The monarchs and ministers gathered in Shanglin Garden. Fusu introduced Xiao He, Fan Zeng, Han Xin and others, and told everyone that the purpose of the banquet was to welcome Xiao He, Fan Zeng, Han Xin and others. After hearing this, Xiao He, Fan Zeng and others
Fusu was deeply moved. This operation of Fusu made Shusun Tong envious. The young master personally held a banquet to entertain him, fearing that the newcomers Xiao He and Fan Zeng would have great luck in the future.
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Fusu began to tell everyone about the detailed plan to restore the national power of the Qin Dynasty. Fusu had already made many plans to restore the national power of the Qin Dynasty, but there was a lack of talents around him who could be put to great use. Today,
With the participation of Xiao He, Fan Zeng and five others, Fusu's confidence was greatly increased. Some specific plans could be put into practice.
"Everyone, our country, Qin, is now in crisis. The disaster of the Xiang family in Jiangdong is still uncertain. Liu Ji of Dang County has started another uprising in Peixian County, killing the county magistrate and destroying the county government. Chief Xiao should be familiar with this matter, so I would like to ask Chief Xiao to help.
Let's talk." After Fusu finished speaking, he looked at Xiao He with a deep expression. If he had been slower for another ten days and a half, I'm afraid Xiao He would have followed Liu Ji and ran away. Fortunately, he narrowly succeeded in taking Xiao He in. This guy has the best history in history.
But the think tank of Liu Bang (nicknamed Liu Ji) made great contributions to Liu Bang's establishment of the Han Dynasty. There is also Zhang Liang, I don't believe that I can't deal with you, a scholar. I'll come back to you after finishing this meal, don't you?
If you arrange it clearly, you are sorry for the nine-year compulsory education.
Xiao He looked at Fusu with some fear, "Does it mean that Young Master Fusu knows about all the bad things that happened between him and Liu Ji?" Xiao He thought about it carefully and was very afraid that the dignified Young Master Qin would not even know what happened in the corner of Peixian County.
You must have heard about it. Fortunately, this guy has a strong heart and quickly calmed down and started talking about Liu Ji's rebellion. As for his private care for Liu Ji, this guy didn't mention a word.
"President Xiao was in power in Peixian County before, so I asked him to tell you about Liu Ji." Fusu saw that Xiao He was a little uncomfortable, and immediately understood the trick. He quickly explained. The newly acquired talented man who governs the country.
, but don’t be scared away by yourself.
"Liu Ji is certainly a hateful person, but the main reason for his rebellion was that he was sent to work in Lishan without permission. He was afraid of our Qin law, so he went to Mangdang Mountain and started robbing families and homes. The reason for this is that our Qin's work and the law cannot escape the relationship.
Regarding the corvee matter, I have released all the people from the Great Wall, Lishan Mountain, and Afang Palace to work. There is no need to discuss this matter again. The most important thing now is to revise the laws of Qin. I intend to rewrite the laws of Qin so that the people can cultivate and live. Punishment
Civil magic, when used appropriately, can settle disputes and end disputes; when used excessively, the law forces the people to rebel. This time the Daqin Laws are rebuilt, the purpose of the revision of the Qin Law should be to ease the punishment, save the law, and reduce the number of prison sentences. I suggest that the death penalty be reinstated.
Tingwei, I wonder if you have any objections?" After Fusu finished speaking, he looked at the ministers.
All the ministers attending the banquet had solemn expressions, either frowning and thinking, or discussing in low voices. After all, amending the law is a major matter for the country, and it can affect the whole body. No one dares to speak rashly.
"Prime Minister, please tell me your opinion." Seeing that everyone was silent, Fusu began to ask by name.
"I agree with the Young Master's decision. The laws of the Qin Dynasty began with Shang Yang's reform. Its purpose was to strive for power and hegemony, and it is known for its harshness. Now that the late emperor has wiped out the six kingdoms and unified the world, the people of the Qin Dynasty have settled in after years of war.
