Chapter 159: Cause and Effect, Closely Related
Compared with Gai Nie, Li Si is just a useless favorite!
Ying Chengjiao suspected that Gai Nie and his brother had a PY transaction.
After walking for dozens of meters along the corridor, we came to a pavilion with three round stools inside.
"Wait five meters away."
The First Emperor ordered.
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“…”
The numerous eunuchs and palace maids who were serving him all breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had fallen from their hearts, and responded loudly and quickly.
Today, their lives were finally saved.
The First Emperor, Ying Chengjiao, and Gai Nie walked into the pavilion.
The two brothers took their seats, and Gai Nie stood proudly behind the First Emperor.
Pah pah
Ying Chengjiao patted the last empty stone bench. Because the bench was wiped by a palace maid, no dust was raised by the two pats.
"You sit down too."
Gai Nie ignored Ying Chengjiao's provocative look and stood still.
"You were so tough just now, why are you so weak now? Sit down!"
Cheng Jiao is so childish...
The First Emperor thought so, turned around and said to Gai Nie who was indifferent behind him:
"I allow you to sit."
So, my royal brother, you and Gai Nie really are having an affair, and you are helping him out with this!
Both brothers believed that Gai Nie did not sit because of the relationship between superiors and subordinates.
Gai Nie looked at the childish brothers with contempt.
Two people who are not good at swordsmanship.
"Nie, it's not easy to draw your sword when you sit down."
The First Emperor was rejected, but he was in a good mood and not angry at all.
Gai Nie's words clearly put his safety at the top priority.
Chongying Chengjiao raised his eyebrows, and the First Emperor felt a little proud.
Ying Chengjiao was very dissatisfied and banged on the stone table.
"Why weren't you so cautious when you were keeping me safe? When did you ever go to the tower without a girl? Why didn't you guard me outside my door?"
Your martial arts skills are much better than His Majesty's. Even if there is an assassin, you can hold him off for a while.
Gai Nie said in his heart but was too lazy to answer.
The First Emperor coughed lightly.
“Why doesn’t the government agree with the two policies?”
Ying Chengjiao had been complaining in his heart before, but this time he finally couldn't help it.
"I can't stand it anymore. From the moment you interrupted me and asked me to step back, I realized that something was wrong between you two. You are gentler to Gai Nie are to the concubines in the harem!"
"Mother has returned to Xianyang. The eunuchs and palace maids from Yong have all moved into the Xianyang Palace. Now the palace is full of mother's ears and eyes. You have to be careful with what you say."
"Just keep pretending. Are you afraid of this? The fact that Zhao Xianglu can control the harem so recklessly is because of your tacit consent."
"If mother wants to manage the harem, let her manage it. We have to find something for her to do."
"... Never mind, my brother knows what's going on."
Ying Chengjiao seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
"Be careful and speak frankly."
"I wanted to remind my brother that Zhao Xianglu's return to Xianyang at this time must have been leaked by someone secretly. This person's position in Zhao Ji's heart is definitely not low, and has a profound influence on Zhao Xianglu.
"Teng went to Xianyang to investigate and reported back. At that time, I had already participated in the government, but Zhao Xianglu had not yet come to Yongdi. Why did he suddenly return in the past few days? What happened today that required this person to report to Zhao Xianglu?"
"Then I thought, no matter who it is or what it is, it won't cause any harm to my brother. Zhao Xianglu will never harm my brother, I am absolutely sure of this."
The First Emperor really didn't care.
"This matter is insignificant and not worth mentioning. Why do you have to speak out against the court's affairs?"
"Strictly speaking , I am only against the first item, the collection of copper and iron. I don't have much good feelings towards the remnants of the six kingdoms. If my brother can bring them to Xianyang without bloodshed, I will support it wholeheartedly."
"With the Qin sword at your neck, will you surrender?"
"So that's it."
Ying Chengjiao spread his hands.
"If Qin doesn't take the copper and iron and only forces the nobles to move, the nobles will still collect copper and iron from the common people, and the effect will be the same. In this case, we might as well do nothing."
"If the second strategy doesn't work, how can we quickly maintain stability? Although the ministers in the court are granted fiefdoms in various places, their influence cannot be compared with that of the local tyrants. I am worried that they will not be able to quickly suppress the various places."
"Gun controlled the flood by blocking the flood, and the Yellow River overflowed and the Yangtze River was flooded. Gun's son Dayu controlled the flood by dredging the flood, and dug canals to divert the flood water, and the flood control was successful. My royal brother, blocking is not as good as dredging. We only need to educate the people in various places, and it will be done soon..."
"Don't mention this matter again. National policy cannot be changed without authorization. You can ask me to follow your way, but I will speak with facts. In three years, I will see your results in the seven counties in the northwest! If these are all you have to say today, I will issue these two policies."
If you want to convince your brother, it seems that just talking won't work.
"My Royal Brother is worried about the problem of the nobles in various places being too powerful to be eliminated."
"Yes."
"Then my Royal Brother, have you ever thought about whether the families of the officials in the imperial court would become the next powerful families if you forcibly relocated all the nobles from various places to Xianyang? It will take three generations to complete the Enfeoffment Order."
The First Emperor remained silent.
I indeed neglected this issue.
If the local powerful people were relocated, families like Wang Wan, Yao Jia, and Wang Jian would inevitably become the next local powerful people.
They have all made contributions to the Qin Dynasty and have not committed any serious faults. I cannot force them to relocate again.
Ying Chengjiao saw that the First Emperor was lost in thought and knew that he should have been persuaded, so he stopped talking and waited for the First Emperor to come back to his senses.
The First Emperor was a human being, not a god. As a human being, he sometimes failed to think things through.
Historically, the First Emperor forced 120,000 wealthy households to move to Xianyang, and collected copper and iron from all over the world to cast twelve golden men.
If we don't talk about later ideas such as public opinion and popular sentiment, and only look at the atmosphere and environment at the time, there is no problem at all.
Because in history, the Qin Dynasty did not promulgate the parallel system of counties and kingdoms plus the Enfeoffment Order, but a pure county system.
Moving local powerful people to Xianyang greatly benefited the officials sent by the Qin Dynasty to govern the local areas and helped the Qin State to quickly take over the territory.
As long as the First Emperor did not die early and suppressed the rebellious intentions of the nobles of various countries, in thirty years, when the Qin laws were accustomed to by the world, the Qin Dynasty would be able to achieve actual unification.
But nowadays, due to the parallel system of counties and kingdoms and the implementation of the Enfeoffment Order, conflicts have arisen between local powerful people and fiefdom families.
Local tyrants must continue to control their homeland, and the fiefdom families must take over their fiefdoms.
The contradiction between the two exists objectively and cannot be reconciled. This was the original intention of Ying Chengjiao to restrict the local powerful people.
Forcibly relocating the local powerful people at this time would tip the balance and allow the families sent out from the court to grow rapidly and become the next local powerful people.
The Qin nobles and powerful people who grew up from the remnants of the nobles of the six kingdoms would be more difficult to deal with than the former.
The flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a storm, let alone a change in a system.
Everything in the world is interconnected, cause and effect, and everything is closely related.
