If the weeds are not removed, the good seedlings are not shown; Violence is not stopped, and good governance is not enforced. After taking power, Wang Meng first rectified the rule of officials, rewarded and punished clearly, cut redundant and inferior, promoted meritocracy, selected competent officials to inspect the Quartet, and rectified local ruling institutions at all levels. For the ministers and nobles who violate the law and discipline, Wang Meng is not afraid of the powerful, and he will be punished if he is guilty.

In 359, Wang Meng was transferred from Xianyang Neishi to serve as Shizhong, Zhongshuling (both prime ministers), and Jing Zhaoyin (Kyoto governor). In the land of the capital, dignitaries live together, or royal relatives, or make great contributions to the court, live in important places, act arbitrarily, and are lawless. Ordinary law enforcement officials would not dare to ask about their wrongdoing. Wang Meng's spearhead was first aimed at such a group of people.

From time to time, there was a nobleman Qiangde (the younger brother of the queen mother), drunk and murdered, robbing men and women, Wang Meng did not have time to report, and beheaded him. By the time Fu Jian's pardon Pegasus arrived, Qiangde had already "laid his body in the city".

Subsequently, Wang Meng cooperated with Deng Qiang, the middle of the imperial history, to comprehensively and thoroughly investigate the ministers and doctors who harmed the people and the government, and eradicated more than 20 illegal magnates in a snap of their fingers. As a result, hundreds of bureaucrats were shocked, Hao held his breath, the road was not left behind, and the order was forbidden.

Fu Jian sighed: "Until today, I didn't know that there is a law in the world, and the Son of Heaven is honorable!" ”

There are capable ministers like this, how can Fu Jian not fully support and cherish it!

While "the guilty must be punished", Wang Meng also strives to be talented. From his own personal experience, Wang Meng has a deep understanding of the jealousy of talents, "The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." Walk above men, and all will not". Therefore, he also protects talents like Fu Jian protects himself, and he is not suspicious of his talents. He successively recommended incumbent officials Fu Rong, Ren Qun, and Zhu Tong, a sergeant, so that they could each hold important posts. After the destruction of Yan, a large number of famous people in the Kanto region, such as Fang Mo, Fang Kuang, Cui Liang, Han Yin, and Tian Xian, were recommended to serve as court officials or county magistrates.

On the contrary, for those who are incompetent, Wang Meng abandons them as if they were incompetent, and resolutely deposes those who are incompetent.

In terms of the administration of officials and the selection of talents, Wang Meng believes that simple personal assessment and recommendation can not meet the needs of the government, nor can it ensure the quality of talents, only a mature and standardized system is the fundamental way to solve the problem, for this reason, Wang Meng created a system of rewards and punishments and a new standard for the evaluation of officials.

The main contents are as follows:

In terms of rewards and punishments, local officials recommend filial piety, integrity, literature, and political talents by category, and report them to the central government, and the imperial court will evaluate the recommended talents, and those who pass will be awarded official positions; If the recommended talent matches the name, the recommender will be rewarded, otherwise he will be punished.

In terms of the assessment of officials, all officials who are more than 100 stone old must "learn through one art before they become an art", and those who do not know one art will be dismissed from office for the people.

The implementation of the system of rewards and punishments for recommendation and punishment and the new standards for the evaluation of officials dealt a heavy blow to the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which had long been reduced to a tool of the monopoly of political power by the scholars. It also negated the backward concept of superstitious use of force and disdain of cultural knowledge by many Hu warlord rulers since the Sixteen Kingdoms; It has effectively improved the quality of the talents and morals of bureaucrats at all levels in the former Qin Dynasty, and a new situation of "making the best use of their talents and giving officials the title of their posts" has gradually taken shape. The social atmosphere and the state of public order have changed drastically, the corrupt phenomena of bribery and solicitation, and wanton acts have been gradually eliminated, and the practice of cultivating honesty and shame and persuading people to compete in education has become more and more vigorous.

After this reform, the old aristocratic forces of the Di nationality who had no talent fell one after another, and the newly rising Shaozhuang officials came from all strata of the former Qin society, replacing the familialization of generals from various countries at that time. By the time of the former Qin Dynasty, the generals under Fu Jian were the most numerous of the two Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms in terms of quantity and quality. Wang Meng, Quan Yi, Deng Qiang, Zhang Hao, Mao Dang, Shi Yue, Lu Guang, Dou Chong, Liang Cheng, Murong Chui, Yao Chang, Fu Rong, Fu Luo, Fu Pi, etc. are all both civil and military, which is enough to compare with Cao Cao's forces before the Battle of Chibi, and it seems to be slightly superior. What is especially rare is that all the generals are brave and resourceful young people, not old men who are decrepit and old, and their enterprising spirit to make contributions is undoubted.

