Xianyang, inside the imperial palace, during a small court meeting.
There are only thirteen people in the palace, including Ying Zheng, Dongjun, and Fusu. If you remove these three, the number of other ministers is only ten.
"That's it. The data shows that today's path of pure conquest is no longer feasible."
As for where the data came from, of course it was carefully collected and calculated by Yun Ye.
Of course ordinary people cannot directly calculate the future development trend of the empire based on some data, but great mathematicians are different. They are not ordinary people.
Therefore, after Yun Ye accepted Lu Buwei's suggestion, he mobilized his relatives, friends, and other great mathematicians to form such a project.
In the end, through a large amount of data, through the establishment of models, and through new formulas, Lu Buwei's speculation about the future development of the empire was proved.
As for the fact that Yun Ye inadvertently invented a new branch of mathematics during this process, adding another mathematics textbook to the students' learning content, there is no need to mention it here.
Han Feizi pretended to check it and nodded seriously. He had known about this for a long time, and Yun Ye had never hidden it from him. Not only Han Feizi, but everyone else here had also known about it.
"As early as two thousand years ago, the empire was already in the mid-prefecture-level world. Now it will take about three thousand years to reach the late prefecture-level world. It can be said that it is still far away from the heaven-level world. Even with the development of the empire, the relationship between the empire and heaven
The degree of similarity will become higher and higher, which is the influence of roads."
When a weak person faces a strong person, if they have similar paths, they will definitely be influenced by the strong person unknowingly, and they will even take the initiative to get closer to the strong person in many cases. This is almost natural and difficult to change.
"In fact, at the current state of the empire, the effect of simple conquest is getting worse and worse. I can understand more and more why the heavens don't care about the Xuan-level and Huang-level worlds again."
"For today's empire, civilization itself is the most important. However, when the empire conquers a different world, it often transforms the world according to the empire's own territory. The result is that we gain a world and gain a lot of
We have gained a lot of world power through the materials and materials, but the civilization and ideas we want most are very few.”
When Great Qin conquered a certain world, after undergoing some transformation, the other party lost its original civilization and became another Great Qin.
This behavior is of little benefit to the empire itself.
"What true immortals need is civilization, and they need different civilizations. The same is true for the world, and even more so for the empire. If conquered by force, all the empire can gain is one new Qin after another, which is too inefficient."
"For those conquered worlds, the empire itself is too powerful. Even if the empire does not deliberately affect them, they will slowly move closer to the empire. It seems to be an unsolvable problem."
If we directly send troops to intervene and conquer, then other worlds will become the second Great Qin. The diversity of civilizations will be completely ineffective and will be useless to the empire.
Directly sending troops to intervene, even if it is not conquered, everything left by the empire will be frantically studied and learned by the locals. Maybe as time goes by, it will become the second Great Qin. There is still a lot of diversity in civilization.
There is a possibility that he will die directly.
But when a civilization cannot even maintain its own characteristics, it is of little benefit to the empire.
As for the resources themselves, it is enough to study the air of the void!
"So in my opinion, the empire should make changes. If other civilizations can be Qinized while maintaining their own characteristics, that would be the freshest and most delicious delicacy. In this way, the empire can continuously obtain their
Achievements of civilization.”
"What is the diversity of civilizations? If you refer to the history books of the material world, then the rule of law and farming wars in Qin, the good families and noble families in Han, the soldiers in Tang Dynasty, Jiedu envoys, the imperial examinations in Song Dynasty, scribes... these can all be said to be
The essence and characteristics of a certain dynasty."
"When the empire knows their development process, they can choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. This is the diversity of civilizations. However, what the empire is doing now is destroying the characteristics of each civilization itself.
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Some of Lu Buwei's words were just sophistry, but Ying Zheng had no intention of exposing him, and neither did anyone else.
Because what Lu Buwei said is true, for the empire, the yellow-level world is indeed a burden, and even the black-level world, the empire does not care as much as before.
Now that the empire has gone to other worlds, it is no longer about plundering, but about sending warmth and civilization. In the original yellow-level world, productivity will increase rapidly, and the same is true in the black-level world, but the rate of return for the empire is getting lower and lower.
