The original text of Guo Qin's novella
The Qin dynasty destroyed Zeus, merged with the sea, became a vassal, proclaimed himself emperor in the south, and supported the world. People in the world are as bright as the wind. If so, why? Yue: in recent times, there has been no monarch's inferiority, and five tyrants have been destroyed, making the world impossible. It is based on the governors' efforts to govern, bullying the weak, the public being violent and widowed, the soldiers constantly reforming, and the scholars stopping the disadvantages. Today, Qinnan is the king of the world, and the world has a son of heaven. Since the people of Yuan Yuan have saved their lives, they must be humble and look up. At this time, this is the foundation of security.
The king of Qin was greedy for profit, self-motivated, did not believe in merit, did not kiss the gentry, abandoned the king and set up an affair, burned books and buried Confucianism, and bullied power before righteousness, which began with tyranny. Husband merger is fraudulent and safe. This statement is not the same as keeping it. It is not easy for Qin to rule the world from the Warring States period, and its politics will not change, so it is also taken.
There is loneliness, so its death can stand and stay. In order to control his own administration, the king of Qin allowed to discuss the affairs of the world and the traces of the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. Although he is immoral and arrogant, he is still in no danger. Therefore, the three kings built the world with their good names and long-term achievements.
Today, when Qin Ershi is established, the world must lead and observe its government. Cold people benefit from brown, and hungry people are willing to spoil it. The world is noisy, and the capital of the new master is also. This remark is easy for Wei Minren. Make the second trip to the Lord, be loyal to the Lord, be single-minded, worry about family troubles, and be guilty of the first emperor; After dividing the land into heroes, he will establish a national monarch and glory the world; Free from punishment and slaughter, collect filthy crimes and make everyone betray their hometown; Send granaries and loose money to help the lonely poor.
Give little to help the people; Make a promise of salvation and punishment, so that everyone in the world can turn over a new leaf, practice more and be careful of themselves; The hope of the people is blocked, and the world is freed by virtue. That is, everyone in the four seas is happy, lest it change. Although there are cunning people who don't want to get ahead, unscrupulous ministers can't decorate their wisdom, but they are treacherous.
The second one can't do this, but there is nothing that can be done: the ancestral temple and people are broken, and Epang Palace is needed; There are countless heavy punishments, and the governance is unforgettable; Improper reward and punishment, excessive collection. There are many things in the world, and officials are undisciplined; The people are poor, but God has no pity on them. Then the traitors rise together and flee from top to bottom; There are many guilty people, and the punishment is across the road, and the world suffers.
As for the masses who rise up and attack, the people are worried about themselves and are close to poverty, so they are uneasy and easy to move. Therefore, Chen She needs no soup, no warrior, no respect from vassals, and osawa who goes forward bravely, while those who respond to the world are in danger.
So the late king, seeing the same ending, knew the reason for survival. This is the way of herders. It's just a matter of security. Although there is a retrograde minister, there will be no response. Therefore, it is right to say that "it is safe for the people, and it is easy to be right and wrong when it is dangerous for the people." You are the son of heaven, rich and rich, you are in the slaughterhouse, right and wrong. It's also II's fault.
Translation of Guo Qin's novellas
Qin unified the world, annexed the princes, proclaimed himself emperor in the court, and supported the four seas. Why do all the scholars in the world submit to Mu Feng? The answer is: since ancient times, there has been no emperor who unified the world for a long time. The power of the Zhou royal family is very weak. After the five tyrants died one after another, the emperor's orders could not pass through the world. So the princes conquered each other by force, the strong invaded the weak, there were many bullies, the war continued, and the soldiers and civilians were tired.
Now southern Qin Huang claims to be the emperor and rules the world, which means that there is a son of heaven in the world. In this way, those poor people all hope to live on him, and no one admires the emperor insincerely. At this time, it is the key to maintain authority and stabilize the results, whether it is stable or dangerous.
With the heart of greed and meanness, the king of Qin only wanted to display his personal wisdom, distrust the heroes, stay away from the people, abandon benevolent governance and kingliness, establish personal authority, ban ancient books and poems, implement cruel and cruel laws, put deceitful power ahead, put benevolence and loyalty behind, and take cruelty as the premise of governing the world. To implement the merger, we should pay attention to bullying the market; To stabilize the country, we should pay attention to timely response: in other words, we cannot seize and protect the world in the same way.
After the Warring States period, Qin unified the world, and its route and laws remained unchanged, which was the same as its method of seizing and protecting the world. The king of Qin alone owned the world, so his demise came soon.
In this way, the king of Qin could consider the situation in ancient times and take the road of Shang and Zhou dynasties to formulate and implement his own policies, so that even if there were arrogant and extravagant monarchs in later generations, there would be no disaster of collapse and peril. Therefore, Yu Xia, Shang Tang, Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang have established a country with outstanding names and long-term achievements.
Nowadays, when Qin Ershi ascended the throne, no one in the world craned their necks to see his policies. People who are cold feel good in coarse cloth and short clothes, and people who are hungry feel sweet when they eat bran. The people all over the world wept bitterly because of the righteous act of the new emperor. This means that hard-working people are easy to accept benevolent governance.
If II has the virtue of a general, he will employ loyal people, and his subjects will be single-minded and worry about the sufferings of the world. During the mourning period, he will correct the mistakes of the former emperor, cede the land to the people, reward the descendants of the heroes, seal the monarch, treat the sages of the world, release the prisoners from prison, exempt them from punishment, abolish the arbitrary punishment of confiscating their wives and children as official servants, and let the sentenced people return to their hometowns.
Open positions and send money to help the poor; Reduce taxes, reduce labor, and help people relieve their urgent needs; Simplify the law, lighten the punishment, give criminals a chance to grasp the future, and let people all over the world turn over a new leaf, correct their evil deeds, and be cautious about themselves; Satisfy everyone's wishes, treat the world with prestige and kindness, and the world will be joined.
If everyone in the world is happy to live and work in peace and contentment, fearing that the world will not be chaotic, then even if there is a traitor, the people will not betray the heart of the country, and the traitor will not hide his treachery, and their plot can be stopped.
II didn't practice this method, but it was more tyrannical than the first emperor. He rebuilt Epang Palace with more punishments and more severe killings. Officials are harsh and vicious, and rewards and punishments are improper. There are no restrictions on tax investigation, and officials have too many state affairs to manage. The people were extremely poor, but the monarch did not receive relief.
Therefore, there have been many incidents of adultery and fraud, and many people have been deceived from top to bottom, and many people have been punished. People who were tortured on the road confronted each other, and people all over the world fell into pain. Everyone from Jun Qing down to ordinary people is in danger, living in poverty, and there is no peace everywhere, so unrest is easy to happen.
Therefore, Chen She did not rely on the talents of Shang Tang and Zhou Wuwang, nor did he borrow the dignity of governors. The reason is that people are in danger.
So the ancient holy king can see the changes from beginning to end and know the key to life and death. Therefore, the way to rule the people is to concentrate on stabilizing them. In this way, even if there are rebellious courtiers in the world, there will be no response and no help.
The so-called "people in a stable state can be righteous with others, and people in distress are easy to do bad things together", that is to say, this situation. Noble enough to be the son of heaven, rich enough to own the world, but unable to avoid being killed, that is because the way to save the overthrown situation is wrong. This is II's fault.