Chapter 320 Some things have to be done by someone
When Ying Chengyu first crossed over, he thought about killing Zhao Gao and Li Si, the executioners who led to the death of the Second Emperor of Qin Dynasty. When it comes to future events and historical figures, no one can see it more clearly than him.
But as he grew older and learned more, Ying Chengyu completely gave up on this idea a few years ago.
There is a saying that small details can be changed, but the general trend is irreversible. Ying Chengxuan thinks this statement is bullshit. It should be that the general trend is irreversible and small changes are useless.
If the general environment does not change, kill Li Si, Zhao Gao, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and other people who played most of the roles in the demise of Qin.
Ying Chengyu believes that it cannot be said that it is not useful at all, but it is indeed not very useful.
"The noble disciple Su Qin, who made the Qin State dare not leave Hangu Pass for fifteen years, and who represented the princes and princes to use the alliance to its peak, said: 'If I have two hectares of land in Luoyang, how can I wear the seals of the Six Kingdoms?'
"My lord, if the Qin State wants to avoid being overthrown, there are two ways: first, if there is a threat, kill it immediately. Second, reform the system and strengthen itself. The first can only cure the symptoms, but the second can cure the root cause."
"Does your Majesty really think so?"
Ying Chengyu's eyes were firm and without hesitation.
Guiguzi pressed a finger on the ground.
"There are so many people in the world, but there is only one talented person in a thousand. Some of these talented people are good at reading, and some are good at fighting. But apart from what they are good at, they do other things just like ordinary people, and even worse.
Not as good as a mortal.
"If these people are born in common people's families and cannot study or learn martial arts, their talents will be wasted. Only if they are born in a prince's family can they learn what they are good at. There is a huge difference between nobles and common people. Those who can do it will not waste their talents.
, and there is not one in a thousand.
"Those who can avoid wasting their talents can be divided into three, six or nine categories. For example, the current king of Qin, who divines the purple star, is unrivaled in the history. The ancient sage kings, three emperors and five emperors are also unmatched. When the king sits on his throne, the power of the emperor is also
They can't be compared.
"These kind of people are all destined by fate, and they have reached the extreme level of human beings in what they are good at and cannot be surpassed. This is the case with Chongpuzi. Not only are they the most brave, but their wisdom and heart are also favored by heaven. If you want to pass the day after tomorrow,
Trying to catch up with such people is impossible."
Ying Chengyu shook the bottle of Korean rice wine and said indifferently:
"Cheng Yu has said before that nothing can be achieved by one person. Moreover, the prince himself said that he will not be the best in all fields. Strong wine cannot be over-distilled, and Korean millet can be as fragrant and mellow as it."
[If I can’t compare to Xiang Yu in terms of bravery, then why don’t I compare with him in other aspects? He can still ride on a Wuzui horse from Qi with two machetes, and chop all the way to Xianyang without blinking an eye?]
When he first traveled through time, when Ying Chengyu heard the name Xiang Yu, he would definitely kill him quickly.
But now, even if the mentality of self-improvement is removed, Ying Chengyu is not afraid.
The four famous generals of the Warring States Period - Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Li Mu, Lian Po and Ying Chengyu were the only two.
According to the bad taste buried in Ying Chengyu's heart, he really wants to see who is more powerful in a fight between Xiang Yu, the most powerful military strategist, and Li Mu and Lian Po. Ying Chengyu, who likes the excitement, really wants to see Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong.
look.
Guiguzi's face darkened.
"In the past, King Wu Fu Chai was arrogant after he conquered the country of Yue. He did not listen to Wu Zixu's words and did not destroy the ancestral temple of the country of Yue. He spared the life of King Gou Jian of Yue and took him as a slave. Later, he was tricked by the beauty Fan Li and made Gou Jian return.
The more you let the tiger return to the mountain.
"How is your Majesty's action today different from that of King Wu? Your Majesty, do you want me to tell you that I will be imprisoned and hung on the wall of Xinzheng City?"
