Li Yuan's series of actions after returning to China caused the Qin Dynasty to fall into chaos. This abnormal fluctuation was like a stone thrown into the calm lake.

Unpredictable.

It is beyond human intelligence to guess.

In the historical records of Qin, the historian made such a judgment when summarizing Li Yuan's remarks and edicts after his return to the country.

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No one knows why?

When dealing with Aries, Yiqu, Loufan and other dependent tribes, the Emperor Shenwu Li Yuan adopted a supportive attitude, gave land and discounts, and helped them get back out of the dilemma of extermination. The reward received by Qin was the gratitude of these small tribes. With admiration for the Qin people, they joined the melting pot of Qin, fought for it, bleed for it, and even died for it.

On the contrary, in his attitude towards the Huns, Goguryeo and Yamato, Li Yuan showed another side. He killed countless people, was cruel and ruthless, and he was arbitrary. It can be said that Li Yuan's hands were covered with blood.

"This is a butcher!"

"The crazy emperor of Qin is a murderer. Amaterasu should have taken him away, so that he will be tortured by the evil ghosts in the shrine forever and cannot turn over..." While the Qin army continued to march, the losers cursed fiercely behind their backs. Unfortunately, these spells not only failed to help them turn defeat into victory, but instead made them fall on the brink of life and death faster.

The last remnants of the Huns were competing with the Slavs for the last nomadic land in the Don River Basin, whether they won or lost. Han Xin's cavalry was already eyeing the Ural King's vein and rushed over at any time. There was only one road given to the Huns, and they continued to be driven westward until the sea.

On the peninsula in the eastern and western Liaoning, on the south of Changbai Mountain, the Goguryeo King Gao Zhumeng was not easy to live. The oppression of the Qin army was like a mountain. Although the speed of pushing the line was not fast, not advancing means there was no room for a gap. For the Goguryeo people who had a big gap in strength, there was almost no chance of turning around.

Of course, the Huns and Goguryeo could breathe their support at least. Li Yuan never personally said that they would kill all these two ethnic groups, but the Japanese were different.

Since Li Yuan issued a strict order, a sweeping action of sweeping the whole country began vigorously from Chang'an. However, most of the Japanese who could travel across the ocean to Qin in this era were brave and adventurous people. They were short in size, with very short legs, and different accents. Under Fu Ji's investigation, the difficulty of finding them was not very difficult.

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At the end of September.

Qi land, Langya County.

A sudden turmoil made the county that had been calm for many days lively. The operation to investigate the Japanese was implemented in various places. Due to the inconsistent implementation standards, some misunderstandings were also caused. Among them, in Langya County, some unlucky guys who looked like Japanese were also locked up.

The Qiren Gongyang Shou is one of the fish that was caught by Yang.

Gong Yang Shou was the leader of the Gong Yang family, a famous Confucian school in Qi. It was different from the situation where public schools in various parts of the Qin Dynasty replaced private schools. Because Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, established an official school here, there were many disciples of Confucius and their disciples, which made private schools coexist and gradually become a climate.

According to legend, the Gongyang theory originated from Zixia, one of Confucius' seventy-two disciples. After six generations, Gongyang Gao, Gongyang Ping, and Gongyang Dan waited for six generations. Finally, when Gongyang Shou's generation, he finally wrote a famous book "The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period". The emergence of this book further consolidated the status of Confucianism in Qi.

Confucianism flourished.

Then the law will be abandoned.

The competition in the academic field is not as soft as the battlefield. Gong Yang Shou and his disciples' comments on current affairs made the Qin officials who governed Qi very angry. This time, under the name of hunting Japanese people, the Qin county soldiers went to Gong Yang's house to make a fuss. They didn't plan to do anything, but then, the Gong Yang students and the county soldiers fought fiercely due to verbal conflicts. In anger, the county magistrate who led the troops directly escorted Gong Yang Shou as a suspect in the Japanese.

This action.

Just like poking a hornet's nest, the Confucian scholars in Qi who were dissatisfied with the long-term repression of Confucianism were all excited. They began to stop school, class, and occupied public school schools, trying to oppress the county and release Gongyang Shou.

Coincidentally, Yuan Kuai, the magistrate of Jimo County, Langya County, Qin State, was also a student of Gongyang Shou before. However, Yuan Kuai was not strong in his firmness in Confucianism. When he heard that Gongyang Shou’s students were causing trouble, Yuan Kuai was panicked and faced the Qin army of Feng Xuan’s troops not far from Langya, and reported the situation to Feng Tang, the higher-level Qi prime minister.

Feng Tang was from Zhao Dizhongqiu. He once served as the commander of Su Jiao, the governor of Yunzhong County. Later, Feng Tang was recommended as the prime minister of Qi, responsible for the internal affairs of Langya, Donghai, Dang County and other places. Compared with the allusion of "Feng Tang is easy to grow old and Li Guang is difficult to be granted" in the early Western Han Dynasty, the Qin State's employment mechanism ruled out that Liu Bang's enfeoffment of his sons and nephews became princes, so a considerable number of official positions were vacated in various places, which just gave common people like Feng Tang the opportunity.

