"The Prime Minister said it all," Ying Zheng said calmly.
Li Si's solemn and clear voice immediately echoed in the hall: "Today's imperial meeting is held in front of the imperial court. The outside world has different opinions on this, and various conspiracies and conspiracy theories are emerging in an endless stream. All these are the root causes of false discussion of state affairs."
"Today it has been decided that a decree will be issued."
"The people should work for agriculture, industry, commerce, and tourism, and the scholars should study laws and eliminate prohibitions."
"That is to say, a scholar should understand what he should do, avoid what he should not do, and be a man who serves the public and upholds the law. However, since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, doctors have learned from the past instead of learning from the present, thinking that criticizing the current world is the best thing to do.
His talent is to confuse the people."
"You all don't know the laws of the country!"
"In ancient times, the world was in disarray, and it was impossible to rule it all at once. There were many princes, and the people who talked about it worshiped the past and harmed the present, and made false claims to confuse the facts. The scholars all studied in private schools, and the state's learning could not gain a foothold. Today, our country, the Qin Dynasty, has
It doesn’t matter whether it’s black or white, but private scholars still teach illegal knowledge.”
"Whenever a government order is issued and implemented, people will learn from it and criticize it."
"When you go in, you have bad intentions, when you go out, you talk in the streets, promote your own school to gain fame, uphold heresies as a maverick, make noises about your subordinates, and spread slander. If these evil habits cannot be restrained, the authority of the country will spread to the top, and private cronies will gather.
The balance is left."
"The nobles of the Six Kingdoms can still make trouble after losing their country, and this is how they become popular!"
"That's why."
"An old minister is hereby asking Your Majesty to prohibit people from discussing politics with each other privately, and to abolish the system of doctors discussing politics, so as to unify the power of the country."
After Li Si finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers from all around.
Everyone understood what Li Si meant, which was to completely remove the doctor's authority to participate in political affairs. Naturally, they readily agreed. The courtiers had long been dissatisfied with Confucian participation in politics, and Confucianism had always been restless.
The events of the Shang and Zhou dynasties used ancient times to satirize the present and allude to government affairs.
In recent years, prophecies and folk songs have become popular around Xianyang. Even though the political situation is so severe, Confucians are still advocating a change of political system here, which obviously offends the public.
Therefore, Li Si's words were approved by everyone.
The expressions of Kong Yu and others changed greatly.
The reason why Confucians are so powerful is because they can meet the emperor and discuss with the courtiers in public. If they are isolated from the court, they Confucians may really become blind. If the court takes action against them, they may even
Can't even notice it.
This was not what Zixiang was worried about.
He had known for a long time that the imperial court did not like Confucianism, and it was only a matter of time before the Confucianists were driven out of the court. What he cared about was another sentence of Li Si's, "Scholars all study in private schools." When he heard this sentence,
Zixiang couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, fearing that Li Si had really noticed something.
But soon.
His complexion returned to normal.
He had already realized that Li Si was not aware of what Confucianism was doing in private. He was only stating the story of "the emperor lost his official position and learned in the barbarians" during the Zhou Dynasty. Even so, he was shocked into a cold sweat.
but.
These measures are still within the acceptable range.
What Li Si said is indeed in line with the actual situation of the Qin Dynasty. In the past few years since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor suffered many assassinations, various prophecies and rumors were prevalent among the people, and the court had always wanted to issue laws and tighten the standards of public opinion. In fact, there were practical considerations.
Again.
Most of Li Si's suggestions are deterrent policies and are not very practical in practice.
The only one that works.
That is to drive Confucianism out of the court.
As for his Confucianism, he had already decided to break with the Qin court and could not go to court. It actually didn't matter much. It was just that other Confucian scholars still cared about these vanities, so they seemed a little unable to accept it.
but......
In fact, he can accept it, and is even willing to accept it.
However, he did not think that Li Si's attack on Confucianism was limited to this. Li Si must have other countermeasures. He turned his head and looked at Li Si.
This skinny and cold Prime Minister of Qin!
The doctors were silent at this moment, and no one tried to refute.
It's really impossible to refute.
At the same time, Li Si glanced at the doctors present indifferently and continued: "In view of this, I ask you to follow the book-burning law."
As soon as these words came out, it was like thunder.
The doctors could no longer sit still, and all stood up. They looked at the Prime Minister of Qin with shock, as if they did not expect that Li Si could be so ruthless.
Li Si's expression remained unchanged.
Continued:
"Shang Jun's book says: There are thousands of people engaged in agricultural warfare, but there is only one person who can understand the wisdom of "Poems" and "Books", but all the thousands of people are idle in agricultural warfare."
"When Han Feizi and I were studying together, Han Feizi told me a story."
"Wang Deng, the magistrate of Zhongmu County, recommended two local celebrities to Zhao Xiangzi, saying that Xu Ji was of good conduct and knowledgeable in Zhongzhang. Zhao Xiangzi received them cordially and granted them land and houses."
"But when the people of Zhongmu saw that these two people could easily get rewards without having to work, they all became red-eyed and refused to plow the fields anymore. They sold all their fields and houses and followed those who engaged in private education.
Half the city is like this."
"The meaning of this story is very simple."
"When there are some shortcuts in the world that can achieve both fame and wealth without too much effort, the people will definitely rush to choose it. If nothing else, this is the natural tendency of human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. There are already signs of this inappropriate behavior in Daqin.
It breeds, so it should be severely suppressed and contained!”
"After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the 'One Religion' should be promoted!"
