Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 339 Innovation

These days, the boulder in my heart was finally put down, King Qin also felt very relaxed and happy, smiled heartily, and said: "Mr. The problem is still unresolved, Mr. Zhou quickly tell the widow about your clever plan."

Zhou Chongqian said: "Your Majesty has won the award. I can't say a good strategy, but I have two opinions. How to deal with it is up to the Majesty to decide."

King Qin stretched out the middle finger of his right hand and said, "Two? That's quite a lot, not bad, not bad!"

Zhou Chong expressed his thoughts and said, "One way is to let the heroes be vassals without land."

"Princes without land?" King Qin commented, and said, "This is a bit esoteric, Mr. Zhou should explain in detail."

Zhou Chong responded and said: "The meritorious officials can seal them a certain amount of land, but not too much, at most 1 to [-] households. The hero has meritorious service, is a hero, and is welcome wherever he goes, but if they interfere with them If there is a food city, it may disturb the local government affairs and military affairs, which will lead to bad things. In order to prevent this from happening, let them not intervene in these affairs. The imperial court sent people to collect taxes in their food cities, and then Just distribute it to the heroes."

King Qin's eyes lit up, he looked at Zhou Chong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, you really have it. This idea is very good! In this way, it can prevent the hero from disorderly governance and appease the hero. It kills two birds with one stone, not bad! "

This is the system of rewarding meritorious officials introduced in the Western Han Dynasty. It has been verified by history, and it can prevent the meritorious officials from disorderly governance. Of course, it is very good.

Zhou Chong went on to talk about the second method, saying: "Your Majesty, Daqin already has meritorious titles, and rewards can be made on this basis. For meritorious officials, meritorious titles can be awarded, but they only receive salaries and have no food, let alone interfere in government affairs. .”

This is a bit similar to modern treatment. The state can give you money, board and lodging, and even a car and a special plane for you, but you cannot own land or interfere in government affairs.

The light in King Qin's eyes was even brighter, and he said: "Mr. Zhou's words can be summed up as that you can give anything to heroes, except land, and firmly prohibit heroes from meddling in government affairs."

The words hit the nail on the head, and Zhou Chong said: "The king is holy! Two ways, which one to use, please the king decides."

King Qin didn't express his thoughts immediately, but asked instead: "Mr. Zhou, which one do you think is suitable?"

Zhou Chong pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks it would be better to give Shiyi."

The King of Qin asked again: "Isn't it better to only give the salary? Why do you want the widow to adopt the method of giving the city?"

Zhou Chong explained: "The method of giving salary is certainly good, but if it exceeds too much, it may not be effective. Please think about it, my lord, isn't there still a fief in Daqin? If the fief is confiscated all at once, only the salary will be given. I'm afraid someone will make trouble."

The king of Qin nodded and said: "Mr. Zhou's concerns are not unreasonable, but there is a better way, so there is no need to use the golden mean. I am determined to use the latter method. I can give anything except the real power of land. As for those who object Well, the widows can still hold it down, forgive them and they won’t turn against the sky.” Qin Wang said that if he can hold it down, he must be able to hold it down, and there is nothing to worry about.

As long as this head is opened, not only the heroes but also the dignitaries will be restrained, which will bring great benefits. Zhou Chong was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, Zhou Chong appreciates it."

The King of Qin patted Zhou Chong on the shoulder, and said: "I'm gone, so don't bother Mr. Zhou. I'll go back to the palace to make plans." Turning around, he was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, please slow down." Zhou Chong shouted hastily.

King Qin stopped and asked, "Is there anything else Mr. Zhou needs to do? Just say something."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Chong has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" Zhou Chong replied.

With a snort, King Qin said: "When did you, Mr. Zhou, learn to hold back? Don't be fooled, just say it, just say it."

Zhou Chong thanked, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thought that since ancient times, those who disrupted the country and the government were mostly meritorious officials. Although the Majesty only gave Dai Lu, I am afraid it would be difficult to restrain the meritorious officials."

King Qin slapped his forehead, suddenly realized, and said: "Mr. Zhou didn't mention it, I really didn't expect it. Then, how should we deal with Mr. Zhou's intention?"

Zhou Chong replied: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong invites you to retire the meritorious officials and enter the civil service."

"Retired meritorious official, Jinwen official?" King Qin frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Tell me."

Zhou Chong explained: "Your Majesty, please think about it. The current heroes are following the King to pacify the world. Except for a very few, they only know how to fight. In wartime, they are very useful, but now the world is unified. Your Majesty If you still want to use them to rule the world, isn't it appropriate?"

The King of Qin nodded and said: "That's right! Talented people who rule the world are different from those who conquer the world. Those who rule the world may not be able to rule the world. Those who govern the world may not be able to conquer the world. The widow is the king of the Great Qin, and he should be in a different place." It is the right way to make good use of different types of talents during the period. How does Mr. Zhou think it will be implemented?"

Zhou Chong explained: "Not all people conquer the world, and most people only know the principles of conquering the world, but not the principles of governing the world. Let them govern the world, and it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen. Besides, they occupy high positions. It is not a blessing for the country to be incompetent, and it is difficult for young talents to make progress. What Zhou Chong means is to retire these heroes who only know how to conquer the world but cannot rule the world. Talented people make progress.”

The King of Qin didn't immediately agree. He walked up and down, thought for a while, and said, "This is so reasonable and fresh! It's okay, but where can we find so many talents?"

Regarding this point, Zhou Chong was confident, and said: "Your Majesty, dismissing heroes does not happen overnight, it is a gradual process, and they retire batch by batch. In the same way, the selection of talents is also gradual. If you have the heart to do it, why worry about not having talent?"

Those famous officials in the early Han Dynasty were not vegetarians. As long as they were given a chance, they would of course not rebel. If this group of people were promoted, they would not be full.

It was with this in mind that Zhou Chong told the King of Qin the method of "retiring meritorious officials and advancing civil servants" implemented by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.Liu Xiu adopted this method. Later generations praised him for the sake of the righteousness of the whole monarch and his ministers, and to prevent the heroes from breaking the law and discipline, so as not to be punished by him. In fact, this is not entirely correct. The underachievers grew up, so they achieved the famous "Guangwu Zhongxing" in a very short period of time.

"Well said!" Qin Wang applauded, said: "After listening to Mr. Zhou's words, the widow's eyes light up, and everything is in order. Mr. Zhou is not married yet, right? When this matter is over, the widow will personally preside over for Mr. Zhou." wedding."

(End of this chapter)