In the Xinzheng County Sheriff's Mansion, official documents awaiting processing from all over Korea were piled three feet high on the desk.
There is no need to open it to read the content. Just at this height, Ying Chengyu's head hurts. Gui Guzi is gone, and he needs to deal with these things personally.
He threw away his arms and picked up his pen to write. He regretted a little. He shouldn't have just let Guiguzi go.
"Isn't it time to go to work again? Then why didn't the old ghost finish processing the official documents before leaving?"
Ying Chengyu had a sad face, cursed and started to work.
If the three-foot-tall bamboo slips on the desk were made of bamboo, Ying Chengyu wouldn't be so uncomfortable. With the thickness of the bamboo slips, it would take less than three hours for Ying Chengyu to finish processing them.
It's a pity that the three feet high thing on the table is made of paper, paper as thin as a cicada's wings.
Xianyang, Chang'an Junfu.
The First Emperor was fishing leisurely and leisurely, experiencing the happiness of those who wished to take the bait. Now the First Emperor no longer approves memorials.
Small matters will be handled by Xiangbang Mansion.
The Prime Minister's Office will give the results of handling major events and report them to the emperor, and it will be up to the First Emperor to make the final decision.
The Qin Empire has been operating like this for a month, and nothing happened. The First Emperor was worried from the beginning, and called Li Si every three days, and Wang Wan came to the palace to inquire about the government. Now he is used to asking about the government once every seven days, and occasionally checks the memorials of the Prime Minister's Office.
The First Emperor, who had been busy all the time, was very satisfied with his current living conditions. There were already two concubines in the harem who were pregnant.
Right Prime Minister Wang Wan once said euphemistically: Your Majesty, by doing this, are you too indulgent to Lu Buwei? This is a bit inappropriate. His power is almost the same as before.
The First Emperor answered directly: No problem, I can take back the power if I can give it to him, so don’t worry too much.
In the Qin Dynasty, the newly appointed Prime Minister Jiang Shang has a dominant family.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
Lu Buwei, whose pseudonym was Jiang Shang, came to the small courtyard where he had stayed for nearly ten years with a volume of memorials in his hand.
Not only did the First Emperor dare not express his dissatisfaction with the dove occupying the magpie's nest, he had to bow his head respectfully and show gratitude.
Others' arsenic is mine honey.
Lu Buwei, who had monopolized power since King Zhuang and Xiang of Qin Dynasty, did not want to retire. He wished that the First Emperor could stay in power forever so that he could put into full use what he had learned throughout his life.
"Why are you here again?"
The First Emperor turned around dissatisfied.
Lu Buwei gave a wry smile and handed over the bamboo slips in his hand.
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
"Seven days so soon?"
The First Emperor reluctantly put down the fishing rod and unfolded the bamboo slips. He looked at the contents of the bamboo slips very carefully. The bamboo slips recorded the major events of the Qin Empire this week, as well as the handling methods of the Prime Minister's Office, and the orders to be issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
"The whole country will replace bamboo slips with paper. Is this your order?"
"yes."
The First Emperor fell into deep thought.
Paper is lighter, faster, and easier to write on than bamboo slips. The reason why the First Emperor held down the paper to prevent Ying Chengyu from releasing it was not because paper had any drawbacks, but because paper spread too easily.
In the past, bamboo slips were difficult to preserve, and one bamboo slip could not record much text. If replaced by paper, which is the same size as a bamboo slip, the paper can contain five times the number of texts, and it is lighter and easier to carry.
This will greatly increase the chances of people in the world becoming literate and sensible, which is not conducive to the management of the Qin Empire.
Most of the people who scolded the First Emperor were scholars. The common people in Guizhou who didn't have enough to eat and didn't have warm clothes couldn't take care of their families. They didn't have the time to scold the First Emperor.
"Replacing bamboo with paper and developing movable type printing are all invalid."
"Your Majesty! Paper has been spread all over the world, and the people who created the law are all aware of it. If we don't use it, the remnants of the six countries will use it, and the Qin Dynasty will fall behind!"
Lu Buwei was anxious.
The Lu Chamber of Commerce, who traveled all over the country and went everywhere, chopped up the paper and then played it and distributed it to the world.
Nowadays, whether it is Qi Di on the coast of the East China Sea, Zhao Di near Donghu, or Yan Di in the far north. Not to mention paper flying into the homes of ordinary people, at least it is definitely not uncommon.
This situation was already discussed by Ying Chengxuan and Lu Buwei. The two of them decided to kill it first and then report it. They wanted to use the fait accompli to get the emperor to agree to spread the paper.
"Is it because of the relationship between your Majesty and your ministers that you don't publicize the paper?"
Lu Buwei knelt on his knees. The old man felt a little humiliated and said:
"Your Majesty, please put the common people of the world first, and don't do it because of me..."
"Don't take yourself too seriously, you are not that important."
