Fusu smiled, with a hint of evil.
Zhang Cang's heart thumped again, and the ominous premonition in his heart became more and more serious.
A moment.
He even wanted to run away.
Zhang Cang hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I just made a mistake. Your Highness must be worried about national affairs. How can you tell me so easily? It's because I was abrupt in front of you, and I still ask Your Highness to punish you. The empire is important, and I really don't dare to hear it."
"I am careless."
Fusu could certainly hear the meaning behind Zhang Cang's words.
He was also happy.
Fusu said: "Zhang Yushi is very close to me. It doesn't hurt to tell Zhang Yushi about this matter. Moreover, this matter can't be hidden for too long. You will know it soon. Since Zhang Yushi is so thoughtful, help me." The staff was also excellent.”
Hear the words.
Zhang Cang's face turned completely dark.
In my heart, I even just wanted to slap myself twice.
But there was only a smile on his face.
Fusu was very happy and said with a smile: "What I did was actually aimed at consolidating the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. The foundation of the Qin Dynasty lies in the army. However, since the Shang Dynasty's reform, with the expansion of the Qin Dynasty's territory, the military merit and nobility system has become more important to the Qin Dynasty. It has gradually become a yoke to the imperial court."
"The imperial court currently owes too many rewards."
"And I intend to resolve this matter."
After listening to Fusu's words, Zhang Cang was stunned.
He had expected it before, but he really did not expect that His Highness had so many plans. He did not want to appease the army sergeants, but wanted to solve all the problems accumulated by the military merit system in the Qin Dynasty in the past hundred years.
This is too ambitious.
Zhang Cangwu's mouth was green and he said in a trembling voice: "What are you going to do, Your Highness?"
Fusu's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "The military merit system needs to make certain changes, but after all, the military merit system has been implemented for hundreds of years and has been deeply rooted in Qin. If you want to persuade the people to make changes, there is no doubt that It’s very rare.”
"Especially in Da Qin, many of the rewards have not been fulfilled."
"Hadly changes will only cause dissatisfaction among the people of Qin."
"There can be no problems in Guanzhong."
"This is the bottom line!"
"So if you want to change the military merit system, you have to first cash in the rewards. But Zhang Yushi also knows that in the past twenty years of the Qin Dynasty, millions of soldiers have achieved military exploits, especially the destruction of the Six Kingdoms and the expulsion of the Xiongnu. His military exploits are even more shining."
"There is no land or house left in Guanzhong."
"Some time ago, through the 'Guan Shan Hai', the imperial court received a lot of money and food. This only fulfilled the rewards promised by the imperial court to the soldiers before the war. Compared with the more important fields and houses, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. It is basically a drop in the bucket. I can’t fill it all out.”
"However, as long as the rewards are not fulfilled, the army will always be unstable."
"Such hidden dangers must be eliminated."
"It's just that I can't hold on to the land, so I can only choose to find another way to replace it with something that other soldiers are interested in, and then cash in the full reward of the year and stabilize the morale of the army in one fell swoop."
Listening to Fusu's words, Zhang Cang didn't feel at all relieved, only felt deep fear.
The imperial court has long known about the issue of farm and house merit rewards.
It's not that I thought about solving it before, but I never found a way. In the end, I had to forcibly relocate the populations of Guanzhong and Guandong, and move a large number of Guanzhong people to the north of Nanhai. However, although these measures solved some problems, they also failed to solve the problem. This caused complaints from the people in Guanzhong, and their resentment towards the imperial court continued to deepen.
finally.
The imperial court gradually gave up such measures.
Now that Fusu's old matter is being brought up again and so solemnly, there is probably a solution, but it is not easy to implement, or it may require the consent of the courtiers. Although he does not know the specific method, it can be compared with Tian Zhai in the heart of the head of Guizhou. What kind of status can there be in the world? Most likely they have to be separated from other people.
The difficulty can be imagined.
Zhang Cang's forehead was already sweating profusely. Although it had already entered early summer, the weather was not yet hot, but Zhang Cang's clothes were quietly soaked.
Fusu glanced at the palace door, his voice was a bit cold, and said: "The most important solutions are, one is to give surnames, one is to allow the children with hairpins and no titles to enter school, and the other is to It is to allow the heads of Guizhou with these two titles to serve as officials."
After listening.
Zhang Cang's face calmed down.
But his face was full of fatigue and vicissitudes of life.
