There was dead silence.
Fusu and Hu Hai were both shocked.
Ji Heng's statement was too shocking and too sensational.
But it's not unreasonable.
Ji Heng ignored the two brothers who looked in disbelief and ate beef and drank wine peacefully, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.
a long time.
Only then did Fusu come back to his senses.
His eyes were still full of shock and disbelief.
He thought about it carefully in his mind, and finally discovered to his horror that no one around him had ever mentioned Qian Shou.
What he hears every day is either trivial matters in the palace, major affairs of the world, or various rumors, but this information is rarely related to the head of Guizhou.
Fusu trembled and his lips trembled slightly.
He has realized it.
What Ji Heng said may be true.
Because Da Qin did use the people too much, he even wrote a letter because of it.
The reason why he originally submitted the letter was because people around him kept complaining that the imperial court was recruiting too many people and levying too many oral taxes. He believed this at the time, but was later refuted by the First Emperor. In order not to make the First Emperor angry, he So I gave up.
Now that I thought about it carefully, I realized something was wrong.
At that time, the people who advised me the most were the dignitaries in the city, but after knowing that I had hit a wall, these people never mentioned it again.
But aren’t these people the permanent ones that Ji Heng calls them?
The reason why they didn't mention it again was probably because they were worried that if they said too much, they would be dissatisfied. But even they felt that using the people was going too far, and they were afraid that the people at the bottom would be miserable even more.
Fusu's face turned pale.
the other side.
After Hu Hai clarified it for a while, he still couldn't figure it out. He asked in confusion: "Is the Guizhou head at the bottom really so miserable? Are you almost dying?"
"Isn't this possible?"
Fusu glanced at Hu Hai with a complicated expression and sighed quietly in his heart. Hu Hai had lived in the palace for a long time and had no contact with political affairs. He knew very little about the affairs of the world and had no idea about the situation in the world.
He said: "Mr. Ji mentioned it before."
"The Qin Dynasty has carried out a lot of construction projects in recent years. It not only built palaces in various places, but also built various official roads throughout the country. There are more than 390 at the county level alone. This does not include the twelve internal and external official roads. strips, as well as the Chidao, Straight Road under construction, and the Great Wall in the north."
"In addition, there are cutting mountains and valleys, clearing the Sichuan defense, dredging the Cao Canal, etc."
"Such a wide variety of projects that cost a lot of people have been implemented in recent years. How can the people at the bottom afford it?"
"This does not include the relocation of 500,000 people to the South China Sea, and the relocation of hundreds of thousands of people to fill the borders. If we add the soldiers stationed in the northern border of the South China Sea, the number will only be even greater. If it is true that one person is born per household according to the law, Forget it, I’m afraid that every household in Da Qin will not be able to fill the service, but now that these projects are still being implemented, they are bound to be forced on the head of Guizhou."
"The Qin Dynasty has wasted so much people's energy, how can the whole world not complain?"
Ji Heng glanced at Bo Qin indifferently and said slowly: "It's good that you can see this."
"But not enough."
"The reason why Great Qin was so resented by the people."
"Actually, there is only one reason."
"arrogant!"
"Imperial Arrogance."
"This kind of arrogance does not come from one person, but from the entire monarch and ministers of Great Qin."
“Even the entire system!”
"At the beginning of the founding of the Qin Dynasty, he vowed to declare to the world that from now on he would restructure the Chinese civilization, rectify the country's mountains and rivers, wipe out China's long-standing shortcomings, rebuild the Chinese civilization, reorganize the rivers and mountains, and let the world have eternal peace."
"These heroic words, which are both ancient and modern, are indeed inspiring."
"It also attracted the attention of people all over the world."
"At the beginning of the founding of the Qin Dynasty, it indeed began to implement thunder and lightning rule, and vigorously rectified the long-standing evils in the world."
"Renew the official system and centralize power for governance."
“The foundation is based on the governance of counties and counties, the purpose is to govern the world, the focus is on serving the people, and the centralization of governance power is the axis.”
"This will be supplemented by the county system to achieve effective top-down governance."
"Things are in the four directions, but we must be in the center."
"We even developed a system of township officials, which is a three-level civil governance system at the grassroots level."
"Xiang, Pavilion, Li."
“However, in the final analysis, these are actually mid- to upper-class buildings.”
"But what about the lower level?"
"What about those beings at the lowest level?"
"The Great Qin Court has never considered it."
"Because everyone in the court hopes that the bottom class will never change. Only in this way, the bottom class will forever be like cattle or horses, allowed to be eaten by men, and slaughtered by others, without the slightest resistance."
"So after the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the previous household registration system was strictly implemented."
"A person's future destiny is determined from the moment he is born."
"The people must be submissive."
"If you make the chicken watch the night, make the raccoon catch the rat, use your abilities, nothing will happen to you."
"The strict household registration system of the Great Qin Dynasty is like a high mountain, a thunder pond, and a natural chasm to ordinary people."
"The whole imperial court hopes that the lower class can farm and serve as soldiers from generation to generation, and follow the rules set by Shang Yang."
"The reason why Shang Yang did this was to enrich the country and strengthen the army. However, with the unification of the world, the military merit system has been almost completely abolished, and there is no longer any way to rise at the bottom. Are the officials in the court really unaware of this current situation?"
"Know."
"But everyone pretends not to know."
"Because no one cares about the bottom, and no one cares about whether the bottom has emotions. This is also the result the court wants."
"Let the bottom class always be content with their destiny, keep their own rules, and continue to be dominated by others willingly. The court arrogantly believes that the bottom class does not dare to have emotions, let alone any dissatisfaction."
"Only this time, Da Qin was wrong."
"After hundreds of years of gradual enlightenment of people's wisdom, more and more people will no longer choose to die in silence, but will gradually choose to explode in silence."
"It's just that we haven't reached that critical point yet."
"But soon!"
"Da Qin's top-down management system has ignored the underlying foundation from beginning to end, but without a solid underlying foundation, no matter how perfect the upper-level design is, it is just an empty shell that is strong on the outside and strong on the inside. It will collapse at the first touch. ”
"In the past, there was nothing wrong with what Da Qin did."
"But times are different."
"Under the centralized system, the people have gradually transitioned from the 'constant property owners' to the lowest level."
"And Da Qin has always ignored a fatal point."
“Government-Citizen Relations!”
"If Great Qin continues to be so arrogant, condescending, and treats its people like nothing, one day these trivialities will become the last straw that breaks Great Qin's life."
"It won't be too long."
Ji Heng shook his head.
He continued to eat his meal.
The lower structure determines the superstructure, in the words of the Qin Dynasty.
That's what Guan Zhong said.
If the warehouse is solid, you will know the etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace; if you have good service, you will have strong ties.
Da Qin's arrogance towards the bottom from top to bottom will eventually bury this arrogant and arrogant huge empire.