"That's unified education!"
"Therefore, I would like to invite you again, veteran minister." Li Si bowed and said in a cold voice: "If you prefer the past but not the present, you should rely on historical books as evidence."
"For this reason, the old minister requested that all historical books should be burned by non-Qin journalists; except for the national collection of the Yushifu, anyone else who has a private collection of "Poems", "Books" and hundreds of political classics should be handed over to the prefectures and counties.
The official offices were burned together."
"Anyone who dares to criticize the New Deal with "Poems" and "Books" will be beheaded and abandon the market; anyone who dares to criticize the ancient times and the present will be exterminated; officials who fail to mention it will be punished with the same crime; those who fail to collect books within thirty days of the order will be punished with tattoos
Hard labor.”
"Any book that does not involve political matters can be retained."
"If the people want to learn the laws, they should take the officials as their teachers and the law as their teachings!"
"Listen with a straight face!
"
After Li Si finished speaking, the main hall was filled with silence.
Everyone opened their mouths in shock at this moment, but no one dared to make a sound.
They still wholeheartedly agreed with Li Si's previous suggestion, which was to expel the doctors from the court and ban people from discussing politics, but the subsequent book-burning order made them feel a little dissatisfied.
This is too much!
During the Shang Dynasty's reform period, a ban on "Burn Poetry Books" was also issued, but it was only a ban on poetry books, not world history books, and it was implemented at that time. When King Qin Huiwen came to the throne, it was no longer banned.
This law continues.
For hundreds of years after that, there were no more Burnt Book Orders in the Qin Dynasty.
Li Si's suggestion this time was even more extreme than that of Lord Shang, and even went too far. Although the Qin State hated Confucian scholars, it had always respected scholars. If Li Si's suggestion was implemented, wouldn't it mean that he would be the leader of the world?
Scholars break up?
The courtiers were shaken and didn't know how to speak.
the other side.
All the doctors present changed their expressions.
Even Zixiang couldn't sit still at all.
He expected that Li Si would make another attack, but he did not expect that Li Si would be so ruthless as to want to uproot Confucianism directly and not give Confucianism any chance to survive. If the book-burning order was really enacted, Confucian classics would undoubtedly destroy everyone.
Shouting and beating.
For Confucianism, this is nothing short of a disaster.
Kong Yu screamed in despair: "Li Si, you are avenging a public vendetta. When did our Confucian family offend you? You want to destroy the foundation of our Confucian existence? You clearly want to destroy our Confucian family. Your actions are annihilating civilization."
, the laws of extinction.”
"Your Majesty, this is not possible..."
Kong Yu exhorted in a hoarse voice.
His eyes were full of despair.
Li Si snorted coldly and said indifferently: "Civilization? Tianli? How can your Confucianism be worthy of such a title? What your Confucianism advocates is the three-generation royal government, but will the nobles of the six countries who annexed the people's land listen to what you advocate?"
Do you dare to tell this to the farmers who work hard for others?"
“Confucianism is civilization?”
"Confucianism is the law of heaven?"
"absurd!"
"What kind of civilization does your Confucianism advocate? What kind of natural principles?"
"In my opinion, your Confucianism admires the civilization of restoration and the natural principles of chaos. Now that the Qin Dynasty is in ruins and waiting to be reborn, it is more important to unify our thoughts. If we don't kill your restorative arrogance, destroy this
With the ambition of kingly justice and heavenly principles, won’t the world always be in turmoil?”
“Confucianism must no longer tolerate it!”
At this time.
Ying Zheng's voice came from the high platform.
"Any objection?"
Ying Zheng's voice was not loud, but it was as if it was carrying the force of thunder, threatening people's hearts. The doctors were silent. At this time, the ministers seemed to have realized something, and they burst out with a shout: "I have no objection, I have no objection.
Please make your decision, Your Majesty."
Ying Zheng stood up suddenly and looked down condescendingly.
He said coldly:
"The Lord of Shang advocated the implementation of 'one religion', 'one reward' and 'one punishment' in the world."
"With the current noise and unrest, it is time to formulate a religion. Da Qin has always adhered to the legal system, so naturally it should be guided by Legalism."
"Confucianism claims to be civilization and natural law, but I just don't believe it. Without the so-called civilization and natural law of Confucianism, the sky will fall, the earth will sink, and the system of prefectures and counties that Da Qin has implemented for several years will be replaced by the feudal system.
!”
"It doesn't matter whether it's the nobles of the six countries, this family or that family."
"If anyone wants to restore the country and make noise and cause trouble, he can compete with the Qin Dynasty."
"I have a special edict today: what Prime Minister Li Si has written shall be implemented accordingly."
"This is my response to the restoration forces!"
Ying Zheng finished speaking.
The ministers below quickly bowed in response.
"Your Majesty is wise."
The doctors on the other side were all as if they were mourning for their heirs. They were all slumped on the ground, with no expression on their faces. Zi Xiang also showed unconcealable fear on his face.
Three days later.
Yingzheng's edict was attached to the Prime Minister's Office and was officially promulgated throughout the world.
The content of Ying Zheng's edict was very concise, with only two short sentences: "As discussed by the great dynasty, Zhi said: Yes. It is allowed to be issued by the Prime Minister's Office to the counties."
The Prime Minister's Office Order is more specific.
This is an order that truly affects the world. This order turned Li Si's meeting at court into an actual government order, which included various matters. This order was called "Wenzhi Purge".
From then on, the world began to burn books vigorously...