Liangzhou government office.
Changsun Chong, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, said aggrievedly to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, we are not young anymore, can we just take action without saying anything..."
"What's wrong?"
"Do you still know how to save face?"
Li Chengqian sneered and said, "You want to save face, so why don't I, Your Highness, give up?"
"You have been showing off in front of His Highness over and over again. Who are you pretending to show?"
"Do you really think that your Highness is easy to mess with?"
Li Chengqian tilted his head and said: "Now I'll give you a chance to tell you clearly what you know, otherwise you will still suffer the consequences."
"No, no, no, Your Highness, I really know I was wrong."
Changsun Chong was also scared of being beaten, so he quickly confessed everything.
He said: "Actually, there's nothing else to do. It's just that many Confucian scholars have come to the capital recently."
"oh?"
"Confucian scholar..."
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows in confusion and said, "What are they here for?"
"yes……"
"I am asking His Majesty to depose you..."
Changsun Chong glanced at Li Chengqian's expression, and then said: "They said that this time they sent troops to Qiuci, His Highness would massacre the city and destroy hundreds of thousands of civilians. It goes against the laws of nature and human ethics, and he is not worthy of being the prince of the Tang Dynasty..."
"oh……"
"So it's because of this."
After hearing this, Li Chengqian actually smiled.
He said: "If these people hadn't suddenly jumped out, I would have forgotten that there is a group in the world called Confucian scholars..."
There is a saying that goes well.
You can offend anyone, but you can't offend the Confucian scholar holding the pen.
Because these guys can really use their pens to write black into white and white into black, making you infamy for eternity.
And here, we have to mention the First Emperor who laid the foundation for the land of China.
Didn’t the First Emperor become a tyrant through the ages because he offended a Confucian scholar?
Let's talk about the reasons why the First Emperor was considered a tyrant in history, namely "burning books and humiliating Confucians" and "abusing manpower and material resources".
First of all, the First Emperor abused manpower and material resources.
In folklore, there is a story about "Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall".
Legend has it that the First Emperor decided to build the Great Wall on the border in order to defend against the invading ethnic groups in the north.
The workers who built the Great Wall were all brought from all over the country. The workers were forced to work day and night, and countless people died of starvation and exhaustion.
But in fact?
In fact, the Great Wall was not originally created by the First Emperor.
The construction of the Great Wall began before the Qin Dynasty. It took more than two thousand years to complete and was completed by several dynasties.
Since the nomads in the north have always been a serious concern of the Central Plains dynasty, if the Great Wall is not built, the people on the border will not be able to live a stable life.
Therefore, for the sake of national security, building the Great Wall is a very necessary measure.
And it is even more ridiculous to build the Great Wall and tire the people to death.
According to reliable records, the laborers who built the Great Wall were not only free laborers who worked non-stop, but also received wages and had farming holidays during busy farming periods.
There is also a legend that the First Emperor burned books and harassed Confucians in order to control people's thoughts.
He not only burned books on doctrines other than Legalism, but also buried a large number of Confucian scholars alive. This move can be said to have confirmed the charge of being a tyrant.
But in fact, people in the world have many misunderstandings about "burning books and entrapping Confucians", and there are different reasons behind this.
Among them, book burning is true.
According to "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin", in the thirty-fourth year of the First Emperor's reign, he set up a wine palace in Xianyang, and lived in front of seventy doctors.
At that time, Zhou Qingchen, a servant of the Qin Dynasty, paid a compliment to Qin Shihuang.
He said that the county system implemented by Qin Shihuang was conducive to the unification of the country and was a very good policy.
But Chun Yuyue stood up on the spot.
He said: "If we do not implement the enfeoffment system, the country will not last long, the royal family will not have the support of the royal family, and national power will fall into the hands of powerful ministers sooner or later."
At the same time, Chunyu Yue was still at the banquet, criticizing the First Emperor for all his faults.
And the First Emperor is no less an emperor through the ages.
Faced with Chunyu Yue's accusation, he did not refute him, but instead asked the ministers to discuss the issue.
Prime Minister Li Si immediately said that the biggest drawback of the feudal system is that after a few generations, the blood relationship will become weak, and the hard-won unity will fall apart.
As for what Chun Yuyue said about not complying with the ancient system, it will not last long in the future. It is nothing more than a scholar's arbitrary opinion on the political situation.
At that moment, Li Si suggested that Qin Shihuang burn the books of the six countries and unify the country's thoughts.
It was after this court meeting that Qin Shi Huang began to burn books.
Looking at this court discussion, the core issue is how to control the minds of the people.
For the Qin State, which had just completed its unification, how to manage the six kingdoms of Shandong has become an unavoidable topic.
The Qin State, which was not known for its culture, chose the simplest way to deal with it, which was to burn the books collected by the Six Kingdoms.
Only some ancient Qin books and some books on medicine, divination, and tree planting are preserved throughout the country.
It can only be said that the original intention was to facilitate Qin's rule, but the method was biased.
Coupled with Li Si's selfish desire to "depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect magic", many classic ancient books disappeared in the long river of history.
As for 'trading Confucianism', this is really the biggest scam in history.
It is well known that the First Emperor was obsessed with immortality and desired the elixir of immortality.
Some speculators seized on this psychological characteristic of the First Emperor and developed the so-called elixir of youth.
Not only did he severely deceive the First Emperor, but he also branded the First Emperor as a tyrant after his escape.
The First Emperor was furious when he heard about it, so he came up with the idea of "trading Confucianism".
But it was not the Confucian scholars who were tricked by the First Emperor, but the warlocks who made medicine and defrauded them.
Therefore, the correct statement is that the First Emperor "tricked" the sorcerers.
In a sense, although he is obsessed with immortality, he deserves to be criticized.
But his "trick warlock" is also a positive act to eliminate harm for the people and combat fraud.
Therefore, this so-called "burning books and entrapping Confucians" should be called "burning books and entrapping scholars".
As for why it later turned into burning books and harassing Confucians, it was nothing more than the resentment of those Confucian students against the First Emperor's "book burning", and at the same time it was also to gain sympathy and build momentum for themselves.
But these various incidents taken together are enough to illustrate the terrible consequences of offending a Confucian scholar.
And think of this.
Li Chengqian didn't react much.
"In the final analysis, my father cannot deal with these Confucian scholars and wants me to go back and solve it myself."
After he finished speaking, he gently stroked his forehead and said: "We clearly agreed that if anything happened, we would help me carry it, but when something really happened, I withdrew first. How could there be such a weird father in this world..."
Hear this.
Chang Sun Chong and Cheng Huailiang looked at each other.
In this world, I'm afraid Li Chengqian is the only one who dares to say that about Li Shimin, right?
However, who said they were two fathers and sons?
It was hard for them both to say much on this matter.
Changsun Chong thought for a moment and then asked: "Your Highness, when are you planning to set off?"
"Come to think of it, my father must be very annoyed by these people."
"So, I have to go back as soon as possible."
Li Chengqian said: "Please help me make arrangements. I will return to Chang'an tomorrow with the ashes of the fallen soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately bowed in response, and then went down to make arrangements.
Li Chengqian was the only one standing in the room, smiling softly: "Confucian scholar, you are so good..."
