Diqin Designer

Chapter 386 The Army is Returning
"Education is the cornerstone of national development. If a country wants to develop and progress, it must have more well-educated people. The number of literate people increased through education can not only be used in cultural development, but also can become officials and craftsmen of the Qin Dynasty."

"The territory of the Qin Empire will surely become larger in the future, and a larger territory means more officials will be needed. The Qin Empire will also need a large number of talented people to carry out industrial construction. Where will these people come from?"

The core meaning is this: For the future development of Daqin, Your Majesty and all the gentlemen should support Daqin's investment in education.

Qin Shi Huang and others also knew that what Li Nian said was true. The development of the Qin Dynasty required a large number of talents. If talents could not be cultivated through education, how could they be allowed to grow naturally on the roadside?

Or should we let others (various schools of thought) train talents, and then recruit them ourselves, but can the people trained by others be as credible as those trained by ourselves?
But education also has its drawbacks, especially for feudal dynasties like the Qin Dynasty. Education can enlighten the people and make them less easily deceived, which means that their rule will be shaken.

It will no longer be possible to expect the Qin Dynasty to last for thousands of years or for the Qin royal family to rule forever.

This seems to be a multiple-choice question: choosing to develop education will affect the stability of Daqin, but the talents cultivated by education will promote the rapid development and progress of Daqin; choosing not to develop education and maintain the stability of Daqin, but the development of Daqin will be seriously affected.

But for the First Emperor, this was not a multiple-choice question: although he wanted the Qin Dynasty to last for thousands of years and forever, Li Nian, who came from the future, had already told him the result. No dynasty could last forever. No matter how hard he tried, the Qin Dynasty would one day have no king or emperor.

Moreover, even if education was not developed and the people were not enlightened and remained ignorant, could the Qin Dynasty last for thousands of years?
Li Nian had already told him about history: The Qin Dynasty perished after the Second Emperor, and all other dynasties were also destroyed one by one, even the Han and Tang dynasties!

An everlasting dynasty is, after all, just an emperor's ambition. He originally had it, but it was ruthlessly shattered by Li Nian, who came from the lower reaches of history.

Of course, although dynasties cannot last forever and will eventually return to the yellow sands of history, some measures can be taken to make the dynasty last longer, such as limiting the power and wisdom of the people...

By doing so, perhaps the dynasty could continue for a few hundred years before being swept into history!
However, the First Emperor did not make such a choice. His choice was: since the Qin Dynasty might not last for thousands of years, let his achievements last from ancient times to the present.

He wanted to truly achieve "the virtue of the Three Sovereigns and the achievements of the Five Emperors" and become the greatest emperor in the history of the world, without a doubt. Even if there were other outstanding emperors in the future, they could only sigh that they were not as good as him.

He wanted to build the Qin Dynasty into the world's first empire on which the sun never sets. He wanted to become the emperor among emperors who connected the ancient and modern times, so that all emperors in later generations would follow his example.

This was the real reason why Li Nian was able to survive under his nose. Otherwise, if he wanted to stabilize the Qin Dynasty and prolong its reign, even if he didn't kill Li Nian, he would have detained him without anyone else knowing.

Because the later thoughts that Li Nian carries are dangerous, and many concepts of that later world will seriously affect the emperor's rule.

He would detain Li Nian, and only allow himself to ask Li Nian about future events, strictly forbidding others to contact Li Nian, and then adjust the policy towards Daqin based on what Li Nian said, erasing those things that affect Daqin's stability, so as to make Daqin last longer.

It's not like now. Although Li Nian is not allowed to leave the palace, he is famous all over the world. All the ministers of the Qin Dynasty are allowed to meet Li Nian, so that Meng Tian, ​​Wang Jian and others know that Li Nian comes from later generations.

These all represent the decisions of the First Emperor!

Li Nian was not surprised that the First Emperor would make this decision. The First Emperor was very vain and pursued great achievements. As long as the direction and goal were made clear to him and it was shown that the Ming Dynasty would achieve great achievements in this direction, he would take the initiative to do it.

The First Emperor was well aware of Li Nian's purpose, but he accepted it because the prospects Li Nian described to him did arouse his great interest.

You can achieve success and fame, and become the greatest emperor in history, or even throughout history. It is so attractive, why not do it?
Li Nian talked endlessly about the benefits of education, and then said: "The above are the main problems that I think the Qin Dynasty may face after this war."

"But I am only an individual. My wisdom is limited, and the plans of many people are long. There must be mistakes and omissions. If your majesty and the others want to adopt it, please adapt it to the conditions of the Qin Dynasty."

The First Emperor nodded, looked at Li Nian, and said, "At today's court meeting, when the victory report was delivered, Li Si also mentioned the impact of this battle on the Qin Dynasty, but his words were not as detailed or profound as yours."

