The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

It was March in Yangchun, and the spring breeze was blowing people away. Qin Wang Yiren stood up and stretched himself. He looked at the sky outside the palace, and walked out on a whim.

"My lord, it's cold outside, let's put on some clothes." Seeing that he was about to go out, the chief attendant hurriedly chased after him, the stranger was full of helplessness, he turned around slowly and met the concerned eyes of the attendants.

The state of Qin has really been in turmoil for a long time in the past few years. The reason is that his father An Guojun passed away suddenly on the third day of the Yuan change. Put on sackcloth.

However, compared to the fact that the people of Qin voluntarily put on sackcloth and filial piety for King Zhaoxiang, they didn't have much impression of King Qin Xiaowen, it was just a face project.The first king Yingzhu ascended the throne for only one year. In the eyes of everyone, the new king only rewarded his subjects, forgave a group of criminals, and then opened the Royal Zoo in autumn and winter to let the people of Xianyang go hunting and chop firewood.

Just as everyone was looking forward to him, he passed away suddenly.

Qin State changed three generations of Qin kings in three years, and the age and seniority that had been separated before were equalized with the other five kingdoms in an instant.Compared with the many problems his father, An Guojun, encountered when he came to power, the Qin people's attitude towards Yiren can be described as caring, and they just hold him in the palm of their hand and protect him carefully, fearing that he will also die suddenly.

Yiren is also very helpless with this attitude, because it is definitely not one or two people who have this attitude, but the entire Xianyang Palace and even the entire court, and even the clan that has always been difficult to deal with.He can fight against one or two people, but he can't protest against everyone-in fact, he is really in good health, and he won't die immediately.

And this year is the first year of changing the Yuan. Since the day he announced the changing of the Yuan, everyone has been more cautious. There are doctors and craftsmen wandering around him at any time. This is mainly the order of his mother, the Empress Dowager Huayang.

The Empress Dowager Huayang became a queen in just one year, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand the ups and downs.

In the pre-Qin period, the family was the world, and a hostess could do far more than an old queen whose son had grown up and could hold real power. What's more, she, an old lady, had to give half of the power to a different person's biological mother. .

The Empress Dowager Huayang is certainly dissatisfied with today's life, but at this moment she is also very clear that the fate of other people determines her.

A foreigner has to accept her affection on the throne, even though there is his biological mother, Empress Dowager Xia, he can't surpass her, but it's hard to say if someone else succeeds to the throne.Whether it is the prince Zhao Zheng or Yiren's brothers, they are separated from her by a layer.

After losing Lord An, the Empress Dowager Huayang had to make sure she could hold onto Yi Ren firmly.As for the nominal mother, the Empress Dowager Xia, as the biological mother, was no exception. She expressed great concern for the other person's physical condition.

The Yiren, who was forced to deal with the two mothers, was very tired of this.

But Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously. He was okay as a son, but it was a nightmare for him as a daughter-in-law. The evil mother-in-law who had a child with his concubine, this day is really, whoever lives will know.

That's right, after Yiren was formally established as the prince, the Empress Dowager Huayang took concubines for Yiren on the grounds that the East Palace was empty and Yiren's knees were weak, and they were all graceful Chu women.

If it weren't for Yiren's great respect for his wife who shared weal and woe, and his hard work, he wouldn't have created a threatening younger brother for Ying Zheng.

In order to achieve the goal of becoming Zhao Ji's favorite, the Empress Dowager Huayang did a lot of things like intercepting people halfway.After several dark losses, Zhao Ji certainly didn't like her.If it weren't for the Queen Mother Xia's rank being too low to resist the Queen Mother Huayang, Zhao Ji would have chosen the Queen Mother Xia's camp.

In short, now in the harem of the aliens, there are often three women in one scene.However, since Zhao Zheng is the only grandson at the moment, the Empress Dowager Huayang still dares not go too far, and she can finally get by.

Thinking of the chaos in the harem, Yiren's footsteps stopped involuntarily, and then when he moved forward, he turned in a different direction and went to the uterus of the crown prince.

Prince Zhao Zheng is studying with Lu Buwei at this time. Lu Buwei, who was in charge of hydrology, was promoted to Prince Taifu after the former king ascended the throne, and officially assumed the status of a foreign teacher.And after Yiren became the King of Qin, he, as the prince and Taifu, naturally had to teach Zhao Zhengxue on a part-time job.

When the stranger arrived, the two were discussing military affairs, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, and quietly went into the side room and sat down.

