If those who enter the forest for logging, fishing or hunting have their feet cut off, they will not be open to the public even in disaster years.

But now, the fence of the garden has been torn down, and a large number of Lishan officials and heroes of the Northern Expedition have lived in it. They have built villas inside, and most of the Shanglin Garden has been reclaimed into fertile farmland.

In the past, "The Way of Being an Official" taught Qin officials: they need to know the people's abilities and use the people's strength well. But the fact is that during the time of Qin Shihuang Emperor, he never took into account the people's livelihood. One-tenth of the world's labor force was always rushing around on the roads and frontiers.

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The imperial court required officials and the head of Guizhou to abide by the laws, but the imperial court itself often took the lead in breaking the laws: the one-year service period was extended to three years, and the annual oral tax was added more than ten times at most.

What impressed Xi particularly deeply was that when he entered Xianyang as an official, it was the busy season for spring plowing and farming, but the people working in the fields were all old and weak women and children. After asking, they said that all the children in the family had gone to serve in the army.

I went to all kinds of places, including the Great Wall in the north of the Great Wall, the Zhangye and Western Regions, the land east of the sea, and the south of the Yangtze River and Lingnan, but most of them were in Lishan Mountain and Afang.

But now, the civil war has stopped, the Huns have fled north, and the Qin Dynasty no longer has a strong enemy, so military expenditures have been cut wildly in the past few months. The number of border guards is less than one-fifth of what it was under the Qin Shi Huang Dynasty, and a large population

Returned to his own land.

It is now the summer of July of the second year of the Regency. The millet is about to be harvested and the wheat has just been planted. Most of the farmers in the fields are Qin farmers, working with white sweat towels on their heads. Their arms are extremely dark under the scorching sun.

However, everyone worked very hard and had high enthusiasm for work. When cars and horses passed by, they did not panic. They even brought bowls of water to the field ridge to watch and asked Xi where they came back from. Their faces were calm and fearless - this is

This is impossible in troubled times, which means that order in Guanzhong has been restored.

Xi asked people to stop the carriage and ask for a bowl of water. The farmer from Shanglin came to know him and began to brag about how he had joined the army to participate in the battle to conquer Wei and destroy Chu, and how he had earned more acres for his family.

"Furthermore, Duke Xia is true to his word, and he will be rewarded as much as he wants. Even if the existing fields are not enough, he can still open new fields in the Guanzhong Garden. He will not be like the late emperor, who eventually deceived us and sent his children to the frontier fortress."

He nodded happily and asked about their rent.

The farmer held out a finger: "May Day! I heard it will drop again next year, to eleven."

"Ten-ten rent?"

Xi was a little surprised. He had previously heard that Heifu had set the rent in Guanzhong for May Day. Compared with the half rent during the time of Qin Shi Huang, it was already extremely low. He did not expect that after reunifying the world, it would really become eleven.

Already...

What is this concept? When Confucian scholars praised the rule of the Three Dynasties, they said: "The king pays taxes on the eleventh day and sings praises!"

Is Heifu trying to emulate the three generations? He is really determined to be a saint.

Xi asked again how to collect the tax, and heard that the cost of paying children has been reduced by half compared to before, and the government encourages childbirth. With such a low rent, the officials also use the best farmers' techniques to teach them. This is probably because the farmers are so active in farming.

Most of the words contained reasons for supporting the new government.

Xi nodded: "It's light corvee and poor fortune, but Guizhou is full of joy."

This was a dream that talented people had longed for, but Qin Shi Huang failed to fulfill.

But Hei Fu did it.

When they passed through Chang'an Township and arrived at Baqiao, they found that a mile away from the wooden bridge where merchants were constantly coming and going, a large number of craftsmen and officials gathered here, holding rulers and newly made surveying and mapping tools, standing on the water

What are we arguing about while measuring...

The puzzle was solved: "This is to build a stone bridge on the Ba River."

Ba Bridge has always been a wooden bridge and is easily washed away in summer and autumn. Therefore, at the suggestion of the Shaofu, it was decided to build an unprecedented stone bridge across the Ba River so that it could be fixed for a long time and ensure unimpeded traffic on both sides.

What the craftsmen have to use is naturally the latest achievements of the "engineering" doctors from the Afang Palace, who are mainly composed of Mohist disciples, about Mozi's three laws of mechanics, and about the secrets of maintaining balance and stability in buildings...

It's just that whether to build a flat bridge or a more bold arch bridge is still controversial.

As for the materials and money needed to build the stone bridge?

The craftsmen said naturally: "Use the leftover materials from the construction of Lishan Mausoleum. There are piles of them there, enough to build a stone bridge across all the rivers in Guanzhong!"

"It would be great if all the skilled craftsmen from the time of Qin Shi Huang could be used in this area."

I couldn't help but regret this. A large number of craftsmen with outstanding skills have been slaughtered by Hu Hai and died in the corridors of the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum built by them. Many of them were passed down from generation to generation, and their craftsmanship is likely to be annihilated...

"It would be great if they could survive until the time when Heifu was in power."

