Chapter 118: Qin Law exists in name only
This tall castle standing tall on the shore of Weishui is now under layers of heavy troops. It is the most heavily guarded place within the Great Qin Empire, except for the key passes.
Because it is close to the Ying Clan's temple, it can be said to be the ancestral land of the Great Qin Empire. In the Great Qin Empire, Yongcheng had a high status.
In addition, the Great Qin Empire is now in danger. In this era, people highly respect the five elements of yin and yang, and the art of feng shui.
The location of the Ying clan temple is where the dragon vein of the Great Qin exists. Whether it is Huhai or the Great Qin Empire, it is impossible not to protect it with heavy troops.
It is precisely because of this that the imperial court is naturally very strict against Yongcheng. In the darkness of the night, the gate of Yongcheng had already been rumbled and closed.
There is no special pass, even if the three princes and nine kings come, they will not want to pass.
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The fast horse came like a violent wind. Hu Hai and the three of them did not slow down, and Ying Heng reached out and took out the golden arrow in his arms and raised it high.
Although it was night, the golden arrow was clearly visible in the moonlight, flickering with a faint light.
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"The golden arrow messenger has arrived, open the city gate!" Above the city gate, there are many torches, and the heaven and earth shine brightly.
The general defending the city glanced at the golden arrow in Yingheng's hand, and immediately raised his sword and shouted, the two columns of armor stood solemnly, and the closed city gate creaked open.
Ying Heng held high the golden arrow, and the group galloped into the city.
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In Yongcheng, the market is depressed and cold. Compared with the bustling night market in Xianyang City, this is simply a desolate and remote mountain village.
In addition, the Great Qin Empire was in turmoil, and the shops were lit up with lights, and there was no one else in the street except for the patrolling armor soldiers.
The short streets of the small town are quiet and orderly, everything is quiet, and there is no panic at all.
Even if the sound of horses' hooves in the city was loud, it still did not alarm the people in the city and the patrolling armor soldiers. For such a thing, it seems that the people of Yongcheng and the armor have long been commonplace.
After all, the Great Qin Empire has been in a non-stop war since its establishment. The First Emperor was destroying the Six Kingdoms and expanding his territory. Since Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, the whole world has rebelled.
It can be said that from the beginning to the end, the Great Qin Empire was like a sophisticated machine, always in a state of high load output. Because of this, the majestic Great Qin suddenly collapsed overnight.
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In early June, Hu Hai returned to Xianyang.
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He stopped his expedition to Qin and parted ways with Dun Weak. directly activated the golden arrow, and rushed back to Xianyang City non-stop.
When Hu Hai arrived at Xianyang Palace, it was already four watches. At this time, it was the middle of the moon and the sky, and the lights of the entire Xianyang Palace were all extinguished, and there was silence.
At this moment, Xianyang City is like a machine that has turned off the engine, and finally there is a pause. It's like the sky at the moment, just for the coming big white.
Xianyang City, which was crawling in Qinzhong, was like a giant beast that was about to wake up and was accumulating strength. Faintly, there is a magnificent display.
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"Your Majesty, it's time to rest!" Han Tan couldn't care about being tired, and once again advised.
"I know!"
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Han Tan repeatedly urged Hu Hai to rest, but Hu Hai gave up and returned to the dormitory, and fell asleep without taking off his clothes.
Continuously going deep into Qinchuan and visiting all parts of Longxi is naturally a time-consuming and laborious thing. Especially the overnight rush made him physically and mentally exhausted.
After sleeping until noon the next day, Hu Haifang woke up. After a hurried lunch under Han Tan's costumes, he buried himself in sorting out the bamboo slips engraved along the way.
Fortunately, when he was in Erlang Mountain, he did sorting and classifying, and the workload was not large at this time.
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"Han Tan, stay outside the study!" Hu Hai waved his hand and turned his head and walked into the study. He needs to think calmly about how to govern Qin.
This time I went out, so Hu Hai saw a lot. For the sake of the mountain, there are too many people who fall short, Hu Hai has come this far, and naturally he does not want to fail.
"Yes!"
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For the first time, no one interfered, and Hu Hai began to look at himself. Today's Daqin is like a flat boat in the vast sea, which has lost its direction in the long river of history.
Whether you want to fix or recast, you need a correct plan and steps.
Because of the presumptuousness of the first emperor and the original body, the name of the tyrannical Qin shook the world. The withering of the civil and martial arts generals, the mutiny of the 500,000 South Vietnamese army, and the great loss of the strength of the Great Qin Empire.
At this moment, Hu Hai's situation is that he wants to send troops to Guguan, but there is no army, no generals, and no food. wanted to attract the world's talents into the Great Qin Empire, and the name of the tyrannical Qin shook the world, making the world's scholars fearful.
It's a dead knot!
Both the army and internal affairs have reached a stalemate. If the abandonment is not strong, there is no way to rise and compete for the world. If you don't abandon the law, the name of the tyrannical Qin is all over the world, and the scholars of Shandong do not enter the Qin.
Continuous and violent conquests, the hatred of the people of the world for the Great Qin Empire, Hu Hai did not doubt it.
If it weren't for the fact that the old Qin people in Guanzhong and the Great Qin Empire were in the same line, with both prosperity and loss, I am afraid that the old Qin people would not support themselves.
However, the name of Tyranny Qin is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you want to change, you can do it in a short time. Even the Great Qin Empire I and II could not do it.
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Since ancient times, people have put forward a thousand ideas about governing the country.
The traditional consensus has been formed by the mainstream of royal governance, Taoist governance, Confucian governance, Mohist governance, and Legalist governance.
Among them, the rule of the royal road is a statutory system that has been continued after more than 2,000 years of history, and its most successful example is the Western Zhou ritual system.
This kind of royal etiquette system has indeed made the world prosperous. But this is a troubled era, the post-Warring States era that has experienced the era of the Warring States War.
Although the royal system of etiquette was respected and praised by Confucian scholars, it was not suitable for the present.
This is a troubled world where iron and fire are intertwined, and human lives are used to fill up desires. The royal etiquette system is not suitable for Great Qin, nor is it suitable for this era.
And Taoism does nothing, pays attention to the rule of inaction, and a sentence to govern a big country is like cooking a small Xian is famous all over the world. Governing the country with Taoism can accumulate national strength and recuperate.
Hu Hai knew that the other was the foundation of the Great Qin Empire's perseverance - to rule the country by law and open the way with hegemony.
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No matter how much he talked about the royal way, domineering, and the emperor in front of Wei Yu the previous time. But Hu Hai has never thought about this question in a real sense like he did at this moment.
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Hu Hai knew that whether it was the domineering Legalist rule, or the Taoist inaction, or even the Confucian royal way, they had all flourished for an era.
Qin was strong by law, and gradually had the Great Qin Empire, which swallowed the world. Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing ruled by nothing, opened up the prosperous era of the rule of Wenjing, and laid the foundation for the Han Wu Dynasty.
And the deposition of Confucianism by the hundred schools of thought created the glory of the Han Dynasty.
After touring the Longxi area in the west, Hu Hai had a deeper understanding of the internal crisis of the Great Qin Empire.
Due to the arbitrary change of laws and regulations during the first queen and the early period of the second emperor, the prestige of the imperial court established by the Shang Dynasty disciple Mu Lixin was gone.
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