Qin Dynasty: Becoming a peerless master through the Golden Light Mantra

Tian Guang laughed and said, "So this is the question the Zhu brothers wanted to ask. I can tell you now clearly that the Farmer's Family will not be making any big moves in South Korea."

I came here to inquire about this eleventh prince of Korea, but it was only on the behalf of an old friend.

The Zhu family breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems things aren't as he thought.

"However, Zhu brothers, you can get closer to this eleventh prince of South Korea. Nowadays, all countries are paying attention to Legalist thought and using Legalist thought to strengthen their countries."

Although those Legalist figures valued agricultural production, they generally looked down on farmers and did not understand the importance of reducing taxes and levies during peacetime to allow the people to recuperate and thrive.

Especially the Qin state, from which I came on this trip.

Many Qin citizens became slaves of Qin due to its harsh laws, forced to perform corvée labor to atone for their sins.

As he spoke, Tian Guang's face was filled with resentment.

Qin was powerful, but its strength was built on tyranny, which was completely incompatible with the agrarian ideology.

This is his personal experience from this trip.

Although Qin law stipulated that the time for people to perform corvée labor was limited in order to ensure the country's agricultural production, criminals were not included in this.

Because convicts were criminals, they were not subject to the Qin laws governing the people of Qin.

According to Qin's laws regarding convicts, Qin could exploit them to the extreme.

Therefore, as long as the Qin state's upper echelons set the corresponding targets and said, "I want to build something," the local officials wouldn't care too much.

In order to improve their own performance evaluations and avoid becoming convicts, they directly used the harsh Qin laws, combined with the system of collective punishment, to mass-produce convicts for labor.

Even for commoners who have military merits and are quite wealthy, the rewards they receive can only be used to pay off the debt temporarily, not for a lifetime.

Of course, it was precisely under such high pressure that the people of Qin were eager to gain military merit on the battlefield and fought very hard in battle.

One needs to accumulate enough military merits to live a stable life in the Qin state.

These are valuable experiences accumulated by the people of Guanzhong over a century.

Without enough military merits, one would have to worry about becoming a convict in Qin at any moment, and then having to travel thousands of miles to build various large-scale projects.

Moreover, it's very likely that they won't be able to come back once they leave.

Typical examples are the Lishan Mausoleum and the Zheng Guo Canal, which have been under construction for nearly ten years.

It's understandable that people suffer while working on the Zheng Guo Canal, a public works project. But even if the massive Lishan Mausoleum project can't be stopped, we could at least slow down the construction of the Zheng Guo Canal and reduce the manpower required for it.

However, the Qin state did not do so.

Zhu Jia's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Judging from Xia Kui's words, the situation inside Qin is very bad right now."

"The internal situation in Qin is very chaotic. The labor of the lower classes is being abused by the upper classes, and the upper classes of Qin have also shown signs of infighting after the death of Lord Chang'an Chengjiao last year."

King Ying Zheng of Qin had come of age and needed to assume personal rule.

However, Qin's Prime Minister Lü Buwei now holds absolute power and has no intention of relinquishing it.

In addition, the eunuch Marquis Changxin, Lao Ai, also attempted to interfere in the Qin state's politics, relying on the favor of the Empress Dowager Zhao.

The internal power balance within Qin has been broken; it remains to be seen who will emerge victorious.

After speaking, Tian Guang let out a soft sigh.

Although he hated the tyranny of the Qin state, it was the common people at the bottom of society who suffered under such circumstances.

Moreover, after completing its internal power consolidation, Qin would inevitably wage war against the six states east of the Hangu Pass again in order to divert attention from remaining domestic conflicts.

The Qin state had been under immense internal pressure for a long time.

If you don't find an outlet to release the pressure, you'll explode.

The Zhu family did not say anything more.

He was deeply shocked.

After listening to Tian Guang's remarks today, he realized that there were actually so many problems hidden behind the powerful Qin state.

After a moment, Tian Guang snapped out of his reverie and looked at the Zhu family in front of him, saying, "Brothers Zhu, I'm going to Xinzheng to meet the eleventh young master of Korea, so I won't stay here any longer. You don't need to see me off."

Without delay, Tian Guang finished speaking and walked outside.

Zhu Jia and Liu Ji watched Tian Guang leave.

After Tian Guang's figure disappeared, Liu Ji said, "The leader of the chivalrous sect truly lives up to his name; his righteous spirit is quite impressive!"

His face was full of envy and admiration for Tian Guang.

That's how a real man should be.

Zhu Jia shook his head slightly upon hearing this.

His ideas differed from Liu Ji's.

The impetuous young Liu Ji only saw the outward prestige of the Xia Kui, but he saw the heavy responsibilities that the Xia Kui bore.

Being a chivalrous hero who serves the country and its people is not an easy task.

However, he did not say anything about it.

It's normal for young people to be impetuous.

It is precisely because of the youthful vigor of young people that the world is not so dull and boring.

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Xinzheng, Zilanxuan.

Apart from Wei Zhuang, who was stationed at the Sikou Mansion, the members of Liusha and Han Che gathered here once again.

Looking at everyone present, Zhang Liang had a very happy smile on his face: "Jade Tiger has been captured. Next, as long as we follow Jade Tiger's trail, we can severely damage Nightfall."

Han Fei spoke up, reminding him, "Zifang, what we need to do is not just severely damage Nightfall, but completely eliminate Ji Wuye and Nightfall. Don't get carried away now."

"The Ninth Prince is right."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang quickly composed himself.

"I lost my composure."

At this moment, Zi Nu looked at Han Che and said, "The Emerald Tiger has been captured. According to your plan, Eleventh Young Master, shouldn't we start dealing with the Blood-Clad Marquis next?"

"That's right, what I'm going to target next is the military power held by Ji Wuye and the Blood-Clad Marquis."

Han Che nodded slightly, affirming Zi Nu's words.

Zhang Liang's face turned solemn: "In that case, we must appoint Mr. Wei Liao, recommended by the Eleventh Prince, as the Grand Commandant of Han."

However, judging from their actions in court, Ji Wuye and his group will definitely do everything in their power to stop this.

Although Han Fei did not speak, his expression was even more solemn than Zhang Liang's.

Military power is a very sensitive issue.

Through Li Kai's previous incident, they had already learned that there was a deep entanglement of interests between Ji Wuye and the King of Han.

Therefore, even if Wei Liao were to become the Grand Commandant of Han, it would not be an easy task for him to take control of Han's military power from Ji Wuye.

Han Che turned his gaze to Han Fei and said, "Ninth Brother, you don't need to worry too much about Mr. Wei Liao's matter. I have already arranged everything."

Your next task is to handle the Jade Tiger case properly.

This matter is actually linked to the issue of military power; much of Nightfall's influence is rooted within the South Korean military.