Li Nian said: "I am just taking advantage of the future. In terms of talent and wisdom, I am not as good as Deputy Prime Minister Li."

At Li Nian's humble words, the First Emperor shook his head and said, "You are good in every way, but you are too modest. I think even if you are not from the future, you are not inferior to Li Si!"

Li Nian didn't know what to say about this. His family knew his own business. He was just an ordinary person in the future, except that he had cheats.

It was already evening when we left Zhangtai Palace. The brilliant sunset glowed in the sky, as if celebrating the great victory of the Qin Dynasty and the entry of the Qin Dynasty into a new era.

Standing outside Zhangtai Palace, the evening breeze blew Li Nian's robe. Looking at the fiery red sunset that connected to the horizon, Li Nian thought back to more than a year ago when he first arrived in Daqin. How could he have thought that Daqin would move forward under his design?

Now, a lot of changes have taken place in Daqin and him, but there is still a long way to go and they cannot slack off!
The Qin Dynasty did not hide this great victory and quickly announced it to the world.

Although the people of Daqin were happy that Daqin had won, they were not too surprised.

It's just a victory over two foreign barbarians, isn't that what should be done?

Any special surprises?

Could it be that the Qin Dynasty could not defeat these two foreign barbarians?
But for those foreign countries, especially those who knew the strength of Donghu and Yuezhi, this news shocked them greatly.

Although they knew that the Qin Dynasty was very powerful, the Donghu and Yuezhi were no pushovers either. They were the top powerful forces on the grassland. Even if the Qin Dynasty sent troops to conquer them, it would have to pay a considerable price, and it would not be easy at least.

However, the result was that the two were easily destroyed by the Qin Dynasty and had no ability to fight back. The whole process can be roughly summarized as: the Qin Dynasty sent troops, the Qin troops arrived, the Donghu and Yuezhi were destroyed by the Qin Dynasty, and the victorious General Wang Ben sent a victory report back to Xianyang.

Oh, and there were also the Huns and Wusun people cheering for the Qin army!

We knew that Donghu and Yuezhi were no match for the Qin army, but their defeat was too quick. Was it that Donghu and Yuezhi were not good enough and their strength was overestimated, or was it that the Qin army was too strong?

If the results reported in the victory report are true, then it should be the latter!
Many people do not want the latter, because that means that when facing the Qin Dynasty, they will not be much better off than the Donghu and Yuezhi.

The victory report mentioned that the Qin Dynasty was able to achieve this victory by using a weapon called "cannon", which created an astonishing enemy-to-friendly casualty ratio. The Donghu and Yuezhi were almost destroyed, while the casualties of the Qin army were negligible.

Many people are wondering what this cannon is and why it has such capabilities?
Of course, these people also doubted the authenticity of this victory report, because the enemy's casualties ratio was really exaggerated. They guessed that the Qin people might have won the battle, but at a considerable cost, so the Qin people modified the victory report, changing it from "victory" to "a beautiful victory."

This may be the truth of the matter. The Qin people obviously exaggerated the results of the battle and wanted to use this victory to intimidate and intimidate them.

It is just that it is said that the Qin army will return with prisoners. If there were no such results, how could they dare to say that they would return with prisoners? Wouldn't that be a lie that could be exposed at a glance?

No matter what, when the Qin army returns with the prisoners, they will know the truth. They hope it is false. If it is true, they will have trouble sleeping.

Time passed, and it was time for Wang Ben to lead his army back.

On this day, the whole Xianyang was filled with a festive atmosphere. Many families in Xianyang took out the national flag of the Qin Dynasty and hung it on their houses, or hung up things that symbolized auspiciousness and joy in this era.

Although it was not a festival day, Xianyang was like a festival, and the Qin court made a lot of money by selling national flags.

Not only the Qin people in Xianyang, but also people from other places wanted to see the triumphant army.

The weather was good, with a clear sky that day, neither hot nor cold. Many Qin people in Xianyang had breakfast early, put on their beautiful clothes that they usually didn't want to wear, took the small Qin national flag, and headed for the north gate of Xianyang with their families.

According to official information, the army’s triumphant return today will be held at the north gate!

When Qin Xiu and his family set out, they saw that there were already many Xianyang citizens like them rushing towards the north gate in the city.

Everyone's attire was similar, almost all of them had their families with them, and were holding small Qin flags in their hands. Many people couldn't help but smile when they saw that others had the same outfit as themselves.

Knowing that there would be a lot of people today and that too many people would lead to accidents, there were officials and Qin soldiers on the streets to maintain order.

When the Qin people saw these officials and Qin soldiers, they were not afraid. They even greeted the officials and Qin soldiers they knew. Qin Xiu and his family met acquaintances.

