My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 106 What does Da Qin need most today?Talent!

Facing everyone's puzzled looks, Ying Chengyu patiently explained:

"That is to say, the most important thing is that the reward is generous and the promise is fulfilled, so that the Guizhou leaders can see the benefits and be willing to 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, and they are afraid of breaking the law."

"Once the law is established, it must maintain its inertia. It cannot change orders overnight, and it cannot be inconsistent. The leaders of Guizhou must know the law and understand it!"

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?
Regardless of whether Ying Chengxuan wanted to use Lu Buwei's power to hold the clan in his hands, or whether Ying Chengxuan wanted to bring the clan to support Lu Buwei, it was completely inconsistent with Ying Xi's personal interests.

So Ying Xi immediately refuted it: "It is not necessarily a good thing that the law is known to the people."

"There is a saying in the Spring and Autumn Period: Punishment cannot be known and power cannot be measured, so the people will be afraid of superiors!"

"Whether the law should be known to the people needs to be judged according to the king's decision."

Ying Xi objected for the sake of opposition, but even so, Ying Xi's words were still justified.

The unknowable nature of punishment was 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 will definitely break the law. Is there no appropriate law?Then make one now!
This will allow everyone to restrain themselves, constrain their behavior according to a common rule, and stabilize the country as a whole.

Feng Quji also shook his head slightly: "I agree to let the head of Guizhou understand the law."

"However, I believe that there is no difference between a high reward or a light reward. 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 and said, "Then I would be more conservative."

"As far as today's Great Qin is concerned, Great Qin needs to implement all punishments and let all those who break the law be punished."

"Today's Qin Dynasty also needs to let the leaders of Guizhou know the law and understand the law."

"Do you have any objections?"

Feng Qu smiled quickly and cupped his hands: "I think this is a very good statement."

Ying Chengyu cut off new ideas and described the current situation of Great Qin today.

So 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. It would be too much to continue to hold on to Ying Chengyu, and it would anger Ying Zheng even more!
Ying Xi just turned to ask: "But what does Chang'an Jun's words have to do with what we just discussed?"

"I am waiting to argue with Prime Minister Lu about whether the Qin Dynasty should impose severe punishments or lenient administration and suspended sentences."

"Chang'an Lord is talking about implementing punishments and promoting laws?"

"Could it be that Mr. Chang'an was distracted just now?"

Ying Chengqiao smiled warmly: "I have been listening carefully and thinking about all the remarks you just made."

"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 great Qin."

Ying Xi's eyelids twitched.

If he remembered correctly, before Ying Chengyu destroyed Korea in World War I, he had publicly said that he did not understand military strategy.

Now when he heard what Ying Chengyu said "doesn't make sense", Ying Xi had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Ying Chengyu's voice turned serious: "But the battle to destroy Han made me understand a truth."

"No matter how good a commander is, he still needs a large number of generals and messengers to help him spread his orders throughout the army."

"No matter how excellent the military law is, it still requires a large number of military judges to implement the military law."

"I believe that the way to run an army is like this, and the way to run a country should be similar."

"May I ask, Your Majesty, how many officials there are in the counties and counties of Great Qin?"

Ying Zheng answered without hesitation: "There are 12730 officials, including 3081 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 country, especially the number of legal officials, is far from enough!"

Everyone was stunned: "Not enough?"

"The number of officials in our country, Qin, is several times that of other countries. Does Chang'an Lord still think it is not enough?"

The Qin Dynasty did not care about comparing the number of officials with other countries at the same time.

Because the number of officials and the ratio of officials to civilians in the Qin Dynasty were 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 6500, and even including the staff, it was only about 6.

But what was the total population of the Western Han Dynasty at that time?

About 5000 million, about 833 people support one official!
But what about today’s Great Qin?

The total population is only over 300 million, and about 250 people have to support one official!
Just like that, Ying Chengyu couldn't say enough?

Ying Chengyu nodded: "I think it is indeed not enough."

"Because our grassroots officials in Da Qin, especially the legal officials, have too much work."

"They need to judge crimes, patrol the streets, review judgments, 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, our Da Qin government has the largest number of officials in the world, but can our grassroots legal officials in Da Qin be free?"

Daqin has a unique education system.

Da Qin's current attitude toward the academy is that it allows it to exist, but does not support it.

The main education system of the Qin Dynasty was that the imperial court paid the teaching fees, with judges and officials as teachers, and courts, prisons and yamen as teaching venues for grassroots teaching activities.

Moreover, Da Qin has assessment requirements for grassroots officials. Each grassroots official needs to train a certain number of qualified students every year.

Therefore, many officials in the Qin Dynasty would teach their disciples the relevant laws and at the same time execute 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 in our Great Qin are not idle."

Ying Chengyu sighed softly: "Just managing the current territory, the grassroots management of Da Qin is no longer idle."

"Then if Da Qin really dominates 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 [-] grassroots officials."

"This does not mean that our Da Qin only has more than [-] people who can serve as officials, but because the population of our Da Qin can only support so many officials."

"If our country, Da Qin, truly unites the world, and the food and grass we receive each year is several times greater, then accordingly, our country, Da Qin, will naturally be able to support several times more officials."

