Almighty System Great Master Qin

Chapter 69 The mouth of defending the people is better than that of defending Sichuan
"Prime Minister Li, I heard that you are the one who suggested His Majesty to burn hundreds of books and respect spells alone?" Xiao Hong tidied up his clothes, strode up to Li Si and said in a deep voice.

"That's right, it's the official who suggested that His Majesty burn it." Although Li Si is lower than Xiao Hong in terms of official position, the two are at odds with each other, so Li Si will not back down.

"Then I want to ask you, what is the purpose of your suggestion that His Majesty burn the books of hundreds of schools?" Xiao Hong planned to find out the purpose of Li Si's suggestion to Qin Shihuang to burn the books before he could prescribe the right medicine.

"Now a few days ago, hundreds of disciples dared to slander the laws of Daqin openly, and even published them in newspapers to spread them all over the world. Wouldn't it mean that the country would be unstable if it continued like this? My Daqin was able to conquer the six kingdoms, relying on it since Lord Shang. To establish a country by law and to strengthen the country by law, these hundred disciples dare to blatantly slander the law, and the hundred disciples continue to promote their own theories to confuse the people. Public opinion, to prevent disciples of hundreds of schools from bewitching and fooling the people, hindering the government's decrees, and ensuring the majesty of the imperial power."

"It turned out to be to fool the people." Xiao Hong finally understood Li Si's purpose and why Qin Shihuang was moved.

"Your Majesty, Li Si's purpose is clear to me, but I don't think burning books is acceptable. In ancient times, there was Cangjie who created characters at the Fenghuang Shutai, which made the beginning of China have written records. After three emperors and five emperors, the inheritance has passed for thousands of years. It has been through thousands of years that I have made China so prosperous today. And the masters of hundreds of schools are not afraid of life and death, set foot in mountains and rivers, witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, tasted the various states of the world, and worked hard to compile poems and songs that have been handed down to this day. It is precisely because of this that the people can be educated to respect etiquette and morality, and it is also why we have the prosperity of Wende in China today." Speaking of this, Xiao Hong was about to start fooling people
"I think back then, when I came to China from Heaven, I talked with the disciples and hundreds of saints. Their purpose was to hope that China would prosper forever. And I also talked with Cangjie, the king of Heaven, and he made The purpose of the word is to enable Chinese civilization to be passed down forever. Now your Majesty has swept away the Liuhe and fought for the remaining warriors of the sixth generation. After six generations of monarchs, it took ten years of hard work for your Majesty to finally unify the six kingdoms and unite the world. Today, the world is stable. , is the critical moment to win over the hearts and minds of the scholars of the Six Kingdoms. If you listen to Li Si's lies and carry out the act of burning books, the scholars and common people in the world will be chilled. They will all think that Your Majesty is a king who has forgotten his ancestors, and will definitely push them into the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. "

"As for what Li Si said about the strategy of fooling the people, it is even more nonsense. Your Majesty, here is a sentence dedicated to Your Majesty: The people are water, and the king is the boat. Water can carry the boat or capsize it."

And this sentence is exactly what Li Si's teacher Xun Zi said, but Xiao Hong slightly added words to this sentence.

"Is this sentence Xunzi's "King System"?" Qin Shihuang, as an emperor, naturally read through many famous works of various schools of thought.

"It is from your Majesty Xunzi's "King System", governing the people is like governing the water. The ancient sage Dayu still knew that it is better to govern the water than to block it, and the same is true for governing the people. Daqin has 42 counties and 2000 million people. Among them, there are as many people who can read and write. , the collection of books is more than a million, can His Majesty really burn all the poems and books?"

"Besides, poems and books are made by humans. For the disciples of hundreds of schools, the classics made by their sages are all in their minds. Even if they burn all the books, can they really be eradicated? Is it possible that His Majesty will kill all the disciples of the world? So even if His Majesty burns hundreds of classics today, but still can't stop the people talking, I'm afraid that by then they will have nothing to worry about, and they will destroy Daqin with all their pieces of jade. And on the way to come again, I have already There are hundreds of people who want to die with Li Si, and many of them beg me to lower down the magic technique, so can you really protect Li Si for the rest of your life, Your Majesty?"

