Chapter 601: The Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu Clan
After the king and his ministers bowed to each other, Qin Shihuang held Chen Xu's hand tightly and said, "As for the matter of the crown prince, my dear should already know my concerns. Fusufei is the best candidate for the crown prince. However, since ancient times, the inheritance of the monarchy system has been established as the eldest son but not the young son, and the legitimate son but not the virtuous. I used to seek medicine and immortality, not the immortality, but the worry that once I die, no one in the Qin Dynasty will be able to inherit my grand throne."
"I have been worried about three things before, one is the Baiyue in Lingnan, the second is the Hunter in the northwest, and the third is the remnants of the six kingdoms. It is now close to eliminating the problems of the Hunter and Hu. After this autumn conquest, the northwest will be safe and sound. This is a worry. For the land of Lingnan, I will try my best to eat you. After a year, I will see how the results are. As for the remnants of the six kingdoms, I am most worried about. Last year, I toured the southeast and was attacked by bandits six times. Ran Bishishi
The strongest force, while Bolangsha is the most sinister. Both times, my beloved’s warning in advance, I was able to escape. The remnants of the six kingdoms forgot Qin’s heart for a day, and the Qin Dynasty would not be peaceful for a day. Just now, my beloved’s words about reducing taxes. I felt worried. Without enough food support, my great Qin would not be able to support millions of soldiers. How can I win the stability of my great Qin? This is a rebellion, and I cannot let go of it..."
Qin Shihuang said this and looked at Chen Xu: "I am not unable to light taxes and pay tribute to the people! However, the situation in the world is not a good opportunity!"
"What's your Majesty's chess?" Chen Xu asked indifferently.
"I am not very good at Go, but I just understand the basics!" Qin Shihuang did not hide his Go skills, sat down and smiled, "Do you want to play a game with me?"
Chen Xu quickly shook his head like a rattle: "Your Majesty, I am not proficient in Go, but what I want to say is that the authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear. Many times, the chess players are not as good as the bystanders to see clearly!"
"Well, I feel this way, my dear words are reasonable!" Qin Shihuang nodded.
"Governing the country is actually the same. Your Majesty is in the game. Although he is watching all directions, he is always attracted by his opponent's chess pieces. He cannot jump out of the chess game and look at this matter. Although the remnants of the six kingdoms disturb the rest of the six kingdoms, the overall situation of the chess game has been decided, and the victory has already been in the hands of His Majesty. If that is the case, why should Your Majesty be so worried and on guard? Facing the remnants of the six kingdoms, His Majesty must not strictly guard against it, but to cut off its foundation, and then slowly encircle and annihilate it."
"Please tell me in detail!" Qin Shihuang's expression was quite moved.
"The remnants of the six kings are all descendants of the nobles of the six kings, and are lurking among the people. However, these people have no generals, no weapons, and no counselors. They seem to be disturbed on weekdays, but in fact they have no heads. The people rely on are only the people of the six countries. The people of the six countries are now your Majesty. They are either full or warm or poor. The people regard food as the most important. If they continue to work hard and tax, the people will still lack food and clothing. If they are light taxes and taxes, the people in the world will have no worries about food and clothing over the years. Once the people have no worries about food and clothing, they will never have any other intentions. The remnants of the six countries will inevitably lose their hearts. This is like a vine with the foundation of the people of the six countries. If their foundation is cut off, the vine will inevitably wither slowly."
"Since Your Majesty has taken the initiative, why should you bear the pressure and guard it hard? The person who bears the pressure at the moment is not Your Majesty, but the remnants of the six kingdoms. Your Majesty does not need to make a big move. You just need to use two strategies to defeat the remnants of the six kingdoms! This big game will definitely win a great victory."
"What two strategies?" Qin Shihuang's face was serious, and there was a glimmer in his eyes.
"First, light taxes and taxes!"
"Second, loosen your household registration!"
"Your Majesty, the people of the six countries are not familiar with our laws of the Qin Dynasty. They have never experienced such strict household registration management system. In addition, the strategy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is also a great suppression for merchants in the six countries. The process of refining steel and creating new horse-dressing equipment, as well as the situation in the disaster relief area, His Majesty also saw that merchants are actually extremely important forces for the Qin Dynasty to be strong and prosperous. Just like building cement roads across the country, without the joining of merchants, the pressure will all fall on the court. Recruiting husbands, recruiting prisoners, and servicing slaves will cause people to be dissatisfied with the court. At the same time, the court also has to arrange for the transportation of a large amount of food and tools. However, if the road construction matter is handed over to the merchants, this matter can be solved easily, because the operation method of merchants must be different from the court's strategy.
