Chapter 410 The biggest difference between Qin and Han
Zhao Kuo experienced the scenery and culture in Nanjun and Nanyang counties that were completely different from those in the Central Plains.
The governor of Nanyang County was called Xin Wu. Zhao Kuo didn't like him very much. Xin Wu also relied on his military exploits to reach his current position. However, in Zhao Kuo's view, this person cared too much about himself, or maybe
, this man is a bit selfish. Of course, being selfish is not a fault, but Zhao Kuo still doesn't like him very much. This prefect did everything he could to get the first place.
In order to show that the number of livestock in Nanyang increased during his reign, he actually secretly instructed officials in various places not to allow the people to slaughter livestock for food. In order to increase grain production, he also managed Nanyang very harshly. The people in Nanyang were just his promotion.
It was just steps. He was self-righteous and thought that Zhao Kuo could not see these things. However, Zhao Kuo discovered the difference here on the first day he came to Nanyang.
At first, he thought that this was the difference between the north and the south, due to the different customs. He saw the common people dragging their tired bodies on the road, and the officials were busy going back and forth in the cultivated fields. He also admired the officials here, but when he saw
After seeing more and more tired people, he felt something strange. This situation was most serious in Wan County. Although it seemed that there were countless arable lands, roads were open, and everyone obeyed the law, the people here had a look on their faces.
There is too much sadness.
This is a unique feature of the Qin State. Can the Qin State's system allow the people to survive? The answer is yes, but can the Qin State's system make the people feel happy? This is not necessarily the case. Of course, surviving is the greatest happiness.
, but if you live too depressed, that is not a good thing. It is okay in Xianyang and other places, because of Zhao Kuo's influence, coupled with Lu Buwei's ideas that he wants to change, and Han Fei's help, he has gradually relaxed his control over the people.
Some restrictions.
It is no longer considered a crime to gather together to chat, friends who joke with each other will not be shaved off, and it is not a crime to go for a walk as long as they do not leave their hometown.
This is very good for the Qin people who have lived in depression for a long time. They can sometimes gather to play games without being arrested... But in Nanyang, this is not the case. Xin Wu probably knows
Zhao Kuo did not like his own management style, so when Zhao Kuo came to Nanyang, he began to think of ways to divert Zhao Kuo's attention. He sent officials to greet Zhao Kuo and introduce the situation in various places to Zhao Kuo.
In fact, Zhao Kuo's journey was planned in advance, and the places Zhao Kuo went to were all "dressed up". However, Zhao Kuo Renyi was not stupid. He smiled and chatted with the people.
When he found that no matter what he said, the people here could answer it fluently, even answering without thinking, Zhao Kuo realized something was wrong. When did the people of Qin have such a level???
Looking at the paradise in front of him, Zhao Kuo stubbornly got in the car and headed to other places. The officials could not stop him at all. Only after walking like this did Zhao Kuo see the real Nanyang County. The governance of Nanyang County was too harsh, even more harsh than Xianyang!
Zhao Kuo even heard about the prefect killing people in order to build roads. However, this could not be punished because during the corvee process in Qin, people would die accidentally at any time. Qin's laws stipulated that these accidental deaths should be punished.
The person's family will be compensated, but there is no provision for punishment for the expropriator.
What Zhao Kuo saw made him dislike this selfish and violent prefect from the bottom of his heart. The prefect did a good job and Nanyang County was also very prosperous, but this prosperity seemed to have nothing to do with the local people. Zhao Kuo
The most common thing Kuo heard on the road was sighs... Among the counties, Nanyang County seemed to have the highest number of suicides... Zhao Kuo met this selfish prefect.
Xin Wu is a very frugal person, and he looks upright, with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Lu Buwei valued him very much. In the southern region of Qin, he was probably the most loved person by the King of Qin and Lu Buwei. He was also very polite to Zhao Kuo. It can be said that there was nothing rude about him. When he pulled Zhao Kuo to sit down, he would set up a
When entertaining Zhao Kuo at a banquet, if it had been twenty years ago when Zhao Kuo was still young, he would have pinched the other person's neck and taught him some truth, but now, Zhao Kuo is no longer as impulsive as he was when he was young.
Zhao Kuo was sitting in the upper seat while everyone was eating. Zhao Kuo looked at Xin Wu and asked: "You are probably the first to know about the new laws sent by Tingwei Mansion in Nanyang, right?"
Xingwu nodded and said with a smile: "That's true."
"You probably know that the Tingwei Mansion has abolished the new regulations prohibiting people from gathering, going out, and making friends?"
