Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 190 I, Ji Heng, the Evil Dragon! (seeking subscription)
Breeze blowing.

Blowing hair and beard, also blowing heartstrings.

Ji Heng got up and poured himself a glass of water, looked at the sky with blank eyes, and held a pottery bowl in his hand. He didn't know whether he was doing right or wrong, but this move was indeed a solution to the old harshness that had accumulated over the years in the Great Qin Dynasty. The most suitable way.

Just 'grabbed from the doll', too early.

He also didn't know what kind of impact it would have on the world after opening this 'Magic Box' so solemnly.

But he didn't have many other options.

He picked up the pottery bowl, took a sip, and said in a somewhat generous voice, "This method is not as good as imagined. If it is not handled well, it may force the government to force the people to rebel. In the past, the government only pressured young people." Once the court sets its sights on the 'family', I don't dare to predict what kind of consequences it will lead to in the future."

"But for now, it's the most practicable move."

"It is also the easiest to include most of the soldiers who have received meritorious rewards."

Fusu's gaze was slightly different.

It was the first time he saw Ji Heng so dignified.

It's just that he was a little puzzled, why did Ji Heng have such deep worries?

Although Fusu was puzzled in his heart, he said: "Sir, what you said is very true, but the follow-up progress of the Great Qin's unification of the world is too fast, so that most of the soldiers have accumulated too much military merit. In addition, there will be a follow-up war with the Xiongnu in the South China Sea. The accumulation of rewards is enough to crush the imperial court."

"Sir, just speak up."

Ji Heng knew that Fusu didn't know much about this, so he didn't want to say more about it, but continued to talk about it: "The fields in Guanzhong are fertile, so the grain production is actually much higher than other places. In addition, after Daqin started the war of destroying the country, most of them won, and many soldiers took advantage of this to accumulate a lot of wealth."

"It just hasn't all been delivered."

"even so."

"The people in Guanzhong still choose to trust the imperial court, and the reason is very simple, because Qianshou believes that the imperial court can finally honor the rewards under the military merit system. You can become a 'rich peasant' in one fell swoop."

"The Qin people have been lying to themselves in the past."

"But this kind of dream cannot be punctured. Once it is punctured, the Qin people feel that they have been deceived by the government, and the anger and madness that burst out from the bottom of their hearts are enough to swallow the entire Qin court. "

"When."

"No one in the world will miss Qin."

"There will be no one who wants to restore the country for Qin like the remnants of the Six Kingdoms."

"There is no greater grief than death."

When Fusu heard Ji Heng's words, his expression became very serious, but he also had to admit that if the people of Qin really recognized the status quo, most of them would complain to the court as Ji Heng said, and no one would be grateful Daqin is good.

He smiled wryly and shook his head.

Ji Heng went on to say: "It is precisely because of this that this matter must be resolved, but as I said before, the court cannot do it by relying on real efforts to honor merits and rewards, so it can only find another way."

"Qian Shou can't say it, and it doesn't make sense."

"Then change the way."

"Most of them are fighting outside, not for any fame, but just to improve the situation at home and provide a more superior environment for future generations."

"That's why."

"My suggestion has a chance to work."

"And this only has the basis for the implementation of the relevant old Qin people."

"Most of the old Qin people have some fields in their hands. Although they can't really solve the problem of food and clothing, as long as they don't pay very high koufu every year, the family's rations can be kept."

"So they have the conditions to accept their own children to go to school."

"However." Ji Heng looked up at Fusu and Huhai, shook his head and said, "If we implement this directly, the resistance we will encounter will be enormous, because it will shake the entire 'scholar' class, as well as the 'officials' who benefit from it." ’, it involves a wide range of areas, involving the entire Guanzhong.”

Fusu stood up from the table, and said slowly: "So the master asked the second brother and others to compile books that can read and write, in order not to arouse the dissatisfaction of the 'officials'?"

Ji Heng nodded and said: "In the past, Daqin used to select officials through the school."

