Not to mention the criticism of Confucian scholars, but to talk about the world is to expand the scope.
It is only because I have spoken out about banning Confucianism that I want to continue to expand it.
"Those who can criticize the imperial court in the world are all descendants of hundreds of families."
Li Si chanted loudly, he had figured it out.
The First Emperor's thoughts were just as Ying Chengyu said. Don't think too much, just do what the First Emperor ordered.
Because of his excessive thinking, he could not understand the deep meaning behind the First Emperor.
Just like today, Li Si initially thought it was a disaster for Confucianism, and then thought it was the First Emperor who was teaching his son. Only now did he realize that the First Emperor was not just targeting Confucianism, but all schools of thought.
"The remarks made by Zuo Xiang are ridiculous. Now only Chunyu Yue and his Confucian scholars are violating the remonstrance. Why did his family do evil?"
The fire that originally burned only on Confucianism was brought to Baijia by one inexplicable word from the First Emperor and Li Si.
The ministers were not as stable as before, and one person instantly stood upright to refute Li Si.
Ying Fusu wanted to speak out to defend Confucianism, but Ying Chengyu put his arm around his neck and used his inner strength to seal his eight meridians to prevent him from speaking.
"Let's go and have a drink with uncle."
As he spoke, he hugged the helpless Ying Fusu and returned to his original seat.
As soon as Ying Cheng's expression changed, he had already stood up and walked towards Ying Fusu, so he could stop his eldest nephew in time.
"Today there are only Confucian scholars, but what about the past? Marquis Zongheng said that His Majesty was unfilial, and the Lieutenant of the State said that His Majesty could not share wealth and honor."
Zonghenghou Dunruo has long since left, but Guowei Weiliao is still sitting firmly in the Xuanniiao Hall.
Li Si fired at Wei Liao. As the number one military figure in the Qin Dynasty, if Wei Liao had no temper at all, he would not be able to survive in a war-loving big country like the Qin Dynasty.
Under the gaze of the ministers, even Wei Liao, who had not started the dispute between the feudal system and the national system of prefectures and counties, did not get up.
Sitting on the seat, he said with a gloomy face: "I have said this for eight years. At that time, I didn't understand your majesty, so I said it too much. If Prime Minister Zuo insists on going over the past, I still remember that you were Lu Buwei's traitor. Come to your doorstep."
Faced with Wei Liao's counterattack, Li Si calmly said: "Of course. It's true that Si didn't recognize Lu Buwei clearly as a person, so it's true that he worshiped under his sect. The state lieutenant didn't recognize His Majesty's broad-mindedness, so it's true that he said that His Majesty is narrow-minded." "
His Majesty stood behind Li Si. He was confident in saying this, but I was not.
To be entangled with him is to be entangled with His Majesty, and you cannot continue to do so.
Old Wei Liao closed his eyes slightly, nodded and sighed softly: "It's true, but it's also wrong. It's a regret in my life."
Li Si's main purpose of provoking Wei Liao was to scare the monkeys, and he did not want to argue with Qin Chen one after another on the matter of "hundred schools of thought criticizing the court".
If you don't argue with Wei Liao, the most powerful military officer, why do you still want to argue with Si, the prime minister who is the most civilized person?
The effect was also within Li Si's expectation.
As expected, the ministers remained silent, and no one interrupted him on this issue.
"Some are Confucian students, some are Mohist students, some are famous students, some are Dharma students, etc. Many people can be said to be born from hundreds of schools of thought, or people who study. If Xianyang is like this, what will happen to the world? If you don't leave Xianyang for three days, you will be There are scholars who make false claims about right and wrong based on the knowledge they have learned. They think that what they say based on their heart is different from ordinary people, and they make random criticisms whenever they come in or out."
"It is not written in the Qin Code that people are punished for speaking out. Does the Prime Minister of the Left want to set a precedent and silence the people of the world?"
A Qin minister stood up and interrupted Li Si.
Wearing a doctor's uniform, he is Cui Guang, a doctor of Taoism.
Taoists just let nature take its course, and the king governs by doing nothing.
To put it simply, the farmer cultivates the land well, the butcher kills the pigs well, and the luthier plays the piano well.
As long as everyone in the world does their duty, there will be peace and prosperity.
As long as the king does nothing, the world can be governed. The person who implemented it was Shun, the Five Emperors.
What Li Si said about right and wrong based on the knowledge he has learned is wrong in Cui Guang's view and does not conform to Taoist ideals.
Scholars read to understand the truth, and not allowing scholars to discuss these things is like not allowing farmers to cultivate the land, which goes against nature.
