Chapter 373 Teacher, you and Lord Changan are the source of turmoil in the world
The white winter snow is falling, and as long as it is snow during the day, it will not fall in front of the gate of Chang'an Jun's Mansion.
Throughout the whole winter day, there was never a time when there was no one in front of the Chang'an Jun's Mansion.
Pedestrians, bullock carts, and horse-drawn carriages were all coming in an endless stream. The snowflakes all fell on the people and carts, never reaching the ground.
The younger brother of the First Emperor, a powerful minister who was not suspected by the king, a man who could flip tables, and a man with a record of flipping tables. When these three labels are attached to one person, the effect is explosive.
As long as you can enter the Xianyang Palace, as long as you are a Xianyang noble, you will not be able to escape the words "Ying Chengxi".
If the courtiers do not love them, they will respect them; if they do not respect them, they will fear them.
When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Ying Chengxuan gained power, and the number of guests in the house also increased. If a common guest in the Chang'an Lord's house said goodbye and left to join someone else, he would immediately be treated with a higher level of treatment.
There is a brazier in the open space in the middle of Xunzi's house, with firewood burning slowly in it, and the fire is weak.
Xunzi added a piece of firewood to the inside.
"The palace is like a city. Your Majesty seems to have great success this time, but in fact, he is not doing good things. Your Majesty is the heaven of Qin. How can you go against heaven by borrowing your power?
"It is true that the opponents are those nobles, but please don't forget, Your Majesty, that the biggest opponent is Your Majesty. The ultimate goal of suppressing these nobles is to get Your Majesty to agree to enlighten the people and agree to reforms.
"Now these nobles are afraid of the power of your Majesty and do not dare to stand opposite your Majesty. If your Majesty cannot force you to resist these nobles, Your Majesty will not feel the crisis and will not agree to the wisdom of the world."
Xunzi sighed deeply, his face full of regret.
"How can it be such a coincidence that one person's death ruins his whole life? It's just one step away!"
The chubby Zhang Cang leaned close to the fire and laughed.
Xunzi was already angry, but when he heard that his disciples did not grieve with him, he laughed loudly. His anger became even more angry, and he calmly rolled up his sleeves, trying to teach his disciples to respect their teachers.
"Teacher, please calm down and spare Cang once. Cang didn't mean to laugh."
"Are your words ridiculous?"
The sleeves have been rolled up.
Seeing the teacher like this, Zhang Cang did not dare to delay and quickly defended:
"Even if Meng Ao survives, this matter will not be completed. This is not a coincidence, this is premeditated. The teacher sees your majesty too easily. Your majesty is good at conspiracy. He likes conspiracy, not only uses conspiracy. Your majesty does not need conspiracy.
It’s because you don’t like conspiracy, it’s not that you don’t know how to conspire. Cangdu can clearly see the plans of the teacher and Lord Chang’an, how could your majesty not see it.”
Xunzi held the ruler in his left hand and tapped it gently on the palm of his right hand.
The sound of "pop" made the fat on Zhang Cang's face tremble, fearing that the next blow would hit the palm of his hand.
When I was studying at Jixia Academy, if someone was naughty or misbehaving in class, the teacher would teach me how to behave with a ruler, showing no mercy. The ruler was the shadow of Zhang Cang's childhood.
"If you can tell me and your Majesty what you think, I will not hold you accountable for your previous disrespect."
Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Zhang Cang muttered in a low voice.
"Can't Cang see it? I'm usually too lazy to think about most things. It's not that I can't think of them."
"louder."
"only."
Zhang Cang sat upright with a serious look on his face.
"The actions of Lord Chang'an in Korea are already very clear. He expelled the nobles, appointed disciples from hundreds of families, vigorously developed schools, and selected scholars based on their knowledge without regard to their family background. He wanted to break the status quo of only nobles being officials and recruit people
Everyone can become a noble, and the only way to defeat the nobles is to destroy them.
"He is not satisfied with just opening up people's wisdom in Korea, he wants to open up people's wisdom all over the world.
"Education without discrimination, there should be no more Jixia Academy in the world, and there should be Jixia Academy everywhere in the world. This has been the teacher's vision for many years.
"But this is not what the nobles want. This is to dig out the roots of the nobles, so Lord Chang'an wants to make enemies of the nobles in the world.
"This is not what Your Majesty wishes. Your Majesty conquers the world with Legalism and takes the "Shang Jun Shu" as the guide. And the "Shang Jun Shu" clearly writes the word "fooling the people". Your Majesty practices it personally, burning books and ordering, and holding the law.
Prove. So at the end of the reform, Lord Chang'an will become your Majesty's enemy.
