Shuzi glanced at the Master and said nothing, but quietly poured hot tea for the two of them.
The master replied calmly: "I asked him to go out to do errands for me. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back before the winter solstice."
Xiao Hei couldn't help but talk too much and asked: "Teacher, when can brother come back?"
"I'm afraid it will be after the winter solstice." The master looked at Xiao Hei and Shuzi and asked, "How are you doing with your sword practice? You won't come back and wait to be scolded, right?"
Xiao Hei was startled: "Xiao Hei is not lazy. The teacher can ask Sister Shuzi. We have to practice for an hour every day."
The master then picked up the teacup on the table with satisfaction, looked at Young Master Su and said, "Continue."
Young Master Su smiled and said, "Lu Yuan hid in the palace after being frightened. He probably won't dare to come out easily in the future."
The master thought about King Qin refining the elixir, and couldn't help but sigh: "That guy is working for my father. He was frightened this time. He found a reason to stay in the palace, fearing that the king would approve him."
After speaking, he blew lightly and took a sip of the hot tea in his hand.
"He actually hid in the palace."
Young Master Su thought for a while and continued: "Teacher, you don't care about worldly affairs, but the people in the imperial city are running around telling each other that the magic stick deserves it."
The Master laughed and said, "I would like to know how the world has changed, but unfortunately I have these two guys around me. I have to keep an eye on them."
But what Young Master Su said next made Master frown.
The reason is that the king held a banquet in the palace a few days ago.
At the banquet, Servant Zhou Qingchen praised the king for abolishing the feudal system of the previous dynasty and implementing the system of prefectures and counties. He said that without the king's wise decision, Da Qin would definitely repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty.
Pushe Zhou Qingchen naturally said what was in King Qin's heart. If he did not unify the weights and measures of the six countries, he, the emperor, would not be stable.
However, Dr. Chun Yuyue jumped out despite being unable to die.
He accused Zhou Qingchen of flattering the king, and used the topic to comment on the prefecture and county system vigorously implemented by the King of Qin.
Chunyu Yue proposed that the Qin Dynasty should follow the example of the previous Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties and continue to implement the feudal system.
Chunyu Yue's objection didn't matter. The ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government began to debate the enfeoffment system and the prefecture and county system, and almost all the ministers were involved.
It's just that these guys don't know the emperor's determination on his own policies. The emergence of this dispute made King Qin aware of a serious problem.
Why can a person like Chun Yuyue, who is well-read in poetry and literature, have to understand his own thoughts?
These people know the benefits of the county system, but they still firmly oppose it?
King Qin recruited his son, Prince Su, into the palace. After a detailed discussion, the father and son finally came to the final result.
Most of the ministers in the court read books from the previous dynasty, so they naturally advocated the enfeoffment system.
After reading these history books, these guys will firmly believe that the enfeoffment system is the truth.
The more books I read, the stronger this idea becomes!
This is not a quarrel between the emperor and his ministers, but an ideological war.
The father and son found the answer, where was King Qin's final crux.
In the King of Qin's view, a debate alone could not change the beliefs of the learned men. Even if it can be done, it is not the result that King Qin wants.
Having said this, Young Master Su sighed softly and said, "Father, I am afraid that my next step will be to take action against those history books. What should I do?"
Master Su's words made Master Su's brows tighten even more.
The King of Qin could unify the six kingdoms by force, but he could not completely conquer the hearts of the six kingdoms. What's more, due to historical reasons, the six kingdoms all learned and believed in the old habits of the previous dynasty.
And these old habits were precisely the reasons for the collapse of the previous dynasty.
Privately speaking, he wanted to preserve the collections of the previous dynasty as much as possible, but publicly speaking, King Qin faced the biggest problem after the unification of the world.
At this time, the Master suddenly thought of Li Xiuyuan who had gone to Dayan with Zhang Liang. If Li Xiuyuan was here at this time, he should have a discussion with him.