"Of course I know." Xin Wu said seriously: "During these days, there are no people in Nanyang who have been arrested for gathering, loitering, and chatting. The county magistrate can take you to check these things." Zhao Kuo
Somewhat helpless, indeed, no one was arrested, but no people dared to gather together to go out... Zhao Kuo has always believed that making friends is the best way of entertainment. In today's era, it cannot be said that it is wrong to strictly govern the people.
But, even if it allows them to go out for a walk as a family?
Even if a few young people are allowed to sit together and chat?
Zhao Kuo grew up in the State of Zhao. The people of the State of Zhao lived in poverty, but in the small horse clothes, everyone lived happily. Du helped everyone repair things, and Ping Gong helped expel ghosts and gods. Everyone helped each other.
, after a busy day, children were playing on the road, young people were chatting, or chatting about girls they had seen, and old people were sitting together bragging about their children.
In Qin State, Zhao Kuo had never seen such a scene.
First of all, these behaviors are illegal in the state of Qin. Secondly, the state of Qin has the law of joint imprisonment. The laws of the state of Qin stipulate that if someone in a neighborhood breaks the law, if his neighbors do not report him in time, he will be sentenced to death... The husband of the family
If you break the law, your wife will be jailed if she doesn't report it... In order to avoid being jailed, everyone is secretly on guard and careful, not to mention neighborly favors. Even if you go to urinate at night, your neighbors may wake up and secretly look at you to see if you are okay.
What are you going to do that is against the law?
Is a system like the Qin State good? Of course it is. Since Lord Shang implemented the law of sitting together, the law of reporting, and the law of division of responsibilities, the public security of the State of Qin has been great. No one dares to do anything else. The people are honest and do not dare to gather to talk about Qin.
The country's system is not good and they dare not become friends to protect each other. Even husband and wife are cautious, fearing that if they say something wrong, they will be reported to the government by their family members.
This makes Qin State completely different from other countries. After Zhao Kuo came to Qin State, he brought the food to his neighbors' houses. When he saw the horrified eyes of his neighbors, he discovered the difference between the two countries... Qin State did not encourage such
Visiting... Zhao Kuo and Lu Buwei discussed this. Both of them believed that such harsh management was suitable for war times, but not suitable for peacetime. Therefore, the two opened some gaps to provide the people with the most basic entertainment activities.
, allowing them to go out, gather, and make friends.
Reduce the rules and regulations of the law, and you will not be arrested for building the Great Wall just because of a few complaints.
Change the punishment content of the law to education as the main part and punishment as the supplement.
Such a small change had a huge impact on the land of the old Qin people. At first, the people did not dare to come out. Later, they cautiously went out for walks and visited each other. Gradually, they no longer
As restrained as before, in rural counties, you can often see a few old men sitting together bragging about their achievements in fighting Wu Anjun and bragging about their sons' titles.
But in Nanyang, the original situation has not improved at all.
Xin Wu played a word game. The law no longer prohibited it, but his approach was not to prohibit it, but he also did not encourage it. Zhao Kuo no longer cared about it and directly told what he saw along the way. He said
: "You have done well in Nanyang. The cultivated land continues to increase and the roads are flat... extending in all directions. But the problem is that as the governor of Nanyang, you should treat the people of Nanyang like your parents..."
"We reclaim cultivated land so that the people can have sufficient farmland, and we build roads to facilitate the public..." Zhao Kuo cannot ask the officials of this era to treat the people as their parents, but at least they should treat the people as themselves.
Looking at it from the perspective of children, they all say that the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the only difference is that the Han Dynasty added some moral concerns while implementing legal governance.
The Han Dynasty was the first to establish a relief system for orphans, widows, and poor people. The requirement for officials is to love the people, and then to be talented. The prefects of the Han Dynasty who are praised by others and whose names are recorded in history books all have one thing in common.
, when they left, the people gathered together, cried to say goodbye, and begged him to stay. The prefects of the Han Dynasty regarded the people's love and support for themselves as the highest honor.
But in the Qin State, hey, you, the leader of Guizhou, still dare to call your friends and leave the village to gather together to see someone off? Come on, arrest them and shave them!!
The so-called "The Han family has its own system, which is based on the overlord's way" is such a truth. This is an improvement of the Han Dynasty compared to the Qin Dynasty. What Zhao Kuo wants to do now is to promote this progress, and now he is gradually letting go.
If we impose too many restrictions on the people, after the war is over, we can implement a political system that is "based on the hegemony and the rule of the king" through preaching morality and popularizing laws.
