Xianyang Palace.

Only one day later, Ying Zheng summoned Li Si and Feng Quji, the two prime ministers.

Inside the temple.

The three of them sat looking at each other.

Ying Zheng looked at the two important ministers calmly, and said slowly: "I heard that Fusu has summoned you in the past few days, and some things have been decided because of this, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Si's heart tightened, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty Mingjian." ”

"Your Highness did summon us and discussed some matters with us, but the ministers and others only talked about things and had no other thoughts."

Ying Zheng smiled and flicked his sleeves and said, "I don't mean to blame, I just want to know, what did you discuss?" I would also like to know what you think of the outcome of this so-called deliberation. ”

Li Si and Feng Quji glanced at each other, with a hint of hesitation in their eyes.

Long.

Li Sizuo said: "Back to Your Majesty." ”

"His Royal Highness has the intention to solve the shortcomings under the military merit system, and proposes to use other methods to cash in the field house merit reward, of which there are three main ones, namely enrollment, serving as an official and giving the clan."

"The minister thinks that His Highness is far-sighted, and these suggestions are also very enlightening."

"The ministers really admire."

Ying Zheng sneered and said lightly: "I don't need to say this kind of foolish words, what I ask is your specific opinion on this proposal." ”

"I will listen to your heart."

Hear the words.

Li Si and Feng Quji's eyes condensed slightly.

They were a little uncertain about the thoughts of the First Emperor for a while.

However, they did have a lot of opinions about the suggestions made by Fusu.

After hesitating for a while, Li Si was the first to speak.

Li Sidao: "The minister thinks that His Highness's suggestion seems to be unique, but in fact it is difficult to implement, and it is somewhat out of reality, and it will not be so comprehensive. ”

"And His Highness's suggestion covers too wide of groups, and it is actually difficult to predict what will happen next."

"The minister is worried."

Ying Zheng nodded.

"Tell me about it," he asked. ”

Seeing that the First Emperor was not angry, Li Si's heart was slightly settled.

He knew that the First Emperor had suggested to Fusu, and he didn't approve of it so much

Li Si said: "His Highness's idea is based on the army, but the army is the foundation of Great Qin, in fact, it cannot be easily changed, once these three decrees are issued, the impact on the army can be described as huge." ”

"For one, this is at the expense of the number of troops."

"Although the sergeants and soldiers of the army have more choices, but at the same time, the imperial court should also note that once this move is issued, the morale of the army will even be shaken, which is not a good thing, because these policies will not only affect the army, but also affect the remnants of the six countries and the corporal of the world, and the number of troops will be reduced, and it may be difficult to support the implementation of the new policy."

"If the Kanto region is repeated, the imperial court may be overstretched."

"The minister is not optimistic about this."

Then.

Feng Quji also spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister also has some opinions on this. ”

"His Royal Highness seems to have underestimated the old Qin people's enthusiasm for the fields, and also underestimated the Qin people's desire to stay in Guanzhong's hometown, and wanted the old Qin people to leave their hometowns so easily.

"Maybe it's because of that."

"His Royal Highness just turned his head and added another Ci clan, but this is destined to be just a false name, Great Qin has always been pragmatic, I am afraid that the effect is little, opposition will arouse the resentment of the scholars and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms against the imperial court, in comparison, the minister thinks that this move is somewhat inappropriate, and even does more harm than good."

"Also."

"If the imperial court officially issues an edict, it will undoubtedly directly indicate one thing to the army."

"The imperial court is unable to honor its rewards."

"This is a very dangerous sign in the minister's opinion."

"And the attitude of the sergeant will become difficult to figure out."

"I think it's a bit risky."

"Maybe some soldiers in the army who are aware of the current affairs can understand the difficulties of the imperial court, but these soldiers are destined to be a minority, if this arouses the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in the army, it will be self-defeating and completely destroy the original stable military spirit."

"Another."

"This move by the imperial court has undoubtedly ruined its own prestige."

"If you don't believe in it, how can it be convincing?"

"Even if the imperial court gives a solution, how many people in the army will be convinced? And how many soldiers really believed that Chaotian Palace would allow their children to go to school, and would also agree to let them go to Kanto to serve as officials? ”

"This is actually a huge hidden danger."

"If a person does not believe, he will not stand, and he will not succeed without faith."

