General Qin

Grand Sima Tianchong of the State of Qi successfully completed his mission as an envoy to the State of Qin.

After a brief hesitation, the Qi State motorcade loaded with many precious gifts from Qin Wangzheng and embarked on the road back to Qi.

Zhao Tuo used to welcome Da Sima to enter the customs, so naturally he should send Da Sima out of the customs today.

Outside Hangu Pass, the sun is just right, the green hills are green and cypresses, and the yellow birds are singing.

"The subtlety of Da Sima's art of war has made Zhao Tuo very admired. What happened in Zhencheng in the past was actually due to Zhao Tuo's deceitful conspiracy, rather than a fair fight with Da Sima. Thinking about it so far, Zhao Tuo feels very ashamed. Da Sima pleaded guilty."

As soon as the words fell, the waiter who had been prepared for a long time brought drinks immediately.

Zhao Tuo raised his glass to respect Da Sima Tian in front of him.

Looking at the young general with a "sincere" face in front of him, Tian Chong felt the "sincerity" of the other party, took the wine with a smile, and drank it down.

He nodded and said: "General Zhao has a heart. As you said in the past, soldiers use deceitful tactics. However, deceitful tactics can only be used for temporary benefit, not for a long time. If you use all your troops to win by deceitful tactics, In the future, will the enemy be safe or not? Once the enemy takes precautions, and even resorts to tactics, what you have done is nothing more than self-destruction. Therefore, you should follow the correct path of the military strategist, which is the way to win."

Zhao Tuo said sincerely: "What Da Sima said is that if there is a chance in the future, Zhao Tuo should go to Qidi and ask Da Sima about the art of war."

Tian Chong thought what he was talking about was similar to yesterday's art of war deduction, and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for General Zhao."

After a "farewell", the two bid each other hand in hand.

"Big Sima, go slowly."

Under the watchful eye of Zhao Tuo, Tian Chong boarded the envoy's chariot, and the mighty Qi State motorcade drove up Sanchuan Avenue.

"Da Sima is indeed a master of war."

Zhao Tuo shook his head.

Tian Chong's military skills are indeed very high. Zhao Tuo didn't know whether Wang Ben and Meng Wu had played tricks in the art of war deduction. Anyway, Zhao Tuo was indeed not the opponent of Da Sima in the chessboard fight, and was defeated by Tian Chong.

After all, Tian Chong is known as a "soldier idiot", and he has studied the art of war in the mansion for more than 20 years, and has profound attainments.

He Zhao Tuo has learned the art of war for less than five years, so it is normal for him not to be an opponent theoretically.

"It's a pity, the strength of Da Sima is only limited to deduction."

Zhao Tuo sighed.

In the Palace of Qin, all the generals were defeated by Da Sima, but they were imitating Chang Ping's praise of Ma Fuzi in the past, so as to gain a greater advantage for Qin in the next war of annihilating the country.

In a world of great strife, nations are fighting each other, all of which are intrigues and deceptions, and they will do everything they can.

Looking at the Qi Guo convoy in the distance, it disappeared into the billowing smoke.

Zhao Tuo whispered: "Birds of prey will strike, and they will fly lowly and close their wings; beasts will fight, and bow down with their ears closed; saints will move, and they must look stupid."

"What we do is also the way of the art of war."

...

After sending away the Great Sima of the Qi State, Xianyang City fell into peace again.

However, the brief peace was soon broken, because at the following court meeting, Qin Wangzheng announced a new order.

"Qin Law has a saying: If you are not a Shizi, you should not dare to learn from the school, and those who break the order will be guilty."

"However, today Qin has merged with the five kingdoms and ruled them according to the land of the princes. The land is large and the city is numerous but the officials are few, so that it is difficult to convey the government orders of the widows to the land of Shandong. If the government orders are not clear, how can it be a strong country?"

"That's why you should follow what Lord Shang said: legislation is made at the time, and rites are made according to the situation. Rituals and laws are determined according to the time, and regulations and orders are in accordance with their own conditions. Today, if Zhao Tuo's advice is less, the sons of those who have won the title can also do it. In the admission room, to increase the number of Qin officials, distribute the land in Shandong, to promote the mighty virtue of the widow, and to promulgate the laws of the Qin state. The widow said: Yes."

"The children of those who have a title of Zan Niao or above, regardless of whether they are Ling or Shi, can enter the room. After they have completed their studies and are assessed, they can be officials of grammar in various places to consolidate the land of Qin."

As Qin Wangzheng promulgated the revised law, there was no big disturbance in the court of Qin State.

Many ministers and ministers had heard about it a long time ago, and they were prepared in their hearts. At this moment, they all bowed their heads and obeyed, and no one objected.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Tuo secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

This was his first test of Qin Lv, and now seeing that no one raised any objections in the court, he suddenly felt relieved.

As long as he started this way, it would be easier if he wanted to benefit Qin Fa in the future.

"However, we should not take it lightly. Since ancient times, the opponents of the law reform have come together to resist it because the new law violated their interests. If the new law is harmless to them, unless they are old-fashioned, the outspoken opponents will eventually be in the minority."

