Yunyang Xiaoyingzheng [Da Qin]

Azheng replied: "The remaining jade is not suitable for making jade rings. Let someone make a jade seal. There are still some things to be carved on that jade seal. The craftsman hasn't finished it yet. If Ah Ju is curious, wait until the craftsman finishes it." , I'll show it to you."

Lin Ju smiled at him: "Okay."

Little Fusu squeezed the jade ring in his hand, and suddenly asked Ah Zheng: "Father, where did Mao Mao go? I couldn't find it no matter how hard I searched these days. Ask other people in the palace and they all said they don't know." .I'm so worried about it."

Lin Ju felt a little guilty, coughed inexplicably, and waited for Ah Zheng's answer.

Ah Zheng glanced at Lin Ju, then looked at Xiao Fusu, and replied, "That little civet cat...she will be back in a few days."

Little Fusu looked surprised: "Is it true? I thought the cat was lost, so I was so worried. It turns out that the cat is fine."

Azheng responded casually, straightened his face, and tried to change the subject: "Fusu, as a prince, you must not lose your mind by playing around with things. What have you learned in the past few days?"

Xiao Fusu told Ah Zheng what he had learned in these days in detail, and Lin Ju quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Azheng inspected Fusu's homework and saw him working hard, so he suggested: "The Twelve Gold Men are being built in the craftsman's workshop. Before, my subordinates came to report. Now it has a general appearance. I will take you out of the palace to have a look." ?"

"Okay—" Fusu responded excitedly.

Sitting on the carriage leaving the palace, Lin Ju was a little curious and asked Ah Zheng: "A Zheng, what are the Twelve Golden Men? Are they useful?"

Ah Zheng smiled and said nothing: "You will know when you see it."

After leaving the palace gate, the forbidden army lined up to lead the way, followed by the leading car, then the closed carriage that Ah Zheng and others took, and finally the forbidden army guarding the back road.

The carriage was driving in Xianyang City, the road was unexpectedly open, and there were no people on the road. The taverns, restaurants, shops and other buildings that Lin Ju imagined did not exist, and there were only majestic mansion gates.

Lin Ju lowered the curtain and pinched little Fusu's face.

Little Fusu was suddenly pinched by A Niang, he was a little dazed, so he stood up and kissed A Niang's face quietly.

"Cough—" Ah Zheng coughed, signaled Fusu to do a good job, and said to Lin Ju, "What do you think of Xianyang City?"

Lin Ju thought for a while, and commented: "The road is very open and clean, but why do you see anyone on the road?"

Ah Zheng explained: "All the people living around the Qin Palace are important officials from the imperial court and wealthy gentry who have relocated from all over the country, and I plan to let people expand the Qin Palace, so naturally enough space must be left. If Ah Ju wants If you see a lot of people, you can only see it in the market and workshop."

Lin Ju tried to understand Ah Zheng's meaning, and recalled the market place she saw when raising cubs: "If I understand correctly, is it true that all trade is concentrated in one place, and the residents of Xianyang City also There are fixed residential areas, and artisans have fixed artisan areas?"

Ah Zheng nodded: "That's right, what I'm going to show you two today is the workshop where the golden man was built."

Lin Ju probably understood what kind of social division of labor this is: "So, don't there be restaurants, taverns and other entertainment facilities in Qin?"

Although I have never heard of these words before, I can understand their meanings literally. Ah Zheng explained: "The Qin law prohibits the heads of Guizhou from gathering people to drink alcohol, and violators will be fined."

"Aren't relatives and friends allowed to gather and drink? Isn't that a little too unkind?"

Ah Zheng said: "If someone died in that family, we can get together for a while, but not under other circumstances."

"Why?" Lin Ju didn't understand.

"Aju, is there enough food for everyone in your country?"

Lin Ju nodded.

"But Qin is not good. Not everyone can have enough food to eat. And wine is brewed from grain. If grain is used to brew wine, then people will eat less grain, and people gather together to drink, It is easy to make troubles, so there is this rule."

"Okay, it seems to make sense." Lin Ju asked again, "So in order to manage them, civilians have no place to entertain?"

Ah Zheng is really curious about what kind of country Lin Ju was in before. He looked at little Fusu and said, "Fusu, please explain to your mother."

Little Fusu thought for a while and said, "Mother, there are some songs and dances that ordinary people can't see, some songs and dances that only my father can watch, some like Meng Shangqing and brother Wang's family can also watch them. But Qianshou can sing, You can also dance what you can dance, Qin Lu will not care about them."

Lin Ju nodded, and understood what the father and son wanted to express. In this society, high-end art is monopolized by the upper class of the aristocracy, and it is exclusive and non-civilian.

She didn't want to think about these things anymore. At this moment, the carriage stopped and they had already arrived at the workshop where the Twelve Golden Men were built.

Lin Ju originally thought that Ah Zheng's so-called taking them to see the Twelve Golden Men meant entering the workshop, but when she got off the carriage, what an astonishing scene she saw.

Twelve three- to four-story golden men stand neatly by the Weishui River, like a line of warriors guarding the Weishui River. Next to the Jinmen are some high platforms, on which some people are continuing to repair and repair. construction work.

If it was in modern times, such a project would not be amazing. After all, some wonderful tourist attractions would deliberately build some giants as tourist projects.

But this is in Qin State, in such an era of poor technology and backward technology, it is really unimaginable that such amazing and spectacular buildings can be built.

