"Severe punishment?" Qin Yiren was surprised, and his mouth opened slightly.

Qin Law is harsh and violent, known for its "severe punishment and strict law", even today, more than 2,000 years later, we modern people also have palpitations when they mention Qin Law, which is really too terrible.

"Misdemeanor and heavy law" is the core of Qin's law, even if it is a misdemeanor such as littering, you have to cut your nose.

It is precisely because of the terrible Qin law that the people of Shandong strongly oppose the Qin State, and although there are people with ulterior motives among them, their words may not be unreasonable, which is also an important reason for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

The land of Shandong blamed the Qin State according to this, however, the Qin people were convenient, did not complain about the Qin law, but abided by the Qin law, for a time, the Qin State was governed, the road was not forgotten, and the night was not closed, even Feng Menglong praised it in the "Eastern Zhou Dynasty Chronicles".

What was the reason for Shang Ying's determination to adopt harsh punishments? Qin Yiren really hadn't thought about this question.

After returning to Qin, Qin Yiren did not immediately return to Xianyang, but went to check around to understand the national conditions of Qin. Among them, there are many anecdotes of Shang Jun, from these anecdotes, it can be seen that Shang Jun is an extremely intelligent person, with extraordinary intelligence, with the talent of heaven and earth, but he adopted the "severe punishment method" This practice has been criticized by countless descendants, so what is the reason?

Qin Yiren furrowed his brows and groaned.

"Smack!" Fan Sui patted Shang Jun's handwriting and said with a smile: "The strict punishment was deliberately done by Shang Jun, because he had to do it. This is Shang Jun's handwriting, and it is also Shang Jun's last wish, Shang Jun said that after the world is unified, the world will be peaceful. Be sure to revise the Fa. We can't use harsh punishment anymore ......"

"Shang Jun wants to revise the Fa?" Qin Yiren's mouth opened wide. I could stuff it into a sea bowl, and my eyes almost hit the ground.

Shang Jun is the promoter of the "tyrannical" Qin law, so he has been abused and slandered by countless descendants, in the minds of later generations, Shang Jun is the symbol and embodiment of cruelty and inhumanity, he actually left a handwritten letter, asking Qin to revise the law when the time is ripe, and no longer use harsh punishment. It's unbelievable.

Even with Qin Yiren's endurance, he felt unbelievable, as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Huh." Fan Sui saw Qin Yiren's shocked smile in his eyes, smiled very happily, and said, "Don't say that Gongzi is shocked, it's unbelievable. Even when I learned about it, I was shocked and couldn't believe it. After reading Shang Jun's handwriting and knowing Shang Jun's last wishes, I have to admire Shang Jun's wisdom. ”

"Do you admire it too?" Fan Sui's wisdom is eternal. A strategy of "long-distance and close attack" has been admired by countless descendants. Even he admired, so there must be a major reason for Shang Jun to implement the strict punishment law, what could it be?

"Hmm." Fan Sui nodded heavily.

"Understood." Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, Qin Yiren suddenly broke through, with a smile on his face, a look of admiration, nodded heavily, and exclaimed: "Shang Jun is really good!" True! This severe punishment is unavoidable! ”

"That's right!" Fan Sui echoed loudly.

"With the wisdom of Shang Jun, he will not be unaware of the terrible consequences of severe punishment and strict law, and he knows that this is too terrible, but he tries his best to implement it, and there are two reasons for it: one is that in troubled times, when the Warring States is in great dispute, the princes are conscripted, and there has never been such a chaos in China, and the non-strict punishment and strict law is not enough to govern Qin."

"Smack!" Fan Sui tapped his hands lightly, with a look of appreciation.

"The second reason is that the national conditions of the Qin State are different from those of Shandong, so we have to use severe punishments." Qin Yiren then analyzed, and said: "The land of Qin was originally the old land of the Zhou Dynasty, and when King Ping of Zhou moved east, he gave the old land of Qifeng to Great Qin, and Qin Xianggong led the army to fight with the Rong people to recapture these old lands, and since then it has become the land of Qin. However, the old land of the Zhou room is connected to Xirong, and the war is continuous, and the Zhou room has no choice but to fight people. Until the Mu Gong period, worshiped Yu as a military advisor and destroyed more than 20 countries in Xirong, which certainly greatly increased Qin's population and land, but it buried hidden dangers. ”

Fan Sui's eyes flashed, and he was very rewarded.

"Xirong is a barbarian people, they don't know how to civilize, they only recognize force, only martial arts are Shang, if they talk about etiquette and morality, it is to play the piano to the cow, not only is it useless, but they will be ridiculed." Qin Yiren's eyebrows lifted, and he said: "If you want to subdue these people of Xirong, if you want them to abide by the Qin law, the only way is to use heavy codes and strict punishments!" ”

"Bang Bang!" Fan Sui couldn't help but tap his hands, his eyes flashed, he was full of praise for Qin Yiren, and said with a smile: "What Gongzi said is extremely reasonable, and it is because of this that Shang Jun implemented strict punishments. It's ridiculous that those people in Shandong, they don't know the national conditions of Qin at all, but they are indiscriminately accusing Shang Jun, how stupid! ”

Shang Ying's implementation of strict punishment and strict laws was also a last resort, first, in the world of great contention, it was necessary to use heavy canons, and second, the national conditions of Qin were different from those of Shandong.

