Chapter 677 Change of title
At this time, Xiang Yu had obviously completely given up his previous hatred and power. He knew that if he wanted to, he could have lived like this, but if he did not go through those hardships, he would not know that such a life might be what he should want most.
At this time, Xiang Yu had almost only wishes Ying Gao's management of the Qin Dynasty. In Kuaiji County, where he was the county magistrate but did not really handle the affairs of the county, the people's lives were no longer much better than when he lived here before.
What was the original Qin Dynasty like? It was exactly the same as saying: Prosperity means the suffering of the people; destruction means the suffering of the people.
However, the Qin Dynasty is now more prosperous than ever before, but the people are not suffering, and they are not suffering compared to any time. On the contrary, even the extremely difficult people before are very rich at this time.
Xiang Yu only knows one thing, that is, even if he has more experience in leading troops to fight, even if he becomes the master of this world, he will definitely not be as good as Ying Gao now.
Sometimes Xiang Yu even had a feeling that he thought was very absurd, that is, no matter which aspect, Ying Gao seemed to be much smarter than the people of their era. There were so many things they had never thought of, and they could not even think of, Ying Gao thought of it for you, and did it for you, just like discovering a Western Region, knowing that the other side of the Western Region was the Mauryan Dynasty. Even if Xiang Yu broke his head, he believed that no matter whether it was the Mauryan Dynasty or the sulfur stuffed, he could not imagine the existence of a place like the Qin Dynasty. It was precisely this reason that Xiang Yu and Han Xin caught the other person off guard after they arrived at the Mauryan Dynasty. In addition, the monarch of the Mauryan Dynasty was a person like Sharishuga, who was nothing, so the first step of the Qin Dynasty was so smooth.
"I'm afraid that people who go against Ying Gao will not have any good ending..."
Xiang Yu looked at Yu Ji and sighed in the direction of Xianyang City. This was a sentence he said after dealing with Ying Gao for so long, and it was also his recognition of Ying Gao.
After hearing Xiang Yu say such words, Yu Ji also smiled. She knew that the reason why Xiang Yu could say this was entirely because he no longer thought that he could not compare to Ying Gao as a shame. Xiang Yu was the Xiang Yu he wanted.
For Ying Gao, although he didn't know, the fact is that Xiang Yu and Sarisauga, Antioch III and Philip V were completely convinced by him.
He no longer has the leisure to care whether others are convinced of him or not, but is thinking about the change of the Qin Dynasty.
What problems exist in the laws and policies of the Qin Dynasty? This is something that Ying Gao has been considering since he became the emperor, but he only issued a few new policies. It is not that Ying Gao did not want to carry out major reforms to the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty, but that the time has not come. Whether it is the Huns, the Mauryan Dynasty, or the later Sei and Romans, there are considerable external interference. At that time, the people's attention was basically all focused on external battles. The officials in the court, even Ying Gao himself, focused on these things, so it is definitely not a good time to reform the internal affairs.
But now it is different. Now everyone has already bowed to Ying Gao and surrendered to the Qin Dynasty. Ying Gao's reputation has reached the peak of his successors after he became the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, many officials representing the aristocratic people in the Xianyang Palace have withdrawn from the stage of history in recent years. Moreover, if their descendants want to become officials of the Qin Dynasty, they have to go through the imperial examinations. Through the imperial examinations in recent years, many common people have become reserve talents of the Qin Dynasty. These have given Ying Gao a lot more confidence than before. Otherwise, how could he do it as soon as he thought it out?
In fact, going out to visit the old place of Yan State was just a tentative action of Ying Gao. Ying Gao wanted to use the incident of immigrating to the old place of Yan State to detect the execution ability of his officials under his command under his command. It turned out that the execution ability of these people was still very strong, which paved the way for Ying Gao's next action.
After the incident of the aliens in the Western Regions immigrating to the former place of Yan State, Ying Gao praised the relevant officials in the court. Looking at the joyful smiles on the faces of many court officials, Ying Gao could almost guess what these people were thinking. They just wanted to finish what the emperor should do this time, and should have a few days of peace and prosperity?
But after this praise, Ying Gao's face immediately changed and he began another major issue of his own.
"I have changed the Great Qin to an open and open dynasty today. As everyone can see, no matter where the dynasty is, they want to come to the territory of our Great Qin and become the people of our Great Qin. I will not block these people from becoming our Great Qin people. I have already thought about these things long before I decided to conquer them. If they surrender to me, they can only increase their resentment towards the Great Qin."
This suddenly sets the tone for the development of Daqin in the future, that is, not only this time, the people of the foreign races need to be gathered in because of the development of the old land of Yan, but in the future, such things will only be the norm in the territory of Daqin, because Daqin is obviously still in a state of vast land and sparsely populated. If you want to fill these places with people, a large number of foreign races will definitely come in.
Ying Gao's statement actually made many officials feel uncomfortable, but they didn't dare to say anything, because they knew that if the reasons in their hearts were said, there would be no improvement except for the anger of Ying Gao.
