Chapter 66: The Conspiracy of the Ages, the Hesitation and Loneliness of the First Emperor
"Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to return to Xianyang to preside over the overall situation, and if it is late, there will be chaos!"
Li Si stood at a long table and finally couldn't sit still.
In this Yongcheng, he can't stay any longer.
If you stay any longer, the foundation of the Legalist family will be dug up.
He didn't expect Yingcheng to be so vicious.
"What did Li Qing see?" The First Emperor asked with a long sigh of relief and calmed himself.
"This, once this fifth-class and ninth-rate national policy battle is set off in Xianyang City, there will be no possibility of breaking it!" Li Siyan responded quickly and insincerely.
No way.
He dealt a hard blow to Yingcheng in the early dynasty.
In his opinion, no matter how Yingcheng legislates, the general regulations cannot escape a single word of law.
No matter how the legislation is enacted, it must be revised on the basis of the Qin law currently in force.
So.
No matter how Yingcheng legislates, he can't escape the participation of their legalists.
So he recommended twelve people to participate in the legislation.
He followed the first emperor with confidence, and when the ten outlines of the Qin law came out, he raised the banner to implement it, and it was still the Legalists who presided over the implementation of the new law.
With their Legalism, and with his foundation in the court, there is no influence.
But he really didn't expect it.
A policy for etiquette.
This will definitely allow Confucianism and Mohists to enter the court and occupy a very large weight.
In particular, the Propaganda Department and the Indoctrination Department, the propaganda etiquette, the saints and gentlemen, the rulers and ministers, the father and son, the set of etiquette and etiquette will definitely be implemented.
This is a ritual that is purely divorced from the Fa.
That's it.
The fifth-class and nine-rate are the real terrible things.
Once implemented.
The original system of Legalist officials 6 out of 10 will be expanded and diluted to 20 out of 100.
Legalist officials will not be attacked, but the proportion of Legalist people in the official system will certainly drop by a large margin.
"Once the fifth-class and nine-rate are implemented, there are too many officials that need to be set up, too many!"
"With the current situation of my Great Qin, I need to develop at least another ten years of foundation in order to accumulate enough official positions required by the fifth rank and ninth rank."
Li Si also hit the nail on the head and saw the core problem of the fifth-class and ninth-rate.
"The law office needs officials, and they are knowledgeable officials."
"The Supervision Department of the Imperial History Mansion needs officials, and it needs to spread its tentacles to every corner of my Great Qin."
"In the same way, the court captain needs a large number of officials and jailers to enforce the law."
"That's it, many commercial departments, agricultural departments, propaganda departments, and education departments have set up dozens of third-rate official offices at one time, and I don't have so many officials in Daqin."
Lees objected, and it was a point-to-the-point objection.
He had to convince the First Emperor to return to Xianyang City.
The fifth-class and nine-tier government offices can be implemented, but half of the newly established government offices must be removed.
At the same time, he grasped the authority to implement the new law, and first used the Tingwei, the Supervision Department, and the Dajufu as the positions of the Legalists, and rapidly expanded the number of Legalist officials.
"Yes, this is indeed a problem that cannot be ignored." The First Emperor nodded, looked at Feng Qu and said:
"Feng Qing, what is your opinion?"
Feng Qu smiled and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this fifth-class ninth-rate is quite interesting. ”
The First Emperor smiled and cursed secretly.
You old fox, of course you find it interesting, the status of the peasant family will become the largest subject of Daqin from now on, and the status of the children of the peasant family has also been improved like never before.
Without saying anything, the First Emperor looked at Meng Yi again and asked, "What about Meng Qing?" ”
Meng Yi sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "The minister can't see clearly!" ”
The First Emperor asked strangely, "What can't you see?" ”
Meng Yi shook his head and said, "The minister thinks that there is actually no need to divide the people of the world into specific levels. ”
"It's conventional, unsightly and intangible."
"It's like a barrier, an invisible barrier, and if the people below want to rise, their heads will be broken."
"But these fifth-class and ninth-rate shows this layer of barriers, which makes the ministers unable to see clearly."
"yes, I can't see clearly!" The First Emperor nodded, and shook his head again: "The problem of officials does exist, and the fifth-class and ninth-rate are like a good strategy for saving the country for my Great Qin." ”
The First Emperor commented on his own opinions, affirmed the thoughts of several people, but said:
"However, I did think of the Mohist doctrine!"
"No one in the world loves each other, the strong will cling to the weak, the rich will insult the poor, the noble will be cheap, and the deceit will deceive the foolish. Where the world is plagued by resentment, the cause of it is not to love each other! ”
"Regard the kingdom of men as their kingdom; Regard the home of a person, as if it were his home; Regard the body of a man, as if he were the body! ”
Mozi advocates both love and love, and does not stop at empty moral preaching. To love the poor and the poor, we must let the hungry get food, the cold get clothes, and the laborers get rest, and we must do it for the benefit of all the people and eliminate harm! ”
Li Si originally didn't expect this layer, but when he heard the First Emperor's explanation, he swept to the fifth rank and ninth rank again in disbelief, and suddenly said in shock: "Your Majesty is saying that everyone is equal?" ”
"Your Majesty, isn't this already divided into five classes and nine classes?" Meng Yi asked suspiciously.
The First Emperor shook his head and sighed, "Yes, people are divided into five classes and nine classes, how can everyone be equal!" ”
"However, equality of all people only exists in the illusion, and I dare to assert that no one in this world can achieve equality for all."