"There are many things to learn in the school. In addition to literacy and hyphenation, you also need to write official documents, arithmetic, military affairs, etc. Under the policy of the school, the cost of training a qualified 'official' in Daqin is very high. The court cannot afford it. Secondly, the class of 'officials' will also be dissatisfied with this."

"Because only families with relatively high titles can enter the study room."

"However, my suggestion is to allow most ordinary families to send their own children here. Wouldn't this greatly lower the entry threshold and greatly increase the competition for 'officials'? They will definitely have a huge impact on this Resentment."

"So if you want to really implement this policy, you must go through careful consideration and many considerations."

"Dare to ask sir to explain in detail." Fusu asked Ji Heng with a salute.

Since Ji Heng is willing to speak, he will not hide his clumsiness at this time, and Da Qin has accumulated a lot of things, so he should continue to go down, and the steps will be much larger than before.

But you also have to go.

If you don't leave, Daqin will not be able to leave after the various classes are stabilized.

He said: "The starting point of this strategy is to solve the merits and rewards, based on serving the people, so it is necessary to consider the acceptance of the lower-level Qianshou. Knowledge is certainly priceless, but the merits and rewards received by the Guishou are limited. If the court is greedy, How could Qianshou be willing to make this deal with the extravagant demands?"

Fusu nodded.

Ji Heng was right.

If you can't even solve the livelihood of the whole family, but still want to let future generations study, this is completely a daydream, and it is impossible for anyone to agree.

He also understood it.

Why did Ji Heng say that only Guan Zhong can do it.

Under the military merit system, most of the people in Daqin had dozens or hundreds of acres of land in their hands, so even if the court defaulted, Guishou only felt dissatisfied and resentful, but he did not ask for it too eagerly, and this is Ji Heng. The key to the launch of this idea.

Qin people are 'rich'!
Ji Heng continued: "In addition to considering the degree of acceptance of the lower-level Guishou, we must also consider the 'officials'. Whether Da Qin Cheng recognizes it or not, a large number of Qianshou's children can learn to read and write, which will definitely cause panic among the lowest-level officials. Fear of being replaced. '

"The lowest number of 'officials' is the largest, and they are also the tentacles of Daqin's real control of the world. It is absolutely impossible to attract the 'officials' rebellion."

"So we must consider the acceptance of 'officials'."

"in addition."

"There's also the cost to consider."

"It took a total of ten years for Great Qin to unify the world, and now it is only 20 years. Twenty years is a generation. At least one million Qin people can be affected by this policy."

"Even if the cost is reduced and the requirements are lowered, it is still an unbearable expense for the Great Qin court, so the court's ability to bear it within a certain period of time must also be considered."

Fusu silently remembered it in his heart.

It's just that he also felt a little scalp numb.

The groups affected are too large, and this cannot be a problem.

Ji Heng looked as usual, picked up the pottery bowl, took a sip, and said solemnly: "The highest rank of the people in Daqin cannot exceed the highest rank of the public, that is, the highest rank compared to the doctor. If it goes higher, it can only be achieved by becoming an official."

"And the titles of officials above the court are at least five doctors."

"That is, at least they are all 'Qing' level."

"Actually, the salary below the rank of five doctors is not high. Every time you get promoted, you will get one or two hectares of land. You don't need to kowtow, and you don't need to serve in the army."

"The standard for entering a school is an official."

"Official officials can get seven hectares of land and seven 'houses' homesteads according to the law."

"As for the titles of doctor and above, and the lowest rank of public servant, the imperial court has actually honored them before, and what really hasn't been honored are mostly the rewards of lower-level titles such as Shangzao, Zanyi, and Buchang."

"The treatment of these titles is not very high, but every time you upgrade to a higher level, you can get one hectare (hundred acres) of land and one 'house'. Daqin currently has hundreds of thousands of people in these three titles in the army."

"If you look at the entire Guanzhong, it may be as high as millions."

