Chapter Thirteen Brothers
After the news that Qin was about to use troops to foreign countries came out, Xianyang suddenly became a sea of joy, with mountains and tsunamis roaring, and people fully released their inner expectations. "War!" "War!" Calls came one after another, and people ran around to tell each other.
The people's character is shaped by the system. The Qin people are already martial. The Qin army duke system ensures that the martial Qin people can obtain a fair way to rise. Over time, the Qin people who have been accustomed to military glory are happy when they hear war. War is like a shark smelling blood.
The Qin State's system operates efficiently, and with specific and clear quantitative assessments, officials in various positions dare not slackewer and slack. After the war mobilization order was issued, the Qin State's war machines were running at high speed, and the weapons and food were all in place at the specified time. The Qin State's army, with great courage and courage, headed straight to Hangu Pass. The soldiers did not know the goal of this attack, but it did not affect their inner longing for military merits.
The Qin Dynasty's military merit culture reminded Meng Tian of the football culture of a football power in later generations. When the Qin people were young, their parents and elders began to educate them on the battlefield to make meritorious and titles. The officials set up special legal officials in the government to explain and promote the military merit system. When the Qin people grew up, the system had long become a habit in their blood. The Qin people's public law was not a verbal saying. After Shang Yang, the best law enforcement was the best law publicity, which became the consensus of the Qin monarch and minister. When one soldier after another with military merit glory returned to his hometown, he obtained the prescribed land, houses, slaves, and thousands of words from the legal officials.
"The most fundamental reason why Qin State can rise is to strictly implement a fair system." Law-abiding is a habit. When he got used to the life of Qin, Meng Tian felt that the laws of Qin were far less brutal than those promoted by later generations. Compared with the six countries, Qin's laws seemed more fair and reasonable, and they restricted the arbitrary nature of officials as much as possible. Being an official in Qin State was much harder than later generations. The Qin people strived for precise management and required officials not to delay handling government affairs, land, money, and people.
The mouth, livestock, etc. are required to clarify specific numbers. If only "several" are recorded, they will definitely not pass the year-end assessment and will be scolded by superiors. Usually, with Meng Wu, Meng Tian met many Qin officials. Their interest in learning law, household registration management, and counting far exceeded their interest in metaphysics. In particular, officials who manage money and grain were all familiar with memorizing the 99 multiplication table, which surprised Meng Tian very much. More than two thousand years ago, the Qin people had compiled a complete 99 multiplication formula.
The more I understand and get used to the Qin system, the more Meng Tian felt that the Qin system contained a certain degree of modernity. In digital management, Huang Renyu always criticized the Chinese for not conducting digital management, but the Qin people tried hard and even did a very good job. A professional and high-quality bureaucratic team, in the words of later generations, was a high-quality civil servant team. Restricting the power of officials, even in the 21st century, China still faced the problem of putting power in a cage. The Qin people proposed it early, and the government was more important than the government of the people. The extensive legal officials and going deep into the grassroots level, not only played a role in general.
The role of law also supervises grassroots officials. Qin people do not understand the law and will seek answers from legal officials. With the legal answers issued by legal officials, ordinary Qin people can also figure out whether the behavior of officials who deal with them is legal. Qin officials know that the people understand the law and have legal officials to supervise them. If colleagues report illegal acts, they dare not commit illegal acts of oppressing the people. Thinking about later generations, when farmers have to pay fees to collect corn, Meng Tian felt very helpless. In the Axial Age, China's own legal culture appeared, not only ancient Greece, but ancient Rome!
After the army went to war, Xianyang became much calmer, and the Mongolian Mansion seemed even more deserted. The Qin military system was that commanded the army and the people who managed the army were separated. The generals were responsible for the conquest, but were not responsible for the training of the army. When they went to war, the scattered and trained troops would gather together. After the generals were slightly integrated, they headed to the battlefield. Meng Ao and Meng Wu usually stayed in Xianyang. This time they attacked the Wei State, the two took away the personal soldiers of the Meng Mansion. In the huge Mongolian Mansion, only Meng Tian, Meng Yi, and some servants were left.
"Only the Qin army system can be played by the rigid and rigorous Qin people, and only the Qin people will implement the laws formulated by the government without fail." Meng Tian felt that the ancient Qin people, like the later Germans, had certain similar qualities, were equally pragmatic, law-abiding, attached importance to order, and did things in a straightforward manner, and did not act sloppy at all. Even a mouse hole appeared in the granary. What should be handled? Whoever has a clear responsibility has to be admired by Meng Tian. People in later generations are extreme.
