In fact, Li Si was not in a hurry...
There was no need for him to get angry with Zhao Si and argue on this issue.
Everything ultimately depends on the will of the First Emperor. Li Si is still standing today. Among the three princes, only Li Si still has the power. He is not intolerant of people who disagree with him.
At the very least, no matter what Zhao Si said, it would not affect Li Si's status and power.
It will not affect the fact that Da Qin is based on law.
After the court meeting ended, and after accompanying the First Emperor to exercise and eat as usual, the First Emperor sat down in front of the table, looked at Zhao Si with interest and said, "Tell me about it..."
Zhao Si was stunned. He thought that the meeting was over. He had indeed prepared a lot of manuscripts. Now that the price of salt has dropped, the old problem has recurred, so he just stopped.
"Your Majesty, I...this shallow opinion..."
"explain!"
The First Emperor didn't even raise his head, but his voice sank slightly.
"Your Majesty, what I want to say is actually no different from what I said in court.
The people in Guizhou have no assets and no ability to produce and sell private salt. They buy private salt just to survive. This is human nature.
Similarly, the common people in Guizhou are unable to distort Qin laws. Most of them are illiterate, so how can they distort the meaning of Qin laws? How can we talk about smearing Da Qin and His Majesty?
Since the Shang Dynasty's reform in Guanzhong, there have been some common people who did not want to serve as concubines and fled, and some Guizhou leaders who could not bear to do corvée work and became bandits, but I have never heard of them gathering together to cause trouble for one party. "
The First Emperor nodded: "Continue!"
"When Lord Shang carried out his reform, it was not a smooth road. There were many obstacles along the way. Even Lord Shang himself died because of it. However, most of the obstructions came from the public family and the old clan, not from the head of Guizhou."
"If the country is regarded as a big tree, the former Qin State was just a miscellaneous tree in the mountains with twisted branches and wanton growth. Lord Shang's reform was to prune the branches and leaves to strengthen the trunk.
Before Lord Shang's reform, the stems were weak and the branches were numerous. After Lord Shang's reform, the stems were strong and the branches were weak.
After the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, all the branches and leaves that had been pruned began to grow again.
At present, the Qin Dynasty implements Qin laws and popularizes Qin laws. The chariots track the same track, the books follow the same text, the travels follow the same principles, the weights and measures are unified, and the currency is unified. It is nothing more than pruning the branches and leaves again to make the trunk strong. "
The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si in surprise, but he did not expect that Zhao Si could use trees to compare the Qin Dynasty, and the reform to pruning branches and leaves, and the metaphor could be so appropriate.
"In my opinion, the current Great Qin is similar to the Great Qin before Shang Jun's reform, that is, the stems are weak but the branches are strong. Therefore, whether it is the implementation of Qin laws or the implementation of policies, there are obstacles, and even in many areas, the punishment can no longer be imposed... …”
The First Emperor nodded. Naturally, the First Emperor was aware of this problem, otherwise Great Qin would not have implemented so many policies.
The Qin State implemented so many policies and took so many measures. To put it bluntly, the starting point was to strengthen the central government's control and weaken the influence of local forces.
"In your opinion, what should we do?" The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si with interest.
"Strong branches but weak trunks are nothing more than strong trunks and weak branches." Zhao Si said.
"Then how to strengthen weak branches?" The First Emperor put down the bamboo slips and looked at Zhao Si and asked with a smile.
Zhao Si can see the problem, which is very good. This is a manifestation of insight.
If we follow Zhao Si's metaphor, Da Qin's various current measures are all aimed at solving the problem of overgrown branches and weak branches. The central government's influence is insufficient to control deep local areas.
"Let's not talk about the same car and the same rails and the same text for now. Da Qin is already pruning its branches and leaves." Zhao Si said.
"I don't have other ideas..." Zhao Si said seriously.
He had thought about this problem a long time ago and also thought about a solution.
Then, the answer was found in the man who was often compared to the First Emperor.