"It is not guilty to speak, but guilty to bewitch. In Xianyang, these scholars only expressed their dissatisfaction and did not dare to mess around. But when they arrived in the Six Kingdoms, they took the lead in creating rumors and denying the Qin government. They also opened schools to distort their thoughts and privately The teachings are passed on to the students, so that all the six countries are still disobedient to the Qin Dynasty, and bandits are everywhere. Is this what Dr. Cui wants to see?"
Tang Bing, who is also a doctor of Taoism, pulled Cui Guang, who was about to continue speaking, back to his seat.
Cui Guang frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Although Li Si's words were clearly a trap, just to stop Cui Guang's mouth and prevent Cui Guang from saying yes, his knowledge of Cui Guang was not fake and he had a way to answer it.
Tang Bing said in a low voice: "Li Siyan said today that it is natural, just like water flowing to a lower place and fish swimming in the water. Brother Cui blocked it with his body, blocked the flow of water and threw the fish ashore, which is against Taoist principles."
Cui Guang thought lightly, glanced at the First Emperor who had returned to the main seat, and sighed: "Brother Tang's words are very good, but I haven't investigated them yet."
Cui Guang only said one word and then sat down again. He chatted with Tang Bing for a few words and then did not stand up again. All the officials saw it.
The ministers would not think that Cui Guang was afraid of Li Si, or that he had defeated Li Si - if Li Si could defeat everyone in one round, he would be so weak that he would quickly give up the title of Marquis of Zongheng.
But the ministers will think that there must be some problem that they do not understand, so they will not dare to act rashly on this issue.
Wei Liao is our number one military figure in the Qin Dynasty. Cui Guang and Tang Bing are all Taoist representatives who are famous all over the world.
Even the three of them don't want to continue arguing with Li Si and want to wait. So am I qualified?
"Scholars taught scriptures and spread ideas in order to resist and criticize the political decrees of the Qin Dynasty. The rule has become the norm. These scholars pretended that the past is different from the present, and deceived the public with their evil words. Such illegal things were even used by the princes in the court. It’s normal. Is this possible? It’s impossible!”
"The root cause of all this is that the six countries have just unified, and there are many wastes to be made. Academics are too free, ideas are not unified, and the social atmosphere is bad. If this continues without stopping, His Majesty's power will decline, and the rebel forces will become It will destroy the stability of Qin State."
Not all Qin officials sized up the situation. Many Qin officials wanted to stand up and refute Li Siyan's words.
Most of them were grabbed by their friends as soon as they made a move. The ones who stood up were only half-length before they were forcefully dragged back to their seats by their friends.
The more Li Si discussed, the more obvious the expression of expectation on the Emperor's face became.
The ministers are not blind, they can all see.
No matter how much they disagree with Li Si's remarks, they must let Li Si finish his words.
Because the First Emperor wanted to hear it.
With the tacit approval of the First Emperor, Li Si spent the whole tea time in the Xuandiao Palace. What serious consequences would the scholar's crime of criticizing the court bring to the Qin Dynasty? What disadvantages would open-mindedness cause to the Qin Dynasty?
"...Therefore, I, your minister Li Si, ask the historian to burn all the history books that are not about the Qin State. If there are "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Mozi", "Gongsunzi" and other books in the world, send them to the county governor. , the county magistrate burned it, leaving only medical, divination, agricultural and other books to be passed down to the world. Except for the government, no private lectures are allowed in any place. Anyone who violates them will be killed."
After finishing speaking, Li Si half-bowed.
The attitude is very sincere and pious.
His attitude towards the First Emperor was like a believer towards the gods he serves.
The First Emperor nodded and said with deep sympathy: "What Li Si said is very popular with me. If you have no objections, please do as 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 originally had different political views, and now they heard Li Si admonishing them for being hostile to the educated and literate people in the world.
After Li Si finished speaking, he immediately said angrily: "Your Majesty has the majesty of your Majesty, and the order of the court can be slowly established and perfected. Why burn all the books? If there are no books in the world, how will the people of Da Qin deal with themselves? ? How to cultivate oneself? How to ensure peace and stability for Your Majesty?"
Li Si replied immediately.
"Can't you live without books? Your Prime Minister might as well visit the people and see how many people have books in their homes. Without reading, you can't stabilize the country? Our great Qin warriors are invincible, and how many of them are literate and hyphenated? What about our generation? Self-cultivation depends on the law. It relies on the Qin Law to stipulate what our Qin people can and cannot do. What does it have to do with books? Furthermore, is the right minister too old to hear clearly? He is not talking about burning all the books in the world. , but left medical, divination, farming and other books for the people to learn and develop. Is what he said wrong?"
With Wang Wan taking the lead, Li Si had finished expressing his thoughts, and one after another Qin officials began to attack Li Si.
From the day when the First Emperor of Xianyang Palace failed to investigate Wei Zhuang's fault, the officials knew that the First Emperor was not averse to discussions, but rather to discussions with selfish motives.
