Diqin Designer

Chapter 410: The Qin People's Heart is Clear

Master Moye continued, "Fourth, we must inform more people of the news about Qin, so that more people will know the threat Qin poses to our country, and we can prepare together to deal with Qin."

Hearing this "fourth", a noble frowned and said: "Master wants more people to know about Qin. Although this is a good intention, if too many people know, Master, isn't he afraid of causing panic? On the contrary, we won't be able to work together to deal with Qin."

There is indeed such a possibility. After knowing that Qin is far more powerful than their Peacock Kingdom, some people may not only fail to work together to deal with Qin, but may feel pessimistic and desperate, and even do things that are not beneficial to their Peacock Kingdom.

Some people have a secret thought: Daqin is so strong that we cannot defeat it even if we unite as one, so why should we unite? It is better to learn Daqin language well, so that it will be more convenient to surrender to Daqin when the Daqin soldiers arrive in the future.

In order to win credit from the Qin people after their arrival, these people will not only not support preparations for fighting against the Qin people, but will deliberately sabotage and hinder others' preparations for fighting.

When the Qin people arrive in the future, these people will shamelessly run to the Qin people and say, "Masters of the Great Qin, you don't know that those people are very cunning. They want to make a weapon similar to your artillery. Fortunately, we discovered it and solved it for you in advance. Masters of the Great Qin, come this way, there is a small path that leads directly to Huashi City!"

Facing a powerful enemy, it is not uncommon throughout history for people to not work together to deal with it, but instead become pessimistic and desperate, and to split and fight among themselves because the enemy is too strong. There are also many people who lead the way for a powerful enemy, and instead of finding ways to deal with the enemy themselves, try to sabotage the preparations of others.

Master Moye sighed and said, "We have already thought about this, but if we don't tell them, how can others know how strong the Qin people are and be willing to prepare to deal with them? For example, if I hadn't told you today, would you take Qin seriously? I'm afraid you wouldn't take Qin seriously or regard it as a threat, let alone prepare to deal with it."

Yes, who would have nothing better to do than to prepare for a country they don’t know much about, and a country that they originally thought was a barbaric country weaker than themselves?

How is it possible to start preparing for years or even decades to deal with a small barbarian country that is weaker than ourselves?

Master Moye had something to say: Some of you may have had other thoughts after hearing about the strength of the Qin State, but you have not expressed them yet.

After listening to Master Moye's words, the noble also sighed: "It is indeed as Master said, it is difficult to tell, and it is also difficult not to tell. It is a dilemma, so we can only choose the lesser of the two!"

Master Moye also said: "This is why the Qin people let us return to our country. If we tell the people of our country that they are powerful, it may confuse people and cause panic. But if we don't tell them, the people of our country will not know how powerful the Qin is, so how can they prepare to deal with it?"

"That's why we believe that the Qin people will definitely invade our country. We are already preparing for their invasion now. We use them to spread their power in our country, so as to disrupt our country and make our people divided and unable to unite to resist Qin."

The Qin State also wanted to use them to let more people in the Peacock Kingdom know about the Qin State. When the Qin State came in the future, the people of the Peacock Kingdom would be mentally prepared for its arrival: It turns out that the Qin people are coming. The Qin State is so strong that we can't resist it at all. Why don't we surrender?
This was to give the Peacock people a psychological hint in advance: they could not defeat the Qin Dynasty, and it was not shameful to surrender to the powerful Qin Dynasty!

This will make them feel less psychologically burdened when they choose to surrender to the Qin Dynasty and lead the way for the Qin Dynasty. Instead, they will feel that their surrender is reasonable and the right choice.

Daqin was as strong as a monster, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not defeat it, so they had to kneel before the masters of Daqin. As long as the masters of Daqin did not go too far, having another master above them was not unacceptable.

Master Moye and others did not think of this. They just thought that the Qin people wanted to use them to confuse the people of the Maurya Kingdom first.

"The only way to break the Qin's plan is to keep our people united and make our country stronger than Qin. When Qin arrives, we will defeat it."

However, Master Moye also knew that this was a very difficult thing to happen, and there was little hope that their Maurya Kingdom would become stronger than the Qin Kingdom.

This was also the thing that made him most angry and helpless. The Qin people's strategy was not concealed at all, but they just couldn't crack it. It was as if the Qin people were mocking them: You know what we are planning, but you still have to follow our plan, and you can't crack it.

Thinking of this, Master Moye also felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

When will their Peacock Kingdom be treated like this by other countries?
Has their Peacock Kingdom fallen to this point?

