[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

Li Si's ability is outstanding, but within two days, the banquet in Xianyang Palace was properly arranged.

Dressed in court attire for the ceremony, the ministers toasted to each other and sang their congratulations to the return of the Great Qin's foundation for all things, and the one emperor through the ages and the same birthday as the sun and the moon.

The emperor was in a very good mood, and his right servant shot Zhou Qingchen forward and said: "In the past, my country of Qin started in the land of Longxi, and the land was only a thousand miles away. There were six countries in the east that prevented me from going east. Thanks to your majesty, the gods and sages calmed the sea and exiled the barbarians. The sun and the moon shine, and everyone is convinced. Especially the implementation of the county system as an example, the six kingdoms are unified, so that there will be no more wars in China, and the people can enjoy peace for a long time. Its merits, from ancient times to the present, are the three emperors and five emperors. Dare to compare."

As soon as the words fell, all the ministers raised their glasses to wish together, a beautiful picture of mountains and rivers forever.

Li Si raised his brows slightly as he picked up the wine.

He has always known that the emperor is strong, so the officials are very flattering.But on today's occasion, there are also outspoken admonishers having a banquet.What Zhou Qingchen said just now was a bit exaggerated, if it provokes those old people who don't know the current affairs to speak, it will be counterproductive.

Just as Li Si thought of this, Chun Yuyue, who was also a servant, really got into trouble, and immediately stood up and sang loudly: "The Shang and Zhou dynasties established the country with a system of enfeoffment for thousands of years, and because of the system of enfeoffment, they rewarded meritorious officials with good heirs. The more loyal you are, the fiefdom and the capital echo each other. Now, His Majesty the Emperor is rich all over the world without any entrustment. My ministers dare to assume that if there is another incident of Chen Chengzi stealing the country, how will we, Daqin, deal with it?"

As soon as the words fell, the officials were as frightened and silent as if they were dumb, wishing they hadn't brought their ears - Chun Yuyue was too bold, he dared to speak nonsense in court if he was so rebellious.Chen Chengzi instigated Qi State official Bao Xi to murder Duke Mourning of Qi and caused chaos in Qi. Chun Yuyue clearly cursed the emperor's death in court and was robbed of the country.

Both were literati in court, and Li Si and Chun Yuyue were considered old friends in the past.He frowned, and was about to interrupt Chunyuyue's words, but Chunyuyue not only kept his mouth shut, but even pointed his finger at Zhou Qingchen: "Zhou Pushe not only doesn't give advice faithfully, but only flatters and flatters. What loyal ministers do."

Zhou Qingchen was so angry that he fell on his back, his beard seemed to be raised, and pointed at Chunyuyue: "You, you, you! You old man, you actually spitting blood in front of Long Live! Your Majesty——Your Majesty wants to make decisions for the old minister—" said Wan really burst into tears in court.

The scene of toasting and celebrating together just now suddenly became embarrassing, and everyone fell silent.

Li Si lowered his hands and lowered his head, but he was quickly thinking about how to deal with it.

Sure enough, after a burst of extreme silence, the emperor waved his hand to signal the eunuchs to step back temporarily, and asked, "Li Si, tell me, which of the two of them is more reasonable."

Sweat dripped from Li Si's forehead. He knew that there were only two choices for him, either following the emperor's wishes and being cast aside by the world, or being despised and jealous by the emperor ever since.It's just that hundreds of pairs of eyes are staring at Tai right now, waiting for his answer, he—has no choice.

Li Si came out of the queue, moving in a calm manner, and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times had their own ways of governing the country, and they all benefited from the situation at the right time. Because sages and sages are good at taking advantage of the situation in the world at that time, supplemented by national policies The national policy may be different, all because the situation in the world is different."

Having said that, Li Si paused for a moment.All the ministers strained their ears to listen, how dare they interrupt Xiangguo?

Li Si continued: "Now Your Majesty has created a great cause and made great achievements for all generations. The stupid Confucian scholars don't understand the reason. I secretly think that taking the national policy of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors as an example, it is really difficult to match the current world situation."

Even some scholars were shuddering in their hearts, why did Confucian scholars suddenly get involved?

What is Li Si trying to do? !

Chun Yuyue's eyes widened and he was about to argue, but Li Si had already made up his mind, and he didn't take the opportunity of Chun Yuyue to speak. His speech speed suddenly accelerated: "In the past, the five emperors did not change each other, and the three generations did not attack each other. At that time, the princes fought against each other. All countries use benefits to lure Confucian students to enter the country to start school and become officials. This is also to take advantage of the situation, which is understandable. Now that the world has been settled, the country is governed by law, and the common people are devoted to agriculture and industry. The right way is to distinguish rewards and punishments."

Chun Yuyue's face was already flushed, and his eyes were open: "Li Si, you and I only talk about the county system, even if you die, the old man will nod your head alone, and at most you will pay a full family. Why do you want to involve the world's Confucian scholars!? You What's up with Andy!?"

Li Si didn't look at him at all, and his tone remained unchanged: "I visited the former Six Kingdoms Academy a few days ago, but found that because of your majesty's magnanimity, these Confucian scholars are ungrateful and learn from the past without learning from the present. When Daqin Fadu enters, he will have a wrong heart, and when he comes out, he will talk and confuse the people—this is to slander my Great Qin Tianwei, and it is a serious crime." He paused, and suddenly knelt down: "Although Li Si was born in Confucianism, today, I want to risk Died into the emperor: In the past, the world was in chaos, each insisted on his own words, so the princes rose together, using the past to discuss the present, but they are just rhetoric. The various schools of thought, each insisting on their own words, can't compete with each other, which is the source of chaos in the country. National policy also."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone sitting here was shocked.

