General Qin

Marquis Wentong Li Sixian changed the power structure in the Qin court.

Li Siqi was old and prestigious, and he was the father-in-law of the current emperor. He had always represented the group of legal officials in the Qin State and was an important force in the court that could compete with the marquis of Zhenguo.

Now that he is dead, the only spokesperson for the legal officials group in the court is Tingwei Gan Qian.

Regardless of position, title or ability, Gan Qian could not compare with Zhao Tuo and was at an absolute disadvantage.

Apart from Li Si, the other person in the court who could compete with Zhao Tuo was probably Taiwei Wang Bi.

This Taiwei, who was also a famous general of the Qin State, held the title of Marquis, and was one of the three princes, had also been Zhao Tuo's boss. It can be said that to a certain extent, Wang Ben even surpassed Zhao Tuo.

But Wang Ben was not in good health, and he always remembered Wang Jian's teachings and rarely participated in court battles. If the second emperor hadn't allowed him to resign and return, Wang Ben would have gone back to retire.

His son Wang Li is now the general of the Western Expedition. He has a successor to the royal family, so there is no need to be greedy for power.

In this case, Wang Ben also had no role in countering the marquis of Zhenguo.

As for the generals below Wang Ben, Li Xin, Qiang Yu, Meng Tian and other generals, either their titles and achievements are not as good as those of Zhao Tuo, or they have served in Zhao Tuo's old army and belong to the same party, let alone restrain Zhao Tuo.

In the court, Zhao Tuo's family dominates.

This made his former subordinates all see it in their eyes and feel happy in their hearts.

I feel that Marquis Zhenguo has really come through. Now that he is in a high position, has no political opponents, and has the support of the emperor, he can do whatever he wants in the future, whether it is reform or reform, everything will be unimpeded.

Only Zhao Tuo felt uneasy.

It didn't take long for the second emperor to promote Fengchang Wangwan to the position of Prime Minister Zuo.

At this point, the expressions of Zhao Tuo's men changed slightly.

Li Shiqi even boldly said: "Your Majesty, in the past Wang Wan was demoted by the late emperor because of his lordship, so he must have complained in his heart. You should be careful about this, and I am afraid that there is a deep meaning in the arrangement like this."

Zhao Tuo laughed instead.

Li Shiqi's words certainly made sense. Wang Wan was the Prime Minister of the Right back then, but was demoted because of Zhao Tuo. She must have been unhappy with him. Now that he was promoted to the Prime Minister of the Left, the two sides naturally couldn't deal with each other.

Wang Wan and the forces behind him may become Zhao Tuo's opponent.

But this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Fusu appointed Wang Wan as Prime Minister Zuo, wasn't it just to contain himself?

Although Zhao Tuo felt a little sad that his uncle was defensive about him, on the other hand, this also proved that Fusu was growing into a mature king.

Playing checks and balances in the court to prevent one party from becoming dominant and threatening the monarch's power is the basis of imperial power.

On some levels, this is good for the monarch as well as for the ministers.

Zhao Tuo didn't care about this, and continued to focus on the reform and the school in the next time.

In particular, the reform and expansion of the school will be Zhao Tuo's next focus.

In the pre-Qin era, various scholars contended and hundreds of schools of thought competed, which became the most splendid period of culture and thought in Chinese history. Countless sages emerged and countless classic works were left behind.

However, with the unification of the Qin State, the First Emperor collected all the classics from all over the world, burned books and banned speech, which dealt a major blow to the originally open ideological and cultural culture.

Later, the Han Dynasty dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, which pushed this ideological confinement to a climax.

In Zhao Tuo's view, this is beneficial to the country's governance and social stability to a certain extent, but it has caused great harm to China's ideological and culture, especially in the later period when Confucianism became dominant and regarded other ideas as It is very bad to attack heretics at every turn, causing the ideological level to become rigid and become a pool of stagnant water.

Only with competition can progress be achieved.

Monopoly will only lead to destruction.

"History has changed a long time ago. Now that I have reached this era, I will not let hundreds of families be cut off and let one family become the only one."

The agriculture, engineering, medicine and other schools proposed by Zhao Tuo have achieved remarkable results after several years of implementation, cultivating a large number of professional talents for Qin.

Many agricultural officials, engineers and even doctors in counties and counties across the country graduated from the academy. This became an upward path for ordinary people to move into official careers, and the response at the social level was very good.

Now Zhao Tuo wants to increase the types of schools.

