Yangwu ......

Zhang Cang sat in the courtyard of the house, and Chen Ping sat opposite him.

Both are from Yangwu County, Zhang Cang has been famous for a long time, after all, he has done imperial history in the Qin State, and he is not a big celebrity in Yangwu.

And Chen Ping can be regarded as a broken settlement in Humu Township, Yangwu County.

Originally, there was not much overlap between the two.

The family backgrounds of the two are very different, not to mention that Zhang Cang apprenticed to Xunzi a long time ago and went to Xianyang under the recommendation of Li Si, while Chen Ping was still studying at that time.

It's not appropriate to say that it's a study tour, but to be precise, it should be a teacher.

Chen Ping's brother did his best to support Chen Ping, and even divorced his wife angrily because of his wife's bad words towards Chen Ping, but Chen Ping has not made a career so far, and he still eats and drinks for nothing at home.

Later, after Chen Ping learned a lot, he stayed at home, helping his brother Chen Bo to farm while reviewing what he had learned.

Catching up with Zhang Cang to flee to Xianyang and returning to his hometown, Chen Ping met Zhang Cang when he was buying goods in the county seat.

In just a few words, the incognito Zhang Cang discovered Chen Ping's extraordinary, and Chen Ping did not have a famous teacher to teach, and his heart was full of doubts.

This is where the two intersect.

In this way, the two can be regarded as teachers and friends, until now, Chen Ping has completely digested the knowledge obtained from his study tour, in terms of learning, Zhang Cang believes that Chen Ping is not weaker than himself, now just lack of practice, so Chen Ping is full of ambition and wants to show what he has learned.

"I look at Qin, although he has only ruled the world for more than 20 years, but the king of Qin does not establish a prince, he is suspicious up and down, he uses people to do things, it seems to listen to the minister, but in fact he is bent on going his own way, he seems to be tolerant on the outside, but in fact he is cruel in his heart, and now he has the appearance of a dead country, which is not a good place to go." Zhang Cang said.

"That's what I thought before...... Therefore, I don't know where to go, and now the situation of the Qin State may be different from what you said. Chen Ping smiled and said.

"Some time ago, the team sent by the First Emperor to the sea to search for immortals has returned, although it did not bring back the immortal medicine, but it brought back three kinds of grains of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, and now they have been distributed to the place." Chen Ping spoke.

"I naturally know this, but the trouble of the Qin State is not in the grain." Because Zhang Cang is returning from a fugitive, he needs to hide his eyes and ears, he has been trapped at home, and he has to cover up when he goes out, so most of the latest news needs Chen Ping's help to know.

"Not only that, not long ago, the Qin State planted rice, millet, millet and mushroom with a yield of four stones per mu. I don't think the yield of wheat will be less. Chen Ping spoke.

"In the past, there were people who could grow food four stone away." Zhang Cang shook his head.

"No, these grains King Qin has already ordered the popularization of the place, you should know what this means." Chen Ping said in a deep voice.

Zhang Cang's heart was shocked, popularizing local ......

That means that it is not an accidental phenomenon, and that it shows that with the current farming technology and conditions, the whole world can achieve high yields.

This...... The meaning is different.

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Cang shook his head again.

Why did he put a good imperial history and didn't break the law?

Why didn't you even let your senior brother Li Si help him intercede and run away?

To put it bluntly, his imperial history was recommended by Li Si, and after a period of getting along, Zhang Cang found a lot of problems.

The cause of the frequent chaos in the Nuoda Empire is not in others, but in the First Emperor.

It can't be said that the First Emperor is a faint monarch, but the First Emperor's ambition is too great, as a courtier, Zhang Cang thinks that it is difficult to meet the ambition of the First Emperor, and even Great Qin will be destroyed because of the First Emperor's ambition.

The most terrible thing is that the First Emperor seems to be able to listen to both, be able to retain different opinions, and tolerate criticism from others, but in fact, this is a very single-minded person.

Zhang Cang only felt a heavy shadow on his head after a short time together.

He seems to have seen through all your thoughts and actions, and this king, who is so-called tolerant of different opinions, is essentially a matter that he has already decided to take out and discuss with you again.

He knew what kind of reactions and rhetoric the ministers would have before they even discussed, and he had all the plans in place.

There are many similar things, and the civil and military officials under him are not like courtiers, but like beasts tamed by him.

This made Zhang Cang feel a deep disrespect and fear.

If such a person makes a mistake, no one can stop him.

The most terrible thing is that in Zhang Cang's opinion, the Qin State has been rushing all the way to the end of the country.

He couldn't face his senior brother Li Si, so he simply made a mistake on purpose without saying goodbye.

How did the troubles of the Qin State lie in food?

The trouble of the Qin State is that the ambition of that king is too great, so big that most people seem to be tantamount to a fool's dream, what does the first emperor want to do? Zhang Cang couldn't understand, but he could realize that he was trying to finish the road of hundreds of years in more than ten years.

"The trouble of the Qin State is not here." Zhang Cang shook his head.

