Yan Jiang turned to look at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, but unconsciously touched his waist with the other hand.

King Qin had no choice but to say, "Jiangshan beauty is in front, and you are the only one who is so cruel."

"Jiangshan beauty?" Yan Jiang snorted softly, and pointed at the pillar with the scabbard: "If it is true that the sword is added to the body, the king must remember to walk around the pillar and hide for a while."

"I would like to thank you for your guidance..." Speaking of this, he seemed to feel a little dangerous, Qin Wangzheng decisively changed the subject: "It's just a joke, I will just go with A Jiang."