The King of Qin, who just got married, is more steady than before.

This is probably the change that every man will experience. Lao Ai has been executed according to the law, the rebellion has ended, and the power of the country has been officially transferred to the hands of the King of Qin. After the King of Qin took power, Lu Buwei had already sat among the ministers, and the three dukes led the ministers to pay homage to the King of Qin at the same time. Lu Buwei was no longer the one who took the lead, but Lu Buwei didn't care about these.

He himself had not a great desire for power, nor had he ever thought of rebelling. Although some conflicts broke out during the transition of power, the final result was acceptable, and officials of Lu Buwei and his sect survived. In history, after Lu Buwei was forced to commit suicide by the King of Qin, the King of Qin was still worried and wanted to clear out the influence of Lu Buwei, and even expelled the talents recruited by Lu Buwei from various countries.

Among them were Li Si and others. The reason for the King of Qin at that time was that Zheng State built channels in Qin State and spent national efforts. These people were unreliable, so they wanted to expel all the guests of Qin State. Li Si, who was also expelled, wrote a "Letter of Admonition for Exiting Guests" halfway, allowing the King of Qin to take back the decision and stop the losses in time. Now, the Zheng State canal was completed ahead of schedule, and Lu Buwei continued to serve as the prime minister, so the King of Qin naturally did not think about expelling the guests.

Zhao Kuo was also standing among the ministers, just opposite Lu Buwei. Zhao Kuo didn't want to stand so far, but no minister dared to stand in front of him, so he stood here helplessly. The first thing the King of Qin mentioned in his first court discussion was the domestic issue, first of all, the fundamental issue of Qin and the law. Since Han Fei came to Qin, he has been quarrel with the laws of Qin.

Over the years, Han Fei has been constantly amending the law. He is clearly a disciple of the benevolent and righteous gentleman Ma Fujun, but Han Fei's legal spirit is cold and everything has strict regulations. From traveling on the road to thieves, from civil disputes to marriage, Han Fei's purpose seems to be to establish a rigorous society with legal basis in everything. Han Fei spent ten years completing the compilation of Qin laws.

Han Fei first abolished those too cruel and harsh laws, including digging off the kneecap and cutting off the fingers, which directly turned criminals into disability. Perhaps because of Zhao Kuo's influence, Han Fei's legal spirit changed from punishment to persuasion, and also added some humanitarianism. Of course, Han Fei did not recognize this. The reason why he dismissed these cruel laws was not because they were cruel, but because it would create many disabled people who had no contribution to the country.

Therefore, it is good to reduce such harsh crimes and extend the time of serving sentences, so that they can retain their useful bodies to contribute to the Qin Dynasty, build roads, or build cities?

Of course, not everyone supports Han Fei's new law.

Several old ministers opposed Han Fei's change. They believed that the reason why the people dare not violate the law is because these cruel laws will make them afraid. If these are abolished, the people will lose their awe of the law. Han Fei asked angrily: Which one is more terrifying, being killed or being dug off the kneecap? After being disabled, who is more terrifying when he spent the rest of his life in the hidden official or serving his sentence for the rest of his life?

Han Fei's words made the old ministers unable to speak anymore.

Just when the Qin King praised Han Fei's new law and decided to implement it, Zhao Kuo slowly walked out. Han Fei looked at the teacher in surprise, and still paid homage. Everyone was silent. Zhao Kuo looked at Han Fei and asked, "You know, your law is only suitable for use in wartime, right?" Han Fei frowned and said, "I have revised this set of law for ten years, so of course it is to make it applicable to any period."

"Then this law cannot be implemented..." Zhao Kuo said, standing beside Han Fei. Han Fei really didn't expect that the teacher would oppose him. Han Fei continued, "You are my teacher, I respect you very much, but please forgive me in this matter... I don't know what is the flaw in my law. I corrected the original cruel punishment and added all the content that was missing... Can you point out what is wrong?"

"It's not wrong, nor is it flawed... Your law is very detailed. You even stipulate the amount of food that the people can eat every day. Even thousands of years later, there will be no law that will be more detailed than what you revised... Obviously, you have your own ideas about the rule of law I mentioned at the beginning, but don't you think that such a law is too harsh?"

"How could it be harsh? I have exempted those cruel laws, and the punishment of the new laws is not serious."

"I'm not talking about this... I have said that the essence of the law, which is the tool used by rulers to rule... The law should tell the people what not to do and what to do, but your tool is too detailed... The law is like a shackle, which can bind the whole society and let the people live in the right way, and let everything proceed in the most appropriate way... But you have too many shackles."

"Your law has put too many shackles on the people. From farming to eating, even the textiles at home must be carried out according to the law..."

"But these are the most beneficial to the country. Do not waste food when eating, and do not waste silk in textiles. Feed livestock on time and give birth to children reasonably. I have carefully calculated and investigated. Through the provisions of the law, the country can quickly become stronger, the entire country can be integrated, and the country can be maximized to exert its national strength..." Han Fei said seriously. Since he heard many legal principles from Zhao Kuo, his thoughts seem to have become more and more extreme.

Use the law to govern society and let everything work according to the law.

However, Zhao Kuo saw the harm of this action at a glance. If the Qin law restricts all aspects, when someone rushed into Hangu Pass in the future, he would loudly tell the people that all restrictions would be abolished, and the thief would be executed, and the thief would be guilty. Then the people in Hangu Pass would immediately respond to his call and welcome the king's army... The law should stipulate that it is to punish sins, rather than interfere with the lives of the people in all aspects.

