Chapter 51: The Longzhong Pair of the Qin Dynasty
Facing the first emperor's inquiry, Su Mo was a little surprised.
What is this, is it asking me about politics?
Thinking of this, Su Mohu's eyes lit up.
In addition to military merits and marquis in Daqin, there is actually a very fast way to quickly accumulate merits.
During the period of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying obtained a lot of merits through reform and change, and was finally made a marquis.
The more Su Mo thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good.
So in the face of the first emperor's inquiry, Su Mo's answer also became serious: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are many deficiencies in the laws of Great Qin, and the biggest hidden danger is the method of continuous sitting. ”
"Sitting?"
The First Emperor was a little puzzled, is there anything wrong with this law?
In fact!
The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very strict, and the most ruthless of them was the law of continuous sitting.
When one person makes a mistake, the whole family suffers.
When a family makes a mistake, the neighborhood suffers.
The scope of this is simply too wide.
It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that the Qin Dynasty perished in the law of even sitting.
Historically, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled in Daze Township because the time for them to escort the conscription was delayed.
In order not to be killed, everyone was forced to rebel, and then the family members of these conscripts were forced to rebel together in order not to be killed.
In the end, a spark can start a prairie fire, so that there are more and more rebel armies in the world.
"Zhao Gao, I don't understand, this method of sitting together is obviously used to curb the rebellion of the people, the people can supervise each other and report each other, if there is a rebellion and does not expose it, ten families will sit together, so that the people of the world will not dare to rebel." Qin Shi Huang opened his mouth and said that the method of sitting together does have its advantages.
This makes the people of the world dare not cover each other, and even the closest couples and friends have to report and expose to the government, which to a certain extent prevents the bad habit of hiding relatives from each other.
And the Qin Dynasty is indeed the most simple era of folk customs in all dynasties, and the people here do not leave any stone unturned, and dare not do anything bad, otherwise it will be cool if they are reported.
After Su Mo heard this, he shook his head with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this world is not like you can be safe and sound if you want to abide by the law." Su Mo used an example to explain: "If you obey the law, but your relatives and brothers want to rebel, what will happen to you at that time, if you don't resist, then you will be killed by the court according to the law, and the left and right are dead, so in the end, everyone can only rebel." ”
"If this person makes a mistake and kills ten people, if ten people make a mistake, Your Majesty can kill a hundred people, then if all the people in the world make a mistake, can he kill everyone in the world?"
"Naturally not!"
The First Emperor did not hesitate, and directly shook his head.
If all the people in the world are dead, then what is the use of him being the emperor?
But soon he reacted, this method of continuous sitting does have a big loophole, if it is used by someone with intentions, then those who did not want to rebel, but because of the strictness of the laws of the Qin Dynasty, they can only be forced to choose to rebel.
Thinking of this, the First Emperor suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
This method of sitting together is really unacceptable!
"Listen to your words, I suddenly opened!" The First Emperor exclaimed with some excitement, and then asked more sincerely: "In addition to the method of continuous sitting, what else do I don't know about Daqin, please teach me!" ”
"Now the Qin Dynasty has unified the six countries, but the people of the six countries do not recognize my Great Qin, just like the people of Qi still regard themselves as Qi people, and the people of Chu still regard themselves as Chu people, in fact, even the people of our Great Qin regard themselves as old Qin people, and everyone in this country is still divided into three, six, nine and so on, and there is a separation from each other, and if this continues, I am afraid that there will be disasters." Su Mo thought for a moment and pointed out a flaw in Daqin.
He was also an emperor in the Luding Ji world, and he is still very familiar with the government.
Every time he speaks, he hits the nail on the head.
Although the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, after all, the time was too short, so the people of the six countries did not return to their hearts, coupled with the hatred of destroying the country and destroying the clan, this also made the people of the six countries hate the Qin Dynasty very much.
So when the First Emperor died, those nobles of the Six Kingdoms immediately rebelled, and the leader of them was Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.
The First Emperor nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem, when my Qin Dynasty did not rule the world, there were six ways to write a word, so when I destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the first thing I did was to write the same text, the same track, and unify weights and measures." ”
"Your Majesty's method is indeed powerful, but it is far from enough!"
Su Mo said with admiration, although many people in later generations said that the Qin Dynasty was a tyrant and scolded Qin Shihuang as a tyrant, it is undeniable that he did make great contributions to China.
"I Daqin not only want to write the same text, the car is on the same track, the minister suggested that in the future, whether it is the people of Daqin or the people of the Six Kingdoms, everyone can not claim to be Qi and Chu, and everyone must be called in a unified manner, so that there can be national cohesion.
At the same time, we must also encourage the Qin people and the people of the Six Kingdoms to intermarry, only in this way will everyone really return to Great Qin when these descendants of the Six Kingdoms grow up. Su Mo made a suggestion.
Hearing this suggestion, the First Emperor also felt that it was very reasonable.
"Then I don't know what to call it?"
"We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and it is said in the "Book of Shang" that Huaxia is barbarian and reckless, so the people of Daqin should regard themselves as Huaxia!"
Su Mo replied, his suggestion was still very ruthless.
Like later generations, when everyone mentions themselves, their first reaction is that I am Chinese, and they will not say that I am of the xx ethnic group.
Only by forming such a habit will everyone have a sense of national glory.
That's why I will do my best to defend my country.
The minister also suggested that compulsory education should be popularized in Daqin, so that all the school-age children of the people of the six countries should come to learn the culture of Daqin, and at least everyone should be able to familiarize themselves with and recite the laws and regulations of Daqin.
In this way, everyone will not be illiterate, and everyone can be in awe of the laws of my Great Qin, and when these children grow up, everyone will learn the etiquette and culture of the Qin Dynasty, and everyone will regard themselves as Chinese. ”
In ancient times, the literacy rate was not high, and most of them were illiterate.
Many people don't know they've done something wrong until they break the law.
Su Mo also studied the laws of the Qin Dynasty during this time, and he found that the Qin Dynasty would only punish the leaders for failing to pay for their conscription, like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who rebelled because they were afraid that they would be killed, so they instigated a group of legal blinds to rebel with them.
Therefore, the popularization of the law is a very necessary thing.
As Su Mo put forward one suggestion after another, the eyes of the First Emperor became brighter and brighter.
"Zhao Gao, since these suggestions were made by you, then I will let you preside over the legal reform of Great Qin, King Qin Hui has the assistance of Shang Jun, and I have you Zhao Gao to help.
I believe that in the hands of you and me, Daqin will have a better future! ”