Great Qin Shi Empress

== · make things difficult · ==

It's been a long time since Lin Qian saw such an angry Ying Zheng, but unexpectedly, she didn't feel scared at all, and she even thought of joking.

She put her hands on both sides of Ying Zheng, looked up at him, and said, "Speaking of which, these names are quite familiar to me. Do you want to know what these people have done?"

Seeing the smile in Lin Qian's eyes, Ying Zheng felt a little helpless.

Lin Qian laughed: "I really don't want to know?"

Ying Zheng looked at her: "What else can I do besides seeking immortality and medicine?"

Xu Shi has already obtained the elixir that can prolong life, and Ying Zheng can completely treat the matter of seeking immortality and asking for medicine calmly, and he doesn't have too much emotion when he talks about it.

Although Lin Qian repeatedly assured that the immortal cultivator and the immortal are not the same thing, just the words Lin Qian recounted to himself from the immortal hosts and the character expressed in the words are enough to make people speculate that the immortal is facing What kind of reaction will they have when they are "ordinary people".

"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs."

Those real immortals must treat mortals in the same way that heaven and earth treat everything.

Since there is no difference, how can they give people the immortal medicine at will?

Think about it too, if the matter of seeking immortals and asking for medicine is true, why did the princes and kings in the past and even the Empress Xia (the kings of the Xia Dynasty were called "Hou") and Emperor Shang (the kings of the Shang Dynasty were called "Emperor") ), Zhou Tianzi (the king of the Zhou Dynasty was called "the Son of Heaven"), no one has ever achieved immortality?

Ying Zheng still believes in the existence of immortals, but he also understands that there are no immortals in his world.

But just because he clearly realized that there are no immortals in this world, Ying Zheng knew better what kind of intentions these people who said they wanted to find immortals and medicines for him had!

Ying Zheng got up, picked up the clothes and put them on for himself.

Lin Qian also put on her clothes, grabbed the jade bottle and shared a bottle with each other, then walked out together across the screen.

Halfway through, she looked at Ying Zheng: "Are you sure you really don't want to know what they did?"

Ying Zheng gave her a funny look: "What they want to do, the widow will naturally know when I meet them later."

Thinking of his mind-reading skills, Lin Qian snorted.

[Mind reading is really cheating! 】

After washing up, Ying Zheng and Lin Qian had breakfast together, and then called them to the main hall.

Han Tong, Hou Gong, and Shi Sheng quickly followed the servant and entered the door.

After Lin Qian rinsed her mouth, she prepared to leave.

Just as he was about to say hello to Ying Zheng, his eyes fell on these three magic sticks who offered to seek immortality and medicine for Ying Zheng.

In history, the first person who volunteered to seek immortality and medicine for Ying Zheng should be Xu Shi.

That is Xu Fu.

But because Xu Fu in this life was sent to do chemistry early, and before doing chemistry, he was sent to extract mercury and suffered a lot of crimes, so it is naturally impossible to bluff in front of Ying Zheng again.

Except for Xu Shi, Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng, Shi Sheng and others, as recorded in Shiji, did not offer to seek immortality and medicine for Yingzheng: the former was personally ordered by Yingzheng to search for immortals all over the country. The latter two, even two of the three who took the initiative to come to the door now, were sent by Ying Zheng to find the elixir of immortality.

Not necessarily voluntary.

Lin Qian even firmly believed that they were forced to—

Because Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng ran away later.

So Lin Qian thought, Xu Shi, who took the initiative to deceive and deceive, has already embarked on the path of science, and those who were forced to seek immortality and medicine for Yingzheng should not take the initiative to come to the door again.

but……

Lin Qian looked at the three immortals who had just entered the door, glanced at them affectionately, and went straight out.

The three of Shi Sheng and the others felt their hearts skip a beat, and they panicked for some reason.

Ying Zheng said directly: "How did you know that there are three fairy mountains overseas, namely Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou? Since you want to seek immortality and medicine for the widow, do you know where and where these three fairy mountains are? ? Which gods live on the fairy mountain, and what magical powers do they have?"

Shi Sheng and the three were shocked, and after looking at each other, they answered these questions one by one.