Ying Zheng didn't listen to Lu Buwei's remarks and said casually:
"The world will still be the same without you, Lu Buwei. The Qin Kingdom will still be the Qin Kingdom without you, Jiang Xiangbang. Don't think too highly of yourself, I know what you and that Shuzi are thinking. Just do what I say."
Lu Buwei was unwilling to give in.
Zadao, it is Lu Buwei’s lifelong wish that there be no high or low in the world.
The premise of all this is to open up the people's wisdom. Without the people's wisdom, Guizhou will always be enslaved by the nobles.
Learning may not necessarily change your destiny.
If you don’t learn, you will definitely not be able to change your destiny.
"Your Majesty, this matter..."
"Have you had enough seats at the Prime Minister's seat?"
The First Emperor said without raising his eyebrows, grabbed the fishing rod at hand and threw it in front of Lu Buwei.
"Does Mr. Jiang want to come back for fishing?"
The Qin State was the Qin State of the First Emperor, not the Qin State of Lu Buwei.
The First Emperor could let Lü Buwei take over the power and approve the memorials. The premise was that Lü Buwei would approve the memorials in accordance with the First Emperor's wishes.
If you, Lu Buwei, want to govern Qin according to your "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", then you should come back as soon as possible and continue fishing.
Lu Buwei shut up, stood up silently, and waited quietly for the First Emperor to finish reading.
He is not obsessed with power, but he cannot leave the position of prime minister for the time being. As the prime minister who is inferior to one person and above ten thousand people, he can get involved in many things, and can occasionally add benefits to the ruthless Legalists.
A few favors.
Returning to Chang'an to go fishing, he could do nothing. He knew the First Emperor well and knew that the powerful emperor in front of him would not become a wisher for the second time.
"The new order bans paper: Those who make paper will be killed, those who use paper will be killed, and those who distribute paper will be killed."
"only."
"It was issued throughout the world, including the seven northwest counties, except Han Dynasty."
"only."
In the next hour, the First Emperor asked about other government orders on the bamboo slips, and learned some about the situation in Qin from Lu Buwei. After asking Lu Buwei to express his own opinions, he thought calmly, and then made the final decision.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After handling the matter, the First Emperor threw the bamboo slips that could determine the fate of the world to Lu Buwei, picked up the fishing rod and flicked it into the water. He watched the fish floating up and down, blowing on it.
The breeze makes you feel at ease.
"Why don't you leave yet?"
The First Emperor turned around and said to Lu Buwei, who still hadn't left. He felt that Lu Buwei was an eyesore. The First Emperor could put aside his personal grudges and let Lu Buwei help him, but that didn't mean he had no memory of the Qinian Palace incident many years ago.
"Lately, Lord Gan often entertains banquets, and there are no less than a hundred people attending each time."
"You don't need to report such a trivial matter to me. If he likes to have a banquet, he will do so. If you are willing, you can also do so."
"I'm saying that Gan Shangqing's frequent gatherings of family members may cause disaster."
"I say, if you feel that it is difficult to cope with it, you can also win over people's hearts. Qin Chen, who is not a member of the aristocratic family, should be matched with your former genius disciple."
The First Emperor didn't care about authenticity.
The First Emperor never cared about forming cliques.
The Meng family occupied half of the Qin army, and the First Emperor never had any control over it. Wang Jian led a Qin army of 600,000 soldiers to conquer Chu, accounting for 80% of the Qin army, and the First Emperor was not suspicious.
Even the First Emperor, a general who could rebel and held a gun, adopted a laissez-faire attitude. The First Emperor did not care about the civil servants who held pens.
"All of Xunzi's disciples came to Xianyang. The skilled ones entered the court and became officials, while the mediocre ones went out to govern. The positions of some aristocratic families have been replaced by Xunzi's disciples. Today, there are still many Xunzi disciples in the Chang'an Palace. This move makes the Xianyang aristocratic families uneasy. In my opinion,
Xunzi’s disciples should be sent away to calm the minds of all the aristocratic families.”
A group of small aristocratic families led by the Baili family were completely eliminated.
Although he still had the title, his resignation was approved, and he lost his official position and was replaced by a disciple of Xunzi.
After regretting the re-submission of the memorial requesting the officials to be reinstated and being personally rejected by the First Emperor, it was only a matter of time before the demise of these small aristocratic families.
The rootless water cannot continue, and they have no choice but to be swallowed up.
These speculators, headed by the Baili family who had been abandoned by Gan Luo, and who had abandoned Gan Luo's leadership, met a miserable end, which was so miserable that it left all the great families in Xianyang with lingering fears.
There was an endless stream of people at the door of Chang'an Jun's Mansion, all of them were Xunzi's disciples, and the threshold had been kicked down seven times. These speculators can be replaced today, and they will be replaced in the future.
People in Xianyang have been in panic recently. Although Lu Buwei has no bad impression of these aristocratic families, for the sake of the stability of the Qin State, he still has to appease these aristocratic families who occupy 80% of the official positions in Guanzhong.
There are indeed many disciples of Xunzi, enough to knock out a few more big families. But there is still a long way to go to completely replace the big families.