"The imperial court tried to make the soldiers accept another thing by ruining their existing credit, which is already difficult for some strong people, and the ministers are not very good at it."

Feng Quji also expressed his attitude.

Like Lis's view, Fusu's view was too idealistic.

It's too much to take for granted.

However, governing the country stresses down-to-earth and stresses the fundamentals, and relying only on some whimsical ideas cannot solve the problem, and even only aggravates the problem.

Fusu's suggestion is certainly very innovative.

However, it underestimated the army's ability to accept and its impact on the world.

But neither of these can be ignored.

And once the soldiers are given another choice, what will the soldiers of the army think at that time? Even if the morale of the army is barely recovered, if there is a rebellion in the Kanto region, how the imperial court should deal with it will still rely on the army in the end.

But were the soldiers still willing to go to war?

Are you still willing to quell the chaos?

It's all an unknown.

In the past, the Great Qin army had always only done one thing, and that was to fight.

Now that the army has another place to go, the impact on morale is really unpredictable.

Li Si continued: "As Prime Minister Feng said, if the imperial court wants to issue these decrees, it must win the trust of the army, and in addition, it must also show the attitude of the imperial court to the world, but after the Shi clan, the imperial court is afraid that it will have a disagreement with the scholars of the world, and how many scholars will be willing to serve Qin at that time?" Willing to serve as the master of each junior school for Daqin? ”

"The number of sergeants is in the millions."

"Once the imperial court establishes its prestige, there will definitely be many people who will be tempted, and then where will the imperial court provide so many official positions?"

"These are all things that the imperial court needs to solve."

"It has to be worked out too."

"But these things require a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and they are not at all what the current imperial court can give, His Royal Highness's move seems to be reducing the burden on the imperial court, but in fact it will only exacerbate the loss of the imperial court, and it is even likely that the gains outweigh the losses."

"Exacerbate the turmoil in the world."

"The minister thinks that His Highness's law is not advisable."

Forthwith.

Li Si also felt that what he said was a bit heavy, and hurriedly spoke: "However, if His Highness's law can really be implemented, the benefits to Daqin are also obvious, not only can expand the scope of the meritorious reward system of military merit, but also allow the imperial court to conduct a certain investigation of the awarding of titles in the world. ”

"Through this method, we can really find out some situations."

"In addition."

"If these methods really work."

"The gap between Kanto and Guanzhong will continue to decrease, as His Royal Highness said, the reason why there has always been a distinction between the old and new Qin people in the world is that there is injustice, once these policies are implemented, the original injustice will be smoothed out, and under the rule of Great Qin, there will be no distinction between new and old Qin people, all of them are the people of Great Qin."

"In addition, the nobles and scholars of the Six Kingdoms will also fall into the quagmire completely, and there will be no chance of recovery, but this will also lead to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and the anti-Qin part of the scholars, and their resentment towards the court will deepen, and the world will definitely fall into turmoil."

Ying Zheng listened quietly and did not say anything.

Looked at.

Feng Quji said again: "According to the minister's opinion, His Royal Highness's intention is probably to supplement the Kwantung Qin people into the Qin army, but the Kwantung Qin people are not as good as the old Qin people after all, and they may not be loyal to the empire." ”

"In the past few years, the army cannot be chaotic."

"Otherwise, if you want to fill the vacancy in the army, you can only stop some major projects to release a certain number of people, and then let these released people enter the army to fill the army, but this part of the people is already tired, and they are arranged to go to the border, I am afraid that they will complain to the court, and it is precisely in consideration of these that the minister is very optimistic about His Highness's law."

"The minister thinks that His Highness's idea is really inappropriate."

Li Si and Feng Quji both explained their opinions directly.

They don't like it.

I don't agree with it.

The reason why they didn't say it directly to Fusu at the beginning was that Fusu was the prince at the beginning, and it was the first time to summon the ministers, they also had to take into account some of Fusu's face, and they knew very well in their hearts that no matter how fanciful Fusu said, no matter how many courtiers they could say, the final decision was not on Fusu, nor on them.

but on His Majesty.

As long as His Majesty does not let go, these policies cannot be pushed.

From the beginning to the end, they only need to explain the pros and cons to His Majesty.

This.

The two know it.

The two meetings with Fusu were more about deepening the contact and understanding between them.

After listening to Li Si and Feng Quji's words, Ying Zheng also bowed slightly, Fusu did think about it a little one-sidedly, and only saw the benefits of implementation, but did not see the difficulty of implementation, and the impact on the world after implementation.

