Author: March

The First Emperor frowned and looked at Zhao Si: "Why do you want to die?"

"How can reformers end well?" Zhao Si asked rhetorically.

The First Emperor was slightly dissatisfied when he heard this. He understood what Zhao Si meant.

This is not aimless. Wu Qi, Shang Yang, and all those who changed the law will not end well.

This is an indisputable fact. It is a lesson learned from the past and a guide for others to follow. Zhao Si’s words that I will only die in front of Your Majesty are not lies.

But the First Emperor was very dissatisfied with this sentence. What he was dissatisfied with was not Zhao Si's fear of death, but the unexplainable distrust.

The First Emperor was essentially a king who could tolerate others and was also a king who could protect his subordinates.

Zhao Si's fear of death was an offense to the First Emperor.

Why did the reformer die? Either the ruler was narrow-minded and could not tolerate others. Or the ruler was incompetent and could not share the pressure with his subordinates.

The First Emperor never thought that the kings of the past dynasties could compare with him. Compared with other kings, he was more tolerant, and both Wang Jian and Wei Liaozi died well.

His methods are also more ruthless, whether it is to eliminate his relatives, to destroy the Six Kingdoms, or to suppress Lao Ai and seize power from Lu Buwei, there is no doubt about his skill.

He was also willing to share the pressure for his subordinates. After unifying the world, the writings, the carriages, and the travels were all in the same order. Although Li Si led the implementation, it was the First Emperor who stood firmly behind Li Si to withstand the pressure for him, and even became a

The main target of slander by public opinion.

The First Emperor did not have the habit of throwing away things after using them. Although people all over the world feared the First Emperor and demonized him, one thing that is undeniable is that the First Emperor was definitely a leader worthy of death.

The First Emperor indeed felt that he was offended, not because of Zhao Si's greed for life and fear of death, but because of the distrust of the little guy in front of him.

Whether Zhao Si thought that the First Emperor could not protect him, or thought that the First Emperor would not protect him, they were essentially distrustful.

Either they don't believe in the ability of the First Emperor, or they don't believe in the personality of the First Emperor.

"Does this matter have to be done by you?" The First Emperor's face was serious and his eyes were slightly condensed.

"That minister is the only one who will die!" Seeing this, Zhao Si also suppressed the bitter smile on his face and replied solemnly.

"If the king wants his minister to die, he has to die. It's just that he has a good eye but a weak hand. He can only know but cannot do it, for fear of ruining the country's plans." Zhao Si was not defending, but stating the facts.

If he were to position himself, Zhao Si believes that he is now at best a rhetorical official who expresses his opinions and comments on government affairs, rather than an actual official who implements policies and governs local affairs.

He indeed does not have enough skills, experience, and ability to implement such a policy.

"It doesn't matter, I will let Li Si tutor you, and you will be the main one. I will provide you with whatever you need from the Great Qin Court, the Three Gongs and the Nine Ministers." The First Emperor sneered.

Zhao Si opened his mouth... but in the end he stopped to defend himself.

"Can I think about it for a moment..." Zhao Si raised his head.

"Three days, within three days, I want to see the first volume." The First Emperor held out his finger.

Zhao Si nodded with a complicated mood. The First Emperor did not speak any more, but just lowered his head to deal with the memorial.

Zhao Si then knelt down and looked at the bamboo slips in front of him with complicated thoughts. He didn't know where to start. Then he found a bamboo slip that had no writing on it, and he picked up his pen and concentrated.

"Order to Move Your Majesty"

The three words I put down seemed to carry a huge weight at this moment.

"Damn it, why did this happen to me..." The more Zhao Si thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.

The current Qin Dynasty is different from the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's father, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, had already cut down the feudal vassals and put down the Seven Kings Rebellion.

During the Han Dynasty, the Seven Kingdoms had also been completely swept into the dust of history.

The Han Dynasty did not have such high taxes and exaggerated corvee ratios as the Qin Dynasty.

During the period of Emperor Wu, there was already a certain basis for centralization of power. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved wealthy people and moved them according to wealth standards.

There is no comparison between the rich and the aristocrats. The aristocrats are descendants of blood for thousands of years, so what is the power?

Even if a powerful man is rich, he only lives in one place, but the nobles are really famous all over the world, and their families are married together. The nobles of each of the six countries, large and small, are connected to each other by blood.

Even if we go a little further, the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms and the Qin royal family are related to each other.

It is conceivable that the pressure faced by the Qin Dynasty was much greater than the pressure faced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he implemented the Maoling Relocation Order.

