Ji Heng poured the last bit of wine in the jug into Tongjue and gave Fusu a bowl of cold water from the well.
Then he sat back down again.
Fusu looked miserable and seemed out of his mind.
Still in shock.
Ji Heng took a sip, he was very open to this.
Da Qin's system had long been out of control, and he had to marvel, Shang Yang was really a ruthless man.
One person created two systems that complemented each other.
But he also had to admit that this system was very attractive.
Because Qin really gave money and land.
One person has one hundred acres, and the land rent is not high. As long as it is not illegal, everyone can easily support their family. But if it is not controlled, the country will eventually become a country with no money and no one. It’s just that Shang Yang did a great job, relying on various Strict laws were used to convict and impose fines, and the money allocated by the court was recovered, which continued to stimulate the bottom class to join the army and work.
In troubled times, Qin's system was very superior.
Serve your life for the Qin State. The Qin State can really make you prosperous. As long as you don't break the law, you can continue to win, and you will almost rise to the top. Otherwise, with Bai Qi's background, wanting to become the Lord of Wu'an is simply unrealistic in the environment of the Warring States Period. .
In this system, those who can climb up must either have outstanding military achievements or be honest and strict.
Without exception, they are all capable people.
It's just that this approach is really anti-human, even anti-human. It treats people completely like cattle and horses, which is inhumane. However, it can indeed strengthen the country, but it is also destined to be difficult to maintain, because once the monarch is mediocre or the powerful ministers are in power, this system will gradually become weak. Towards collapse.
until completely disintegrated.
Ji Heng took another sip.
He said slowly: "You don't have to be so distracted."
“From nothing to something.”
"It's not going to be easy."
"The First Emperor has actually shouldered enough."
"It's just that 'debating' is not the right path after all, and it is bound to be counterattacked."
"Da Qin chose this himself!"
"You can't rely on anyone."
Fusu raised his head, cupped his hands and said, "Since Your Majesty knows about this matter, hasn't he ever thought about solving it?"
"Solve it?" Ji Heng smiled coldly and said, "How to solve it? The First Emperor is a human being, not a god. He can't produce so much money and food, and he can't satisfy everyone in the world. As for the officials, let alone Go and hope.”
"Since ancient times, there are only two types of people who want the best for this country."
"Top and bottom."
"And those in the middle will only think that there are those below who are carrying them, and there are those above who are carrying them. They are firmly in the middle, using their hands up and down, and getting the best of both worlds. There may be a few in the middle who think of taking the world as their own responsibility, but there are many profit-seekers. In this way The existence is destined to be a minority."
Fusu was silent.
He lightly knocked on the big case beside him and said slowly and heavily: "Is there really nothing your Majesty can do?"
Ji Heng glanced at Fusu, pondered for a moment, and said in an uncertain tone: "Maybe there is, maybe there is not."
"Is that yes or no?" Fusu suddenly cheered up.
Ji Heng shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"The First Emperor should have thought about it."
"Tried that too."
"When the First Emperor came to power, he should have been aware of and aware of the current predicament of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, after taking the throne, the First Emperor deliberately recuperated and accumulated national strength, and then began to orderly start the war to destroy the country."
"This may be the solution that the First Emperor came up with at that time."
"The land of the poor six countries is as good as the land of Qin."
"It's just that this approach is doomed to not work, because under the military merit system, the rewards given by Great Qin are too high, and because of the lax laws, a lot of money and grain cannot be collected. Therefore, even if the six kingdoms are destroyed, the court still cannot fill the gap. The hole even got bigger and bigger, and then the First Emperor took up the idea of the nobles and powerful people of Guandong."
"But it's still not enough."
“If you can only get out but not get in, you can’t fill it up no matter how much you have.”
"Then the Xiongnu went south and Baiyue harassed the border areas, and the court owed even more."
"So much so that the First Emperor simply defaulted on his debt."
"But I can roughly guess what the First Emperor was thinking at that time."
"Perhaps I want to break and stand again."
"I hope to rely on 'breaking' to smash everything that came before, and break the shackles that bound Qin in one fell swoop."
"It just didn't work out in the end."
"That's indeed the case."
"When the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the official preparations were seriously insufficient. They could only reuse officials from the six countries and use the children of meritorious officials. That is, the children of meritorious officials were selected. They could also pretend to be county magistrates first, and wait for their political achievements to be demonstrated. , let’s pay my respects again.”
"If the country implements the county system, the administrative costs are too high."
"Da Qin simply cannot afford it."
"We can only impose more oral taxes again and again."
"Because they could not fulfill their rewards and were worried about the troubles of the old Qin people, they took advantage of the war between the north and the south to move a large number of old Qin people out."
"All of this and more are clear evidence."
"The First Emperor tried very hard to repair the Qin carriage that was about to fall apart, but to no avail, because it was not just the carriage that had problems, but also the horses."
"This horse is too old."
"It's so old that even if the carriage is repaired, it can no longer go on the road."
"After repairing it for a while, the First Emperor also realized this problem, so he chose not to repair it."
"Because it can't be fixed!"
"The First Emperor knew the problem, but he couldn't solve it."
"No one can solve it for him."
"In the end, the First Emperor made a very extreme move."
"What method?" Fusu sat upright, not daring to blink more than once, staring at Ji Heng with all his concentration, for fear of missing some key information.