"Move the old nobles from the Six Kingdoms into the customs!"
It is worth mentioning that the situations faced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the First Emperor were actually very similar.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once issued the famous "Order to Move Maoling".
All wealthy families with a wealth of more than 3 million yuan moved to Maoling near the capital.
The order of favor, the order of moving to mausoleum, the order of reward and title, and the imperial edict are all essentially for the purpose of centralized rule.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the Qin Dynasty pioneered the unification of the Xia Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty also played an important role in the unification of the Xia Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty laid the foundation, and the Han Dynasty continued to strengthen centralization and weaken local rule based on the Qin Dynasty. This was the fundamental reason for the unification of the Xia. Qin and Han should be treated together.
There is actually no essential difference between the two, whether it is the system or the basic behavioral logic of various government orders.
In the same way, the First Emperor's policy of unified currency, weights and measures, and the new Guizhou Army Order to clean up the direct blood descendants of the royal families of the six kings were essentially to prevent restoration, and local forces did so. big.
It's just that Qin's attack targeted the royal families of the six kings.
After all, Qin Shihuang's main opponent to destroy the world was the royal families of the six kings. Considering the background of the Qin State, a large number of Qin's capable ministers came from other countries, whether it was Shang Yang, Lu Buwei, the Meng family, even Li Xin, etc...
Not to mention that there are not enough educated people in this era. The Qin State needs to rely on the nobles to govern the place and break the old ruling model of the six kings' royal families.
In the Han Dynasty, the six royal families had been completely shattered by Qin.
Therefore, the problem faced by the Han Dynasty was the expansion of the power of local nobles, princes and dukes.
To put it bluntly, Da Qin still had no experience and was not able to attack the nobles of the Six Kingdoms enough.
The fact that the Xiang family is able to live an honest life and influence local forces is proof of this.
Now the problem of Da Qin is no longer to attack the losers of the Six Kingdoms, or to prevent people's resentment from gathering into thieves.
"As I said, who is serving, who is paying taxes, who is guarding the border, and who is distorting Qin law, disturbing the place, and seeking personal gain?" Zhao Si smiled.
"Strong trunks and weak branches, the weak ones should not be the branches. How can the branches be considered branches? The branches are not even leaves... They are rain, water and mud!"
"Initiate the law and move the old nobles of the six countries into the pass, seize their titles, take their wealth, and kill their people. Naturally, the branches will be strong and the branches will be weak, and the world will be stable." Zhao Si said.
The First Emperor sat down...
Zhao Si's starting point is different from the others.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the times are different. Da Qin is just at the end of the old era and the beginning of the new era.
Just like Da Qin, you can confuse it with Warring States and Spring and Autumn Period.
It can also be compared with Qin and Han Dynasties.
This is a transitional period. The old ones have not yet faded away, and new problems are coming in droves.
"Everyone says that the Warring States Period was a time of great strife with frequent wars between various countries. Otherwise, I think this is a time of great strife."
"Now the Qin Dynasty has just begun to rule the world. It seems to be a new dynasty, but in fact it is an old country."
"The current battle is between the old and the new!"
"The ambition of the previous dynasties of Qin kings was to unify the world, but your Majesty's ambition is to unite them all for thousands of generations."
"If you change, you will become stronger! If you don't change, you will perish!"
"Your Majesty, the foundation of Great Qin has never been the old clan, but the people of Old Qin. The enemies of Great Qin have never been the Six Kingdoms, but the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms.
It was not a fluke that Qin destroyed the six kingdoms!
The Six Kingdoms did not die at this time, but died a hundred years ago!
The trouble of Great Qin was never the restoration of the royal families of the Six Kingdoms. But it's because the old nobles seek personal gain rather than the country.
The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms once, and it could destroy the Six Kingdoms twice, three times, ten times, and a hundred times. "
"Strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches, move the nobles and issue orders..." The First Emperor stroked his beard, thoughtfully.
(no more)
(End of chapter)