The nine-year-old Zhao Zheng is at the age when he is most interested in the military. The children of the old Qin family naturally like this, but it is a pity that the Qin State never sent troops after Zhao Zheng became sensible. The military situation is less clear.

Lu Buwei was a little surprised by the student's question, but then he smiled, "I just discussed this issue with Xun Qing before."

"Mr. Xun?" Zhao Zheng was extremely surprised. He had studied with Xun Qing for many years. He knew that Xun Qing was a Confucian student and had extensive knowledge, but he didn't know that Xun Qing also knew about military strategists.

Lu Buwei did not explain to the students what Xun Qing pursued as the most powerful talker king when he was young and vigorous - I want to defeat you in your best field. It's just an understatement with a sentence about the reason of Jixia Academy.

"Xunqing divides the world's military soldiers into five categories, and these five categories can be divided into two categories. My son, let me listen to my ministers one by one."

"One is equal to the people [martial arts]. They recruit powerful people into the army without a basic salary. When they go to the battlefield and win the head, they will give a bounty."

"Two, Wei Guozhi [Warrior Pawn], when recruiting strong men, Wei Guo required soldiers to be fully armored, take spears, bows, fifty arrows, and three-day rations to run a hundred miles. Winners, whoever wins, will be rewarded with their fields and houses, and their household tax will be exempted."

"Thirdly, the Qin State's [Strengthening Soldiers] uses rewards and punishments to make all the people of the world soldiers. Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who are guilty will be punished. If the people want to make progress, the only word is farming and fighting, and fighting is better than farming."

"Let's talk about these three first, which one do you think is better?"

"Qin is the best!" Zhao Zheng raised his head proudly, his eyes sparkling, "Since the reform, Qin has become stronger and stronger. Both Qi and Wei are defeated by us, so our Qin Definitely the strongest."

Lu Buwei laughed lightly when he heard the words, "Young master, why don't you tell me where the soldiers of Qin State are strong, and where the soldiers of Qi and Wei are weak? Is there any merit in them?"

Zhao Zheng thought for a while, "The advantage of Qi's soldiers is that they don't have to spend on the treasury on weekdays, and if they spend more money, the results will be stronger, so there is no pressure on the country's food and supplies."

"Bad..." He thought for a while, "Soldiers only join the army for money and food, so they won't fight battles that have no chance of winning."

"Qi State's military affairs are not abundant, and these soldiers have no rewards if they don't fight. Therefore, they should have other occupations to support themselves. That being the case, for them, war is just icing on the cake rather than a gift in the snow. The icing on the cake It’s optional, the first thing they want to keep is the [brocade] itself rather than the [flowers] on it, so the students think that the soldiers of Qi State will be defeated when they encounter a battle, and the weak cannot be defeated.”

Seeing Lu Buwei nod his head in approval, he said again: "Wei's soldiers choose the strongest fighters in the world. Compared with Qi, the soldiers they choose are more demanding, and their soldiers are definitely better than Qi. However, the government thinks that its rewards It's too early to give."

"It's just given to Houtian Liangzhai after being recruited. If he wins, how will he be rewarded? For soldiers, there is no difference between victory and defeat, so how can we motivate them to fight?"

Zhao Zheng said again: "In this way, my state of Qin is a combination of the two. The people of Qin fought as soldiers and farmed while as farmers. There are clear rewards and punishments. As long as they have military exploits, they will be rewarded. If they lose the war, the whole army will be rewarded." There is no reward, so the people of Qin will fight with all their might."

"Shortcomings..." He frowned, thinking for a long time but failed to think of the shortcomings of this system.Just at this time, the waiter came into the room to report that Lu An came to Zhao Zheng, Zhao Xiaozheng immediately called his elder brother to come in, and before Lu An explained his purpose, he blatantly cheated by talking about the exam questions to him.

Seeing that his father didn't stop him, Lu An knew what was going on. He sat down and said, "Qin's army is strong and invincible to the six countries. Once the army comes out, it is unstoppable like a river and a waterfall. It's just..."

"only?"

Lu An, who was dizzy from doing water conservancy work recently, said, "It's okay if the flood water is irrigated by someone else's land, but what if this land will be yours in the future?"

Zhao Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and then he heard Lu An continue: "The Qin army uses the first rank to record credit. There are two advantages. One is easy to calculate, and it is difficult to adulterate. Reduce the future combat power of the six countries. Therefore, the six countries will become weaker and weaker when they fight against Qin, and the soldiers of the six countries will also be afraid of Qin.

