Chapter 1 When the Opportunity Knocks on the Door 11
Win the world immediately, can it be cured immediately?
After Shile completely eliminated the Former Zhao forces, almost all of northern China fell to the Later Zhao. How to govern the country he created became the biggest problem for Scheller. Zhang Bin died, no one made up his mind for him, and all decisions had to be made by himself.
It should be said that Shile did a good job, and in that era of strife and separation, Shiler's civil rule gave his subjects long-lost peace. …… A bowl of stable rice in the hands of the people, a good king in the pen of the historian.
Below, we will tell a few of Shiler's main statecraft strategies for your reference and experience!
The first is to continue to persuade farmers to teach mulberry. Every time it is time for spring ploughing, summer cropping, and autumn harvest, these officials will go to various villages and towns to wander around, and they should ring a gong and shout loudly at the top of their voices whether it is time to sow seeds, hoe seedlings, or harvest today, and remind everyone to get to work in the fields as soon as possible. For those farmers who are the most skilled in farming, the state has a knighthood: five doctors. "If the land is planted well, you can also be an official." Shiler said.
In fact, it is a matter of grasping the example of typical trees, and Shile has inspired farmers to work hard and produce more grain by setting the example of the "five doctors".
It must be mentioned that Shi Le himself once personally performed the "gift of borrowing the field", the so-called gift of the field, in fact, on the occasion of the arrival of spring ploughing, go down to the field to help a plow for ploughing, whip the cow's buttocks, and then take two steps. Shi Le personally helped him, but he didn't find anyone to help, which is rare among the emperors who are divided and divided. In addition, Scheller also banned winemaking in order to reduce the consumption of grain. Now we may think it is strange when we look at this decree, but in fact, in that war era when the common people changed their children and ate their children, there were people who used grain to make wine, and they should be killed.
Second, more and more attention has been paid to culture and education. Please note that in addition to the Guangshi Academy, Schler created an examination system, and the students under his rule had to go through three exams before they could graduate and enter the ranks, which we can call "the high school entrance examination, the college entrance examination, and the civil service recruitment examination". In China before Shile, talents were not selected through examinations, and the Han Dynasty was "filial piety and honesty", and whoever was filial was allowed to be an official. The Wei and Jin dynasties were "nine products in the positive system", relying on the evaluation of virtuous and virtuous people. Only Shile's Hou Zhao took the first exam, and has been taking the exam. I didn't pass the exam, the school didn't graduate, the government didn't let me become an official, and I couldn't even find a job.
The ancestor of the later imperial examination system was Shile. To this day, we are still taking exams, and the state still uses exams to evaluate the merits of talents, and the method has been since the time of Shiler.
Later, the Later Zhao regime fell into the hands of the brutal Shi Hu, and after a period of chaos, the Later Zhao was still able to establish the country with strength for 20 years, relying on the examination system created by Shi Le. Defeat the gate valve system of the family, small meaning.
The third is to seek advice from talents. Schler's efforts to recruit talents and reuse talents can be said to be regular, consistent, and persistent. The former gentleman's camp attracted the first strategist Zhang Bin; Later schools laid the foundation for Later Zhao to remain strong until its demise.
Shile, who started from the bottom, can be said to have experienced vicissitudes and hardships. He not only knows the value of talents, but also understands the pain of not getting talents, which is the reason why he can select talents, reuse talents, and trust them! After experiencing it, I know how to cherish it.
As for Na Zhi, it was because Shile had done something wrong. From a slave to a king, Shile wanted to live in a mansion, hug beautiful women, and go hunting and frolicking when he had nothing to do. I have never enjoyed happiness, and it is understandable to suddenly buy such a large family business, and it is understandable to engage in more entertainment activities. What a normal idea, understandable, forgivable, deeply agreed. But his ministers told him: No. So Shile stopped doing it, at least, not for the time being. This is about the so-called admonition of the Holy Ming Sovereign. As the saying goes: listen to people's advice to eat well. It is recorded in the history books that Shile was able to eat enough at every meal, especially after becoming emperor.
Fourth, reduce rents and suspend sentences, and act in accordance with the law. In troubled times, Shile's legislation was strict. Based on the social background at that time, the establishment of the country with the Hu people naturally had a profound contradiction with the Han nationality, who occupied the dominant position in society but was enslaved and ruled. If the legislation is not strict, there is no way to suppress adultery; Law enforcement is unclear, and there is no way to calm Hu Han. At that time, although it was not possible to achieve the point of "having laws to follow, laws to follow, law enforcement to be strict, and violations of the law to be prosecuted", under Shi Le's advocacy, the Later Zhao Dynasty of "governing the country according to law" was undoubtedly more united and stable than other separatist regimes, and the situation was very good.
As for the argument of rent reduction and probation, this is another great favor from Shiler to alleviate social contradictions in addition to strict law enforcement. A series of policies, such as reducing taxes for the common people, pardoning those who committed minor crimes, and the government issuing coffins to bury the bones of exposed wilderness, greatly won the hearts of the people, especially the Han people. For them who have been through the war, it is enough to have a stable home, a piece of land to plant, and a mouthful of food to eat.
Fifth, it is necessary to prevent corruption and perversion of the law. This was a measure to rectify the officials, and in addition to legislating on this matter, Shile also personally tried to bribe the officials with a lot of money to beg him to do something. I don't know what the effect is, but as a king, the method of acting like this is not worth advocating, but Shile's strict prevention of corruption and bribery by officials is good.
Sixth, the division of Hu and Han. Miscellaneous habits lead to chaos, while partition favors peace. In that era when the Hu and Han sides were on the same footing, the division of the Hu and Han was also a last resort, so as not to bully the ruled Han people by the Hu people of the ruling class. Of course, there is no doubt that the political status of the Qiang people is higher than that of the Han people. The Han Chinese, in a sense, are simply people who produce food and provide taxes for the Qiang people. Schler understands this and insists on it.
Of course, Shile's policies are not all good, for example, Shile openly stipulated that the Hu people were exempt from punishment for looting Han scholars, and the Hu people could arbitrarily ask for things from ordinary Han people if they needed them. What does that mean? When the Hu people are hungry, the food in the Han people's homes can be eaten as much as they want; When the Hu people are cold, the clothes in the Han family can be worn casually; The Hu people miss women, and the sisters, wives and daughters of the Han family can ...... casually.
But at that time, the people living under Shile were living in a much better condition than before!
Shi Leshu read less, and his cultural achievements were not as good as Liu Yao's, but there is no doubt that compared with Liu Yao, the monarch of Later Zhao was more virtuous, and his policies were more systematic and perfect, and the effect of stabilizing society, winning the hearts of the people, selecting talents, and uniting the scholars was better. Under Shi Le's dedicated governance, a stable and powerful Later Zhao rose rapidly in the Central Plains.