"In addition, I want to set up counselors in the army." Qin Wangji said.
As early as the early Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya proposed in "Six Tao" that generals need thigh and humeral wings in order to become powerful.
The general's duty is to provide overall leadership and cannot be limited to one department. A staff of seventy-two people should be established, and each person should be assigned positions according to their talents to give full play to their intelligence.
Therefore, a general needs one confidant, five counselors, three astronomy, three for geographical location, nine for military skills, four for food supply, four for courage, three for flags and drums, four for military support, two for general knowledge, and three for power. There are seven eyes and ears, five minions, four wings, eight wanderers, two sorcerers, three alchemists, and two magicians.
However, this is just an idea and has not been implemented in practice. There is no dedicated counselor position in the military of various countries.
But this battle made Qin Wangji realize the importance of counselors. If there were two counselors like Fan Ju present in the battle of Hedong, even if they could not defeat the Zhao army, they could still remain undefeated.
And the role of the counselor does not stop there, assisting the commander in handling military affairs, making suggestions, maintaining battle formations, strengthening battle clouds, etc. One person can calculate the shortcomings, and two people can calculate the longitudes. One more person will consider things more comprehensively.
After getting this news, Qin Wangji thought for a few days and decided to set up counselors. However, in order to prevent the soldiers from thinking that they were dividing their power, Qin Wangji specially found a few generals to vent their anger before speaking out.
"Your Majesty... I, the Qin State, do not have that many top counselors." Fan Ju said with cupped hands.
For a commander like Bai Qi, sending ordinary counselors would not be enough to hold him back, but Qin does not have that many top counselors with talents.
The Qin State itself focused on military affairs and ignored culture. There were not many civil servants in the country. Occasionally, a few powerful ones appeared, and they came from the clan.
Moreover, the soil of Qin State is not suitable for the growth of civil servants. Except for a few people, others can only obtain meritorious service from the battlefield, which fundamentally curbs those talents who are only suitable for internal affairs or making suggestions, not for force or leading troops. growing up.
Even if someone is suitable for both internal affairs and military command, he will choose military command between the two, because military merit rises faster in Qin.
The Qin State also had a strange rule that those with craftsman registration could only work as craftsmen, those with city registration could only engage in business, and those with civilian registration could only farm and serve as soldiers. If a farmer dared to invent and create, no matter how good the invention was, , will also be punished.
Moreover, although the Qin State implements a military merit system, not everyone is qualified to serve as a soldier. Only the "original Qin people" are qualified to serve as soldiers. If you are a "chenbangren" or "Xia Zi", I'm sorry, even those who serve as soldiers No qualifications.
The so-called ministers are equivalent to the ethnic minorities during the Warring States Period, but there is no such term yet. Xia Zi means that one of his father or mothers is from Qin.
Moreover, the talents in this era were basically from the nobility, and civilians had almost no chance to receive education. However, the old aristocracy of Qin State was destroyed by Shang Yang...
The remaining ones must also obtain meritorious service from the battlefield.
It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages. Nothing has only advantages and no disadvantages. The key is whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Shang Yang's reforms also accumulated a large number of middle- and lower-level officials for the Qin State. Those sergeants who had made meritorious service on the battlefield could, with a little training, become petty officials and even manage a place without any problems.
At the same time, it also allowed the power of the government to truly extend to the countryside. The so-called "imperial power does not go to the countryside, but only officials and gentry in the countryside" in later dynasties would never happen in Qin.
As for the top civil servants, just one or two can control the overall situation and let Qin develop slowly. It is really impossible to poach two from the Six Kingdoms of Guandong. As long as Qin's national power steadily increases, it can crush the six countries.
There wasn't any problem before, but now there is a problem.
Because there are so many counselors in Zhao State that they have switched from governing the country to military affairs.
Before, you didn't have it, and neither did I. We were all in peace.
Now you have it, but I still don’t. Qin was suddenly unhappy!
In the future, the generals of Qin will not only have to face the generals of Zhao, but also be prepared for the strategies of those counselors. They may also face the joint attack of the generals and counselors.
Can this be played?
It was at this time that King Ji of Qin discovered that the Qin State was culturally poor compared to the six Shandong countries. It was impossible for this land to breed the splendid culture of hundreds of schools of thought, and it was strangled from the root.
"Cultivation, doctors can cultivate, counselors can also cultivate." Qin Wangji said loudly.
The Qin State may not be able to build a large-scale college like Handan College because of insufficient congenital conditions, but if it is like the Xihe School of Wei and the Jixia Academy of Qi, there will be no problem.
As for if there are no teachers, just dig. The world is so big, I don’t believe there aren’t a few people in the field. There are so many wine-sacrifice doctors in Handan College, and I don't believe that all of them are loyal to Zhao Guo.
And our country, Qin, has millions of people, but doesn’t it even have one or two talents?
"From now on, we order each county to recommend two talents and each county to recommend ten talents. We will arrange personnel to inspect these talents. The excellence of the talents will be included in the assessment of local officials this year. In addition, , to calculate the credit for improving non-military merit, except for... the last fifth-class title, any credit for other titles can be obtained." After a while, Qin Wangji made up his mind and said in a deep voice.
In the Qin State, knighthood was awarded for military merit, but not only military merit can obtain a title. For example, inventing some things, arresting thieves, breaking certain big eucalyptus, etc. can all obtain a title.
It's just that these roads are very narrow, and it's impossible for ordinary people to invent things. Eighty percent of the people who die when catching thieves are themselves. The most suitable way for civilians is always to go to the battlefield.
Qin Wangji slightly broadened these roads.
Qin has never been a country that is stubborn and will not hesitate to make changes as long as it is sure to be beneficial. Even if you are not sure whether it is beneficial or harmful, you will try to change it.
Many things can only be known by doing them.
The King of Qin was already old. He hoped to find a correct path for his descendants before his death and hand over a powerful Qin State into the hands of his son.
...Even if it is wrong, descendants can stabilize the monarchy and the Qin state by overturning their own policies.
Everyone saw the determination in Qin Wangji's eyes and quickly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is wise."
"By the way, is there any news about the caravan heading to the far west?" Qin Wangji looked at Lu Buwei.
"Your Majesty, there was news a few days ago that they arrived at a place called Loulan. After staying for a while, they continued westward." Lu Buwei said.
Qin Wangji nodded and did not ask too much. He did not care about the life and death of these businessmen. As long as they were not dead and could pass on the news, the key point was Zhao Guo.
Qin Wangji increasingly felt the threat from Zhao.
"In the future, intelligence from Zhao will be sent every half a month. If there is any major incident, report it immediately." Qin Wangji said.
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"No." Qin Yue said quickly.
