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

Chapter 1091 Everyone Dies Equally [Please Subscribe*Please Pass the Monthly Ticket]

Ying Zheng was also frowning. Baiyue had already sent an army to attack the south, and had reached the sea in the east. If they continued to attack in the west, they would reach the Hexi Corridor, and would go to war with Bingzhou.

Not to mention the north, the west can still be considered friction, but as for the north, it would be a fight to the death with Bingzhou.

"Yelang and Dian Kingdoms!" Meng Yi took out a map and pointed to the two tribal kingdoms in the southwest direction.

"Drinking poison to quench thirst and adding fuel to the fire are not long-term strategies after all!" Ying Zheng shook his head.

Even if he could continue to delay and divert conflicts through foreign wars, they would inevitably break out sooner or later.

If I am here, I may be able to suppress it. But if I am gone, can Fusu still check and balance these capable and warlike armies and generals?
Ying Zheng was not capable of shifting the blame to future generations.

What he wanted to leave to Fusu was an empire with peace and prosperity, and no hidden dangers.

"The collapse of the military merit title is inevitable!" Li Si burst this colorful bubble without any scruples.

The Qin State became strong and powerful because of its military merits.

However, the Qin State, which had completed its unification, needed to reform again and abolish the militarist system brought about by military merit titles.

What their generation needs to do is to slow down the speeding chariot of the Qin State.

And those who are good at charioteering know very well that if they want to slow down a speeding chariot, the slightest mistake will result in the destruction of the chariot and the death of people.

The same was true for the Qin State. If they were not careful, the empire would collapse and fall apart in an instant at its most brilliant moment.

"What does Tonggu think?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si.

Although Li Si was a student of Xunzi and came from Confucianism, he turned to Legalism after coming to Qin State and was also a practitioner of Legalism.

Han Fei is known as the master of Legalism, while Li Si is the practitioner of Legalism.

In other words, Han Fei's theory is invincible, but Li Si is the one who truly put the Legalist theory into practice.

"Three steps!" Li Si stood up, walked to the sand table and began to speak on the blueprint he designed for the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng and others also stood up and came to the sand table, listening attentively.

"First of all, as Lord Xuan Jian said, as long as these unmarried soldiers do not return to their local areas, there will not be so many problems." Li Si smiled and bowed to Lord Xuan Jian.

Hei Bai Xuan Jian was flattered. He was just a talker. He had no right to interfere in such national policies.

Ying Zheng and others were also a little surprised. Hei Bai Xuan Jian had such a talent?

"Secondly, set up garrisons! Let the princes serve as the chiefs of the garrisons." Li Si continued. It was not like he learned nothing when he went to Bingzhou. Yan Yan told him that if he directly implemented counties, everyone from top to bottom would oppose it. The Qin State itself had many princes' fiefdoms. Although they were called fiefdoms, they were no different from being an independent country.

Therefore, Li Si made some magical changes on this basis, turning the counties and kingdoms into garrisons, and the princes were also able to obtain military power.

Ying Zheng frowned. It was not a good thing for the prince to get the military power.

"I lost my fiefdom, but gained military power. There is always a loss when there is gain!" Li Si said to Ying Zheng.

In fact, in comparison, the parallel establishment of counties and kingdoms would be better than the garrisons, but that is relative.

Although the army obtained by Wei was under the jurisdiction of the prince, the tiger seal was required to mobilize the army, and a large army must have food and supplies for expedition. Without the support of fiefdoms, the princes who obtained military power were like rootless duckweed, and it would be extremely difficult for them to rebel.

What's more, even if the prince of Wei rebelled, even if he won, it would still be the descendants of the Ying family who would rule the imperial palace, and it would make no difference to the Ying family.

Ying Zheng also thought of this.

No one can say whether it is good or bad to exchange military power for the autonomy of the prince's fiefdom. But without the fiefdom, even if there is military power, it is still rootless.

"Go on!" Ying Zheng nodded slightly to signal Li Si to continue, which also meant that he agreed with this idea.

"Finally, after the world is at peace, the next emperor will dismantle the army!" Li Si continued.

The garrisons established now must be numerous and extensive, but when the world is at peace and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, we can then downsize the army in the name of an elite force, and then releasing these soldiers will not cause too much unrest.

As for those princes, it is normal for some of them to die in the fight for the throne, right?
Ying Zheng looked straight at Li Si. This seemed to be causing the royal family members to kill each other.

However, Li Si looked at Ying Zheng without hesitation. This was the only way to stabilize the empire. If the world was not to fall into chaos again and local unrest was not to be caused, someone would have to sacrifice. And the sacrifice could be the common people, so why couldn't it be the children of the royal family?

"You will die!" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si seriously and said.

Li Si dared to do this, and I could still protect Li Si while I was alive, but once I passed away, Li Si would surely die.

In order to appease the anger of the nobles and the royal family, whoever became the new emperor of Qin would have to sacrifice Li Si.

"Therefore, I beg Your Majesty to live longer, or at least die after me!" Li Si bowed and requested with a smile.

"..." Ying Zheng looked at Li Si stupidly. So this was your idea.

Li Si: As long as I die quickly enough, no one will be able to sacrifice themselves.

"Mad man!" Hei Bai Xuan Jian felt that he was crazy enough sometimes, but compared with a firm Legalist like Li Si, he was nothing.

Who can guarantee that he will die before the monarch?

"If it really doesn't work, I can also be buried with Your Majesty!" Li Si continued.

This idea is better.

If I die, my grave will probably be dug up and my corpse whipped, but I want to be buried with Your Majesty. I don't believe these people would dare to dig up Your Majesty's tomb and dig him out.

"..." Ying Zheng was even more confused. Was this still the Li Si he knew?

How come he became so selfless and fearless after returning from a trip to Bingzhou?

"Not really. If you pass away, I will allow you to be buried in the same mausoleum with me!" Ying Zheng shook his head.

If people like Li Si were allowed to follow in the footsteps of Shang Yang, would there still be Legalists willing to sacrifice their lives for the prosperity of the empire in the future?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Si bowed with a smile.

After opening up the perspective, he discovered that death was just that, nothing to be afraid of.

Li Si continued to demonstrate his design for the future system of Qin on the sand table, including the system of prefectures, counties, and guard posts, a unified central authority, unified weights and measures, unified prices and currencies, unified writing, unified wheel gauges, opening up fields, unified customs, cutting down mountains and destroying temples, etc.

"Crazy, Li Tonggu is a lunatic!"

"This person doesn't want to live anymore!"

After coming out of Qinian Palace, the Qin State's general, censor, prime minister, and nine ministers all felt dizzy and their feet were weak. They were frightened.

Li Si was carrying out drastic reforms and changes, and he was completely reckless and wanted to kill everyone equally.

They wanted to oppose, but they all knew that Li Si's approach was truly designed for the future of the Qin Dynasty, and most importantly, it had the strong support of Ying Zheng, so their opposition was futile.

(End of this chapter)