After frowning and thinking for a long time, the Master finally put forward his own opinion.
He said: "The first-class classics of "Poems" and "Books", as well as medicine, divination, agriculture, etc., as well as books from hundreds of schools of thought, and collections that have nothing to do with the enfeoffment system, I suggest that your Majesty keep them all."
When Young Master Su heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "I'm afraid I won't be able to convince my father."
The master smiled bitterly and said: "You can suggest that the king collect all these books and hide them in the Royal Academy or the library of the official school. They are not allowed to be circulated among the people."
"In this way, there will be no old books about the enfeoffment system of the previous dynasty in the world. After ten or twenty years, the world will gradually forget about this matter."
Having said this, the master corrected him again: "Just as your Majesty wishes, destroy those slips about the old customs of enfeoffment, and leave the essence to be hidden in the government."
After thinking about it again and again, Master finally found a way to balance it.
When Prince Su heard this, he clapped his hands and cheered. This not only satisfied the King of Qin's constraints on ministers, but also preserved the useful collections of the previous dynasty.
The two exchanged words, and Shuzi and Xiao Heiyun were confused.
I'm afraid I have to wait until Zhang Liang and Li Xiuyuan come back to inquire and ask for advice in detail.
Young Master Su went up the mountain with all his worries, but unexpectedly he got the answer from the Master, who told him that only the Master in the world could understand his thoughts.
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Let’s talk about the two people who returned from Dayan.
Zhang Liang didn't want to stay too much on the road these days, because he was worried about Shuzi and the two teachers.
Firstly, Li Xiuyuan was tired, and secondly, he was wondering if Xiao Hei had been lazy these days.
The carriage faced the wind and snow, and finally entered the imperial city just as the city gate was about to close.
Zhang Liang looked at Li Xiuyuan who looked tired and asked, "Are you going back to the academy with me? Or back to No. 47?"
Li Xiuyuan opened the curtain and took a look, then put it down casually, feeling a little inexplicably depressed.
He said lightly: "Send me home first. Xiao Hei asked him to come back tomorrow and wait for me to rest for a few days before visiting the Master."
Zhang Liang was startled and murmured: "Are you angry, or have you caught the cold in the carriage these days?"
"Remember, you and Shuzi Xiaohei are Master's students. I am a wine shopkeeper and have my own things to do. Send me back quickly."
Li Xiuyuan suddenly had a strong urge to go back to Xianlai's backyard and soak in hot water without thinking about anything.
Zhang Liang saw that his expression was different, so he stopped talking and told the coachman Lao Zhang to go to No. 47 to take Li Xiuyuan home first.
The carriage ran all the way and stopped outside the door of Forty-Seven in less than half an hour.
Zhang Liang helped unload the large and small bags from the carriage. Li Xiuyuan casually rewarded the coachman with a bag of copper coins and reached out to open the door of Xianlai Winery.
Zhang Liang was anxious to go back to the academy to take Shuzi home, jumped on the carriage and headed towards the academy.
Li Xiuyuan closed the door of the shop and walked all the way to the backyard and into the kitchen. He just wanted to boil a bucket of hot water and wash away the dust from the road.
There's a sense of sadness that can't be shaken off.
He didn't know where Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang were at this time, or whether they had entered the imperial city like him.
But he knew that soon, or at the beginning of spring, a shocking crime would occur in the imperial city.
These things seemed to have nothing to do with him. Although he repeatedly avoided them, the God of fate finally showed these people and things before his eyes one by one.
This time, he kept his agreement with the old Taoist priest and did not follow Zhang Liang to meet Prince Dan of Dayan, nor did he pay homage to Jing Ke across the river.
As for Gao Jianli, who was obsessed with wine, it was the God of fate who pushed him in front of him.
Encountering Qin Wuyang in a restaurant with Zhang Renren ended his worries about Dayan's final rise and fall.
