Chapter 17: Because of Fairness

The carriage was bumpy and bumpy, moving forward slowly, and Ju Zizhou sat bored in the car, looking at the outside scenery.

In this era, there are not many things for recreation, and in the process of hurrying, there are basically none.

Ying Zheng is trying to memorize "Handan Investigation".

After easily intimidating and subduing Meng Yan with the knowledge in this investigation, Ying Zheng felt even more that this investigation was the same as Ju Zizhou said, a treasure book containing great interests and violence.

So he carried it and strengthened it, not just on his back, but on the back of others.

He was afraid that others would learn about the knowledge in this investigation.

This is an era when knowledge is more precious than gold, and his fear that others will know is actually understandable.

Ju Zizhou didn't care and let it go.

In the past, the road became smoother, the carriage was not as bumpy as before, and it was easier to sit in it.

Even better is the green fields lining the road outside the car.

At the end of August, when the weather turned cool, the peasants and slaves were working in the fields in groups, and the fields were scattered with Qin officials dressed in black, with crooked hair and ropes around their waists.

"Flowing fire in July, giving clothes in September." Ju Zizhou looked at the scene of labor in front of him, chewing on the poems of the people at the bottom in ancient times describing the life of yeoman farmers, and a wisp of loneliness rose in his heart.

It's been almost seven years since we came to this era.

I don't know if the poverty alleviation work in the county has continued as much as it had been after I left.

Are the children in the mountains still getting up early and climbing the mountain roads in the dark to go to school?

Do the elderly still go home and drink medicine because they can't afford the expensive medical bills?

Have poor households been lifted out of poverty?

Ju Zizhou thought about it, feeling a little depressed in his chest.

Loneliness and worry were like two big hands, grabbing his throat tightly from behind.

What did I come to this world for?

Can I come here so that they can live a better life 2,000 years from now?

Ju Zizhou is rarely a little confused.

He reached out, trying to grab something.

Ying Zheng stopped reading, and turned to look at Ju Zizhou worriedly,

Ju Zizhou is the same as usual, his face is like a flat lake, but Yingzheng and him get along day and night, and they know each other very well.

He could see that Ju Zizhou's heart was quite uncalm at this time.

It's like worrying, it's like being sad.

Ying Zheng pursed his lips, not knowing what happened to Ju Zizhou.

"Senior brother......" Ying Zheng called out softly.

Ju Zizhou was awakened by this "senior brother".

He looked fixedly at Yingzheng's immature and delicate little face in front of him, and his gaze couldn't help but extend from the window.

The work in the fields continued.

Ju Zizhou sighed.

I have the power to make their lives better!

"Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Ying Zheng asked worriedly.

"Ah Zheng." Ju Zizhou's gaze became resolute again: "Why is the Qin people's force stronger than that of the Six Kingdoms?" ”

"Because of the Qin people, the six countries are outnumbered!" Ying Zheng said immediately.

"Say it again!" Ju Zizhou shouted.

"The Qin people are numerous and the six countries are outnumbered!" Ying Zheng shouted in reply.

His voice was loud, and Meng Yan outside the carriage and the rangers walking on foot next to the carriage immediately heard it.

Meng Yan touched his beard, feeling a little inexplicable.

The rangers don't know why.

Farther away, the six Confucian scholars heard Ying Zheng's voice and drove their horses closer to the carriage, wanting to hear what Ying Zheng was saying.

"Why are there so many people in Qin and few in the six countries?" Ju Zizhou asked.

Ying Zheng immediately replied: "Because the Qin people can gain benefits by fighting, and the people of the six countries can gain benefits by fighting, only the nobles of the six countries can gain benefits!" ”

Meng Yan was excited, and subconsciously sat up straight.

"There is a big difference between fighting for your own interests and fighting for the interests of others!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "Then why can the Qin people gain from fighting?" ”

"Because Shang Jun changed the law, Qin Guofa has a way to gain honors and profits."

"Whoever fights and gets the first rank, he can get merit!" Ying Zheng replied.

"If you have meritorious service, you will benefit!"

"The Qin State has this law, which is true; But Wei and Qi also had such a law! Zheng Guo has a method of cutting his ears for work! ”

"Then why, only the Qin State has become strong because of this?"

"Because ......" Ying Zheng was stunned.

The law of profiting from military exploits is indeed the fundamental reason why the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is stronger than that of other countries, and Ying Zheng originally thought that such a law should be unique to the Qin state.

But he didn't expect that other countries also have such laws.

Since everyone has such a law...... So why is it that only Qin can fight according to other countries?

Ying Zheng was puzzled.

"You must know that among the benefits given by these laws, the same military merits, the Qin State has the greatest military exploits!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "Titles, privileges, rewards, land, slaves." ”

"As long as there is merit, these can be had!"

"Because the interests are great, so the Qin State can be stronger than other countries?"

"That's not right! It has nothing to do with the size of the interest! Ju Zizhou smiled, got out of the carriage, and sat on the wheel.

Ying Zheng also drilled out.

"Look at the people in the fields."

"Who are those?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Your master...... Those lowly savages! Meng Yan on the side leaned over and said.

"With the same interest conditions, when the savages go to the battlefield, they will be more fearless of death and more brave than the warriors."

"What?" Ying Zheng was a little puzzled: "Why?" ”

He had long wanted to ask why.

"Also, senior brother......" Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I feel that this question is very similar to the question I wanted to ask before - a pound of gold can make the rangers work for me, but on the Confucian scholars, a pound of gold, they don't seem to thank me much...... Aren't they also very poor? Why didn't they even appreciate me much for a pound of gold? ”

When the six Confucian students came to vote, Ying Zheng gave each of them a pound of gold according to the treatment of the rangers.

But these six Confucian students were not very grateful, and they did not have the slightest idea of dying for Yingzheng.

Ying Zheng felt very puzzled, and always felt that he had lost a lot.

If he had known that he would not be able to form a "relationship" with him, Yingzheng would never have given gold to this group of guys!

"Because the identities of rangers and Confucian students are different!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "If your identity is different, the opportunities you can get are different!" ”

"Confucian scholars can get a pound of gold for serving you, but you can also get a pound of gold for serving others, maybe even more."

"But Ranger, there aren't so many opportunities!"

"Opportunity?" Ying Zheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Is it the same as the "opportunity" that Meng Yan worships me as the Lord?" ”

"One meaning." Ju Zizhou smiled: "Meng Yan wants to climb up, only you can have the opportunity, Confucian students want to climb up, there can be many opportunities, if the rangers don't meet you, they won't even have a chance!" ”

"If the number of opportunities is different, then the importance of opportunities will also be different!"

"There are fewer opportunities, opportunities are important, but they are not as important as lives; The more opportunities there are, the more important the choices and trade-offs will be, and the opportunities themselves will be less important. ”

"If there is no chance at all, then the opportunity is extremely important, and you can even trade your life for a chance."

"So......" Ying Zheng nodded: "What the savages need is actually an opportunity!" ”

"And the law of the Qin State is an opportunity when the Qin people don't have a chance?"

"Not really!" Ju Zizhou still shook his head.

"Then senior brother, you said, it's not about the size of the interest, and it has nothing to do with the opportunity, so why?" Ying Zheng simply didn't guess.

Because he knows, Ju Zizhou knows the answer, and Ju Zizhou will tell him the answer.

"Because it's fair." Ju Zizhou replied.