Ying Chengyu saw that Gui Guzi was extremely serious, tapped the map, pointed next to Gui Guzi's finger, and said with a smile:
"My lord, look where we are. This is the land of Qi, and the Marquis of Wucheng is here. If this son dares to rebel, the Marquis of Wucheng will be the first one not to spare him."
Guiguzi smiled contemptuously.
"Wang Jian led the army to attack Zhao, but was defeated by Li Mu and his deputy general was defeated. Later, he had to use counterintuitive tactics to frame Li Mu. He led an army of 600,000 Qin and faced Xiang Yan, who had less than 200,000 Chu troops. Although Chu had a favorable geographical location, it was not enough.
It also fills the vacancy of 400,000 troops.
"Throughout his life's wars, we can see that his soldiers were stronger than the enemy's, and his number of soldiers was also stronger than the enemy's. Wang Jian was strong because he only faced the enemy head-on, using more to defeat fewer, and using the strong to bully the weak. He only had less than 100,000 soldiers in Qi, so he was very strong.
Tongzi can defeat Wang Jian with only his personal bravery and leading ten thousand people."
The last war god of the Qin Dynasty was said so badly by Gui Guzi, Ying Chengyu cursed half sincerely and half jokingly:
"You know the art of hammer warfare, are you worthy of commenting on Wang Jian?"
"I am not talented and have two bad disciples. One is Pang Juan and the other is Sun Binye."
Ying Chengyu laughed twice and could only applaud and cheer.
The Zongheng skills pioneered by Gui Guzi were so dazzling that Ying Chengxuan always regarded him as being good at Zongheng skills and forgot that he was also very good at the art of war.
"No kidding, in short, I don't agree with this matter."
"Please give me an explanation, Your Majesty."
"I've said it before, don't think about obliterating everything in peacetime, but think about transcending. Zonghengshu is a technique used in troubled times, so don't use it in prosperous times. In the past, Korea's 'surgery' rule was so popular that it worked from top to bottom, so that the people had no regard for South Korea.
The heart of belonging.
"Nowadays, the prince is in charge of the land of Korea, and he is the one in the upper position. The prince does not think about self-improvement but wants to harm others. Isn't it the same as the country in the past? This kind of atmosphere cannot be indulged. Thought is the weathervane of a country and determines the country's culture."
Guiguzi said nothing, but had no intention of leaving. He picked up his chopsticks and started eating and drinking.
"Your Majesty believes that times create heroes, and heroes create times. Which of these two sentences is correct?"
"The prince asked this, presumably he agrees with the latter?"
"Since this is the case, I personally think that the change in the world is not driven by the whole body, but a few amazing and talented people. Such as Shang Yang who saved Qin through reforms, Bai Qi who defeated the world, Su Qin who admired the seal of the six kingdoms, such as
Tiandan, a single city restored to its entirety.
"Without Shang Yang's reforms, Qin would have been annexed by Wei long ago. Without Bai Qi massacring millions of people, and the Battle of Changping defeating Zhao to the point where no one was taller than the wheel, Qin would not have been able to unify. Without Su Qin's lobbying for unification,
The Qin State may have been unified for a hundred years. Without Tianshuo's fire and cattle formation to attack, Qi State would have been swallowed up by Yan.
"Gu Chan thinks that heroes create the trend of the times. Do you think so, Your Majesty?"
The turning point of history is not a natural and natural process. It is a sudden change caused by the will of a few people.
Ying Chengyu does not deny this.
But what Ying Chengyu wants to say is that although individual awakening is important, subsequent wooing is even more important!
[If you fail to win over someone successfully and don’t have enough support, you will be like Copernicus who was burned to death for proposing the heliocentric theory.]
"Shang Yang couldn't change the law without the support of his filial piety, Bai Qi couldn't do the massacre without Qin's army, Su Qin couldn't find the common interests of the five countries and became the king of Wu'an, Tian Dan couldn't restore the country without Qi people.