The second measure to govern the country is to establish education and cultivate talents. Under Wang Meng's initiative, the former Qin restored Taixue and local schools at all levels, cultivated the school palace, hired scholars to teach, and forced the children below the prince to enroll in school. Fu Jian visits the supervision in person every month to expand his influence and appeal. The advanced traditional culture of the Han nationality was soon revived and revitalized in the north, and the training of reserve talents for former Qin officials was also on the right track.

Third, it is necessary to readjust ethnic relations and promote ethnic integration. The former Qin deposed the law of the division of the Hu and Han systems, and established the basic national policy of "Li Yuan (the common people) should be appeased, and Yi Di should be peaceful", and all ethnic groups lived together and integrated with each other. The contradictions between the Di and Han Chinese, the Di and other ethnic minorities have been alleviated.

Fu Jian will seriously deal with those who undermine national unity. As a result, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Qiang, and Qianzhu tribes have surrendered, and talented people have been entrusted with important positions.

In addition, Wang Meng, as a Han Chinese, was able to be loyal to the former Qin, and was like a brother with Fu Jian, who set an example for the former Qin's policy of national unity.

Fourth, it is necessary to build water conservancy, reward farmers and mulberry crops, and strive to develop social production.

In order to solve the problem of lack of rain and drought in Guanzhong, the former Qin government requisitioned 30,000 rich servants to open the upper reaches of Jingshui, dig mountains and embankments, and dredge ditches to irrigate terraced fields and saline-alkali land.

We will increase the agricultural labor force by recalling displaced people and migrants into customs, and reduce expenditures, reduce bureaucratic salaries, and reduce or exempt some rents and taxes, so as to reduce the burden on the people.

The former Qin government also often sent personnel to inspect the localities, promote advanced production techniques, and reward farmers for their hard work.

As a result, the barren land was recultivated, silk and millet were full of warehouses, and the material foundation of the former Qin State was greatly enhanced.

Wang Meng's governance measures brought a new atmosphere to the former Qin Empire, the territory was peaceful and quiet, the people gave people enough to live and work in peace and contentment, "from Chang'an to the states, all the road trees and willows, twenty miles and a pavilion, forty miles and a post, travelers take the way, and the industry and commerce are sold in the road." The people sang and said: "Chang'an Street, Yang Huai is verdant; Get off the Chinese car, and perch on the phoenix; Talents gather to teach my people. ”

The good domestic situation is inseparable from the trust and cooperation between Fu Jian and Wang Meng.

During Wang Meng's reign, Fu Jian boldly delegated power, with his responsibility for "the affairs of the military and all the opportunities at home and abroad", and he himself "arched on the top" (sitting on the top of the court) and ruled the world, "the army is strong and rich, vertical and level, (Wang) fierce power also." ”

Fu Jian was full of gratitude to Wang Meng: "You work hard day and night, worry about every opportunity, I seem to have obtained Jiang Taigong from King Wen of Zhou, and you can enjoy the blessings of Qingfu!" Wang Meng replied: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to have such a high evaluation of the ministers, and the ministers have low talents, where can they be compared with the ancients!" "In my opinion, Jiang Taigong is not as good as you!" Fu Jian said solemnly.

Fu Jian not only gave Wang Meng high praise and evaluation, but also often instructed the crown prince Fu Hong, Changle Gong Fu Pi and other royal children: "You should serve the prince as if you were serving me!" ”

can govern a mess into a country rich and strong, Wang Meng is worthy of Fu Jian's evaluation, and he is right about Fu Jian's kindness!

The former Qin entered the Guanzhong and established the country, and the area occupied, although the shape was victorious, was surrounded on all sides at that time, and the east, west, north and south were all enemies: in the north, there were the Daiguo and other tribal groups established by Tuoba Xianbei; In the west, there are Qianliang of the Zhang clan of the Han people, Qiu Chi of the Yang clan of the Di nationality, and the Tuyuhun group distributed between Gansu and Qinghai; In the east, the Former Yan Empire dominated the Central Plains alone, and until Murong Chui fled westward, the Yan State was an impossible existence for the Former Qin to defeat; In the south, although the Eastern Jin Empire has been defeated repeatedly, it is still defeated and warned, and it is always eyeing the tiger.

This was the political environment faced by the former Qin at that time, and it was difficult to take the initiative to attack. Especially in the east and south directions, the difference in strength is too great.

However, Fu Jian and Wang Meng never thought that they would settle in a corner of Guanzhong and spend so much effort and energy to govern the country, just so that they could one day dominate the world.

