Diqin Designer

Chapter 213: You can’t force it, you can only guide it

At that time, marriage between close relatives was also prohibited, but the so-called "close relatives" were different from those of modern times. Direct relatives could not marry, cousins ​​could not marry, people with the same surname could not marry, but cousins ​​could.

The practice of cousins ​​marrying each other to strengthen their relationship continued until later dynasties.

After saying a few more points, Li Nian said, "These things are not mandatory. I hope you will spread them to the public so that the people will consciously abide by them."

A doctor said, "Sir, these are all good things. We should force the people to know about them, rather than letting them know about it consciously!"

This statement caused many doctors to nod their heads.

If these things are true, they are great things that benefit the people. They should be widely publicized and enforced throughout the world so that everyone knows and abides by them, rather than leaving it to the people to decide for themselves.

Before Li Nian could answer, a doctor answered for him, "How can it be that simple? If you boil the water before drinking it, it's a good thing, but boiling water requires firewood. The firewood used by ordinary people for cooking and heating is carefully calculated, so how can there be spare firewood to boil water for drinking at any time?"

As the saying goes, "The seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea", firewood ranks first.

Without firewood, even with the other six items, it would be impossible to make a fire to keep warm and cook food.

Firewood is hard to come by. Even in the 1980s and 1990s, firewood was a problem for some people, let alone now.

The firewood that people have finally managed to get may not even be enough for cooking and heating, but they are also forced to boil water for drinking, wasting firewood on boiling water...

Even if it is done with good intentions, it will be considered a bad thing by the public!
After this doctor said this, the other doctors also understood that although it was a good thing, it was subject to the actual situation and it was impossible to ask everyone to carry it out. If they forced it by law, it would be counterproductive.

The doctor who answered continued, "Young Master is wise as the abyss. He had already anticipated this situation, so he did not force it, but only announced it to the public, so that those who can do it can know and do it, and those who cannot do it can also know it and do it when they can do it in the future."

The other doctors looked at Li Nian, only to see Li Nian nodded, indicating that he did think so.

Due to the current actual situation in Daqin, these things cannot be accomplished overnight, but they can be mentioned to let the people know that they exist, and to let them see the benefits of doing so through examples, so that those who have the conditions will do it spontaneously.

Li Nian said: "That's right. If I make these things into laws and force all places to enforce them, then it will no longer be a good thing, nor will it benefit the people. It may even turn into tyranny and harsh rule, and harsh rule is more ferocious than a tiger!"

The phrase "a harsh government is more ferocious than a tiger" made the doctors feel a chill in their hearts. The doctor who proposed to force the order stood up and said with a shameful look on his face: "I am a humble person with shallow knowledge and inconsiderate thoughts. Fortunately, you are wise..."

Hearing that he wanted to apologize, Li Nian said, "No one is perfect. Even saints make mistakes. You made your remarks out of good intentions. How could you be wrong? Please take a seat!"

After the man sat down, Li Nian said, "For the fifth matter, in a few days, His Majesty will send people to a foreign land. The road to the foreign land is long, and they need to travel through mountains and rivers, through forests and through wilds. Even if the people selected to go to the foreign land are all strong and healthy soldiers in the army, it is difficult to avoid getting sick. Therefore, a doctor must accompany them!"

"This trip to a foreign land is not only to investigate the situation of foreign countries, but also to bring back foreign crops to benefit our Great Qin."

In order to let the doctors know the importance of traveling to foreign lands and be willing to go to foreign lands, Li Nian said: "There is a crop called 'cotton'. It can be woven into clothes with excellent warmth-keeping effect. If you can have one, you will not be afraid of the bitter cold even in the land of Yan and Zhao."

India does produce cotton, but the cotton native to India is a coarse-staple cotton. Due to its low yield and short fibers, it is not suitable for machine spinning and has been gradually eliminated in later generations. Later generations mainly used long-staple cotton and fine-staple cotton, but both of them are produced in America and are now completely unavailable. We can only use cotton from India first, as it is better to have some than nothing.

After hearing what Li Nian said, the doctors were first surprised, then happy, and then excited. If there really was such a crop, bringing it back would save many people from the winter cold and help them survive the winter.

This is a great thing that benefits both the country and the people, so why can't we go?

Even if they would die on the road, they were willing to go. Immediately, a doctor stood up and asked Li Nian for permission to go to a foreign land.

Li Nian said: "Don't worry, the journey is long and the mountains are high. You may encounter various dangers on the way. You may even lose your life on the road and not even be able to bring your body back to your homeland. You should think carefully! And because there are many dangers on the way, it is best for those who are physically strong to go."

Upon hearing this, some older doctors and female doctors showed regretful expressions. Li Nian's words clearly excluded them.

But after thinking about it, they felt that it was the right thing to do. The journey to a foreign land was long and full of dangers. If they were not strong enough, they would instead be a burden to the traveling team.

Li Nian added: "In addition to the above, there are still some things that I need to trouble you with. Xianyang will soon establish a military school, and you will also need to go there to teach."

The military academy should be the same as their medical academy. Was it this young master who advised the Emperor of Qin to build an academy specifically for training generals?

Will future generals also be born from the academy? Wouldn't that mean there will be an endless supply of generals?
However, they are to be sent to teach in military academies as a means of providing emergency relief on the battlefield.

In fact, the doctors did not know that they not only had to teach students in the military academy, but also the Naval Academy and the group of smart children selected by the First Emperor to go to Xianyang.

The navy will have to sail on the sea in the future, so it must have doctors on hand, and naval officers and soldiers must have certain knowledge of first aid at sea.

Those children were Li Nian’s first batch of formal students, the seeds of Daqin’s future, and were extremely valuable. Naturally, they also had to master some medical knowledge so that they could save themselves or others when encountering certain situations.

When Li Nian met with many doctors and said that he wanted to select some doctors to accompany him to the foreign land, a delegation from the Qin Dynasty had already arrived in the "foreign land".

Although it is called a "foreign land", it is actually not different at all. In later generations, it is the land of China. It is just occupied by the Huns at this time and does not belong to the territory of the Qin Dynasty for the time being.

This delegation was none other than the one sent by the Qin Empire to visit the Xiongnu. They set off with the returning Xiongnu delegation and arrived at the Xiongnu capital, Manchester, today.

Looking at the Xiongnu Royal City not far away, Jiao Li, the main person in charge of this mission, said to the deputy envoy Chen Ping: "Although this city is not as good as Xianyang, it also has its own style!"

Chen Ping looked at Touman City carefully for a few times, then looked at a few more places, and said in a tone that was neither light nor heavy: "This city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The person who built this city must be a man who knows military affairs. There are heavy troops guarding the strategic locations. If you want to capture it, the best strategy is to defeat the enemy without fighting, the middle strategy is to break it from the inside, and the worst strategy is to break it by force."

This made Jiao Li look sideways. How come as a deputy envoy, when he saw a human city, the first thing he thought of was how to capture the city?
He looked around hurriedly. Fortunately, there were no Huns around for the time being. If the Huns heard them, they would know that they were on a peaceful mission this time, not coming to kill people and seize the city.

(End of this chapter)