"So what is the key to Qin's transformation?" Han Feizi suddenly asked.
What is Qinhua?
How to transform Qin while ensuring that the characteristics of other civilizations remain unchanged?
How to maintain this degree?
If there is too much interference, other civilizations will become over-Qinized or even turn into a second Great Qin. This is not what the empire wants.
If there is less interference, it will be of no use, or it may even fail directly and have no impact at all. This is still not what the empire wants.
If they are two completely different forms of spiritual civilization, then there will be very little content that can be learned from and very little content that can be learned.
There are similarities and differences between each other. Such civilizations are the best objects to learn from.
"This involves a fundamental question. What is the core concept of the empire? Which link is the most important to the empire? What does the empire care about most?"
"Is it Qin's law? Under Qin's law, under your Majesty, everyone is equal?" At this point, Lu Buwei looked at Shang Yang.
Shang Yang was the founder of Qin Law and the person who presided over the reform at that time. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was the father of the Qin Dynasty.
Hearing this question, Shang Yang directly shook his head: "Qin Fa is the core of the empire and the foundation of the empire. The empire has always been adhering to the two words Qin Fa, and it has achieved today's glory. Only those time-travelers and spirits can
Only when you recognize the empire from the bottom of your heart can you truly regard yourself as a Qin person. However, the core of the empire is far from being summed up by the words Qin Fa."
Yun Ye agreed with this point.
Xiao Yao agreed.
The three brothers Black Tiger and Qingyang agreed.
"So is it a win-win situation?" At this point, Lu Buwei looked at Han Feizi.
Although Han Feizi was not born in the Qin Dynasty, the empire did not care about this. Lu Buwei was not born in the Qin Dynasty, Shang Yang was not born in the Qin Dynasty, Fan Ju was not born in the Qin Dynasty, and Zhang Yi was not born in the Qin Dynasty, but they did not all achieve Great Qin.
The position of the Prime Minister.
"Win-win is also part of the core of the empire. The empire is willing to share benefits, so it has always attracted many gods from heaven. They descended into incarnations, reincarnated, joined the empire's libraries and laboratories, and made many contributions."
"There are still many geniuses. A large part of the reason why they continue to do research is because they can get enough benefits. Once the research is successful, no one will take credit for their achievements, and there will be no plagiarism of papers or tutors taking credit.
Waiting for a series of dirty things. These are inseparable from a win-win situation. They gain fame and wealth, and the empire makes great strides forward."
In today's era, a true genius can play a greater role than hundreds of thousands or millions of ordinary people. Although saying this will make ordinary people sad, it really means that we can no longer tell the truth.
!
What else can ordinary people do?
Even if the empire's various artificial intelligences and the Yellow Turban Hercules' technology are not at the pinnacle, they can still replace 99% of ordinary people.
So the question is, what else can ordinary people do?
There was even a time when some extreme scholars proposed a population cleansing plan. Through a series of measures, ordinary people could not afford to buy a house or marry a wife... and eventually the ordinary people became extinct, leaving only geniuses in the world.
However, this plan was rejected by others before it was sent to Ying Zheng.
"Is it fair?" Lu Buwei looked at Wei Liaozi at this moment.
Although this year has been the third thousand years of the First Emperor, Wei Liaozi still sits in the position of prime minister. Although there are several deputy prime ministers in the empire, the prime minister has always been him. Ying Zheng has no trust in him at all.
reduce.
Even old people like Lu Buwei, old people like Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, and Fan Ju who climbed out of the long river of history did not have the slightest impact on him.
"Yes! I can say with certainty that fairness must be the core of the empire, at least one of the cores. The Qin Law of the senior Shang Yang was about fairness. Before the Qin Law, ordinary people had no way to advance. After the reform of the Qin Law, the military merit system emerged
, plowing and fighting, the soldiers have the first fair way to advance."
"It's the same war. In the Qin Dynasty, the soldiers were happy when they heard about the war. In the Six Kingdoms, the soldiers won the war but couldn't get much benefit, and they were easy to be greedy for military merit. Over time, the gap appeared."
