The state of Qin began the most important thing of the year again, farming.

Everything had to make way for farming, and the Qin state discouraged wars and conscription during spring planting, and did not allow anything to affect this year's harvest. Zhao Kuo was fortunate to see the picture of the people of Qin State farming. Because most of the cultivated land in the Qin State is privately owned, the people who work in the cultivated land are also very active, but generally speaking, the most active ones are only the first-level and second-class title holders.

They are very attentive to their own land, and they cultivate with all their might, and those with higher titles have their own retainers, starting from the third-level titles, the Qin State will arrange vassals to help them farm, similar to the later tenants, no, it can't be said to be tenants, it should be long-term workers, these vassals farm for the head of the family, and the head of the family gives them a salary, and the head of the family cannot punish them privately, hurt them, let alone kill them.

Being able to "hire" or "enslave" others to farm for you is a high level of welfare, and the higher the rank, the more land there will be, and the more vassals the government will give you, and in the end, you will enjoy a piece of food, which will give part of the tax revenue to the feudal king, and the rest to the state. This seems to be the same as the other states, but there are differences, the difference is that the feudal lords of the Qin state were not able to levy taxes, and could only extract a part of the taxes, and this part was fixed.

There are detailed regulations on how much a county pays, and it will not change because of the wealth and poverty of the county.

And most of these high-ranking vassals are criminals, and a few are prisoners of war... In the past, the Qin State rarely left prisoners of war, after all, all the military merits on their necks were military merits, and cutting them down could be upgraded. Most of the laws of the Qin State are to punish one shield and one armor, which is to ask you to compensate the state for a shield, or a suit of armor, or the same amount of money needed to make a shield and armor.

If there is no way to pay, then you can only go to be a subordinate, of course, there are several items in the law that are punished as subordinate, such as not farming well, in the absence of natural disasters to reduce the grain production, then the peasants on this cultivated land will be punished, become subordinate, do not cultivate their own arable land well, then go to others to farm, there are also some orphans, orphans have no way to support themselves, the government will reward him as a subordinate to the meritorious soldiers, one to save their lives, and the other to let them also serve the Qin State.

Zhao Kuo rode an ox cart to watch the farming of the Qin State. He saw the tireless people on the cultivated land, and also saw the officials who urged them, all the places that Zhao Kuo could see, almost all the people and cultivated land could be seen, the development of land in the Qin State was indeed above the countries, and it was basically difficult to see some wasteland and vacant land, and there was also Zhan who came with Zhao Kuo.

Recently, he is trying to help revise some Qin laws, and his work is very busy, basically every day is constantly reading the previous laws of Qin, including those that have been abolished, and then trying to combine the laws of various countries, when he was in Zhao State, he helped Dong Chengzi revise the laws of Zhao State, although he was not able to complete it in the end, but this made Han Fei accumulate a lot of experience.

When Dong Chengzi revised the law in Zhao State, he was based on Qin Law and then revised it, but after Han Fei came to Qin State, he found that the law of Qin State was improved at an astonishing speed, and the temple would issue a lot of new laws every year, and abolish the original law, and the officials of Qin State, the most basic pavilion chief, would tell the revised law to the people in time to the people in the territory.

Han Fei collected the original abolished laws and began to devote them to compilation, and the systems and knowledge he heard around Zhao Kuo were completely exploded at this moment, and the contradictions between him and the various schools of doctrine were also formally embodied. Han Fei visited the King of Qin several times, and the first time he met the King of Qin, he said the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

He said: "If you are too close, you will definitely endanger the king." If the status of a courtier is too high, he will definitely take the throne. Wives and concubines are not of any rank, and they will inevitably endanger their sons-in-law. If the monarch's brother refuses to accept it, he will definitely endanger the country...", at first glance, it seems that there are some Confucian figures, but as soon as he changed his words, he immediately told the king of Qin: "The wise monarch keeps his subordinates, acts in full accordance with the law, and is based on defense, so he does not pardon death row prisoners, does not lenient criminals, pardons death row prisoners, and forgives criminals, which is called the loss of prestige." ”

"The country is in danger, and the monarchy is on the sidelines. Therefore, even if the minister has a lot of money, he cannot establish his own prestige by virtue of the city. Even if there are many henchmen, they cannot have private arms. Therefore, courtiers are not allowed to have private court meetings in the country, private diplomacy is not allowed in the army, and personal property cannot be lent to private families. ”

He told the king of Qin that a strict set of laws should be adopted to govern the courtiers, including prohibiting the courtiers from making friends, forming party members, prohibiting the presence of guests, and prohibiting the use of private favors for the public.