Fortunately, the old Taoist priest was not too outrageous and finally took out his space ring so that he could finally give an explanation to Xu Fu.
Perhaps, when leaving, you can give Zhang Liang a brocade bag.
While sighing, he lit a fire to boil water and cooked a pot of white porridge.
He planned to be vegetarian in the next few days, besides buying some beef for Xiao Hei.
Only when you are pure can you be quiet, and only when you are quiet can you think of more things.
As for Xiao Hei's wife, he didn't need to worry about when he would come back. At the moment, Li Xiuyuan just wanted to be like Zhang Liang that night, get drunk and snore all night long.
On Tianshan Mountain, he didn't know when Mu Mu and Nangong Ruyu left, so he wouldn't be depressed about it, because at that time, he had already survived his five declines in the cave.
With the old Taoist master here, the two women don't need him to worry too much.
As he soaked in the hot water bucket, he thought about the trip to Dayan that day, and the scene where thousands of people knelt down by the Yishui River, just to see off Jing Ke who had never returned.
Even Li Xiuyuan, whose heart was as solid as a rock, couldn't help but sigh again and again.
...
That night, Li Xiuyuan slept deeply. When he woke up, he didn't know how many hours he had slept.
Thinking that it had been a long time since the store had been open to sell alcohol, Li Xiuyuan opened the door.
While boiling water and preparing to make a cold plum tea to soothe the mind, he took a roll of bamboo slips and held it in his hand.
It seems that when I meet Zhang Liang later, I will have to ask him to buy more books on the six arts and copy them again myself. I don’t have to hold the bamboo slips every day, which is time-consuming and takes up space.
Before the water boiled and the tea was fragrant, the sound of a carriage grinding into the snow came from outside the store.
Before Li Xiuyuan could say hello, Xiao Hei's voice came from outside the door: "Brother, when you come back, you won't go to the academy to take Xiao Hei home!"
Looking at Xiao Hei's little face that was red from the cold, Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Xiao Hei, where is your animal skin coat? Did you throw it away?"
Seeing Xiao Hei's appearance, Li Xiuyuan felt really distressed.
He thought to himself that I was just going out, so the Master wouldn’t care about the bodies of Shuzi and Xiao Hei. After all, he didn’t know if Xiao Hei at the moment had the same physique as him?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Hei shouted: "Xiao Hei is about to freeze to death. Brother, hurry up and make some spiritual tea to save his life..."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and sighed. Only Xiao Hei would wear such thin clothing on such a cold and snowy day, all the way back from the academy.
When the water boils, a faint aroma of winter plums wafts through the wine shop. Xiao Hei blows on the hot air while drinking the spirit tea.
It wasn't until he finished the cup of Hanmei Lingcha that his face gradually turned red.
Xiao Hei chuckled and said: "Teacher said that this is to strain your muscles and bones, starve your body and skin, deplete your body, and mess up your actions... Not only Xiao Hei, but even Sister Shuzi must practice like this."
Li Xiuyuan nodded. Xin Daozi was indeed teaching the two of them attentively, and it was rare for him to work hard again.
After thinking for a while, he said: "As long as you know this truth, go to the house and dig out your leather jacket for me!"
Xiao Hei put down the cup in his hand and ran towards the backyard. After a while, he ran out holding his fur jacket.
Li Xiuyuan grabbed it and carefully helped him put it on. He took out a large baggage from behind the counter and placed it in front of Xiao Hei.
When Xiao Hei saw it, he chuckled and said, "Are these all the things my brother bought for Xiao Hei?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "What's in here is just food. I also bought you new clothes and shoes and put them in your room."
Xiao Hei took a box of cakes from the bag and opened it, and was about to grab a piece and put it in his mouth.
Suddenly he remembered and said: "The teacher told me to ask my brother to see him tomorrow. He said he had something urgent to do."
Li Xiuyuan was startled when he heard this, and murmured to himself: "Is it possible that something big happened again in the imperial city?"
