Chapter 944: The Five Hermits of the Late Qin Dynasty
"Huh? Xiao Yi let Xiao Qi go to Yangxian County? Lu Zhe laughed for a while, and his tone was a little low: "This kid ...... It was his brother who was dragged into the water. ”
The team has arrived in Sanchuan County, and the first stop is Luoyang.
Luoyang is not the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties now, there is no majestic city wall, you can't see the palace groups everywhere, it is a small county seat.
After the restoration of the old Warring States Wei, the capital was first set up in Luoyang for a short time, and then went to Liang County. Liang County is the name of the Qin State, called Daliang during the Warring States Period, and was the royal capital during the reign of the Wei kings.
The boundary of Sanchuan County, Liang County is the largest city, but its city wall collapsed with the order of the first emperor, and then Wei Qi mobilized manpower and material resources to rebuild, but to be honest, it was not very good.
During Luoyang's brief period as the capital of the restored Wei State, a city wall was also built, which was four meters high and three meters wide. A wall of this size is not even decent, and can only be described as shabby. You must know that in the era when the city wall culture was prevalent, the city walls of small counties were more than four meters, the city walls of large cities were at least six meters or more, and the royal cities of various countries were basically more than eight meters.
"After thinking about it, the Qin State was more atmospheric, or the Shang Dynasty was more atmospheric, and at the beginning of the establishment of Xianyang, the policy of not building the city wall was set. That is to be sure that no one can hit the city of Xianyang, so Xianyang does not need to build a city wall. Su Lie was very arrogant, but no matter how arrogant he was, he didn't dare to get involved in the emperor's family affairs, seeing that Lu Zhe was stunned and looked at the city wall, he said something casually.
Mei Kai said: "Qin has the danger of mountains and rivers, and there is Hangu Pass as a gateway in the east, as long as Hangu Pass is not lost, the armies of the six countries will not be able to enter Qinchuan." At that time, the Qin State was repeatedly hit hard, and there was a shortage of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, but the construction of the city wall was an extremely resource-intensive task. It also requires a huge amount of manpower, so that's the point, right? ”
Su Lie was happy that someone was willing to argue, and began to talk to Mei Kai, and in the end, the two simply hid to the side, leaving some people who really couldn't find an excuse to stay by the emperor's side full of coercion.
In fact, where does the majesty come from, Lu Zhe is not high-voltage. It's just that as an emperor, once his face is not good-looking, others will be a little frightened, and they are afraid that some inappropriate behavior will provoke him.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Lu Zhe's mood was really not much better. In fact, who would be in a good mood to know that his son was a time-traveler? It was a very indescribable feeling. Especially with the fact that he is a traverser as a premise, a sense of confusion will arise as to whether his son is his own son or not.
It's not blood, it's the soul...... Or is it thought? The traverser has a lifetime experience, with the memories of the previous life "reincarnated as a human", so which life of parents are the parents, and what is the sense of belonging?
As a parent, no one would be happy that their children would not regard themselves as fathers or mothers, and Lu Zhe's inner depression probably came from this.
The empire chose Luoyang as the capital of Sanchuan County, not Liang County, because the emperor patrolled here. The county guard and other officials came to meet him. When they saw that the emperor had a serious expression, they basically looked at each other, and some officials who had ghosts in their hearts were even more uneasy.
When the emperor went out on patrol, he himself had the meaning of finding out Wenzhi and investigating the counties along the way. Therefore, every time the emperor goes on tour, there will be a large group of officials who will be unlucky.
Lu Zhe set out from Nanling to the north, and when he passed through Nanyang County, he had already disposed of a number of illegal officials, and he also seriously dealt with the matter of local tyrants occupying land, and these people should be killed according to the law. There are no prisons, but exile to the South Asian subcontinent.
The so-called South Asian subcontinent is a general term, which is actually the territory west of Lingnan, which is later known as Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Now they are the newly opened territories of the Empire, inhospitable and sparsely populated.
The empire has not been very smooth in immigration, and gradually adopted the strategy of criminal exile to fill those vast and sparsely populated and desolate counties of Jinmi, Lu Zhetu patrolled Nanyang County, investigation and strict investigation, more than 1,000 people will be exiled to the South Asian subcontinent. Some of these people are officials, and many more are local tycoons. The official is an exiled official, and the official itself has not harmed his family, but Haoqiang is judged according to the seriousness of the circumstances, and there are three Haoqiang whose entire family has been exiled.