King Qin expressed his approval.

Han Fei came to meet the king of Qin for the second time, and talked about the way the king could be deceived, he said: "There are eight ways for the subordinates to realize their treacherous schemes: one is to share the bed, the second is to be by the side, the third is to be father and brother, the fourth is to raise the suffering, the fifth is the people, the sixth is popular, the seventh is powerful, and the eighth is the Quartet...", and then proposed that the king of Qin prohibit these eight ways:

It is forbidden for the wife who shares the bed to participate in political affairs, and those who violate it will be put to death. It is forbidden to recommend the dwarfs and others who are beside the king, to intercede for others, and to be put to death if they are violated. The king's brothers and sisters were not allowed to intercede on behalf of others, and they were not allowed to interfere in government affairs by violating the law. It is forbidden to be a courtier to use all the people's power to decorate the palace and the throne and curry favor with the king, and anyone who wants to flatter the king should be put to death.

Courtiers are not allowed to distribute public property to please the people, and to win the people by doing small favors, and those who disobey should be put to death. It is strictly forbidden to use lobbyists from other countries, because Han Fei feels that other countries send lobbyists to realize their own interests, and the king is stupid to listen to these lobbyists talking nonsense, which is a very stupid thing, but all lobbyists sent by other countries should be driven away!

The courtiers were not allowed to raise guests to intimidate and threaten the people, otherwise they would be put to death. The courtiers were not allowed to communicate with other princes without permission, otherwise they would be executed.

These were the eight prohibitions proposed by Han Fei, and when King Qin heard this, he suddenly jumped up from his upper position, bowed down towards Han Fei, and immediately enforced his prohibition.

The Korean youth who used to stutter finally burst out with amazing energy and became the respected Han Feizi. In the Qin State, no one dared not respect him, the ministers had to avoid his carriage, stand on the side of the road and salute him, after Han Fei thought for a long time, he came to meet the King of Qin again, and at this time, the King of Qin and regardless of the age gap between the two, respectfully let Han Fei sit aside, bow his head, and listen to his teachings.

"Divination ghosts and gods are not enough to infer the outcome of the war, and the changes in the direction of the stars are not enough to determine the outcome of the war! There is nothing more stupid than relying on them! Han Fei directly put forward atheism, he severely criticized the superstitious color of the Qin State, thinking that relying on ghosts and gods to govern the country and relying on ghosts and gods to fight wars are all very stupid behaviors, how can wars and policies be carried out through divination?

He added: "A king should trust his people, not his ministers... He likes what the people like, and the power of the king comes from the people... And being able to treat the people of all countries as their own people, impartial, is a qualified king, and the principle of governing the country is suitable for the legal system, and this legal system is suitable for the people's will. Therefore, if the legal system is implemented, the country will be able to govern well, and if it is separated from the legal system, the people will miss it. ”

As a result, Han Fei successively introduced anti-superstition laws... and anti-discrimination laws, including that officials are not allowed to discriminate between people in occupied areas and people who have migrated.

When a king levies a levy, he cannot discriminate between the people of different regions.

At this time, King Qin already recognized Han Fei very much, and agreed to Han Fei without thinking. Only then did Han Fei say the idea of lightly refuting the people, and persuaded the King of Qin to cherish the people's power, and the King of Qin naturally did not refuse.

Han Fei's reputation grew in the Qin State, and even Zhao Kuo, who went outside Xianyang to investigate the farming situation in the Qin State, heard about his policies. Zhao Kuo was not surprised, Han Fei is the master of Legalism, it can be said that his theory is the peak of Legalism at this moment, after absorbing Zhao Kuo's experience and doctrine, Han Fei, the master of the collection, has become the greatest achiever... There are even some advanced legal ideas that can only be found in later generations.