"It is true that heroes create the current situation, but heroes alone cannot create the current situation. If you want to change the environment single-handedly, I can't do it, Confucius can't do it, and you can't do it with double pupils."
Guiguzi understood what Ying Chengyu was thinking.
"I thought that your Majesty and the King of Qin were both evil and righteous, but I never thought that deep down, your Majesty and the King of Qin were just ordinary people, but the king of the Ying clan was extraordinary.
"The King of Qin was able to tolerate Lu Buwei and Wang Jian. He was not afraid of their great achievements, and was not afraid of the rebellion of their ministers. He thought that they could suppress them. The same is true for your Majesty. Your Majesty thinks that his ability can overwhelm his pupils."
Ying Chengyu said with a hearty smile:
"If having the world's resources can't overwhelm Chongtongzi, then I, Ying Chengyu, and your imperial brother should die. What qualifications do these two losers have to rule the world? It's better to let Chongtongzi take it."
Dang rang ~
The chopsticks in Guiguzi's hand fell and hit the plate with a slight sound. The old man opened his mouth, and the meat that had just been put into his mouth slipped from his lips. The old man lost his composure.
The old man did not lose his composure when Ying Chengxuan questioned his Yin and Yang skills. When Ying Chengxuan refused to attack Chong Tongzi, the old man did not lose his composure.
"Your Majesty, what did you say?"
Ying Chengyu picked up the chopsticks and put them in Guiguzi's hand, and said in a tone that was half reproachful and half funny:
"Come on, this flattery is not smooth at all. Just say a word like this, and your appearance should be revealed when I chant in the heavy rain. You should learn from Zhou Qingchen in this regard, he is very good
I know how to shoot.”
Ying Chengxuan regarded this as an old man's disguise, because what he just said was too simple. There was no deep meaning, no metaphor, and it was impossible for Guiguzi, who had learned fifty cars to be rich, to behave like this.
The old man's hands were very loose, so Ying Chengyu put the chopsticks between his fingers.
Dang rang ~
Dropped again.
Ying Chengyu smiled and pointed at Guiguzi.
"Pretend, if you keep pretending, the prince is addicted to pretending, right?"
Guiguzi trembled at his four flesh moles, took a deep breath, put his trembling hands on the table and pressed hard. The front ends of his fingers turned white because he couldn't press hard enough to draw blood.
"The person who is pretending is not me, but your Majesty. If I hadn't let the news slip today, how long would your Majesty have wanted to hide it from me?"
Ying Chengqiu was puzzled.
"What am I hiding from you?"
"Your Majesty just said that it would be better to let Chongpuzi take care of this world."
"That's right."
Ying Chengqiu looked matter-of-fact.
"Isn't this an ancient principle that only those who are capable should live in the world?"
"There has been no such truth since ancient times. I have never heard of it. Mencius said something similar: The world belongs to all people, and not one person belongs to the world. Only the virtuous live in it." A businessman also once said:'
The world is not a world for one person, only the virtuous can live in it. It is not impossible for those who are capable and virtuous to take over the world.'"
Ying Chengyu spread his hands with a puzzled look on his face.
"Isn't it just one word difference? Well, although the meaning is indeed very different, the prince doesn't need to make such a gesture, right?"
Guiguzi didn't know whether Ying Chengyu really thought so or was just pretending.
The two words "virtue" and "neng" are very different. The meaning of one word is completely different, and the meaning is vastly different.
But what Guiguzi cares about is not this at all, but his stance.
Mencius and Lu Buwei said this because they were not kings and were not born into the royal family. Although Ying Chengyu was not a king either, his power was not much different and he was born into the royal family.
Gui Guzi was surprised that Ying Chengyu didn't want to be the king, but he had gotten used to it after so many years.
This sentence "The most capable people in the world will live there" can make Guiguzi lose his composure, because the message Guiguzi gets from it is that not only does Ying Chengyu not want to be the king, but he also doesn't care whether the Ying family is the king or not.