Qin's laws are no longer appropriate, and it is urgent to amend the laws. I believe that the new laws should be loose." Li Si fully agreed with Fusu's revision of the criminal laws. The current Qin laws are indeed too harsh, and the death penalty alone is thirty.
There are six kinds of rebellions. Nowadays, rebellions occur frequently in various parts of the Qin Dynasty. Severe punishments are one of the important inducements.
When Li Si was in Handan County, he had thought about persuading Hu Hai to revise the Qin Code. However, because Hu Hai was too stupid and Zhao Gao relied on his favor and power, he had to give up on revising the Qin Code. On the other hand, Prince Fusu only succeeded to the throne for three months.
, he has made great achievements. Whether it is the civil service of building the Great Wall, repairing the Lishan Mausoleum, or suspending the construction of Afang Palace, they all reveal the talent and strategy of the young master Fusu. Li Si vaguely feels that the young master Fusu has the possibility to surpass the First Emperor.
"Xiao He, please tell me your opinion. Be sure to tell me everything you know." Fusu did not comment on what Li Si said and continued to ask Xiao He questions.
"Young master, I have been in charge of the prison in Pei County for many years, and I am familiar with the laws of Daqin. The harsh punishments have harmed the people. Many things are contrary to morality and pursuing the law. The people do it and violate the law. If the people do not do it, they cannot do it.
If things go on like this for a long time, how can the people not rebel?"
"Yingbu, tell me your opinion."
"Sir, I think that the laws of Da Qin are indeed too harsh. Take me as an example. My name is Ying Bu, but everyone calls me Ting Bu. Why? Because I have been tattooed and have tattoo marks on my face.
When my old mother was seriously ill, I went to the doctor to borrow some medicine to treat her illness. Because I could not repay the medicine, the doctor sued the government, so I received this tattoo. Two months after the punishment, I paid back the money.
Drug debt, but this tattoo is difficult to remove."
Fusu fell into thinking after hearing this. In fact, he also knew that harsh punishments were one of the important reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty in history. It had not been put on the agenda before because there was no suitable person to handle the matter. Today, the courtiers Fusu relies on
With everyone present and Xiao He joining, Fusu decisively decided to use the opportunity of this banquet to finalize the matter.
"Prince Prime Minister Li Si is ordered to preside over the drafting of the new Qin Code immediately, with Meng Yi and Xiao He participating in the discussion, and a sample of the code will be issued within one month and sent to the court for review and approval." Fusu no longer solicited the opinions of the ministers and directly made the decision. Now that the world is full of wars, many people
Things can no longer be handled according to procedures, and sometimes Fusu really needs to be arbitrary.
Xiao He is new and should not rush into important positions. He should take this opportunity to train with Li Si and use Li Si's many years of experience in politics as his teacher. I believe Xiao He will grow up soon. There is another important reason. Li Si is old and needs to train some young and powerful people.
Successor. Letting Meng Yi and Xiao He follow Li Si not only allows them to learn from Li Si's experience in governing the country, but also shares some government affairs with Li Si, the best of both worlds. This is Fusu's deliberate arrangement for Meng Yi and Xiao He to come to Li Si to learn and consult on the New Qin Dynasty
An important reason for the law.
After the banquet, Fusu left Meng Yi alone and handed a handwritten letter to Meng Yi, asking him to take his handwritten letter and go to Yingchuan to recruit Zhang Liang.
Some time after the Shanglinyuan banquet, the anti-Qin forces in the world gradually gained momentum. The number of counties occupied by the Xiang family in Jiangdong increased from the previous three to five, and Hengshan and Changsha counties were included under their rule, with a military strength of 250,000.
The troops were directed towards Hu Hai's Dongjun and Sishui counties. Liu Ji from Peixian County led his troops out of Peixian County, captured Dangjun County from Hu Hai, and attacked Yingchuan and Chenjunjuns, with a force of 70,000.
