Chapter 96 Let Qin soldiers rule the world (Additional update for Nuanyang boss)
But now Ying Zheng asked him by name and had to answer. Li Si calmed down his thoughts and said: "I think the official system can be changed. However, after the official system is changed, a large number of officials will be needed. It is possible to recruit talented people from all over the world, but talented people can become officials, but it is difficult for them to become officials."
Li Si directly pointed out a major flaw of Xianyang University Examination, which can attract talented people scattered all over the world, but these people have escaped. Only the talented people who come here for reference can become officials. Who wants to be a small official?
Da Qin not only lacked officials, but also lacked officials. As the specific executors of government affairs, officials obviously lacked even more.
Li Si is tactfully persuading Ying Zheng, Your Majesty, it is okay for you to change the official system, but you should also see that after the official system is changed, compared with the current Da Qin, there are many more departments, which requires more officials, relying on the Xianyang University Examination Recruiting talented people simply cannot fill the gap.
The other ministers who heard Li Si's words also frowned. This was indeed a difficult problem to solve.
Although the official reform plan described on this bamboo slip looks good, it is not in line with the reality of the Qin Dynasty.
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of Li Nian and the Pei Gong, Xiao He, Fan Kuai and others he had mentioned. He seemed to have caught something, but what it was, he did not expect for a moment.
Ying Zheng fell into deep thought, recalling the information about Pei Gong, Xiao He, and Fan Kuai, trying to catch the flash of inspiration.
After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng finally caught the light:
These people were not from good backgrounds, but in the end they became prominent and achieved great achievements. They transformed from scoundrels, dog-slayers, and officials into the founding kings, generals, and heroes of the Han Dynasty.
The reason why the three of them did not change in the early stage is that they did not have corresponding opportunities. That is, except for Xiao He, Pei Gong and Fan Kuai had almost no ladder to advance and change their situation.
What if he creates a ladder for promotion for some people?
Li Si said that those talented people only want to be high officials and look down on small officials. One of the reasons is that high officials can be achieved in one step, while it is difficult for small officials to be promoted.
If this problem can be solved, will more talents be able to stay and be used by him?
Not only that, can the solution to this problem be applied to other aspects?
Ying Zheng thought of the Qin army and the military merit system. Now that the world has been decided, there are a large number of soldiers who need rewards.
Can these people be used as temporary officials?
They do not need to be able to govern the local area, they only need to be able to help maintain local management.
And these Qin soldiers are from the old Qin, and their loyalty can be affirmed. At least for now, he has not lost the popular support of the old Qin people.
In addition, you can also adjust the military merit system.
Originally, the people of Qin who enlisted in the army relied on their military merit on the battlefield to get promoted. However, it is obvious that there will be no big war at present, and the military merit system is basically abolished.
But what if the military merit on the battlefield is replaced by the merit of governing the place and turned into a nobility system for governance?
Giving certain local official positions to those Qin soldiers who have made meritorious service on the battlefield can not only solve the problem of rewards, but also use the merit-based title system to stimulate their efforts in governing the local area.
The more Ying Zheng thought about it, the more he thought he could give it a try. A dog-slaughterer could still be the founding general, but the Qin soldiers under his command could not govern the place?
"What Tingwei said is reasonable, but if I promise that even though I am a minor official, I will have the opportunity to serve as the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, as long as they can make political achievements, what will Tingwei think?"
Li Si is so smart, and he understood after thinking about it. The implication of Ying Zheng's words is that if this is the case, many people will stay except for those talented people who really don't want to be officials.
They dislike being a junior official and don’t do it because they see no hope of climbing up. If they can climb up, they may even have the opportunity to become a minister in the court. Even if it means being a prisoner, there will definitely be someone willing to do it.
Unexpectedly, my reminder did not stop the king, but instead made him think of a solution. Li Si sighed secretly and said: "The king's wisdom is profound and far superior to that of his ministers!"
Ying Zheng said with some profound meaning: "I think Ting Wei is the one who has far-reaching wisdom and knows how to make choices."
After saying this, he ignored Li Si, and Ying Zheng told everyone that he thought of the meritorious system. minister.
After hearing this, the first reaction of the ministers was that it could still be played like this. Then the king said that this method seemed to be feasible, but it also had shortcomings:
First of all, most of the Qin soldiers were illiterate; But if you are a local governance official, even if you are not the chief official, you still have to know something;
Secondly, doing so requires Qin soldiers to leave their hometown. Now the place that needs to be controlled and governed is not Guanzhong, but the Six Kingdoms.
The latter problem is not difficult to solve. With enough benefits, a group of Qin soldiers will be attracted to go to the Six Kingdoms. However, the former problem will not make Qin soldiers able to read and write quickly, and be familiar with laws, regulations, and government orders.
Facing the problem pointed out by the ministers that the Qin soldiers could not read and write, Ying Zheng did not pay too much attention to it. Certainly not all the Qin soldiers who were appointed as unofficial officials could cure the place, but there would always be someone who could stand out. , well governed.
Besides, he actually does not need these Qin soldiers to govern the place perfectly. The main purpose is to maintain the place for the Qin Dynasty, so that the place is still under the jurisdiction of the Qin Dynasty, and will not be like what Li Nian said It's so rotten in history, almost completely out of control.
Of course, it would be better if it can be managed well!
This is a transitional method when Da Qin officials are insufficient. When Da Qin officials are sufficient, this method will be abolished.
Wang Wan was the first to understand Ying Zheng's intention. This was clearly a variant of the enfeoffment policy he proposed. He only changed the enfeoffment of princes and princes to guard places that were beyond their control to the use of Qin soldiers to govern places.
Anyway, it is a place that is temporarily difficult to control. What is the difference between leaving it to the princes and leaving it to the Qin soldiers?
The princes may still become big in those places and pose a threat to the central government. However, although the possibility of Qin's soldiers becoming bigger is possible, it is not great, and the harm caused by it becoming bigger will not be as great as that of the princes.
The princes are from the royal family and have the right to inherit the throne. But the Qin soldiers are almost the heads of Guizhou. How can they still compete for the throne of Qin?
And when the time comes, it will be easier for the princes to change their policies and take back power.
Another advantage of this method is that it can make the king win the hearts of the people of Lao Qin: Look, how good the king is, letting everyone become an official!
After thinking about it, Wang Wan was the first to express his approval: "Your Majesty's plan, I think it is feasible!"
Others also understood it one by one, and even Li Si, who had always been opposed to enfeoffment, also agreed. .
To enfeoff the land to the princes is called enfeoffment, but to appoint Qin soldiers as officials of the six kingdoms is not called.
Only Chunyu Yue wanted to refute, because once this strategy was implemented, his desire to win the government, restore Zhou rites, and enfeoff the princes would most likely be lost.
He didn't know that even if Ying Zheng adopted this strategy, he would still enfeoff the princes in various places, but the kind of enfeoffment was different from what he thought, and the purpose was also different.
Ying Zheng thought of a way to solve the shortage of local officials, but the reform of Da Qin's official system still did not gain the approval of all ministers.
The ministers believed that based on the current actual situation of the Qin Dynasty, it was impossible to achieve what was stated on the bamboo slips, and only partial reforms could be carried out.
After the ministers left, looking at the bamboo slips in front of them, Ying Zheng said: "Write one copy and send it to Liuying Palace! No, make two copies and send the other one to Yichun Palace!"
Officials in the Qin Dynasty were officials. There was no distinction between "officials" and "officials". This is for better explanation in the book.
(End of this chapter)