"However, son—" he said softly, "Now these six countries are the six countries of the six countries, and the Qin army killed the subjects of the six countries, and when the six countries become the six countries of the Great Qin, then the subtracted population, these The accumulated hatred must be resolved by the Qin people themselves."

Zhao Zheng raised his eyebrows completely puzzled, "Can't we govern the Six Kingdoms in the same way as Qin was governed? Qin also conquered many prefectures and counties before, didn't they all manage well?"

The people in these counties and counties are particularly active in joining the Qin State!

"Because there were battles at that time." Knowing that he was thinking of the life in Yewang City, Lu An reminded, "The people who have just returned to Qin know that Qin soldiers rely on their heads to count their merits, and also know that Qin is a victorious army. It is very likely that they will be able to get the head when they go to the battlefield, so they are more active. They live on the border and are also middle- and lower-class citizens, as long as they can live a good life, they will not reject which country they are."

"The state of Qin has been fighting for a long time, and the soldiers bravely seized the lost land. These places are convenient for rewarding the soldiers. So what if one day the six kingdoms return to Qin, and Qin has no new land to reward?"

"The people of the Six Kingdoms are not the former frontier residents who have no taboos in order to survive. They are more nobles from aristocratic families. How can their hatred and resentment be resolved when they are suddenly demoted to common people?"

"Your Highness, the biggest resistance during the Shang Dynasty reform period was the nobles, and the nobles at that time were just the nobles of one country. If after the unification, what you have to face is the nobles of the six countries, how will you deal with it then?"

Zhao Zheng was speechless.

Obviously, he didn't expect his elder brother to be so ambitious. He, he never thought about the unification of the six kingdoms!

You should think about it, Lu An's eyes are kind, "According to the current situation, the Qin army is overwhelmed, and the six countries are hard to resist. It is only a matter of time before the six countries are unified. How to govern after unification is the big problem."

He sighed, "Conquering the world is easy, defending the world is difficult, and defending the world well is even more difficult."

Lu Buwei also looked at his son silently, wanting to remind him that he was off topic again, but he looked at the little prince with a deeply shocked expression... He thought about it and still didn't make a sound.

What his son was worried about was exactly the issue he had discussed with Yiren several years ago - what should happen if there is nothing to seal.

Although the prince is still young, according to the current situation, it is a little early for him to start thinking about this issue, but it is not too early.

The unification of Qin is just a matter of time. This is actually the consensus of the world, but some people admit it, and some people are not willing to admit it.

According to the current situation, when the state of Qin is handed over to the little prince, he will indeed have to face these problems, and it doesn't hurt to think about it now...

Just when he was thinking this way, he heard the little prince slowly spit out two words, "Fish farming..."

Lu Buwei and Lu An were taken aback, Zhao Zheng frowned, and said with some hesitation: "Is it the same as raising fish? To the people of Qin, the Six Kingdoms are weak little fish, but to the Six Kingdoms, Qin Kingdom is strong A few big fish."

"In the beginning, the strength of the enemy and us was not right, so the little fish could only surrender, but the little fish will eventually grow up, and when it grows up, it will start to test and accumulate energy." He slowly raised his head, and said seriously, "There is a fish in Zheng'er's fish pond. That's right."

"How did the young master deal with this situation?" Lu Buwei asked gently, seeing the little prince wrinkled his nose, and the little lord sighed melancholy: "Zheng knows that the strong are the best, but it is inevitable to be biased, so... ..."

"Zheng'er took all the new fish that were particularly noisy and ate them. The non-noisy fish were kept in it to continue raising, and the ones that were noisy along with them were removed and separated from the good fish... After the small fish were born, they were merged. , after two or three years, Yuchi will be harmonious."

"So Zheng'er thought, if fish is like this, people can also use this method?"

Lu An nodded and voted for it, and said: "However, this method is too long, it will take two or three generations, and the big fish will be damaged during the process. An has an idea that is not yet mature, why don't you listen to it?"

"Brother, please tell me."

Lu An pursed his lips into a smile, and said with a bit of shyness: "My country, Qin, governs the world according to the law. This is our country's unique characteristics. The other six countries do not have this way, so domestic officials are corrupt."

"There are always a few countries that have the rule of law, but the law only restricts the people and does not hinder the nobles."

"However, the laws of my country of Qin do not avoid princes and nobles, and are superior and inferior. This is the foundation of our country. An believes that this behavior is a great good, and it should be promoted."

