The Qin Dynasty opened the Hengqu Four Sentences, sweeping away all the schools of thought

The sea of ​​stars may seem out of reach at the moment, but it is not impossible to achieve.

After all, if there are even things like soldiers and demons, then traveling through the starry sky is reasonable.

Ying Zheng stayed there from the afternoon to the evening, and only reluctantly ended his stargazing when Su Xuan reminded him.

At this moment, he inexplicably thought of what Han Fei had said to him.

If a mortal uses the vision of one day to peek into the world that has existed for millions of years, would he be like a frog in a well?

If it were now, he could give Han Fei an accurate answer.

The vision of mortals cannot indeed peek into the world that has existed for millions of years, but through an astronomical telescope, he can see the universe that has existed for billions of years.

He smiled with relief. Who could be omniscient and see through everything? He only needed to see farther and do better than others, that was enough!

"Who would have thought that a few small pieces of glass combined together could have such wonderful uses!" Ying Zheng exclaimed in awe.

From telescopes and magnifying glasses to astronomical telescopes, he has begun to deeply understand the changes and importance brought about by inventions.

"I plan to build an observatory and let the Yin-Yang school observe the trajectory of the stars and re-establish the twenty-four solar terms." Ying Zheng immediately realized the usefulness of the astronomical telescope. The accurate twenty-four solar terms are more in line with the laws of nature and can better help farmers with farming and sowing.

"The Moon God and Yan Fei of the Yin-Yang School must be very interested in astronomical telescopes. Sir, you must seize the opportunity." Ying Zheng began to care about Su Xuan's lifelong affairs again.

Su Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Was this for him to get married as soon as possible and settle down in Qin?

But it doesn't matter. I'm picking up girls under the emperor's order. No one can say anything about me when I slack off in the future.

"I originally planned to issue your decree after I took power, but now it seems that the sooner it is implemented, the better. Tomorrow I will hold a court meeting and let all civil and military officials work together to implement this matter."

"As for this thing, the sooner it is promoted, the better!" Ying Zheng picked up a potato, held it in his palm, and smiled.

Su Xuan stood beside Ying Zheng, listening quietly and expressing his opinions from time to time.

After that, Ying Zheng asked about the number of potato and sweet potato seeds, when is suitable for sowing, and how long is the sowing cycle. After understanding everything, Ying Zheng left with satisfaction.

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The next day, in Qilin Palace.

"I have summoned you all today to make an important announcement." Ying Zheng looked around the court and said in a deep voice, "In the past, I met Mr. Su Xuan, just like King Xiao met Lord Shang. Mr. Su Xuan once told me the Nine Strategies to Strengthen Qin. I deeply agree with him. Today, I will implement the decree. You can take a look at it. If you have any opinions or deficiencies, you can raise them on the spot."

At Ying Zheng's signal, Zhao Gao handed out books to the civil and military officials in the court.

Some people looked at the books in their hands and couldn't help but sigh. In the past, they read memorials with thick bamboo slips and held jade tablets when attending court. Now, they have all switched to paper memorials.

The speed of change is so fast that it touches people's hearts.

They opened the memorial and saw the three big words "Imperial Examination System" in the first sentence.

With doubt, they looked on.

In the past, if civil officials wanted to become officials, they relied more on recommendations and lobbying, and to a lesser extent, on training in schools, while military generals were awarded titles based on military merit and gained credit through beheadings.

However, the imperial examination system strongly advocates school training.

Simply put, it means establishing national schools or local schools to cultivate talents through a systematic education system. When knowledge reaches a certain level, they can take imperial examinations.

The imperial examinations are divided into provincial examinations, county examinations, prefectural examinations, and palace examinations.

If you pass the provincial examination, you will be given the title of tongsheng. If you pass the county examination, you will be given the title of xiucai. If you pass the county examination, you will be given the title of juren.

If you obtain the title of Juren, you will be eligible to be appointed as an official, but the initial official position will be low. If you do not want to be appointed, you can continue your studies.

