Chapter 81: If the person involved is the crown prince, how would you deal with it?

Especially the "punishment for fatigue" law, which caused a lot of complaints in the Qin State for a while.

Especially the nobles, they felt that Wei Yang was targeting them, otherwise why would he come up with such a lousy policy that would cancel the noble status if there was no military merit or other achievements.

Isn't this just because you don't like them?

If their aristocratic status is revoked, they will become commoners. Which aristocrat can tolerate this?

In any case, there was a lot of complaints from both the government and the public, saying that the new law was too harsh.

Qin Sheng looked at the law and once again broke out in a cold sweat for Wei Yang.

The descendants of the royal family cannot inherit the title without merit. If they have no merit for two years, their noble status will be revoked and they will no longer be able to enjoy any welfare benefits they had enjoyed before.

How does this affect the interests of the nobles?

This is clearly putting a knife on the necks of those noble children and telling them to stop being lazy and get moving.

Qin Sheng took a sip of water and said in a hoarse voice, "Wei Yang...even if these policies are implemented well, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a good ending."

Qin Sheng had never seen a man as strong as Wei Yang, and there was no one in this land who dared to be so bold and fearless in carrying out reforms like Wei Yang.

Most people who wanted to reform did so step by step. Although many people died in the wave of reform, many of the reform contents were retained.

Although it is incomplete, it has built the current situation of Dashun.

Anyway, Qin Sheng had never seen anyone take such a bold action as Wei Yang. His courage was commendable, but anyone who was a little timid would not dare to do it so thoroughly.

It would have been better if Duke Xiao of Qin had lived longer. With him protecting Wei Yang, his death would not have been too ugly.

Otherwise, when the next king ascends the throne, Wei Yang might be the first one to be pulled out to appease the anger of the nobles.

For Chu Yian, these deeds are all real historical events, and he cannot read them like a false storybook that exaggerates a person's abilities to the maximum, as if no one in the world can compare to him.

Since we are human, our abilities have limits.

The unification of the six kingdoms is not only affected by the current situation, but also by many other factors. Without any one of them, it may not be achieved.

Duke Xiao of Qin...I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to unify the six kingdoms.

Wei Yang took too big a step. If Qin Xiaogong's determination to reform had wavered even a little, the reform might have failed.

Qin Sheng was worried about Duke Xiao and Wei Yang, but he no longer had any hope for Duke Xiao to unify the six kingdoms and could only place his hopes on the next generation.

I just don’t know if the next generation can live up to expectations.

Qin Sheng didn't ask Chu Yian, and Chu Yian didn't say anything. Instead, he talked about the difficulty of the reform and gave an example.

Not long after Wei Yang's laws were promulgated, the busy farming season arrived.

While he was still handling state affairs, he heard his servants come to report that a fight had broken out in Mei County. It was not an ordinary fight, but a large-scale private fight.

When Wei Yang asked the reason, he found out that the Meng people living upstream had cut off the river, leaving the Rongdi descendants downstream with no water.

It just so happened that after Wei Yang's decree was promulgated, everyone scoffed at it and did not take it seriously at all.

The chief of the Meng tribe thinks that the Rongdi bastards should be beaten. The harder they are beaten, the faster they will submit. As for the new law?

What is the new law? Can it be greater than the old rules of Duke Mu of Qin?

The Rongdi people were inherently unruly, fierce and belligerent.

It's the busy farming season, but you cut off the water supply. Aren't you going to leave me with no water?

Without water, the crops in the fields will fail to produce a single grain. Isn't this simply forcing people to die? It's like eliminating their livelihood.

So when the two tribes with hot tempers had a conflict, the first thing they thought about was not how to resolve it, but to quickly summon the strong men in the tribe to go out and fight.

As a result, the fighting became more intense and several Rongdi people died.

The Rongdi chief was furious and blew the trumpet to order everyone to come forward.

The final result was that the fighting crowd trampled down the dam, causing the flood to burst the dam, leaving corpses everywhere and countless casualties.

However, there were too many people involved, and the people below could not make up their minds, so they hurriedly reported the matter to Wei Yang.

Wei Yang did not hesitate and went to Mei County as soon as possible.

After having someone deal with the water problem, he ordered people to arrest all the people involved.

At that time, many private fights, large and small, broke out not only in Mei County, but also in other places.

It was just that the scale of Mei County was too large, so the matter was brought to Wei Yang.

After a quick count, the total number of accomplices from both sides in Mei County was as high as three thousand.

There had never been such a large-scale killing at that time. If people had died on the battlefield, no one would have said anything, let alone 3,000, even if 30,000 people had died.

But this was not a battlefield, it was a execution, killing according to national law, killing hundreds of people at a time, which had never happened before in history.

Naturally, this matter also reached the ears of Duke Xiao.

Duke Xiao knew very well that this was not a matter of killing a certain number of people, but that this was the first time such a serious armed fight had occurred since the new law was promulgated.

If we release those people with caution due to various concerns, will the new law still have authority in the eyes of the people?

If the decree is issued but cannot be enforced, the reform will be declared aborted.

Although he had a plan in mind, Duke Xiao of Qin did not intervene and instead left it to Wei Yang to resolve.

Wei Yang also took drastic measures and directly ordered the execution of more than 700 people.

The measures were unprecedentedly tough and decisive. This was the first time that the people realized the majesty of the law.

The old Qin people are not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but dying at the hands of their own people is a shame for them.

Before they died, they finally came to their senses and shouted that private fighting was humiliating, while public fighting was immortal.

Chu Yian wrote this paragraph extremely brilliantly. He not only described the dilemma of Duke Xiao of Qin, but also the ruthlessness and decisiveness of Wei Yang, and the duel between the two major tribes was also described.

It can be said that it has been put into practice everywhere.

As Qin Sheng was writing, he didn't know where to start. Such a large-scale killing had never happened on this continent before.

If there was any, it was basically due to rebellion, not a private fight between two families.

If it happened in Dashun, there would definitely not be so many deaths. According to current laws, the most that would happen is that the leaders would be arrested and executed.

The others were punished and sentenced, but even if the sentences were severe, more than 700 people would not be executed at once.

It is indeed too cruel and brutal.

Qin Sheng gave Chu Yian a thumbs up and said with great emotion: "Your ancestor's thundering method is really powerful."

Chu Yian was very familiar with these stories, and naturally, after hearing them so many times, they were no longer so shocking.

Seeing Qin Sheng seemed quite shocked, her eyes narrowed, and she suddenly leaned close to Qin Sheng and asked in a low voice: "There is something more amazing, do you want to hear it?"

Qin Sheng became interested, put down his pen and looked at Chu Yian: "Tell me about it."

Chu Yian: "Although many people were killed, they were all common people. At most, they had some connections with the people. They have not risen to the level of nobles yet."

"But if the person involved is the crown prince, the heir apparent of a country, how would you handle it if it were you?"