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

When the news of Qin's promotion of nationality spread to the six eastern countries, most people felt that the people of Qin had made unnecessary efforts and had to spend a lot of effort to sort out the household registration. It was simply too much money to burn.

But is it really a waste of effort?The same discussion was also going on in Xianyang Palace in Qin State.

Qin has implemented this system for nearly half a year, and more and more guest officials have joined the Qin nationality.However, the system of establishing a nationality does not seem to have brought any improvement to the country, on the contrary, it is quite laborious, so naturally some people put forward different opinions.

The memorial was handed directly to the King of Qin, but Ying Zheng did not suppress it, but brought it up during the court meeting, allowing the officials in the court to discuss it freely.

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period experienced a long period of annexation. At the beginning, everyone was enfeoffed by Zhou Tianzi. Although they later rebelled and rebelled, they became self-reliant, but after they became kings, everyone still used the same method to enfeoff. people.

In fact, everyone knows that such a system is not good. If you can rebel, the people below you can naturally, but there is no other better way.The land is too big to manage, and this is the biggest problem.

In the court hall of Xianyang Palace, Lu An said: "The reason why the emperor of Zhou adopted the enfeoffment system to govern the country was because he and the Zhou government alone could not manage the huge world, so he used the method of hierarchical management."

The so-called hierarchical management method is that Zhou Tianzi only manages the princes, and then the princes manage the high officials, the high officials manage the scholars, the scholars manage the lowest-level common people, and the common people manage the slaves, step by step.

Zhou Tianzi is only responsible for diplomacy and military affairs, not for the management of the people at the lowest level. How the people's livelihood is done has nothing to do with him, and what happens in the princes' country has nothing to do with him.

"Under such a management model, the common people only recognize the scholars, but not the senior officials, and the senior officials know how many scholars they have, but they don't know how many common people there are in the fief." Lu An said, "The scholars are only loyal to the senior officials, but not He will not be loyal to the feudal lords whom the senior officials are loyal to, so once a certain senior official betrays, then the scholar class under him and the common people under his management will also betray with him."

Following his words, the expressions of all the people in the court hall were a little subtle, and their little eyes drifted to the throne again and again.Strictly speaking, the rebels mentioned by Lu An included the former king of Qin. Back then, King Huiwen, the son of Duke Xiao, the father of Grandpa Yingzheng, King Huiwen, was the king on his own. The emperor had no choice but to cover his face and admit.

Under everyone's cautious gaze, Ying Zheng's face remained unchanged. The old Qin people are very determined on this point. Whatever you say, the winner is king anyway.

Seeing that he didn't care, everyone turned their attention to Lu An, who was talking eloquently.

Why all the princes can become kings one after another? Previously, everyone only realized that the princes were stronger and had more military strength. They really didn't think of the deeper reason that Lu An said. Let's dig deeper...

Although the words were not spoken, Lu An's implication was that if the princes can be promoted to kings, in order to manage their own territory, they will naturally confer the titles of the original officials as princes. This is a living leadership rebellion, little brother drink soup.

Under this system, it is natural for younger brothers to encourage leaders to rebel.

——When they realized the unfinished words, everyone felt their teeth ache, thinking that Lu Xiaolang still dared to speak!But thinking about it the other way around, what was he afraid to say?Because Qin does not need to worry about this issue.

The situation in Qin State is different from other countries. Qin State learned the county system from Chu State, and innovated the county system in the period of Duke Mu. Shang Yang perfected it into prefectures and counties. To manage the country, the later kings continued to improve it for the convenience of management.When it was passed to Yingzheng, Qin's prefecture and county system had already been perfected.

It was originally intended to facilitate the central government's direct rule of the region, and the method of mobilizing people's power as much as possible has now become a steel skeleton, supporting the rapid development of Qin.

And because of the Qin State's habit of selecting the best officials and inspecting and transferring officials, the county prefects and county magistrates have become "little officials" and may be transferred at any time due to the needs of the central government.This kind of system was initially due to the lack of talents in Qin State, so once one was discovered, it should be used immediately. In the end, it effectively avoided the formation of small power groups.

