After coming out of Xianyang Prison, Ying Zheng returned to the palace in a carriage.
Walking back to Xianyang Palace, he sat in the main hall and thought for a while. He decided to fix the book sooner rather than later.
"Zhao Gao, please send orders to Prime Minister Li Si, Yushi Wang Wan, General Wang Jian, Zhonglang Mengyi, Wei Liao and others to enter the palace immediately."
"Here."
Zhao Gao asked his men to announce the decree without stopping, but felt a little strange in his heart. At this time, His Majesty suddenly asked the ministers to enter the palace. What was going on?
At this moment, the ministers who received the news also rushed towards the palace.
A minister followed Li Si and asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you know why your Majesty called me to come here at this time?"
Li Si was also confused at this moment. Just now he asked the eunuch who came to deliver the order, but unexpectedly the eunuch shook his head.
Whether he knew it or not, Li Si pretended to be calm on the surface.
"What else could it be? It's just a matter of burning books."
Several ministers following Li Si also nodded slightly at this time, obviously thinking that what Li Si said made sense.
At this time, the censor Wang Wan looked at the silent Wang Jian and asked softly.
"General Wang, why do you think His Majesty is waiting for me right now?"
The reason why Wang Wan asked Wang Jian was because of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
His Majesty's attitude towards Wang Jian is the most different!
Wang Jian will be informed of everything.
Wang Jian glanced at Wang Wan and said calmly: "I am a warrior. I only know how to lead troops in battles. How can I know your Majesty's thoughts?"
"Hahaha, that's right."
Wei Liao and Meng Tian, who were following them, looked at each other and said nothing, but they were also very confused in their hearts.
It's almost time for dinner, but His Majesty has announced that all these ministers will be brought into the palace. This is definitely a big deal.
The speculations at the moment are just clouds. Only when we get to Xianyang Palace will we know what His Majesty really means.
The group rushed to Xianyang Palace and saluted, "See your majesty."
"Get up."
Everyone then stood up, and Li Si raised his head and looked at Zhao Gao imperceptibly, hoping to see some information in the other person's eyes, but he saw nothing.
At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly spoke.
"You are summoned today because of the confiscation of books."
"It's been five days since the world's books were confiscated. What do you think?"
Li Si was overjoyed. In the past few days, he asked his officials to submit letters every day, requesting His Majesty to burn the books. It seemed to have had an effect. His Majesty finally couldn't hold it any longer!
Thinking of this, Li Si stood up first and bowed slightly.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the collected books should be burned as soon as possible. Only in this way can we stop the people of this world from talking and help us stabilize the country of Great Qin."
After saying that, he stood in the middle, waiting for Ying Zheng to give the order.
Ying Zheng on the stage looked at Li Si in the middle and frowned, feeling a little disappointed in him.
The dignified prime minister could not see the long term as well as a Confucian scholar.
Li Si stood there for a long time, not waiting for Ying Zheng's reply, and felt a little nervous. Could he have guessed wrong?
Didn't His Majesty call them here because he wanted to burn books?
He raised his head slightly and saw that Ying Zheng's expression was as usual, without any dissatisfaction.
Li Si finally felt a little calmer.
Then, Ying Zheng asked, "What other opinions do other people have?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately looked at each other.
Is Your Majesty dissatisfied with the book-burning method?
The ministers looked at each other in silence and didn't know how to answer Ying Zheng's question.
Finally, Li Si asked cautiously: "I am stupid, please give me a clear explanation."
Seeing this, Ying Zheng didn't expect the group of people in front of him to come up with any good ideas.
He sighed in his heart and simply told Ran Fang's method.
"What do you think of this method of repairing books?"
As soon as Ying Zheng said these words, Li Si and others were all stunned.
"Repair books?"
This is the first time I have heard of this method. How should I practice this book?
Everyone was confused and didn't understand what this method meant.
Censor Wang Wan had some guesses, but he was not sure. He stepped forward and bowed and asked, "I am stupid, may I ask what your majesty means by revising the book?"
Ying Zheng told everyone the method of repairing books that he had heard in Xianyang Prison.
"All the collected books will be rewritten, and the content must be accurately grasped, and the essence and dross must be discarded."
He spoke very slowly, and everyone suddenly understood.
In this way, it is indeed a good way to not only block the mouth of Youyou in the world, but also make this book available again.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Si frowned slightly. How long had he been preparing to burn the books? His Majesty actually chose to repair the books. Wouldn't that mean that these books could be kept?
That is not a good thing for the Dharma Sect.
And why did he suddenly bring up the subject of book repair?
Based on his knowledge of Ying Zheng over the years, they had written to Ying Zheng to burn his books in the past few days. Ying Zheng's heart was shaken.
But in just one day, someone made His Majesty change his mind. He didn't receive any news, which was a bit surprising to him.
Could it be that there is someone in this court who has such great power that he can bypass me and talk to His Majesty? !
You don’t even know it yet?
A sense of crisis arose in his heart.
"I am stupid. The books collected are not tens of thousands but thousands of them. How many years and months will it take to repair the books?"
"Besides, this book revision is related to the state. It is a big matter. I wonder who your Majesty is going to let take charge of this matter?"
Ying Zheng had already had an idea about this matter when he was in Xianyang Palace. Ran Fang said that if he wanted to gather the strengths of hundreds of schools, he would naturally use students from hundreds of schools to cultivate it.
Moreover, according to Ran Fang's words, each of these hundreds of schools has its own strengths. If he only focuses on one school, it may deviate from his ideas.
"Preaching my will, I am announcing that talented students from hundreds of families will come to Xianyang to discuss the matter of revising books."
"Publish the renovated classics of hundreds of schools of thought to the world, and ask all people in the world to read the books of hundreds of schools of thought."
No one expected that Ying Zheng would suddenly propose to revise books and allow people all over the world to read hundreds of classics at will. This was simply a great initiative.
"Students from hundreds of schools?"
Especially Wei Liao, Wang Jian and Meng Tian, they all belong to military strategists, and their hearts were shocked as much as the thunder.
This military classic is also a happy thing for them.
However, due to the laws of Great Qin, they have always only dared to circulate them privately and never dared to let these books fall into the hands of others.
Now His Majesty proposes to gather the best of hundreds of schools of thought and read freely. More importantly, he wants people all over the world to read the books of military strategists, who are by no means inferior to those of Confucianism and Dharma!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Censor Wang Wan took a step forward, bowed to Ying Zheng and asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do with the Confucian scholars in prison?"
Ying Zheng didn't even think about it and said directly, "Li Si, release these Confucian scholars and let them participate in the book repair."
"But Ran Fang and Fu Su who are in prison should not be released for the time being. They should be kept in prison."
Li Si thought secretly in his heart, since Prince Fusu claimed to be a disciple of Confucianism, His Majesty has been very prejudiced against Confucianism. It seems that the people behind His Majesty only made an opinion and did not say anything good for Fusu.
In this case, he must investigate the person behind His Majesty and take it as his own!
"promise."