In fact, Zhang Cang very much agreed with and recognized the system of the Qin State, after the Han Dynasty unified the world, it was also Zhang Cang who presided over the unification of weights and measures, unified currency, not only that, Zhang Cang also played the rhythm, adjusted the tune, so that it was combined with five tones and eight tones, so as to extrapolate others, to formulate laws. And from this, the measurement standards of various utensils were formulated as the norms for all kinds of craftsmen in the world.

Zhang Cang is the imperial history of the Qin State, responsible for the royal collection of rare books, and Zhang Cang himself is also Li Si's younger brother, also under Xunzi, for the system of the Qin State, Li Si's governing philosophy is the most understanding, objectively speaking, the so-called Han Cheng Qin system, Zhang Cang is actually the most important person.

Without Zhang Cang, no one could perfectly restore so many legal systems in the Qin State, and no one could figure out the significance of what the First Emperor did.

Not only that, Zhang Cang also corrected some things that were too hasty, and made a century-old plan for the unification of the Han Dynasty, and did not rush like his senior brother, which also achieved the situation of complete unification of the people's hearts after the Qin and Han dynasties.

Zhang Cang saw the appearance of the Qin State early on, this is not the same two kinds of food can be saved, the most fatal is the king sitting at the top, his ambition is too big, the world can not bear it, in Zhang Cang's view, the first emperor is the kind of typical king I want all.

is too domineering to make a trade-off, and no courtier can persuade him, once it comes to this kind of core issue, you say, the first emperor does his own, and he doesn't listen at all.

The so-called concurrent listening of the First Emperor is to allow you to speak, but I just don't need to.

……

"One more thing......" Chen Ping smiled.

"The price of official salt in the Qin State has dropped."

"Of course I know, but Chen Ping, don't you know? The trouble of the Qin State is not the price of salt, if the Qin State is regarded as a carriage, the King of Qin is the person who drives, and the military nobles are the people who push the carriage forward, the carriage is too fast, it will be bumpy, and there is even a risk of subversion, if you want him to move smoothly, you have to slow down, but the King of Qin wants the carriage to move smoothly, and keeps raising the whip to urge the war horses to think that they are not fast enough.

Originally, someone should have advised the king of Qin, telling him that the carriage would be too bumpy if it ran too fast, and asked him to slow down, but the king of Qin would not listen to these opinions, and if you quarrel around him, he will only say that you are right, and then continue to wave the horsewhip.

Over time, it was not the right thing to do as officials of the Qin State, and they had to think about how to make the chariot run more steadily under the constant whipping of the King of Qin.

But Chen Ping, this is something that can't be done by manpower.

The senior brother knew that he couldn't persuade the king of Qin, so he blindly followed the wishes of the king of Qin, is this a strategy to make the country stable for a long time?

Can my senior brother really be able to make the carriage move smoothly while satisfying King Qin?

At least I couldn't, so I ran away.

The state of Qin is now like a runaway carriage, and the civil and military officials under the command of the king of Qin are also blindly urging the carriage to continue to accelerate in accordance with the will of the king, even if someone persuades him, no one can persuade the king of Qin, how long can such a country last? Speaking of this, Zhang Cang's chest was full of indignation.

There is no doubt that he is the one who advised the First Emperor not to drive too fast.

The only response I got was the sound of the wind rushing by, and a sentence I couldn't hear what you were saying.

The senior brother catered to the idea of the First Emperor for the sake of power, but he never thought about whether the chariot of the Qin State was at risk of getting out of control, and no one could persuade the First Emperor to let the First Emperor tighten the reins and slow down.

Could this be changed by increasing grain production and lowering salt prices?

No, the increase in grain production and the reduction of salt prices will at best only make the road smoother for the chariots, and the loss of control of the chariots is still expected.

"But what if there is someone who can persuade His Majesty to stay, or even make His Majesty's drive stop?" Chen Ping smiled.

"Your Majesty was assassinated in Dongjun before, and the attendant Zhao Si was seriously injured in guarding the king, and the king of Qin stayed in Dongjun for a month, and the king of Qin even killed because of this, and there were thousands of corpses in Dongjun, and the blood flowed like a river." Chen Ping said with a gossipy smile.

……

"Why do you believe this nonsense? King Qin is not a person who will vent his anger because of personal feelings, and the reason why he kills is only because he needs to kill......

Besides, that's not what I mean when I say parking. ”

"It's not bad...... The price reduction of salt is Zhao Si's suggestion. Your senior brother Li Xiang is against lowering the price of salt......"

Chen Ping explained the reason.

Zhang Cang knows his senior brother very well.

Senior brother Li Si is used to figuring out his intentions.

In other words, Li Si's ideas basically do not conflict with the First Emperor.

Even if there is a conflict, the senior brother usually changes it on the spot.

Especially such a small thing as the reduction of salt prices.

So...... According to the inference, that is, the senior brother thinks that the First Emperor is unwilling to reduce the price of salt, and because of Zhao Si, the First Emperor changed his attention?

(Because the left foot is in the door, a new chapter is hereby added.) ）

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