"Why is it involved in the gentry, you don't know?" Xu Shizhen said with a smile: "Because many Jianghu people are the minions of the gentry, they are too deeply involved with the gentry, and they cut off the gentry's claws, how can they not do it on the body?" ”

"I'm not." Wang Qinian muttered quietly.

"Yes, you're not, but you can't deny that a lot of people are, or even the vast majority of people." Xu Shizhen said: "Look at it, when the third child finishes cleaning up the green forest, he will definitely clean up the gentry left by the previous week!" ”

"Well, I didn't call you here today to talk about it." King Qin interrupted Xu Shizhen's words, and then told everyone a secret: "My father has sent me a letter, and he said that the cabinet is proposing to ban guns in the mainland. ”

"No guns?" Everyone looked at Xu Daixuan with a calm face in surprise.

"With the current situation in China, is it appropriate to ban guns?" Zhi Keshi asked: "Our Zhe family now lives in southern Liaoning, the village is separated by dozens of miles, and there is also a large open space between households, from time to time there are wild boars and wolves, and occasionally tigers run into the village, if you don't have a gun, in danger, I'm afraid you can't wait for the rescue to come!" ”

All of you have this concern.

After the annexation of Jiangnan, the core population of the empire increased exponentially, but compared to the actual area under the control of the empire, it is not an exaggeration to say that the land is vast and sparsely populated.

In such a situation, it is difficult for people living far from densely populated areas to wait for the rapid arrival of state forces in the event of danger.

This problem has always been solved by the people's own weapons and local militias - in fact, during the Great Zhou Dynasty, if they left their hometowns and went out, the common people would also carry the most basic protective weapons, such as Pu Dao and the like.

In the imperial era, due to the fact that the cabinet did not ban the Han people from armouring before, and the unit price fell after the surge in the production of weapons and equipment, more and more civilians were willing to buy weapons - a village, as long as each household had a gun, even if bandits and pirates attacked, there was no need to be afraid.

Even in areas with good security, you can also bring a gun to hunt in your spare time, and if there are many people, and then you have weapons, even the tigers and bears that hunters did not dare to touch before, which can also subsidize the family.

These national conditions, everyone in the Qin State knows, Xu Shiyang cannot be unclear.

So how is this gun ban banned?

"What my father meant was that it was done in phases, in regions."

According to Xu Daixuan's explanation, the empire first planned to try to strictly ban guns in the most economically developed and densely populated eastern coastal provinces - Hebei, Qi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. The internal population density is relatively high, the social security environment is relatively good, the bandits who rob homes and houses have basically disappeared, and even the threatening beasts have been almost cleaned up.

After cleaning up the beggars and the green forests that are accustomed to violating the ban by force, the biggest threat to the safety of the local people is probably themselves.

In these places, a reckless man who drinks high and causes trouble with a gun is more dangerous to others than bandits, robbers, and foreign invasions.

Therefore, a total ban on guns is feasible.

Reservists and militia registered persons are not allowed to come into contact with firearms until they attend military training each year, and are not allowed to keep and keep muskets at other times.

In addition to the above four provinces, the other provinces in the mainland, including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, have implemented a limited gun ban policy.

To put it bluntly, it's actually gun control.

To put it simply, in the above eight provinces, civilian civilians and above can still carry guns, but rifles are not allowed to be modified privately, and all civilian firearms must have a clear, traceable number, and be enthroned in the local government and hold a license to hold a gun.

Private gun shops will be abolished, a state monopoly on firearms will be implemented, and the non-governmental trade in firearms and ammunition will not be allowed in order to directly control the flow of firearms.

As for the provinces other than the above 12 provinces, as well as the dependent countries and the Tibetan state, they are still allowed to carry guns completely freely - they are allowed to trade in firearms among the people, and they are allowed to modify and manufacture firearms.

However, the bottom line cannot be touched, that is, only civilians and above and Han people have the right to carry guns, and no one is allowed to sell firearms to foreign countries, external forces, as well as foreign commoners and slaves.

Foreign commoners and slaves who were stationed in the frontier were only allowed to use cold weapons, but it was still not forbidden to equip armor.

"At present, this is what the cabinet has decided, and it is estimated that it will be announced and implemented soon."

徐代玄 says:

"By that time, there will be a lot of civilian muskets and gunsmiths in the country flowing to the frontiers."

"What does the king mean that when the time comes, we can buy civilian firearms at a cheaper price to arm our soldiers?"

"Yes, but that's more than that." Xu Daixuan said: "Combined with the process of clearing the green forests in China, I hope you can come up with practical ways to attract these people to settle in our Qin State - those green forests are a hidden danger to the country, but in our country, there is a lack of people who are similar to the brave and ruthless, and even better, they are all Han Chinese and have the right to carry guns." ”

The empire had only three main categories of criminal law against Han Chinese, namely:

Death penalty: Those who commit the most heinous crimes are to be put to death, and the death penalty is divided into hanging (leaving the whole body), beheading, and Ling Chi from low to high.

Admonition: If a mistake is made, but the mistake is not serious, or it is simply an unintentional mistake, then it will only be admonished, and the reprimand is also divided into three levels, the lowest is to punish labor, such as cleaning public health, etc.; The second is the fine, which will be carried out along with the heavier punishment; Finally, the merit reduction, don't underestimate the merit, an ordinary commoner, after the merit reduction, will be reduced to a commoner, which means that he will bear heavier taxes, and lose a lot of Z governance rights, such as the right to education, free travel, the right to relocate, and so on.

Between the admonition and the death penalty, there is also exile, that is to say, exile.

The Empire usually exiles those who have committed great wrongs, but who have committed crimes that do not lead to death.

In terms of the place of exile, the north is the area from the north of the Molong River to the outer Xing'an Mountains; to the west is the vicinity of the Green Ridge, that is to say the northwestern frontier of the empire and the state of Qin; To the southwest is the Tibetan region west of Qamdo, that is, the Jin Kingdom; To the south were the newly conquered provinces of Yunnan, Annam, and Chu; To the east is the island of Taiwan.

There are many places to choose from, and even if Xu Daixuan wants these exiles very much, he will at least have to compete with his fifth uncle, Xu Shiliu, the king of Jin, and his uncle, and Xu Shisong, the king of Chu.

"In fact, they face much less pressure than we do." Xu Daixuan said: "For us, Pars is still an opponent that must be dealt with carefully, but for my uncle and fifth uncle, the Tibetan and Nanyang natives pose no threat at all. ”

"But it can't be helped, who doesn't want a Han population? To get the support of the Empire in this regard, we must do better and conquer more land to prove that we can settle these populations. ”

Xu Daixuan finally said:

"We have to come up with better policies so that those who have been exiled to us will use us as an ideal place for them to start from scratch."