"Nowadays, hundreds of disciples gather in Xianyang. Their purpose is to serve the imperial court with what they have learned throughout their lives, hoping to contribute to the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty. Your Majesty, how can you bear to chill the hearts of the world's scholars? And this article, Wei The minister also read it. Although his words were a bit extreme, he really considered the Qin Dynasty. Now under the management of Weichen's newspaper, hundreds of disciples who have nothing to do all day have found something to do, and many of them are more They expressed many opinions that were beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, and some of them were appointed officials by His Majesty. But once Your Majesty orders the burning of books from hundreds of schools, wouldn’t it make the disciples of hundreds of schools alienated..."

After talking so much, Xiao Hong said that he was thirsty, took a breath, looked at Li Si, and said: "In the past, Prime Minister Li disregarded the danger and presented the "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests", advising His Majesty not to expel Keqing, and also clarified the family history. The reason why foreigners are excluded is that the world's sages defected to the state of Qin, and only then did we have the atmosphere of our great Qin today. But now Li Xiang is going to do the opposite. How is this different from Dangru's clan who persuaded His Majesty? Doesn't Li Xiang know that this is an evil law to cut off the vitality of the Great Qin, and the defense against the people is more important than the defense against Sichuan?"

"But" Xiao Hong changed the subject: "Li Xiang's consideration is indeed correct. The fact that hundreds of schools continue to recruit disciples and convey their thoughts to the people is indeed unavoidable. Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty build a new one. The Ten Thousand People Academy accepts disciples from all over the world, selects available talents and available theories. Let them teach under the supervision of the imperial court, and cultivate inexhaustible talents for our Great Qin."

"College for Ten Thousand People?" Qin Shihuang asked suspiciously: "Mr. Wu'an, the Ten Thousand People College you mentioned cultivates talents for Daqin, but is it a student?"

"Your Majesty, the people in this academy can be selected from among the common people, and the assessment methods are all formulated by the imperial court, and those who can prevent cheating"

Feng Quji went out and said: "Mr. Wu'an, there are tens of thousands of people in the world. If they all gather in Xianyang for the assessment, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"Feng Xiang's worries, I already have countermeasures. The exam is divided into three times, and the first time is held in each county. Only those who pass the first exam can enter the second exam, and the second exam will be held in each county. Only those who pass the second assessment can come to Xianyang to participate in the final assessment. And the age of those who participate in the assessment should not be older than 14 years old, so that the problem of people gathering in Xianyang can be solved.”

"Then the exam questions?" Feng Quji continued to ask.

"All the exam questions are prepared by me, divided into three levels of difficulty, and the examiners are all sent by Xianyang, so that cheating can be prevented."

"But the people in the world are poor, so how can ordinary people afford the cost of going to school?" Wang Wan raised her doubts.

"All ordinary people recruited into Xianyang College do not charge any fees, while the children of merchants need to pay [-] guan as tuition fees every year in addition to passing the examination, and the children of powerful lords also need to pass the examination, and they also need to pay [-] guan every year. As tuition fees. In this way, the problem that ordinary people cannot afford to go to school can be solved.” Of course, Xiao Hong learned this trick from the high school in his hometown. The high school in his hometown will organize the children who are particularly outstanding in studies into an elite class. There is no fee, and children who are poor in learning and want to go to a good school need to pay a large amount of extra fees, and this fee is the tuition fee for the elite class children.

Everyone looked at Xiao Hong in astonishment. They didn't expect Xiao Hong to solve the extremely difficult problem in a few words, and you couldn't find fault. None of them count.

"Okay! Lord Wu An is worthy of being my humerus minister. From now on, the matter of burning books is not allowed to be mentioned again, and he will issue an imperial list to inform the world that Daqin will not burn books from hundreds of schools, so that the disciples of hundreds of schools around the world can feel at ease."

"Your Majesty is holy," everyone bowed immediately, and Li Si saw that there was no turning back, so he had no choice but to bow to congratulate.

　This chapter has been thought about for a long time, and it has been written for a relatively long time to deal with Li Si's suggestion of burning books.The part about persuading Qin Shihuang not to burn books in the mid-term was not well written, please bear with me, sorry

　　
　
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