Nowadays, Zhao Kuo rarely appears in person. All domestic matters are handled by Han Fei, Li Si and others. Han Fei is always restless, proposing various systems and demanding changes in the system, while Li Si is much more honest.
Well, he just obeyed the emperor. He just did what the emperor said. Probably because the Qin Dynasty did not "exclusively respect Legalism", many different ideas flowed in the temple.
Talents from various factions all occupied certain positions in the temple, and they "conquered" each other. Sometimes, even Han Fei could not defeat them all. Zhao Kuo's previous new policy completely fell into the hands of these people.
The direct successor was Han Fei, who continued to develop many of Zhao Kuo's policies, and Li Si was responsible for implementing them. Under the leadership of the two prime ministers, many of Zhao Kuo's policies led to many different paths.
In the past, Zhao Kuo kept his word, and no one dared to question it. No one put forward his own suggestions, and just obeyed him. But now Zhao Kuo no longer intervenes, and Han Fei's prestige is not enough to shut up all the ministers, so quarreling is not allowed.
Averted, but Zhao Kuo was happy to see such a situation. The quarrel in the temple was not the later party struggle. It was not against you because of your identity, but because of your thoughts.
To a certain extent, this is also the dispute between hundreds of schools of thought in the temple. Regarding the exchange and development of governance concepts, Zhao Kuo felt that compared to the lifeless temple, today's temple is just right. The emperor may not think so. The emperor
I still feel that it is best for everyone in the temple to perform their duties. Too many disputes have slowed down the progress of many things. This is also Li Si's view.
These people pursue efficiency and don't care about hundreds of schools of thought or exchange and development.
But there is nothing you can do if you don't care. No school of thought can occupy a dominant position in the temple, and the emperor cannot do without these people. Each school of thought is of great use to the Qin State, and these scholars are also the treasures of the Qin Dynasty. Zhao
Kuo was at home with peace of mind, and even the school affairs were handed over to Cheng Yu. In Zhao Kuo's heart, the middle school was a place to train basic officials. He deliberately built the middle school into a classroom so that civilians could also learn through the middle school.
I got the opportunity to take the exam, so the affairs of middle school are still very complicated.
Up to now, Daqin has established elementary schools for enlightenment in various counties, and also established three middle schools. The three middle schools are located in Xianyang, Zheng, and Handan. Zhao Kuo has also begun to prepare for the establishment of universities. The university is different.
In Zhao Kuo's heart, the university is a high-level academic research base, where scholars from hundreds of schools of thought can conduct academic research and at the same time cultivate a group of top talents.
It is similar to Jixia Academy, but there are differences.
Zhao Kuo found an open space on the outskirts of Xianyang. It was located in the northeastern suburbs of Xianyang, close to Taoshan. Zhao Kuo selected it for a long time and finally fell in love with this place. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers and far away from the bustling city. Zhao Kuo felt that building a university here would be a good idea.
The most suitable one. After Zhao Kuo decided on the place, Li Si quickly recruited people to build it. Zhao Kuo was originally unwilling to build it too luxuriously, but he couldn't stand Li Si's advice.
Li Si believes that this place will far surpass Jixia Academy and will become the highest academic institution in the Qin Dynasty. Scholars from hundreds of schools will gather here. I don’t know how many nobles and nine ministers will be cultivated here. It must be luxurious enough and be able to show the great Qin Dynasty’s relationship with others.
Zhao Kuo had no objection to the scholars' emphasis on talents. Li Si was never ambiguous in his work, and this time the construction work was directly assigned to Zhao Kuo's son-in-law, Meng Yi, to take charge.
Soon, construction started here. Those who didn't know it thought the emperor was going to build a new palace here. Li Si mobilized nearly 60,000 people from Xianyang to build it at one time. Such a scale also scared Zhao Kuo, but
, the people in Xianyang have not done corvee for a long time, this is not considered heavy corvee, Zhao Kuo can still accept it. At the same time, the son-in-law who came to take charge of the construction also brought good news to Zhao Kuo, he will soon have a grandson.
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Zhao Kuo's mood naturally became better and better.
It still takes a long time to break ground for construction. During this period, Li Si has transported enough building materials, and a new and extremely large academic palace is slowly taking shape. Zhao Kuo understands in his heart that the most important thing of the university is
It's not his building, it's not how luxurious it is, just like Jixia Academy. It's famous because of the people who sit in it, not how big it is.
