Chapter 95: The King Wants to Change the Official System of Da Qin (Additional Update for Boss Nuanyang)
Although the Xianyang Examination is good, it is unrealistic to hold it immediately.
Da Qin now has a vast territory, and it will take time for the news of the big exam to spread to all parts of the world, and for talented people from all over the country to rush to Xianyang.
Otherwise, during the imperial examinations in later dynasties, why did the scholars who came to Beijing to take the exams have to set off long in advance?
The territory is actually too big, the roads are bad, and it is inconvenient to travel far. If we don’t advance, we may not be able to catch up with the time.
Ying Zheng also thought that it would take time for the world's talented people to gather in Xianyang, and said: "It will be up to the Zhiyu Station to publicize this matter to the world. The time for the big exam is tentatively scheduled to be after March."
No one asked. What is being tested, it is certainly not a test of Confucian classics. Now is not the time when Confucianism is the only one. There are talented people from hundreds of schools of thought in the world. If you test Confucianism and don't test other schools, are you looking down on them?
‘You have to ask that kid Li Nian about what to take the exam. We’ll first gather the talented people from all over the world. ’
This is also one of the advantages of this era. If during the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties one had said that one should not examine Confucian classics and principles, but directly examine how to govern a country, Confucian scholars all over the world would have criticized him.
Hearing Ying Zheng’s order, several officials responsible for making the platform, Wang Wan, Feng Jie, Li Si, Chun Yuyue, and Zhao Gao, all accepted the order in unison.
Wang Wan said: "I have something to report to the king. The laws and regulations of Zhiyutai have been completed. Please take a look at them!" When attending court, every minister must be inspected to confirm whether he or she is carrying any sharp weapons.
This is the rule set by Ying Zheng after Jing Ke assassinated Qin.
Everything that enters his palace must be inspected, whether it is a map or a bamboo slip.
Because sharp knives can be hidden in maps, so can bamboo slips.
The bamboo slips that the ministers wanted to present to Ying Zheng were not on their possessions, but were handed over to special chamberlains and guards in advance. They would not be presented until the ministers reported to Ying Zheng and Ying Zheng allowed them to be presented.
"Send it up with me!"
The four chamberlains carried two stacks of arranged bamboo slips into the palace and delivered them to Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng did not read these bamboo slips immediately, but It is to continue discussing matters with the ministers.
When the court meeting was over, Wang Wan, Li Si, Feng Jie and other important officials of the Qin Dynasty were left behind.
Looking at the ministers who stayed in the palace, Ying Zheng said: "Let all my dear friends stay here. I have something to talk to you about. Please take a look at the bamboo slips first. I haven't sent the bamboo slips to you yet!" ”
Following Ying Zheng's order, several servants brought trays of bamboo slips to the table in front of Li Si and others.
As an important minister of the Qin Dynasty, I deal with bamboo slips every day when dealing with government affairs. I have already become numb, but I am still curious about what is recorded in these bamboo slips?
Could it be related to Li Nian again?
Ying Zheng said, "If you read one copy, you can exchange it with others!" and also looked at the bamboo slips Wang Wan presented about the Yu-making platform.
Both the king and his ministers were reading, and the Zhangtai Palace was as quiet as a library for a while, with only the sound of bamboo slips being turned.
The ministers wanted to read more bamboo briefs than Ying Zheng wanted to read, and they had to exchange views, so Ying Zheng finished it first.
In his opinion, the laws and regulations for making a public platform formulated by Wang Wan, Li Si, Chun Yuyue and others are very detailed. From them, it can also be seen which one was proposed by Chun Yuyue and which one was proposed by Li Si. Which one is made by combining the opinions of both parties.
Sure enough, it is right to throw Chunyu Yue over. It can limit Li Si's Legalist ideas and prevent the platform from becoming another Tingwei Mansion.
