Chapter 7 Xiang Yu’s enfeoffment, the beginning of chaos in the world
"What to do? I know what to do? Where is Zhang Liang? Get Zhang Liang quickly. Oh, by the way, tell Fan Kuai and the others to stop chasing the defeated Qin Dynasty army and quickly go to garrison Bashang to defend Xiang Yu."
"Where's Han Fu? He's a bitch. He dares to deceive others. He's going to be killed and thrown to my dogs."
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Li Feng had already anticipated Liu Bang's troubles, and wanted to continue to cause them some trouble, but for the time being he couldn't come up with any effective countermeasures, so he just wanted to leave it at that.
After a lot of hard work, we arrived in Nanzheng, and the top priority was to settle down inside first.
The land of Bashu refers to Bajun, Shujun and Hanzhong. It covers an area of more than 1.3 million square kilometers. It has fertile land and rich products. It is a land of abundance.
However, the current statistical population is less than 500,000. This shows that there is still a lot of room for development, and even many plain areas have not been reclaimed. It can be said that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is an urgent need to liberate more labor forces.
As soon as he arrived in Bashu, with the help of two county guards, Li Feng summoned the leaders of various tribes in Bashu one after another.
Those who obeyed Qin's management were rewarded with large amounts of property and entrusted with important tasks; those who disobeyed were killed en masse.
In this way, he quickly took over the power of Bashu, made Nanzheng the temporary capital, and established a new Qin court based on the old Qin officials and officials from Bashu counties he brought out.
Without breaking or establishing, Li Feng is now starting from scratch, but he is not like Zhu Yuanzhang who lifted the table with a knife from the bottom and chopped down everyone.
Da Qin is an aristocracy, even if it is basically a nobleman who raises horses, he is still an aristocrat.
Now the civil and military officials who have escaped with Li Feng are all members of the upper class of at least three generations.
Even for those generals who have climbed up through the ranks of twenty-four military merits, the first thing they do is to convert themselves into the aristocratic circle.
In fact, this is not possible. This will directly lead to the fact that the first generation is often very good, and after the second, third, and fourth generations, their abilities will gradually decrease.
Just like Bai Zhan, can he compare with his ancestor Bai Qi?
Meng Rui, can he compare with Meng Tian and Meng Ao?
Obviously not. Da Qin was the dynasty where the abilities of the second and third generations were the slowest to decline, but this situation was still unavoidable.
Therefore, the first consideration of this new court was the issue of political system.
First of all, we must consider maintaining aristocratic politics. This is something that Li Feng's class is destined to be irreversible from the beginning.
Then there is sustainable development, which must not only provide an explanation for the current group of people, but also give the people at the bottom a channel for advancement, so that it will not become paralyzed and become more wasteful over time.
This determines that it is impossible to engage in democratic politics, and Li Feng is not so selfless.
It is impossible to have a slave politics like that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It is too disrespectful to treat people as human beings.
In the Han and Tang Dynasties, officials could even ignore the emperor's political system, but that would not work, as it would easily lead to trouble.
After thinking about it, the combination of the court model of the Qin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the military system of the Tang Dynasty, and the brainwashing policy of serving the people must have unexpected effects.
As an emperor, Li Feng believed that it would be enough to capture the people, the army, and the finances.
Especially the common people, no matter in which era, the common people are the real protagonists, not the emperor, not even the dignitaries.
Numerous cases throughout the ages have proven that any undertaking, as long as it is invested in the vast sea of people, can "spark a prairie fire."
Based on historical experience, Li Feng improved upon the original Sangong and Nine Ministers, established a more efficient leadership team, and implemented it in Shu.
Li Bin served as a general and became a prime minister, temporarily taking over the position of prime minister, and established the prime minister's office to take charge of administrative work. He quickly sorted out the folk customs, geography, and behavior styles of officials in various places in Bashu, coordinated management, and promoted those who were able to serve as officials, and demoted or persuaded those who were incompetent to leave.
Bai Zhan was appointed Taiwei, and he set up the Taiwei Yamen to take charge of military dispatch. He recruited brave men locally as soon as possible and organized and trained the new army according to the training methods that Li Feng had plagiarized from the strongest army in modern times.
The post of imperial censor was abolished and the General Political Commissar Department was established. Wang Chong, a versatile scholar and diehard loyalist, served as the country's general political commissar, responsible for the ideological education work of the entire army and even the country.
In Li Feng's view, this is very necessary. History has proven the terrifying nature of the existence of "political commissars."
Meng Rui was appointed Chief Situ and set up the Situ Yamen to take charge of the country's financial power. He also counted the population, land acres, household registration, taxes, etc. of each county and county as soon as possible and registered them one by one.
Su Du served as the director of the Inspection Yuan, giving him the power of punishment and punishment across the country. He also selected good people from the bottom to form an exclusive inspection team, which was divided into counties and counties under his jurisdiction to supervise illegal activities at any time.
Anyone who dares to oppress the people and harm the good people will be killed, but they can be killed first and then punished.
Why is it called the Inspection Office? Well, I copied it from a certain novel. I think it’s pretty cool. It’s not too much to borrow it.
The original governors of Bajun and Shujun remained in the central government, and Li Feng selected his confidants from the army and sent them to serve as governors in the two places. Each official received a reward.
Everyone expressed confusion about many of the new official positions. Especially Wang Chong's General Political Commissar Department, everyone had great objections to this, saying that as a military general, they were really not suitable for this job.
Li Feng had to explain it over and over again and had to accept it with repeated teaching. Li Feng had a headache, but there was nothing he could do.
Nowadays, almost all of his subordinates are warriors who love to use their brains and have a serious shortage of literati who are good at governance. In addition, the methods of running the military and government are a bit advanced, so many things can only be done by oneself, step by step.
Only Prime Minister Li Bin, influenced by his father, still has some political ability. Even so, he is not willing to be prime minister all the time, and he always clamors to lead troops to fight.
Li Feng intended to change Li Bin's character, but it didn't work for a while.
So he had to work hard all day long, which made officials at all levels sincerely admire him, and people in various states could often see His Majesty the Emperor.
"Dear dear friends, the land of Bashu will be the place where we rise again, and the people of Bashu will be our strong backing in the future. We must treat the people with virtue and govern the people with benevolence. We must never bully men or dominate women or show off our arrogance.
Once the ability of a powerful general is discovered, I will punish him severely."
"I sincerely obey His Majesty's decree."
"Okay, I issued three edicts today. They will be supervised by the General Political Commissar Office and the Inspection Yuan. They will be sent to all counties and counties in Bashu. The yamen at all levels will strictly implement them without any mistakes. Notices will be posted to let the people know."
"If there is any flaw in any link, the officials involved will be beheaded in public display!"
Soon, with all the efforts, the Emperor of Qin's decree spread.
"The imperial edict says, I have thought over and over again that the Qin Dynasty became strong because of Lord Shang's methods, but also gradually lost the support of the people because of Lord Shang's methods.
"Today I abolish the harsh punishment laws of the Shang Dynasty. In addition to crimes such as deceiving the emperor, treason, treason, and collaborating with the enemy, I have made a covenant with the people in three chapters: murderers will die, thieves will have their hands cut off, and those who commit adultery and plunder will be punished."