If you want to run this high-end academic institution successfully, there must be enough people to sit and live here. Zhao Kuo began to rush about this matter. Zhao Kuo first found Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei was already at this moment.
He was too sick to stay, but when he heard that the university was about to be established and he could serve as a priest there, he endured the pain and sat up. Lu Buwei was very willing to help Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo then found Han Fei, Wu Fu from the Mohist family, and several disciples from the farmer's family. After Zhan's death, he was replaced by a Xianyang farmer named Zuo Quan, and then several people from the Confucian school, including Chen Xiao, a disciple of Xunzi.
, Zhao Kuo also wrote invitations to other schools of thought, such as the Yin Yang School and the Taoist School. Zhao Kuo did not include any personal emotions. He sent people to invite them regardless of whether they were the schools he liked or not.
Of course, he did not forget Huang Shigong. He sent someone to Xiapi and handed the invitation to Huang Shigong, asking him to come too.
Zhao Kuo wanted to gather Baijia here and turn it into a high-level talent training base, and of course he himself wanted to sit here. The students who came could freely learn the ideas and concepts of Baijia,
After absorbing the ideas of hundreds of schools, it will definitely become very lively here. In the midst of such busyness, days passed by, and Fusu was still patrolling various places, but Zhao Kang came back again.
There is a reason why Zhao Kang came back, but the reason cannot be known to outsiders.
When Zhao Kang came back, the first thing he did was to see his wife. The couple had not seen each other for a long time, but their relationship did not weaken because of this. Zhao Kang was actually loyal when it came to women, unlike Ying Zheng.
, except Ming, already had two concubines. Zhao Kang was just Youyun from beginning to end. The two met to greet each other, but before they had time to get intimate, Yun asked Zhao Kang to visit his father. After returning home, he only cared about his wife and forgot about it.
It is against etiquette to kill your father.
Although Zhao Kang never cared about etiquette, he still decided to visit his father.
The old father was sitting in the courtyard reading. Zhao Kang burst in with a smile. Zhao Kuo raised his head and glanced at him, then lowered his head to read. Zhao Kang was a little embarrassed and sat next to his father. "Father, look.
Why are you not happy at all when I come back?"
"Why did you come back suddenly?"
"I came back this time for the war." Zhao Kang looked around and suddenly lowered his voice.
Zhao Kuo put down the book in his hand, thought for a moment, and asked: "South Vietnam?"
Zhao Kang nodded seriously. He looked around and asked with some surprise: "By the way, where is Xiu? Yun said he is here with you." Before Zhao Kuo could answer, someone knocked on the door, "
Xiu is back!" Zhao Kang smiled, jumped up, and went to open the door, but there were two soldiers standing outside the door. When the soldiers saw Zhao Kang, they hurriedly leaned over to salute, and then said in a somewhat complicated way: "Wu Cheng, please.
The Hou went to the county government office to receive people."
Zhao Kang was stunned for a moment. He turned around, looked at his father, and asked, "Who are you bringing?"
"Heh, I thought you were familiar with this."
Zhao Kang seemed to understand, his face turned red. He found a wooden stick from the courtyard and left the courtyard in a hurry. At the same time, Xiu, who was not aware of the impending disaster, rubbed his injured cheek and looked at Mao Dun on the side.
, said with some disdain: "You usually boast so much that one person can beat ten, but today seven or eight people beat us like this. Why can't you stop us?"
"Nonsense, our heads are not even close to someone's waist, how can we not get beaten?" Moden said with a grin on his face, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, he said: "The eldest father will ask us later.
Have you copied Qin's laws? How many times has it been this time? It's all your fault. If someone wins, they win. If they lose, they won't admit it!" But Xiu raised his head high and said, "Father.
He once told me that I can never admit defeat at any time!"
While they were talking, a man as tall as a bear rushed into the county government office. The officials stood up to pay their respects. At that moment, Xiu's face turned pale and his eyes widened. His small eyes were full of despair and helplessness.
To help, he murmured: "Father??"
"Let you fight and cause trouble! Let you ruin my reputation!" Zhao Kang swung the wooden stick, and soon the sound of crying could be heard in the county government office.
Zhao Kang discarded the wooden stick in his hand, pinched Xiu's ear with his left hand, and pinched Maodun's ear with his right hand. He pulled them back home. At this moment, Zhao Kang truly understood his father's original pain. He realized it clearly.
