Author: March

How can we see that Qin is stronger than the other six countries?

Zhao Si pondered slightly.

"Qin is stronger than the six countries in five categories: plowing, warfare, officials, law, and kings."

Zhao Si pondered for a moment and said: "Everyone in the seven countries knows that farming is an important matter for the country!"

"But I read the book of Shang Jun. Among the seven countries, only Qin restrained the people with rewards and punishments. If you plow more, you will get a title, and if you plow less, you will be punished. It promotes oxen and plows. Whether the oxen is taken care of properly and whether they are strong and healthy all depends on the countryside.

Evaluation among themselves, officials are evaluated based on how much they cultivate, and the top and bottom are unified, with clear rewards and punishments."

"All the seven countries do not know that war is an important matter for the country! When I read the book of Shang Jun, I realized that the Qin State was not the first country to promote military merit. Li Kui of the Wei State advocated "seizing the salary of the prostituted people and bringing in scholars from all directions.

Food is due to hard work and salary is due to merit. If you are capable and rewarded, you must do it, and punishment must be met. Only then can the hegemony of the Wei Kingdom be achieved!

Wu Qi of Chu State advocated that the descendants of the feudal king should receive titles and salaries for three generations, eliminate the salary and rank of hundreds of officials, and destroy the officials who are not in urgent need, so that they can be selected and trained according to their merits and ranks. Therefore, Chu can dominate the world.

Qi State and Yan State also promoted Mingjuelu, and those who had no merit should not be granted titles.

Countries implemented the military merit system before Qin, and each achieved its own hegemony, but in the end they were unable to maintain it. On the contrary, only Qin was able to unify the world and destroy the six countries."

"All the six kingdoms in farming and war are important, but Qin is the only one to unify. I think it's because Qin is stronger than the king, stronger than the officials, and stronger than the law!"

"The punishments of Qin are heavy, and the punishments of the Six Kingdoms are light. The rewards of Qin are light, and the rewards of the Six Kingdoms are heavy.

But the Qin State punished heavily, and the common people and ministers were all treated equally. There would not be one more point! The punishments of the Six Kingdoms were light, the nobility was light and the common people were heavy.

If the Qin State rewards lightly, the common people's contribution will not be less than half of it. The Six Kingdoms reward heavily, but the nobility is more important than the common people.

Qin uses the leader to discuss merits. If the merits cannot be discussed for three days, the local county officials will be blamed. If the merits cannot be discussed for seven days, they will be punished. The six countries also have a military merit system. After killing the enemy, the merits may be misappropriated or delayed.

It has been too late to distribute the money. This is because the officials of the Qin State were strict with the laws and regulations. Although they were heavily punished and lightly rewarded, the common people still received no less."

"And the Six Kingdoms are not without their heroes. With the heroes in power and capable ministers assisting them, all the Six Kingdoms have achieved hegemony one after another.

But after the heroes, there are also faint kings, but Qin has successive heroes. The six countries only seek separatism and hegemony, and only the king of Qin seeks unification. Therefore, Qin's victory over the six countries also depends on the king." Zhao Si expressed his own opinion.

Reading these days is not fruitless. Zhao Si already has some understanding of this era.

Qin is a border country!

Qin was not the first to focus on farming and warfare.

The congenital conditions of the Qin Dynasty were not very good. The six kingdoms had long ago proposed a military merit system that focused on farming and war. It did not appear after Shang Yang's reform.

The Six Kingdoms also benefited from the reform and achieved great hegemony, but Qin was by no means a pioneer.

This trick played by the Qin State is actually a benefit from the predecessors, but why is it that only the Qin State did not achieve hegemony but unified the world?

Zhao Si believes that the problem lies with officials, laws and kings.

First of all, the Qin Dynasty spared no effort in popularizing the law.

Secondly, the Qin Dynasty had a large team of officials with skilled professional skills.

In the end, the king of Qin Dynasty could spare no effort to implement it.

Whether it is military merit or law, it is true if it can be implemented in practice.

