It took Zhao Kuo a long time to cheer up. He had been teaching his children not to live in sadness. Birth, old age, illness and death were all normal things. But when parting came, Zhao Kuo
Zhao Kuo was not able to do what he said. His beloved left, but life continued. Zhao Kuo knew that his mission was not over. There were still many things he had to do, and he could not continue to stay in the shadow.
What is done is always harder than what is said.
Walking on the road of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo looked at the hardworking people in the distance and couldn't help but stop and watch. He saw young people pulling cattle and plowing the land, and their wives were not far away.
Food and drink are prepared under the fruit trees. Many times, farmers will eat on the farmland. Some people even build simple houses outside the farmland and stay here.
The scene today is a little different from the past.
What was different from what the Zhao people thought was that the Qin people did not force them to speak the Qin language, did not force them to wear Qin people's clothes, and did not treat them as slaves... These were all what the Zhao people thought at the time.
I think that in the future, after the Qin people ruled here, they did not change their customs or their daily living habits. The ministers of Qin originally wanted to forcibly promote the culture of Qin, prohibiting the people of Zhao from wandering, going out, and participating
Large-scale drills, I want to turn this place into an army.
But Lu Buwei did not agree. Lu Buwei wanted to change the Qin State from an army to a country. Sooner or later, it would have to change, so there would be no need to trouble the Zhao State. Secondly, he was also afraid that forceful promotion would cause the newly occupied areas to suffer.
There is serious resistance, even if the people dare not object openly, but as long as they choose to treat it passively, the implementation of many of Qin's policies will face huge difficulties.
The Zhao people are still not used to it. They see the officials who speak poor Zhao language standing on the edge of the cultivated land, gesticulating and leading them to cultivate. The officials of Zhao State are rarely at the grassroots level, and they will not pay attention to the people.
Farming, because all this has nothing to do with them, but it is different in the Qin State. There will be a big competition within the Zhao region. Those with high local material output can be rewarded and promoted, while those with low production will be punished or get out.
The people's farming, weaving, and even their living conditions are directly linked to the officials' own future and lives. This creates the biggest difference between Qin officials and officials in other countries. Qin officials are very strict in what they do.
Be serious, dare not cheat, and dare not fish in troubled waters, especially after the Qin State established a complete supervision agency. The governor of the county, the postal supervisor in the county, and the countryside have order.
They will always monitor the behavior of officials at all levels.
In addition, farming itself is also beneficial to the people. Under Qin's competition model, not only officials, but also the people can benefit... I have to say that Shang Yang is simply a genius. The more Zhao Kuo sees, the more he
Shang Yang's admiration grew even greater. He was indeed a man whose works were read by all the officials in the Qin State. He indeed changed the world, and now his system has also changed the State of Zhao.
Zhao State has suffered too many disasters. Years of war have almost destroyed its original internal affairs, and its currency system is on the verge of collapse. Therefore, it is relatively easy for Qin to unify the currency here. Zhao State has sufficient manpower, while Qin State
It can provide seeds and farming tools, which complement each other. In the spring of the second year after the country was destroyed, farming began in full swing in all parts of the Zhao Kingdom. They had not farmed with such peace of mind for many years.
It was also at this time that Zhao Kuo left Mafu and returned to Xianyang with his family. He still had many things to deal with. Mafu is his eternal hometown, but now is not the time to retire and return home. The road is bumpy.
Ying Zheng told Zhao Kuo several times that he must build roads across the country to connect the whole world. In history, the First Emperor also built Chidao in various places.
This so-called Chi Road is not a common road in later generations. It is a carriage track... The soil must be tamped first, then laid with wooden rails, and finally trees are planted on both sides of the road. This project is as big as the Great Wall
Compared with the construction project of King Qin's Mausoleum, it is not inferior. Transportation is certainly very important, but in Zhao Kuo's opinion, the carriage track does not seem to be that important. It is just an ordinary road that can allow carriages to pass smoothly. This
That's probably enough.
