Chapter 131 Book Burning, Everyone Don't Live!(1/2)
To not criticize Confucian scholars, but to talk about the world is to expand the scope.
I just want to report right, because I just said that the Confucian scholars should be banned, and I want to continue to expand.
"Those who can criticize the court in the world are all children of a hundred families."
Li Si sang loudly, and he had figured it out.
The thoughts of the First Emperor are just as Ying Chengqiu said. Don’t think too much, just do as the First Emperor told me.
Because he thought too much, he could not see through the deep meaning behind the First Emperor.
Just like today, Li Si initially thought it was a disaster for Confucianism, but later he thought it was the First Emperor who was teaching his children. Now he realized that the First Emperor was not only targeting Confucianism, but also targeting various schools of thought.
"The Left Prime Minister's words are absurd. Now only Chunyu Yue and Confucian scholars have violated the advice. Why did his family be evil?"
The fire that was originally burning only on Confucianism was inexplicably attracted to the hundreds of schools by Emperor Qin Shi and Li Si.
The ministers were not as stable as before, and they immediately stood upright to refute Li Si.
Ying Fusu wanted to speak out to defend Confucianism, and Ying Chengqiu put his neck with one hand and sealed his eight extraordinary meridians with internal force to stop him from speaking.
"Go and have a drink with my uncle."
While speaking, he hugged Ying Fusu, who had no ability to do so, and returned to his original seat.
As soon as Ying Chengqi's face changed, he had already stood up and headed towards Ying Fusu, so he could stop his eldest nephew in time.
"Today I can only get Confucian scholars, what about the past? The Marquis of Zongheng said that Your Majesty was unfilial, and the Marquis of the State said that Your Majesty could not share wealth and honor."
Zonghenghou Dunwu had already left, but the National Wei Wei Liao was still sitting steadily in Xuanniao Hall.
Li Si fired a cannon and hit Wei Liao. If Wei Liao, the number one military officer in the Qin Dynasty, had no temper at all, then he would not be able to survive in a warlike and war-loving country like Daqin.
Under the slanting eyes of the ministers, even Wei Liao, who had not even entered the dispute over the feudal system and the county system and the state system, did not get up.
Sitting in the seat, he said with a gloomy face: "This is a speech for eight years. At that time, I didn't understand Your Majesty yet. He said it was a mistake. If the left minister insisted on revising the old story, he still remembered that you were a guest at Lu Buwei's thief."
Facing Wei Liao's counterattack, Li Si said calmly: "That's right. This is true. He did not recognize Lu Buwei as his disciple. The State Wei did not recognize Your Majesty's mind, and it is true that Your Majesty is narrow."
Li Si stood behind His Majesty, saying this with confidence, but I can't do it.
Instead of entanglement, it is equivalent to entanglement with Your Majesty, and you cannot continue.
Old Wei Liao closed his eyes slightly, nodded and sighed softly: "It is a real thing, it is also a wrong thing, it is a regret in my life."
Li Si's main purpose of provoking Wei Liao was to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and he did not want to argue with Qin Chen one by one on the matter of "a hundred schools of criticizing the court".
Wei Liao, the best in the military affairs, will no longer argue. What else do you want to argue with Prime Minister Si, the best in the civil affairs?
The effect was also expected by Li Si.
The ministers did not say anything, and no one interrupted him about this question.
"It can be a Confucian scholar, a Mo child, a name child, a Dharma child, etc. For example, many people can be said to be born in a hundred schools of thought, or to be a scholar who reads. This is the case in Xianyang, what is the world like? Less than three days after leaving Xianyang, a scholar will make a false statement about right and wrong based on the knowledge he has learned. He thinks that he is different from ordinary people based on his heart, and he will criticize him randomly."
"The Qin Law did not write about the crime for his words. The Left Prime Minister wanted to set a precedent and the people of the world could not speak?"
Qin Chen stood up and interrupted Li Si's words.
He was wearing a doctoral uniform and was a doctoral student of Taoism.