Since Qin Mugong destroyed more than 20 Xirong States, Qin's land and cities have increased dramatically, and Qin's actual growth has greatly increased, and Qin has become a great vassal state. However, these people of Xirong are too barbaric, they don't recognize any etiquette and morality, they only recognize force, because the people of Qin are extremely strong, and they will draw their swords at every turn, and they will talk about it.

It would be ridiculous for such barbarians to be told anything about etiquette and morality. Only if they are cruel to them, will they be afraid and will obey. Therefore, this harsh punishment law is a good prescription for the Qin state.

It is precisely because of this that in the eyes of the people of Shandong, the Qin law is too harsh, and it can be said that it has reached a very cruel point, but the Qin people are convenient and law-abiding, and no one says that it is inconvenient.

Fan Sui handed Shang Jun's handwritten letter to Qin Yiren, Qin Yiren took it in his hand, and unfolded it to take a look, Shang Jun explained the reason for his implementation of strict punishment and strict law in the handbook, which was exactly the same as Qin Yiren's statement, but the words were different.

At the end of the handwriting, Shang Jun reminded future generations that when the world is unified and peaceful, it is necessary to revise the Fa.

"Shang Jun's Ming Ruosi, admire and admire!" Qin Yiren was amazed.

"After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, why didn't he revise the law in time? Especially the matter of conscription, which caused chaos in the world? Immediately after, Qin Yiren was curious.

The Qin Dynasty is shockingly strong, more than 2,000 years have passed, if you ask us which dynasty is the strongest in Chinese history, people will not think of the powerful Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, but will think of the Qin Dynasty. However, the death of the Qin Dynasty makes people sigh, and countless descendants are lamenting while abusing and cursing.

The Qin Dynasty was the first powerful, centralized dynasty in Chinese history, establishing a large and powerful empire and inaugurating the unification of China. Although the Qin Dynasty has been destroyed for more than 2,000 years, however, the legacy of the Qin Dynasty still benefits us immensely.

There are many reasons for the fall of the Qin Dynasty, however, there is one that is recognized by the world, that is, the Qin law is too harsh, especially the matter of forced labor, which forced Liu Bang, who had no hatred for Qin, to be desperate and had to oppose Qin.

With the wisdom of Qin Shi Huang, as well as the great talents of Li Si and Wei Yi, who have moved through the ages, they have not revised the Qin Law, which is really incomprehensible.

We don't know what Qin Shi Huang thought and why he didn't revise the Qin law in time. Still, some inferences can be made.

Later generations are scolding Qin Shi Huang and calling him a tyrant, no matter what, no one can deny the great achievements of Qin Shi Huang, who has made great contributions to the Chinese nation for three generations.

There may be many reasons why he did not revise the Fa in time, but one thing is certain, that is, in his lifetime, it was not a good opportunity to revise the Fa, because although the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the remnants of the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were still there, and they hated Qin and opposed Qin. Only after a period of time, when these people are almost dead, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are almost gone, will there be a good opportunity to revise the Fa.

As we all know, the two fathers and sons, Qin Shi Huang and Fusu, had a very unhappy quarrel because of their different political views, which was the dispute between the two political views of revising the law and not revising the law at that time. Qin Shi Huang insisted on strict punishment and strict law, but Fusu wanted to change his course, so the two fathers and sons made a lot of trouble, Qin Shi Huang was angry, and sent Fusu to the north.

However, surprisingly, Qin Shi Huang passed the throne to Fusu before his death, although Fusu was killed because of the treacherous intentions of Zhao Gao and Li Si. We can think about it carefully, maybe Qin Shi Huang recognized Fusu's political views in his heart, but the time had not yet come and had to be put on hold for the time being.

There is another reason, that is, the unified pattern created by Qin Shi Huang has no experience to learn from his predecessors, he needs to explore, and it is inevitable to make mistakes.

Confucianism highly admired the "Three Kings and Five Emperors" and praised them as saints. However, the era of the Three Kings and Five Emperors was completely different from the era in which Qin Shi Huang lived.

If nothing else, let's just say that our ancestor Yellow Emperor, he was the leader of a tribe. At that time, how big could a tribe be? Can there be a county big? After the unification of Qin Shi Huang, China's territory was more than 1,000 or 2,000 times larger than that of the Yellow Emperor.

Speaking of population, could a tribe at the time of the Yellow Emperor have 10,000 people? At that time, the population was sparse, and it would have been a great thing for a large tribe to have 10,000 people. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, the population at that time was 18 million, nearly 2,000 times more than the Yellow Emperor.

The territory has expanded by more than 1,000 and 2,000 times, and the population has increased by more than 1,000 or 2,000 times. In the absence of previous experience to learn from, Qin Shi Huang had no choice but to explore.

It's inevitable that you'll make mistakes if you fumble.

Whether the Qin Dynasty succeeded or failed, it was a valuable asset, and later dynasties have been learning from it and have never made the mistakes made by the Qin Dynasty again.

"It's too complex to figure out at once." Qin Yiren put down Shang Jun's handwriting, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Yiren is here to assist the prime minister, if there is anything missing, please ask the prime minister for more guidance." ”

"Huh." Fan Sui let out a burst of laughter and said, "Childe is serious. Gongzi is extraordinary, and there are many wonderful methods that are extremely difficult for others, I wonder if Gongzi has a high opinion on the government affairs of Qin? ”

"Gao Jian didn't dare to take it, but he really had a few ideas to discuss with the prime minister." After Qin Yiren returned to the Qin State, he checked the national situation and already had new ideas about the affairs of the Qin State. (To be continued.) )