"According to my observations, although the people in counties and counties in our country are also directly managed by counties and counties, unless they are very ignorant, they can know who the King of Qin is. Unlike the layers of separation caused by the enfeoffment of the six kingdoms, in the Qin Kingdom, the King The voice of the country can be transmitted to the lowest level of the country, and the voice of the lowest level can also be fed back layer by layer."

"We are different from the Six Kingdoms." Lu An said confidently and proudly. He raised his head slightly, and his eyes met Ying Zheng's. The young man smiled and turned to face the opponents, "Six The country doesn’t even know how many subjects there are, how many outsiders, how many savages there are, and they don’t even know how much land they own, but we do.”

"Therefore, the people of Qin State know better than any other country that they themselves are the people of Qin State."

"That's enough, why bother to come up with Lao Shizi's nationality?" A Zong Lao surnamed Ying couldn't understand it. He stood up and bowed to Ying Zheng, looking at Lu An, "Qin people are Qin people, and foreigners are Qin people." For foreigners, one’s blood cannot be changed, so can one be counted as a Qin person by changing one’s nationality? Isn’t that absurd?”

"If this person was born in the state of Qin, receives education from the state of Qin, learns the characters of the state of Qin, speaks Qin dialect, eats Qin meat, plays Qin zither, Mr. Zong thinks about it, is this a Qin person or a foreigner? "

It is said that it is blood, and how is it related to these Lao Shizi?

Elder Zong frowned, and wanted to speak, but he swallowed the words and stopped talking, because he discovered a very serious problem-the Qin people themselves were not Qin people.

This may sound like a mouthful, but it is actually easy to understand.Today's family with the surname Ying moved from the east to the west. Before the migration, they lived in Handan, Zhao, just like the Zhao family. It was their ancestor, Feizi, who was conferred by King Xiao of the Zhou Kingdom until now. The land of the state of Qin was a vassal of the master of Qin at that time, so they came here.

And the state of Qin at that time was not even the state of Qin it is now, and of course Qin's people were not all of the blood of the surname Ying.

Back then, the ancestors of the Qin State defeated the deadly enemy Quan Rong, and snatched back many Zhou people who had been captured by Quan Rong and used them as Qin people. The Rong people who were recaptured, all these things created today's Qin.

In essence, the common people of Qin State were of mixed blood from the very beginning.

Therefore, if it is based on blood, then no one is from Qin, and the reason why the current Qin people are Qin people is because they survive and reproduce here. Are you from Qin?

This kid is too cunning!It was clear that a trap was set up waiting for the old man!

Elder Zong blew his beard and stared, but he also inherited the clumsiness of the old Qin people. He couldn't find any words to refute for a while, so he could only return angrily.

Lu An blasted away one, and continued: "The Qin State is the Qin State today, but in the future, we may not be a simple Qin State."

Although he didn't make it clear, everyone present understood what he meant—annexation.

Qin State is on the road of annexation, just like swallowing Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou, Qin will inevitably swallow other countries.The situation of annexing and seizing a city is completely different. The former can use the huge Qin Kingdom to influence a small city, and the city is isolated and helpless, so it can only bear it silently.But if a country is swallowed, the latter itself is a whole, and if there are many people, it will be powerful. Even if it is unified in form, it is actually like putting an iron ball in an ice lump, and it has to be digested slowly.

During the digestion process, the iron ball cools down, and the ice cube melts. Both parties must sacrifice to achieve a degree of coexistence. Before the same temperature, in fact, they are always two different wholes.

And the inevitable sacrifice of Qin State is to sacrifice the concept of Qin State, give up Qin State’s self, and make it a larger and more inclusive concept, absorbing those countries that it has conquered one by one.

"The Qin State is the sum of a hundred countries. If there is always the idea of ​​the country and foreign countries, then the survivors of Qin and the six countries will inevitably face harmony but disagree with each other." Lu An said.The young emperor nodded slightly in agreement with his statement, his eyes were burning: "I once said that the whole world is the leader of Qin."

"Your Majesty!" This statement made the clans of the Qin State exclaim in surprise. They stood up one by one and walked into the hall to express different opinions, but they saw the young King Qin raised his hand to stop them. Without moving, he just looked at Lu An and said, "Lu Qing, is this the only reason for establishing the nationality policy?"