But Ying Zheng clearly heard——

[Fortunately, we have inquired about King Qin's temperament, and know that he is not easy to deceive, so we prepared the explanation in advance, otherwise, if we ask today and shake our heads and don't know, it will be bad! 】

【This King Qin is really too scary, no wonder Lu Wen was killed when he disagreed with him. 】

[It’s okay, it’s okay, we have thought about the answer to this question in advance. 】

【Sigh, I knew it would not be easy to earn a living from the King of Qin, but I just don’t know if I have fooled him. If it succeeds, let’s not talk about being a Marquis or a Prime Minister, how can we earn an official position? Is it a job well done?If it really doesn't work, just give some more money to spend! 】

……

After hearing the answer, Ying Zheng smiled.

But the three people who kept their heads down did not realize that his eyes were getting colder and colder.

Ying Zheng asked a few more questions: "What do immortals look like? How do they eat on weekdays? What are their hobbies? Since those immortals live on fairy mountains and are isolated from the world, they naturally don't want to be disturbed. If you go to look for them, It’s fine if you don’t find it, if you find it, how can you be sure that the immortal will give you medicine, instead of thinking that you disturb the immortal’s peace and practice?”

The trio began to sweat.

[Why is this question getting more and more tricky? 】

The three of them looked at each other, and they couldn't answer each other fluently like before. In order to deal with Ying Zheng's question, they began to make up stories with each other.

Ying Zheng looked at it coldly, and didn't expose it. Instead, he asked more questions about daily life, such as eating, drinking, and lassing, which are common to ordinary people but would never be placed on immortals.

But it is these "everydays" that make it difficult to make up nonsense.

Ask the deeds of the immortals, they can say that the immortals ride the clouds and the fog, and the clouds spread the rain; they can say that the immortals ride the rainbow and wear colorful clouds;

daily?

Immortal food and drink dew?Flowers and leaves for food?

But how to practice on weekdays?How to talk?How to socialize?Who has a better relationship with whom?Who is the enemy of each other?besides……

The three swindlers who are usually bluffing and cheating are all good, but they are sweating profusely from a few small questions.

But this is not all.

These questions they had never thought of answering, they would inevitably make mistakes when answering, and if there were any mistakes, Ying Zheng would immediately grab the topic and ask them more questions that were difficult for them to answer.

What's even more frightening is that sometimes the answers they came up with themselves would even be spoken out by Ying Zheng first, and then he would add a sentence——

"This sounds very ridiculous, don't tell the widow that your answer is this."

==·Peng Confucianism·==

Gradually, the three of them also realized that they had encountered difficulties.

But facing the powerful Ying Zheng, the three of them dared not confess the fact that they were liars.

It's hard to ride a tiger.

Ying Zheng watched the three of them play monkey games in front of him as if to be amused.

After playing enough, he ordered to send the three magic sticks that had already been drenched in cold sweat to the palace where those alchemists lived.

Lin Qian returned to the palace after finishing his work, and heard that Ying Zheng did not kill these three people, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that these three people are just like Xu Shi and others, just want to have a meal in Xianyang Palace?"

Xu Shi, a strange man, was able to save his life not because he didn't lie to Ying Zheng, but because he was timid and lucky.

It is said that he was timid because he was young and had not deceived many people at that time, and he was not confident enough in his "deception", so when he came to Yingzheng, he just wanted to make a living, and he was not greedy for other things. read;

And he was lucky because Ying Zheng had killed too many alchemists before.

Moreover, those alchemists were all raised by Ying Zheng with good food and drink before, so they can always find a more reasonable reason to kill them; but Xu Shi, who have just arrived in Xianyang, have not had time to make mistakes, so even if they want to kill them, they can't find a better reason. by the head.

Two reasons came together, Xu Shi and others survived.

But Shi Shenghou gave birth to these people...

Thinking of what these people did, Lin Qian couldn't believe that they just wanted to make a living like Xu Shi.

In fact...

"It's really not." Ying Zheng said calmly, "They want to get their hands on the widow's authority."

Lin Qian paused and sighed for a while: "It's not surprising."

[Those people are really bold and not good people. 】

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian, a little strange: "I remember that Xu Shi also cheated me, but you didn't think Xu Shi was very low at that time?"

