Chapter 106 What does Da Qin need most today? Talent!
Facing everyone's doubtful eyes, Ying Chengyu patiently explained:
"That is to say, the most important thing is to reward generously and keep promises, so that the leaders of Guizhou can see the benefits and be willing to do so. Pursue it."
"The most important thing about punishment is to be strict and do what you say, so that the leaders of Guizhou know that they will be punished if they break the law."
"Once the law is established. When we get up, we must maintain the same inertia. We must not change orders day and night, and we must not be inconsistent. We must let the leaders of Guizhou know the law and understand the law!”
Ying Xi looked at Ying Chengyu with a somewhat unkind look.
The front foot is to win over the clan, but the back foot is leaning towards Lu Buwei?
Whether Ying Chengxuan wants to use Lu Buwei's power to hold the clan in his hands, or whether Ying Chengxuan wants to bring the clan to support Lu Buwei, it is completely inconsistent with Ying Xi's personal interests.
So Ying Xi immediately refuted it: "It is not necessarily a good thing for the people to know the law."
"There is a saying in the Spring and Autumn Period: Punishment is unpredictable and power is unpredictable, so the people are afraid of superiors! ”
"Whether the law needs to be known to the people needs to be judged according to the king's decision."
Ying Xi is opposing for the sake of opposition, but even so, Ying Xi's words are still justified.
Unknowable punishment is the legal thought of many dynasties.
Anyone may break the law, and anyone may not break the law, but as long as the court needs you to break the law, you must have broken the law. Is there no appropriate law? Then make one now!
This will allow everyone to restrain themselves, constrain their behavior according to a conventional rule, and stabilize the country as a whole.
Feng Quji also shook his head gently: "I agree to let the head of Guizhou understand the law."
"However, I believe that there is no distinction between high and low rewards. I, Da Qin, are more suitable to reward lightly. !”
Faced with the two’s refutations, Ying Chengxuan had no intention of explaining.
Because what Ying Chengyu proposed was not his own thoughts, but Han Fei's thoughts!
Now Han Fei is living in the guest courtyard of Chang'an Jun's Mansion, sorting out his works.
If we really want to have an ideological debate, we should wait until Han Fei comes out of isolation and let him fight on his own.
So Ying Chengyu took a step back: "Then I would be more conservative."
"As for today's Great Qin, Great Qin needs to implement all punishments and make all those who break the law They are all punished.”
“Nowadays, the leaders of Guizhou also need to know the law.”
“Do you still have any objections?”
Feng Qu smiled quickly and held up his hands: "I think this is a very good statement."
Ying Chengyu cut off the new ideas and described the current situation of Daqin today.
What else is Feng Quji dissatisfied with?
Ying Xi also shook his head: "I think so too."
He has already retorted once for the sake of rebuttal, and it would be too much to continue to hold on to Ying Chengyu, even more so. Anger Ying Zheng!
Ying Xi just turned around and asked: "But what does Chang'an Jun's words have to do with what we just discussed?"
"We are arguing with Prime Minister Lu about whether the Qin Dynasty should impose strict punishments or lenient policies and suspended sentences. "
"Chang'an Jun is talking about implementing punishments and promoting laws?"
"Could it be that Chang'an Jun was distracted just now?"
Ying Chengqiao smiled warmly: " I have been listening carefully and thinking about everything you have said. ”
"I think what you all said makes sense."
"However, I don't know how to govern the country, so I don't know which kind of thinking is the most suitable for our Da Qin."
Ying Xi’s eyelids twitched.
If he remembered correctly, before Ying Chengyu destroyed Korea in World War I, he also publicly said that he did not understand military strategy.
Now when he heard Ying Chengxuan say something like ‘it doesn’t make sense’, Ying Xi had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Ying Chengyu's voice turned serious: "But the battle to destroy Korea made me understand a truth."
"No matter how good the coach is, he needs a large number of generals and messengers to help him carry out his orders." Spread throughout the army."
"No matter how excellent the military law is, it still requires a large number of military officials to implement it."
"I believe that this is how to govern an army and govern a country. The methods should be very similar."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, how many officials are there in the counties of Da Qin?"
Ying Zheng answered without hesitation: "There are 12,730 officials, including 3,081 legal officials."
Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "This is the problem!"
Ying Zheng asked curiously : "What's the problem?"
Ying Chengyu shook his head and said: "Not enough!"
"The number of officials in our Qin Dynasty, especially the number of legal officials is far from enough!"
Everyone was astonished: "Not enough?"
"The number of officials in our Qin Dynasty is several times that of other countries. Lord Chang'an still thinks it is not enough?"
The Qin Dynasty does not care about comparing officials with other countries at the same time. quantity.
Because the number of officials and the ratio of officials to civilians in the Qin Dynasty are staggering in any ancient dynasty.
Just like during the period of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, the number of officials in the Western Han Dynasty did not exceed 6,500, and even with the staff, there were only about 60,000.
But what was the total population of the Western Han Dynasty at that time?
About 50 million, about 833 people support an official!