In fact, Fusu could also understand the occurrence of these things. After all, the world had been suffering from Qin for a long time. By the time Qin Shihuang made his fifth eastward tour, the entire Qin State was on the verge of collapse. However, due to the majesty of Qin Shihuang, no one dared to take the lead in rebellion.
Qin Shihuang died in the sand dunes, and Fusu and Hu Hai were fighting for power. All the restoration forces thought that an opportunity had come and wanted to seize it. As a result, anti-Qin incidents occurred frequently throughout the Qin Dynasty. Fusu calmly
After accepting all this, I am also actively planning a solution. Rather than accumulating difficulties, it is better to overturn and start over.
One month later.
In the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace, Fusu looked at the New Qin Code in his hand with a serious expression. After reading it, he asked the guards to hand the New Qin Code to the officials under the jade steps to read. Without waiting for the minister to read it carefully, Fusu
He opened his mouth and said:
"My lords, I must have read the New Qin Code at least ten times, right? Tell me what you think?"
"Master, is this law too loose? According to this law, half of the prisoners in our Daqin prison are innocent! They can be released. What's the point of having laws?" Shusuntong stood up.
said.
The ministers burst into laughter, but Fusu did not say anything to stop them. After the ministers stopped laughing, Fusu continued: "This time, Prime Minister Li has reported to me many times the sample of the New Qin Code, but I have rejected it on the grounds that it is too harsh.
.The purpose of the new law is to help the people cultivate their health and live a healthy life, and reduce the number of prison sentences. Dear ministers, I have a question: Are there more good people or evil people in our country, Qin?"
"Of course there are more good people than evil people," one of the ministers immediately replied.
"Then why are all the prisons in our country in Qin full? Are there more evil people than good people?"
The ministers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
"My dear ministers, since everyone thinks that there are more good people than evil people, why are the prisons everywhere full? It can only mean that there is something wrong with the criminal law, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. Since it is wrong, it must be corrected, Xin Qin
The law was revised just for this purpose. If you cultivate your health with the people, you can't let them worry all day about whether they will violate the criminal law."
"One more thing. General Mengtian sent a letter the day before yesterday asking for military rations. How should we raise the funds?" Fusu paused for a moment and then continued to ask.
"My lord, this matter should be left to Zhisu Neishi to handle," Li Si replied.
"I have a question, please clarify. I wonder where this corn comes from?" Fusu asked.
The ministers looked puzzled. Do they really need to ask everyone such a simple question?
"Sir, the corn comes from the taxes paid by the people." A minister stood up and replied.
"If the people are in prison, then where does this corn come from?" Fusu asked his final question.
The officials looked embarrassed, but one person still said unwillingly: "Sir, I think that even if all these prisoners are released, there won't be many people, let alone how much corn."
"Prime Minister Li Si, it's up to you to calculate the account between this man and rice for everyone," Fusu said.
"Colleagues, there are as many as one million criminals in the Qin Dynasty. If the punishment is based on the new Qin law, the number of innocent people can reach 800,000. Let's just count the tax per person. Each person pays 50 yuan in tax and can buy corn.
1.3 million dan. However, the military rations required by the Shangjun camp cannot be that much." Li Si reported the detailed data.
All the officials looked at each other. Obviously no one would have thought that the New Qin Law could produce such huge benefits, and those who had previously opposed it could not say anything. According to the Great Qin system, Fusu could have ignored the opinions of the officials and directly promoted the New Qin Law.
But Fusu did not do that. Instead, he repeatedly asked the officials for their opinions and patiently explained the benefits of the new Qin law to them.
"My uncle Sun Tong is in favor of the implementation of the new Qin law," Shu Sun Tong was the first to express his position.
The ministers looked at Shusun Tong in confusion. It was his Shusun Tong who took the lead in opposing the new Qin law. Why was it that he was the first to express his support for the implementation of the new Qin law? Most of the courtiers began to despise Shusun Tong's character.
.However, there were still smart people like Li Si and Xiao He among the ministers, and they quickly understood Shusun Tong's intention.
