"Soldiers are deceitful. They show their inability to use it when they can, and show their inability to use it. Finally, they attack the unprepared ones and catch them by surprise..."
In the flash of lightning, this sentence flashed through Heifu's mind, and he couldn't help but sigh. It seems that Li Si also knows the art of war. After many days of showing weakness and inaction, Li Si completely reversed the situation at the last moment with just one sentence.
!
Li Si finally looked at Hei Fu's smile, as if to say: "Boy, you are still too young. You can practice for a few more years before you can fight with me!"
Although Heifu was dissatisfied, he thought about it carefully and realized that Li Si was right. Looking at the world, no one could surpass him in literature and writing. His "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests" was rigorously argued and powerful.
It is eloquent, like a rushing river, and is a well-known masterpiece. He also wrote the "Cangjie Pian", "Yanli Pian" and "Erudition Pian" with Zhao Gao, Hu Wujing and others, as a model for the writing of the Qin Dynasty. This time
Qin Shihuang visited the east to enshrine Zen, and the stone carvings on Mount Yi and the stone carvings on Mount Tai were also written by Li Si.
When it comes to editing books, you really can’t find a more suitable host than him.
But Li Si liked to suppress dissident doctrines that he disliked. If he was a swordsman and the world's knowledge was fish and meat, and he was banned several times, the consequences would be no less than burning books, and it would also help him achieve his reputation.
If Li Si is allowed to take charge of this matter, everything Hei Fu has done in the past few days will become a wedding dress for others!
Heifu was thinking wildly about the candidate. It was impossible for him to be the governor of the county. Fusu? It would be better if Fusu was the prince. His status was already determined. The emperor was very happy to let Fusu earn fame through this matter.
But Fusu is only the eldest son now, and his status has not yet been determined. He also made Qin Shihuang unhappy because of the issue of being granted Zen status. On the other hand, Qin Shihuang's purpose of compiling history and writing books is still to "contain confinement in the war". This matter must be carried out to the end, and the emperor will never be able to
Leave it to Fusu, whose political views are completely different from his own!
Heifu remembers that the Taishan stone carvings clearly stated: "Zhao separates the inside and outside, and is impure, and it is applied to the descendants. It will transform into infinity, obey the imperial edict, and always uphold the precepts!"
Qin Shihuang was a strong politician. Not only did he not pursue policies that were disobedient to others while he was still alive, but he also hoped that future generations would "obey the edicts and uphold the precepts forever" even a hundred years later.
In the same way, Wang Wan and the Confucian scholars and doctors have been eliminated and have lost their right to speak. However, the three people in the court, Hu Wujing, Zhang Cang, and Cheng Miao, although they are all proficient in each other, their qualifications and reputation are somewhat insufficient.
There was once a person in this world who surpassed Li Si in terms of literature and fame, and his political tendencies were surprisingly consistent with Qin Shihuang's.
Unfortunately, he died.
"It would be great if Han Fei was still alive..."
Heifu couldn't help but feel regretful, feeling that there was no hero at times, but it was Zhuzi who became famous.
Seeing that Qin Shihuang seemed to be moving, and was preparing to appoint Li Si as the editor of history and books, Hei Fu felt anxious and evil!
"The Prime Minister recommends himself to write books, and wants to make the world's scholars follow the Prime Minister's learning. Is this what he wants to do with Lu Buwei?"
But the heart-wrenching words were already on his lips, but Heifu did not dare to say them.
He knew that once he said it, he and Li Si would no longer be fighting over political opinions in the court, but would fall out on the spot and become unrepentant enemies! This kind of behavior of a low-level official offending the prime minister would even make the emperor unhappy.
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During this hesitation, someone stood up and said with a smile:
"Indeed, no one is more suitable than the Prime Minister. After all, this is not the first time for the Prime Minister to revise books."
It was Ye Teng. He saw Heifu's dilemma and took the initiative to become the villain!
Wang Wan was speechless. Among the people present, only the high-ranking Ting Wei Ye Teng was qualified to compete with Li Si!
This sentence indeed awakened some unpleasant memories for Qin Shihuang. He stopped thinking and glanced at the two of them.
"What do you mean by what Wei Ting said?"
Li Si's smile faded and he looked at Ye Teng coldly.
"There is no other intention."
