Chapter 108: Counties and Partitions
The county system has built China's feudal society for more than 2,000 years, but the Qin Empire, which pioneered it, was defeated by the county system. The reasons for the success and failure of the pen www.biquge.info are complex. You have to say that the first emperor in Wei Zhenyu who dominates the world does not know the benefits of the feudal system and the disadvantages of the county system, which is completely impossible.
The First Emperor is the First Emperor after all. If you can become a predecessor, you can't do it, and if you dare to do it, your predecessors don't dare to do it. The Great Wall was built in the north to drive the Huns, the Ling Canal was dug in the south, the Baiyue was dug, the road was repaired, the house was built, and the mausoleum was carved. Each of these costs thousands of dollars and labors countless people.
Seizing the day and rushing for quick success express the same meaning, but one praise and one disparity tell us that the development of objective things is not determined by subjective consciousness. The development of objective things must be gradual, and eating a fat man in one bite is obviously contrary to the law of development.
After dominating the world, the subjective consciousness that I am the master of the world made the first emperor gradually detached from the real society, and this person who stood at the top of the world forgot his own self-interest. Forgetting that interests are forever friends. The county system allowed all the people of the Qin Empire to revolve around the feet of the First Emperor for him to follow. But there are indeed too few people who oversee the work in the back. The scribe had to worry about where something might go wrong and that he would be pushed to the front to work. The generals have to worry about their own land, where do they have time to take care of the affairs of the First Emperor. Unless the First Emperor glared at them when they went.
The title of a lonely person is not a casual one, it is summed up by the emperors after their personal experience. And the "I" of the First Emperor completely isolated him. In this era, after all, the patriarchal ideology occupies the mainstream, and a person ascends to heaven when he attains the Tao, and almost everyone regards the clan as more important than the court and the country. For the sake of the clan, they may not hesitate to abandon the country and the court. That's the mainstream thinking, and no one would blame such people.
And the First Emperor, who was detached from reality, obviously did not realize that his thinking was too advanced and too advanced. The common people, officials, and nobles of the Six Kingdoms all believed that the consolidation of clans was the mainstream of society, and even Confucianism at this time advocated the division of clans, which can be seen in the idea of small families and small countries.
But the first emperor didn't want to have another dispute in the world. He didn't want to try the world for the selfish interests of his family. But people in the world are realists after all. They don't think about the benefits of unification, and it's also a fact that people in the world really don't feel the benefits of unification, so they still think that the feudal system is better than the county system.
The progress of human thought is not achieved overnight, you tell him that it is good, but they still think that their method is good, the county system is good, but the society does not agree with it. Matter determines consciousness, but consciousness reacts on matter. When the prevailing ideas contradict the realities of the situation. Contradictions arise naturally.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, Yuedong was initially decided, Fujian, Panyu is far away, not for the king, no need to fill it, today's Gongzi Xu's military merits are outstanding, and his original intention is to guard Yuedi, and the minister asks to set up five doctors Gongzi Xu to garrison Mindong." The square-faced old man admonished the First Emperor in the court.
"Dividing the feudal leads to the extinction of Zhou, and now most of the counties in the world have been designated counties, how can they divide the land in Fujian alone?" Li Si retorted when he saw Wang Juan's old matter.
"Those who can last for a long time without learning from the past are not asked!" The First Emperor saw Fusu's teacher Chun Yuyue standing in front of him in an awe-inspiring manner.
"Today, Your Majesty to the jade of Kunshan, there is an easy-going treasure, the pearl of the bright moon, the sword of Tai'a, the horse of the fiber, the banner of the building of the cuifeng, the drum of the tree spirit, the virtue of the three emperors, the five emperors, the lord of the world, when the foundation of the world, how can you learn from the ancients." Lees said loudly.
"I, the Qin people, can come to this day, what I do is what no one has ever done before, I have made up my mind, and I am not allowed to discuss the matter of dividing the seal in the future, and those who violate the law will be beheaded, but the five doctors and sons of Xu Jun have made outstanding achievements, and they intend to guard the land, so he is allowed to choose the land to govern the county." The First Emperor finally decided.
Li Sizheng was secretly glad that he had once again taken the right position, and at the same time held on to his political opinions, but when he heard that the first emperor still gave Gongzi Xu the right to govern the first county. I was very surprised in my heart, this Gongzi Xu was really favored, and the First Emperor changed the unspoken rules of the county system and not sealing the official clan for him.
When the three of them saw that the First Emperor had finalized the sub-sealing system, they didn't dare to say more. So he discussed some other things in Fujian and Panyu with the first emperor, and then he left.
After everyone retreated, the First Emperor gave Zhao Gao beside him a look, and Zhao Gao nodded and walked out. After a while, a ruddy-faced Humpty Dumpty man walked in.
"You are Xu Fu?" The First Emperor asked after waiting for the fat man to finish his big salute
"The common people are Xu Fu!" Humpty Dumpty bowed his head in agreement.
"I've heard that you've seen the immortal mountains overseas, tell me about the scene at that time." The First Emperor put down the bamboo slips in his hand and said.
"The first time the common people saw Xianshan, about ten years ago, when the common people followed the common people's father out to sea to fish, they encountered the sea wind, and when the common people woke up, they found that the fishing boat was blown to the far sea by the sea breeze, and the common people's father was gone.
At noon one day after a few days of wandering on the sea, the common people found that three immortal mountains appeared in the middle of the sea, surrounded by fairy energy, flocks of flying cranes, and strange flowers and trees abounded. The common people had never seen such a scene in their lives.
But just as the common people were rowing and trying to get close to the fairy mountain, the fairy mountain suddenly disappeared. After that, the commoners stayed at sea for several days before returning to Langya.
In the past ten years, the common people have been cultivating the Tao and at the same time have gone to the sea many times to find the immortal mountain, perhaps because of insincerity, or because of the low status, the common people have encountered the immortal mountain three times and are not allowed to enter. ”
Seeing His Majesty the Emperor today, Xu Fu is willing to go to sea again to find the immortal mountain, meet the immortals and ask for immortal medicine, make meritorious achievements for the Great Qin, and become His Majesty's longevity and boundless body. ”
"The immortal mountain is ethereal, and the entrance is difficult to find, how do you ask for the immortal medicine I begged?" The First Emperor wanted to live forever, but he was not stupid.
"The common people have gained a little from cultivating in the past ten years, and I ask His Majesty the Emperor to allow the common people to bring the items they carry into the public hall for display."
After a while, Xu Fu's belongings were brought in by a man in black, and the First Emperor saw Xu Fu take out a smooth square plate from the package with one hand and a spoon with the other. Xu Fu put the spoon on the square plate, holding the square plate flat on his chest with both hands, only to see the spoon swing from side to side, and then pointed at Xu Fu and stopped.
The First Emperor got up curiously and walked to Xu Fu, who was holding a square plate, and carefully looked at the disc and the spoon, the square plate was engraved with directions, and at this moment the spoon was pointing to the south.
"This thing can be used to discern directions?" The First Emperor suddenly saw the purpose of Sinan, but asked uncertainly. Looking at Xu Fu's surprised eyes, Emperor Shi knew that he had guessed correctly.
"So, even if you find the Immortal Mountain, how do you get in?"
"The common people flipped through 10,000 classics and found the record of the immortal joy of childhood and virgins from the "Outer Chapter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas", so the common people speculated that the requirements for taking the immortal medicine required a boy and a girl as a guide to enter the fairy mountain."
"Boys and girls?" After the first emperor hesitated for a moment, he asked Zhao Gao to temporarily place Xu Fu in the side courtyard of the yamen of the county government of Langya County.
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