Because the emperor dealt with a lot of people in Nanyang County, Sanchuan County couldn't help but be nervous, before Lu Zhe entered the boundary of Sanchuan County, there were some officials who either abandoned their officials and fled or committed suicide, and even the head of the wealthy family committed suicide or surrendered to the government to ask for a light sentence, the result was that Lu Zhe entered the boundary of Sanchuan County, and the prison cells in the counties of Sanchuan County were basically overcrowded.
The people who accompanied him on the tour thought that it was the local officials and the powerful who made the emperor feel bad, and not many people knew that Lu Zhe was upset by something else.
In ancient times, local officials were generally from the local tyrants, and it was also a common phenomenon for tyrants to occupy land. The empire was established in troubled times, because of the war, many lands have lost their owners, and the land without owners will naturally be taken back to the state.
It is precisely because there is too much land owned by the state that local tyrants will inevitably have the intention of encroaching upon...... So many people have done it. They are all lucky, thinking that they are all doing that, and there are so many officials among them, or the law does not blame the public, or the people do not sue the officials, nothing will happen, what they didn't expect is that the emperor of the empire is also a lord who loves to go out on patrol, and they are so unlucky that they are on the emperor's patrol route.
"Your Majesty, the rule of officials needs to be educated and supervised, but in fact, it is also the center that lacks some actions." Zhang Liangneng sensed that the emperor was in a very bad mood and was worried about the liquidation in Sanchuan County, so he cautiously excused himself, and then said: "A large amount of land is owned by the state, and the state has not distributed or sold the land......"
"Zhang Liang." Lu Zhe interrupted Zhang Liang's words and said: "The current national policy of the empire is to focus on immigration and encourage people to go to the new frontier for development. ”
Isn't it? Land in some border counties is so cheap that it almost feels like it's given away for free, and if you want to own a large piece of land, you can go to the border counties. The hinterland is originally a densely populated area, that is, the war loses too many people to have land idle, but as the war subsides, some of the original owners of the land are also returning, and the government sells a certain piece of land, what will happen after the original owner of the land returns to his hometown?
"Ten years has not yet come. At present, much of the land held by the state is only held in escrow. Lu Zhe knew that Sanchuan County belonged to Han during the Warring States Period, how could he not know that Zhang Liang was concerned about his hometown. He sullenly said: "Empire is the rule of law. Everything is done in accordance with the law. ”
It is the rule of law that Zhang Liangcai is worried about, and the evaluation of Legalism in history is good and bad, but Legalism is definitely the number one dog leg of the ruler. Why is there such a statement? Because in ancient times, the so-called rule of law revolved around the ruler, and the laws formulated were all beneficial to those in power, that is, what kind of legal system the ruler wanted, and then what kind of laws were formulated by the legalists. Therefore, the so-called "rule of law" in ancient times is not what it is today.
Zhang Liang knew that the rule of law pursued by Lu Zhe was very different from the past, but in the final analysis, it was still people who enforced the law, and the emperor had the intention to pursue justice, but what if the officials wanted to curry favor with the emperor?
"We didn't enter Sanchuan County, and dozens of officials absconded or committed suicide. Hundreds more absconded or committed suicide. Your Majesty, the empire is constantly at war with the outside world, and there is no chaos at home! Zhang Liang was also bitter, and he said: "Nanyang County's trial is a little over-executed, and what happened in Sanchuan County has given a warning, if other counties of the empire are also ......", it seems that he felt a little alarmist, and he stopped halfway through his own speech.
The concept of Huaxia is different from case to case. That is, what kind of things to do at what time, when the time is not right, you can tolerate it, and only when the time is right can you deal with it seriously. In fact, it is precisely because of this that the rule of law in China is "rule by man". Because it's people who judge the timing.
Lu Zhe also knew that many people had a disdainful attitude towards Legalism, and Zhang Liang was one of them. He also realized something in Nanyang County, the rule of law will definitely not be established in a short period of time, and it will take a long time to form a set of rules. More than 1,000 people will be exiled from Nanyang County. That is the law enforcer figuring out his thoughts, and it is indeed biased to sentence the case and carry out a heavy sentence when he is pleased.
