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

Chapter 1109: Lack of people [Subscription*Monthly ticket required]

Yan Yan understood what Jing Ke meant.

Hetao was Bingzhou's most important strategic development area in the early stage. Most of Bingzhou's manpower and resources were concentrated on its transformation. Everyone knew what the development of Hetao meant to them.

Therefore, they are willing to do it actively and create a paradise on the frontier.

But now that Bingzhou has completed the development of Hetao, it is turning around to develop the area north of Dalingh River, giving the fruits of their victory to a small number of people. This is unfair to most people.

"Slow down the development of Daling River and let the people make their own choices!"

Yan Yan finally spoke.

He misjudged the times, thinking that the land of Qi and Lu would become the devastated Qi and Lu of later generations, with a large population and poverty, and that they would have to go to Guandong.

Qi and Lu are now the richest places in the world, with many merchants. Qi's forty years of peace and prosperity have made the people of Qi and Lu the happiest in the world.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to get them to voluntarily go to the north of Dalingh River and develop outside the Great Wall.

"Actually, you all knew it before, why didn't you tell me?" Yan Yan asked puzzledly.

Others might know about it but wouldn't dare to tell him, but not Jing Ke.

"Because I'm stupid!" Jing Ke put his hands behind his head and lay on the roof. "I thought you knew, but you still did this, so I thought you saw something that we didn't see, so I didn't dare to say it."

Yan Yan was speechless. This reason was so powerful that he felt it made a lot of sense for a moment and had no way to refute it.

Many people in Bingzhou have seen it, but some dare not say it, while others may be like Jing Ke, who thinks he knows it but still insists on having his own way, so they feel there is no need to say it.

"I don't have so much time to pay attention to everything. Human energy is limited!" Yan Yan sighed, trying to make up an excuse for himself.

Having lived two lives, his memory is distorted, he confuses history and reality, and subconsciously ignores too many things.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan decided that after returning this time, he would thoroughly sort out his memories, compare the reality with the China in his memory, and confirm what the current situation is.

After chatting with Jing Ke for a while, they both left.

Xiong Qi finally returned the tiger talisman and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Too many people died!" Xiong Qi sighed.

The Qin State itself had few officials, and now a batch of them had been killed. It would take too long to train enough officials.

"Take the officials as your teachers!" Yan Yan looked at Xiong Qi.

This was not what he thought of, but this is what the Qin State did.

The Qin State only had soldiers and civilians, but that doesn’t mean there were no scholars in the Qin State.

Most of the scholars in Qin State were military officers. Qin State attached great importance to the army. Therefore, all officers, starting from the sergeant, had to receive cultural education.

At least the Qin military officers were literate and knew the Qin laws.

Xiong Qi nodded. This was the only way. Due to the lack of officials, they could only force the issue.

As for problems, let's deal with them as they arise. When a problem arises, just solve it one by one.

There is no better way.

"Taking the officials as teachers and cooperating with the assistance of the three local elders, the Qin State can at least be stabilized temporarily." Xiong Qi continued.

Appointing military officials as officials is also a way to give an explanation to the soldiers who have made military achievements. With the assistance of the three local elders, it can handle local government affairs more specifically to a large extent and let local officials have a clearer understanding of the local situation.

The only problem is that officials can be easily led by the local nobles and sidelined. The so-called three elders are elderly people who are over 50 years old, highly respected in the local area, and can convince the villagers.

These people are generally the patriarchs of local families, teachers, carpenters, Taoists, etc.

The former is most likely.

Because the villages of this era were all clans with the same surname, the clan leader would normally also be the village chief or the head of the village.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to appointing three elders in the village. The advantage is that they are familiar with the village, can win the support of the people, can effectively mediate conflicts in the village, and will truly work hard for the development of the village. The disadvantage is that if these people disagree with the local officials appointed by the Qin State, they can easily undermine the Qin officials.

Xiong Qi naturally knew the pros and cons of this, but there was nothing he could do. Qin had no one, so he had to do this.

Moreover, if there is no participation of local people in local government offices, the people will also be in a state of panic.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts and better understand the local area, the Qin State had no choice but to do so.

At this time, Xiong Qi envied An Qisheng again.

During the war of unification, many scholars fled to Bingzhou to avoid the war, so that Bingzhou did not have to worry about officials. In addition, Yan Yan invited hundreds of schools to teach in Bingzhou, which also provided Bingzhou with a steady stream of talented scholars who could govern the country.

It can be said that Bingzhou today is a place that gathers the essence of the entire China.

As a prime minister, An Qisheng could ask for any talent he wanted as long as he informed the various schools of thought. Even if there was no ready-made one, they would do their best to quickly train one.

And Xiong Qi could only look for him all over the world.

Because Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, the relationship between Qin and the Hundred Schools of Thought was not so harmonious. Even if Qin wanted people, the other party might not give them to Qin.

In comparison, Xiong Qi could only say that it was too difficult for him.

All his retainers were dragged out, making the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was originally full of guests, look particularly deserted.

"Actually, it's not impossible for you to ask Bingzhou for people!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

Bingzhou recruited hundreds of schools, and every year many scholars served in the academies of hundreds of schools. The most outstanding ones would naturally be given priority and would be supplied to Bingzhou first, but that did not mean Bingzhou could take them all.

There are fewer people in Bingzhou, so they don't need so many officials.

Therefore, many scholars are actually unemployed once they graduate.

Xiong Qi remained silent. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he just didn't dare.

Who knows whether these people will be indoctrinated with the idea of ​​Bingzhou supremacy? If a large number of Bingzhou people flood the Qin court, the scene will be unimaginable.

And there is no doubt that among these scholars there must be some secret agents developed by the Bingzhou Military Control Commission.

Even if they use it, they dare not reuse it.

"Bingzhou only provides teaching places and students for various schools of thought and will not interfere in educational affairs. Changping Jun can rest assured about this. I think Qin State also has many spies among them, and they should be able to tell whether what I said is true or false!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

It is an unspoken agreement to plant spies for each other.

Bingzhou did not interfere in the teaching affairs of various academies. All the chief academic officers, supervisors, and teachers of the academies were appointed by each academy itself and then reported to the Bingzhou Education Office.

Xiong Qi did not dare to give an answer, as this matter was too big and needed to be reported to Ying Zheng. He also needed to discuss it with all the officials before a reply could be given.

However, it is certain that people from Bingzhou will be appointed as officials. The only difference is the question of how many to use.

(End of this chapter)