As soon as he returned to Xianyang, Ying Zheng couldn't wait to call Li Si, wanting Zhao Kuo to talk to him about revising the new text. Li Si had become very busy recently, so Ying Zheng directly handed over part of the power in Lu Buwei's hands to him, and also
If he wanted to see results in a short period of time, he naturally did not dare to neglect. Lu Buwei was not angry because of this matter. He knew his physical condition, and Li Si was a qualified successor.
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Ying Zheng was in the palace, with Zhao Kuo and Li Si sitting next to him.
Li Si gave the two copies of Ma Shuo he had originally written to Zhao Kuo for viewing. Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si's modified fonts. Li Si modified Qin's large seal script to form small seal script, and the small seal script already had the appearance of official script.
As for the official script, it is not much different from the writing of later generations. Even if later people suddenly came to this world, they can still distinguish a lot of characters when looking at the small seal script, and when facing the official script, they can basically recognize it.
There is not much difference between the official script and traditional Chinese characters that appeared in the Han Dynasty.
Zhao Kuo was watching Xiaozhuan carefully, while Ying Zheng, who was in charge, couldn't help but praise him. He said: "I have seen many talented people, but Li Si is different. Han Feizi originally recommended him, saying that he has
He is a man of practical ability, but few people still understand the meaning, but it only took Li Si an hour to write such words, which is not something that ordinary people can do."
Listening to King Qin's praise, Li Si lowered his head and showed a very humble look. Deep down, he was still a little proud.
Li Si was Xunzi's most outstanding disciple. At least, that's what Li Si himself thought. He had long seen the strength of the Qin State and believed that the world would fall into the hands of the Qin State, so he came to serve early. Over the years, he could not
Saying that he was not reused, at least Lu Buwei valued him and regarded him as his right-hand man. But what Li Si wanted was not just to become the prime minister's right-hand man, he wanted to assist the king and become the king's right-hand man, which meant getting Lu Buwei's position.
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However, Ying Zheng gave him almost no opportunity to show himself, and many of his achievements were attributed to Lu Buwei.
Li Si became more and more annoyed. Now, King Qin finally had a discerning eye and discovered his talent. He looked at Zhao Kuo who nodded from time to time, and he felt even happier. If he could get Zhao Kuo's approval, this would definitely be a success.
This is a great thing. Li Si has never thought highly of these academics. They just talk about useless principles, but if they are asked to do things, they can't do anything.
Li Si patiently waited for Zhao Kuo's praise.
"Very good, not bad."
Zhao Kuo nodded, expressing his appreciation for Li Si. Then he said: "Get me a pen and paper." Ying Zheng stood up quickly and quickly got him a pen and paper. Zhao Kuo
He picked up the paper and pen and started writing. Li Si was stunned. He didn't know what Zhao Kuo was writing. Due to his identity, he didn't dare to go up and look at it. Ying Zheng was different. He stood behind Zhao Kuo and said seriously
Watch.
Li Si saw Zhao Kuo becoming familiar with him without any pause, and the speed was very fast, while Ying Zheng behind him was dumbfounded, his eyes widened, motionless. Li Si became more and more curious about what he was writing.
, can the King of Qin be so surprised? Li Si was restless and stared at Zhao Kuo who was writing rapidly in front of him. Zhao Kuo finished writing very quickly, and it only took a moment.
He handed the two pieces of paper he was writing on to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng picked up the paper and looked at it for a long time. Then he looked at Li Si. Li Si saw that King Qin's eyes were full of confusion. King Qin handed the paper to Li Si. Li Si picked it up. He was confused. The words used by Zhao Kuo,
It was not any kind of writing he knew. Seeing the simplicity of the writing, he could probably guess that it was a simpler writing revised according to the writing he had compiled.
Li Si couldn't help but tremble, how could this be possible?
He just took a few glances at his new font, and then made another one based on it??
Is this really something a human can do??
