Lu Dynasty

Chapter 354 Qin Fa
After hearing what I said, the old blacksmith slapped his thigh and said, "My age is useless! My lord, my lord, I have known you for almost 20 years. Why are you telling me now that things can be made like this?" ? If you had told me earlier, I would have made more weapons for you!"

I smiled and said, "Just like this, you have always made a lot of contributions to me. If you make meritorious service, others will not be able to live! Besides, didn't we not have that condition at that time? Now that we have arrived in Luoyang, I will let Huang Ming On the edge of the Yellow River in Luoyang City, a special weapon casting dock is built, where you can research new weapons, and methods to improve the quality and efficiency of casting weapons! I will send 3000 people to stand guard for you!"

"That's a good relationship!" Liu Ye said with a smile: "As the quality of weapons improves, the combat effectiveness of our troops will also increase. When the time comes, the soldiers will be strong and strong, and we will see who is our opponent!" After Liu Ye finished speaking, he saw the vote he brought The old craftsman also nodded.

I saw that they were all satisfied, and asked with a smile: "Zi Yang, Zhong Jing, do you have anything else to settle?"

"I'm disturbing my lord!" Zhang Ji and Liu Ye resigned satisfied when they saw that I promised them to recruit doctors and craftsmen, and took those old craftsmen away by the way.

Guo Jia saw that there were only me and them in the private room, so he asked me: "My lord, why did you say that whether it was Xiang Yu or Liu Bang who overthrew the Qin Dynasty, it was a retrogression? You know, the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty made people The people of the world cannot bear the suffering!"

"Feng Xiao is wrong!" I said, "The demise of the Qin Dynasty was not a matter of tyranny. In fact, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were indeed a little stricter and the scope of management was wider, but its content was still very good. For example Qin law stipulates that Qin people must wash their hair every three days and bathe every five days. If Qin people do not abide by this law, they will be punished with flogging! This law seems a bit strict, but Qin The country allows citizens to take a day off every five days to take a bath, which is the origin of the holiday. One day is definitely enough to take a bath! Is this still a tyranny? At most, it is more lenient. But those who don’t like The bathers objected, saying it was tyranny, but in fact this is very reasonable.”

Guo Jia said: "My lord, I really don't see why this clause in Qin Fali is reasonable! It's everyone's freedom to take a bath or not. When you are in a good mood, you can wash it three times a day; when you are in a bad mood, you can wash it once a year." , Qin State enforced the time for bathing and shampooing, this is not tyranny!"

I'm really speechless to Guo Jia's words, even someone as smart as Guo Jia doesn't know the benefits of frequent bathing.In Guo Jia's view, bathing is just to make himself feel refreshed, but he doesn't know that frequent bathing can prevent many diseases.This is also my fault. In the Han Dynasty, if I wanted to find someone to talk about medical treatment and hygiene, I naturally looked for a professional counterpart like Zhang Zhongjing. He might understand me.But I talked about it with Guo Jia. Of course he didn't understand, but I had to explain it clearly to him.

I thought about it carefully and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, let me just say this, maybe you won't understand, let me use an analogy. In fact, there are many small bugs in the world that we can't see. Adsorbed on our body. If we don’t take a shower for a long time, we will get sick if there are too many bugs! So you understand?” To be honest, I really don’t have the ability to explain what bacteria are to the Han Dynasty people.I feel a little regretful, why didn't I study biology back then!

Fortunately, Guo Jia is smarter. He asked, "Your lord, you mean that taking a bath often can prevent diseases? The Qin people forced the people to take a bath in order to reduce the diseases of the people? This is unlikely!"

I smiled and said to Guo Jia: "Look, what I told you is the truth, and you don't even believe it. Given the recognition of the people of Qin at that time, would they believe it? I can tell you responsibly, Qin This article in the law is entirely for the benefit of the people! But the people don’t understand it. They feel that the state’s control is too lenient, and they think it is a tyranny. In fact, some laws in the Qin State are indeed too harsh, such as corporal punishment, such as cutting off noses and cutting off limbs. And so on. But like flogging, I think it is very suitable for governing the country. People are afraid of fines and jail, but rich people are not afraid. Rich people, especially the children of aristocratic families, we don’t say anything if they commit serious crimes If they commit a misdemeanor, they will directly pay the ransom with money. For them, as long as they do not commit a serious crime, they will not learn a lesson at all. But if it is flogging, they can not allow the ransom with money, then they will know the pain .Although their bodies did not suffer any major injuries, a few times of flogging will remind them that petty crimes are not to be taken lightly!"

Guo Jia said: "My lord, this is the law you understand, but what does it have to do with the Qin law? If the Qin law is the same as your conception, it is not a tyranny!"

"In fact, Qin Shihuang was too impatient!" I shook my head and said, "If Qin Shihuang could slowly implement the Qin Law, maybe the country would not be subjugated. In the past, only one Qin country was already very large, but Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. From then on, he controlled a larger area! The same law may be a good law in the south, but it becomes a bad law in the north! The law must not only be strict, but also meet objective conditions. For example, Gaozu said that murderers die, but if Someone came to kill me with a knife, but I killed me, so I have to pay for my life? Is it possible that I will let him kill, and then wait for the law to let him pay for my life? What if I can’t catch him? "

Guo Jia was dumbfounded. He didn't know how to answer me. After all, Guo Jia was a counselor, and he was considered a military strategist rather than a legalist.I looked at Guo Jia in a daze and smiled and said: "So, the law is a broad and profound thing, not to say that it is static. Sometimes it depends on a person's criminal motivation, confession attitude and actual situation before he can give him legal advice. Conviction. Many officials judge cases according to the law of reason and reason. In my opinion, it should be based on reason and reason!"

"My lord, why do I feel that you seem to be a disciple of the Legalists?" Guo Jia asked, "Could it be that you want to rule the country with the Legalists? Facts have proved that the Legalists will not work!"

I wondered: "Don't blame the failure of Qin on the legalists. In fact, the failure of Qin was because Qin Shihuang didn't care about the power of the people. Qin Shihuang's ideas are good, but he is too impatient. In the eyes of Qin Shihuang, the people of the old Qin people are the people, and the people of the six countries are not the people! He used the old Qin people to fight the Xiongnu, but he used the old Qin people to build the Great Wall and the mausoleum. How many civilian husbands, most of these civilian husbands are the people of the six countries. After the death of Qin Shihuang, his son Hu Hai not only did not treat the people of the six countries as human beings, but even the people of the old Qin Dynasty. This is the reason for the collapse of the Qin Dynasty If it weren't for the old Qin people and Hu Hai's alienation, how could Xiang Yu and Liu Bang overthrow the Qin Dynasty! Xiang Yu can defeat Zhang Han with 20 prisoners. If Meng Tian is replaced, can Xiang Yu beat him? I don't know."

(End of this chapter)