Chapter 677: Change of Title
At this time, Xiang Yu had obviously completely given up the hatred and power before, he knew that if he wanted to, he would have been able to live such a life himself, but if he hadn't experienced those hardships, he wouldn't have known that this kind of life might be what he should want most.
Xiang Yu at this time almost only blessed Yinggao's management of Daqin, in Huiji County, where he hung the county guard but did not really deal with the affairs of the county, the people's lives no longer knew how much better than when they lived here before.
What the original Daqin was like, it corresponds to that sentence: Xing, the people are suffering; Death, the people suffer.
But now Daqin is more prosperous than any previous period, but the people are not bitter, they are not bitter compared to any time, on the contrary, even the people who were extremely poor before are very rich at this time.
Xiang Yu only knows one thing, that is, even if he has more experience in leading troops to fight, even if he becomes the master of this world, he will definitely not be as good as Yinggao now.
Xiang Yu sometimes even has a feeling that he thinks is very ridiculous, that is, Yinggao seems to be a lot smarter than the people of their time in any aspect, how many things they didn't think of at all, and they couldn't even think of it, Yinggao people just thought of it for you, and made it for you, just like discovering a Western Regions, knowing that the other side of the Western Regions is the Peacock Dynasty, Xiang Yu can't think of it even if he breaks his head, he believes that whether it is the Peacock Dynasty or the Sesulfur, I can't imagine the existence of such a place as Daqin, and it is precisely because of this reason that Xiang Yu and Han Xin were directly caught off guard after arriving in the Peacock Dynasty, plus the monarch of the Peacock Dynasty is a person who is nothing, and the first step of Daqin going out will be so smooth.
"Whoever is against Yinggao, I'm afraid it won't end well......"
Xiang Yu looked at Yu Ji and sighed in the direction of Xianyang City, this is a sentence he said after dealing with Yinggao for so long, and it is also his recognition of Yinggao.
Hearing Xiang Yu say such words, Yu Ji also showed a smile, she knew that the reason why Xiang Yu was able to say this was completely because he no longer regarded it as a shame that he could not compare to Yinggao, such Xiang Yu was the Xiang Yu he wanted.
For Yinggao, although he didn't know, the fact was that Xiang Yu and Seri, Antiochus III and Philip V were completely convinced.
He didn't have the leisure to care about whether others were convinced of him now, but was thinking about the reform of Great Qin.
What kind of problems exist in the laws and policies of Great Qin, this is something that Yinggao has been considering since he became the emperor, but only a few new policies have been issued, it is not that Yinggao does not want to carry out major reforms in the internal affairs of Great Qin, but the time has not yet come, whether it is the Xiongnu or the Mauryan Dynasty or the later Sesulfur and the Romans, there is a lot of external interference, and at that time the attention of the people was basically all focused on the external battle. The officials of the court and even Yinggao himself have focused their attention on these matters, so it is definitely not a good time to reform internal affairs.
But now it's different, now the outside has all bowed to Yinggao and Daqin, and Yinggao's prestige has reached the peak after he became the emperor of Daqin, plus in recent years, many officials representing the old Qin nobles in the court of Xianyang Palace have withdrawn from the stage of history. And if their heirs want to become officials of Great Qin, they have to go through the imperial examination, and through the imperial examination in recent years, there are many civilian children who have become the reserve talents of Great Qin, which has made Yinggao a lot more confident than before, otherwise, how could he make a show as soon as he wants to.
In fact, visiting the hometown of Yan is just a tentative move by Yinggao, Yinggao wants to use his immigration to the old land of Yan to detect how the officials under his command are executing under his orders, and the results prove that the execution of these people is still very strong, which also paves the way for Yinggao's next move.
After the matter of the alien aliens in the Western Regions immigrating to the hometown of Yan was over, Ying Gao greatly praised the relevant officials in the court, looking at the happy smiles on the faces of many courtiers, Ying Gao could almost guess what these people were thinking, they just thought that this time the emperor should have tossed and tossed, and it was time to have a good birthday for a few days, right?
But after this praise, Yinggao's face immediately changed and he started another major issue of his own.
"Today's Great Qin, I have changed it into an enlightened and open dynasty, as you can see, no matter where the dynasty wants to come to the realm of my Great Qin, and all want to become the people of my Great Qin, I will not stand in the way of these people becoming the people of my Great Qin, these have already been thought of when I decided to conquer them, if I seal their footsteps to join me, then it can only increase the resentment of these people towards Great Qin."
At this moment, it is equivalent to setting the tone for the future development of Great Qin, that is, not only this time, because the development of the old land of Yan Kingdom needs to bring people of foreign races in, but in the future, this kind of thing will only be the norm in the territory of Great Qin, because Great Qin is obviously still in a state of vast and sparsely populated now, and if you want to fill these places with people, there will definitely be a large number of people of different races coming in.
Yinggao's statement actually made many officials not very comfortable in their hearts, but they all didn't dare to squeak, because they knew that if they said the reason in their hearts, there would be no change except for causing Yinggao's anger.
Ying Gao glanced around, and found that no one had any rebuttal ideas about this matter, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, if this was put when he first became the emperor, such a sentence would definitely be bombarded by those people in turn, but now, obviously not at that time, his temper has been completely figured out by these old fritters, basically an official knows that he can't raise any objections to the emperor of Daqin in person, Especially if your opinion is in your own interest.
