Chen Ke was silent.
He exhaled and simply changed his sitting posture, sitting there carefree, looking very relaxed.
"Your Majesty, I don't know anything, I'm just guessing."
"But I think my guess is quite reasonable."
"Your Majesty, would you like to hear it?"
Chen Ke's eyes were very calm, like a clear spring with no bottom.
Ying Zheng, who was still furious just now, calmed down instantly.
He ignored the cup that fell to the ground and sat down opposite Chen Ke.
"Say it."
"I have never thought about these things, nor have I understood them."
There was a coldness in his voice: "Perhaps I am blinded by a leaf. I want to hear your guess."
Chen Ke nodded slightly and sorted out his thoughts.
When should we start talking about it?
Looking at Chen Ke who was deep in thought, Ying Zheng did not disturb him, but just looked at Chen Ke silently.
After a moment, Chen Ke spoke.
"Your Majesty, everything seems to have started hundreds of years ago."
He pondered for a moment and pulled that person out of his memory.
"If we use the chronology of the Qin Dynasty, it should be during the reign of Duke Li."
"If you use His Majesty's clearer chronology, it should be said that Kong Zhongni died."
Chen Ke's voice was calm.
Regarding the demise of Qin, there are many speculations in later generations.
As for Qin Shihuang's theory of burning books and entrapping Confucians, what was first spread in later generations was the real "burning books and entrapping Confucians".
The purpose is to imprison thoughts.
This is actually written in the textbook.
There are rumors circulating among the people, as well as records in some unearthed documents that have not yet been confirmed.
The first emperor killed alchemists who offered golden elixirs and some Confucian scholars who made irresponsible remarks about the government.
After Chen Ke made a bold guess based on everything he had experienced so far, he came up with a very terrifying guess.
He is not responsible for this conjecture.
[Of course, I will not be responsible for this conjecture QAQ]
Chen Ke was distracted for a few breaths and woke up to the sound of Ying Zheng coughing.
He looked at Ying Zheng and continued: "Long after Kong Zhongni's death, Confucianism and Mohism became prominent schools."
"The world calls it "both Confucianism and Mohism." "
"But before this happens, whether it is Taoism, Mohism, or even Legalism, they are better than Confucianism."
Chen Ke paused and asked the First Emperor a seemingly unrelated question.
"Does Your Majesty know when Confucianism began to rise?"
Rise?
Ying Zheng pondered for a moment: "This..."
He thought about it in his mind, but didn't get an answer.
Before he unified the six kingdoms, the world's doctrines had already changed from Confucianism to Mohism. He didn't know when Confucianism completed its reversal.
He shook his head and said.
"I don't know."
Chen Ke said calmly: "I guess it should be twenty years after the death of Confucius."
Having said this, he suddenly smiled.
"Of course, I am just guessing without any evidence."
"Your Majesty, just listen to it as a story."
Ying Zheng didn't care at all: "Hurry up and continue talking."
"What is the connection between the rise of Confucianism, today's problems, and what you just said?"
Chen Ke spread his hands.
"Your Majesty, if Confucianism wants to rise, or in other words, if Confucianism wants to become the most prominent doctrine in the world, what should we do first?"
He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, can you give me a guess?"
Ying Zheng frowned, with some thoughts on his face: "What to do?"
Chen Ke smiled slightly: "Of course, let your teacher become a "sage" first. "
"If one's teacher does not become a sage, how can the teacher's teachings become a sage's teachings?"
Chen Ke's mouth was filled with sarcasm.
"What's more, if their teachers don't become sages, how can these disciples become sages?"
Ying Zheng was heartbroken, and he subconsciously sat up straight.
Chen Ke continued: "So, at that time, Confucianism started a plan to create sages."
"They must make their teachers into saints, so they publicize their teachers' private schools."
"Later, Confucius was called the teacher of poor families."
"However, the fact is that although Confucius taught people from poor families, more of them were nobles."
"As long as you pay, Confucius will teach."
Chen Ke shook his head: "Of course, this kind of professor will just discount it."
"However, I still admire Kong Zhongni quite a lot. At least he was willing to do it and actually changed the environment at that time."
"His disciples are bragging about this, but I have nothing to say."
Ying Zheng also nodded: "Not bad."
Chen Ke nodded and continued: "After that, the Confucian disciples started their next plan."
"They spent a lot of effort and a lot of money to compile and beautify their teacher's teachings into a book."
Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty should know this book, right?"
Ying Zheng nodded slightly: "The Analects of Confucius."