Want to enforce the true rule of law. It is not up to Lu Zhe to do it alone, and the whole society needs to have enough awareness. He didn't want to make a big deal about the rule of officials because he was in a bad mood, so he could only smile bitterly and say, "I listened to it." I will order to go down......" paused, looked at Zhang Liang and said, "Since you have your own opinions, it is better for you to do the imperial history and deal with those things." ”
In the pre-Qin period, the Son of Heaven, the princes, the doctors, and the rulers of the city all placed "history", and they were the historians and secretaries who were responsible for recording. The monarch placed the imperial history. Since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the imperial history has been used as an official position of supervision, responsible for supervising the imperial court and the officials of the princes.
The imperial history in the empire belongs to the establishment of the prosecutor's office, and it belongs to Yan Bi. The emperor can temporarily appoint the imperial historian to conduct a thorough investigation of some matters, and Lu Zhe appointed Zhang Liang at this juncture because he wanted to deal with local problems with a soft attitude.
When the monarch and the minister were talking, their voices were not deliberately lightened, and the people around them listened to those words in detail. Many officials looked at Zhang Liang with some admiration, and they thought that Zhang Liang dared to be angry with the emperor...... Or when you are angry, you are really bold.
What was Zhang Liang thinking? He didn't know why Lu Zhe was angry, but when Lu Zhe was angry, he could still listen to his advice, and couldn't help but praise in his heart: "Maybe it is because of Your Majesty's great mind that many heroes can follow and establish today's great cause." ”
I don't know if Lu Zhe is ambitious, but his consistent behavior is not to eat alone, which is the main reason why so many people are willing to follow. However, literati always like to use decorative techniques to describe it, but it is not too straightforward, and Zhang Liang is one of them.
The empire is waging war abroad, and it really can't cause chaos internally, even if it wants to purge official rule, it is not at this time, it can only wait for the foreign war to stop, and then it is the right time.
"The minister has recently been taught by Huangshi Gong, and he has gained a lot." Zhang Liang cautiously probed: "If Your Majesty is worried, maybe the minister will have some suggestions?" ”
Lu Zhe was stunned for a moment, and thought, "Zhang Liang still met Huang Shigong?" ”
I don't know if it's the wild history or the official history, but it is recorded that Zhang Liang got the Huangshi Gong's Tao Strategy Book, which is the so-called "Taigong Art of War", and he will have so many achievements after studying.
Huang Shigong is still alive, he is one of the five great hermits in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, and the other four are Tang Mingbing, Xia Huang, Cui Mingguang, Qili Ji, Wu Shi, and Luli Zhoushu.
In the early years, Lu Zhe actually didn't know what the five hermits were, their reputation was only gradually spread in recent years, rumors in the five people have great ability to govern the world, Lu Zhe sent people to Shangshan to investigate, knowing that there are "Shangshan Sihao", that is, Tang Bing, Cui Guang, Wu Shi, Zhou Shu, the information found is a bit strange, the four of them are all from Huang Laoxue, but the behavior is very similar to Fangshi.
Isn't Lu Zhe promoting education? Knowing that the four of them had a reputation in Fangshu, they later sent a group of people to Shangshan again, wanting to let the four of them go down the mountain and enter the academy in Nanling, but the four of them seemed to be really going to live in seclusion, and said a lot of words "with mountains and water", and refused Lu Zhe's employment.
Now, Shangshan Sihao's friend Huang Shigong gave the book Zhang Liang, and Lu Zhe was very curious about what kind of book he was gifting, and he didn't know if it was "Three Strategies".
"Not all of the works obtained by the ministers came from Huangshi Gong, but also the works of Si Hao." Zhang Liang didn't hide it, and seemed to have more respect for Shangshan Sihao, and finally even sighed in a regretful tone: "It's a pity that such a learned person is living in seclusion." ”
Lu Zhe could hear that Zhang Liang had something to say, and he thought about it for a while.
There are two kinds of people who live in seclusion in the world, one is really to live in seclusion and not ask about the world, and the other is to raise fame. If you really want to live in seclusion, you will not participate in the world at all, there are many people who rely on seclusion to support their fame in history, such as Zhang Juzheng has also done this, and there are many others, but many people who do this do not match their reputation at all after they go out of the mountain.
Where is Shangshan Sihao not out of the mountain? Lu Zhe hired them to go out of the mountain to be teachers, which was not in line with their ideas, and they were too far from their expectations so they were reluctant to go out of the mountain.
Huangshi Gong donated the book Zhang Liang, probably specifically mentioning Shangshan Sihao.
Zhang Liang is one of the people who accompany Lu Zhe on the tour, or belongs to the kind that can chat with Lu Zhe at any time, they deliberately found Zhang Liang on the way out to give the book, the intention is already obvious...... (To be continued.) )