Ji Heng ignored Fusu's ugly expression.
Since the First Emperor allowed himself to come out, he would use his own way to explain his thoughts to Fusu.
Ji Heng sat solemnly, with a clear mind, and said in a deep voice: "The First Emperor asked me to bring you out, and I will not hide my words today. In recent years, the First Emperor has insisted on political innovation as the basis, trying to clear away the evils of China for thousands of years. Unleash glory for eternity."
"Therefore, the First Emperor devoted himself entirely to civilization and innovation, while neglecting the very ordinary livelihood of the people."
"The First Emperor's laws come from the top down."
"Not so me."
"I actually believed that the Qin Dynasty would fall very early. China's millennium-old abuses and the centuries-old harshness of the Seven Kingdoms cannot be reversed by simple institutional reforms. In the end, they still have to rely on violence, use violence to fight violence, and use military force. Stop fighting."
“What I believe in is bottom-up.”
"Whether it is the First Emperor or the courtiers of the Qin Dynasty, they have long been accustomed to being aloof and arrogant. In your eyes, those 'heads of Guizhou' at the bottom have long been forgotten. Your people are 'common people', nobles, officials and powerful men. , those wealthy merchants."
"You can't understand the suffering of people's livelihood."
"I can't feel it either."
"As a result, Da Qin's great policies were hollow and difficult to implement, and they have always been resented by the people."
"But man is not an ox or a horse."
"Don't die in silence, explode in silence."
"In the nine years since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, I don't know how many people have died from fatigue, and I don't know how many people have died from the end of the law. As more and more people find it difficult to maintain their livelihoods, and more and more people cannot survive, there will definitely be more and more people. The more people rise up and show their dissatisfaction.”
"The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time!"
"This is not a joke, this is a fact."
"So when I met with the First Emperor, I said that when the First Emperor's policies completely collapsed, the bottom would rise up, the common people would rise up, and the heroes would decide on one, then the king would be a common man, and most of his ministers would be on the run. Disciple."
"This is a change from heaven."
"The world has existed from top to bottom for thousands of years."
"If it doesn't work from the top down, it will promote growth on its own. If it is poor, it will change. If it changes, it will be successful. If it is popular, it will last. Since God has blessed the situation and there is no unfavorable situation, start the bottom-up path."
"I was just speculating at first."
"But after meeting Shi Yue, my mind became more determined."
"Shi Yue is capable, smooth and capable, but he can only be the leader of the pavilion. How many people are there in the world like Shi Yue? How many of them are dissatisfied with the current status quo?"
"When the time comes, as long as one person raises his arms and shouts, the whole world will immediately gather to respond, winning food and prosperity."
"I won't tell you any big reasons."
"You just need to understand that there is nothing wrong with the measures taken by the First Emperor back then. It was indeed a means to stabilize his rule, but it was not a long-term solution. Now nine years later, the Qin Dynasty is still continuing the same situation as before. Do you know what it means?"
"It means that except for the Qin people with titles, everyone else in the world has lost their room for advancement."
"Not only the nobles of the six places, the survivors of the six places, but also ordinary Qin people."
"Do you really think these people have no objections?"
Fusu was silent.
How could he not understand?
But what can Da Qin do?
Ji Hengdao: "Throughout history, if you want to stabilize the world, you must try to expand and consolidate the ruling class so that the people have the confidence and hope to participate in the empire, instead of being completely greedy and trying to completely create a 'family world'. Even if it is a 'family world', we must at least give the people the comfort of a 'country'."
"Da Qin's system is fundamentally chaotic."
"From the beginning, I only hoped that heroes could help consolidate the world. But as I said before, those who really want the world to be good have always been those at the top and the bottom. One cares about the rise and fall of the empire, and the other cares about one's own fundamentals. Life."
"Those who rely on rentiers are deceiving themselves and others."
"What Da Qin really wants to do is to make officials more mobile and have a stable promotion system, rather than to protect the children of heroes and officials from each other."
"Currently, at the county level in Daqin, due to the sky being high and the emperor being far away, and the court's ineffective jurisdiction, there is a risk of losing control. If this continues for a few more years, the local area may become too big, and the court's control over the world will only be even lower. "
"The system of prefectures and counties in Da Qin is, to some extent, not suitable for Da Qin."
Hear the words.
Fusu was startled.
He said solemnly: "Mr. Ji, what do you mean by this?"
"Shouldn't Great Qin be in charge of prefectures and counties? But you clearly belittled the enfeoffment before."
Ji Heng said calmly: "There are not only counties and counties in the world. There are two systems of enfeoffment. Of course, I am not optimistic about the so-called coexistence of counties and states. Da Qin has many problems to solve at the moment, not only to save the people, but also to save the officials."
"Officials are the brothers and sisters of the imperial court."
"The imperial court relied on basic officials to maintain its rule."
"The top priority of the local government is actually to provide new room for advancement for officials and to gather their support. When counties and counties were first enfeoffed, some courtiers mentioned that this was actually a way to establish the coexistence of counties and counties. However, this method is extremely risky and easy. The tail of the place is too big to fall off, so it is not suitable.”
"I've never admired it either."
"Let me ask you, how did Qin govern the country before he unified the world?"
Fusu was stunned.
