Putting down the hand that touched the sword, Qin Shihuang suppressed his anger towards the sky, shook his head under the clouds, and thought to himself:
"I am not Wu Yi, nor King Kang of Song..."
Wu Yi, the third-to-last monarch of the Yin and Shang dynasties, was dissatisfied with the ghosts and witches controlling the government. In order to prove the incompetence of the gods, he used animal skins as pouches, filled them with blood, raised them high and shot them, which was called "shooting the sky". As a result, Wu Yi took the skin pouches
After shooting a big hole, bleeding continued, and Tian still showed no reaction at all, Wu Yi declared that "Tian" who the shamans used to oppress him all day long was a loser.
But later, Wu Yi was struck to death by lightning while going hunting on the Weishui River. People said that this was his bad luck because of his disrespect to the gods.
King Kang of Song, a descendant of the Yin Shang Dynasty, seemed to have inherited the madness of his ancestors and did similar things. However, the Song State was soon destroyed by the Qi State, and the surname Sheji became extinct. People also said that this was caused by disrespecting heaven.
punish.
Although Qin Shihuang thought highly of himself and was arrogant, he was not a madman.
If the person who offended the emperor was an individual, just one word could wipe out all traces of his existence.
If the person who disobeys the emperor is a country, he will send a large army to conquer, destroy the country, and destroy the country. Let the world know what the wrath of the emperor means, with millions of corpses lying on the ground and blood flowing for thousands of miles!
If what angered the emperor was Mount Tai itself, he could even have tens of thousands of people cut down all the trees on the mountain, leaving the mountain bare, as if he had been subjected to kūn punishment.
But the only thing the emperor had no choice about was heaven.
Waving a dagger at the vast sky, yelling and cursing, will the wind and rain stop? It will not help. In the eyes of others, it is really the same as a Sichuan dog barking at the sun. Doing such a thing will make the original situation much different from what was expected.
Feng Chan turned into a complete farce...
He could only endure. Qin Shihuang had endured many things for this ceremony.
Qin Shihuang had high hopes for Feng Chan. In addition to hoping to have a direct dialogue with "Heaven" and report his achievements, he also had a practical purpose.
His son Fusu often whispers something in his ear, "The world has just been settled, but Guizhou has not yet gathered." Doesn't he know?
Gao Jianli's assassination, the fear of the people when he went on patrol, the banditry activities that were difficult to suppress in various places, and the undercurrent of Zionists all showed that his world did not seem to be so stable.
How to solve this problem? This was the most important thing that Qin Shihuang kept in mind after expelling the Xiongnu. Qin was no longer a vassal state in the west, but a dynasty that unified the world. Integrating the newly conquered areas in the east was a top priority
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For this reason, he did not hesitate to transfer Heifu to Kanto as the county governor, hoping to see what new tricks this minister who always surprises him could come up with.
In addition, Qin Shihuang dug out a petition written by Han Fei many years ago when he first entered Qin.
"It is easy to annex, but hard to consolidate. Qi can annex Song, but cannot consolidate, so Wei seizes it; Yan can annex Qi, but cannot consolidate, so Tiandan seizes it; the land above Han, Fang
Hundreds of miles away, they were completely wealthy and moved towards Zhao, but Zhao could not stay together, so Qin seized it..."
Han Fei paraphrased Xunzi's original words, annexation is easy, but consolidation is difficult. Isn't this the biggest problem facing the Qin Dynasty at the moment? It has unified the territory, but failed to unify the hearts of the people. The barriers between Qin and the six countries still exist, and some
The scholars in Guandong even regarded Qin as a bandit, and the restoration movement was secretly brewing.
It is difficult to achieve very good results by relying solely on violent suppression. Fortunately, Xunzi also proposed a good solution to this problem: In ancient times, King Tang of Shang started his business with a millimeter of land, and King Wu of Zhou started with a pickaxe of land, both of which were within a radius of a hundred miles.
, but it was able to annex the world and the princes became ministers. There is no other reason than that it can unite the scholars and the people!
Xunzi also said: "To unite scholars with etiquette, unite people with government; if etiquette is cultivated and scholars obey, the government will be peaceful and the people will be safe!"
After a few years, the emperor also understood that if he could not get rid of the Kwantung scholars and let them be used for his own purposes, the Qin officials who landed in the air would not be able to govern the people.
Therefore, Qin Shihuang planned to start with "rituals", listen to the advice of Confucian scholars and alchemists, put aside the old sacrifices of the Qin State, and organize the "Fengzen" that Easterners talked about so much, and turn it into a grand ceremony for the imperial court.
This strengthened the scholars' recognition of Qin and justified the legitimacy of the empire's rule in terms of belief - Qin was not a barbaric country of tigers and wolves, but also the descendant of the dignified Xia, inheriting the legacy of the seventy-two generations of ancient saints.
This practice is similar to the worship of Confucius in the Yuan and Qing Dynasties in later generations, but Confucius has not yet become a saint, and Confucianism is only one of the prominent schools.
For the arrogant Qin Shihuang, this was of course a compromise.
However, what made him happy was that as soon as this proposal came out, everyone cheered. Even the famous Qilu scholars who did not want to become a doctor in the court came here. The counties and counties got the hint and offered their auspiciousness.
Everything seems to be moving on the right track.