Seeing an acquaintance, Qin Li, who was maintaining order, Qin Xiu asked, "Old Qiu, why are you on duty today? Didn't you say a few days ago that you would take a day off today?"

The Qin official heard the familiar voice, turned around and saw it was Qin Xiu, and sighed: "Alas, there are too many people today, and not enough manpower, everyone has to come on duty! If I could take a day off today, I would also go to see General Wang Ben and General Meng Tian return victoriously like you."

"I heard that His Majesty and all the officials in the court will go there today..."

When he mentioned "Your Majesty", Lao Qiu's expression became excited, "Then I will have the opportunity to see His Majesty's holy face, and maybe even see Master Li Nian. Unfortunately, I have to be on duty, so I can't go!"

After hearing this, Qin Xiu did not comfort Lao Qiu, but laughed and said, "If you can't go, don't you still have me? Don't worry, when I come back, I will tell you in detail about the grand occasion of the triumph. I guarantee that you will be able to hear it even if you didn't see it with your own eyes."

Old Qiu glanced at him, snorted, and raised his head slightly: "Don't bother with me. I can't go, but my children have already gone. They will tell me about it when they come back. And tomorrow's newspaper will definitely record this triumphant return, and they will remember it in more detail than you do."

Qin Xiu choked. If he still said that he would come back to tell Lao Qiu about the triumphant return, wouldn't he be one generation older than Lao Qiu's children?
But Qin Xiu caught another clue from Lao Qiu's words, looked at Lao Qiu with his eyes slanted, and said with a smile: "I remember that Lao Qiu doesn't know many words, right? Even if you buy the newspaper back, can you recognize all the words on it?"

Lao Qiu replied disdainfully: "I can't recognize all the words above, but I won't look for someone who can recognize them. Besides, someone will definitely talk about this triumphant return in the library tomorrow. At most, I can pay to listen to it!"

"Shuguan" is actually "teahouse", and its function is similar to that of teahouses in later generations. It appeared in Xianyang after the publication of newspapers. However, because "tea" was not very popular in Daqin, the people of Xianyang did not think of naming it "teahouse".

There were many libraries in Xianyang. The Qin court had opened some in several urban areas, and some were run by private individuals. One of the main businesses of the libraries was to tell the illiterate people of Xianyang Qin about what was written in the daily newspapers and let them know the news in the newspapers.

Of course, like the teahouses of later generations, there would be people telling anecdotes and weird gossips in the bookstore, but the guests did not drink tea while enjoying themselves in the bookstore.

Qin Xiu and Lao Qiu were both Qin soldiers in the same team, so they were familiar with each other. Lao Qiu was not called "Lao Qiu" but because his surname was now "Qiu", Qin Xiu called him "Lao Qiu".

Lao Qiu and Qin Xiu were just ordinary Qin people. They originally had only names but no surnames. It was only last year that the imperial court suddenly issued an order allowing all people in the world to add surnames to themselves, thus giving them surnames.

Old Qiu chose the surname "Qiu", and when Qin Xiu chose "Qin" as his surname, he nervously asked the Qin official who handled his surname: "Qin" is the name of the Great Qin State. It will be okay for a humble person like him to take "Qin" as his surname, right?
The Qin official told him that this was approved by the emperor himself, and that all citizens of the Great Qin could take "Qin" as their surname. Only then did Qin Xiu's uneasiness disappear and he took this surname.

According to what Li Nian learned, among the surnames in the Qin Dynasty today, the most common surname is "Qin", and in later generations, the most common surname is "Wang". I'm afraid that this world will become a "Qin" family.

If you think about it, you will know the reason why this happened. As citizens of the Qin Dynasty, when you can take "Qin" as your surname, how many people would choose other surnames?

This can be considered as an influence that changed the development of this world, leading it to a path different from the original world.

Seeing that Qin Xiu wanted to talk, Lao Qiu waved his sleeves in disgust and said, "Hurry up and leave. There are too many people here today. If you don't find a good seat soon, you may not be able to see anything!"

Qin Xiu laughed and nodded, saying, "Okay, in two days, bring your wife and children to my home as a guest. Don't refuse."

Seeing Lao Qiu respond, Qin Xiu took his family and continued to rush towards the north gate.

Looking at the Qin Xiu family leaving, and then looking at the more people on the street rushing to the north of the city, Lao Qiu sighed in a low voice: "A year ago, who could have imagined such a scene?"

More than a year ago, although they thought that their lives would be better after the six kingdoms were destroyed and the world was unified, they never thought it would turn out like today.

Looking at the many people holding small Qin flags on the street, Lao Qiu felt a feeling in his heart that was difficult to explain in words.

(End of this chapter)