All official appointments were personally decided by the court, which greatly deepened the relationship between officials and the court.

The imperial examination for military men was much simpler. The one who won first place in the martial arts examination was called a military candidate, and his initial official rank was centurion.

There are also literary examinations for military men, and those who pass military strategies and sand table combat tests and perform well can also be appointed as officials.

If you rank first in both, you will be promoted to the rank of centurion. What does that mean? It means you will have a chance to get familiar with the army and you will be automatically promoted to centurion after three months.

As for the teaching content of the school, different views were put forward.

Confucianism and Legalism coexist, but other disciplines are also allowed to exist. As long as they can help the development of the country, people from various schools of thought are allowed to spread their doctrines.

It even explicitly stated that a summit of 100 schools of thought would be held, inviting all the philosophers to participate in the event, and that the theories of all those selected could be promoted throughout the Qin State.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but be shocked and swallowed their saliva subconsciously. If this news got out, I'm afraid all the schools of thought would be in an uproar.

This is to recruit all the schools of thought and bring all the talented people in the world into the Qin's grasp!

And this is just the first one. What kind of style will the following eight essays have?

They read one chapter after another, "Agriculture", "Water Conservancy", "Official Administration", "Tax Law"... The more they read, the more shocked they were.

Because each article elaborated in detail the benefits of implementing the decree and how much it would enhance the national strength of the Qin State, faced with such a nearly perfect policy paper, they could not even find any good point to refute it.

The civil and military officials in the court watched for more than half an hour, and Ying Zheng also waited patiently for more than half an hour.

Sir, you have brought me such a shock, now let me let you feel it for yourself!

Looking at the dignitaries in the court, he felt inexplicably amused.

"Your Majesty, I think the Tax Law is inappropriate." An official stood up and raised his objection.

"What's wrong?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Your Majesty, the Tax Law combines many miscellaneous taxes into one unified tax, only collecting money, and no longer collecting miscellaneous items such as millet and straw. It is indeed convenient, but if a large number of farmers sell grain, it may cause a sharp drop in prices." The official replied.

"You don't need to worry about this. I will send people to build granaries in various places, collect granaries at market prices, and have the government transport them back to the central government." Ying Zheng replied calmly.

"Your Majesty, I also object to the Tax Law. In the past, the taxes of our Great Qin were mainly divided into head tax, household tax, land rent, straw, and tribute. For all the people who collected taxes, two-thirds were taken. Now, only one-third is taken. The national treasury income has been greatly reduced. Isn't this reducing the national strength of our Great Qin?"

"You mean, I shouldn't improve the treatment of farmers?" Ying Zheng said seriously.

"That's not the case. It's just that the six kingdoms are all like this. My Great Qin..."

Just as the man was about to continue speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Su Xuan.

"What nonsense! Our Great Qin is a country of benevolence and justice. How can the six countries, which are lawless, be compared with our Great Qin? Your Majesty is a virtuous king who cares about the people. If such a measure is promulgated, the whole world will surely be united. The people of the six countries will all welcome the king's army!"

His righteous words stunned all the civil and military officials in the court.

It turns out that our Great Qin is a country of benevolence and righteousness?

The man was speechless and retreated back to the line. If he continued to stop the incident, wouldn’t that be tarnishing the king’s holy name?

Ying Zheng's mouth curled up slightly. Why did he dare to reduce taxes so much? Because Su Xuan gave him enough confidence!

While he lowered the land tax, he did not do nothing. He followed the example of the six kingdoms and re-established commercial taxes.

In the earliest times, Qin was a poor place. In order to attract merchants, it did not collect any commercial taxes. Today, Qin is more prosperous than the six countries and has no shortage of merchants at all.

As for the confidence Su Xuan gave him, it was the snow salt with distinct grains and as white as snow.

Salt is a necessity in life and has huge sales volume. Once this kind of snow salt appears on the market, it will have no competitors at all.

Just as you said, use the wealth of the six countries to provide for the people of our Great Qin!