Granting a family name, enrolling in a school, becoming an official, almost all of them have stepped on the hearts of the powerful and nobles. If they were really implemented, it would be a earthquake for the world. He also knew that this would affect more than just the world. It's the present moment.
What's more important is that it invisibly weakens the reputation and honor of the nobles.
How can this really be implemented?
Zhang Cang raised his head, with a hint of bitterness on his face, and said with cupped hands: "Your Highness, this is probably Mr. Ji's idea. Only this person dares to make such shocking remarks, and only this person dares to Take advantage of the nobles and powerful people in the world."
"I just want to implement it."
"Disaster!!!"
Fusu was silent.
How could he not know the difficulty?
But it is difficult to do.
The army is the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. Only when the military spirit is united can the Qin Dynasty be invincible. As the prince of the Qin Dynasty, he has reason to accomplish this.
Zhang Cang sighed softly.
He just felt a little dark in front of his eyes now.
In the past, the court mostly targeted alchemists and Confucian scholars, but this time it was different. The targets the court targeted had changed. From a small group of people in the past, they had become 'powerful people'.
This is real power!
He is also the truly powerful person in the world.
Ji Heng was too courageous.
But after Zhang Cang thought about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable.
Ji Heng's foothold has never been at the bottom. He has always focused on the rich and powerful. From the beginning, he targeted businessmen to now targeting the powerful. Ji Heng's goal has always been very single-minded, which is to use up all his resources. We will use every means to weaken the prestige of the powerful, and use step-by-step methods to suppress the powerful groups and completely eliminate the influence of the powerful nobles formed under the past three generations of royal rule.
It's just crazy.
It was too scary.
Even Zhang Cang felt terrified.
Even my hands and feet feel cold.
It is extremely difficult to succeed in this move, but once it fails, you are destined to be ruined, unable to recover forever, and will be completely trampled to death by the nobles and other powerful forces. This is a huge gamble.
But if it succeeds, the benefits are obvious.
The political foundation of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties completely collapsed, and the aristocratic system has since disappeared. Even though there are still aristocrats in the world, everyone is qualified to obtain a "family name", everyone has the opportunity to enter school, and everyone has the opportunity to become an official. As time goes by, status will only become more and more inferior, and even no longer superior at all.
Is this something the nobles can tolerate?
He almost didn't need to think too much to know that after the promulgation of these three policies, it caused an uproar in the world, as well as the resistance from nobles and powerful nobles all over the world.
Too cruel!
It can be said that cramps suck the marrow.
He now also knew why Ji Heng was unwilling to become an official.
If someone becomes an official, he will not be impeached every two days, but will be impeached all the time, and he will be targeted in various ways.
At present, Ji Heng clearly has no official career, but he can influence the imperial government.
This is the real great wisdom.
only
Ji Heng opened his mouth to kill himself.
He just wanted to give himself a slap in the face. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, but in the end, he thought that after Guan Shanhai, the situation in the army was greatly appeased, and Fusu was the new crown prince, so there would be nothing important in the short term. , and Hu Wujing provided him with another reason, so he took the initiative to come to the door. He never thought that he would encounter such a tragic incident head-on.
Why is his life so miserable!
Repay kindness with hatred.
Zhang Cang said: "Your Highness, I seem to have some important matters to deal with at the Yushi Mansion, so I will leave now."
Fusu smiled half-heartedly and said: "Zhang Yushi, since you know about this and have agreed to enter the affairs office, you can think more about it after you go down. Maybe you can make some suggestions for the future implementation of these decrees."
Zhang Cang smiled harder than crying and said, "I obey your order."
Finished.
Zhang Cang left Yong Palace as if fleeing.
Others are already numb.
Now my heart is filled with endless regrets.
I thought that if I went to offer my advice, I could win Fusu's favor and offset my previous avoidance of Fusu. This was indeed the case. However, I ran into another abyss head-on, an abyss that made people feel endless panic. .
On the carriage.
Zhang Cang's whole body was paralyzed.
He murmured in a low voice: "Ji Heng, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Do you really want to ensure that everyone is equal under the imperial power?"
"But with your intelligence, how could you not know that this is simply impossible."
immediately.
Zhang Cang seemed to realize something, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
He frowned and said, "Power."
"The emergence of the powerful comes from differences in respect, rank, and grade. The existence of the powerful is due to the influence of power. Some prominent existences can even benefit future generations. Power and wealth, these things eventually become invisible. The aristocratic system in the world today is the remnant of the power of the past."