Wang Meng's wish is to unify the north first and lay a good foundation for the future unification of the whole country; Fu Jian is even more ambitious, aiming to "mix one and six together to help the common people".

To this end, Fu Jian and Wang Meng formulated the policy of "stabilizing the northwest, so that there are no worries; Compete for the southeast in order to achieve great causes. ".

For many years to come, Fu Jian's march route was largely carried out in accordance with this strategic plan, including the "Battle of Weishui", which later led to the destruction of the country.

Through political and military means, by May 366, the Xiongnu Liu's tribe, the Wuhuan Dugu tribe, the Xianbei Wuyi cadres and the Tuoba tribe were all subjugated to the Former Qin.

In July 366, Wang Meng led his army to attack the northern counties of Jingzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and won the first battle, plundering more than 10,000 households in the north.

In February 367, Wang Meng rebelled against the leader of the Qiang tribe;

In April 367, Wang Meng defeated the Tianxi army of the former Liang State, beheaded 17,000 ranks, and captured more than 5,000 soldiers; Then the soldiers were bloodless, and they captured Li Yan, the former general of the Zhang family, and captured the important town of Paohan (now northeast of Linxia, Gansu).

In October 367, Fu Sheng's younger brother Fu Liu rebelled according to Pusaka, and the other four brothers of Fu Sheng responded at the same time. Wang Meng led the army to break through Pusaka and kill Fu Liu. The other armies were also victorious, quelling the "Five Princes Rebellion".

In October 370, in the Battle of Luchuan, Wang Meng defeated Murong Ping's 400,000 army with 60,000 Qin troops and won a decisive victory over the destruction of Qianyan. Subsequently, Wang Meng and Fu Jian joined forces to capture Yecheng and destroy Qianyan.

During the period of guarding Yecheng, Wang Meng selected the virtuous and energetic, removed the old cloth and the new, stabilized the people's hearts, and developed production.

Born in troubled times, the change of dynasty has seen a lot, and the people are more concerned about the mouth under their noses, who can feed themselves and live a stable life, who is a good government. As for whether it is a "Buyao" family or a "Pucao" family, it doesn't matter.

After destroying Yan, Fu Jian and Wang Meng turned around and pointed their swords to the northwest.

In 371 AD, the former Qin general Yang An attacked and destroyed the Qiuchi State (built by Yang Maosou of the Di people) and moved the Di people to Guanzhong. Qianliang, who was a horn with Qiu Chi, was isolated.

In order to surrender the soldiers without a fight, Wang Meng released all the 5,000 armor soldiers captured during the previous attack on Qianliang, and sent a letter to Qianliang to advocate Tianci. In the letter, Wang Meng quoted the past and discussed the present, thoroughly analyzed the general trend of the world and the dangerous situation facing Qianliang at present, and advised Zhang Tianci to recognize the situation clearly and hurry up to surrender. Zhang Jianxin was terrified, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, and finally apologized to Qin for his crimes.

The Tuyuhun tribe between the Xianbei beggar department in Longxi, Gansu and Qinghai followed closely behind Qianliang and bowed down to Qianqin.

Between 373 and 374, the former Qin Dynasty slightly settled Bashu and the region south of it. Huan Wen fought hard to fight the hometown of the Cheng Han Dynasty, and all of them have been lost so far.

By the time Wang Meng died, the Former Qin Empire had basically unified all parts of the north (both the Former Liang and the Dai Kingdom had surrendered). Ten in the world, Qin lives in the seventh, has millions of soldiers, famous generals are like clouds, and baggage is like a mountain. It brought unprecedented pressure and threat to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty was civil and military, and no one dared to speak of the "Northern Expedition".

It was under Wang Meng's governance that the former Qin became the most vibrant country among the countries in the world, so it dared to compete with the heroes, attacked from all sides, and became stronger and stronger the more they fought.

In the process of unifying the north, Wang Mengchang personally commanded the troops to go out, won the battle, and conquered the battle, showing outstanding military command ability and general demeanor. Fu Jian once praised Jiang Ziya, who was "civil and military", was not as good as Wang Meng.

Wang Meng, a generation of legendary politicians and military strategists.

Later generations have a poem praising Wang Meng and saying: "Guanzhong is the only one who is good." Of course, there is also the corresponding second half of the sentence, "The world looks to Xie An." We'll write about that later.

The story of the former Qin is also paused for the time being, let's go back and take a look at the regime that monopolized Liangzhou for more than 70 years and was still destroyed after the former Qin apologized for the crime of being a vassal - Qianliang, the country with the longest national Zuo during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.