It took him a long time to compile this set of text. In fact, he had been thinking about it in his mind for a long time. Could it be that he had also been thinking about it for a long time? No, this new text was obviously modified on his own basis.
, Could it be that King Qin had shown him his handwriting before? No, the king looked so surprised. Li Si suppressed the fear in his heart and looked at the second piece of paper.
He could hardly recognize the text on the second piece of paper. It seemed too simple. Li Si looked at it carefully for a moment, and he woke up. This was an abbreviated version of the version he had just seen.
That is to say, after seeing his writing, he improved it once, and then improved it again... Li Si couldn't sit still, he stood up hurriedly and looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him.
Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Are these two writing styles more suitable for promotion?"
"Actually, I prefer the one on the second piece of paper, but it is too different from today's text, and I'm afraid it will cause confusion in a short time... However, as a tool, it is better to be simpler. People in the world are too
Many, if we want them to be able to use such a tool, too complicated text cannot achieve this purpose... It is a waste of paper and a waste of pen and ink..." Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si and asked: "What do you think?
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Li Si hadn't reacted yet, his face was dull.
He felt like his face was swollen from being beaten by Zhao Kuo... He was also complacent about quickly creating a new character, but Zhao Kuo hit him in the head and created two characters in a ridiculously short time. Consciousness
When Zhao Kuo was still waiting for his answer, Li Si couldn't help but nodded and said: "Yes, you are right, it is indeed like this."
Not only Li Si, but also Ying Zheng was speechless at this moment. He knew that his father was very talented, but he didn't expect that he would exaggerate to this extent.
Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that he seemed to have hit Li Si a little. He hurriedly stood up and said seriously: "Actually, I had this idea a long time ago and I have been thinking about it. I just came up with it today. What can you do at this age?"
It is really not something that ordinary people can do." After hearing Zhao Kuo's explanation, Li Si and Ying Zheng didn't believe it at all. It seems that this is all evolved from Li Si's set of words, and they were also conceived.
Decades...
Li Si seemed to understand Wu Chenghou's intention. Is he using practical actions to tell me that I must be humble and not arrogant?
Li Si bowed to him and said, "Thank you for your teaching."
Seeing Li Si's appearance, Zhao Kuo felt that something was wrong with what he said, but he had no way to explain it. He couldn't say that this was a text that had been improved over thousands of years. I just copied it out for you to see. However, it seems that
This is not bad. Li Si is indeed very talented. In terms of execution, no one can match him. However, considering his subsequent performance, this person's ambition is not small.
He is very eager for power and status. It would be good to give such a person a beating.
Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and said with emotion: "It's good that you understand. I know that you are a talented person, but you must have the virtue to match it. Your teacher Xunzi is such a person, so he has been a talented person for thousands of years."
In the future, people will still remember his talents. You will definitely be a minister of the Qin State in the future, and you will have meritorious service and the country. However, if you do not have the corresponding virtues, this will destroy your achievements in life."
Li Si bowed again, and he was completely convinced of Zhao Kuo.
Ying Zheng asked them to sit down again, and then discussed the new text. Both Li Si and Zhao Kuo felt that the reform could be done slowly, but Ying Zheng didn't think so. Ying Zheng's view was that any
Since you have to do something, do it perfectly and do your best. Since you have the simplest words and it is easy to promote, why waste time? Promote it as early as possible, let people everywhere learn and use it
Wouldn't it be a good thing to replace today's official text?
In fact, Ying Zheng has always had such a character. Since he wants to be a king, he should also be an emperor. If he wants to be an emperor, he should do it to the extreme and become an emperor. Since he wants to expand his territory, how can he conquer the Six Kingdoms?
He must conquer all the places he goes to. Since he wants to build Chidao, how can he only build Chidao from Xianyang to the outside of the Pass? Just build Chidao all over the country. Since he wants to build imperial mausoleums, how can he make it simple? Then do it.
The best, unprecedented...
This kind of character created the complexity of the First Emperor, as well as his merits and demerits.