When the Six Kingdoms collapsed, they still had regulations regarding rewards based on merit, but they could not be implemented in practice. Credit was misappropriated and the merit was delayed, which basically existed in name only.

Only when the quality of the officials is high enough, their professional abilities are proficient enough, the law is popularized well enough, the legal provisions are clear enough, and the king spares no effort to implement it, can it be perfectly achieved.

"The laws of Qin are nothing new. Lord Shang focused on farming and war, and gathered the achievements of the six kingdoms. Qin's reforms are also based on the reforms of the six kingdoms.

Why was the Qin State able to dominate the world, while the Six Kingdoms could only have a few decades of hegemony?

Why can Qin imitate the Six Kingdoms, but the Six Kingdoms cannot imitate Qin?" Zhao Si pondered.

"The Six Kingdoms reformed and the people died and the government ceased...

Only the Qin State's reforms, even though Shang Jun died, Qin's law has not ceased! The six kingdoms' reforms are just cutting off the outer skin and replacing a skin. You can be young for a while, but you will still grow old decades later. Only the Qin State's reforms,

They cut open the skin and flesh, gouged out the internal organs, went deep inside, and cleaned them from top to bottom!" Zhao Si's eyes were heavy.

"I think reform means cutting off the flesh!" Zhao Si expressed his opinion.

The Wang family sent many, many Legalist books.

Regarding the turmoil during Shang Jun's reform, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a case of cutting off flesh and blood.

At that time, both the nobles and the common people were complaining.

Continuous sitting, torture! From the top to the public officials, down to the common people, almost no one is spared!

As a result, the number of slaves in the Qin State increased unprecedentedly. Due to successive changes, the resistance of the old nobles and the common people, the Qin State even almost died due to the reform!

Mr. Shang is so ruthless, and when he picks up the knife, he stabs him hard!

From the nobles to the prince Shi Yingqian and the brothers of the King of Qin, they were not spared.

As for the Li Shu below, Shang Yang was even more ruthless and often executed him. Anyway, at that time, the Li Shu could not live like a human being.

Even though Zhao Si tried his best to look at it objectively, he still found it difficult to accept the methods involved.

Not everyone has the ability or courage to bear the severe pain of cutting flesh.

There are many examples of reform to strengthen the country, but Qin was the only one to introduce the old and bring forth the new.

The First Emperor lay on the rocking chair, swaying, and did not speak for the first time.

After a long time, the First Emperor suddenly spoke.

"According to you, I am able to dominate the world because of the bravery of Fen Sixth Life?" His voice was relatively calm, and there was even a smile on his face.

In fact, these are the original words of the First Emperor. When Langya Council was discussing his merits in the past, the First Emperor himself said that he was the remnant of the Sixth Generation who ruled the world.

"Yes!" Zhao Si nodded.

Zhao Si's straightforward answer made the First Emperor turn his head and look at Zhao Si with a smile on his face.

The First Emperor was not offended; he was not a man who liked to be flattered.

In fact, the First Emperor himself believed that his ability to unify the world was due to the contributions of his predecessors, and that he only accelerated the process at best.

The First Emperor was a king who was confident and even arrogant, but he would not take credit for such things to himself. In fact, the First Emperor never bothered to erase the achievements of his predecessors.

"What is my contribution?" The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si with a smile.

Wang Li on the side listened to these familiar words and instantly remembered the councilors on Langya Sea after the First Emperor unified the world.

That year, the First Emperor was so high-spirited!

Many important people were entertained at sea.

There are representatives of hundreds of schools of thought, as well as an old antique who has made great achievements. There is also the young mascot Wang Li.

The First Emperor also asked this question at the beginning.

At that time, people at the top of the pyramid under the sky gathered on the big ship.

Discuss the merits of the First Emperor!

Wang Li was young at that time, and although he came from a military family, he was only able to board the ship because of his eldest father Wang Jian, so he was not ranked at all.

It was a familiar question that Wang Li kept mumbling at first. Even now, Wang Li didn't know how to answer it accurately.

On such an occasion, this question seemed to be a joke of the First Emperor.

Zhao Si, however, fell into deep thought.

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