"I just want to ask you one thing."
Guiguzi decided not to make any innuendo.
"If the King of Qin dies and the crown prince succeeds to the throne, and Chongtongzi rebels against Qin, captures Xianyang and takes over the world, do you think it is okay for you, Your Majesty?"
Ying Chengyu rolled his eyes.
"Nonsense, of course not."
[It seems that your Majesty just made a slip of the tongue.]
When he raised his fingers to take the chopsticks, the front end turned red, indicating that Guiguzi wanted to eat vegetables.
His fingers haven't touched the chopsticks yet.
"I'm not dead yet, so why should I give up the world to him? Let him reintroduce the enfeoffment system and cause history to go backwards? It's funny."
Guiguzi paused and raised his head slightly.
"Then what if your Majesty is no longer here?"
Ying Chengyu looked at Guiguzi with a look as if he was seriously ill.
"Now that Mr. Nai is gone, how can he still take care of things? What's the point of whether I am willing or not?"
"It's really meaningless. Zen just wants to know that your Majesty doesn't care that it's the Ying family that reigns supreme."
[Nonsense, if I wasn’t afraid of the death of the Second Emperor of Qin, why would I have done so many things?]
Ying Chengyu's brain was faster than his mouth. Just as he was about to answer, Gui Guzi continued:
"Compared with the progress of the world, the fact that the Ying family is in the world is not important. Your Majesty, please do not deny it. If you are more concerned about the Ying family being in the world, you should promote the feudal system instead of the county system.
"Only today do I understand why Your Majesty wants to change the law. Your Majesty is doing it for thousands of years and for all generations of people. In front of Your Majesty, Mo Zhai's resurrection cannot be praised!"
In this era, the enfeoffment system must be more stable and mature than the prefecture and county system, and it can unite all nobles. As long as the enfeoffment system is implemented, it is impossible for the Qin State to die after two generations.
As a time traveler, Ying Chengyu naturally knows this truth, and it is in line with the interests of the nobles and nobles in this era.
Ying Chengyu nodded in confusion.
"Yes, that's right."
He understood what Guiguzi was talking about, but he still didn't know why Guiguzi behaved like this. Because this choice was not difficult at all for him, a Chinese who traveled across China from 9.6 million square kilometers.
If the First Emperor did not want to abolish the enfeoffment and implement counties, then perhaps the land of China would now be the scene of many European countries. If Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had not established the Jinshi Department and initiated the imperial examination, then the caste system in India might still exist today.
Great changes in the world would affect those with vested interests, so shortly after the death of the First Emperor, the old aristocrats who no longer had fiefdoms rebelled and destroyed the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, after the death of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the clans whose class system was completely broken supported the new emperor and destroyed the Sui Dynasty.
Of course, the harsh torture in the late Qin Dynasty and the great achievements of Emperor Yang of Sui were also one of the reasons for its demise.
However, if the First Emperor enfeoffed people wantonly, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty would still draw his scholars from the clans. No matter how strict the Qin laws were, no matter how outrageous Yang Guang was, the chances of the Qin and Sui dynasties dying would not be high.
Throughout China's slave society and feudal society, no pure peasant uprising could ever succeed.
As long as there are no nobles taking the lead, there will be no nobles leading the peasants to rebel. Peasants who live at the bottom of society, cannot read books, and do not know the truth will have no choice but to die with hatred.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was the most righteous person in history. He rose from a cowherd boy to the emperor in just one start. This could not be considered a pure peasant uprising.
If he had not married Queen Ma and inherited the team of Queen Ma's adoptive father Guo Zixing, Ming Taizu would only be a handful of loess.
But knowing that it would offend the nobles, knowing that the nobles might backlash and throw the world away, why not do it?
Implement the enfeoffment system without changing the system of prefectures and counties, do not give way to the wisdom of the people and continue to fool the people, and live a peaceful and prosperous life?