, there is no need for the court to worry about the chaos of troublesome people, but the final result is the same, that is, the Qin Dynasty obtained a flat road. Therefore, in order to accelerate the construction of the Qin Dynasty, we cannot help but loosen the ties for farmers, reduce taxes for merchants, and enable business to develop faster. At the same time, loosen the ties for craftsmen, so that all craftsmen can freely make and sell utensils. Only when the people in the world work freely, the materials will inevitably be greatly enriched. Your Majesty asked me how the Tang Dynasty governed the country in the Jiuzhou Yizhizhi. Then I can now answer Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is the same as the Qin Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty adopts the system of official positions in the three provinces, six ministries and nine ranks. However, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have no distinction between high and low, and the king and minister work hard to govern. In just a few years, the Tang Dynasty has built a prosperous era!”
After hearing this, Qin Shihuang nodded after a long time of silence and said, "The authorities are confused and bystanders are clear. It seems that I am indeed in a chess game that cannot be seen clearly and clearly. I must think carefully about what you say today."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Chen Xu stood up and smiled and bowed, "I am greedy recently and make a modified ice powder. I ask Your Majesty to taste it!"
Qin Shihuang also stood up with a smile on his face: "Okay, I have heard that it is the pulp ice powder, which just satisfies my craving!"
"Your Majesty, please!" Chen Xu pushed open the study door.
"Father!" Fusu led Ziying to stand in the yard, with a panic and helpless look on his face.
"Hmph!" Qin Shihuang snorted coldly and left.
"Please, please!" Chen Xu asked Fusu and Ziying to go with him with a gentle expression.
When he arrived at the restaurant, Chen Xu ordered the chef to bring out the prepared pulp ice powder and invite the emperor to taste it, Fusu and Ziying.
After eating two bowls of ice powder with color, fragrance and flavor, Qin Shihuang ordered to return to the palace, and Fusu also took Ziying away.
"Young Master is so insane, is it because he was scolded by the emperor?" Seeing thousands of black imperial guards escorting the emperor's ceremonial guard away, Yu Wuya stood beside Chen Xu with an iron sword in his arms and asked curiously.
"Well, that's right, he scolded me for my sake!" Chen Xu nodded.
"My benefactor, you are so bad!" Yu Wuya shrugged.
Chen Xu turned around and walked back with a dark face.
This kind of thing is hard to explain clearly to Yu Wuya's rectal heart.
If it weren't for Chen Xu, Qin Shihuang would never have said this today.
But today I said that if Fusu could not make any changes, I would probably never have the chance to be emperor in this life.
The emperor has expressed his attitude and will never allow a son who advocates Confucianism to take over the Qin Dynasty.
Of course, Qin Shihuang was able to say this because of Chen Xu. He also expressed the emperor's position to Chen Xu. It is okay to establish a crown prince, but it must meet my requirements.
As for teaching Ziying the fables about the Lu family's Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Xu naturally did not aimlessly.
Carving the boat and asking for swords is a story recorded in the Chunqiu of Lu. The emperor must know this story, because the Chunqiu of Lu was dedicated to the emperor after Lu Buwei organized the compilation. The emperor had not officially ascended the throne and became king at that time, so he must have read it in full. However, after Lu Buwei's death, this great masterpiece that had cost Lu Buwei countless efforts was put on the shelves.
Chen Xu had prepared a story from the Lu family in the Spring and Autumn Period to teach children and infants. Regardless of whether the emperor listened or not today, he would definitely know the origin of the story.
Chen Xu just expressed his thoughts to the emperor, that is, the times change, everything changes with the times and the situation, and he cannot stick to the rules and stick to narrow things in front of him. Lu Buwei is a businessman, and naturally has a very deep understanding of business. Knowing that both rural and commercial enterprises are the best strategies to govern the country.
After Chen Xu asked Chen Ping and others to re-copy and organize it, Chen Xu also carefully studied it. In fact, for governing the country, the Lu Family Chunqiu, which is mainly Confucian theory, based on the Taoist Huang-Lao thought, and based on the ideas of name, law, Mo, agriculture, military, and Yin-Yang as the material, melted the theories of various schools of thought into a furnace, forming a very rich and detailed governance strategy. In Chen Xu's view, it was more in line with the Qin Dynasty than Xunzi's etiquette and law. Unfortunately, Qin Shihuang advocated magic too much, and was dissatisfied with Lu Buwei, such a set of treasures for governing the country was abandoned.
At present, the Qin Dynasty needs to develop its economy rapidly and must change its national policy as soon as possible. Therefore, the Lu family Chunqiu proposed to see how the emperor reacted. After all, it has been twenty years since Lu Buwei died, and Qin Shihuang was not the King of Qin that day. Many things should have been seen more clearly and clearly. The barriers in his heart have already begun to loosen, but no one in the court dared to raise them.
Just like when he proposed to occupy Lao Ai's other courtyard for office work, Chen Xu had a different identity and different ideas, and his status in Qin Shihuang's mind was also different. As he proposed, the emperor would not have too much resistance.
Sure enough, the content of today's class did not cause the emperor to react too much, and even mentioned his gratitude to Lu Buwei, which shows that the emperor's angered past has begun to disappear.
Chapter completed!