Changsun Chong, who had a bruised nose and face, said to Li Chengqian aggrievedly: "Your Highness, we are not young anymore, can you just take action without saying anything..."
"What's wrong?"
"Do you still know how to save face?"
Li Chengqian sneered and said, "You want face, don't you think I don't want you, Your Highness?"
"You have been showing off in front of His Highness over and over again. Who are you pretending to show?"
"Do you really think that your Highness is easy to mess with?"
Li Chengqian tilted his head and said, "Now I'll give you a chance to tell you clearly what you know, otherwise you will still suffer the consequences."
"No, no, no, your highness, I really know I was wrong."
Changsun Chong was also afraid of being beaten, so he quickly confessed everything.
He said: "Actually, there's nothing else to do. It's just that many Confucian scholars have come to the capital recently."
"oh?"
"Confucian scholar..."
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows in confusion and said, "What are they here for?"
"yes……"
"I am asking His Majesty to depose you..."
Changsun Chong glanced at Li Chengqian's expression, and then said: "They said that this time they sent troops to Qiuci, His Highness would massacre the city and destroy hundreds of thousands of civilians. It goes against the laws of nature and human ethics, and he is not worthy of being the prince of the Tang Dynasty..."
"oh……"
"It turns out that's why."
After hearing this, Li Chengqian actually laughed.
He said: "If these people hadn't suddenly jumped out, I would have forgotten that there is a group in the world called Confucian scholars..."
There is a saying that goes well.
You can offend anyone, but you can't offend the Confucian scholar holding the pen.
Because these guys can really use their pens to write black into white and white into black, making you infamy for eternity.
And here, we have to mention the First Emperor who laid the foundation for the land of China.
Didn’t the First Emperor get hacked just because he offended Confucian scholars? Become an eternal tyrant?
Let's talk about the reasons why the First Emperor was considered a tyrant in history, namely "burning books and humiliating Confucian scholars" and "abusing manpower and material resources".
First of all, the First Emperor abused manpower and material resources.
In folklore, there is a story about "Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall".
Legend has it that the First Emperor decided to build the Great Wall on the border in order to defend against the invading ethnic groups in the north.
The workers who built the Great Wall were all brought from all over the country. The workers were forced to work day and night, and countless people died of starvation and exhaustion.
But what about the reality?
In fact, the Great Wall was not originally created by the First Emperor.
The construction of the Great Wall began before the Qin Dynasty. It took more than two thousand years to complete and was completed by several dynasties.
Since the nomadic peoples in the north have always been a serious concern for the Central Plains dynasties, if the Great Wall is not built, the people on the border will not be able to live a stable life.
Therefore, for national security, building the Great Wall is a very necessary measure.
And it is even more ridiculous to build the Great Wall and tire the people to death.
According to reliable records, the laborers who built the Great Wall not only did not work non-stop for free, they also received wages and had farming holidays during busy farming periods.
There are also legends that the First Emperor "burned books and harassed Confucians" in order to control people's thoughts.
He not only burned books on doctrines other than Legalism, but also buried a large number of Confucian scholars alive. This move can be said to have confirmed the charge of being a tyrant.
But in fact, people in the world have many misunderstandings about "burning books and harassing Confucians", and there are different reasons behind this.
Among them, book burning is true.
According to the "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin", in the thirty-fourth year of the First Emperor's reign, he set up a wine palace in Xianyang, and the doctor lived in front of seventy people.
At that time, servant Zhou Qingchen paid a compliment to Qin Shihuang.
It is said that the system of prefectures and counties promoted by Qin Shihuang is conducive to the unification of the country and is a very good policy.
But Chun Yuyue stood up on the spot.
He said: "If we do not implement the enfeoffment system, the country will not last long, the royal family will not have the support of the royal family, and national power will fall into the hands of powerful ministers sooner or later."
At the same time, Chunyu Yue was still at the banquet, criticizing the First Emperor for all his faults.
And the First Emperor is worthy of being the only emperor through the ages.
Faced with Chunyu Yue's accusation, he did not refute him, but instead let the ministers discuss the issue.
Prime Minister Li Si immediately said that the biggest drawback of the feudal system is that after a few generations, the blood relationship will become weak, and the hard-won unity will fall apart.
As for what Chun Yuyue said about not complying with the ancient system, it will not last long in the future. It is nothing more than a scholar's arbitrary opinion on the political situation.
At that moment, Li Si suggested that Qin Shihuang burn the books of the six countries and unify the country's thoughts.
It was after this court meeting that Qin Shi Huang began to burn books.
Looking at this court discussion, the core issue is how to control the minds of the people.
For the Qin State that had just completed its unification, how to manage the six kingdoms of Shandong has become an unavoidable topic.
The Qin State, which was not known for its culture, chose the simplest way to deal with it, which was to burn the books collected by the Six Kingdoms.
Only some ancient Qin books and some books on medicine, divination, and tree planting are preserved throughout the country.
It can only be said that the original intention was to benefit Qin's rule, but the method was biased.
Coupled with Li Si's selfish desire to "depose hundreds of schools of thought and only focus on magic", many classic ancient books disappeared in the long river of history.
As for "trading Confucianism", this is really the biggest scam in history.
It is well known that the First Emperor was obsessed with immortality and desired the elixir of immortality.
Some speculators seized on this psychological characteristic of the First Emperor and developed the so-called elixir of youth.
Not only did he severely deceive the First Emperor, but he also branded the First Emperor as a tyrant after he escaped.
The First Emperor was furious when he heard about it, so he came up with the idea of "trading Confucianism" .
But it was not the Confucian scholars who were 'tricked' by the First Emperor, but the sorcerers who made medicine and defrauded them.
Therefore, it is correct to say that the First Emperor "tricked" the magicians.
In a sense, although he is obsessed with immortality, he deserves to be criticized.
But his "trick warlock" is also a positive act to eliminate harm for the people and combat fraud.
Therefore, this so-called "burning books and entrapping Confucians" should be called "burning books and entrapping Confucians".
As for why it later turned into burning books and harassing Confucians, it was nothing more than the resentment of those Confucian students against the First Emperor's "book burning", and at the same time, it was also to gain sympathy and build momentum for themselves.
But these various incidents taken together are enough to illustrate the terrible consequences of offending a Confucian scholar.
And think of these.
Li Chengqian didn't react much.
"In the final analysis, my father cannot deal with these Confucian scholars and wants me to go back and solve it myself."
After he finished speaking, he stroked his forehead and said, "You clearly agreed that you would help me take care of anything, but when something really happened, I withdrew first. How could there be such a weird father in this world..."
Hear this.
Changsun Chong and Cheng Hualiang looked at each other.
In this world, I'm afraid Li Chengqian is the only one who dares to say that about Li Shimin, right?
However, who said they were two fathers and sons?
Neither of them could say much on this matter.
Changsun Chong thought for a moment and then asked: "Your Highness, when are you planning to set off?"
"I think my father must be very annoyed by these people."
"So, I have to go back as soon as possible."
Li Chengqian said: "Please help me make arrangements. I will return to Chang'an tomorrow with the ashes of the fallen soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately bowed in response, and then went down to make arrangements.
Only Li Chengqian stood in the room and chuckled: "Confucian scholar, you are so good..."