Ying Gao glanced around and found that no one had any rebuttals about this matter. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart. If this was the case when he just became emperor, such a sentence would definitely be bombarded by those people. But now, it is obviously that it is that time. His temper has been completely understood by these old men. Basically, an official knows that he cannot raise any objections to the Emperor of Qin in person, especially when your opinions are put first your own interests first.
"But you can see that there is something in my Great Qin now that I have made these people who have traveled thousands of miles to the Great Qin territory very disappointed."
Speaking of this, those who are interested will know that Ying Gao’s preparation should have been done almost, and the next thing to say should be the main topic.
Sure enough, Ying Gao's eyes became very sharp at this moment, and he stared at the guys who kept their heads down and spoke.
"After I conquered the Mauryan Dynasty, the first thing I did was to abolish the caste system that they had implemented for hundreds of years, which made the people of the Mauryan Dynasty very support me and the Qin Dynasty. But now, in the territory of our Great Qin, the people are actually divided into nobles or non-nobles. What is the difference between this and the caste system of the Mauryan Dynasty?"
When Ying Gao said this, a fact that everyone was not very happy to admit was finally clear, that is, Ying Gao finally had to attack all the nobles.
"Your Majesty, I, the nobles of the Great Qin, have not been exchanged for their lives and blood for generations. If there is no nobles rashly, what is the majesty of the Great Qin? What is the status of the ancestors who have paid their blood for the great Qin to unify the world!"
Finally, some people couldn't hold on because Ying Gao's suppression of the Qin nobles over the years has basically left these nobles in a situation where no one succeeded him. However, in this case, if the Qin Dynasty did not declare them, they were no nobles. In the eyes of ordinary people and themselves, they thought they were still nobles. However, once the Qin official announced that they were not nobles, the situation would be different. No matter from any aspect, they would fall even more.
"Oh? Since you said that, I want to ask you, you guys who have no skills have always enjoyed the high-ranking officials and salaries of the Qin Dynasty with the merits of their ancestors. Is it fair to see those soldiers who also died for the battlefield but cannot even get a lowest-level title without letting their families get rid of their poverty that has always been there?"
The question Ying Gao asked seemed to hit the souls of these people, just as they said it themselves. They themselves admitted that the reason why they have such a status today was entirely because their ancestors had made a lot of contributions to the Qin Dynasty. To put it bluntly, he also agreed that this matter had nothing to do with him. After Ying Gao said such words, of course, he was not prepared enough.
"Your Majesty, I hope to be able to sympathize with us descendants of the old Qin people! If we do not have these titles, what should we do!"
It was so good all of a sudden that the crowd seemed to be quite determined when they saw Ying Gao's intentions, and they all changed their routines. Several old guys actually knelt in the court of Daqin, begging Ying Gao for mercy, as if the title was cancelled, they would die immediately.
Fortunately, Ying Gao had already made sufficient preparations in his heart before he said this, and he was still prepared for this situation.
"When I said I would not be sympathetic to you descendants of the Qin Dynasty. Now I will not move the titles on you, but what kind of titles your descendants can get depends on their own luck. If you want to ensure that what you can enjoy now can be preserved from generation to generation, I have come up with two ways for you. The first is to go back and train your descendants to participate in the imperial examinations of the Qin Dynasty. If you become officials, you will naturally have a salary. Here, you are to take good care of your body. For example, don't cry in the court of my Qin Dynasty, otherwise if I really get angry and punish you severely, your title will be gone!"
Ying Gao rarely said so much in one breath, but the meaning expressed in this sentence is quite large. First of all, Ying Gao did not really abolish the title, to put it bluntly, the hereditary system of the title was abolished. Now I don’t touch you, but if your child is not good after you die, your title will definitely not be able to be preserved.
Ying Gao's move was undoubtedly very clever, and no one wanted to completely finish his family at this time. So after Ying Gao said this, although they were still very unhappy in their hearts, they all stood up helplessly and stood there silently, stopping talking.
With one breath and another, Ying Gao suppressed those who wanted to oppose this matter in his heart in a few words.
Next, Ying Gao's eyes turned around and Xiao He stood up with a roll of thick bamboo slips. Of course, this matter would not be Ying Gao's own whim. Since he had already started to brew this matter, he naturally had Xiao He formulated a series of terms, including how to arrange these titles when they are vacant, how to place the various titles in the Qin Dynasty, how many of them are there, and what conditions do you have to meet to get them. They all have very detailed regulations.
In short, in the future, there are not many things like titles in the Qin Dynasty, but they will be very rare. If you want to get a title, you must do something for the Qin Dynasty that no one else can do. Official positions are official positions, and you can naturally get an official position if you have the ability. However, titles are truly rare things, something that can follow you for the rest of your life. Although they cannot be hereditary, they are also a kind of honor for your entire family.
At this time, in the Qin Dynasty, in addition to the old Qin nobles who were very opposed to this matter, there were also a small number of young people who Ying Gao passed the imperial examination in the past two years. They had no titles. However, after hearing this news, these young people suddenly seemed to have many directions of struggle. At least they knew how they should work hard to make such glory happen to them.
Chapter completed!