"Later, I became the Prime Minister of the Empire and started reforms under the guidance of His Majesty. One of the core of the reforms is still fairness. Even today, the word fairness affects the entire Qin Dynasty."
"For students, scores and exams are fair. Even interviews and actual combat will be recorded one by one. If you have any doubts, you can check them again and again. The empire has targeted fraud several times, and all it wants is fairness.
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"For officials, fairness means clear rewards and punishments. Within the empire, it has been emphasized that orders must be accurate to prevent the negative situation where all the credit belongs to the superiors and all the mistakes belong to the subordinates."
"For the people of the empire, fairness means being able to enjoy the most advanced education and enjoying the various benefits brought about by the progress of the empire."
"Is it self-improvement?"
"yes……"
One question after another, slowly an outline emerged in everyone's mind, a vague yet precise outline.
"The void is vast and boundless. Nowadays, in the minds of many people, the word "Tian Ting" is equivalent to the word "immortal". When they think of immortals, they will automatically think of heaven. When they think of the word "Tai Shang", monks will automatically think of the word "Tao".
, in the hearts of many monks, they equate the Supreme Being with the Tao."
"In the hearts of ordinary people, immortality is equal to immortality and omnipotence. In the same way, Taiyi is equal to heaven, Houtu is equal to earth, Empress Nuwa is equal to the old mother of the human race, and Holy Emperor Fuxi is the ancestor of humanities...
…”
"What about the empire? What does the empire mean? What does Da Qin mean?"
Is it equal to Qin Fa?
Is it equal to a farming war?
Equal to Zulong?
Equal to the First Emperor?
Does it mean that my Da Qin is invincible in the world?
"The core of the empire is Qin Law, win-win, fairness and justice, and self-improvement... But if you could sum it up in one sentence or one word, what would it be?"
"Heaven is equal to immortals, Taishang is equal to Tao, Taiyi is heaven, Houtu is earth, Empress is mother, Fuxi is the ancestor, what about the empire?"
Lu Buwei repeated his question again, and this time even Ying Zheng began to think seriously. This is a fundamental issue, involving the positioning of the empire and even the future development of the empire.
After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng knocked on the table.
Boom
Boom
Boom
"This issue should not be decided by me and you senior officials in a small meeting! This issue should be decided by every person in the Qin Kingdom!"
"Your Majesty, the people are ignorant. Not all people have their own ideas. They can be manipulated and influenced. There are too many ways to influence them, such as public opinion, reversal, bribery, and betrayal. Their will is not strong enough.
How can the common people openly participate in the discussion of such a big matter? I think this is inappropriate." Shang Yang simply shook his head.
Do the people matter?
important!
But the common people themselves have problems. They are like grasshoppers, short-sighted, unstable in will, swaying from side to side, and letting the wind lead to rain. This is the characteristic of this group.
They may support something for a short period of time, but it is difficult to stick to a certain point of view for a long time. This is Shang Yang's view, and it is also the view of many middle and high-level officials in the empire.
"I once said that there are three types of people in the world."
"The first type is mediocre people, which is also the state of the vast majority of ordinary people in the first year of the First Emperor. They are indeed as the gentleman said, ignorant, ignorant, weak-willed, and can easily be manipulated, deceived, and influenced.
"
"The second type of people are heroes. They have relatively complete three views. They have their own set of personal ideas, and they can stick to their ideas throughout their lives."
"If they are workers, they will naturally grow into engineers; if they are teachers, they will become the best in the industry and be praised by others. These heroes are the real backbone needed to achieve great things throughout the ages. Outstanding people, even
You can seize the general trend of the times, take advantage of it, and become the trend-setter of the times."
"The third type of people are real geniuses. They can create general trends, create new trends, and create an environment that is most beneficial to them. They create something out of nothing, unprecedented, and use their own three views to influence other people, infecting ordinary people into strong-willed people.
A hero."
"It will soon be the third thousand years of the First Emperor. Sir, you have to be more confident. You have to believe that the people of the empire have been continuously educated for three thousand years and the continuous development for three thousand years has been enough to make the people's quality high enough and generally reach the level of heroes."
"I believe these people will make choices that come from their hearts!"