But what about today’s Great Qin?
The total population is only more than 3 million, and about 250 people have to support one official!
That’s it, Ying Chengyu can’t say enough?
Ying Chengyu nodded: "I think it is indeed not enough."
"Because our grassroots officials in Daqin, especially the legal officials, bear too much work."
"They need to be tried. Breaking the law, needing to patrol the streets, needing to review judgments, need to execute executions, etc. "
"In addition to these duties, they also need to learn the laws that are newly revised by Da Qin every year, and they also need to spend a lot of time cultivating disciples. ”
“I dare to ask, Your Majesty, I have the largest number of officials in the Qin Dynasty, but can the grassroots legal officials of my Da Qin Dynasty be free?”
Daqin has a unique education system.
Da Qin’s current attitude towards the academy is that it allows it to exist, but does not support it.
The main education system of Da Qin is that the imperial court pays the teaching fees, judges and officials are teachers, and courts, prisons and yamen are used as teaching places to carry out grassroots teaching activities.
Furthermore, Da Qin has assessment requirements for grassroots officials. Each grassroots official needs to train a certain number of qualified students every year.
So many officials of the Qin Dynasty would teach their disciples the relevant laws and at the same time execute the prisoners who violated the laws.
The main thing is to combine theory with practice!
In addition, the grassroots officials of Da Qin also shouldered many responsibilities that should have been borne by other people in other dynasties.
Work is called saturation.
Ying Zheng shook his head solemnly: "The grassroots officials of our Daqin are not idle."
Ying Chengyu sighed softly: "Just managing the current territory, the grassroots management of our Daqin is already considered idle. No more leisure time.”
"Then if Da Qin really rules the world in the future, will the grassroots officials of Da Qin be enough?"
Ying Zheng was slightly startled.
There is nothing wrong with what Brother Wang said!
Feng Quji also roughly understood Ying Chengyu's intention, and immediately refuted: "Our Daqin now has more than ten thousand grassroots officials."
"This does not mean that our Daqin only has There are more than 10,000 people who can serve as officials, because the population of Da Qin can only support so many officials.”
"If our country, Da Qin, really rules the world and earns several times more food and grass every year, then naturally we, Da Qin, will be able to support several times more officials."
"There is no need for Chang'an Lord to worry about this matter." Ying Chengqi asked back. : "Expanding territory several times can indeed increase money and food several times, but can officials with only several times the number really manage the multiple times the territory?"
"Yu Lao Qin All Qin people understand the law, are familiar with it, and accept the "Qin Code"
"So the old Qin people rarely violate the "Qin Code", which makes the grassroots officials more vulnerable. The pressure is reduced a lot.”
"But how many people in other countries understand the "Qin Code"?"
"I'm afraid it's hard to find one or two people in a county!"
"And our Qin Code is complicated and numerous. , many things that the leaders of other countries take for granted are serious crimes in our country."
"The leaders of Guizhou do not understand the "Qin Code", how can they abide by the "Qin Code"? There will definitely be a large number of people who violate the "Qin Code". . ”
“Should we, Daqin, arrest those who violated the law? Should they be punished or not? ”
"If you don't arrest or sentence, the law will be lax, and the head of Guizhou will not be afraid of Qin's laws."
"If you want to arrest and sentence, the workload of grassroots officials will greatly increase."
" Nowadays, we only need more than thirty officials to govern a county in Daqin."
"But if we want to govern a newly attached county, more than a hundred officials may not be enough!"< br>
Feng Quji said in a deep voice: "Then recruit more officials!"
Ying Cheng was delighted: "Feng Tingwei said it easily, but where do people come from?"
"To serve as the most basic legal assistant in Da Qin, you need to learn 900 words and read "Qin Dynasty" thoroughly. "Laws". "
"And a legal official who can issue punishments needs to be proficient in all the laws of the Qin Dynasty."
"Dare I ask Feng Tingwei, how long does it take to train such an official? "
Feng Quji's voice was a little helpless: "At least several years, even decades."
Ying Chengyu said firmly: "So if we, the Qin Dynasty, want to govern the world according to the current "Qin Code", we must cultivate more officials."
"If the king can rule the world in one dynasty, the number of officials will be Far from enough!”
Why were all the officials in Peixian County except the county magistrate when Liu Bang rebelled?
Because the number of officials in Da Qin was seriously insufficient at that time, it was extremely difficult to arrange several veteran officials in one county.
In order for Peixian County to operate normally, the magistrate of Peixian County had to promote locals such as Xiao He.
But except for Xiao He, Cao Shen and others did not understand the "Qin Code" at the beginning, and they did not recognize the ideas of the Qin Code.
In addition, Wen Wuhai of Peixian County is also a native of Peixian County, which makes Peixian County lose its internal administrative review. As a result, although Peixian County is called the Great Qin Territory, the operating model of Peixian County is actually the same as that of "Qin Territory". "Law" has nothing to do with it!
This is a very scary thing!