It is extremely difficult for a powerful rebellion to shock a whole county, but those big nobles can easily set off a rebellion involving a whole county, and even form an extensive and deep network of relationships because of their marriage connections.

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Compared with powerful ones, they can only harm one place, and it is difficult to connect with each other.

The nobles are really able to concentrate their firepower, and they really have connections and connections.

It is true that Da Qin has millions of soldiers... It is true that Da Qin has destroyed six countries.

However, the Qin Dynasty's overthrow of the six kingdoms relied not only on its own ability to fight, but also on its ability to make close contacts and establish close ties, and to find ways to harm other countries' capable ministers.

In fact, Da Qin was far from having an overwhelming advantage over the six countries. When the six countries united, Qin was also in danger.

It's just that the monarchs of the six countries had different thoughts and demands, so they were divided and transformed by the Qin Dynasty. They used the horizontal and vertical lines to break up the vertical ones, so as to break free of the opportunity to attack and defend the aliens.

Looking at the six kingdoms, the monarchs and ministers cannot be of the same mind. The ministers have the demands of the ministers, and the king has the ideas of the king. Therefore, Qin can unify the world.

However, once the eviction order is issued, it will give the old nobles of the six countries a reason to unite.

They have a common goal, are spread all over the world, have prestige, power, wealth, and are in-laws with each other. When their interests are violated at the same time, they will quickly and naturally integrate into a group.

Da Qin is targeting an entire group this time, and it is impossible to divide them into groups.

What's more important is that the current time is at a delicate point in history. The Six Kingdoms have just been destroyed, but they have not yet been completely swept into the dust of history. The world has entered a unified state for the first time, and everyone in the world does not regard unification as an inevitable destiny.

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Later generations often say that if we divide for a long time, we will unite and if we unite for a long time, we will divide. However, before the unification of Qin, they had been divided for thousands of years. People took it for granted that union was the exception and division was destiny.

The restoration of the Six Kingdoms was motivated by historical justice.

"Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, divided them and transformed them; to destroy the old nobles of the six kingdoms, they also divided them and transformed them."

Zhao Si picked up the pen.

"The Six Kings Royal Family!"

"Great noble!"

"Little noble!"

"People in Guizhou!"

If Da Qin wants to successfully launch the relocation order, it cannot treat the six kingdoms as a whole.

Zhao Si initially divided them into four groups.

Da Qin's relocation order only targets large nobles, so in theory, small nobles and the capital of Guizhou are the targets that can be fought for.

For close attacks, the targets are the big nobles.

The ones who have distant friendships are the heads of Guizhou and small nobles.

"Relax the policy, allow the people to rest and recuperate, break the knowledge monopoly of the big nobles, and give the small nobles a way to rise..."

Zhao Si rubbed his eyebrows...

The more I wrote, the more confused my mind became... When I came back to my senses, I felt that Shang Yang was being torn apart by a car right in front of me.

"It's time to put the duck on the shelf..." Zhao Si sighed.

However, the First Emperor's order could not be refused. Zhao Si didn't know what the consequences would be if he refused, but it would not end well.

"Can I run away now?"

"There is no need to sacrifice one's life for Great Qin..."

"I am a modern person, but I am not Da Qin's loyal dog..."

"Even if the world is really in chaos, based on my understanding of history, taking refuge in Liu Bang is always a way out, right? Although there is talk about cunning rabbits and dead lackeys, I only want the small rich to be at peace, and to highlight a well-behaved and sensible person. Liu Bang has no reason to force him

Kill me."

Zhao Si's mind was in a mess.

The logical essence of all his actions is based on the fact that he is a modern person and possesses the conscience of a modern person.

He only surrendered to Qin because he had a good impression of the dynasty that created the first great unification and also had a certain admiration for the First Emperor, the one emperor through the ages.

Everything he did was done without violating his own safety.

Reform? Reform is not seeking death?

It is true that many sages believed that death is inherent in human beings, and it may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.

A man as great as Shang Yang might not have known where his fate would end up, and Chao Cuo was even more straightforward. Before Chao Cuo was able to cut off the feudal vassal, his father's persuasion failed and he committed suicide by taking poison.

Chao Cuo went to reduce the feudal vassalage with the idea of ​​​​destroying his family and dying as a martyr.

But Zhao Si was not Shang Yang or Chao Cuo, so he could not die calmly.

Zhao Si admires those whose deaths are more important than Mount Tai. This is the charm of Zhuxia history, but Zhao Si does not want to die who are more important than Mount Tai.
To be continued...