Little Fusu also sighed at the side: "Wow, father, these golden men are so tall."

Ah Zheng smiled, and asked Lin Ju beside him: "How does Ah Ju feel?"

Lin Ju's heart was beating wildly. Looking at the golden man by the river, she exclaimed, "It's amazing. It's really amazing to be able to build such a bronze statue under such conditions."

She couldn't help asking: "Can the Qin State have so much copper to build Jinren?" Even in modern times, such a huge bronze statue building would cost more than one billion yuan.

Ah Zheng replied with a smile: "The soldiers of the six countries are all collected in Qin, so it can be done naturally."

Lin Ju froze slowly. Ah Zheng meant that he collected the weapons from the six kingdoms and used them to build the twelve golden men?This is too... Lin Ju suddenly didn't know how to evaluate it.

"Aju thinks I'm doing something wrong?"

Lin Ju glanced at Xiao Fusu, who was still full of excitement, and shook his head: "Ah Zheng, I'll tell you about this after I go back."

"it is good."

The carriage moved slowly along the banks of the Weishui River, allowing Lin Ju and Xiao Fusu to fully appreciate the twelve bronze statues.These twelve golden men still need to be engraved with inscriptions, so they are not really finished yet.

The carriage circled around the Weishui River, and Ah Zheng asked the two of them, "Where else do you want to go? Do you want to visit Fangshi?"

Little Fusu's face was full of excitement: "Okay, okay."

So Ah Zheng took the two of them to Fangshi in the east of the city. This method was mainly used to exchange cloth and grain.Naturally, a few people would not go into the market in person, they just took a look at the people in the market from the tower.

People come and go in the square city, orderly, each area has made a clear plan.

"Father, there are so many people here."

Ah Zheng stretched out his hand to touch Fusu's head, but said nothing.Seeing that Lin Ju had been silent since just now, he asked, "Is there anything Ah Ju wants or wants to buy?"

Lin Ju thought for a while and said, "Then ask someone to buy me some seeds, any seeds are fine."

The subordinates responded and left, and in a short while they collected all the seeds on the market.

When Fusu was no longer curious about all this, the three returned to Zhangtai Palace by car.

In the back hall, Ah Zheng asked the wet nurse to carry Xiao Fusu down to rest, led everyone in the palace back, and then said to Lin Ju, "What did Ah Ju want to say to me just now?"

"Ah Zheng, those twelve golden men were made with weapons collected from the Six Kingdoms, right?"

The table and chairs that Lin Ju asked to build before had already been built, Ah Zheng pulled Lin Ju to sit down, took out a box of peeled pine nuts from the drawer, and put it in front of Lin Ju: "Yes, Ah Ju, do you think this matter has something to do with it?" Question?"

Lin Ju shook her head. She knew that this was ancient times, not modern times. Although the casting of the twelve golden men seemed to her to be a waste of resources, it was still a symbolic building.Just like the palaces of many dynasties in this history, these palaces are not only prosperously built, but more majestic, representing the supremacy of imperial power, and making people feel the pressure brought by imperial power from the heart.The same is true for the twelve golden men, representing the supreme force and authority of Qin.

But Lin Ju could see Ah Zheng's worry from this incident: "A Zheng, the reason why you want to confiscate the weapons of the six countries and build the Twelve Bronze Men is because you are worried that the people of the six countries will rebel?"

Ah Zheng picked up a pine nut and put it into Lin Ju's mouth: "So what? The soldiers of the six countries have all been captured, and only Qin has weapons in their hands. Naturally, those survivors will not dare to make trouble."

Lin Ju took a deep breath: "Ah Zheng, if you really want the people under your rule not to cause chaos, it's useless to rely on force alone. Even if they lose their weapons, they can still use wood. As long as they want, they can always Find a way to do it. Only if the king really loves them, let them have enough food and clothing, avoid exorbitant taxes, and live a good life, they will naturally not rebel."

Ah Zheng smiled. He tidied up Lin Ju's hair, and kissed her lightly on the forehead: "Ah Ju, you are so naive. If a country treats traitors with good people, it will lead to chaos and destruction; Those who govern the people by the people will rule and be strong. Human nature in this world is inherently evil, and only by letting them live in fear forever, threatening them with force, and always vigilant about their actions, will they dare not commit crimes."

Lin Ju felt that Ah Zheng was unreasonable: "Humans are neither animals nor machines. They can perceive the good and the bad. Only if you treat them well, they will treat you in turn. Don't you want to love you as a commoner, Ah Zheng?" ?"

Ah Zheng also didn't understand Lin Ju's thoughts: "Why should I consider the thoughts of a group of civilians? As long as they can farm and produce food for the country, it will be fine."

Lin Ju finally discovered the contradiction between herself and Ah Zheng. She tried her best to explain to Ah Zheng: "But if people are oppressed to the limit and can't even live, they will definitely resist."

Ah Zheng thought for a while and said, "Ah Ju, your idea is a bit like Xun Qing's. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. But why did Qin State conquer the world?"

Lin Ju took a deep breath, and began to reflect on whether she should force her own views into Ah Zheng. Everyone has their own ideas. She thought for a while and said, "Ah Zheng, do you still remember the building for the orphans of soldiers? school?"

The author has something to say:

A country that governs traitorous people with good people will lead to chaos and destruction; a country that governs good people with traitors will rule and become strong. "Shang Jun Shu"