With a dark face, he said: "If you let me know that you two are causing trouble again, I won't beat you so lightly. I will let you two lie on the bed for three years!" Xiu and Maodun were turned away like this.
Arriving in front of Zhao Kuo.
"Big father", when Xiu saw Zhao Kuo, he burst into tears and rushed to his side. He looked at him pitifully and then at his father. Zhao Kuo patted him helplessly, and Maodun also hurriedly ran to him.
Next to him, Zhao Kuo hugged two people. He raised his head and looked at the angry Zhao Kang. He said, "Kang, forget it. Just discipline him well in the future."
"Father, you don't know how arrogant these two are. They dare to fight back when they encounter officials. If they hadn't been young, they would have been dragged out and beheaded! The law should not tolerate their behavior!" Zhao Kang shouted
Then Zhao Kuo sneered, "Really? Then what you did back then could have caused the car to break!" Zhao Kang was speechless and speechless.
Zhao Xiu sat in the inner room, copying books and rubbing his butt. He looked at Maodun not far away and said with some guilt: "I have caused you trouble. I didn't know that my father was back, otherwise
, you won’t be beaten so badly.” Modun was silent for a moment, then he suddenly laughed, and said: “It doesn’t matter, it’s good to have someone to discipline you like this. I still envy you.”
"What are you envious of? My mother will beat me when I get home later."
"It should be killed." The emperor's face became very ugly, and there were faint blue veins popping out on his forehead. Zhao Kang sat in front of him, and he said with the same anger: "It is true that they should be killed, these southern barbarians, I don't think they want to
They dare to intercept and kill the tributes sent to Xianyang while they are still alive. I will chop off their heads as tributes!" Zhao Kang came back this time for the sake of Baiyue.
The so-called Baiyue refers to the coastal area south of the Yangtze River. The aboriginal tribes living here are called Yue people by the people of the Central Plains in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Because of their many branch tribes, they are called "Baiyue". However, Baiyue itself is not an ethnic community.
The descendant groups have different ancestors, including Dayu (Han nationality), Xiongwang (Jing nationality), Buluotuo (Zhuang nationality), Paolongkou (Li nationality), etc. Therefore, Baiyue is a geographical tribal alliance.
The Baiyue tribe is roughly divided into Dongyue (also known as Dongou or Ouyue) tribe, Minyue tribe, Nanyue (also called Nanyue) tribe, Xiou tribe (some say Xiou is a branch of Nanyue), Luoyue tribe, etc.
Among them, the Dongyue tribe, the Minyue tribe, and the Nanyue tribe are the ancestors of the Han nationality, while the Xiou tribe and the Luoyue tribe are the ancestors of the Jing nationality, Li nationality and other ethnic groups. They formed the Fang country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but the country
The system is messy.
The tribes are scattered, there is no unified king, the temples have little authority, and the entire society is relatively loose. However, the level of development here is not too low. After the Qin State destroyed the Chu State, some ministers proposed to conquer the Baiyue region.
, including this place in the territory, but Zhao Kuo was opposed to this proposal at first. The tribes of Baiyue are scattered and the territory is large. Moreover, the terrain there is complex and the environment is harsh. How many people will be needed to conquer this place?
Want 400,000? Want 500,000? Add in logistics and losses, then Qin’s losses will be too great, and this is not a good thing for the Central Plains region that has just ended the war. Therefore, Zhao Kuo opposed
Conquest. Now, although the Qin State has not started a war with Baiyue, secret friction still exists. Especially at that time, many nobles of the Chu State fled to the Baiyue area.
Of course, Baiyue is not a unified whole, nor are they all hostile to the Qin State. Previously, several tribes were willing to pay tribute to the Qin State and voluntarily became Qin's counties. However, the tributes they sent out were half the time.
They were robbed and people were killed on the road. For the emperor, this was a huge provocation, but for Zhao Kang, it was an opportunity to behead people. Zhao Kang was worried that he would not be able to rise to the rank of Che
As for Hou, by destroying Baiyue, is this achievement enough to level him up?
"The Northern Army has been training for a while. If I hand over the Northern Army to you,"
"Then I will cut off the heads of the chiefs of the Baiyue tribe and give them to you as tribute!"
ps: Brothers, my physical condition is very poor. My right eye hurts very much. Occasionally it goes dark and I can’t see anything. In addition, my heart is in severe pain from time to time. I am a little worried and want to go to a big city to check my health. No.
I wonder if you can give me a day or two off. I want to do a thorough physical examination to see what's going on.