Chen Ke put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "Yes, the Analects of Confucius."
"This has also become the most critical and important step for Confucianism."
"When the Analects was successfully compiled, Kong Zhongni became Confucius, and some of the Confucius disciples also became the "Seventy-two Talents." "
Chen Ke sneered.
"I believe that at the beginning, Kong Zhongni was called Confucius in the Analects, but "Yan Hui" would never be called Yan Zi. "
"Yan Hui hasn't reached that level yet."
Ying Zheng was already full of curiosity at this time and was attracted by this story.
"Then when did Yan Hui become Yan Zi, and why did he become Yan Zi?"
Chen Ke looked into Ying Zheng's curious eyes and said softly: "This is the third step of Confucianism."
“They want the people praised by Confucius to become “virtuous talents.” "
Therefore, Yan Hui, who was most liked by Kong Zhongni and even praised by Confucius himself, became Yan Zi.
Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng and said: "Kong Zhongni once said, "You are so virtuous, you have to go back! With a basket of food and a ladle of drink, in the back alleys, people can't bear their worries, but they will not change their happiness when they return. It is virtuous that you have to go back!" "
"This step is to make the people praised by Kong Zhongni become "virtuous talents."
"Confucianism is complete."
"And when the people praised by Kong Zhongni become talents, then Kong Zhongni's status will definitely be higher than that of his disciples."
"Thus, Kong Zhongni became a "sage". "
Chen Ke sighed quietly and said, "Then, something even more outrageous happened."
"Like Yan Hui, the more famous seventy-two disciples became the "Seventy-two Sages." "
"This is how one person leads the rest."
"Your Majesty, do you think this method is terrible?"
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, with emotion on his face: "It is indeed terrible."
"Besides, this was a hundred years ago."
Chen Ke nodded: "Yes, this happened a hundred years ago."
"After completing this series of logical and self-consistent improvements, Confucianism has finally put its own internal order in order."
"Although the titles "Seventy-two Sages" and "Sages" are only recognized within Confucianism, they are confident that everyone in the world will recognize this matter. "
"So, they began the longest, most important and critical part of this plan."
"Let people all over the world have to, or even scramble to recognize Confucianism."
"They knew that the nobles would not like Confucianism."
"It's not because Confucius said "benevolence", nor is it because Confucius said "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." "
Chen Ke smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, why do you think the great powers of the various countries at that time were unwilling to adopt Confucius's teachings?"
Ying Zheng said directly: "Because of 'restraining oneself and restoring etiquette'. "
There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Ying Zheng knew the kings of those countries very well.
Because he was once one of them.
"Kong Zhongni said, "Conquer oneself and restore rituals." What was restored was the Zhou rituals. "
"Who among all the people in the world is willing to continue to be a minister of Zhou?"
"Therefore, Kong Zhongni's teachings will naturally not be reused by other countries."
Chen Ke agreed: "Not bad."
"But those disciples had no choice, because this was Kong Zhongni's most important proposition, and they didn't have the ability to change it."
"So they thought of what their teachers were most famous for, being religious."
"Among the Confucian disciples, there are generals, state ministers, and wealthy businessmen. When they are together, their power is huge."
"They started spreading Confucianism everywhere, like a mosquito, dividing like crazy."
"If a person accepts dozens of disciples, a dozen of them will become talented."
"And each of these dozen people accepted dozens of disciples, and these dozens turned into hundreds."
"Then it became thousands, tens of thousands."
"Therefore, even if these later disciples do not become talented, it has become a certainty that there will be more Confucian scholars in the world."
"Just like this."
Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng also knew that the next words would be crucial.
"Then what?"
Chen Ke chuckled: "Then? Then they will find a way to make the emperor or the king trust them."
"Your Majesty, the Emperor Zongheng, is too stunning. He should have caught Confucian by surprise."
"They didn't expect that the world could be unified again."
Chen Ke touched his chin: "Their initial idea was to erode small countries one by one, and then let all countries in the world adopt Confucian methods."
"And now, they need His Majesty."
"But the national policy of the Qin Dynasty is "Law" and "Qin Law". "
"They were late."
"So they have to figure it out."
"At this time, they have two choices. The first is to ask His Majesty or the next emperor to abolish Qin's laws and use Confucianism."
"Second: Overthrow the Qin Dynasty and take refuge in the next emperor before he appears."
Chen Ke narrowed his eyes: "The appearance of Doctor's Palace and the appearance of Chun Yuyue means that they chose the first option."
