The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 432: Violence is the Foundation
It is too easy to find those superiors who form cliques for personal gain, embezzle and abuse power, take human lives lightly, and exploit the people. They should have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated. From the perspective of the superiors, this will free up a large number of positions for the promotion of their own people, and from the perspective of the people below, it will help to appease the public anger.

As far as ruling is concerned, it can establish authority and stabilize the situation, and this group of people are often very wealthy, and their wealth can be used to win people's hearts, which is simply a hundred benefits with no harm.

We have to kill them. The higher you go, the fewer positions there are to rule. They are already in that position, and we cannot show them any favor. Their loyalty is worrying.

If he really has good character and behaves in accordance with the rules, then this kind of person can be trusted.

But if he has a very bad reputation among his superiors and subordinates, and has not shown absolute loyalty at the first opportunity, then he must not be kept.

Whether letting them go down or depriving them of their current rights, it will only bring resentment and trouble. In this case, it is better to do things cleanly.

If this loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely disloyal. If a disloyal person holds a high position, isn't that like putting a knife between one's own hearts?

Anyone who is not stupid knows that, let alone confidants, even among brothers and sisters, those who can stay must be reliable people.

Who is the most reliable? Of course, it is the person who was promoted by oneself and with whom one has formed a community of interests. It is even better to have someone who can only rely on oneself and with whom one has formed a personal dependent relationship.

Obviously, this is not the relationship between many old people and new monarchs.

Many people in high positions always do stupid things, the stupidest of which is arrogance.

As a human being, you have feelings, personality, and temperament. Not everyone can act completely rationally.

What's more, some people cannot keep up with the pace of the empire's development.

They may not be wrong, but blocking the road is the biggest mistake.

Although Ying Zheng has been working hard to build his reputation as a benevolent person, he is not a soft-hearted person.

On the contrary, his methods were ruthless and fierce. Ying Zheng was very clear about one thing: the essence of rule is violence.

They say that barbarians fear power but not virtue. Bullshit! This is true for all people in the world! It’s just that barbarians are even worse.

You must have dignity before you can have benevolence, otherwise you are just a piece of meat.

Only a big stick in one hand and sweet dates in the other can make people obedient, but you must pay attention that the prerequisite is the big stick. If you don’t have this big stick, no matter how many sweet dates you have, they will only belong to others.

The world is material and people need to survive, so what people fear most is the threat of death and a fate worse than death, and what they desire most is the hope and enjoyment of survival.

The key points of ruling are just eight words: thunder, lightning, rain and dew, and clear rewards and punishments.

The good reputation of benevolence is to deceive the people in order to reduce the cost of governance.

To these people in the ruling group, they are all the most ferocious and greedy tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves. Blind benevolence is just weakness in their eyes. Only six or seven points of majesty and killing plus three or four points of benevolence and morality can truly tame them.

Even when facing ordinary people, violence must be used. Violence must be used as a deterrent. Otherwise, how could it be so easy to make them pay taxes and obey corvee labor?

Do you really think that every common people serves the country and the king in their hearts?

Civilians are always honest on the outside but cunning on the inside, cowardly and greedy, stingy and cunning, because only in this way can they survive in this cruel world.

Those nobles who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality wantonly ravaged the fields, forced men to work, abused and raped women, and used all kinds of cruel means to kill those who resisted.

What can they do? They have their own survival wisdom, and they can only use the survival wisdom summed up by their ancestors.

Why was it that despite having such harsh laws, Qin was still able to grow stronger and stronger, and now it was able to conquer the world?
It is because even though the laws are strict, they can still allow them to live better compared to other countries.

At least the laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, applying to both superiors and subordinates, which in itself was a protection for them.

The world is so cruel, and Ying Zheng knows this very well.

The nature of living things is to bully the weak and fear the strong. No matter how much they are educated, only a very small number can suppress their nature and instincts, and the vast majority are still controlled by their nature and instincts.

No matter how well he manages his reputation, how many benevolent things he does, and how much he wants the people of the world to live as well as possible.

But the basis of his rule, or the basis of the rule of all rulers, is violence.

Whether to defend or to plunder.

The Emperor is the shepherd of the people. The word "shepherd" is enough to reveal the true meaning.

In order to firmly grasp power and sit firmly on the throne, Ying Zheng has killed many people and confiscated their property over the years. The increase of wealth may not be particularly fast, but it can be transferred very quickly.

Kill two birds with one stone, win, win.

Naturally, the confiscated mansion would not be left alone, but would be well taken care of in order to keep it as a reward.

It is meaningless to keep all the wealth. It can only play its role when it is used.

Why leave so many treasures in the treasury empty? The whole world belongs to the king, why should we indulge in an illusory physical warehouse?
But there are always some kings who don't understand these principles. They would rather let food and treasures rot and decay in the treasury than use them out, until their kingdom rots and decays along with these treasures and is destroyed.