When Feng Tang learned that the Confucian scholars of the Gongyang School were causing trouble, he felt keenly that the meaning contained in this was not just as simple as releasing Gongyang Shou.

For this reason, he specially wrote a letter and sent messengers to Chang'an overnight. In this long letter, Feng Tang mentioned that the fundamental reason for the turmoil of Confucian scholars in Qi was the issue of entering the government. Since the Qin State's talent selection mechanism mainly relies on two ways: famous scholars, fellow villagers' recommendations and public school examinations, this is equivalent to closing the door to become an official in the court for students who enter private schools.

Students can wait one day or two days.

One year or two years, even if they are impatient, they can persist in their ideals. They can still fight against those shaky elements who are not strong-willed in their hearts.

But when ten years passed, the Qin State, which they had no choice but to say, still firmly grasped the power of the court. When the classmates they once looked down upon gradually became officials in the county, the depression that Confucian scholars had accumulated for a long time broke out.

While Feng Tang actively reported to the court, he announced a plan to lure the enemy with his same surname. The Qin army, who came from the sea of ​​Jimo, took advantage of the night to arrest the families of the Confucian scholars one by one, and then divided them one by one, causing the Confucian scholars who were originally in love to completely lose their fighting spirit the next day.

Gongyang Shou's private school fees were also quite expensive. The main reason why Confucian scholars were able to concentrate on their studies was that their family had enough financial support. After the axe was taken, the turmoil and farce initiated by Confucian students subsided. At the same time, orders from the court also arrived.

Gongyang Shou, the last great scholar in Qi, was killed for inciting students' unrest, and the entire Gongyang school was uprooted. As for those Confucian scholars who participated in the unrest, they were either sent to the West to serve as soldiers or were directly imprisoned. What awaited them was a long service career.

Feng Tang's outstanding response also received strong praise from the court. Especially with Feng Xuan's strong recommendation, Feng Tang was transferred from Qi Prime Minister to Chang'an and served as the CRRC Mansion. This position was under the prime minister and was mainly responsible for the handling of daily affairs reported by various counties and put forward his own suggestions. His opinions will undoubtedly have an important impact on the subsequent court discussions.

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The turmoil of Confucian scholars in Qi.

It was just a small episode in the various counties in this great ethnic purge. In these incidents, officials as capable as Feng Tang were showing their abilities, while incompetent people like Yuan Kuai were considered unqualified in the assessment and were removed from their official positions.

The state of the Great Qin Dynasty is undergoing inadvertent changes.

In many cases, this kind of change is inconspicuous and subtle. As the initiator of this change, Li Yuan had only one real purpose: that is, to change the mechanism for selecting and employing people.

Over the past few months, Li Yuan had a discussion with hundreds of officials in the court. Now, the situation learned from Yan Le and Meng Hu's Zhijing Department and Military Information Department gave him new plans for the future of Qin. Qin, which ruled the country with law and judged affairs with laws, has gradually turned after more than ten years of peace. The most obvious one is that human feelings are higher than laws and regulations. This situation is not only reflected in the lawsuit court, but also in daily affairs.

After Ji An replaced Chen Ping as prime minister, he was also worried about this trend. When Li Yuan did not come back, this straightforward prime minister was like a lonely fighter, facing pressure from all over the top and bottom alone. Now, he has finally insisted on returning to the strongest backstage.

"The future of Qin does not require the doctrine of the mean, it is a reward for merit, a punishment for excessive punishment, and a punishment for crimes. This is the entire meaning of a country of laws. Therefore, I hope that officials at all levels will remember this point, not betray the law because of personal gain, not be afraid of love, and not forget about public welfare."

Under the court, Li Yuan's words were sharp and ruthless, pointing directly to the deepest part of the hearts of all officials. Before he was about to expedition to the West again, he would use his words and deeds and a soul storm to lay the ideological foundation of the Qin State.

October is coming soon.

News from the Middle East that the infighting in the Roman Republic was about to end, and Fabian, who represented the conservative force, was criticized for his improper employment on the Carthage issue. The young Roman general Scipio received support from more than half of the veterans in the Senate, and it was a foregone conclusion that he ascended to the position of Roman consul.

With Scipio's rise to power, the complex situation in the Mediterranean area will become sharp again. It is difficult for the Qin army to conceal the secret operations of the navy in Troy for a long time. Once Scipio wakes up from the Qin army's purpose, the Roman fleet is very likely to take the lead in launching a raid on the sea.

Cut off the waterway.

Detaining merchant ships, looting goods, and intimidating merchants from trading with Qin and his allies. Once these economic sanctions are used, they will undoubtedly bring a serious blow to Qin's prestige. And weak allies like Jews and Greeks will also turn their doubts on the Qin army.

To protect them, we must fight the Roman fleet. Qin State had no choice, and this was the point that Li Yuan was most worried about.
Chapter completed!