"Change horses!" Ji Heng said solemnly.
"Change horses?" Fusu was stunned.
He thought about it in his mind and seemed to realize something.
There was a look of surprise in his eyes.
Ji Heng said: "You should have thought of it too."
"In the eyes of the First Emperor, all the current problems in the Qin Dynasty are caused by the system."
"So the First Emperor decided to 'change the system'."
"Over the past few years, Da Qin has made drastic changes in the world and created various systems in order to eliminate the old and establish the new."
"Trying to find a new path."
"A new road to distance ourselves from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties."
"It just didn't turn out as expected."
"The Great Qin Dynasty was already in trouble. Under such high pressure, it aroused resentment among the people of Guandong. It's just that the First Emperor had no time to adjust, and he didn't want to adjust."
"The First Emperor chose a path and walked to the end!"
"The First Emperor abolished the Qin State's hundreds of years of discussion system, began to arbitrarily determine the political agenda, and issued the order to burn books, and began to deliberately control the public opinion of the world. Then he gradually began to abolish the ways of the previous kings, burn the opinions of hundreds of families, make famous cities, and conquer the world. The soldiers deliberately weaken the power of the world."
“All of this is to pave the way for the new system.”
A look of fear appeared on Fusu's face.
He trembled: "What if it can't be implemented?"
Ji Heng took a deep breath and did not answer. Instead, he asked Fusu, "What do you think?"
"Great Qin already had a lot of disadvantages. It also added the problems of the Six Kingdoms to itself, and had to face difficult problems when the new dynasty was first established. These all weighed on Great Qin."
"One of the things I didn't handle well."
Ji Heng said nothing more, just shook his head, but how could Fusu not understand?
Until then.
Great Qin is dead!
In that situation where everyone in the world is the enemy, Great Qin will fall in an extremely clean and tidy way.
Fusu was already out of breath.
He had never thought that the situation in Da Qin would be so bad and severe. If he couldn't make a single mistake, he would be instantly shattered into pieces if he made one wrong step. This situation was so severe that Fusu couldn't bear it.
a long time.
Fusu finally came to his senses.
But his whole body was soaked with sweat.
He took a deep breath of air, his chest panting rapidly. He really didn't want to think about it any more, so he took the initiative to ask: "What will happen to the situation in Daqin if the six lands in Guandong don't react much this time?"
Fusu stared at Ji Heng closely, eager to know the answer.
Ji Heng said: "Not very good."
"Da Qin has many problems, so many that they should not exist."
"If the salt and iron matter goes smoothly, it may buy Daqin a few more years. If Daqin makes a mistake in the past few years, everything will be in vain. Daqin cannot make mistakes now. No mistakes can be made. Once a mistake is made, If you take the chance, you will be dragged to death.”
"Not a good chance."
"But it will be a little more comfortable."
Fusu was silent.
He is very confused now.
He didn't know what he could do. He was clearly the eldest son of Da Qin, but he seemed to be excluded from the country. He couldn't do anything or change anything.
Very helpless.
Ji Heng looked at the sky and saw that it was going to rain.
He said: "The way of heaven is permanent. It will not survive for Yao, nor will it perish for Jie."
"The final direction of the Qin Dynasty has never been in the hands of you and me, but in the hands of the First Emperor."
"It's just that the First Emperor is also a human being."
"He has been able to support the Qin State for thirty-five years by himself, and he is almost a god. But no matter how god-like he is, he is still a human after all."
"The general trend of the world is overwhelming. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish."
"It's so difficult to go against the will of heaven!"
"You can go back."
"There is no need to come again during this period. I can't give you any advice. All you can do now is wait."
"Waiting for Kanto's reaction, waiting for the end of this matter."
"There is no other way."
Ji Heng stood up, put the recliner away, and walked toward the house.
At this time.
Fusu suddenly bowed and said: "Fusu still has a question in his mind. I dare you to ask sir to clarify my doubts."
"What do you mean by crazy, sir?"
Hear the words.
Ji Heng frowned.
He stared at Fusu silently for a moment, and finally entered the house without answering.
Fusu did not leave.
He just stood in the courtyard, still bowing.
He said loudly: "Sir, please clarify."
a long time.
It was already raining lightly in the sky.
Ji Heng sighed softly, and the sound came out faintly. The sound was not loud, but it was shocking.
Ji Heng only said two words.
"kill!"
"Kill someone?" Fusu couldn't help but be stunned.
Ji Heng did not come out. Instead, he sat on the mat in the room and said with a complicated expression: "All the problems in the world are actually human problems."
“But when you really can’t solve it and you have to solve it.”
"There is an ultimate choice."
"kill!"
“If you can’t solve the problem, then solve the people who created the problem.”
"If killing 10,000 people doesn't solve the problem, then kill 100,000. If that doesn't work, kill 1 million or 10 million until the court can solve the problem or until the problem is solved automatically."
"But no one will take this path unless it is a last resort or they are really desperate, because it is too cruel."
"It's just that the problems in today's world have accumulated over hundreds of years."
"If Da Qin cannot provide a solution, the world will find the solution on its own."
"When."
"But it's hard to say!"
"The world's population has halved, which may not be a lie."
"At that time, the intensity of the killings in the world may far exceed that of the Warring States Period."
"That scene was too bloody and cruel."
"The ground is covered with corpses, and thousands of villages are lonely."
(End of chapter)