"Your Majesty Li Si agrees with the implementation of the New Qin Law"
"Your Majesty Xiao He approves the promulgation of the New Qin Law"
When the ministers saw that Li Si and others supported the new Qin law, they swarmly expressed their support for the implementation of the new Qin law. Although they did not know what medicine Shusun Tong, Li Si, Xiao He and others were selling in the gourd, there was nothing wrong with following their stance.
Yes.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Fusu issued an edict and promoted the implementation of the new Qin law.
"Prime Minister, I will leave it to you to implement the New Qin Law. I will promote Shu Sun Tong and Xiao He to the rank of Tingwei. From now on, I will sort out all the prisons in Da Qin. In previous cases, the penalties were measured in accordance with the New Qin Law. All the New Qin Law rulings have no effect.
All the guilty will be released."
After the court meeting was over, hundreds of officials surrounded Shusun Tong and accused him of acting according to the prevailing circumstances.
"Everyone, you think I'm going to act according to the wind, but I laugh at you for being extremely stupid. Do you know why the young master wants to ask our opinions on the new Qin laws? Don't you really think that the young master needs us to make the decision for him? With the young master's
The power can completely avoid us and implement the New Qin Law in the world. Asking us during the court meeting is just that the prince wants to know whether we have carefully studied the New Qin Law, and by the way, he shows that he values our opinions and raises objections.
This is the best proof that we attach great importance to the New Qin Law. We only have objections after in-depth study. As for finally standing up to support the implementation of the New Qin Law, that is even simpler. Since the young master has given us enough face, we should give back something.
, Isn't supporting the implementation of the new Qin law the feedback you most want to see? You can't see through such a simple truth, aren't you extremely stupid?" Shusun Tong said and pushed everyone away and walked away.
When the guards conveyed Shusun Tong's words to Fusu's ears, Fusu smiled knowingly and said, "This old cunning guy!" However, the idea of reusing Shusun Tong also came into his mind.
With the promulgation of the New Qin Law, the people of Daqin finally said goodbye to their days of fear. In all counties and counties under Fusu's rule, all the prison cells were empty, and the people were very happy. Those who were found innocent by the New Qin Law and pardoned returned home.
They put up the incense table and kowtowed to Chang'an to express their gratitude to Fusu for his kindness in revising the laws of the Qin Dynasty. What's more, they regarded Fusu as a god and burned incense in the morning and evening to worship him.
The implementation of the new Qin laws also quietly changed Fusu's status in the hearts of the people. Although everyone knew that Hu Hai was the emperor, it was the son Fusu who truly supported him. Liu Ji's army unexpectedly attacked Jiangling, the seat of Nanjun.
The ground met with stubborn resistance from the soldiers and civilians defending the city. General Fan Kuai died in the battle at the foot of Jiangling City. This battle completely stunned Liu Ji. When he attacked the city before and plundered the land, the people in the city all looked forward to it. Why did they encounter such stubborn resistance now?
After suffering a defeat, Liu Ji had no choice but to withdraw to Dang County and continue to recruit troops.
The Xiang family in Jiangdong is not much better. In the past, many people from Qin came with their families to seek refuge every day. However, in recent days, the number of Qin people who have come to seek refuge has become increasingly rare.
To say who is the most depressed, it is the pseudo-emperor Hu Hai. After the people in Wu'an County, Handan County under his rule, revolted, they killed the county magistrate and dedicated Wu'an County to his son Fusu. This frightened Hu Hai, who originally wanted to be content with the status quo.
Originally, there were still nine counties in the territory, but Dang County had just been taken away by Liu Bang, and Wu'an County returned to Fusu.
"Prime Minister Zhao, I am no longer the emperor. How about you become the emperor and I will be your prime minister. Maybe one day we will be kidnapped by these gangsters and given to my eldest brother." Hu Hai said to Zhao with a look of fear.
Gao said.
Zhao Gao looked at Hu Hai with a dark look on his face. He didn't know what to say. He had to finish the road he chose on his knees.