He thought seriously for a moment and said in a solemn voice: "It's no different from now. It's still the imperial court, county, and county."
Ji Heng shook his head and said: "It's different. It was Qin at that time, and it's Da Qin now."
"The boundaries of the two are completely different."
Fusu frowned.
He still couldn't understand it.
Ji Heng said slowly: "In the past, it was the Qin court, followed by the counties, and then the counties. Now it is the Qin court, from the counties to the counties. Can there be another 'state' in the middle, and this 'state' is controlled by the imperial court?" The Sangong and Nine Ministers are under the jurisdiction of twelve official offices, and the imperial court strengthens its control over the local area by directly managing the officials of the Sangong and Nine Ministers?"
"From the current two-level management of counties and counties to the third-level management of national, county and county."
"This country can be replaced by words such as state and province."
"There are many rentiers in Da Qin at present. At this juncture of internal and external troubles, it is not suitable to attack the rentiers. Therefore, we can only expand the ruling class as much as possible to give the lower-level officials room for advancement."
"When the world situation calms down, we can take the opportunity to reduce the number of rentiers and further strengthen the centralization of power."
“The establishment of provinces or states can also greatly improve administrative efficiency.”
"In the past, the imperial court managed thirty-six counties. When the imperial court knew what happened in the local area, it took a long time for the imperial court to issue the decree, and the response was also very slow. By the time the imperial decree was issued, the situation was already serious. If it were a third-level management Structure, when local incidents occur, provinces and states can take action first, and then send orders to the court while seeking assistance from surrounding provinces and states."
"Keep things under control to a minimum."
Hear the words.
Fusu thought.
But he generally understood it.
Ji Heng wanted to directly transfer the system of the Qin State to the world, and divide the thirty-six counties of the world into several large provinces or states. These provinces and states would be directly controlled by the imperial court, and then realize local control. Effective control.
By adding a province (state), it provides room for advancement for lower-level officials, and then stabilizes them.
And took the opportunity to weaken the control of the local area by the children of heroes and nobles.
Think of this.
Fusu was already a little moved.
This move will actually weaken the centralization of power to a certain extent, but Da Qin cannot control the local areas at the moment. Compared with Da Qin's current situation, this move will undoubtedly strengthen the centralization of power.
For now, it's beneficial and harmless.
It's just that the steps are too big.
He really didn't have the confidence to convince the First Emperor.
Ji Heng understood Fusu's thoughts and said coldly: "I'm just offering a point of view. It's impossible to implement it at the moment. Da Qin is already short of officials, so how can there be so many officials to fill it? Besides, one more level also means that The imperial court will have to spend more on administrative costs, which is something Da Qin cannot afford right now."
Hearing Ji Heng's words, Fusu suddenly woke up.
Da Qin's current two levels of prefecture and county are still difficult to support. If there is another level, it will be even more difficult to support, but he secretly remembered it in his heart.
Da Qin is indeed burdened with a heavy burden at the moment, but when the construction of the Great Wall is completed, roads in various places, Sichuan defense and other fortifications are gradually completed, Da Qin may not be able to save money and food, and may really be able to reform the system by then.
He also had a headache.
Because this consumes too much money and food.
He looked at Ji Heng deeply and felt something in his heart.
Ji Heng said earlier that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and he probably meant it sincerely. He actually had a plan for the world, but he was suffering from the "poverty" of the Qin Dynasty, so he could only do piecemeal things for the time being.
Think of this.
Fusu touched his nose, looking slightly embarrassed.
However, he felt at peace in his heart. Since Ji Heng had thought so far ahead, he probably already had a clear understanding of what was going on at the moment and had already made arrangements in his mind.
Fusu's eyes flickered, and he said slowly: "Sir, you have a unique focus on Da Qin's new policy, but what do you mean when you say that the rules are not enough and the people's livelihood has no foundation?"
Ji Heng said: "The Qin Dynasty lacks strategies to maintain stability, that is, strategies to consolidate its foundation."
"Constant means peace, peace means stability, fullness means peace, and warmth means stability."
"Da Qin blindly innovates without thinking about consolidating its roots, which will naturally lead to turmoil."
"In recent years, Da Qin's New Deal has been vigorous and thunderous, but it has lost a bit of the gentle breeze and drizzle."
"The Qin Dynasty is too eager to seek governance and achieves too much, which will inevitably make the world unstable and uneasy, and the people will always have resentments. If it can be a little more lenient and gentle, and can be more gentle and less generous, perhaps the world will be relatively stable."
"At least it won't be as scorching as the sun."
"Sir, how do you think Da Qin should make amends?" Fusu asked.
Ji Heng shook his head and sighed softly: "If it had been two years earlier, there might have been a chance to make corrections, but now it is impossible. You should give up this idea as soon as possible. As of now, Da Qin can only go one way to the end."
"Use tyranny, hegemony, and leap forward to get over this chaos as quickly as possible."
"Then seek great governance for the world."
"Great Qin is consolidating Guanzhong, and the foundation of Guanzhong must be divided into two parts, that is, farming and warfare."
"We must continue to score two points in the farming battle."
"What Da Qin can and must consolidate now is only the most fundamental and core thing."
"It's difficult for the rest of Great Qin to take care of it."
"This core is a pawn!"
(End of chapter)
