Chapter 197: The People's Revolt
"The world has been decided, what do you say Yingzheng will do?" On the top of the high mountain, He Heng overlooked the vast land with his hand, and suddenly glanced at Mozi on the side.
Mozi said: "As far as the old man knows, he is unifying weights and measures and moving the people of the Six Kingdoms. The idea was good, but it ......"
"It's just that the means are too brutal, isn't it?" He Heng smiled lightly, the eyes in his eyes were inexplicable, and heavy punishments were needed in troubled times, so in the past, Shang Ying ruled Qin with strict laws to govern the country, and the national strength increased greatly, and the Qin State has been using this system for two hundred years, and this strict governance thinking has long been continued in the hearts of every monarch and minister of the Qin State, but they don't know that the times have changed, and the former set may not be suitable for the present, but will be ...... The source of the country's woe!"
Mozi was silent, but there was pity in his eyes, and he could see that the stability of the world would not last long.
He Heng Leng Chuan stood tall with a thousand thoughts. The Qin Dynasty was a very special dynasty, it was the first unified feudal dynasty in Chinese history, creating a model of the system for the next two thousand years, and its cultural influence was far-reaching, but it itself only survived for fifteen years, which was much shorter than the Sui Dynasty, which was quite similar to it later.
He Heng had been to the Tang Dynasty and knew the situation of the Sui Dynasty very well, if the Sui Dynasty died because of the influence of the gate valve and Yang Guang's great personal ambition, then the fall of the Qin Dynasty had been buried as early as the beginning of his establishment.
The laws of the Qin State were very harsh, and they would be cut off at every turn, and they would be sent into exile, which would cause instability in people's hearts. And the Qin State was conquered by its own strength to dominate the world, and few of the people in the land of the Six Kingdoms were oriented towards it, and now with such a cruel law, the foundation is naturally even more unsolid.
Different from the turbulent times of the most decades in later generations, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period lasted for hundreds of years, and the people of each country had an extremely strong sense of belonging to their own country, and Yingzheng also understood this, so after conquering the Six Kingdoms, he ordered a large number of people from the Six Nations to be relocated to other places to prevent it from happening.
But this move will just arouse the resentment in the hearts of the people, after all, how many people are willing to leave their hometowns and their homeland?
Under all these circumstances, the roots of the founding of the Qin Empire were basically unstable, and it could not do the so-called "popular will", and it would naturally capsize in the future.
However, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State did not realize this, but thought that they had achieved success for all generations, and continued to build a large number of buildings, such as the Great Wall, Afang Palace, Terracotta Warriors and Horses, etc., which were not built by hundreds of thousands of migrant workers day and day, which cost the people and money, and made the country that had just ended the troubled times and the economic depression worse.
Even though Ying Zheng himself was powerful and suppressed everything with a strong hand, after him, the huge Qin Empire had no successor, and naturally collapsed.
History has proved that in the troubled times that have just ended, only by governing the country can we stabilize the fortunes of the country.
The Han Dynasty had the initial "rule of Wenjing", which achieved the great martial arts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty laid the foundation of the "prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty"!
"The people's hearts are like water, carrying boats and overturning boats, all in the way of kings! Yingzheng, Yingzheng, you who once ruled the world with etiquette, law, benevolence and righteousness, but in this life, you are so domineering, it is really a cycle of cause and effect!" With a deep sigh, He Heng looked at the endless mountains and rivers with cold eyes, and finally said: "Since this turbid world is unbearable to this point, let me light this fire, a red tide that is enough to burn the ancient and modern, and burn through the time!"
"The immortals of this world, you will always remember that the mind is the most terrible power, the potential of the heart...... Infinity!"
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A deserted village, rarely populated.
On the ancient road, the old woman with gray hair walked with difficulty, she was old and naturally in poor health, but she had to work in the field every day, because this family needed labor.
She had three sons, but they were all arrested by the county officials, either to build the Great Wall, or to serve as soldiers, and now one has died at the hands of the Hu people, one has participated in the war in the land of Baiyue, and the other has lost his news.
One of the three daughters-in-law was arrested to cook, and one died of the epidemic, and now only the last one is left, and she has to take care of several grandchildren.
Now the home can only rely on herself and her wife, although the wind and candle are old, but they can't fall, otherwise in this troubled world, the grandchildren are still so young, how to survive?
There is only the last ray of the sunset, and the darkness of the night has descended on the earth, as if the world cannot see the slightest light, which makes people breathless.
With heavy steps, when she returned to the village, it was already nightfall. Suddenly, she saw several fires, approaching the place.
At this time, where are the outsiders?
Suddenly feeling bad in her heart, the old woman ran home quickly despite the pain all over her body, and shouted at the entrance: "Boss, they are here again, you go out and hide!"
"What, those who killed a thousand knives are here again!" In the dim light of the dim dilapidated house, the old man who had been eating dinner and a woman were startled at the same time, and several children on the side were even more anxious to cry.
After panicking, the old man hurriedly said: "I'll go out over the wall to avoid it first, you deal with it carefully!"
"Grandpa!" the children cried as the old man slumped over the low wall of the backyard and fled into the distance.
The woman choked up and hid in the inner room with the child in her arms. The old woman sighed, sat down alone, ate a few bites of chaff, and waited for the arrival of the uninvited guest.
It didn't take long for several big men with treasure knives at their waists to kick open the door and walk in.
"Master Official, what are you doing here in the old body's humble house!" the old woman hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to greet her.
A burly man at the head glanced at her and snorted coldly: "We are here to levy labor on the orders of the county lord, let everyone in your family get out!"
As soon as she heard this, the old woman suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, you are Mingjian, the old woman's three sons have already been requisitioned and left, how can there be anyone in the family now?"
"Hmph, no one?" the big man looked incredulous, and wanted to break in to check.
"Uncle, there is really no one left, you believe me!" the old woman stopped sadly.
At this moment, frightened, one of her grandsons couldn't help crying, and the cry was very clear in the quiet night.
"What sound?" an official suddenly realized, stepped forward and grabbed the old woman, and shouted: "And say that there is no one, what is this?"
The old woman was extremely panicked and hurriedly said, "This is my grandson, only six years old!"
"Hmph, call it out and let's see!" the big man at the head roared.
The old woman was at a loss for a while, but the big men were impatient and were about to break into the inner room.
"Don't!" The old woman hurriedly blocked the front, desperately intercepting a few people, and shouted: "It's really not good, my daughter-in-law is also inside, dissatisfied with the uncles, my family is poor, and I don't have clothes to cover my shame, it's really not good for her to see people." ”
"Oh?" The big man led by him hesitated, looked at the old woman, and a chill appeared in his eyes: "Since this is the case, then you can go with us, although you are old, it is okay to go and cook for the soldiers." ”
Saying that, without saying anything, several people directly arrested the old woman, and secretly saw this scene, her daughter-in-law's eyes were full of tears, but she didn't dare to make a sound, so she could only cover the mouths of several children.
Not long after, the old man returned home, learned everything, a pair of old eyes were full of tears, and immediately looked at the kitchen knife at home, showing murderous intent.
Similar scenes are found all over the land.