Yunxi also deployed the police to collect taxes, change customs and track down bullies, which made the police, especially the patrolmen, exhausted. After all, the tax police and criminal police were only responsible for collecting taxes and hunting down bullies respectively, while the patrolmen were not only responsible for changing customs, but also There was a lot of daily work, including tax collection and hunting down bullies, which made the patrol officers extremely busy. The patrol officers from the police stations on both sides of the Qinhuai River also patrolled the brothels much less frequently.
Yunxi couldn't take care of them anymore. He not only had to take care of the things he ordered the police, but also had many matters above the court to deal with. In addition to the daily affairs of the court, the study he initiated to study Guan Zhong really aroused some doubts. Although Guan Zhong was awarded He received Confucius' approval, but Confucius did not agree with all his policies, and there were quite different voices in the court.
In addition, he changed the customs and made it strictly forbidden to throw garbage on the road and splash dirty water, which also caused dissatisfaction among many people.
"Hehehehehe!" Everyone in the Qianqing Palace suddenly heard such a series of hehe sounds. Everyone immediately raised their heads and looked in the direction of the sound. But even if they didn't raise their heads, they knew who made these sounds: except Your Majesty, who else dares to do this in Qianqing Palace?
Su Youxue was closest to Yunxi at this time and asked: "Your Majesty, what is this?"
Yunxi smiled, handed him the memorial, and said, "Look at this memorial, it actually says that my laws are strict."
Su Youxue was startled. He took the memorial from Yunxi respectfully and looked at it carefully. Only then did he realize that it was the memorial of the great scholar Song Linshang. The words were very obscure. Su Youxue, who was familiar with the Five Classics, also read it carefully before he understood what he meant. It is said that Yunxi's governance during this period was a bit harsh, and even implicitly pointed out that Qin's death was due to harsh punishments.
Several other people from Zhongshushe also came together to take a look. After reading it, Wang Gen said: "Your Majesty, what Scholar Song said is naturally alarmist, but his words are not unreasonable."
"Although the matters that His Majesty has asked the patrol police to manage are all trivial, if you make a mistake, you will be punished. Either you will be punished by standing still or you will be fined money. It is indeed a bit harsh. These ordinary people do not earn much in a day, and this patrolman does not The penalty is only one or two days' income for them, and the penalty for standing for one day is also a loss of their income for one day, which is indeed too much."
As for Wang Gen, Yunxi gave him some headaches after he came around. Wang Gen has some talents and is not a useless nerd. If he is allowed to be a traditional bureaucrat, he can do the job.
But around the emperor, his thoughts were a bit out of date and could not keep up with Yunxi's ideas.
Yun He thought carefully and said: "It is true that the punishment is a bit harsh, but if it is not so strict, how can they remember these rules? Strict laws are based on trust. There is no way."
Yun looked at Wang Gen and still didn't agree with it, and then said: "Besides, what Song Lin said in the memorial is wrong. Qin did not fall because of harsh punishments and laws!"
As soon as Yun Xi's words came out, there was a sudden gasp in the scene. Even among the people present, like Yang Zirong, who didn't really respect the rules and regulations of Confucianism, they had grown up reading the Four Books and Five Classics. The established cause of Qin's death was firmly believed, so everyone was very surprised when they heard Yunxi's words.
Yunxi ignored them and continued: "The Qin State began to implement severe punishments when Shang Yang's reform. If the Qin State really died because of the harsh punishments, then why did the Qin State's national power soar in the early stage of the reform? Can it still destroy the Eastern Sixth Century? country?"
As soon as he asked this question, the people present who wanted to refute were speechless. After Shang Yang implemented the reforms, Qin's national power skyrocketed and destroyed the six eastern kingdoms. This is something that Confucianism cannot explain. It's just that the kings of all dynasties used Confucianism as their facade and were not allowed to find fault.
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After a long time, Yang Zirong bravely said: "Your Majesty, why do you think the Qin Kingdom fell?"
Yang Zirong knew that every time Yunxi overturned an opinion, he would introduce his own new point of view, so he dared to speak.
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes were focused on Yunxi again. After Yunxi asked the question just now, many people lowered their heads and muttered to themselves.
Yunxi was actually secretly grateful to Yang Zirong for saying this. If it weren't for Yang Zirong, he would have been suspected of boasting after talking to himself.
He said: "I believe that the reason why the Qin Kingdom collapsed was, first, the abuse of people's power, second, improper selection of officials, and third, improper entrustment, not because of harsh punishments."
"Before the Qin State destroyed the Six Kingdoms in the East, the Qin State was originally a small country in the west. Even though its national power continued to increase, it only occupied a quarter of the world's territory and one-third of the population before it destroyed the Six Kingdoms."
"However, it only took the First Emperor less than ten years to destroy the six kingdoms. As a result, there were too few officials who understood Qin's system. As a result, many officials sent to the six eastern kingdoms did not understand Qin's governance. As a result, Qin's governance
When he got down there, he changed his appearance and caused chaos. This is improper selection of officials."
"As for the abuse of people's power, I don't need to say more. There are many conclusions in the past dynasties. But I have one point to explain. The so-called abuse of people's power in Qin State is also to let the people in the interior guard the border. In the time of Qin State, because the territory of Qin State was small,
, so the people in the interior could reach the border on time; but after Qin unified the world, the time set was not enough, causing the people to be exhausted."
"There is no need to say more about the three improper entrustments. Taishi generally believed that the reason why Han Wu had the fault of overthrowing Qin but not the result of overthrowing Qin was that the entrusted people were selected and suitable entrusted ministers were chosen for Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty."
In fact, Yunxi believes that there is a fourth reason for the death of Qin II, which is that the six eastern countries did not adapt to the authoritarian culture of Qin at that time, and many of the former six kingdoms bureaucrats heartily resisted Qin's decrees; if Qin
If you can produce a wise king from generation to generation, just like in the early Han Dynasty, it will be enough if you are fifty or sixty years old. But unfortunately, Qin II was too useless. By the time Ziying succeeded to the throne, there was no way to save it.
After listening to Yunxi's words, everyone felt that it made sense. Yunxi's three reasons did not completely break away from the traditional Confucian perspective, so they all understood it. Moreover, the reasons had been mentioned to some extent by Confucian scholars of all ages before, but Confucianism
In order to highlight the severe punishment and abuse of people's power in Qin, I won't say much.
Yang Zirong waited for everyone to think about it, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty has thought about it more than I can do." Then he bowed and saluted.
The others were stunned, and then bowed and said, "Your Majesty has far-reaching thoughts, which are beyond my reach." They also felt that Yunxi's point of view was both new and correct, so they saluted sincerely.
Yunxi smiled and said: "Everyone, get up." But after they all got up, Yunxi said in a deep voice: "I can see that you have some opinions on my recent policies, so I took this opportunity to raise them all today.