In addition to agriculture, industry, and medicine, the schools of various scholars were also added.

Compared with the legal school that cultivates political talents, and the three professional schools of agriculture, engineering, and medicine, these scholars' studies are somewhat special.

They mainly disseminate the culture of the scholars that has been reviewed and revised by the official. Unlike the law school, there are no title restrictions for entering the Zhuzi school. Ordinary Guizhou students only need to pay a certain tuition fee to enroll.

However, because the threshold is low, there is no official position or job after graduation, but the opportunity to be recommended and recruited by local officials.

This is a supporting measure for Zhao Tuo to implement the inspection and evaluation system.

The imperial examination system is a bottom-up talent selection system developed by the government after the collapse of the military merit and title system in the Han Dynasty. It is the predecessor of the imperial examination system.

Zhao Tuo wanted to replace the hidden dangers of the military merit and title system, but the conditions for the implementation of the imperial examination system were obviously insufficient, so he chose the imperial examination system as a transition. While it was in line with the interests of the aristocratic family and reduced implementation resistance, it also opened a way for the lower class people to rise. aisle.

If the lower-level Guizhou leaders are unwilling to learn professional skills such as agriculture, engineering, medicine, etc., they can enter the various schools, study, increase knowledge and culture, and demonstrate corresponding abilities, then they will be qualified to be recruited and recommended.

To a certain extent, the establishment of the various schools was conducive to the popularization of education and the cultivation of talents, and laid the foundation for the implementation of the imperial examination system in the future.

This is a transitional stage.

The establishment of the Zhuzi School was supported by Wang Wan, the Prime Minister of Zuo.

If not for anything else, it was precisely because Wang Wan was close to Confucianism, and since Confucianism had a place in the schools of various scholars, they would naturally support it with both hands.

Zhao Tuo didn't even worry about the teaching staff of the various schools. Those descendants of the declining schools were naturally overjoyed when they saw that the government was willing to promote the inheritance of their classics, and they sharpened their heads one by one to dig in.

Zhao Tuo expressed satisfaction with this.

Develop education and more talents will emerge.

As long as the imperial examination system can be implemented smoothly, and then slowly reformed and transformed into the imperial examination system, then the military merit and title system, the root cause that constantly drives the empire to launch wars, will slowly be solved.

While Zhao Tuo was trying his best to solve Qin's shortcomings, many things happened.

One was the rebellion of the Hu tribe under the jurisdiction of Liaodong County.

It is said that the rebel was the former Xiongnu prince Maodun. He helped Qin to deal with the remnants of the East Hu, but he secretly developed his power.

After the Liaodong County Governor noticed this, he intended to trap him. As a result, the matter was leaked, and Mao Dun simply refused to do anything. He united with the remnant Donghu party, invaded the fortress, and plundered Liaodong County.

When the news reached Xianyang, the second emperor was furious.

Qin general Li Xin pleaded guilty to the emperor on the grounds that Maodun's rebellion was a hidden danger left by him, and requested an expedition to completely annihilate Maodun and other Hu people.

The second emperor agreed and ordered Li Xin to rush to Liaodong, conquer the lands of Yan and Zhao with 50,000 troops, and pacify the barbarians in Liaodong.

Compared to the start of the Liaodong War.

The war in the west was much smoother.

In the spring of the seventh year of the Second Emperor, news of the great victory in the west also arrived in Xianyang.

Qin generals Han Xin and Zhao Che led their light cavalry across hundreds of miles to raid Wusun Kunmo's location, captured him alive, and captured hundreds of Wusun nobles.

Wang Li took advantage of the situation and sent his troops to attack, crushing the Wusun tribes and killing and capturing tens of thousands of people. It was a great victory.

The second emperor was very happy. He clapped the table excitedly in the court hall and said: "In the past, Wusun robbed our Qin envoys and humiliated them. Today, they have done it again!"

Especially when Zhao Che first entered the battlefield, he followed Han Xin and accomplished the feat of capturing the enemy chieftain alive, which made Fusu very satisfied. He praised: "He is indeed my nephew. When Che'er comes back, I will reward him well!"

It was the late emperor's wish and regret to capture Wusun Kunmo and hang his head in Xianyang.

Now that it was achieved, the Second Emperor was very happy. On the night he received the news, he held a grand banquet to celebrate this victory.

He drank freely at the banquet.

In the evening, he suddenly started coughing non-stop. It seemed that the large amount of alcohol had triggered the old illness he had left in the Northland.