Lin Qian nodded: "Xu Shi's ability to lie to you is rooted in you. Although he is a liar, he only lied to you. So although I don't like him, my feelings towards him are not particularly bad."

After all, if Ying Zheng himself was not superstitious, it would be impossible for Xu Shi to deceive him.

Ying Zheng frowned: "It sounds like Shi Sheng and others have not only deceived the widow?"

Lin Qian was about to speak subconsciously, but when she met Ying Zheng's gaze, she swallowed back the words that slipped to her lips: "Why, don't you want to know?"

Ying Zheng looked at her amusedly: "It doesn't seem like a big deal."

Lin Qian looked at him and raised her eyebrows: "That's not the case. Although what they did was inconspicuous, the follow-up reaction caused by what they did has become one of the biggest black spots on your body."

Ying Zheng paused, his face turned cold: "What do you mean?"

Seeing Ying Zheng's serious face, Lin Qian didn't want to be a joke anymore, so she hurriedly said, "Well, this matter itself is not a big deal, it's just taken out of context, and it will be..."

Seeing Ying Zheng looking straight at him, Lin Qian stopped talking nonsense.

"The matter is actually very simple," Lin Qian said, "The source is that you asked people to help you find immortals and ask for medicine, but you should also understand by now that the ancients made up such things as immortals to deceive people. Not only are there no immortals in this world, And there is no elixir of life."

"But Qin Shihuang in history didn't know, so he took a lot of money and asked Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng and others to help you find immortals and medicines."

"Xu Shi went to the sea to find the fairy mountain. If you still can't find the fairy mountain, there are reasons such as wind and waves, sharks, and sea gods to stop you; but Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng and others are looking for immortals on the land of China, and there are even more people around you." I have followed a lot of soldiers you sent, and I can still contact you from time to time... I haven’t been able to find a fairy in these years, so it’s not easy to fool you.”

"After a few years, maybe you are in a hurry, or they are under too much mental pressure..."

"Anyway, Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng and others ran away."

Ying Zheng frowned instantly: "Run away?"

Lin Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with them running away at this time: "If you don't run away, you will find out that you are a liar, and you have lied to you for so many years, and then you killed it?"

Ying Zheng's brows jumped: "You still speak for the liar?"

Lin Qian quickly changed the subject: "If this is the case, Qin Shihuang may not actually pursue it."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Impossible, if I know that someone is deceiving me, and I have been deceiving myself for so many years, I will not cut people into pieces, but I will also cut them into pieces!"

Seeing that Ying Zheng felt the same way, Lin Qian didn't dare to dwell on this topic: "But the problem is, these two people still didn't want to reveal their identities as liars before they escaped, so they chose to arrange Qin Shihuang who slandered them very well."

Ying Zheng's face was extremely ugly: "How to slander?"

"Well... let me recite it to you." Lin Qian thought for a while and decided to let him judge for himself, "This passage is, 'The first emperor was a man, with a violent nature for his own use. , thinking that since ancient times, I have never been able to compare myself. A full-time jailer, the jailer is lucky... Everything in the world is determined by the top, and the top is to measure the book with a stone. Day and night, there is no rest. Greed for power so much , not a medicine for seeking immortality. [Quoting Historical Records]'"

"That's about it."

After hearing this, Yingzheng was a little puzzled: "The widow ruled the world and let all the people live a life without war. Isn't it a big contribution? Isn't it right to rule the country according to the law? It's worth talking about without a doctor? Why didn't the widow listen to Li Si and others? Opinion?"

The more Ying Zheng said, the angrier he became, "Even the widows are diligent and don't rest until they finish a certain amount of government affairs every day. Is it a crime?"

Seeing that he was getting angry, Lin Qian quickly spoke to appease him: "This is what he made up to smear you in order not to make people think that he couldn't find the magic stick for the immortal and the elixir of life. How many people believed his words."

"As for the documents you review every day, you have to use scales. The fact that you don't go to bed until you reach a certain number has not been regarded by future generations as a symbol of your monopoly, but as evidence of your hard work."

Lin Qian almost patted her chest and promised: "At least I think so."

Hearing what Lin Qian said, Ying Zheng's anger finally subsided a little.