"But you can know that there is one point in my Great Qin now, which makes these people who have come to the Great Qin Realm thousands of miles away very disappointed."
Speaking of which, those who are interested know that Yinggao's foreshadowing should have been almost done, and the next thing to say should be the main topic.
Sure enough, Yinggao's eyes became very sharp at this moment, staring at a few guys who had been keeping their heads down.
"After I conquered the Mauryan Dynasty before, the first thing I did was to abolish the caste system that they had practiced for hundreds of years, which made the people of the Peacock Dynasty very supportive of me and Great Qin, but now, in the territory of my Great Qin, the people are still divided into nobles or non-nobles, what is the difference between this and the caste system of the Peacock Dynasty?"
When Yinggao said this, a fact that everyone has not been very willing to admit is finally clear, that is, Yinggao is finally going to attack all the nobles.
"Your Majesty, I'm a nobleman of Great Qin, which one of them wasn't bought by my ancestors with their lives and blood for generations, if there is no nobleman in a hurry, where is the majesty of Great Qin, and where is the status of the ancestors who paid their blood for Great Qin to dominate the world!"
Finally, some people couldn't hold on, because Yinggao's suppression of the nobles of Daqin over the years had basically put these nobles in a situation where there was no successor, but in this case, Daqin did not announce that they were not nobles, and in the eyes of ordinary people and themselves, they all thought that they were still nobles, but once Daqin's official announcement that they were not nobles, the situation would be different, and they would be even more drastic in any way.
"Oh? Since you say so, I would like to ask you, you guys who have no skills have been enjoying the high-ranking officials and servants of Great Qin by relying on the merits of their ancestors, and to this day, those warriors who also died for Great Qin but couldn't even get the lowest rank of knighthood can't let their families get rid of the poverty they have always had, is this fair? ”
Ying Gao's question seemed to hit the souls of these people, as if they said it themselves, and they themselves admitted that the reason why they have such a status today is entirely because their ancestors have made a lot of contributions to Great Qin, to put it bluntly, he himself agrees that this matter has nothing to do with himself, and after Ying Gao said such a thing, of course his own preparation is also insufficient.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can sympathize with us descendants of the old Qin people! What would we do without these titles? ”
This time it's good, everyone saw that Yinggao's mind seemed to be quite firm, and they all changed their routines, and several guys who were already dying of old age actually knelt in the court of Daqin, crying and begging Yinggao for mercy, as if if this title was canceled, they would die immediately.
Fortunately, Yinggao had made full preparations in his heart before he said this, and he was still prepared for this situation.
"When did I say that I am not sympathetic to you descendants of the old Qin, now the title on your body, I will not move, but what kind of title your descendants can get, it depends on their own creation, if you want to let the things you can enjoy now be preserved from generation to generation, I have come up with two ways for you, the first is to go back and cultivate your children and grandchildren, so that they can participate in the imperial examination of Great Qin, and become officials, there will naturally be a good fortune in you, here, It is to take good care of your body, for example, don't cry and cry in my Great Qin's court, otherwise if I really get angry and punish you heavily, your title will really be gone! ”
Yinggao rarely says so much in one breath, but the meaning expressed in this sentence is also a lot, first of all, Yinggao did not really cancel the title, to put it bluntly, it is to cancel the hereditary system of the title, now I don't move you, but if your children can't do it after you die, your title will definitely not be kept.
Yinggao's hand is undoubtedly very clever, and no one wants to let their family play completely at this time, so after Yinggao said such a sentence, although they were still very unhappy in their hearts, they all stood up helplessly, stood there silently, and said no more.
One by one, Yinggao used a few words to suppress those who wanted to oppose this matter in their hearts.
Next, under Yinggao's eyes, Xiao He stood up with a thick roll of bamboo slips, of course this matter will not be Yinggao's own whim, since he has already begun to brew this matter, he has naturally let Xiao He formulate a series of terms and conditions, including how to arrange these titles after they are vacant, how to place the various titles of Daqin, how many of them, and what conditions you have to meet to get them, all of which have very detailed regulations.
In short, in the future of Daqin, there is such a thing as a title, but it will be very rare, if you want to get a title, then you have to do something for Daqin that no one else can do, an official position is an official position, you have the ability to naturally get an official position, but the title is a really rare thing, it is something that can follow you for a lifetime, although it cannot be hereditary, but it is also a glory for your entire family.
At this time, in the Great Qin Dynasty, in addition to those old Qin nobles who were very opposed to this matter, there were also a small number of young people who had been selected by Yinggao through the imperial examination in the past two years, and they did not have a title, but after hearing the news, these young people suddenly seemed to have a lot of struggles, and they at least knew how hard they had to work to make it possible for such glory to happen to them.
This is the effect that Yinggao wants to achieve, and today, after experiencing a small difficulty at the beginning, Yinggao has successfully implemented this matter, which is like a barrier between the people and the nobles, and now after so many years of brewing by Yinggao, this barrier has finally been broken all at once, the capable are up, the mediocre are down, it is a criterion that Yinggao will always abide by, he believes that only in this way can Daqin be better.