Taoism will let nature go, and the king will rule without doing anything.
Simply put, farmers plant good land, butchers kill pigs, and piano masters discuss good piano.
As long as everyone in the world does their own responsibilities, it is a peaceful and prosperous era.
As long as a king does nothing, the world can be ruled. The person he promotes is Shun of the Five Emperors.
What Li Si said about judging right and wrong based on the knowledge he learned is wrong in Cui Guang's opinion and does not conform to Taoist philosophy.
Scholars read to understand the truth and not let scholars discuss these things, just like not allowing farmers to farm, it goes against nature.
"The words are innocent, and the delusion is guilty. These scholars were just dissatisfied with the words in Xianyang and dared not do anything randomly. However, when they arrived in the six countries, they took the lead in creating rumors and denying Qin's government. They also opened schools and taught them privately to students with their distorted thoughts, which caused all parts of the six countries to remain dissatisfied with our Great Qin and bandits were everywhere. In this way, what did Dr. Cui see?"
Tang Bing, who is also a doctor of Taoism, will bring Cui Guang, who will continue to speak, back to his seat.
Cui Guang frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Although Li Si's words clearly set a trap, just to block Cui Guang's mouth and ask Cui Guang to not answer his wish, Cui Guang's knowledge is not fake, so he has a way to answer it.
Tang Bing whispered: "Today, Li Siyan said it was natural, like water flowing to a low place, and fish swimming in the water. Brother Cui blocked it with his body and blocked the water flow and threw the fish ashore, which was not in line with Taoist principles."
Cui Guang looked at the First Emperor who returned to the master's seat and sighed: "Brother Tang's words are very good, and I have not seen them through them."
Cui Guang sat down again after saying a word, talked with Tang Bing for a few words and never stood up again. All the ministers saw it.
The ministers would not think that Cui Guang was afraid of Li Si or defeated Li Si. If Li Si could defeat everyone in one round, he would be so weak that he quickly gave up the position of Zongheng Marquis.
But the ministers would think that there must be something wrong with them that they do not understand, so they dare not act rashly on this issue.
Wei Liao was the number one military officer in the Qin Dynasty. Cui Guang and Tang Bing were all famous Taoist representatives all over the world.
Even the three of them didn't want to continue arguing with Li Si, but had to wait. So am I qualified?
"Scholars teach scriptures and spread ideas to resist and criticize the Qin Dynasty's government orders. Rule has become the norm. These scholars use ancient and modern times to confuse the public. Such illegal things have even the officials in the court regard this as the norm. Is this okay? It's not true!"
"The reason for all this is that the six countries have just been unified and everything is in trouble. Academics are too free, thoughts are not unified, and social atmosphere is bad. If this continues, your Majesty's power will decline, the rebellious forces will become larger, and the stability of the Qin State will be destroyed."
Not all Qin ministers judged the situation, and many Qin ministers wanted to stand up and refute when Li Si said that.
Most of them were pulled by their friends around them as soon as they made some moves. The ones who stood up were only half of their bodies, and they were dragged back to the seat by their friends.
The more Li Si discussed it, the more obvious the expectant expression on the face of Emperor Qin Shi.
The ministers are not blind, they can all see them.
No matter how disagreeing with Li Si's remarks, they must let Li Si finish his words.
Because the First Emperor wanted to hear it.
With the tacit consent of the First Emperor, Li Si said a cup of tea in Xuanniao Palace that the scholar criticized the crime of the court, and what serious consequences would the Qin Dynasty bring to the Qin Dynasty and the disadvantages that the open mind caused to the Qin Dynasty.
"... Therefore, Li Si, the historian asked the historian to burn all the historical books that were not in the Qin State. Those who have written hundreds of letters from the Book of Songs, Shangshu, Mozi, Gongsunzi, etc. in the world sent them to the county magistrates and burned them. Only the books of medical, divination, and rural areas were passed down to the world. Except for government officials, all localities are not allowed to start lectures privately, and those who violate the violations will be killed."