As for what Hei Fu did, even before he asked that question, through listening and seeing with his own ears, Xi had already understood it.

But now, it is becoming clearer and clearer.

But there is still an untied knot in his heart...

After passing the Wei Bridge, we could already vaguely see the tall figure of Lishan Mountain in the East. We then walked around Lishan Mountain surrounded by pines and cypresses, and arrived at the most important stop of our trip, the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin.

"His Majesty."

Looking from a distance, the mound of the First Emperor's mausoleum looked like an overturned bucket lying upside down on the ground, as tall as a golden pagoda. I bowed down to it, kowtowed to its head three times, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Chen, I'm back to see you..."

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Xi's life and destiny are consistent with this era and the reign of the First Emperor.

Although he was relegated, he cried bitterly when the news of the death of the First Emperor was confirmed by visitors from the east in the city of Kucha in the Western Regions.

He cried heartbrokenly, crying until he couldn't breathe, and then he started to vomit, first this meal, then the last meal, and finally yellow bile water. The soldiers were all stunned.

It's a bit ironic to say that the first emperor trusted Hu Hai and Li Si and left the country to them. As a result, one acted recklessly and the other turned around and sold the country. The people in the world who felt sad for his death, except Fusu,

Mrs. Hei turned out to be the Xi who had scolded him and was driven away by him.

Even when my parents passed away in the past, I have never cried so sadly.

Not only did the ministers express their condolences to the monarch, but they also felt sorry for the First Emperor.

"Your Majesty, he will never have a chance to undo the mistakes he made in his later years..."

And Xi also had a premonition that with the death of the First Emperor, the world would be like a boiling cauldron without a lid, and it would be in turmoil.

Fortunately, another strongman emerged and reunited the country that had been torn apart.

To this day, when the wedding ceremony is placed at the foot of the mausoleum of the First Emperor, I can deeply feel that the First Emperor has indeed gone to hell. The emperor who has never been peaceful is lying quietly in the underground palace at this moment, not caring about what happened on the ground.

The matter fell on deaf ears.

After all, he failed to wait for the Queen Mother of the West and became immortal.

No matter how great their achievements and power, emperors, generals and ministers will eventually become corrupt.

Whose land is there in the wormwood? There are no wise men or fools to gather souls. Why does the ghost uncle urge me? Human life must be hesitant.

He was so happy that he couldn't help but feel a little sad: "There are not even a hundred people in life, even if you are as great as the First Emperor, you can't escape this number."

Even Qin Shi Huang fell, so what in this world can survive forever?

I was happy at the feet of Qin Ling and remembered the second half of the conversation with Hei Fu in Dutingli.

"system!"

Heifu said so at that time.

"Monarchs will grow old and die from generation to generation, and empires will decline, decay, and change dynasties."

"But if a perfect system can innovate and innovate, it can transcend the limitations of one surname and one clan and will not easily decay!"

In that pavilion, the most basic unit of the empire, they were discussing extremely grand propositions.

"The political and cultural changes in the Central Plains did not occur during the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. The Zhou Dynasty changed the system of Xia and Shang, from brother to father, to father to brother, from worshiping ghosts and worshiping witches to the people being the gods.

.All of this originated from the Duke of Zhou performing rituals and using patriarchal laws to maintain the world. Later, although the Zhou Dynasty declined, the system of the Zhou Dynasty continued among the twelve princes and was passed on to the seven war kingdoms."

"Although everyone in the world says that rituals are ruined and music is ruined, the influence of Zhou Zhi is still engraved in the bones. To this day, there are still people who can't forget it..."

"And now, there is another big change! The changes of Zhou and Qin!"

"The Qin system was started by Lord Shang, and later generations spent hundreds of years exploring it, and was finally completed by the First Emperor. Although there are problems of one kind or another, it is the best system from ancient to modern times!"

"The key to this system is that there is an emperor who can carry on the inheritance stably, and the central government is a centralized court. Its cornerstone is a perfect law, and there are thousands of people, like you and me, working at the grassroots level.

Little official."

"So, Xijun asked me if I am still a Qin official?"

"To be honest, if I were not in this world, how many people would be called emperors and kings. I am the one who saved the Qin Dynasty. The heroes kept praising me and described me as a saint who comes out every five hundred years.

I hope I can replace Qin."

Heifu looked to the east: "But I will not take that step. I have sworn to others that in this life, I will start well and end well as a Qin official."

"But I can't guarantee what will happen after my death. The new building has been built and the pillars have been replaced. If future generations of successors want to replace this Guangsha with a memorial arch, it is beyond my control. If I force it, it will cause trouble again.

Come."

China is very special. The emperor and his family can change their surnames.

But as long as three things remain unchanged, this civilization will not be dead.

Substructure and people's livelihood cannot be cut off.

The transmission of the superstructure and political system cannot have major turmoil.

Castles in the air, the essence of civilization and the lingering charm of various schools of thought can be preserved from generation to generation!

If this can be done, this civilization will never die!

This is the treasure that Heifu has worked hard all his life to protect...
To be continued...