"Mr. Chang'an does not need to worry about this matter." Ying Chengxuan asked back: "Expanding the territory several times will certainly increase the money and food several times, but can the number of officials really be able to manage the multiple times the territory?"

"In the old Qin land, all Qin people understand the law, are familiar with it, and accept the "Qin Code"."

"So people in the old Qin Dynasty rarely violate the "Qin Law", which relieves a lot of pressure on grassroots officials."

"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!"

"Moreover, the laws and regulations of our country, Qin, are complex and numerous. Many things that the heads of Guizhou in other countries take for granted would be serious crimes in our country, Qin."

"The head of Guizhou does not understand the "Laws of Qin", how can they abide by the "Laws of Qin"? There will definitely be a large number of people who violate the "Laws of Qin".

"Should we, Daqin, arrest the Guizhou leader who violated the law or not? Should he be sentenced or not?"

"If you don't arrest or judge, then the law will not be strict, and the head of Guizhou will not be afraid of Qin's law."

"If we want to arrest and punish them, the workload of grassroots officials will increase greatly."

"Nowadays, a county in Daqin can be properly managed with only more than thirty officials."

"But if you want to manage the newly attached county well, more than a hundred officials may not be enough!"

Feng Quji said in a deep voice: "Then recruit more officials!"

Ying Cheng was amused: "Feng Tingwei said it lightly, but where do people come from?"

"To serve as the most basic assistant to the legal officials in Da Qin, one needs to learn [-] Chinese characters and read the "Qin Code" thoroughly."

"And legal officials who can issue punishments need to be proficient in all the laws of Qin."

"May 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 were to rule the world in one dynasty, the number of officials would be far from enough!"

Why did all the officials in Peixian County except the county magistrate be from Peixian County 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 actually has nothing to do with the "Qin Law"!
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!

And 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 people 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 support while fighting, but it also takes time to support while fighting."

"But if the king intends to rule the world, the speed of training officials will definitely not be able to keep up with the speed of appropriating the world!"

Ying Zheng frowned slightly: "Is there no solution to this problem?"

Ying Chengyu responded solemnly: "If the current "Qin Code" is implemented, there will be no solution to this problem."

"And the difficulties we, Da Qin, have to face are far more than this."

"The insufficient number of officials will not only cause the absence of punishments but also cause the cities to lose control."

"It will also lead to officials having no time to go into the countryside and popularize legal knowledge to the leaders of Guizhou."

"The laws of my country, Great Qin, are quite different from those of other countries."

"In the spring of our Qin Dynasty, loggers were punished by pounding the city, but the Chu State encouraged the people to cut down 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 be tortured. Isn't there resentment in his heart?"

Ying Zheng nodded lightly: "There must be resentment in his heart!"

Ying Chengyu sighed softly: "If things continue like this, people's resentment will definitely boil!"

"And if the Qin Code cannot be known to the head of Guizhou, it will lead to a huge hidden danger."

Ying Chengyu's eyes turned cold: "Our Daqin laws may be deliberately distorted and fabricated by someone with ulterior motives!"

"You will arbitrarily identify someone as a criminal for your own selfish reasons, to avenge yourself or to gain personal gain."

"They even took advantage of the time when the corvee was being collected and made up a pretense of killing them if they missed the deadline to intimidate the corvee."

"If the corvee doesn't 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 were the laws of the Qin Dynasty really that strict?
Ying Chengyu, who lived in the Qin Dynasty, knew very well that regarding the missed period of corvée service, the "Qin Code" stipulates: if the period of missed service lasts from three to five days, the reward is Zhen; from six days to ten days, the reward is one shield; after ten days, the reward is one armor.Water and rain remove happiness.

Being late for three or five days is nothing more than 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. If he misses his due date, he must be killed." Chen Sheng is simply trying to scare the corvee!

But the sad thing is that all the corvees believed it.

This is enough to show how failed Daqin’s legal popularization work has been!

Ying Xi subconsciously refuted: "They dare?!"

Ying Chengyu looked at Ying Xi: "Why don't they dare?"

"If we, the Qin Dynasty, rule the world, the powerful clans and nobles of various countries will be demoted to common people, and they will disappear into the common people."

"With so many clan dignitaries, no one dares to lead the crowd in rebellion?"

Ying Xi explained: "My intention is that they dare not misinterpret the Qin Code at will!"

Ying Chengyu 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 villagers, so they will protect each other."

"Even if someone among them informs, what can I, Great Qin, do?"

"Send troops to fight against rebellion?"

"After defeating a group of rebels, new ones will emerge, using the same methods."

"In that case, why not solve the problem fundamentally?"

Lu Buwei asked expectantly: "The fundamental issue mentioned by Lord Chang'an has caused me, Great Qin, to slow down and figure it out slowly."

"Don't you want your Majesty to rule the world in one dynasty?"

Lu Buwei listened for a long time and felt that he understood it.

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 regretted that Ying Chengyu didn't 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 war.

This is the person who truly does good for Da Qin!
Lord 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 to implement the new district's interim law on a trial basis!"

(End of this chapter)