This means that many cities belong to Da Qin in name, but in fact how they are managed depends entirely on the wishes of local officials. However, the exploitation of Guizhou by local officials will be blamed on the imperial court by Guizhou!
When the war broke out at the end of Qin Dynasty, the county magistrates of Pei County, Wu County and other counties were directly killed by local officials. Officials from various places happily joined the rebel army with their cities!
Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice: "Isn't it enough to start training immediately?"
Ying Chengyu shook his head: "If we start training now, our Daqin cannot afford to support so many people who are not engaged in production."
“If you start cultivating after you have unified the world, people everywhere will no longer believe in the "Qin Code", it will be too late!"
"The best way is to cultivate while fighting, but fighting while cultivating It also takes time to cultivate.”
“But if the king intends to rule the world, the speed of training officials will definitely not be as fast as the speed of occupying the world!”
Ying Zheng frowned slightly: "There is no solution to this problem?"
Ying Chengqiao responded solemnly: "If the current "Qin Code" is implemented, there is no solution to this problem."
"And I The difficulties that Da Qin has to face are far more than that."
"The insufficient number of officials will not only cause the lack of punishment and the loss of control of the cities."
"It will also cause the officials to lose control. I have no time to go into the countryside and popularize legal knowledge to the leaders of Guizhou.”
"The laws of our country, Qin, are quite different from those of other countries."
"The laws of our country, Qin, should be punished in spring by pounding the city, but the state of Chu encourages the people to cut more trees."
"As far as Chu Min is concerned, he was just doing what he had done all his life, but he violated the law inexplicably and was sentenced to death. Wouldn't there be resentment in his heart?"
Ying Zheng nodded lightly: "There must be resentment in his heart!"
Ying Chengyu sighed softly: "If this continues, people's resentment will definitely boil!"
"And if the "Qin Law" cannot be known to the head of Guizhou, it will lead to a huge hidden danger."
Ying Chengyu's eyes turned cold: "Our Da Qin Law may be deliberately distorted and fabricated by someone with a deliberate intention!"
“One can be named as a criminal at will for one’s own selfish reasons, to avenge oneself or to make personal profits.”
“It is even possible to intimidate the corvee by making up a pretense of killing him if he fails to do so when the corvee is being collected. "
"If the corvee does not understand the "Qin Code", he will believe it and join him in rebellion in order to escape the death penalty! "
Too many things like this happened in the late Qin Dynasty.
The most famous among them are Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and Liu Bang!
But are the laws of Da Qin really that strict?
Ying Chengyu, who lives in the Qin Dynasty, knows very well that regarding the missed period of corvée service, the "Qin Law" stipulates: If the period of missed service is from three to five days, you will be punished; from six to ten days, you will be paid one shield; if it exceeds ten days, you will be paid one shield. , Yijia. Water and rain remove happiness.
Being late for three to five days is just a reproach. If there is rainy weather, the corvee will be canceled directly.
The so-called "Everyone who encounters rain has missed his due date, and if he misses his due date, he must be killed." Chen Sheng is simply trying to scare the corvee!
The sad thing is that all the corvees believed it.
This is enough to show how failed Daqin’s legal popularization work was!
Ying Xi subconsciously refuted: "They dare?!"
Ying Chengxuan looked at Ying Xi: "Why don't they dare?"
"If we, the Qin Dynasty, rule the world, the nobles of the clans of various countries will be demoted to common people, and they will hide among the people."
"With so many nobles of the clans, no one will dare to lead the crowd in rebellion?"< br>
Ying Xi explained: "My intention is that they dare not misinterpret the "Qin Code" at will!"
Ying Chengfan asked: "Why don't you dare?"
"Our Great Qin simply does not have enough officials to spread all over the world. Even if they misinterpret the "Qin Code" at will, who knows?"
Ying Xi said solemnly: "Don't the other local officials know?"
Ying Chengyu spread his hands: "They know, so what?"
"They are all township party members. , they will protect each other.”
“Even if one of them informs us, what can I do?”
“Send troops to fight against the rebellion?”
"After defeating a group of rebels, new ones will emerge, using the same methods."
"In this case, why not solve the problem fundamentally?"
Lu Buwei asked expectantly: "The fundamental issue mentioned by Lord Chang'an has caused me, the Qin Dynasty, to slow down and figure it out slowly."
"Don't you want your king to rule the world in one dynasty?"
After listening for a long time, Lu Buwei felt that he had understood.
Ying Chengyu was clearly arguing from the perspective of officials that Da Qin did not yet have the strength to unify the world.
Although Lu Buwei didn't know why Ying Chengyu changed the topic so quickly, he also regretted that Ying Chengyu did not support him on the argument of leniency and probation.
But Lu Buwei was very pleased that Ying Chengyu could agree with him on the argument of delaying the pace of the war.
This is the person who is truly good for Da Qin!
Mr. Chang'an, I used to look down upon you!
However, what Lu Buwei never expected was that Ying Chengyu shook his head: "I have no such intention."
Facing Ying Zheng and bowing his hands, Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "I advise you. , try out the interim law in the new area!”
(End of this chapter)