Ye Teng bowed to the emperor: "I just think that the important task of being the teacher of the world's scholars cannot be entrusted to one person!"
Li Si also asked for orders: "Your Majesty, I am devoted to serving the public good and have no such intention!"
"Second sir, don't argue anymore."
Qin Shihuang didn't seem to care too much and said with a smile: "A word worth a thousand dollars can only come from my mouth. There will never be another "Lu Spring and Autumn" in this world!"
Soon, Qin Shihuang made a decision.
The right prime minister Li Si was ordered to take charge of compiling the "History of the Country", while the imperial censor Feng Quji and Ting Wei Ye Teng assisted, collecting books from all over the world and sorting them out. Of course, because the prime minister and the censor doctor, Ting Wei were busy with government affairs, they were just in name.
The real compilers of the book are identified as Taishi Ling Hu Wujing, Shaofu Cheng Zhang Cang, and Yushi Cheng Miao...
The emperor said that this matter was finally settled, and Heifu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Although Li Si was still the leader in the end, the imperial censor and Tingwei also had the power to dictate, and Zhang Cang was among the book editors.
, Cheng Miao, two people he was very familiar with and whose character was reliable, the outcome of the matter was not too bad.
At the end, Qin Shihuang called Hei Fu's name again and announced his reward with a smile.
"Heifu ruled the county for half a year. During this period, he put legal teaching first, restrained private studies, and promoted books and writings. On Pingye, there was a rebellion between the Tian family and his son. He managed Jiaodong in an orderly manner. He also promoted the history of the country and contributed to engraving and printing. If he has meritorious service, he will be promoted to a noble title.
Made for the Great!"
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"You have been promoted to the rank of Dashangzao, and you are one step closer to your ambition of becoming a marquis. Why are you still unhappy?"
A few days later, everything settled. In the building outside Linzi Palace, Hei Fu and his father-in-law Ye Teng sat opposite each other.
As Ye Teng said, Heifu gained a lot after this incident, but Heifu was not happy because the result of this incident was not perfect in his opinion.
Although Li Si is only allowed to appear in name, and Ye Teng can interfere slightly, Li Si undoubtedly has the greatest say in this matter. What will happen in the end is completely out of Heifu's control.
He bowed to Ye Teng, who was pouring wine by himself: "I have been thinking about where I went wrong these days."
"oh?"
Ye Teng looked at his son-in-law's dark face and smiled: "You think you are wrong? Why."
Heifu said: "First of all, I misunderstood Li Si's intentions and regarded burning books as his purpose. But his real purpose may just be to cater to His Majesty."
Zhang Cang told Hei Fu that although they studied under the same teacher, they learned quite different things. What Li Si and Xunzi learned was "the art of emperors", which is the knowledge of governing the world, but in Li Si's case
, but it became a tactic to maintain the emperor's rule. In order to cater to and maintain the emperor, he would change his political opinions and situation at any time.
So after Li Si arrived in Qin, he first compiled Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals under Lu Buwei's sect, which was rich in Huang Lao's thoughts. He followed the "kingly" route. However, after becoming a layman, he abandoned his previous opinions and catered to the King of Qin's desire to unify the world.
He was ambitious and advocated a more radical annexation policy, which was called "hegemony". He was appreciated by the King of Qin and was worshiped as a guest minister.
Everything he did after that was done with the emperor's will first, and he changed his attitude at any time, from speaking for the Kanto scholars in the "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests" to becoming the most active minister in suppressing them.
In the previous "controversies between Confucianism and Legalism", if Qin Shihuang favored Confucianism, Li Si might have changed his mind and advocated feudalism...
Because of this, in the eyes of Qin Shihuang, Li Si became the most useful and reliable tool to realize his will, and he was doubly trustworthy.
The burning of books was no exception. During the Feng Chan incident, Qin Shihuang lost patience with Confucian scholars and hundreds of schools of thought, and changed his tactics from gentle and gradual to tough and rapid. The purpose was to make the entire country only the emperor's will, and the court's rule not to be questioned.
Li Si's proposal to "burn books" was also to please the emperor.
No matter what Heifu says, the national policy of unifying the rhetoric and attacking the French and ancient doctrines will not change. What changes is only the method, whether it is to use a fire or to boil a frog in warm water...