For Zhao Tuo, the reason why he chose to start with the law of "enrollment room qualifications" is not only to strengthen the country and benefit the people, but also to consolidate Qin's rule over the old land of the princes. It will not affect the interests of many ministers and ministers.

In the Qin State, in addition to recruitment, recommendation, and military merits, the selection system for officials also had a very important one, that is, Baozi.

Parents are officials, and their children can enjoy the favor of their parents and embark on the road of becoming an official.

Li Xin, Li You, Meng Tian and other high-ranking officials' children, when they were adults, were selected into the Qin Palace as Lang, which was the path they followed.

The Xueshi is actually a kind of Baozi system, which is just a privilege for grassroots civil servants such as Ling and Shi.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo proposed to increase the qualifications for the children of nobles to enter the school, which expanded the scope of selection of low-level officials, but had no effect on the upper-level officials.

The two are not on the same track.

Moreover, most of these newly trained school children will be sent to the hometowns of princes outside the customs to work as grassroots grammar officials. In this way, there will be no conflict of interest.

In addition, this law is indeed beneficial to the country, and it has the support of the king, so there is a lot of echoes in the court.

In addition to the ministers in the court, this revision of the law also considered that it would affect the interests and privileges of the original order and Shi's children, so there were some stricter regulations in terms of specific implementation.

For example, the recruitment of schoolchildren is not unlimited, but limited according to the number of officials required.

Originally, the children of Ling and Shi had the priority, and after they had been recruited, they would start to admit the children of those with noble titles into the admission room according to their titles.

And through the negotiation of Lord Lieutenant, Tingwei, Bangwei Mansion and other institutions, the titles that can enjoy these rights and interests are set at the third level and above.

One is that this title can be obtained by beheading people on the battlefield, and there are not a few people who own this title, which can achieve the purpose of greatly increasing the number of officials.

Secondly, it highlights the preciousness of Qin's title. Gongshi and Shangzao can only get some land. If you want to find a good future for your children, you should work hard to upgrade to the title. This is enough to make some Qin people even more crazy for the title.

Although there are various restrictions in the specific law, it is of great significance. It not only has the effect of strengthening the country, but also opens a way for the children of nobles who have no official status at the bottom to become officials.

Qin Wangzheng praised in the court: "Zhao Qing told the widow that it is easy to conquer the land of the princes, but it is difficult to govern and subdue it. The widow agrees, and all the ministers should be like Zhao Qing, and offer advice and suggestions for the unification of the world. , so as to help my country of Qin be able to stabilize the world."

"Only, we should learn from the young masters."

All the ministers bowed and praised together, and many people's eyes fell on Zhao Tuo, full of surprise.

This law was actually proposed by Zhao Tuo.

Isn't this person fighting for generals? How can he still know the art of governing the country?

He even raised a question that even their important ministers ignored.

"It is really all-round talent to build a horse that can fight wars, and to build a horse that can stabilize the people and govern the country."

Ting Wei Li Si even praised the young master's ability in public with a smile, and looked at Zhao Tuo with "gentle" eyes, full of "praise".

"Zhao Tuo's insignificant ability can be compared with the princes in An Neng."

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed his hands and gave way, sweat dripping from his forehead.

He didn't expect that the king would publicly praise him in the court and let all the ministers learn from him, which really made him restless.

...

Along with this newly revised law on "Scholar's Children" was enacted.

It didn't have much influence on the upper-level officials, but the lower-level Guishou commoners were extremely excited, and the people at the bottom of the whole Guanzhong were all excited.

Since Shang Yang's reform and the implementation of the military merit system, the children of Guanzhong have fought for more than a hundred years, and many families have inherited titles.

Although the succession of titles in the Qin State is based on the "reduction of titles" system, except for the above-mentioned special circumstances such as marquis and death in battle, most of them are inherited by demotion, but the accumulation of several generations, coupled with the succession of children in Guanzhong in the past ten years Participated in the war of destroying the country several times, and there are still very many people who have titles such as Zan Niao and Bu Geng.

Those who have a title can be officials, but the number of places is always limited. Therefore, in addition to owning land and some privileges, most of the title holders are still common people, not officials, and their children are not eligible to enter the school.

This time, the suggestion put forward by Shao Shangzao Zhao Tuo actually opened up a way for their children and descendants to leapfrog the class.

"Naigong's son can enter the school room, and he can be an official when he finishes his studies. Hahaha, Naigong will have a drink of syrup today, and he will go to his daughter's house to celebrate. Happy, happy!"

"My younger brother can enter the room as a younger brother, and I will not be in vain fighting on the battlefield. This is really the virtue of a king!"

"I heard that this advice was given by General Zhao. If it wasn't for General Zhao, our son An Neng would have the opportunity to enter the room."

"General Zhao?"

"It's just that you don't have to go to the top, General Zhao Tuo!"

There is no record about the succession of titles in the Qin Dynasty, but according to the unearthed "Two Years' Laws·Replacement Law", the children of marquises can inherit the titles completely, and those below the Qing level can inherit the titles by reducing the title.

The Han bamboo slips are the laws and regulations of the second year of Empress Lu, not far from Qin, and may not completely conform to Qin's situation, but it should be the closest reference.