Fusu can't think about it, but Li Si and the others have to think about it.

They also have to be thoughtful.

But what Fusu told Li Si was all they had not tasted.

Ying Zheng looked at the case and handed one of the bamboo slips to the eunuch on the side, and the eunuch immediately understood, reached out to take the bamboo slips, and sent the bamboo slips to Li Si and the others.

Looked at.

Li Si also hurriedly got up and took it.

Feng Quji also stood up from the seat at this time, moved his body to the side of Li Si's case, and the two of them watched the content of this bamboo slip intently, and when they finished reading it all, there was not only a touch of discoloration in their eyes.

Feng Quji was shocked and wondered: "Your Majesty, the minister is brave, who is the hand of this recital?" ”

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "It's Fusu." ”

Hear the words.

Li Si and Feng Quji's eyes were slightly different.

Because the content on this bamboo slip is different from what Fusu said yesterday.

Not even a small difference.

The two looked at each other, and then both smiled wryly.

They still didn't understand at this time, Fusu may have reservations about what they said, and even deliberately exaggerated some things to observe their reactions, but in fact, Fusu has long been aware of the pros and cons of these policies, and has already responded accordingly, but he has not told them the truth.

They thought that their meeting with Fusu was to deepen their impression, but that was not the case for Fusu.

Come to think of this.

The two also sighed deeply in their hearts.

This is similar to the Fusu in their impression.

The depth of the mind is truly terrifying.

Li Si arched his hand and said: "The front is the ministers who underestimated His Highness, His Highness was very thoughtful, and did not want to directly issue a decree to the Qin army, but based on the generals in the army, by making certain changes to the generals in the army, and then changing the current situation in the army, and using this to test the reaction in the army, if the reaction in the army is not strong, it will gradually expand to the whole army." ”

"Your Highness is a great talent."

Li Si couldn't help but praise.

This note also wrote "enrollment", "for officials", and "bestow the clan", but it was proposed to start with the generals in the army, not from the generals and other important positions, but from the bottom of the 100 generals, 500 masters, 2500 lords and other military positions are not high, but the number is relatively large, these officers proposed to be transferred.

Either quit the army directly and get the qualification for the children's enrollment.

or become a magistrate.

Meantime.

If there is no clan, the court will give it a clan.

Through the so-called transfer, the officers with titles such as "Shangzao" and "hairpin" will be dealt with to a certain extent, and they are relatively vague, and they will not be told to the army so bluntly, which not only ensures the flow of low-level officers in the army, but also solves the problem of rewarding certain merits, in addition, because it is in batches, it will not lead to too much decline in the combat effectiveness of the army.

Quietly achieved the goal.

The means are extremely clever.

Other than that.

All these measures were confined to the military.

It is not known to the outside world.

Even if the nobles and scholars of the Six Kingdoms knew about it, they wouldn't think too much, but when the actions of the imperial court became more and more and bigger, the number of soldiers who obtained the clan would definitely increase, and at the same time, through the collection and distribution of the soldiers of the Kanto region, it would gradually affect the Kanto region, and through this quiet method, the problem of merit and reward would be gradually solved.

Until then.

The big thing has been decided, and there is no room for change.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and Feng Quji, and asked again, "What do you think now?" ”

Li Si said: "The minister thinks that this policy is very good. ”

"The initial impact on the army is at most tens of thousands of people, just tens of thousands of people are transferred, and there are a variety of options, the pressure on the imperial court is not very great, and because it is used'transfer', it will not attract too many people's attention and vigilance, but it can be implemented very well, in addition, even if the Kwantung Qin people are supplemented in the future, most of these Kwantung soldiers start from the bottom, and the number will not be too much, and the impact on the army will not be too great."

"Overall, it's the best policy."

Feng Quji also smiled and said, "Not only that. ”

"What happened to Hu Hai Gongzi in the South China Sea may be related to the dissent of the generals in the army, the generals above are not easy to move, but replacing some of the small generals below can effectively reduce the instability of the army, which is of great benefit to the stability of the army."

"It's a brilliant strategy."

Hear the words.

Ying Zheng also showed a satisfied smile.

He said in a deep voice: "Since you don't have any suggestions, let's do what Fusu wants." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si and Feng Qu said in unison.

(End of chapter)