The rule of law in ancient Rome was promoted, and the Middle Ages even launched a Roman law revival movement. However, the early rule of law in China, the Qin State, which represented the practice of ancient Chinese rule of law, was swept into the garbage dump of history. Meng Tian turned over the bamboo slips in his hand and sighed. The same separation of soldiers and generals, the Zhao Song Dynasty ended in a poor and weak situation, but the Qin State created a tiger and wolf army. I am afraid that later officials who came from reading sages were busy writing poems, writing lyrics and visiting prostitutes all day long, and they rarely had the intention to stay in specific and practical things, right?!
Thinking of this, Meng Tian felt that Shang Yang burned poetry and books, made laws and regulations, and established the system of law, which indeed represented the reality of national governance. Those who engage in literature should do well in literature and should not participate in national governance. Literature governs the country, think about Wang Mang in later generations. People who were too idealistic became politicians. If they wanted to build a beautiful society like heaven, they would often bring hell to the world. Confucian thoughts must indeed combine the rule of law tradition of Qin and carry out changes. Confucian scholars should not always think about building a society like Yao, Shun and Yu.
After Bu Xing came back, he would have a good discussion with him. Meng Tian packed up the bamboo slips and stretched his waist. This time he went on the expedition, Bu Xing persuaded Meng Wu to take him to see the real magnificent battlefield with the theory of Zixia. If Bu Xing could combine the theory of Legalism and military strategists to achieve the transformation and sublimation of Confucianism, Meng Tian would not mind supporting Bu Xing to expand Confucianism in Qin.
"Brother, why are you reading books again?" Meng Yi pouted, carried the sword, and walked in with annoyed. Meng Tian spent more time reading books every day, listening to Bu Xing's lectures, and practicing swords with Ying Zheng. It seemed that she had less time with Meng Yi.
"Meng Yi, the key to practicing swords is to persevere. It doesn't take so much time every day." Meng Tian knocked Meng Yi's head and couldn't help but smile. The director of the myth, I was afraid that Meng Yi, who was invincible, was such a stingy man when he was a child. "No matter how good you practice swords, you can only fight about ten people. Did your father teach you how to learn from ten thousand enemies?"
"My father didn't teach me how to learn military tactics, but he asked me to memorize Qin's laws. It was so boring. They were all from A and B."
Why didn't Meng Wu let Meng Yi learn military tactics? Meng Tian thought to himself, or Meng Wu didn't want both sons to join the army. The battlefield was ruthless, swords were blind, and the wind and clouds were changing, and no one could tell. Meng Wu privately revealed that he hoped Meng Yi would follow the literature and inherit the family business, and Meng Tian could follow his wishes. With multiple children, Chinese people often chose different educational methods. Li Ka-shing strictly planned Li Zeju's path, but did not interfere with Li Zekai's female star, which contained similar truths. Meng Yi would not develop into the army in the future. After his subordinates led hundreds of thousands of troops, Meng Yi would be even more unlikely to lead troops and could only stay in the center for a long time. Thinking about Meng Yi in history, he stayed by the Qin Emperor for a long time, and he had no intention of appeaseing Meng Tian. You must know that Meng Tian was the most elite unit of the Qin army.
"Haha, Qin State governs the law. Don't say that you want to learn, the elder brother also needs to learn it. You don't want to break the law one day, kill your hands, chop your feet, and tattoo your face, right?"
"Hiss--" Meng Yi took a breath, as if he was scared, and unconsciously touched his hands, feet and face.
"Okay, okay, brother is joking with you!" Seeing Meng Yi's little heart, he would definitely not be absent-minded when he was punishing Qin's rules in the future. The future Minister of Justice of Qin State would not be able to understand Qin's rules. "Even if you make a mistake, brother will pay you atonement money!" In the words of later generations, the atonement money is a fine, which not only punishes crimes, but also enriches the national treasury. Thinking of this, Meng Tian felt that it would be better to save some money if you have the chance. Thinking of the Taishigong in later generations, he had no money in his pocket and could only hand over the precious balls miserably.
"Brother wants to pay, so don't pay in the future, and give it now!" Meng Yi reacted. Meng Tian was teasing him. He immediately started to think and shouted, "I want to eat candied haws! I also want to eat beef!"
At this time, beef was not cheap. Qin's law stipulates that only cattle over a certain age can be killed again and must be approved by the government. With the Meng family's status in Qin, they can't eat beef several times throughout the year. Candied haws, there are candied haws in this era? What will it taste like?
Chapter completed!