Chapter 64 What do you think of the Nine Theories for Governing Qin?

Chu Yian nodded and turned away.

It was not until Chu Yian and his companions had finished planting all the peach trees in the yard and it was getting dark that Qin Sheng came back from outside, exhausted.

Chu Yian was so tired that she had no mood to tease her male favorite. She sent him away as soon as she was done. His ruthless face made everyone grit their teeth.

Everyone knows that it is time to demolish the bridge after crossing it, but Chu Yian demolished it too quickly.

It's almost like saying directly that you are all just laborers today and not male favorites.

Even Hua Chen, who was deeply in her heart, did not receive any special treatment.

As soon as Qin Sheng came back, he met Chu Yian's resentful eyes. The resentment was even heavier than Zhenzi's. He couldn't help laughing and stood aside looking down at her: "What's wrong? You look very listless today."

He still has the nerve to say that.

Chu Yian didn't want to move and didn't have the energy to deal with him: "I'm tired and want to sleep."

Qin Sheng nodded and took out a note and handed it to Chu Yian: "When I entered the mansion, I found that the doorman had brought the note, so I took it with me. It's for you."

Chu Yian was stunned. She had been here for so long and was not close to anyone, so naturally no one had given her any invitations.

This is the first time.

She quickly sat up, took the post and opened it. After reading the content, the corners of her mouth curled up wildly.

Qin Sheng was surprised: "So happy?"

Chu Yian hummed, and looked up at Qin Sheng with sparkling eyes: "Nian Yao asked me to go boating tomorrow, saying that Jinqiu Lake will be very lively tomorrow."

Qin Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, fearing that Chu Yian didn't know, so he reminded her, "Remember to reply."

Thinking of Chu Yian's indescribable words, Qin Sheng was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you need me to help you reply?"

Chu Yian nodded quickly. Replies also need to be well-written and have certain format requirements. It is not enough to just write nice words and have someone send the post over.

She really didn't know how to reply.

Qin Sheng walked to the table and sat down. He took a pen and quickly wrote the content of the reply on a piece of paper. After writing it, he showed it to Chu Yian. Only after he felt that there was no problem did he have it sent to the Sheng family.

After replying to the post, Qin Sheng looked at Chu Yian.

Chu Yian seemed really tired today. He only perked up a bit when he saw the post, but now he has returned to his listless look again.

Chu Yian knew what he meant, closed his eyes, opened them five seconds later, turned over and climbed out of bed, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's continue."

Qin Sheng was silent, then opened his mouth and advised, "How about taking a break today? Write again tomorrow?"

Chu Yian shook his head: "Tomorrow and tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows. Don't indulge my procrastination habit, otherwise I don't know when it will be pushed to."

Qin Sheng chuckled, said hello, and sat back at the table.

Chu Yian walked over and sat down opposite him, then picked up the manuscript he had written yesterday and took a few glances at it.

After reading Wei Yang's "Nine Essays on Governing Qin", Duke Xiao of Qin was very excited and asked Wei Yang to explain it to him in detail.

Wei Yang's "Nine Essays on Governing Qin" is just an outline, which only lists the aspects to be taken into consideration to change the current situation of Qin, without any detailed information.

Only after King Xiaogong asked him about it did he tell him everything word for word.

He started with "On Fields" and first advocated abolishing the well-field system and opening up paths and fields.

Then came taxes, agricultural titles, military merits, counties, collective responsibility, uniform length, weight, and containers.

Finally, there is the official system and customs.

He explained each point very clearly.

I won’t mention the common ones such as land theory, taxes, and military merits.

Wei Yang's "On Agricultural Nobility" advocates that farmers should cultivate more land and pay more grain, and the more they pay, the more they can obtain nobility.

He believed that this move could greatly inspire farmers to work diligently, and only if they cultivated more land would there be more grain in the national treasury.

The county and prefecture advocated abolishing the old aristocratic autonomous fiefdoms and establishing two levels of government, county and prefecture, directly under the jurisdiction of the national government.

Simply put, it means unifying the regime and no longer dividing it.

When Qin Sheng wrote this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for Wei Yang.

Wei Yang really dared to speak, and Qin Xiaogong really dared to listen.

Just these two actions will affect the interests of countless people. No wonder when Wei Yang was chatting with Qin Xiaogong, he repeatedly emphasized the reasons for the failure of previous national reforms and gave Qin Xiaogong countless psychological hints.

Love is waiting here.

Reforms are bound to be hindered because they will affect the interests of the nobles. Wei Yang is really...

It has to be said that Wei Yang was really bold and indeed had great talent.

Qin Sheng's admiration for him reached a new level.

As for the collective responsibility system later, I won’t say much. Dashun also had a collective responsibility system, but Wei Yang’s collective responsibility system was more severe. If one person committed a crime, ten households would suffer.

However, the unification of weights and measures must be mentioned.

Even in the world where Chu Yian lives, many people believe that this is a policy that was proposed and implemented during the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

In fact, the first person to propose unified weights and measures was Wei Yang, and it was already implemented during the reign of Qin Xiaogong, but it had not yet been widely promoted.

The purpose is self-evident: to prevent unscrupulous businessmen and corrupt officials from exploiting the people.

Therefore, standard measuring tools are all produced uniformly by the government.

As for Qi customs, Wei Yang's proposal was to abolish foolish and barbaric customs.

For example, the whole family sleeping together, wives and concubines being buried alive, etc.

Wei Yang's "Nine Essays on Governing Qin" was finally completed. He had already had a plan for governing Qin in his mind. These ideas, when put on paper, greatly demonstrated the wisdom of the ancestors in the world in which Chu Yian lived.

Even Qin Sheng couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

Regardless of whether "Nine Essays on Governing Qin" can be thoroughly promoted, the things he proposed alone are enough to amaze Qin Sheng.

But if you look closely, there are also many things that exist in this era.

For example, the unification of political power and weights and measures were probably the earliest laws and regulations to be implemented.

I don’t know if I will be scolded if I post it.

Qin Sheng knew that Chu Yian was not from this world, but outsiders didn’t know that. They would think that Chu Yian was attributing other people’s achievements to a man named Wei Yang in the book.

Qin Sheng thought about it carefully and decided to ignore it.

Since Chu Yian wrote this, it means that this was indeed proposed by someone in the world she lives in.

At most, that group of scholars thought that the person who wrote this book borrowed from classics. After all, it was an era of imperial rule. To say that they were completely different was definitely impossible.

After Chu Yian said this, his heart was filled with emotion and he didn't pay any attention to what Qin Sheng was thinking.

When I was reading the history textbook, the book only briefly talked about the content of Shang Yang's reforms and was unwilling to say a word more.

But if you really want to understand the details carefully, Chu Yian believes that anyone will be shocked by the hardships and difficulties involved.

I was shocked by the wisdom of the ancients.

This was how she felt when she was seriously studying the history of Qin. It was so shocking that she wanted to finish the book right away.

She didn't expect that after coming to this strange era, she would let the people here feel the shock brought by her ancestors.

Chu Yian was proud of it, and his spirits suddenly brightened. He looked at Qin Sheng with burning eyes: "Qin Sheng, what do you think of this "Nine Essays on Governing Qin"?

PS: Note: There are different opinions on who first proposed the unified weights and measures. Some people think it was Emperor Shun, some think it was Shang Yang, and some think it was Dayu, but they all came earlier than Qin Shi Huang. Because it was vigorously promoted after Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, everyone remembers Qin Shi Huang.