Chapter 39 Different reactions to the two questions
When Ying Zheng met with Zhang Han and confirmed Zhang Han as the executor of the reform pilot plan, all the princes in Da Qin received the two questions from Ying Zheng and saw that This was Dad's test for them, but the reactions varied.
After seeing these two questions, Fusu looked excited and overjoyed: 'This must be because my father realized that the Qin Dynasty had shortcomings. It is not advisable to govern the country with strict laws and must implement benevolent governance. ’
Immediately I got a pen and bamboo slips and started writing eloquently.
If the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, why will it be destroyed?
Of course, this is due to the lack of benevolent governance and only harsh punishments.
If we want the Qin Dynasty to be immortal, how should we govern it?
Of course, we need to implement benevolent policies and change those cruel laws.
At this moment, Fusu felt that his father had finally enlightened his mind and realized the problems of the Qin Dynasty. He wrote more than a dozen bamboo slips with excitement and joy.
He wanted to take advantage of his father's brain to enlighten him, and explain the benefits of benevolent government to his father. In the past, his father couldn't listen, but this time he must convince his father!
On the other side, after his "good brother" Hu Hai got the question, he thought about it for a while and started writing it, but the content he wrote was completely different from Fusu's.
At his age, he naturally does not know as much as his brother Fusudo, but he took a different approach and did not talk about the two issues themselves, but praised his father.
Hu Hai's answer is centered around the theme of "As long as my father is here, the Qin Dynasty will not be destroyed." The content is roughly as follows: The Qin Dynasty will definitely not be destroyed as long as my father is here. Under the rule of my father, the Qin Dynasty will not be destroyed. , Da Qin is already perfect, without any problems.
Ying Zheng is praised as unprecedented and unprecedented, as the only perfect person in history. The Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors and hundreds of schools of thought are all unworthy to compare with my father.
He is still young and doesn’t know much about governing the country, but he knows how to make his father happy. After reading such childish words, his father will only think that they are simple and innocent. The truest thoughts in his heart will make him even happier.
After all, children are the most honest, and everything they say comes from their hearts, unlike adults who sometimes don't mean what they say. Moreover, this child is his own child, which is even better.
At the end of the day, all the ministers of Qin Dynasty returned home after a long day of official business, and began to think about the two questions left by the First Emperor.
In Zhao Gao's residence, Zhao Gao sat in front of a table, tapping the table with his right index finger. He was pondering the deeper intention of Ying Zheng's two questions.
In Zhao Gao's view, the problem deserves attention, but what is more worthy of attention is the things behind the problem. Only by grasping these can we figure out Ying Zheng's intentions and win Ying Zheng's favor.
He has been doing this all these years, and it is this method that has allowed him to climb to where he is today.
But yesterday and today, Ying Zheng's unusual reaction made him feel uneasy.
He is the king's most favored minister and is often called by Ying Zheng to accompany him. Therefore, in the past, he would know about anything that happened to Ying Zheng before anyone else.
But in the past two days, the king has not even glanced at him, let alone summoned him to accompany him. It seems that he has forgotten him.
‘Could it be that Meng Yi was slandering the king and trapping me? ’
Zhao Gao immediately rejected this idea: ‘It shouldn’t be Meng Yi. Although he has enmity with me, he is an upright man. If he wanted to frame me, he would have done it long ago, and there is no need to wait until today. It seems that it must be the mysterious person in the palace! ’ ‘Unfortunately, the information about this person has been tightly sealed by the king. Even with my ability, I haven’t been able to find out much. I only heard that this person is a man. ’
‘As a man living in the palace, this person has won the trust of the king. Because he trapped me, does he have a grudge against me? ’
Zhao Gao counted his enemies, and there were so many of them that he couldn’t tell which one was in the palace at the moment.
'Your Majesty asked these two questions today, and he must have been influenced by this person. In my opinion, this person must have told your Majesty that there are problems in Da Qin, and there are many and not small problems, enough to cause Da Qin to fall. . ’
‘These two questions are not only a test for us by your Majesty, but also because you really want to get answers from us. Therefore, you should not flatter your Majesty and think that Da Qin has no problems. Instead, you must point out Da Qin’s hidden dangers and speak wisely. ’
Although he was a traitor, there was no doubt that Zhao Gao had the ability to figure out people's hearts. In a flash, he roughly guessed the context of the whole matter and knew how to answer these two questions.
At the same time, in Li Si's mansion, like Zhao Gao, Li Si also thought about the cause and effect.
However, he didn't speculate as much as Zhao Gao, and he didn't rely on flattery to please the king to get the position. He relied on his real talents and abilities.
No matter who asked the king to raise these two questions, there must be a reason. In Li Si’s view, although the Qin Dynasty has unified the world, it is still far from the perfection considered by Legalists. There are still many flaws, and it seems that it is these flaws that may lead to the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Li Siti quickly started writing on the bamboo slips, and what he wrote was: When the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms were not dealt with easily, the laws were not strict enough, and they were still too tolerant of the people. Although the six countries have been unified on the territory, the system is not yet unified, there are too many schools, and the ideas are too complicated...
Once you have found the problem, it’s time to think about solutions.
Li Si changed his pen and began to write his solution:
Since the nobles of the Six Kingdoms are a destabilizing factor in the Qin Dynasty, then just send these people to die. There is nothing you can do about the dead. Missing the motherland again will cause chaos;
Since the laws are not strict enough and may cause the people to rebel, then we should make more laws and regulations to aggravate the situation. Punishments and corvee must make the people feel completely fearful and burdensome;
Since the system has not yet been unified, then abolish the scripts of the other Six Kingdoms, leaving only the Daqin script, abolish the coins of the Six Kingdoms, and only use We, the Qin Dynasty, have abolished the laws of the Six Kingdoms and can only abide by the laws and regulations of the Six Kingdoms, destroy the original systems of the Six Kingdoms, and unify them into our Great Qin;
Since there are too many schools of thought and the ideas are too complex, then we should depose the other hundreds of schools, only focus on magic, and burn the classics of the other hundreds of schools. Once someone is found to be learning and spreading them, we will punish them severely and ban the other hundreds of schools in the Qin Dynasty. The people must not Learn these things again;
While Zhao Gao and Li Si were busy writing, Dr. Chun was in Yue Mansion, Chunyu Yue was full of excitement and said to several Confucian scholars who were also doctors: "Today, the king leaves two questions: If the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, why will it be destroyed? If we want the Qin Dynasty to be immortal, how should we govern it?"< br>
Chun Yuyue's face was full of excitement. He had been a doctor in Da Qin for so long, and finally he and Confucian had a chance.
"This is my Confucian opportunity!"
"Why did the Great Qin be destroyed? We still have to ask, it must be the Legalist rule of the country, which ultimately harms the country and the people! If you want the Great Qin to be destroyed, you should How to govern? I should use my Confucianism to restore the Zhou rites and reshape the rites and music.”
Chunyu Yue looked like it was only natural that he could use his Confucianism to cure the world. Several other Confucian scholars also echoed his words, but Su Xu was the only one who looked worried.
Looking at the other excited people, Su Xu thought to himself: "These two questions must have been raised by the man from Liuying Palace to the king. That man is very unfavorable to my Confucianism. How could he let Confucianism replace him?" Legalism? If you tell the king that you need to use my Confucian talents...'
(End of this chapter)