After speaking, Li Si bowed halfway.
His attitude is sincere and pious.
His attitude towards the First Emperor was like a believer facing the gods he served.
The First Emperor nodded and said with deep emotion: "What Li Si said is very much my heart. If you have no objection, you will do what Li Si said. Li Si, you and Wang Wan go to the Prime Minister's Mansion together."
"I have objections."
Wang Wan and Li Si were originally in disagreement, and now they heard Li Si’s advice on being an enemy of those who read and read in the world.
After Li Si finished speaking, he immediately said angrily: "Your Majesty has His Majesty's majesty, and the court order can be gradually established and improved. Why do you burn all the books? There are no books in the world, so how will I deal with myself? How can I cultivate myself? How can I make up the country for Your Majesty?"
Li Si immediately answered.
"If you don't have books, you can't handle yourself? The right prime minister might as well go to the people to visit and see how many families have a book. If you don't read books, you can't make a country and a country. I, the great Qin soldiers, are invincible, and how many of them are there who know the words and literate? I rely on the law to determine what I, Qin people can do and what can't do? What is the matter with the books? Furthermore, is the right prime minister old and has not heard clearly? What he said is not to burn all the books in the world, but to keep medical, divination, farmer and other books for the people to practice and develop. Is this wrong? "
With Wang Wan taking the lead, Li Si had finished his thoughts and words, and Qin ministers after Qin began to attack Li Si continuously.
From the day when the First Emperor of Xianyang Palace did not pursue Wei Zhuo’s mistake, the ministers knew that the First Emperor did not dislike the discussion, but disliked the selfish discussion.
"According to what the Zuo Prime Minister said, isn't people in the world illiterate? What is the use of keeping doctors, divination, and agricultural books? Who will announce Qin's rules? Who will assert that Qin's rules are true or false?"
Li Si smiled and said, "This is completely different from your idea. It is precisely because the world is illiterate, that books and books are all in the doctoral office. If the people want to study medicine, divination, agricultural books, know the Qin law, and understand what Qin law is, they must ask the government. Isn't this enhancing the prestige of the government and the majesty of Your Majesty?"
Another Qin minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. I have many people in the Qin Dynasty. How can all officials teach them? What's more, doctors, divination, agriculture and other books are all books that require careful study, and officials cannot fully practice them. Moreover, books that can survive to this day are all books that are of great benefit to the world. Burning them will cause dissatisfaction in the world and lose their hearts."
Li Si replied: "Although there are tens of millions of books in the world, there are very few that are beneficial to the world. If all the books in the world are burned, all the people of the Qin Dynasty will be taught in the court. What's wrong with it? If the books in the world are preserved, then the words, deeds and thoughts of people in the world are preserved, and they do not matter whether they are good or bad, whether they are good or bad, whether they are good or bad, whether they are good or bad, whether they are positive or negative, how can the prestige of the court be preserved? Isn't this because of small losses and evil?"
The ministers in the court kept criticizing Li Si.
But Li Si has experienced the baptism of the feudal system and the county system, and it is not the first time that he has no experience with this situation.
And what is different from last time this time is that Li Si's remarks are correct in terms of the orthodox principles of Qin.
The reason why the people in the world hate Emperor Qin Shi and the inconsistencies in the six countries is because they know too much.
For example, Zhao State remembers the burial of the Battle of Changping and the "Zhao people will never surrender to Qin" in the Battle of Handan. How could they have a good impression of Qin State?
So how to solve it?
Isn't it better to let them remember it?
Burn all the books and prevent them from remembering them.
No words, no books.
How long can you remember based on memory?
And this is the fundamental reason why Qin State can be powerful.
This is the case with Qin's farming and war policy.
This is also an important idea in Shang Jun’s book.
Why are most of the Qin courts outsiders? Because Qin does not allow teaching at all.
The way of playing in Qin is to farm, fight, farm, fight.
To be continued...