"And this?" Feng Quji was also puzzled, and he didn't understand why the First Emperor wanted to focus on a system that clearly defined the strict hierarchy and reduced people to forty-five ranks, so as to talk about the equality of everyone.
The First Emperor shook his head and smiled, these two people, after all, were still inferior to Li Si, so he handed his gaze to Li Si and said, "Li Qing!" ”
Li Si arched his hand slightly, and said: "Your Majesty's words woke up the old minister, the old minister's shallow opinion, please guide Your Majesty." ”
"Meng Gong, you also said that the invisible class barrier has always existed, and if you want to rise, you will definitely break your head and bleed."
Meng Yi nodded, and scanned the fifth-grade and ninth-rate again, trying to see clearly, but he still couldn't see clearly.
Feng Quji also looked up at the First Emperor in confusion, and then looked at Li Si.
Li Si smiled mysteriously and said lightly: "But if the invisible barrier is displayed, it is planned with such a strict level. ”
"If you are a minister, you will definitely stab this layer of barriers into a sieve."
"In this way, the upper can be lowered, the lower can be raised, and this barrier will be invisibly resolved!"
"Dingli, it seems to be a hierarchical ceremony, but it is not a rope tied to everyone."
"Fix these ropes with the law."
"When this framework of ancient prosperity is stable, even as the lowest barbarian, you can become a slave, a citizen, and an official through one promotion channel after another."
"It's not an equality."
"As long as you climb up, isn't it equal in this whole strata?"
"And doesn't this give everyone an equal chance?"
"Hope, for that little bit of hope, who doesn't break their heads and drill up!"
"This is an unheard of strategy, but it integrates the learning of a hundred schools into this simple and intuitive framework."
"Weichen, it's better to sigh to yourself!"
Li Si said.
Immediately, Meng Yi and Feng Go, who were still confused, were empowered and came to their senses.
The two stared incredulously at the fifth-class ninth-grade silk scroll.
Unbelievable.
"What a terrible plan, respect it, and think about it."
Feng Qujian gasped, in disbelief, but he didn't dare to exclaim in disbelief: "If you can break down the barriers, this will be the most stable imperial framework, unshakable!" ”
"But how can we break down the barriers?" Meng Yi frowned, although he understood, but he couldn't figure it out.
Hearing this, Li Si shook his head, and he couldn't see clearly how to break the barrier.
"At least, it will definitely not work to destroy it by force!"
Suddenly.
The eyes of the three of them returned to the First Emperor.
Seeing this, the First Emperor sighed deeply, and shook his head in his heart:
"If the people are foolish, it is easy to cure, and the law that is born here is easy to know and must be done!"
"The rule of the saint is also, many prohibitions are used to stop energy, and power is used to deceive."
"The people are weak and the country is strong, and the country is strong and the people are weak. Therefore, the state affairs of the Tao are in the weak people. ”
"Those who were able to rule the world in the past must first control their people; He who can overcome a strong enemy must first defeat his people. Therefore, the foundation of the victory is in the control of the people, if it is smelted in gold, it is also in the earth. ”
"I, now, even more panicked than you, this grandson, has given me a problem for the ages!"
The sound of the First Emperor's sigh could be heard in the corners of the main hall.
But Li Si, who was the first to react, exclaimed in disregard of the courtesy of the monarch and ministers: "This can't be, how is this possible, Your Majesty, absolutely not, absolutely not!" ”
"Kai Minzhi, oh my God, Kai Minzhi, how dare this, how dare you!"
"This is to open up the wisdom of the people, not to open the wisdom of the people by light taxation and reduction of forced labor."
"It's about letting everyone in this framework be clear about etiquette, reason, law, and things, so that this class barrier will be gone!"
"Only such a fifth-class and nine-rate can be regarded as real, the upper can be passed, the lower can be sunk, and there is no access!"
"Shhh
Listen to Lees, a smart man, tell all the secrets.
Feng Quji and Meng Yi next to them were stunned.
Not to be stunned by Lees's cleverness.
Instead, he was frightened by the level silk scroll in front of him, which was not very complicated and could be understood at a glance.
At first glance, I just think that this is a framework that divides people into one level after another.
At second glance, I only felt that this was a framework that was separated in order to solve the contradictions between the nobles and gentry.
At the third glance, the terrible deep meaning is terrifying, and it intends to build a terrible and stable world.
At the fourth glance, they were shocked, as if they were planning for eternity.
"The strategy of the ages, the dissolution is silent, the real silence, if it is advanced layer by layer, who can stop it in the world!"
Feng Quji only had a sound of exclamation, unable to guess what kind of wisdom was contained after this simple fifth rank.
If you think of that shock, you will understand.
If you want to truly eliminate invisible barriers, there is only one way to open up people's wisdom.
Only in this way can we truly make these fifth-class and ninth-rate people come alive.
"Your Majesty!"
Meng Yi looked at the First Emperor worriedly.
This strategy is not feasible without a hundred years of work, but Your Majesty!
"Stand down, prepare to camp back to Xianyang, let me, be quiet for a while!" The First Emperor waved his hand.
"Minister, wait for retirement!"
Li Si, Feng Quji, and Meng Yi bowed slightly.
But when I looked up, I looked at the first emperor's face, which was already pale and pale face.
There seems to be a shallow appearance of loneliness.
This is the first time that His Majesty the First Emperor has shown such emotions in front of them.
But it didn't make them cry.