However, Ying Zheng decided not to express his position for the time being as to whether the Zhiyu Platform was established in this way. He first showed these bamboo slips to Li Nian to see if the boy could point out the problem. The officials who were looking at the bamboo slips became more and more serious-looking, even Zhao Gao looked solemn.
The things recorded on these bamboo slips they saw were simply astonishing: one was the reform of the official system of the Qin Dynasty; the other was the revision of the laws of the Qin Dynasty; and the third was the process for the king to become emperor.
The ministers were not surprised that the laws of Qin were to be revised. After all, Ying Zheng’s attitude had been made public. The laws of Qin must be changed to make them suitable for the world. However, they never expected that the king would modify the official system of Qin. Thoughts, the process of calling the emperor is also quite detailed, as if someone has already called the emperor accordingly.
As soon as this idea came up, it was immediately rejected by all the ministers. How is this possible?
Although there have been three emperors and five emperors since ancient times, no one has ever combined "emperor" and "emperor" together. The king is definitely the first king in history to be called emperor.
But if no one was called emperor before the king, how did the person who wrote these bamboo slips come up with such a detailed and specific process, and how talented and intelligent did they have to be?
Could it be that Li Nian again?
The ministers found that they thought of Li Nian too many times today!
Wang Wan said secretly: ‘This man’s talent is unparalleled throughout history, no wonder he is valued by the king. '
Li Si was thinking: 'Am I wrong? This person is not the king's son. He is only appreciated by the king for his intelligence. It shouldn't be...'
What if Li Nian is not the king's son? , is just a person of extraordinary intelligence, so the king should be more careful. If he is so talented and loved by everyone in the world, he will definitely threaten the royal power.
With the king's imperial mind, it is impossible that he could not even see this, yet he did such unreasonable things. There must be a hidden meaning in it.
Zhao Gao was thinking: 'No matter whether this person is the king's son or not, you must not offend him. If you see him in the future, you must try to make friends with him. '
Wei Liao was thinking: 'This man is really talented, not as good as Liao, but according to what his bamboo slips say, he will definitely attach more importance to the power of the King of Qin. I don't know whether it is good or bad. ’
The method of amending the official system described in the bamboo slips is clearly to increase the centralization of power of the king!
Wei Liao couldn't even imagine how terrifying a king who concentrated so much power would be, especially a king like King Qin.
The ministers also understood Ying Zheng's purpose of keeping them, which was to communicate with them in advance, not only to ask for their opinions, but also to let them know that he was going to do these things, and then stand on his side when announcing to all the ministers.
After dealing with government affairs for a while, and seeing that the ministers had read the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng put down his pen and asked, "What do you think?"
Prime Minister Wang Wan said: "The etiquette for the king to declare himself emperor as described in the bamboo slips is quite detailed. I think it only needs a few changes to make it useful for the king."
Wei Liao also chose One thing answered: "If we follow the words of the bamboo slips and promulgate new laws in the name of amnesty for the world on the day when the king becomes emperor, it will indeed make the new laws more popular among the people."
But two people There was no talk of changing the official system. Of course Ying Zheng noticed it and directly named him: "What do you think of changing the official system? Li Si, tell me!"
Li Si was quite reluctant to answer the question of changing the official system. Although he would still be an important minister of the Qin Dynasty even if the official system was changed, his power at that time would not be as good as it is now, not to mention that he still wanted to ascend to the position of prime minister.
But according to the bamboo slips, the power of the prime minister will be greatly divided, far less than the power of the prime minister that Wang Wan currently holds. What he wants to do is to have a powerful prime minister like Wang Wan, who can dominate the entire empire. Below, above ten thousand people.
According to Legalist thought, Li Si agreed with what was stated on the bamboo slips, because Legalism originally advocated the centralization of power by the king and holding the power of the world in one hand. However, Li Si was not a pure Legalist believer.
It should be said that few people are pure believers of a certain school of thought, and the same is true for Han Fei. His loyalty to Han is obviously better than his loyalty to Legalism, otherwise Han Fei would not have died in Great Qin.
(End of this chapter)