"But because Fusu liked Confucianism and was pedantic, His Majesty began to hate Confucianism."
"They knew their idea was off the table."
"So they started their second plan. They wanted to destroy the Qin Dynasty and make the world war again."
Chen Ke sighed with emotion.
"Your Majesty, those Confucian scholars whom General Dunruo just mentioned are supporting evidence."
"They want to anger His Majesty so that His Majesty will trap them and kill them. Then the reason why His Majesty killed them will be revealed in their mouths."
"Confucianists will continue to emphasize that Your Majesty has killed Confucian students."
"After that, they will also take some actions, ordering His Majesty to burn private books and store them in the palace."
"After they spread the news, this move will become another evidence that His Majesty is a coward and a tyrant."
Ying Zheng sat there, very calm at this time.
"Even so, what can they do?"
"I am still here, do they dare to rebel? Millions of old Qin troops are still there, do they dare to rebel?"
Chen Ke shook his head slightly: "Of course they don't dare, so they will make His Majesty collapse and make His Majesty not trust Li Si."
"At the same time, he colluded with the Xiongnu in the north and ordered them to invade the Qin Dynasty and let General Meng Tian go north."
"At this time, Great Qin will definitely use all its strength to attack Baiyue."
"But Baiyue will drag Da Qin into the quagmire because of environmental problems."
"At this time, Da Qin is like a sick man."
"If there is a little excitement, for example, if His Majesty dies, the Qin Dynasty will fall apart."
"As for the way to make His Majesty collapse, I guess it is the golden elixir."
He sighed faintly: "I have always wanted to know who told Hou Sheng and other alchemists."
"How do you refine the Nine Turns Golden Pill?"
"The person who told them, does he know that the Nine Transformations Golden Pill contains chronic toxins?"
Upon hearing about chronic poison, Ying Zheng's expression suddenly changed.
He looked at Chen Ke and said with an ugly expression: "So, the golden elixir is poisonous?"
Chen Ke nodded: "Yes, I infer that the golden elixir is poisonous."
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the candidate to refine the golden elixir again, increase the dose and feed it to the prisoners on death row for trial."
Ying Zheng closed his eyes slightly and glanced at Dunruo standing next to him.
Dunruo immediately accepted the order and walked out.
He wanted to send someone to deliver the news to Xianyang City and try this golden elixir.
"Then what?"
Chen Ke lowered his eyes slightly: "Your Majesty, is there anything else?"
"The Qin Dynasty suffered a setback in the Baiyue War. Three hundred thousand Meng troops resisted the Xiongnu in the northern frontier. His Highness Fusu was bewitched by Confucianism and created a rift with His Majesty."
"Master Hu Hai was seduced by Zhao Gao to compete for the throne."
"At this time, His Majesty passed away..."
Chen Ke raised his head and sounded like he was singing an aria again.
"Your Majesty, do you think the Great Qin can continue like this?"
Ying Zheng's body swayed slightly.
He couldn't sit still.
Fortunately, because he had just relaxed, he was sitting on the ground carefree at this time.
Otherwise, it will be tilted and look ugly.
Ying Zheng took a deep breath, looked at Chen Ke and said, "So, what can Confucianism gain?"
Chen Ke spread his hands and said, "Confucianism has had at least ten years of relaxation."
"When you see the next king, take refuge in that king."
"According to the current situation in the world, there are many Confucian scholars, and there are always many talented people."
"When the new dynasty no longer places heavy emphasis on Legalism, but instead has many Confucian scholars, these Confucian scholars themselves will promote Confucianism as the theory of sages."
"Even if it is necessary to hibernate, there are only so many officials in the world. If there are more officials who read "The Analects of Confucius", there will be fewer other officials. "
"At the beginning, they may need a moderate doctrine, a doctrine of no fighting and no grabbing."
Chen Ke said jokingly: "For example, I think Taoism is quite good, and the best is as good as water."
"Lao Tzu said: The superiors do not fight, but the inferiors like to argue."
"Slowly, Confucianism took over the majority of the court."
"They will naturally lead the court and return to their own homes."
"Your Majesty, what do Confucianists gain from this?"
PS: The second update has been sent. Everything about Confucianism is all made up by me. Please don’t use real history to QAQ. Isn’t it just for fun?
I will look for typos one by one and correct them after I finish the update.
The next update will be around ten o'clock... I hope it will be out around ten o'clock.
Anyway, there will definitely be four updates today, which will be a big surprise to everyone. I stayed up all night and wrote it out.