"Millions of people are asking for fields and houses. The amount of land needed is definitely beyond what the imperial court can provide."

"It is the demands of these people that need to be resolved right now."

"These three noble-level people actually have an embarrassing status in Daqin. Those with low status in the army wear armor and red or black rag headscarves. Those with high status are sergeant majors. If it is higher, it can serve as the 'car right'."

"But only in the military."

"The titles they get are basically people's titles."

"Without a recommendation, you can't be an official without a recommendation, and you don't have the family background to enter the school to study. Although you have a title, you are still the head of Guizhou who depends on the sky."

"So if the imperial court provides opportunities for their children to study, they are also the most likely to be persuaded. However, considering the influence of 'officials' and the imperial court's expenditure, the imperial court can at most allow some people who have not changed their titles to enroll. As for There are too many people in Shangcao, and the imperial court cannot afford it."

"And if it's too wide open, it's going to look a little cheap."

"So there is still a certain threshold."

"If this can be done, Daqin will have two admission standards in parallel in the future. Children with high titles will directly enter the school, come out to be assigned, and pass the test to become officials directly."

"This type of people has a higher starting point and more room for improvement."

"The second category is the sons of Zaniao, Bugeng, and Dadujue. They can only know the most basic literacy and characters, and they have the opportunity to become 'officials', but they can only be the lowest official officials at the beginning. It will be very difficult, even most people cannot become 'officials'."

heard.

Fu Su thought about it.

Hearing Ji Heng's words, he suddenly thought of the "Xingxing" mentioned by Ji Heng. If Ji Heng's design is really followed, the number of "officials" must be greatly increased. official office.

If the three-level 'province' is really introduced, Gao Jue's children will no longer start from the lowest township, but directly start from a higher county. As for the lowest township, it will be reserved for people with lower titles.

This is a kind of bureaucratic ladder design.

Hu Hai's head was a little confused when he heard it. Sometimes the hairpin is curled up, sometimes it is not changed, sometimes it is a doctor, sometimes it is an official, and it is still a school, and sometimes it is just enrolling. He looked at Ji Heng and said impatiently: "Ji Heng, Please speak clearly, why didn't I understand."

"According to what you said, the title of 'bi-doctor' is actually rewarded by the government, and these people are basically officials in the local area. Why did you have a doctor-level title when you entered school? In addition, your hairpin What does Niao mean? Isn’t this a title? Can it be divided into two?”

Ji Heng laughed lightly and explained: "Daqin's titles, from low to high, are Gongshi, Shangzao, Zanniu, and Buchang. These titles are low-level 'scholars'. The official official, the public official, the public vehicle is the title of 'bi doctor'."

"Children of official titles and above can directly enter the classroom."

"That is to say, these relatively high-ranking children can at least become Qin officials from birth."

"And the lowest rank in the 'bi doctor' class is a doctor, which is also a title that is not high enough to be low. It is the same as the lowest rank of a public official. As long as you can become a public official, you can get a hectare and a house from the government. , and as long as you are ranked as a doctor, you can directly become an official without recommendation or sponsorship."

"But both titles are just a threshold."

"One is the threshold for obtaining a farm house, and the other is the threshold for directly becoming an official."

"But that's all there is to it."

"A public officer cannot wear armor and become a sergeant. A doctor can only be an official himself, and there is no guarantee that his children will be an official. Therefore, the children of the "officials" of the doctor can only take the following path, that is, Entrance to those of lower titles."

"As for why it is part of the hairpin."

"Because there are a lot of people in Zanyou, if all of them are qualified for admission, Daqin's finances will not be able to support it, and it is easy to make people feel that the threshold for entry is low, and it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among people who are not more than doctors, so Zanyou Children of titles, if they want to enroll, they have to increase some thresholds."

"E.g."

"Five years on the border!"

Hearing Ji Heng's words, Fusu's eyelids twitched.

He has heard it all.

