The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1011 The Three Mutual Methods of the Official Appointment System [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

With the recognition of these scholars and literati, he will be able to enter the Temple of Confucius with the help of these people in the future.

As for offending the nobles?

There are only a few nobles, there are more scholars or more nobles!
If you want to get involved in a gang, you have to rely on your numbers and use your power to bully others.

Thinking of this, Li Si no longer felt that death was scary.

Anda has thousands of mansions, and all the poor scholars in the world are happy. As long as you can enter the Confucian Temple, why do you need to live? Just do it!
But what puzzled Li Si more was why Yan Yan could get money for everything.

Li Yao can make money, but it's all big money, with big investments and high risks, but the profits are okay.

Yan Yan was able to make money, but he always did it by trying to get something for nothing, and he almost gave up as soon as he got the money.

"Missing one thing?" Li Si suddenly thought of the three disasters and five evils mentioned by the Taoist masters. People must lack one of them. It seems that what Yan Yan lacks is money.

Yan Yan was also helpless. He didn't want to do it, but was forced into it.

When he first arrived at the grassland, he was penniless. Li Mu gave him some Wuling cavalry, a seal, and no money or food, and told him to just go ahead and do it.

Yan Yan wanted to curse at that time, but he would rather be alone.

Isn't it money that the people riding in Wuling eat and chew on their horses?
It was difficult for him to support himself, let alone a large family of Wuling Cavalry to support.

That's why he had to deceive Maodun and Hu Dan and start the business of selling grassland arms, otherwise he really couldn't afford to support so many Wuling Cavalry.

After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, they still did not receive any food and supplies from Zhao State and Yanmen Pass.

Originally, Li Mu treated them as a nail, nailing them to the grassland, but the situation at that time did not change according to Li Mu's will.

This nail did not become a nail planted by Zhao State on the grassland, but was instead regarded as a thorn in the side by Zhao State.

If the State of Zhao had been willing to provide them with even a little bit of food and supplies, the Wuling Cavalry and cities such as Yunzhong and Jiuyuan would never have followed him on the path of independence.

The emergence of Bingzhou was completely forced.

Therefore, Yan Yan developed the habit of making the best use of things and people, and spending every penny wisely.

The main thing is that I am afraid of being poor.

Who doesn't want to be free and unrestrained, and spend all his money and make it back? The key is that all these require money.

"In addition, if you want to completely return power to the central government and have government decrees issued abroad, you still have a lot to do!" Yan Yan continued.

"The court is divided into factions based on the counties, and people are biased. Under such circumstances, if the local tyrants and nobles want to rebel, the royal city will probably become blind and deaf, let alone allow the government orders to be truly delivered to the counties."

Li Si frowned slightly and nodded. This was something he didn't expect.

This has been the case throughout the ages, because only local people know the local area best and have the reputation to control the area.

Especially after Mengchangjun, any local nobles with a bit of brains would treat the villagers in their fiefdoms well, as these were the foundation of their livelihood.

As a result, all countries like to appoint local elders as local officials to control the local areas for the court.

But after Yan Yan mentioned the consequences, Li Si also reacted.

Aristocracy and monarchy are in opposition and can never be reconciled.

This is the same as in the era of grassland tribes. As long as the tribe is strong, the royal court is not irreplaceable.

"Qin conquered the six states. The common people could not stop it from doing anything it wanted. This was the fate of the defeated. If their states won, they would also become the beneficiaries. Therefore, Qin did not need to care too much about their emotions."

Although it is cold-blooded, this is the truth. It is a good thing to be diligent in government and love the people, but sometimes, some things do not necessarily have to take their feelings into consideration.

The best way to control is to use both kindness and severity.

"Not using people from the six countries?" Li Si frowned. This was impossible.

There were not so many officials to fill the local areas in the Qin state.

"There are conflicts among nobles!" Yan Yan shook his head. How could he not use people from the six countries?

The strength of the Qin State lies in its military and generals, not in its capable ministers.

After Shang Yang, among the prime ministers of Qin, only a few were native Qin people, and all of them were foreign scholars.

Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Fan Ju, Lu Buwei, including the current Xiong Qi and Li Si are all outsiders.

The real native Qin people were the royal prince Chu Li Ji, who together with Gan Mao, Wang Wan and Kui Zhuang were the native prime ministers of Qin.

But the state that produced the most capable ministers in governing the country was still Wei.

The State of Wei was known as the world's talent pool; almost all great talents came from the State of Wei, but the State of Wei itself did not use any of them.

"It is necessary to prevent local tyrants from forming cliques. This is called taking precautions. Now that Qin has won a great victory, it has to tear down and rebuild. We have to hold back our temper. However, once Mr. Tonggu has drawn up the blueprint for the empire, it will become the patriarchal system for future generations. No one will dare to change it easily. When that time comes, cliques will appear and the empire will be in chaos!"

Once the founding laws are formulated, they will become a patriarchal system, and future generations will not dare to change them easily.

The Qin State had finally massacred the nobles of the six states with the help of Bingzhou. If the Qin State continued to employ them as officials, it would only lead to a revival of these nobles.

The White Snake tells us that if you fail to kill the snake, you will suffer from it. A family of criminals cannot hold official positions within three generations, otherwise there will be endless disasters.

Li Si still took notes honestly. There were too many things said and he had to go back and think about many of them carefully.

At least now they still have time and can try slowly.

“First, people from County A cannot serve as officials in County A.

Secondly, people from County A can serve as officials in County B, but people from County B cannot serve as officials in County A.

Finally, people from County A serve as officials in County B, and people from County B serve as officials in County C, then people from County C must avoid County A, County B, and County C.

This is the Three-Interaction Method.”

Yan Yan continued.

The official avoidance system must be implemented. Bingzhou does not have an explicit legal requirement for this because most of Bingzhou's officials are outsiders, and the grassland tribes are different from the Central Plains of China. It is impossible for Bingzhou to implement the three-mutual law in a short period of time now, but after a few years, when Bingzhou is completely stable, Bingzhou will also have to implement the three-mutual law of official avoidance.

"Is it all officials, or just the county governor, county chancellor, and county censor?" Li Si thought for a moment and continued to ask.

It would be fine if only the three major leaders of one county avoided each other, but if it goes further, there would be really no one available, and it would only add to the workload of Feng Changqing.

"As long as he is a local leader, it won't work!" Yan Yan said seriously.

The powerful figures from the top three in local government must stay away, and the impact on others will not be too great.

"I understand!" Li Si nodded.

The Qin State was going to implement the system of prefectures and counties, which meant that the magistrates, chancellors, and supervisors of all counties had to avoid each other to prevent forming cliques for personal gain and the formation of local factions.

Just look at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to understand the consequences of having such local tyrants serve as local officials. There were many aristocratic families and the royal power was undermined.

(End of this chapter)