Lin Qian was worried that he would be angry and didn't want to mention the follow-up.

Ying Zheng looked at her: "What happened later? Since they want to use widows to cover up their identity as liars, it must not be just the two of them who know."

Lin Qian glanced at Yingzheng's expression, and saw that his expression was fine, so he said, "When you learned that the two escaped, you sent people to hunt them down. Because both of them were from the Confucian family of Qi and Chu, the soldiers stopped at once during the hunt. I found those alchemists and Confucian scholars living in Xianyang and asked about their whereabouts."

"However, during the process of questioning, the soldiers not only discovered that these alchemists and Confucian scholars were spreading the slanderous words of Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng, but they even made up a lot of deceitful words to confuse the public."

Many people only know about burning books and burying Confucian scholars, but they don’t know that “burning books” and “violating Confucian scholars” are actually two irrelevant things. That is to fabricate rumors to influence the people.

How terrible the malicious spreading of rumors is, you can refer to the "water monkey" incident in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China: even cadres who often come into contact with ordinary people will be conjured up by the people as "water monkeys", which will cause various ideological and public security concerns. The problem cannot be ignored at all.

What's more, this is still in ancient times, and the target of this "monster talk" may be Ying Zheng, the person who holds the supreme power.

Ying Zheng sneered: "These people should all be damned! It's best to count them one by one and arrest them all for public display, so that the world will know that slandering others and spreading rumors will not end well."

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng: "Uh... Qin Shihuang was indeed killed."

[And it killed everyone. 】

Ying Zheng felt relieved instantly: "Is this actually the biggest black spot on the widow?"

Those other black spots are really not worth mentioning.

Lin Qian: "...You must know that later on, there was an emperor who respected Confucianism alone, and for as long as 2000 years, Confucianism has been the mainstream. way out."

Ying Zheng frowned fiercely: "Confucianism?"

Although the State of Qin did not re-use Confucianism, there were indeed many Confucian scholars in the court. For example, the more than 70 doctors mentioned by Hou Sheng were mostly of Confucian origin.

But why didn't Ying Zheng reuse them?

Because although Confucianism is powerful in playing power, dividing classes and shifting conflicts, establishing the order of the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles and father and son, monarch and ministers are indeed useful for stabilizing the country's rule, but this kind of usefulness can only restrain the weak forever, restrain the truly moral people, and at the same time give the weak their strengths. The right of the knife to the weaker.

Ying Zheng didn't like it.

Not only the use of Confucianism will reduce the number of available talents in Qin State by half, but also because morality has no binding force on those who may really affect social stability, and will instead be used as a sharp edge to legally persecute others.

This is totally unnecessary.

There is an injustice and a debtor. Anyone who dares to mess around will be arrested. Why pass on the conflict?

His Daqin laws and regulations can't cure a mere criminal?

"Pitching Confucianism is regarded as a black spot of yours. I personally don't understand it. After all, these four hundred people who are not sure whether they are alchemists or Confucian scholars were killed by you for committing crimes. There is nothing to make a fuss about. On the contrary It's..." Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, "Afterwards, someone forged the prophecy of 'Emperor Shidi will be divided', but you killed the people around the stone where the prophecy was located because you couldn't find the culprit. It doesn't feel right."

but……

Who made the person who has the right to speak Confucianism?

Ying Zheng still couldn't help but argue for himself: "Since someone forged the stone, there must be a commotion. How could no one see it?"

Since someone saw it, it was impossible not to find out.

Sending troops in the past and failing to find out can only show that the locals are covering up the culprit!

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, obviously there was no complaint or accusation in her eyes, but...

Thinking of Lin Qian's importance to the common people, Ying Zheng couldn't help but twitch -

Why is he so guilty?

Ying Zheng coughed a few times, and changed the subject decisively: "I think that murdering Confucian scholars is definitely not a black spot. Is your future generations' evaluation of you too biased?"

Lin Qian was a little amused, but fortunately she held back: "Probably because the Confucianism incident is bound to another black spot of yours, and the other black spot is really unclear, so..."

Ying Zheng was stunned: "There are more?"

Lin Qian looked at him: "Yes, there are quite a lot."

[It's just that they are not as famous as burning books and burying scholars. 】