"I think that what Daqin is doing now is the road of great unification."

"If you want to achieve great unification, there are only two steps. One is to conquer with a strong army, and the other is to establish a unified system for political conquest and make the people follow it."

"I believe that the second step is far more difficult than the first step. Conquering the world is easier than defending the world. The new institutional framework we have established must make the people feel that it is better than the previous government, so that the people can live and work in peace again. Don’t think about going back to the past.”

"To achieve this, the first thing is to let the people settle down, forget which country they are from, and be willing to accept their identity as Qin people in a relatively peaceful state, and then they can perceive the pros and cons of the system and policies with their hearts.

This is not the work of one generation or two, but it will not exceed three or four generations, but if people are not included with Qin nationality, they will not be able to integrate for thousands of generations. "

The result of not being able to integrate is naturally to create chaos.The young King Qin didn't think for too long, the beads on the crown collided lightly, Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Good."

The people of the clan couldn't bear it anymore, they stepped forward one after another to persuade the king of Qin not to bring people into the land of Qin so easily. ?

"My lord, it's too early to say these things, we might as well let them go for now..."

Just when a clan's voice hadn't finished speaking, a herald came outside the hall with an urgent letter of three hundred miles.What he brought was good news—the king of Wei, who was led by Wei Liao to break through the capital Daliang, took the Wei clan out of the city and surrendered.

Wei Guo, destroyed.

Such good news came at this time, but all the courtiers were silent. In the end, a few people knew something inside and silently turned their attention to Lu An.

Lu An didn't need to look at them to know what they were thinking right now, he just thought it was what he had agreed with his senior brother.But in fact, Lu An also wondered, didn't his senior brother just go to test and beat him before he left?How did you break the girder all the way?Also captured the king of Wei?

No matter what these people thought, Ying Zheng glanced over the memorial sent by Wei Liao, and praised: "Good!"

Then he handed the report to Zhong Changshi, indicating that he would pass it on to everyone, and the young king said with a vague smile, "You might as well take a look at how Wei Liao defeated Wei with an army of [-]."

The memorials were handed down one by one, and it had been a while since they reached Lu An's hands. Everyone who had read them before had extremely strange expressions.Looking at their expressions, Lu An was as eager as a cat scratching a cat, but he felt a little more at ease when the familiar handwriting came into his eyes.

then……

……Um?

The Daliang City of Wei State was destroyed, and the Wei people opened the door by themselves?

Among them is the role of the enclave in Dongjun.As a part of the Qin State, many policies of the Qin State naturally cover Dongjun, and when Lu An governed Dongjun, he did not break the connection between Dongjun and the surrounding countries, allowing people to come and go. After Han Fei took over, he still Maintaining this tradition, Dongjun became a window for the surrounding countries to observe Qin after the war broke down. Many policies of Qin were also passed on to the surrounding counties and towns through the people of Dongjun.

The surrounding countries have a deep prejudice against Qin. When they heard about Dongjun's various benefits, they felt that Qin was buying people's hearts. When they heard about Dongjun's abnormal behavior, they said that Qin was exploiting secretly. There were a lot of gossip. But Han Fei carried it all.

Among them, the most risky one is the Yicang system of the Qin Dynasty a few years ago. This system encountered resistance at the beginning of its implementation. Many lands in Dongjun have tax exemption policies, so some people say that this is actually a disguised form. is collecting taxes.However, at Han Fei's insistence, the free warehouse system was established.

In the second year, when the land of Qin was flooded, Dongjun, as the bank of the Yellow River, naturally couldn't get it right, and it was even more unlucky. They were in the middle and lower reaches, and they were completely affected by the upper reaches.

What's even more strange is that before the flood came, there was no early warning, the river did not rise sharply, and the animals did not suffer from famine. It was just that the water of the Yellow River suddenly ran through the river like a flood dragon.

As a result, almost all the people in Dongjun watched helplessly as the soaring Yellow River covered the raised river bank, engulfed the farmland along the river, and swept away the grain of the residents living by the river.The water of the Yellow River, which originally provided the source of life, took away her favor just when the grain was about to be harvested.

Although the timely government rescue did not cause too many casualties, property losses were inevitable.