"No need."
"If all the aristocratic families submit their resignations..."
"They don't dare."
"..."
Lu Buwei felt that the First Emperor was a little arrogant.
Once all the aristocratic families submitted their resignations, Lu Buwei could not imagine how the First Emperor could break the situation. Instead of being forced to give in then, it would be better to stabilize the aristocratic families now.
"Build a Xianyang University next to the doctor's office and place all the students of Guigu and Xunzi there."
The sudden words of the First Emperor made Lu Buwei momentarily confused.
Here he put aside his prejudices and blindly asked to appease the aristocratic family. The First Emperor built the Xianyang Academy instead. Isn't this adding fuel to the fire? This is equivalent to telling the entire aristocratic family that if you don't want to do it to me, there will be others to do it.
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Just do it."
"……only."
Lu Buwei resigned with deep worries.
Although both had great power, the feeling of serving the First Emperor was completely different from the feeling of serving King Qin Zhuangxiang. Lu Buwei missed the time when he served as King Qin Zhuangxiang's minister.
One day later, the order was sent to Xianyang.
Construction has begun on several large houses in Xianyang City, which are larger than all government agencies. There has never been a government agency in Xianyang that can accommodate more than 10,000 people, and Xianyang University is the first.
The already worried family became even more worried. Under Gan Luo's order, another banquet was held in the new building.
This time, as usual, there are still beauties galore, the bells and whistles are ringing, and the food is as luxurious as possible, and how to show off the difference from those untouchables.
But this time, almost no one played with the beauties, almost no one ate the wine and meat, and everyone was in a bad mood.
The construction of Xianyang Academy is a big mountain that weighs on the minds of many aristocratic families.
As long as the mountain has not been moved, no one is in the mood to play around. If they continue to play around, they will be just like the Baili family, and they will die.
"Why are you all so sad?"
Gan Luo was sitting at the top, looking very good. He had been out of Xianyang Prison for a long time.
The three great families of Meng Xibai, who were able to restrain Gan Luo, were defeated by Ying Chengxiang. The Bao Bai family, who strongly supported Gan Luo, was promoted to meritorious service, while the Baili family, who betrayed Gan Luo, was about to perish.
After this series of combined punches, Gan Luo's reputation among the aristocratic families reached an extremely high point, much higher than before entering Xianyang Prison.
The Gan family now deserves to be the only one in the family. It has surpassed the category of a big family and is unique among aristocratic families.
A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
Gan Luo, who deliberately forgets some unhappy things, has been very proud of himself recently. The prosperity of the Gan family is Gan Luo's vision.
Gan Luo gave him a look.
The beauty next to her was very eye-catching, quick, elegant, and bowed to pour the wine. The gauze dress on her body had no effect on her body, but only increased her attack speed.
Gan Luo smiled and picked up the wine bottle, holding it high.
"Everyone, drink up this bottle!"
Most of the heads of the aristocratic families with bad expressions smiled forcefully, picked up their wine bottles, and drank the wine along with Gan Luo.
Tsunade Lord Cai Zecou was not conspicuous at all among the group of family heads, and he drank all the wine in the bottle.
"Why are you looking so sad? But what happened recently?"
Gan Luo asked knowingly.
"Sir, this Xianyang Academy is going to destroy the foundation of my family. How can we not worry about it?"
"Your Majesty has been neglecting political affairs recently and has left all matters to that merchant Jiang. This matter must have been caused by that merchant Jiang."
"That's it. When Jiang Shang saw that we were at a disadvantage, he kept flattering his Majesty and tried to trick His Majesty into building Xianyang Academy. We, the Qin Dynasty, have built our country through war since ancient times, so why do we need an academy?"
"It is still unknown whether Your Majesty is aware of this matter. Your Excellency, please take me to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit?"
"..."
Everyone was chatting away, but Gan Luo listened quietly.
The old man Cai Ze also joined in the speech. He was neither overly excited nor overly calm, but quite satisfactory.
As the sound gradually became louder and lasted longer, Gan Luo's face became a little ugly.
When he heard someone mention that they wanted to submit their resignations collectively in protest, Gan Luo slammed the table and said angrily:
"You guys are not stupid, is Bendang Luo a stupid person?"
He pointed at the group of family heads who had been saying that Jiang Shang was responsible for this incident.
"This is not the Xianyang Palace. We are all on the same page. Don't play tricks. Who dares to build a school in Xianyang without His Majesty's permission? Who can seize His Majesty's power? Idiot!"
Then he points to those people who want to take drastic measures, such as breaking into the palace to have a fight and submitting their resignations.
"You still think that not enough people have died? Meng Xibai's death cannot alarm you? The demise of the Baili family cannot scare you? If you want to seek death, please do it yourself, don't hold me, Gan Luo
Together, okay?"
Gan Luo was not very tall, but everyone was sitting down, but he was the only one standing, so he towered over everyone else.
"It was my mistake to wait, please don't be angry."