At this time, the king showed his kindness and gave the people two ways out, either to grow more land and exchange grain for titles, or to kill more enemies on the battlefield and exchange their heads for military honors and titles.
In this way, the king of Qin gathered all the power of the country and became stronger and stronger, and finally conquered the six countries and unified the world.
As the people under the rule of the Qin State, they were actually miserable. Shang Yang's reform laws were really too strict and cruel. The people of the Qin State were punished, and nearly half of them were disabled because of chopping off their hands and stamping on their feet!
When Li Si entered the Qin Dynasty, he was walking along the rural roads of Qin State. Looking around, he could hardly see a person with sound hands and feet!
Zhao Yun's eyes were bright and he said to Jiang Wanli: "Are you saying that I treat the people too kindly, which will be detrimental to the country in the long run?"
Jiang Wanli nodded and said: "Yes, Shang Yang's reform was to squeeze the people's power, expand the national power, and cause the Qin State to suddenly explode. Although this method can be seen as a temporary success, if left for a long time, it will make the people resentful. When the time comes,
If someone takes the lead in resisting, it will set off a prairie fire, just like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted from the top, and thousands of people followed. This is the reason.
As for your Majesty's new laws, one is the farmland-to-household law, which reformed the land-acre system and gave each household thirty acres of land. If cultivated carefully, it would be enough to support a family.
The second is the compulsory teaching method, which allows ordinary people's children to study for free, in order to achieve the purpose of broadening people's wisdom.
These two methods are naturally a great good governance for the people, providing them with a way to live in peace and get ahead.
But as far as the country is concerned, in the short term, it will greatly harm the interests of the officials and gentry, making them dissatisfied with the court and complaining. If there is a chance in the future, they may take the opportunity to cause chaos.
In the long run, the new law will greatly increase the financial burden and military pressure on the imperial court, and is suspected of squeezing national power and subsidizing people's power.
However, the power of the people is the most difficult to effectively manage for the imperial court. Human nature is easy to change from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. If it is loosened and then tightened slightly, it may cause greater public resentment.
Moreover, as soon as the people's wisdom is opened, the divine nature of the divine right of kings will be shaken.
I would like to say something about the death penalty. In the future, people will eventually have a question. They all have one head and two eyes. Why can His Majesty be the emperor, but he can only be a commoner?
It’s a divine right, but where is God? It’s a divine right, but where is God? You can’t see it, touch it, or hear it, so why should you recognize the divine right of kings?
And then, they will have another question, why does the world need an emperor? Without an emperor, there will be no privileges, without an emperor, there will be no support for the emperor, and there will be less fear of the emperor. The people can make their own decisions and manage their own affairs.
Myself, isn’t this kind of life bad?”
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Having said this, Jiang Wanli solemnly raised his hand to Zhao Yun and said: "Your Majesty, the land system comes second. Broadening the people's wisdom is the most important decision. Once the people's wisdom is opened, if the guidance is not effective, it will be like releasing that savage beast. One day, we will
The foundation of the rule of the Song Dynasty will be subverted, so please think twice before acting."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun looked serious and was silent for a while, then asked: "The Qing family believes that if there is a day when the people think that the emperor is no longer needed, how long will it take for that day to happen?"
Jiang Wanli thought for a while and said: "People's thoughts cannot be changed overnight. It requires the accumulation of one generation or even several generations. If that day comes, I think there will be such a thing in a hundred years."
The idea will appear, even seventy or eighty years later."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun seemed to have let go of the burden in his heart and felt relaxed.
Zhao Yun thought that after seventy or eighty years, Kublai Khan would also die, and the peak period of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties had long passed. At that time, the Song Dynasty had avoided the fate of national subjugation. In this case, the rest would not matter.
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Zhao Yun smiled slightly and said: "We, the contemporary people, should do our best in contemporary affairs, and let the future affairs be left to God's will."
Zhao Yun said as he walked: "If one day, everyone in the world thinks that there is no need for another emperor, then my descendants will abdicate. The general trend of history is vast. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. If history is true,
Once it has developed to that point, it is the general trend and cannot be undone by manpower, so we can just let nature take its course."
Jiang Wanli was impressed by Zhao Yun's extremely generous heart, and knew that in order to broaden people's wisdom and let the people live a happy life, Zhao Yun had no regard for personal gains and losses.
How many emperors in ancient and modern times have such courage and capacity?
Jiang Wanli solemnly raised his hand and said to Zhao Yun: "Your Majesty's kindness is unparalleled in the world. I believe that no matter how things develop in the future, your Majesty's achievements will be recorded in the history books. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
However, it is said that Luo Xing, the magistrate of Wuzhou, received Zhao Yun's advice and began to organize the victims to strengthen the dams and clean up the river channels.
Naturally, the victims have no objections, because they themselves are the beneficiaries of strengthening the dams and cleaning up the river channels.
So they became very enthusiastic, and under Luo Xing's arrangement, they went to both sides of the Xijiang River to reinforce the dams and carry sandbags.
As for those who pretended to be disaster victims, they were naturally unwilling to do such heavy work just for a mouthful of gruel, so they left one after another.
In this way, Luo Xing saved a lot of money and food, so that people in real need can receive more and more timely assistance.
However, at this time, among the victims, there were two people with sharp eyes, showing cruelty. Whenever they saw people from the government, they would subconsciously dodge, trying to hide their bodies among the victims to avoid
exposed.
Upon closer inspection, these two people turned out to be Yan Mengbiao and Liao Shiliu who had rebelled in Renhe County!
Since the defeat in Renhe County, these two people disappeared with hundreds of people. They disappeared like this for two years, but they didn't know why they suddenly appeared in Wuzhou?
Secretly, Liao Shiliu whispered to Yan Mengbiao: "Brother, this official family is in Wuzhou. There are so many guards in Wuzhou now, openly and secretly. It is too risky for us to come here. If someone discovers us, it will be really difficult to gain wings."
Escape, let’s leave early.”
Yan Mengbiao was unmoved, with a proud and comfortable smile on his lips.
Yan Mengbiao said: "The right way is to seek wealth and honor in danger. The more dangerous the place, the safer it is. The official family is here, who would have thought that we would dare to be here? Now is our opportunity."
"Chance?"
Liao Shiliu was quite puzzled. He said: "The official's carriage has no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and we only have a few hundred people. How can we have any chance?"
Yan Mengbiao didn't see it this way. Yan Mengbiao shook his head and said: "You don't understand. Since ancient times, major disasters have been chaos. Now here it is pouring with heavy rain and the people are displaced. This is the most turbulent time for people. As long as we incite a little at this time,