Li Si also fell silent. He was originally from Chu. He was born in Chu State and went to Cai State, but he became the left prime minister of Qin State and helped Qin State destroy Chu.
Even if Li Si thought about it, he still couldn't figure out when he had never thought about returning to the Chu Kingdom.
It seems that no one of the many scholars who came from Chu State returned to Chu State.
But Li Si didn't know when this concept was created.
It seems that no one among the scholars who came from the Chu Kingdom thought about studying for the sake of the Chu Kingdom or working hard to make their family and country strong.
Even these scholars do not have the concept of family and country in their hearts!
From the moment they left the study tour in Chu State, they seemed to have never thought about going back again!
"The defeat of Chu State was not unjust!" Li Si finally sighed.
If the people of a country never think about serving their country, but only want to escape from Chu, what future does it have?
If the brain drain from Wei is serious, then Chu is even worse. At least Wei still has a lot of talented people left behind, but what about Chu?
Scholars who went out to study almost never returned.
"I just didn't expect that the State of Qin would actually remove Lu Shang from the position of chief priest and promote Bai Qi to the position of chief priest!" What surprised Han Fei the most was this.
Since the Zhou Dynasty, the chief priest of the Wu Temple has always been Lu Shang, and the accompanying priests have changed one after another, but the position of the chief priest has never been shaken.
"This is normal. The people of Qin are black, the Qin country is water-virtuous, and Zhou is fire-virtuous. The unification of Qin was based on the destruction of Zhou. It is normal for Lu Shang to be removed from the position of chief priest!" Li Si was not surprised at all.
After all, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible for the ministers of the Zhou Dynasty to be the chief priests.
"I'm talking about the officiant becoming Bai Qi!" Han Fei looked at Li Si and said seriously.
He was not surprised that Lu Shang was removed from the role of officiant. To his surprise, Bai Qi became the officiant.
Among the ten philosophers of the Martial Temple, there are many famous generals from the Qin State. For example, it would be more suitable to have Qi Liji from the Qin State clan as the main priest, but I did not expect that it would be Bai Qi.
After all, in addition to being known as the God of Killing, Bai Qi also has the title of Killer of Humans.
Being the chief priest of the Martial Temple with such a title is not a good thing for the rule of Qin.
"What do you think?" Han Fei looked at Li Si. Without Li Si's nod, it was unlikely that this matter would have passed.
"Because I can't afford to offend him!" Li Si said helplessly.
At the beginning, they also wanted to use Qiliji as the main sacrifice, but compared to Bai Qi's achievements, Qiliji really couldn't compare.
There are few people among the ten philosophers who can match Bai Qi's achievements.
The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period fought for so many years and suffered more than two million casualties, but Bai Qi killed more than a million by himself.
And Bai Qi was not from a very high background. Although he was also from a noble family, this nobleman was the grandson of Gongsun Sheng, a nobleman of the Chu State. He could not be said to have no status in the Qin State, but he was not high.
However, Bai Qi was able to start as a commoner and fight in more than seventy battles without losing a single victory. He defeated Shang Jun's military merit list by force.
Before Bai Qi, the military merits set by Lord Shang were only at level 20, with the highest being the Marquis of Che.
However, Bai Qi was able to surpass Chehou in general, so Qin had to add a title to Chehou!
He was also the only man in the history of the Qin State who defeated Lang Mie by virtue of his military exploits.
Although the world was unified, military merit and rank were still the fundamental promotion and official selection system of the Qin State, and it was implemented throughout the world.
Therefore, in order to let the world know about the military merit system and see the hope of promotion, Bai Qi became the best example.
In the end, Bai Qi became the chief priest of the Martial Temple.
Because he is the only one who started out as a commoner, relied on military merit, and rose to become a king all the way.
Especially since everyone knows that Qin's next target is Peacock, it is necessary to let the military merits be thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people and spread the martial arts of the Qin people throughout the world.
When the time comes for the army to go into battle and worship at the Martial Arts Temple, all the soldiers and generals will look at Bai Qi, the chief priest. Who can withstand this temptation?
You don't even need any pre-war mobilization. You just need to point at the statue of Bai Qi in front of the Martial Arts Temple and ask, do you want to become the next God of Killing? The whole army will rush to the battlefield screaming.
Of course, apart from that, Li Si would never admit that it was because he saw that he was too breasty!
Well, to be precise, on the night when the Ten Philosophers and Twenty-Four Generals were confirmed, almost all the top officials of Great Qin met their wives!
What could they do? Their ancestors were all serving as servants for others, so they came to talk to them all night long in person.
Who can guarantee that he will not fall into the hands of others in a hundred years?
Therefore, that night, everyone decisively voted for Bai Qi, and overnight they came up with the reason why Bai Qi became the officiant!
"If Great Qin builds a Confucian Temple, who do you think will be selected?" Han Fei thought for a while and spoke again.
The Wu Temple has been established, but is the Confucian Temple still far behind?
"It's hard to be sure about the Confucian Temple! Since ancient times, there has been no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts, but the Wu Temple can still be ranked based on merit, but it's hard to say who has greater merit in the Confucian Temple!" Li Si shook his head.
Even the criteria for selecting a Confucian Temple are difficult to determine. Should it be determined based on its contribution to the country, or based on the spread of literature and Taoism?
If it is the former, then basically few of the founders of hundreds of schools of thought can be selected, but literati dare to list themselves before their ancestors?
But if it is the latter, then there are too many ancestors of hundreds of schools of thought, and a ranking can allow hundreds of schools to start fighting directly!
For example, if you put the Taoist Lao Tzu before the Confucian Lao Tzu, can the Confucians tolerate it? Well, it is indeed possible for the Confucians to tolerate it, after all Confucius once studied with Lao Tzu.
What about Mozi? If you rank Mozi before Confucianism, the Confucianists can't bear it; if you rank Confucius before Mozi, the Mohists can't bear it!
Originally, there was some academic dispute between the two families, but it was so serious that the two families couldn't help but think it over.
Similarly, there are many conflicts among the hundreds of schools, and they are all enduring it now. Once the ranking of Confucian temples is completed, it will be great fun.
Martial Arts Temple can be ranked because Martial Arts Temple involves generals and schools, and almost all military strategists have something in common, so there can be a perfect standard.
Not so with the Confucian Temple. The Confucian Temple is not a Confucian Temple. It only needs to include Confucian disciples. Such a Confucian Temple is only a Confucian Confucian Temple and will not be recognized by other schools of thought.
Therefore, it is difficult to open the Confucian Temple.
No one dares to say this. After all, the problem cannot be solved. It is still easy to solve the person who raised the problem!
"So, it's difficult for us to enter the temple?" Han Fei sighed.
Military generals can still venture into temples and enjoy incense offerings, but it seems difficult for them, civil servants.
"It's not impossible!" Li Si thought for a while and said.
"How to get in?" Han Fei asked.
"You can enter the City God's Temple. For example, senior brother can become the County God of Yingchuan!" Li Si said with a smile.
"..." Han Fei was silent. The City God is only a local god, but the Martial Arts Temple is the Martial Arts Temple in the world!