In fact, although their Maurya Kingdom had declined, it had not fallen to the point of being bullied by any country. Before encountering the Qin State, they once believed that they were the top power in the world. Unfortunately, this halo was shattered by the Qin State.

"Fifth..."

When Master Moye talked about the "fifth", he paused.

Because what he is about to say will not only offend many people, but will also be almost impossible to pass.

"Stop building temples in the country and concentrate manpower and material resources on national development. Our country is rich, but too much manpower and material resources are spent on building temples every year. If we can use these manpower and material resources for the development of our country, our country will become stronger."

"In my opinion, the land of Qin is not as good as ours. However, Qin, though poorer than ours, has developed to be stronger than ours. This is because, although Qin's land is poor, it can concentrate human and material resources for development, while our land, although rich, cannot concentrate human and material resources to make the country strong."

During the reign of King Ashoka, more than 80,000 Buddhist stupas were built across the country. Now, after King Ashoka's grandson ascended the throne, he has also been building Jain temples on a large scale. Now, tens of thousands of temples have been built and tens of thousands of statues have been made. A large amount of manpower and material resources have been wasted in this way.

But Master Maya knew that this statement would never be accepted. Even if everyone in this room accepted it, the descendants of Ashoka of Pataliputra and those Jain princes would not accept it. This statement would shake the interests of many people.

Building a temple is such a festive and auspicious thing, why don't you just not build it?

What? You said that the Qin people are coming to invade, and we can’t waste manpower and material resources on building temples, but should use them on more critical things?
How ridiculous! Building temples for saints and sculpting statues for them is a waste of manpower and material resources.
Could it be that all the things that happened in the Qin State were lies made up by you?

Moreover, even if what you said is true, we must repair the temple even more, and do a major renovation so that we can better obtain the protection of the saints and stop the invasion of the Qin people.

Now is not the time when Buddhism is strong, but the time when Jainism is rising and growing. Even if according to his words, Buddhism should not build temples, how could Jainism listen to him, a pagan?
Besides, Buddhism was not decided by him. Building temples involved huge interests. Even the Buddhists would not agree to it. Master Maya knew all this, but the threat of Qin was there. If the Maurya Kingdom could not concentrate its strength on development, it would not be able to fight against Qin.

Inside the room, a monk said to Master Moye, "Brother Moye, you can only tell us this, but don't tell anyone else, and don't tell anyone in Huashi City."

To this, Master Maya did not respond, but everyone in the room knew that Master Maya had made up his mind. After arriving in Pataliputra, he would definitely tell this to Ashoka's grandson and other princes.

Master Moye said: "Sixth, we should make friends with the surrounding countries and make them work for our country, just like the Qin State made the Baiyue people, the Xiongnu people, and the Wusun people work for us."

This is not easy to do. It is not that the influence of the Peacock Kingdom on its neighboring countries is weak. In fact, the influence of the Peacock Kingdom on its neighboring countries is not bad. But the Peacock Kingdom chose the wrong path. They mainly preached to the surrounding countries and tribes.

Preaching is a kind of culture. If it can be used well, it can be very useful to the Maurya Kingdom. However, the religions of the Maurya Kingdom are all of different morals. Brahmanism has a caste system, while Buddhism and Jainism emphasize non-violence and non-killing.

It is easy to imagine what kind of shape the Guobang tribe, which has been influenced by the Peacock Kingdom's missionary work, will become. Don't even think about asking them to help the Peacock Kingdom and block the bullets of the Qin Dynasty.

This actually brought benefits to Daqin. After experiencing the missionary work of the Peacock Kingdom, the temperaments of the state and tribes would become relatively docile, which would be more convenient for Daqin to manage them after its arrival.

Master Moye continued, "When Qin destroyed Donghu and Yuezhi, the Xiongnu and Wusun were responsible for all the food and grass, and they had to go out with the Qin army. If Qin wanted to start a war against another country, the Xiongnu and Wusun would also go out with Qin. This is how Qin used the Xiongnu and Wusun to serve its own interests, and our country can follow suit."

"If the Qin State wanted to make friends with a certain country, it would send envoys to the country to stay there permanently. The Qin people called it 'setting up an embassy and sending a permanent ambassador'. The Xiongnu, Baiyue, and later Wusun all sent envoys to the Qin State to stay there permanently."

An official from Tanmo Lidi heard this and seemed to understand something. He said in a deep voice: "Although the Qin people sent envoys here last time, they did not ask for an embassy or permanent envoys. This shows that the Qin people did not want to truly befriend our country at that time."