Ying Zheng was never such a person. Although he didn't know much about economics, he understood a very simple truth.

All under heaven are the king's subjects, and all the land belongs to the king.

The whole world belongs to me, so the richer the world is, the richer I am. On the basis of stable rule, the richer the world is, the better.

This principle is quite simple and unpretentious, so he never hesitates to give rewards or spend money to bribe the rulers and ministers of other countries.

It doesn't matter, they all belong to me after all.

Just like what was seized during the house search, whatever is yours, all belongs to me.

It's just a matter of moving the money from the left pocket to the right pocket. Why bother?

If it is handed over to subordinates, they will be more loyal and dedicated, and can also inspire more people to work hard.

As long as the rule is stable and taxes can be collected, nothing will be a problem.

Therefore, Ying Zheng always puts ruling first. As long as it can make his rule more stable and solid, he is willing to do everything and does it actively.

There is no difference between gaining the loyalty of a subject and gaining the love of a woman; they are both human nature.

The social atmosphere created by the superiors in order to rule is inherently more conducive to the superiors winning the hearts of those below them.

This is also why ordinary people always inexplicably feel a sense of awe and envy towards the aristocratic group.

Even though they are both nobles, lower-ranking nobles will be respectful and cautious towards higher-ranking nobles.

Even if it has no impact on him, I will still subconsciously express respect.

In addition, people tend to admire the strong.

This is also why Ying Zheng never bothered to pursue women. If he was interested, he would play with them for a bit. If he was not interested, he would just go straight to the point.

But even so, the woman became even more respectful and obedient to him.

Only women and villains are difficult to raise. If you get close to them, they will be disrespectful; if you keep them far away, they will complain.

But how many people in this world are not villains?
The art of controlling subordinates requires the use of both kindness and severity, and the key to applying them lies in one's heart.

Just like now, Ying Zheng is not in a hurry about the Moon Goddess at all. He has already declared his sovereignty, so the one who should be anxious is the Moon Goddess.

In this way, time passed slowly, and the seventh year of King Zheng of Qin was about to pass.

Oh, and here's another unlucky story.

Han Fei.

This unlucky guy was in charge of investigating two cases: the assassination of Right Sima Liu Yi and the missing military pay. As a result, during the investigation, Liu Yi's wife disappeared, Sima's mansion was burned to the ground, and no one knew whether she was dead or alive.

Han Fei was really confused. My goodness, Liu Yi died at home. Now the crime scene has become a blank space, and none of his family members are left. How can he investigate? The clues are completely gone!
It was difficult for Han Fei to investigate the matter of Liu Yi. No matter how hard you asked him to think about it, he would never have guessed that this was just a decision made by the King of Qin casually, and it was a two-birds-with-one-stone move.

When he investigated the case based on the motive, he could only focus on Ji Wuye.

But it was definitely not Ji Wuye who killed the person.

However, what happened unexpectedly was that the military pay was indeed embezzled by Ji Wuye during the chaos, and Han Fei keenly discovered the remaining traces of the vultures lurking in his command from the Sima Mansion.

Even Ji Wuye didn't know why Vulture died in Liu Yi's mansion, but this made Han Fei more certain that Ji Wuye was involved in everything. In addition, Han Fei originally wanted to suppress Ji Wuye, so he kept chasing Ji Wuye.

But unfortunately, without the armed protection of Guiguzi's descendants and the intelligence support of Zilanxuan, Han Fei could not move forward relying only on the limited help of the Zhang family and with only the young Zhang Liang by his side.

He was restricted in everything he did and felt powerless. He was no match for the powerful Ji Wuye. Despite all his efforts, there was no substantial progress.

Han Wangan advised him to let it go, but Han Fei refused to listen and vowed to get to the bottom of the matter.

Han Wangan did not want to break up with Ji Wuye, but he also wanted to use Han Fei to warn Ji Wuye's party, so he let Han Fei make a fuss.

Fortunately, Han Fei did not have any major helpers this time, so Ji Wuye did not take him seriously at all. Ji Wuye did not want to completely anger Han Wangan, and did not want to kill Han Fei.

There is a stable tacit understanding among the Korean court.

Otherwise, if Ji Wuye really killed Han Fei, Han Fei would definitely die.

But even so, Han Fei's life was already difficult enough.

Even though he had found all the evidence and witnesses of the missing military pay, they were completely destroyed by Ji Wuye's violent attack before he could make them public.

Even though Han Fei was ruthless and paid a huge price, consuming his own energy to nourish the inverse scale, he was still no match for Ji Wuye's gang and was beaten badly by Bai Yifei.

After this battle, Han Fei had a patch of white hair on his forehead.

Facts always prove firmly that criticism with words cannot replace criticism with weapons.

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