The Qin and Han Dynasties were so close to each other, but the political differences were really huge. It seemed that the systems of the two were the same, but in fact, they required completely different things. The Qin State was an out-and-out rule of law.
Human touch, the officials frowned, everything was in order, just like the cold Qin Terracotta Warriors, frowning, looking ahead, waiting for the king's order.
With a strong shock, the Han Dynasty, which inherited his system, the highest governing concept of the Han Dynasty was filial piety. The posthumous title of each generation of emperors in the Han Dynasty had to add the word "filial piety" to show that the Han Dynasty was governed by filial piety.
Country. The original Han Dynasty did not seem to have such an idea. They only abolished Qin's harsh governance and gave the people time to cultivate themselves. They did not start their own ideas of governing the country until a gentle young man came from generation to generation.
Chang'an inherited the throne of emperor.
He was a kind man, valued filial piety, warned the officials to put the people first, told them to be respected by the people, be frugal and simple, met the elderly people, stood up and saluted these common people, at that moment, the people living in this land
They were stunned. For the first time, they knew that there was a king who could care for them so much. His life was about being a man of virtue and governing diligently. Even before his death, he told the ministers not to observe filial piety. The period of filial piety was changed to
Three days, don't delay the people's farming, don't waste things to sacrifice to yourself...
Therefore, when he passed away, for the first time in the land of the Central Plains, the people cried sincerely. During the period of his descendants' governance, people's resentment boiled, but it was only because of him that the people chose to forgive. After all, he was his
Sun Tzu. The rebels were killing everyone and digging graves, but they did not dare to disturb his peace and took a detour.
This is the biggest difference between the two dynasties, and only in this way can a unified dynasty that lasts for hundreds of years be created.
Zhao Kuo persuaded Xin Wu seriously. Zhao Kuo saw Xin Wu's disapproval and said, "I was in Taoshan talking to Xunzi about governing the country." Sure enough, when Zhao Kuo spoke like this, it was not just Xin Wu, but also Xin Wu.
The rest of the officials also became serious. The original Taoshan theory has a huge influence today. Zhao Kuo seemed to recall: "Xunzi said: When the horse is frightened when pulling the cart, it runs wildly, so the gentleman cannot sit still.
In the car; if the common people are frightened and act indiscriminately in politics, then a gentleman will not be able to sit firmly in the country."
"When the horse-drawn carriage is frightened, there is no better way than to calm it down; when the people are frightened politically, there is no better way than to give them a favor."
"I asked him the reason for giving favor to the people."
"Xunzi said: Select talented people, promote loyal and respectful people, promote filial piety to parents, love for brothers, adopt orphans and widows, and subsidize the poor. In this way, the people will be content with politics. If the people are content with politics, then a gentleman can
Live in high position. Xunzi said: The monarch is like a boat; the people are like water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Therefore, if a monarch who rules the people wants to be stable, there is nothing better than adjusting the right policies and caring for the people.
Already."
"I asked him about ways to promote morality."
"Xunzi said: Respect etiquette and righteousness, and respect people with high moral character. Respecting people with high moral character is not to govern the country, but to promote such morality among the people. To govern the country, you still need to use talented people."
"You are now the governor of Nanyang. You want to rule here on behalf of the king. You are a talented person. Therefore, I hope you can also pay attention to moral education. If you continue to squeeze the people for the sake of political performance and the merit of governing Nanyang,
Then he cannot be regarded as a talented person." Zhao Kuo said. Suddenly, he had some ideas about the enlightenment textbooks. While he was thinking about it, Xin Wu leaned over and bowed and said: "Be taught.
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Zhao Kuo nodded, but enlightenment textbooks such as the Three Character Classic quickly emerged in his mind. Most of these enlightenment textbooks preached morality. Can he compile a similar textbook? The original text must not be used, otherwise the first
After he finished his sentence, the disciples of Li Si and Xunzi would probably come to him to argue with him.
Later, Zhao Kuo compiled enlightenment textbooks here on the one hand, and watched Xin Wu rectify the management methods of Nanyang on the other hand.
Xin Wu still didn't understand why Zhao Kuo cared so much about these common people... However, Zhao Kuo had a higher title than him. Since there was no way to fool him, he should just do what he said, and maybe he could still do it.
This can change your impression in his eyes and gain his recommendation.
ps: The king of the Han Dynasty is of course Emperor Xiaowen, who is also my favorite king. I have always wanted to write about his era, but I was worried that I could not write well and tarnish the idol in my heart.