He looked into Zhao Zheng's brighter and brighter eyes and said: "However, the countries may not be able to accept this kind of thinking for a while, and need our help. My son thinks that every time we merge, I, Qin Jun, will popularize the law for the local people. Administer justice for them, and tell them what kind of punishment these nobles would have if they were in Qin State...how?"

Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then he slapped the case, "This method is great!" He circled around in place, overjoyed: "The nobles and nobles of the six eastern countries have a similar stink, and there are many people who commit crimes and violate the law. I, Qin Jun, will treat it as a crime." The people of the six countries uphold justice and support them to fight for their rights and defeat those evil nobles."

Lu An thinks that his younger brother is really smart, he can figure it out!Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard his father cough, and the two brothers froze, and then he heard Lu Buwei whisper: "Propaganda and support are useless, we should set up a court like the Qin State, and allow the people to sue for their meritorious deeds, and Act on behalf of law enforcement, and part of the income from law enforcement will be returned to the public.”

"This is an act of justice."

The Six Kingdoms is not as good as the Qin State, which implements the system of prefectures and counties and is completely enfeoffed. For the local people, the local nobles can do whatever they want, not to mention the stricter Qin law, or their own country. The law may not be able to find a few clean people.

If the people can sue the officials, they will be sure to sue, and the evidence will be piled upon piles. At that time, Qin will only need to punish rape and eliminate evil for the heavens.

The most wonderful thing is that once the state of Qin gets into trouble, the civilian class of the six countries will be completely opposed to the honorable class. After all, the honorable class is in the minority, and they can't make waves by themselves.

The third is that most of the six countries do not practice the rule of law. After this move, the local people will realize the benefits of the rule of law, and they will be much more accepting of the road to the rule of law that Qin will inevitably pave.

Ginger is still old and spicy!Lu An and Zhao Zheng were in awe.

But at this moment, Zhao Zheng, who was about to sit down, suddenly noticed something. After he sat down, he coughed dryly, "Let's return to the topic of discussing soldiers. I wonder if my brother has any other opinions on the soldiers of Qi and Wei?"

Lu Xiaoan is so smart, he knew Zhao Xiaozheng must have seen something to give him a hint when he saw Zhao Zheng's behavior, the most likely reason was that some parents were peeking behind him, so he immediately sat upright and said seriously : "The state of Qi is a soldier who pursues profit. If the enemy is weak and few, he will attack by force, and the enemy will scatter like birds."

"Wei's army is strong, but it will be difficult for several years."

"Soldiers can get a lot of money and food as long as they are registered, so it will inevitably lead to them not retiring after their prime years." Lu An lowered his eyelashes slightly: "Their own combat power is not strong, but in the army, these people will be like this." The entangled net generally hinders the growth of new saplings, and the spirit of the army will inevitably decline over time."

Zhao Zheng frowned: "Since that's the case, just recruit another soldier."

"I'm afraid it can't be done," Lu An smiled slightly: "Young master, you can pay lightly for land, houses and slaves, but taxes are absolutely unavoidable." "Every soldier in Wei State is exempted from household tax. more people."

"The more tax-free people, the poorer the country, and the Wei State has to keep recruiting troops in order to maintain its combat effectiveness. This will inevitably lead to a vicious circle. At that time, even if the country has millions of halberds, but the treasury is empty and cannot provide food, these halberds will be It will become a huge hidden danger for the country.”

"It's so..." Zhao Zheng suddenly said, "It's no wonder that the state of Wei is getting weaker and weaker. It's because of this. In my brother's opinion, what is the current situation of the state of Wei?"

Lu An shook his head, "Twenty years ago there was a way, but now it's just a matter of cutting off the tail to survive."

Survive, not glory.

But as long as he can survive, there are infinite possibilities. It's a pity that King Wei doesn't have the courage and courage, and he doesn't have the time.

The author has something to say:

Overheard stranger: secretly see what your son is doing!

The stranger who eavesdropped: Er Zai is already thinking about how to govern the reunification of the six kingdoms! !

The stranger who eavesdropped: Silently calculated the map of Qin, and rubbed his hands under the pressure!

In fact, according to the normal progress of the Qin State, King Zhuang Xiang only needs to be equal to A, and being a 2/30-year king should theoretically be a unified political system in the hands of Yingzheng.So according to common sense, Ying Zheng should be the king of success (Emma feels terrible when she thinks of this)

However... life is short, there is no way.