When the others heard this, they suddenly realized that the Qin people had been plotting against them since then, but they didn't know it and had warmly welcomed them.

When they thought about how the Qin people were warmly entertained by them and how they quickly found their specialties when they wanted them, everyone in the room became angry: Qin people, you deserve to die. We entertained you warmly, but you had evil intentions towards us.

These people obviously forgot that the reason they warmly entertained Yao Zhi and others was because they were very satisfied with the gifts Yao Zhi and others sent, and they also wanted to give the Qin people a little shock from the Peacock Kingdom, so that the Qin people could open their eyes and see what a civilized country is!

They were more to show off their wealth and power to the Qin people: Look at our vast territory and abundant resources, our large population, your Qin State is far inferior! If there is anything that your country doesn't have, just ask us, our Celestial Empire doesn't lack this.

Master Moye said: "The Donghu and Yuezhi countries did not exchange envoys with the Qin State. After that, the Donghu and Yuezhi countries were destroyed by the Qin people."

The Qin people did not send permanent envoys to exchange with them. Doesn't this just show that in the Qin people's minds, they, like the Donghu and Yuezhi, are also targets to be destroyed?

This once again confirmed to everyone in the room the threat posed by the Qin people to them!
Master Moye continued, "The Qin people also established the 'Daqin International College', where the Xiongnu, Baiyue, and Wusun peoples can all send students to study abroad. This is also a great piece of evidence that the Qin people have no intention of making friends with our country!"

"If the Qin people wanted to make friends with our country, they would allow us to send students to the International Academy to learn literacy. However, we applied to the Qin people many times, but they refused to approve it."

When talking about this incident, Master Moye still feels angry and regretful.

When they were in Xianyang, they applied to the Qin people several times, hoping that the Qin people would allow them to send students to study in Xianyang, but the Qin people did not approve it.

Even though the Maurya Kingdom was not as good as the Qin State, it was still a big country. They took the initiative to make friends with the Qin people, but were rejected by the Qin people.

Master Moye said: "Although we have never been to the Great Qin International College, it is impossible that the Qin people are sincerely training talents for the Xiongnu, Baiyue, and Wusun. I am afraid that they want to use it to have a deeper influence on the Xiongnu and Baiyue. But even so..."

Master Moye sighed again: "With the strength of Qin, the knowledge and skills it teaches can also benefit the Xiongnu and Baiyue people a lot. In the long run, even if these countries are not as good as Qin, they will be far better than other countries. Moreover, they will be closely connected with Qin and become Qin's allies. In the future, those who invade our country may not only be Qin people, but also the Xiongnu and Baiyue people who come with them."

The Qin people obviously wanted to unite the countries that were on good terms with him to form a powerful national alliance. Anyone who did not join this alliance would likely become the target of Qin's conquest.

Everyone in the room looked even more serious. It was already difficult to deal with the Qin State alone, and the Qin State also brought a group of powerful younger brothers with it. How could they deal with it?

The opponent is not only strong, but also has a group of equally strong younger brothers. When the opponent attacks, they need to deal with a group of people.

Master Moye continued, "When we left Qin, we arrived at a city called Lianyue City. That city is located on the border of Qin, adjacent to the Baiyue tribes, and is designed to allow the Baiyue people to travel to Qin. Do you know what we saw and heard there?"

One noble replied: "There are many Baiyue people there, and they have frequent exchanges with the Qin people? Have those Baiyue people also become accustomed to the existence of this city and to getting along with the Qin people?"

Master Moye nodded and said, "That's right. Although the Baiyue people there still wear Baiyue clothes and costumes, they are already similar to the Qin people. They speak the Qin language and use Qin money. Perhaps after a few years, they will be no different from the Qin people!"

Master Moye still remembers the scene of the Baiyue people shouting. They were obviously Baiyue people, but they spoke Qin dialect fluently and it had become a habit.

Master Moye said this intentionally in order to highlight the threat of the Qin State, but he did not expect that after hearing what he said, some people in the room would have other ideas: Hey, when the Qin people invade them in the future, will they also want to turn them into the same as the Baiyue people?
If this is true, then being a "Qin person" seems to be nothing wrong. Maybe after becoming a "Qin person", their status and power will be even more stable than they are now. In the past, they did not have a powerful Qin father to support them.

I just don't know whether the great Qin masters would be willing to identify them as "Qin people". After all, their appearance is obviously different from that of the Qin people and can be distinguished at a glance.

(End of this chapter)