"According to what Zuo Xiang said, isn't it true that everyone in the world is illiterate? What is the use of keeping medical, divination, and agricultural books? Who proclaimed the Qin Law? Who is going to judge whether the Qin Law is true or false?"
Li Si smiled and said: "This statement is completely different from your idea. It is precisely because the world is illiterate that the only books are in the doctor's office. The people want to learn medicine, divination, agricultural books, know the geometry of Qin's laws, and understand the laws of Qin You must ask the government about what you are talking about. Doesn’t this enhance the prestige of the government and enhance the majesty of His Majesty?”
Another Qin official stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. We, the people of Qin, have a large number of people. How can the officials teach them all? What's more, books on medicine, divination, agriculture, etc. are all books that need to be studied carefully, and officials also It is impossible to practice it to the fullest. And the books that have survived to this day are all of great benefit to the world. Burning them will cause dissatisfaction in the world and make all people lose their heart."
Li Si replied: "Although there are tens of millions of books in the world, only a few are of benefit to the world. If the books in the world are burned, all the people of our Qin Dynasty will be educated in the court. What is wrong? If the books in the world are preserved, the world will be If people's words, deeds, and thoughts all exist, regardless of good or bad, good or evil, good or bad, how can the prestige of the court continue to exist? Isn't this because of small mistakes and big evils?"
The officials in the court continued to criticize Li Si.
But Li Si had experienced the baptism of the feudal system and the county system, and this was not the first time he was so inexperienced in this situation.
And what is different this time from last time is that Li Si's remarks are correct according to the orthodox principles of Qin.
The reason why the people of the world hate the First Emperor and the reason why the six kingdoms are in turmoil is because they know too much.
For example, if the State of Zhao remembers being buried alive in the Battle of Changping and remembering "Zhao people will never surrender to Qin" in the Battle of Handan, how can they have a favorable impression of the State of Qin?
How to solve it?
It would be nice if they couldn't remember it.
Burn all the books so they won't remember.
Don’t rely on words, don’t rely on books.
How long can you remember something based on memory alone?
And this is the fundamental reason why Qin is so powerful.
This is the policy of Qin's farming and warfare.
This is also an important idea in Shang Jun's book.
Why are most of the people in the Qin court filled with outsiders? Because the Qin State did not allow teaching at all.
The game of Qin is to farm, fight, farm, and fight.
Teaching for what? What is the purpose of making these people literate? If he is literate and sensible, doesn't he have thoughts? Then you won’t listen to the court? Wouldn’t that be difficult to control?
What about the implementation of court policies? They can’t all be headed by reckless men, right? Even if the Qin kings of all dynasties are kings, a king who is tired to death cannot defeat the smart people in the world, right?
Simple.
Recruiting talents.
If I don’t cultivate talents, why don’t I just poach talents from other countries?
Come, come, come, my country of Qin is thirsty for talents.
As long as you come to my country of Qin, I will give you whatever you want in terms of house, land, women, dignity.
I, Qin, can give you what the six countries can give you, and I, Qin, can still give you what the six countries cannot give!
The more talents you gather, the more you can do it. It is only for one generation, because the Qin State does not have the soil for talents to be born, and the Qin State does not allow you to teach.
Your reputation is yours, I can give you a house, land, or women, but remember one thing, don't play with me like a school, I don't need you to cultivate talents for me.
This resulted in South Korea having the Zhang family as Prime Minister of South Korea for five generations, but what about the Prime Minister or Prime Minister of Qin? Not to mention coming from the same family, not even from the same family.
Shang Yang, Fan Ju, Zhang Yi, and Lu Buwei could not even hit one piece with eight poles.
There is no soil for talents to be born. The high salary in Qin has always been there and has never been saturated. Therefore, talents from all over the world have fled to Qin generation after generation.
Then don’t think that people in this era will be restrained by ideas such as national honor and disgrace.
Because what era was the Warring States Period? When Lu Buwei did not attack the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were essentially the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
The whole world respects Zhou.
In fact, it can be said that all people in the world are Zhou people.
This is probably what the discussion means. The original intention of the feudal system was not to split the country.
In the eyes of the literati at that time, cross-border service was equivalent to cross-provincial work, so there was nothing strange about it.
When Ying Zichu decided to destroy Zhou, it was when he thought Qin could swallow up the world.
The Qin State implemented such a policy, developing its own weapons, poaching wisdom from other countries, and then destroying all other countries.
Of course, there are also disadvantages.
The disadvantage is that there are not enough officials to control the territory.
If Qin had a systematic talent training plan, it would be enough to directly transfer talents and place them in the cities it conquered, but he did not.
Generation after generation, his ministers poached.
The normal solution is to divide it up and let everyone manage it together.
The abnormal solution is to burn books and stop everyone from living.