So even though it was Hei Fu's initiative to revise history, the final chairperson still fell on Li Si. The reason is very simple, Li Si has no principles, and does not have the bad temper of a scholar. Everything will be done according to the emperor's wishes. Qin Shihuang can rest assured when he does things!
As for Li Si having too much power and monopolizing the government affairs, the emperor does not have to worry at all... The safest thing about Li Si is that although he has a high status, he is a tree without roots. He has no local foundation and has never touched military power.
He had a cold relationship with Wang, Meng and other military aristocrats.
On the contrary, if a person like Heifu, who was born in the army and has too many connections with the army and places, one day sits in Li Si's position, he may be subject to more than ten times the wariness and suspicion of Li Si!
"If you can think clearly about this matter, you won't suffer in vain." Ye Teng was very pleased, but he still had something to praise Heifu that he didn't say:
"Although Li Si can guess his superiors' intentions, I, my son-in-law, can guide them time and time again, changing the southern expedition to the westward expansion, and changing the burning of books to the compilation of history. To do this, one needs to be ambitious, strategic, and far-sighted. It is comparable to that of the emperor.
The technique is much more difficult!”
He asked again: "Where else do you think you went wrong?"
After Hei Fu hesitated, he stood up and bowed to Ye Teng: "I was still wrong, involving my wife in this matter!"
Ye Teng paid a heavy price for Heifu's matter this time. He completely broke up with Li Si in front of the emperor. I am afraid that he will be regarded as a thorn in Li Si's side from now on.
However, Ye Teng shook his head and said: "There can be no harmony in the court, and your majesty will also be happy to see me stand up and raise objections. After all, the court has become Li Si's monologue. This is not what your majesty wants to see."
He said cheerfully: "Seeing that Wang Wan is about to fall, and now that this has happened, I even have the opportunity to think about whether I can sit on the position of Prime Minister Zuo before I die. For me, this is a good thing, isn't it?
bad thing!"
This old fox thought clearly. The court needed to be disturbed by different opinions. The emperor knew this well and would not let Li Si dominate.
But Ye Teng's face immediately turned serious: "If you ask me, your biggest mistake is that you ignored your biggest advantage compared to Li Si."
"My biggest advantage?" Hei Fu bowed and said, "Please teach me."
Ye Teng asked: "How old is Li Si?"
Heifu said: "It's past sixty, I heard it's almost seventy."
"How old are you?"
"It's not twenty-nine yet..." Hei Fu suddenly realized.
"The old lady thinks I'm too hasty!"
Ye Teng said: "Yes, you are too impatient. You have not considered the pros and cons of this matter. You have changed burning books to repairing books. It will benefit the country and what will it do to you? What do you want is just a first-class title? After speaking freely,
Can you control this matter? As a result, although you forced the carriage back to the road, the person holding the bridle is not you... It is not up to you to decide where the carriage will go from now on!"
"What's worse is that if a tree is as beautiful as a tree, it will be destroyed by the wind. You are already dazzling enough. You should be hiding your strength and biding your time in Jiaodong, but you still put yourself opposite Li Si early. I'm afraid you will cause countless troubles in the future."
Ye Teng said earnestly: "Youth! Youth is your greatest asset. Prime Minister Li Si can do it for three to five years, but how can he do it for ten years? The world is so big that within a few years, even if all the books in the world are burned, he will not be able to do it until the time comes.
On the day when you are in power, it will be easier for his bad governance, and won't it be easier for him to win a good reputation? To seek political power in his position, just manage your one-third of an acre of Jiaodong! Until the day when you really hold the rein, don't be so easy
Show the carriages and horses the way forward!"
"You must remember that what you are fighting for is not today, but another time, ten or twenty years from now!"
Hei Fu pondered for a long time, but he still raised his hand and said: "What the woman pointed out is that Hei Fu has learned a lesson!"
But in his heart he smiled bitterly.
"Ten years? Twenty years? How can I still have so much time? In a few days, it will be the thirty-second year of Qin Shihuang. The Hulu army is in peace, Guandong is unstable, and the survivors of the Six Kingdoms are ready to make a move. Li Si is going to get angry.
, adds fuel to the fire. If I were just a politician, of course I would hide it and not speak out, but who knows, there are some things that I cannot turn a blind eye to. Because there are millions of people in this world, but I am the only one who has been planning for thousands of years.
, the fight is about to begin!"
ps: Long wait, the second chapter is at 10 o'clock.