Li Si...is he going to be an enemy of the Confucian scholars all over the world, and the Confucianism of his teacher?

Chun Yuyue's eyes widened and he was about to argue, but Li Si had already made up his mind, and he didn't take the opportunity of Chun Yuyue to speak. His speech speed suddenly accelerated: "In the past, the five emperors did not change each other, and the three generations did not attack each other. At that time, the princes fought against each other. All countries use benefits to lure Confucian students to enter the country to start school and become officials. This is also to take advantage of the situation, which is understandable. Now that the world has been settled, the country is governed by law, and the common people are devoted to agriculture and industry. The right way is to distinguish rewards and punishments."

Chun Yuyue's face was already flushed, and his eyes were open: "Li Si, you and I only talk about the county system, even if you die, the old man will nod your head alone, and at most you will pay a full family. Why do you want to involve the world's Confucian scholars!? You What's up with Andy!?"

Li Si didn't look at him at all, and his tone remained unchanged: "I visited the former Six Kingdoms Academy a few days ago, but found that because of your majesty's magnanimity, these Confucian scholars are ungrateful and learn from the past without learning from the present. When Daqin Fadu enters, he will have a wrong heart, and when he comes out, he will talk and confuse the people—this is to slander my Great Qin Tianwei, and it is a serious crime." He paused, and suddenly knelt down: "Although Li Si was born in Confucianism, today, I want to risk Died into the emperor: In the past, the world was in chaos, each insisted on his own words, so the princes rose together, using the past to discuss the present, but they are just rhetoric. The various schools of thought, each insisting on their own words, can't compete with each other, which is the source of chaos in the country. National policy also."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone sitting here was shocked.

Li Si...is he going to be an enemy of the Confucian scholars all over the world, and the Confucianism of his teacher?

……

After the silence, the emperor who was sitting on the seat moved slowly. He held the bronze wine cup in his hand, watched the slightly yellow liquid in the cup shake, and said slowly, "Then, according to Ai Qing, what is the national policy?"

Li Si threw the ground and said in a loud voice: "I ask the historians to burn all the records that are not from the Qin Dynasty, and they are not from the post of doctoral officials. If there are people who dare to collect "Poems" and "Books" in the world, they will keep them and burn them. Those who dare to say something "Poems" and "Books" abandoned the market, thinking that the past is not the current family, and those who do not raise the knowledge of the officials are guilty of the same crime. They are ordered not to burn for [-] days, and tattoos are the city. Those who do not go, medicine, divination, planting If you want to learn the law from the book of the tree, take the official as your teacher."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Chun Yuyue yelled sharply: "Li Si, you actually want to destroy all the works of various schools of thought! You, what is your intention?! Your Majesty can't, your Majesty must not!" At the end, he was tearful, facing the emperor The throne kept kowtowing.

Everyone present was shocked, except for Chunyu Yueyu's crying and shouting, no one dared to step forward to intercede.

The silence was so long.It was so long that the ministers, craftsmen, and officials all looked down at the bluestone palace bricks in front of them, studying how exquisite and complicated the patterns are. Before, they only cared about it with trepidation, and never had the opportunity to look at it so carefully.

It wasn't until the emperor who was seated suddenly burst out laughing that the crowd secretly took a last breath.

The emperor smiled, and then slowly said: "Li Si, you are worthy of being my arm and my beloved minister. I can't sleep day and night, and the world is constantly in dispute. The rise and fall. Hundreds of schools are endless, and the struggle is hard to disappear. Just like the world in the past, although there was a Zhou family, the princes changed from strong to weak, vying for power and land, but they didn't have the authority of heaven and king in their eyes."

All the ministers dare not speak.

The emperor said: "Since the heretical writings have caused the world to fight endlessly and insist on their own opinions, so the princes and the world will be in chaos. I will be the master for the sky! From now on, the world will only have one voice! Only the voice of my Great Qin! My voice!"

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Chunyu cried and fainted on the ground, with tears running down his cheeks, still shouting: "Your Majesty, please don't do it, this is forgetting one's ancestors!"

Behind the bead curtain, the emperor said in an indifferent voice: "The servant shot in front of the palace is disrespectful, pulled down, punished for one year, and exiled to the border."

Chunyu Yue's mournful and wailing voice became smaller and farther away.

The ministers and workers glanced at each other in private, and then thought about the prime minister of the empire who was praised by the emperor as "my thigh", this time they sang in unison: "Your Majesty is holy, my Great Qin Wanshi foundation will last forever!"

Li Si also knelt on the ground together, and he said silently in his heart: [Teacher, I am Confucianism, so my disciples will carry it forward.What a disciple can do must surpass any fellow disciple.That is, you old man will not recognize me again in this life, but if you can see it, after a hundred years or a thousand years, you will be able to understand the painstaking efforts of your disciples. 】

The author has something to say: history is the bone, art is the wing;

Explore the real events that may happen in history, what I want

Let’s take a serious look at the result of Li Si’s actions: all the works of all schools of thought except Confucianism were basically confiscated—yes, pay attention to whether they were confiscated or burned.Where is it charged?It has been received by the government agencies, but the private sector does not have it, but the National Library must still have it—the private sector only leaves useful books such as Sang Nong and Divination.

The consequence of this incident is very simple: the mess (a hundred schools of thought contending) is over, replaced by a voice: Confucianism—or, in other words, the Confucian way of loyalty to the emperor and husband selected by the emperor.

Therefore, the conclusion of this evening allowed Confucian academics to be truly regarded as a ruling tool at the national level and carried forward.

Whether it is the enemy of all schools of thought, or the world of Confucianism, it is up to the benevolent to see benevolence.