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "Your law is not to punish sins, but to let the people live in the order you want to see. This is wrong. The law is for protection, not for oppression. You can reduce those cruel laws, which is right. The harshness of the law is not only reflected in the cruelty of the means of punishment, but more importantly, in the authority of the law."

"Now Qin State attaches great importance to the law, it has continuously increased the content restricted by the law, forcibly adding shackles to the people... Xunzi once said that water can carry boats and boats, or subvert boats... You ignore the people's ideas and focus on national interests. Have you ever thought that if a large-scale civil unrest is triggered and even the country will no longer exist, what else can you talk about to benefit Qin State?"

"As long as the law is complete enough, it can rely on the system to prevent civil unrest..."

"No, your system limits everyone, not only the people, but also the defenders of the system, officials and soldiers, are also in the restricted ranks... The maintenance of the system requires people to carry out. If even the defenders of the system begin to hate the system they maintain, what do you rely on to maintain your system... The Qin system is to limit the people through all aspects and enhance the strength of the country..."

"This is of course the best system in war, but after a king of the world, if such a strict system is still adopted, there will definitely be problems... You must know that Qin is not an army, Qin is a country... The strength of the country is not only in its food and army, but also in its people... The people are rich enough, have enough health, and have the power to protect them. This is a powerful country..."

"Is this true that your law is just about giving the country more food and more military products?"

"Food and weapons are dead, people are alive, and all dead must serve the living!"

Zhao Kuo became more and more excited the more he said it. In his opinion, this was the biggest disadvantage of Qin. The people of Qin lived too much and had almost no chance to breathe. They lived a hurry every day, and were cautious in every move, for fear of violating the law... After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty inherited the laws of Qin and abolished many restrictions, giving the people the opportunity to cultivate and survive, and giving the people a relatively relaxed living environment, thus establishing a rule of more than 400 years.

The current war is still continuing. If you want to keep Qin's current strong force and maintain its current strength, you naturally cannot rush to change the current situation. However, Zhao Kuo had a long time to think that after ending years of war, he would change the current situation and allow the people of Qin to surface and breathe. If you end the war, you need to destroy the seven countries. The last one to perish is Qin.

The Qin State must also perish. Only when all the countries in the world perish and a country with a new system was born on their bones, can the wars in the world stop.

Han Fei's current behavior is to continue moving in this wrong direction. Zhao Kuo cannot blame him because they cannot see the future. Even if Han Fei can vaguely see what he will look like in the future, he probably cannot look like Zhao Kuo for a long time. Han Fei wants to make Qin stronger, want to replace the king through the law, and let the society operate in a rigorous order. Well, excessive order will form a catastrophic system that will make every effort to strengthen the national strength and constantly seek expansion.

When Zhao Kuo finished speaking, Han Fei fell silent. He frowned and began to think seriously again. He heard a lot of knowledge from Zhao Kuo, but he was a little anxious. He wanted to transition from today's society to the rule of law society that Zhao Kuo often mentioned. Obviously, Han Fei, who had never seen a rule of law society, went astray for a while and almost made something very terrifying in advance.

But Han Fei also had many of his own ideas. His system was not only beneficial to the country, but also to the people. The starting point was on the people. He made sure that according to such a system, the people could avoid starving to death and freezing to death. However, he did not continue to argue with Zhao Kuo. The ministers also had many thoughts in their hearts as they listened to the words of the two. Lu Buwei looked at Zhao Kuo deeply.

Zhao Kuo's idea is the same as Lu Buwei in some aspects. Lu Buwei is trying to find ways to weaken the farming and war system. Qin cannot only know how to farming and war, but must gradually turn Qin from heavy war to agricultural... Just like in the game, focusing on military affairs to focusing on internal affairs, such an action is very difficult to accomplish in reality, especially in this Spartan feudal army-g-doctrine Qin.

Ying Zheng looked at Han Fei's argument with Zhao Kuo, thought for a moment, but decided to postpone the issuance of Han Fei's new law.

Next, Ying Zheng just talked about other aspects such as canals, arable land, etc. It can be seen that the new king was ambitious and wanted to do something big. Unfortunately, the construction of the Zhengguo Canal was really expensive. It is not realistic to continue such a project in the short term. Lu Buwei did not want to slam the enthusiasm of the Qin King, so he proposed to use prisoners to build several small water conservancy projects.

Zheng Guo, who had been resting for more than a year, was very happy and he took on this request very happily.

The next issue was the issue of farming. The King of Qin directly issued the "Reclamation of Fields". It can be seen that the King of Qin had prepared these long ago. The so-called Reclamation of Fields was negotiated by Ying Zheng and his confidants, which was to carry out official large-scale military farming in the area where Qin was now controlled. The land development rate is not high now, and large-scale military farming organized by the official was of course an attempt.

In the end, the strategies for various countries were just right.

The strategy of the Three Jins was formulated as early as the Fan Ju period, and Ying Zheng did not intend to change this.

Continuing to erode the only remaining land of Wei State and continuing to attack and harass Zhao State became the current combat plan for Qin State against the Three Jins.

After walking out of the palace, Han Fei called Zhao Kuo, and the two got on the carriage together. Han Fei seemed to be thinking about Zhao Kuo's words. Zhao Kuo said, "Since you came to me, I have never told you what is right and what is wrong, because I don't want to affect you too much, and I don't want to hinder your own development... But now your thoughts are too extreme. The law is just a tool to govern the country."

"Just as the famous scholars were deeply involved in the tool of debate, the Legalists today are also deeply involved in the compilation of the law, which is wrong."

"Your purpose is to govern the country, not to revise the best law. You know that the law must keep pace with the times and there will never be perfect law..."
Chapter completed!