After the flood receded, I looked at the fields that were stronger than the rammed roads, and then opened them to see how they looked white inside, and then looked at the houses that had been swept away by the flood and barely left a shape. , the villagers leaning on the river bank looked at the flooded land with tears streaming down their faces.

The grains in the fields are second to none. When floods come, the biggest loss is actually the fields.These fields themselves are the optimal areas for irrigation. They also used river pond mud to fertilize the fields according to Qin Guan's guidance. After several years of dry work, the land has become more and more fertile.

During the long-term soaking, the river water will take away the fertility of the soil, and because of the huge pressure of the water, the soft soil will be extremely compacted. Nothing can be planted under this pressed land, and it must be loosened again. Cultivate soil.All their efforts over the past few years have been in vain.

Just when everyone was in despair, Mao Lao with a complicated face went to each family's home one after another, and after everyone gathered together, he opened the granary under the supervision of the government officials.

Because the granary actually only stored grain once, there was not much grain in it. However, because the granary was stored and withdrawn in units of counties, the people in most areas were not affected by the disaster, and the grain in the whole county was distributed to the coastal areas. The people affected by the disaster in the river are enough.

Doesn't seem fair?No, in fact, because the food in the Yicang is collected in grades, the villagers along the river are also the ones who donate more because of the fertile land.

It's just that no one could have imagined that the fertile land in the past was destroyed overnight, and the grain donated by me either unwillingly or full of resentment became my life-saving food.

And the Qin officials who they thought were changing the law to collect taxes really gave them the grain.

Afterwards, the petty officials of the Qin State also introduced to them a series of taxation situations since then, and re-introduced the disaster response measures of the Qin State. He showed an unprecedented positive look.

An old man shook his head and said with emotion: "It's true that people's hearts can be seen after a long time, and one can know a country when one dies."

These words spread along the breeze to the ears of the nearby residents along the Yellow River who were also affected by the disaster, which made people feel a little uncomfortable at the moment.

With this incident as a foundation, the residents of East County have reached the peak of their acceptance of Qin's policies, and they will be even more motivated when there are tax rate adjustments.

The capital water supervisor of the State of Qin investigated the situation along the river after the flood. Theoretically speaking, the terrain of Dongjun is flat and there is no difference in height, and the waterway is straight without turning. Even if the upstream floods, the Yellow River in Dongjun should not be like that The people in the capital water supervision department thought that there must be something wrong with it.

Sure enough, when the boat traveled upstream to South Korea, they found that the dam body in South Korea was damaged and newly repaired, and the truth became obvious.

The flood in Dongjun was caused by the collapse of the dam in South Korea, so that the blocked river rushed down. It was completely an accidental disaster.

Water resources are extremely precious in agricultural countries, because water wars are not uncommon. Although South Korea's storage of water along the Yellow River is somewhat immoral, it is beyond reproach.

But the problem is that South Korea itself is a country with many rivers. Strictly speaking, they do not lack water resources.Moreover, the storage dam built by South Korea is extremely concealed, and it has not been discovered when merchant ships come and go before.If it weren't for Qin Guo being suspicious this time, he couldn't find it if he looked every inch.

Then the purpose of building the dam is somewhat unclear.

The reason why it is more recognized is that King Han is preparing for the water attack in the future.

Under the flood, even if there are thousands of troops, it is absolutely impossible to stop it.And South Korea has to deal with the question of who... As long as it is operated well, even Qin, which is located upstream of it, can be breached, not to mention the two countries of Zhao and Wei downstream.

King Qin was furious when he heard the news, and sent envoys to South Korea to order them to dismantle the dam.South Korea was at the time when the old and new kings were changing, and the new Han Wang An heard that Dongjun was the leader and the prefect of Dongjun was Han Fei, and his face immediately turned pale.

He vetoed the dam for some other purpose, thinking it was just a building for people's livelihood. Not only did he not agree to demolish the dam, but he also provoked the king of Qin. He was immediately rubbed on the ground by the Qin army, and finally demolished the dam in despair.

It didn't matter that the dam was demolished, he even wrote a letter himself, cursing Han Fei, who was the boss, thinking that he had forgotten his ancestors and recognized a thief as his father.And it was Han Fei's father who he sent to deliver the letter.