In a short period of time, Han Fei put forward a lot of prohibitions, these prohibitions even involve the king, including restricting some of the king's powers, Han Fei emphasized that the king should concentrate all the power in his own hands, on the other hand, it is through the law to put shackles on the king, including not allowing the king to abuse the people's power, not allowing the king to vigorously build palaces and mausoleums, and not allowing the king to violate the law to kill ministers.

What made it even more surprising was that King Qin actually agreed.

And what makes Zhao Kuo happiest is that Han Fei's systems for treating the people are probably because of Zhao Kuo's influence, or Han Fei himself also has such an ideological essence in it, he proposed a lot of systems that are beneficial to the people, including the government to control market prices, cherish the people's power, avoid messy taxes, pay attention to the people's lives, do not treat the people differently, and the system and laws should conform to objective laws.

Zhan sat on the ox cart, and Zhao Kuo looked at the people who were working hard, and he suddenly spoke; "Your disciple Han Fei is really a unique person."

Zhao Kuo looked at him with some puzzlement, and Zhan said: "The doctrines I know are all to persuade the king to pay attention to talented ministers and govern the country through ministers. His doctrine was forged for kings, and was not good for the ministers, but good for the people. The ministers of the Qin State openly respected him, but they were very angry with the prohibitions he had set up. ”

"Although the people of Qin don't know the situation, they will definitely live a good life because of these systems."

Zhao Kuo chuckled, shook his head and said, "Han Fei is a talented person, he knows how to make the country strong. ”

Zhan said seriously: "He is more suitable for governing the country than you, and you have no talent for governing the country." ”

Zhao Kuo was not angry, he nodded and said, "I really don't have such talent. ”

Zhan then said: "The policies you have formulated and the decisions you advocate are not for the strength of the country, you are for the lives of the people, Zhao Sheng rectified the official rule in Wei, and you also rectified in Zhao, but Zhao's achievements are not as good as Wei, this is because Zhao Sheng is to rectify for the purpose of revitalizing Wei, and you are rectifying so that the officials no longer bully the people." ”

"So far, all the systems you have proposed, all the things you have done, are not for the sake of strengthening the country, but for the benefit of the people, this is the difference between you and everyone, Han Fei originally also carried out the law with the purpose of strengthening the country, it was you who instilled in him the idea of benefiting the people, and he combined the two to have today's doctrine... It can be said that Han Fei will implement your doctrine to govern the country, and you will not be able to do it. ”

"After you came to the Qin State, the Taju that you proposed to promote, others thought that you wanted to train the people of the Qin State, increase their ability to fight, and cooperate... Actually, you didn't think about it at all, you just wanted to make them happy, and there was only one reason for the king to accept it, right? ”

Zhao Kuo grinned and said, "That's the case." ”

"The ministers are still speculating about your intentions, and the captain is also praising your training methods.... Hahaha, if a king wants to use you as the prime minister, then his country may not be able to become strong. Zhan said with a smile.

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he shook his head and said seriously: "What you said is not right, if I am asked to govern the country, I can't wait to exempt those people from taxes, so that they can live a rich life, then the country will not be strong, but will directly perish!" ”

Zhan laughed loudly, he shook his head, and asked: "I really don't understand, you are obviously from a noble family, as a horse suit, but you are so dedicated to the people, the generals are fighting to get rich, to get the attention of the king, to save their country, but you have to fight to save the people." Why do you want to propose to the king for the sake of a powerful country and to get a noble position, but you want to propose to the king for the sake of the common people? ”

"I don't know... In the beginning, I just wanted to be happy and live my life in peace, but later, I met a lot of nice people, and I didn't want to save them, so I went to war... Later, I found out that it didn't matter if they won or lost the war, they still had a hard time... I just want those people to live better and not live in such despair..."

"I've come here and the people I know are very nice people... They are simple, kind, and sincere, and such good people really don't deserve to suffer like this. ”

Zhan was silent for a long time, and did not speak.

"Wu Chengjun?"

"Huh?"

"You're a good guy."

ps: There's another chapter, I don't know when I'll finish it... Eat something first, and then start writing.