"Your Majesty does not want to enlighten the people's wisdom. This is because it is clearly written in the Book of Lord Shang that farmers are ignorant and have no knowledge. They will not think about other things and only know how to cultivate the land and do farming.
"With the enlightenment of the people, farmers will have ideas and know about the broader world. They will not be satisfied with farming and want to get out of the fields and villages. This will undermine the stability of the country and reduce food production, which is not conducive to His Majesty's rule.
"There are two ways to get His Majesty to agree to open up people's wisdom. The first is to let His Majesty see the benefits of opening up people's wisdom, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages of opening up people's wisdom. The second is to make His Majesty see the disadvantages of not opening up people's wisdom, and
This disadvantage is greater than the disadvantage of opening up people's wisdom.
"Chang'anjun chose to take a two-pronged approach.
"He got rid of the three Meng Xibai families. The demise of the three Meng Xibai families left many official positions vacant in the Qin State. The Qin State had no schools and insufficient talents to fill them. If these vacant official positions were not replaced, it would inevitably lead to chaos in the Qin State.
"As for the Qin State, the only people who can be good officials are nobles. If the nobles collectively decide not to do it to Your Majesty, and if the teacher doesn't stand up, I can't think of any way for Your Majesty to solve the problem.
"Although the matter was perfectly resolved after the teacher's disciples entered Qin, the purpose of Lord Chang'an has been achieved. After this incident, Your Majesty will understand. If Your Majesty does not want to be choked by these nobles, Qin needs to train its own officials..."
Xunzi nodded and stretched out his hand to signal his disciples not to say any more.
Zhang Cang still has some unfinished ideas.
"Disciple hasn't finished speaking yet."
"That's enough. You have really seen it clearly. Everything from now on is just copying a cat and imitating a tiger, changing the soup without changing the medicine."
Xunzi originally thought that he would know a little bit, and the fall of Meng Xibai would be enough for the First Emperor to see the necessity of enlightening the people, but what he didn't expect was this.
The sense of crisis caused by the demise of the three great families of Mengxi and Bai only made the First Emperor set up a Xianyang Academy in Xianyang.
Although there were mainly disciples of Guiguzi and Xunzi at this time, it can be seen from the name that this school does not refer to any particular school. Rather, like Jixia Academy, it is a school that accommodates hundreds of schools.
After discussing with Ying Chengyu, Xunzi came to the conclusion that the sense of crisis was not great enough, and the number of vacant official positions after Meng Xibai's destruction was still a little small, not enough for the First Emperor to broaden the people's wisdom.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If Meng Xibai is not enough to make the First Emperor feel a sense of crisis, then all the nobles must come together.
After Ying Chengyu has taken care of the Korean land and allowed the First Emperor to see a Korean land where people will be wise and will not cause chaos. Then he will start to deal with the Xianyang nobles, promote the achievements of the Korean land in Xianyang, and seek an opportunity for the people of the world.
In this process, the nobles whose interests have been usurped will inevitably resist strongly.
Their methods will definitely be extremely fierce, and this kind of fight will inevitably destabilize the Qin State. This turmoil will affect the entire Guanzhong and endanger the fundamentals of the Qin State, which will give the First Emperor a sufficient sense of crisis.
But now, as Xunzi said, the nobles in Xianyang were overwhelmed by Ying Chengxi's power and did not dare to go against Ying Chengxi.
If they don't cooperate, the First Emperor will not have a sense of crisis and will not agree to enlighten the people.
Xunzi was a little pleased. The analysis of this unfavorable disciple surprised him, and he gently advised:
"Don't have ridiculous dreams about becoming gods and flying immortals on weekdays, and don't associate with those alchemists and warlocks."
Zhang Cang advised sternly:
"Teacher, I dare you to tell me that you and Lord Chang'an should not have any delusions."
Xunzi used a ruler to pull the firewood in the brazier. When the firewood moved and rubbed, the area in contact with the air became larger, and the fire became stronger.
He lowered his head and smiled and asked:
"How to say."
He likes students to come up with different opinions, and he never gets angry when students come up with different opinions.
"I have been in Xianyang for more than ten years, and I have never seen a king as wise as your Majesty. He unified the world and ended hundreds of years of war.
"The people have been fighting hard for a long time, and they are very satisfied to live a stable life. If this can continue like this, what's wrong?
"Teacher, what you and Lord Chang'an think and want are just your ideas. Without you, Meng Xibai would not have died, and these officials of the Qin State would not have caused chaos. They would not dare to disobey Your Majesty.
"Teacher, you and Lord Chang'an are the source of turmoil in the world."
The hot and bright flames cast a temperatureless black shadow on Xunzi's face.
Xunzi raised his head slightly, and the black shadow of flames jumped from his forehead to his nose, one after another as he moved.