Xingyang Palace,
"Your Majesty, according to Teacher Su's instructions, we have successfully used Zheng Chang and the others who have joined us to eliminate the hundreds of salt merchants who are not convinced. We have also used the gains from the inspection to allow more people to eat cheap refined salt!”
"Now that the people of the surrounding counties are praising His Majesty, it's much easier to spread the orders of the government!”
Meng Yi said excitedly,
Having held many important positions, Meng Yi knew very well how difficult it was for the imperial court's decrees to be implemented. Now, Su Han's salt policy had made the people's hearts increasingly submit to him, greatly promoting the people's cooperation with the government's decree. This had far exceeded his expectations.
"Actually, Great Qin's laws are quite complete, but the real problem lies in the enforcement. To be more specific, most of the people are illiterate and don't understand laws at all!”
"People who don't understand the law will definitely feel that the government is too harsh and cruel when they know that someone they are familiar with has been punished without knowing the reason!”
Su Han said in a deep voice,
It was clearly recorded in the history books that the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and was basically used by Liu Bang, the thief of the country. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished the various schools of thought, there were no major changes. It could be seen that the Qin system itself was actually more reasonable.
Although most of the laws came from times of war, just like how the rules of sitting and waiting would be stricter in times of peace, there were actually some loopholes.
Taking the famous uprising in Daze Village as an example, the garrison soldiers were indeed severely punished for delaying the time, but if there was a heavy rain or other natural disaster, they could be exempted from punishment according to the law.
However, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and the others were originally anti-Qin elements. They used the fact that most people were not familiar with the Qin method to bewitch them with evil words and play tricks. That was why nearly a thousand soldiers thought that they were going to die and rebelled.
In addition, because Great Qin's territory had suddenly expanded by several times, it was in urgent need of officials, and they had no choice but to use soldiers with military merits and titles to become civilian officials.
This group of people might not be familiar with Qin Fa, and their methods were relatively rough, so they had a general understanding of Qin Fa's harshness.
"Mr. Su is right!"
"In Guanzhong, the people used to be very afraid of the law. Only after they became familiar with it did they gradually support it. Now, there is a grand scene of not closing their doors at night and not picking up things on the road!”
"However, Great Qin's territory is simply too big, and it's simply too difficult to make all the citizens of the world familiar with the Qin laws!”
Meng Yi who once served as the dean of the supreme court said with deep feelings.
"Since you can find this problem, you must have a solution, right?”
Ying Zheng's face was also filled with anticipation.
Although Su Han had already roughly introduced the situation of each dynasty to the First Emperor and the others during these few days of communication, it was still a cursory glance. There was still a long way to go before they could truly absorb it.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Meng, and Old Commandant Wang, how did we let the people around Xingyang City know about this salt policy?”
Su Han asked with a smile.
"Mister Su, do you mean to spread this method to all of Great Qin?”
"However, there aren't many literate people in Great Qin, and most of them are pedantic Confucian scholars. I'm afraid we won't be able to find so many people to carry out this task.”
Ying Zheng frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, the seventy professors of the Faculty are all famous scholars. Why are they willing to work for Great Qin?”
Su Han said with a smile.
"However, Great Qin doesn't have that many official positions.”
The First Emperor still shook his head.
"Your Majesty, most Confucian scholars don't have high expectations for official positions. They're already very satisfied with a stable income, food, and clothing!”
"Otherwise, the officials of Great Qin wouldn't have been occupied by Confucian scholars!”
"In my opinion, Great Qin can make adjustments to its officials and divide them into different ranks. They will be assessed regularly and sincerely serve the Imperial Court. Those who perform well will have their salaries increased, and they will be given priority when new positions are vacant!”
"Apart from that, Great Qin's many military heroes will also be given special training in learning how to read and write. Even if they learn two or three words a day, in a year, they will learn more than a thousand words, which is enough for them to understand laws and proclamations!”
Su Han said in a deep voice.
"Mister Su, you mean to rope in and divide the Confucian scholars, and then cultivate those who have military merits?”
Ying Zheng's expression changed.
Judging from the implementation of the salt policy, although the strategy of dividing and roping in seemed old-fashioned, it was indeed extremely effective.
At the very least, it was quite attractive to those Confucian scholars who had average family backgrounds and did not have to worry about food and clothing.
Even if the people they hired were only doing things for a raise and promotion, it was still much better than dealing with them or even disobeying them.
As for strengthening the literary attainments of the meritorious military officers, it was indeed an excellent idea.
In recent years, in order to strengthen the control of the local government, the First Emperor had appointed many military officers to serve as county magistrates and county captains. Unfortunately, the results were not good.
Now, it seemed that he was missing the crucial step of prior training that Su Han had mentioned.
"I have Mister Su, who is much better than that Jiang Shangyi!”
Ying Zheng said sincerely.
"Your Majesty, you flatter me.
"I have a suggestion. For the training of officials and reserve personnel, His Majesty can personally take on the role of chief instructor and take time to attend a class. At that time, this group of people will all be His Majesty's students!”
Su Han smiled and said,
In the future, there was a bald classmate who could become a formidable person of his generation, but it was all because of a group of trusted aides that he brought out when he was the principal.
"My disciple, good idea!"
The First Emperor thought for a while, and the smile on his face grew wider. He looked deeply at Su Han and said,""However, the real professor has to be Mr. Smith.”
"If Mr. Su is teaching, I'm willing to be the first to listen!”
Meng Yi said happily.
"There's also this old minister!"
Wang Jian was unwilling to fall behind.
Although Su Han had never delved deeply into the art of war, he knew many classic battle examples after all, and they often allowed veteran generals like Wang Jian to benefit greatly.
In particular, the various logistics warfare, economic warfare, overall warfare, and other ideas directly opened the door to a new world for Wang Jian.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to behave like this, right?”
Su Han scratched his head.
He knew his own family's matters. With his lazy personality, he was afraid that he would mislead others.
The various ideas that he had proposed had been quite effective, but the First Emperor, Meng Yi, and the others had been making adjustments based on Great Qin's situation.
"Sir is still so humble!"
The First Emperor's smile grew wider, but he didn't say anything.
Anyway, there was still a long time before they returned to Xianyang, so they had plenty of time to convince Su Han.
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