"The so-called power of these nobles does not come from 'above' right now."
"It comes from Yuze of the past three generations."
"Ji Heng's method is to destroy the aristocratic system of the past and completely eliminate the various nobles in the world. From now on, the wealth of the Qin Dynasty can only come from one party, that is, the emperor. As for the fame and glory accumulated by the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, all Shattered.”
"Power must also be determined as one."
"Also from the One."
"Instead of coming from many doors like in the past."
Zhang Cang whispered a few times, and some enlightenment came to his mind.
The essence of Ji Heng's approach is centralization.
Not all the power and wealth in the world now come from the emperor.
Some still follow Yu Ze of the Zhou Dynasty. These people are disdainful of Qin Duo, and the essence of this disdain is that their wealth was not given by the emperor, so they dare to be so unscrupulous and lawless, Ji Heng thought What they want to do is to completely deprive them of these wealth and take away all the power held by the nobles.
Through means such as enrolling in school, becoming an official, and conferring surnames, all the nobles were suppressed.
Nobility is no longer the existence of dignitaries and powerful people.
Nor can one be rich.
If these nobles want to be rich, they can only be recognized by the Qin Dynasty. Their power and wealth can only come from the Qin Empire. In this way, the nobles seem to be grabbed by the throat by the empire, and they no longer dare to have any dissent, because all their power comes from Qin.
Think of this.
Zhang Cang's expression became solemn.
He felt that Ji Heng's approach was a bit too bold.
This is to be an enemy of the powerful people in the world.
No one in the world wants their power and wealth to be held in the hands of others, or even to be taken away by others. In the past, the nobles and powerful people in the world could still be high and mighty because they controlled the wealth and wealth of Yu Zexia for three generations. The world has long been accustomed to this. This situation was different, but Ji Heng wanted to change it. What he wanted to do was to make everyone equal under the imperial power.
Everyone can go up, and everyone can come down.
No different.
even
He felt that Ji Heng still thought that the emperor committed the same crime as the common people.
As soon as this idea came up, Zhang Cang quickly shook his head, not daring to think deeply about this idea, but he already understood that Ji Heng wanted to completely destroy the existing system of power and wealth in the world and concentrate all the power and wealth in the imperial court. Then redistribute it.
One emperor and one courtier.
Constantly change and rotate, and finally achieve equality.
Rather than enclosing the territory for themselves, always firmly controlling the local area and becoming the local king of the mountain, Ji Heng's idea was too dangerous and too sensational. Zhang Cang even felt that he was being too preoccupied.
He shook his head.
There was no intention to continue thinking about Ji Heng.
He felt that he couldn't figure it out, and even if he did, it wouldn't make any sense.
He is just a minister!
It's you who makes the final decision.
soon.
Zhang Cang returned to the Imperial Palace.
When everyone outside the mansion saw Zhang Cang coming back, they all greeted him with smiles.
Zhang Cang had a cold face and did not respond.
He quickly returned to his official office with heavy steps, and then took out a jar of honey and took several bites to suppress the uneasiness and fear in his heart.
he knows.
I'm really in trouble.
But he didn't have much fear.
He is actually also very curious, under Ji Heng's leadership, where will Great Qin go?
Is this person really so powerful?
Ji Heng was naturally unaware of Zhang Cang's reverie about him.
He is currently preparing to go fishing on the Weishui River.
He is now less and less constrained, especially since Hu Hai has been running towards him these days. Even if he goes out alone, the attendants around him basically turn a blind eye.
Ji Heng was so happy.
Staying in a small courtyard all the time is boring after all.
After noticing the situation around him, he immediately prepared a fishing rod for himself and prepared to add some food to himself.
Hu Hai also followed closely.
He has also recently discovered that he seems to feel more comfortable when he is with Ji Heng. He is not surrounded by a bunch of people at all times, and he can also do some things he wants to do.
Of course, what he wanted to go to more was the Goulan House in the city.
But Ji Heng never agreed.
However, Hu Hai did not give up. He would tell Ji Heng a few times every once in a while, just once, just once.
The two of them went to the bank of the Weishui River in silence.
But there are still people guarding him in the dark.
During Ji Henngle's free time, Fusu had already written the memorial. He checked it several times to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the writing. He also put the still-dry memorial on the fire for a few times, then put it in his sleeve, got up and left. Xianyang Palace.
Not long after.
He arrived outside Xianyang Palace.
After the eunuch entered to report, he also entered the palace smoothly.
(End of chapter)