Ji Heng proposed that there is a threshold for admission.

The threshold is between Zan Niao and Bu Chang.

This threshold is high for Zan Niao Jue, but it is low for those who do not change their titles, so a proper reconciliation must be made. Their children can go to school, and those who don't change can go to school directly, and some preferential treatment will even be given.

For example, distribute some money and food.

In the end, the people with these two titles can be satisfied.

As for the doctor class who shouldn't have entered, in addition to providing free admission qualifications, some other preferential treatment will be given to win over the hearts of people with this title.

As for the officials and above, their children will have a higher starting point in the future.

It can also satisfy the people of Zhonggaojue.

Enrollment and study are two distinct parallel lines, one is for the higher part of the low ranks, and the other is for the middle and high ranks. As for the lowest ranks, they are not qualified to be 'officials'. Their goals It is to solve their own livelihood.

Others are beyond their consideration.

If they want to send their children to study, they can raise their titles to the hairpin level, and this will also give the bottom people an upward motivation.

The military merit system under the Shang Yang system provided the upward impetus to the head of Guizhou, which was to allow the head of Guizhou to obtain enough land to support his family.

The noble system designed by Ji Heng provided the upward driving force for the head of Guizhou, which was for officials.

But Shang Yang's system was promoted in the form of military merit, but Ji Heng's system, how should Guishou be promoted?
Guard the border?

Serving corvee?
Fusu pondered for a moment, then finally shook his head.

He couldn't think of it.

Hu Hai nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "According to what you said, Ji Heng, if the hairpin is not changed, they will not be given any rewards?"

Ji Heng nodded affirmatively and said, "No."

"Except for providing one hectare of land and one house, all the rewards corresponding to Shangzao and hairpins will be withdrawn."

"If you want to be qualified as an official, you have to pay a corresponding price."

"Their identities and status can only get this. If they want to get more, then they should make meritorious service and be promoted. If they can't, then that's the only way to go."

"To blame."

"Just blame Shang Yang's weary people's government."

As soon as Ji Heng said this, he suddenly thought of a sentence from later generations that "you can only blame yourself for not working hard".

But is it really because you don't work hard?
It's just that someone exchanged most of your life's income with their own cheap resources.

You even have to be thankful in the end.

Ji Heng's gaze sank slightly.

He felt like he was becoming more and more cold-blooded.

It's becoming more and more like a dragon.

He could actually find many explanations for himself, but in the end he didn't choose to do so.

His approach is to squeeze the bottom, through the cheap 'knowledge' in the hands of the government, to take away the wealth that ordinary people have struggled for most of their lives.

Such low-level Guizhou heads can continue to work hard.

To support the family.

The imperial court can also use this to extract more money and food.

The only thing he can compensate in the future is to increase productivity as much as possible, so that a hectare of land in the hands of Qianshou can produce more food, so that these suffering Guishous can have a chance to enjoy their old age.

But not yet.

The current Daqin is not so generous.

There is no such condition.

Only by solving all kinds of hidden dangers can we really make great strides.

Ji Heng raised his head, already a little afraid to face the scorching sun, he lowered his head subconsciously, and finally closed his eyes altogether.

Fusu hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "According to what Mr. said, the lower-level Guizhou leaders seem to have given up too much. They may not necessarily give up their hard-won land, house and other rewards for a place in school."

Ji Heng didn't turn his eyes, lying on the recliner, he said coldly: "Of course they can't all agree, and the imperial court can't afford so many people to go to school. This is destined to be only the choice of some people. Just deal with it."

"As long as someone agrees with this method, the purpose of this policy will be achieved."

"Because this is used to test the bottom line of Qianshou."

"This is to tell Guishou clearly that the government cannot fully honor those rewards, and this is the best solution the government can provide. If they are unwilling, they can choose from the remaining solutions. "

"But that's really what's best for them."

"If not."

"Don't think about going back to Guanzhong!"

(End of this chapter)