But what King Han never expected was that the first words that this old man who came in the wind and snow saw his son were: "My son, South Korea is hopeless, you don't want to come back again."

Han Fei's indignation quietly disappeared in these words.The father and son sat opposite each other all night, staring at each other without saying a word.

Under Han Fei's management, the officials in Dongjun County are clear and bright, and the lives of the people are flourishing.Gradually, the Wei people who had left had the desire to return with a shy face. After being accepted, more and more Wei people poured into Dongjun.

A few years later, Han Fei became a Qin nationality, and the people of Dongjun County also spontaneously became a Qin nationality following their prefect.

The cities of Wei State next door to Dongjun all watched the rapid development of Dongjun next door, and saw the farmers coming and going with better and better clothes, huge and plump grains, more and more smiles, and more and more children. It's not the taste.

So they began to inquire, began to understand, and began to move around.

This undercurrent has not been put on the bright side, and it is definitely not the honorable class that will be moved by the situation in Dongjun, but the more numerous common people and slave class.

This heartbeat reached its peak when Qin State began to attack Wei State. They watched with cold faces that the soldiers of Wei State confiscated their food and clothes before going out, leaving only the grain tanks that they could see the bottom of. The fat-headed King Wei held a ceremony to pray for the blessing of his ancestors, and then looked at the people around the altar wearing furs.

The last thing that flashed in their minds was the soft and dense clothes worn by visitors from Dongjun County when they came to sell grain in autumn.

The people in East County told them that it was a crop called cotton, which was a brand-new fabric from Shu County in Qin State. It is still very rare now, but it is very, very warm.

Although they have a discount on buying fabrics because they are from the Qin Dynasty, the price is quite high. Thanks to the abundant grain production in the past few years, they can afford it!

They looked at each other who were wearing thin clothes when winter was approaching, and then at the guards who forced them to walk out of their homes in the cold wind in order to show respect to heaven.

A string in my brain snapped completely.

In the fourth year of Qin Wangzheng, when the Qin army attacked Daliang, the capital of Wei, and was about to withdraw for a long time, a mutiny occurred inside Daliang City.

"The one who perishes in Wei is not Qin, but Wei."

Wei Liao wrote this in the last sentence of the memorial.

The author has something to say:

(by the way, I think the last sentence is cool)

Wei Guo governing the country... is to apply that sentence: don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods.

The country that was obviously strong in the early years of the Warring States period, and could press Qin on the ground and rub against it, forcibly went astray.

The system of prefectures and counties was not originally used by the state of Qin. In fact, it was first established by the state of Chu, the "blockbuster" king of Chu. However, he only opened up counties. The county was invented by the state of Qin. It is said that the earliest county County (you can refer to the opinions of each family for this), but Qin Shihuang developed the system of prefectures and counties to the extreme, and this system is still in use until now.

Shihuang's father is really the type that others choose between A and B, and he says I don't want it, but I want C.

It's amazing.

The first unified empire in the world was the Qin State. Before Qin Shihuang, no one had tried it. One was the Persian Empire, and the other was Alexander the Great. But they all failed in the end. The reason why they did not build a unified empire was because of them. The system of enfeoffment or enfeoffment + centralization is adopted, which means that they have no way to manage the large amount of newly acquired land, and in the end even the original owner who used the land continued to manage it.

Finally, as soon as the center weakens a little, the surroundings will immediately rebel.

Therefore, after the fall of the Qin Empire, the last thought of many princes who raised the banner of rebellion was to return to the previous era of princes and kings, because they felt that they could not manage it. The place is too big and it is really impossible to manage it. The first emperor of the empire was so awesome and finally collapsed.

In the end, it was Liu Bangyi who was bold and courageous. He saw clearly the real reason for Qin Beng's collapse, and thought he could give it a try, so he really succeeded.

In fact, if I think that Qin State slowed down a little at the beginning, it may not be impossible to continue with the county + enfeoffment system. To put it bluntly, Hu Hai dared to make such a fuss largely because his other brothers did not have military power. (Note that Fusu is the supervisor of the army, and he has no military power.) Fusu's suicide was not brainwashed by Confucianism. I said it before, so I won't say it! !