However, Qin Shihuang underestimated the incompetence of the Confucian scholars. This group of people could argue for several days about the ritual vessels to be used in a ceremony and the height of the seal. It was difficult for Qin Shihuang to come up with a feasible plan. After reading these various suggestions, Qin Shihuang felt that
Difficult to implement.
Although he would give in, he would only give in half a step. If the other party didn't realize what he was doing and didn't catch up quickly, the emperor would kick him away!
Angry, Qin Shihuang dismissed the Confucian scholars and took his own civil and military officials to Mount Tai to consecrate them. The etiquette also adopted the old rituals of the Qin Dynasty in worshiping heaven.
Let those useless Confucian scholars complain! Qin Shihuang didn't care.
Screw the seventy-two generations of wise kings, screw the ancient etiquette! From now on, etiquette for all generations must follow my method!
But just after the ceremony, the situation on the top of the mountain changed, and it was about to rain. This was something the emperor did not expect. Zhu Du, who was in charge of stargazing, had given him a guarantee that on August 15th, it would be rainy.
The sky is absolutely clear.
But the weather is unpredictable, and weather forecasts in later generations may not be accurate, let alone the history of stargazing with the naked eye. What’s the best?
As a result, Qin Shihuang's mood became as gloomy as the dark clouds above his head.
But he could only watch the clouds getting denser and denser, but he could do nothing. Only at this moment, Qin Shihuang felt the insignificance of a human being. Even though he was a great person and rich in the world, he was still a mortal.
"Is what I want to do so difficult? Is it really not something that God would like to see?" He put away his anger and asked God seriously.
Bursts of thunder seemed to be the answer from heaven to Qin Shihuang.
"Your Majesty, it's better to go down the mountain quickly!"
At this time, Wang Wanjian, the Prime Minister of the Left, said: "The enshrinement of Zen has been completed, and the next step is to carve stone inscriptions to praise your majesty's achievements and the power of the Qin Dynasty. Your majesty, please see, this cloud is coming from the southeast, but it is difficult to cross the high mountains to reach
Going north, your majesty might as well follow the original route and go down the mountain from the shady slope overnight to Father Liang's palace, maybe you can avoid the rain..."
Wang Wan meant that as long as Qin Shihuang left quickly and avoided the rain on the top of the mountain, it would not be considered raining in Fengchan.
"Deceiving yourself and others..." Hei Fu, who was sitting at the back, muttered secretly in his heart, but Wang Wan's proposal attracted the approval of a large number of people.
"Your Majesty, please take shelter from the rain quickly!"
But there was a trace of anger in Qin Shihuang's eyes: "Prime Minister, you want me to run away from the clouds and rain like a wild beast?"
The original plan was for the emperor and his ministers to spend the night in a simple temporary palace on the mountain. They would go down the mountain tomorrow and perform a Zen ceremony at Father Liang the day after. Once he fled in a hurry, the ceremony would end in an anticlimactic manner and make the world laugh.
"I never meant this, it's just..."
Wang Wan said quickly: "It's just that Feng Chan encountered wind and rain. This is ominous. I'm afraid people in the world will criticize..."
But unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a burst of laughter on the top of the mountain.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Qin Shihuang frowned, and the officials were also very surprised. They all looked in the direction of Heifu!
Hei Fu was exchanging glances with his father-in-law, preparing words to make a statement, but he heard laughter behind him. When he saw everyone's eyes on him, his scalp tightened and he quickly got out of the way, revealing the big fat man behind him...
The one laughing is none other than Zhang Cang!
The Prime Minister on the right, Li Si, pointed at the young junior disciple and asked with a straight face: "Zhang Cang, why are you laughing in vain before you have finished your Zen ceremony? If you can't tell the reason, I will definitely ask the Tingwei to punish you for the crime of indecency."
Dispose of it!"
Zhang Cang stopped laughing and raised his hands to the sullen Qin Shihuang: "Without him, Cang just remembered a few words of Master's teachings. Your Majesty, what can I say?"
Qin Shihuang raised his eyes to look at the sky and said calmly: "Say it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Zhang Cang stood up, he seemed to be a different person and said solemnly:
"The stars rotate, the sun and the moon shine, the four eras are controlled, the yin and yang are transformed, the wind and rain are flowing. This is the way of heaven and earth, the law of nature. They did not exist because of the sage king Yao, nor will they disappear because of the tyrant Jie...
…These are the words of Master Xunqing, Zhang Cang dare not forget them even for a day.”
Heifu was surprised to see that Fatty Zhang, who was still half-dead when he went up the mountain, was now full of energy, standing under the dark clouds and strong wind, with his arms flying, pointing to the sky and shouting:
"The eclipses of the sun and the moon, the irregular wind and rain, and the appearance of strange stars are just rare phenomena that can be blamed but not feared."
"As for the clouds gathering and dispersing, and the rain falling and stopping, this is something that happens many times in Mount Tai every year. As for today, whether your majesty comes or not, whether or not you will be enshrined, the sky will be cloudy in Mount Tai. Even if it rains, it will be the same as the world.
It’s like countless rains, nothing surprising, what does it have to do with God’s will?”
"At this moment, any Guizhou farmer on the sunny slope of Mount Tai can hold his bamboo hat and happily watch the rain falling on the wheat fields and ditches. Boys and girls, cattle, horses and wild animals will also enjoy themselves in the rain. Why do you gentlemen
, but the doctor is as afraid of him as a ghost and can't avoid him? Isn't it ridiculous to be inferior to the head of Guizhou, a young man, an ox and a horse!?"