The Jade Emperor Told Me to Live-stream! Chapter 591: The Confucianism of Burning Books
When Xu Fu left the Qin dynasty again with 3,000 men and women, grains and some artisans, the soldiers who went to sea with him last time also asked to leave at the same time.
And when these soldiers left, they also quietly took away their relatives.
Unlike these soldiers who are reluctant to leave, Xu Fu looks very calm and unrestrained.
He smiled and said: "No more mothers-in-laws. The situation this time is different from the last time. Either we succeed and everyone will return to their hometown, or we will fail and we can settle overseas."
"Fortunately, we have found out that although the soil is poor, it is enough to feed everyone."
It turned out that Xu Fu had already prepared well.
The gift he asked for Qin Shihuang was not a gift from the great **** of the sea, but a retreat he made for himself.
Whether it is 3,000 men and women, or grains and artisans, they are all the back-hands he left behind to find overseas fairy mountains without difficulty.
And those soldiers knew that they had no retreat, so they could only accompany Xu Fu, who looked like a "madman" in their eyes, to gamble.
The reality is cruel. With Xu Fu's strength, it is simply impossible to find the magnificent place in the formation in the vast sea.
Therefore, it is also destined that this trip to sea will be the last time Xu Fu has seen the continent of the Xuanhuang world.
Xu Fu's journey has been countless years, but Qin Shihuang has been saddened.
He is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and hopes that Xu Fu will return soon, but he can't hear any information about Xu Fu.
When Li Si heard about this, he cautiously advised: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Xu Fu never saw the God of the Sea?"
Qin Shihuang was taken aback and muttered: "Impossible, impossible."
Qin Shihuang, who was too enthusiastic about life extension, had never thought of this possibility at all. He had always believed in Xu Fu's words.
People are always willing to believe what they are willing to believe.
But as the emperor, Qin Shihuang was also a very clever man, how could he not hear what Li Si said.
"Is there any evidence?" Qin Shihuang asked, almost gritted his teeth.
Li Si said: "Weichen found out that the soldiers took away their relatives, and the gift that the **** of the sea wanted is a bit strange."
Li Si's words were already very obvious, and Qin Shihuang realized it at this time.
He sternly said: "Check, give me a thorough check."
Of course Li Si didn't expect it. Qin Shihuang suddenly felt that he was much older, and his hatred for Xu Fu and other alchemists increased greatly.
Actually, it was not without purpose that Li Si clarified the matter this time.
His purpose is Confucianism.
As mentioned in the previous article, with the Qin Dynasty dominating the human kingdom in Nanfangbuzhou, the legalists and military schools have risen, and they have a great advantage among the hundreds of scholars.
However, there is a school that can still compete with legalists and military scholars.
This school is Confucianism.
Especially during the period from the late troubled times to the reunification of the Qin Dynasty, the Confucian School, due to its affinity, has many believers from officials to the Li people.
Sometimes the dispute between schools may seem like a dispute between words, but the risks are no less than the **** battles on the battlefield.
No, Li Si will use Xu Fu's case to combat the development of Confucianism.
When Qin Shihuang asked for a thorough investigation, Li Si knew the time had come.
But he didn't rush to do it, he knew it was not the best time yet.
Han Feizi, who is also a Legalist, was very dissatisfied with Li Si's proposal and said angrily: "What a rare opportunity this is, why not give the Confucian school a fatal blow?"
Li Si said unhurriedly: "Senior brother, don’t be restless. At this time, aiming at the Confucian school will only damage the reputation of the Confucian school. Moreover, the Confucian school is reasonable. Xu Fu and other alchemists are not. People of Confucianism, they are actually from the Yin-Yang school."
Han Feizi snorted: "Yin-Yang School, who doesn’t know that the Yin-Yang School is now just a sub-branch of the Confucian School? Besides, let’s say that he is a Confucianist. Will your Majesty still verify it?"
Li Si persuaded: "This is not a question of non-verification, but it is difficult to convict Confucianism. Could it be that your Majesty was deceived by an alchemist?"
Han Feizi stopped talking.
Li Si said: "We are not staying at the Confucian school. Although we don't move the Confucian school at this time, we have no good impression of the Confucian school from your majesty. After that, there was a fire. Your majesty will think about Xu Fu again. At that time, you can turn small things into big ones, and burn the Confucian school openly and cleanly."
Soon, Li Si found the opportunity.
In the Qin Dynasty at this time, Qin Shihuang promoted the "system of prefectures and counties."
At the instigation of Han Feizi and other legalists, Chunyu Yue, a Ph.D. believer in Confucianism, wrote a letter against the "county system", demanding that the ancient system be followed, and the princes and heroes should be assigned as lords.
"The system of prefectures and counties" was a national policy implemented by Emperor Qin Shihuang himself. Chun Yuyue actually opposed it. This made Qin Shihuang, who was dissatisfied with Confucianism because of Xu Fuyizhong, extremely unhappy.
Prime Minister Li Si took the opportunity to say to Qin Shihuang: "Confucian students learn from the past without learning from the present. They respect private schools, slander the government, confuse the people, and suggest that private schools are forbidden."
The method is to burn all the historical records of other countries except for the records of the Qin Dynasty in the official historian's collection; all the Confucian classics and philosophers' books in the private collection are sent to the government for burning, except for the books in the collection of doctoral officials.
For the next 30 days, he will not send the private books he has collected to the government and will be fined for four years for building the Great Wall. The people who talked about poems and books were beheaded. It was an extinction of ancient and modern people. There are only medicine, divination, and farming books.
Non-government education is taught by officials, and private education is prohibited.
Qin Shihuang followed Li Si's suggestion and implemented the calligraphy burning order.
Although the Confucian school is strong, it is not easy to fight against the officials. Moreover, the burning of calligraphy is not the books of the Confucian family, and it cannot be opposed, so it has to compromise.
Among them, the ban on private learning is the most important thing for Confucianism. If there are no students and disciples for a long time, the development of Confucianism is bound to be affected.
However, the Confucian School itself is powerful and influential among ordinary people. The Confucian School believes that it still has a way to think of, so it acquiesces in this.
The Confucian school wanted to calm down people, but they didn't think that this incident was not accidental, but was meticulously planned by Li Si and other legalists. Even the Confucianists wanted to calm down people.
Soon, there were alchemists Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng who came out of nowhere in the name of asking for elixir for Qin Shihuang, secretly slandering and mocking Qin Shihuang, they were discovered by the first emperor and went desperately~IndoMTL.com~ Qin Shihuang was furious and ordered a search and interrogation in the capital. 460 warlocks were captured and buried alive.
This is the book-burning and confucianism that is very famous in the Xuanhuang world.
However, it is a bit too much to say that it is a Confucianism. Although it is difficult for Li Si to arrest a Confucianist, it is a pity that the Confucianist has seen the opportunity early. Important disciples have already evacuated Xianyang.
Most of those buried alive are alchemists who are disciples of other schools, such as the Yin-Yang School.
Qin Shihuang’s actions were very unpopular, including the first emperor’s eldest son Fu Su Du admonished: "The world is set at first, and the head of Qian in the distance has not been collected. All living beings are chanting Dharma Confucius. Uneasy. Only watch it."
The first emperor was furious and sent Fusu to the frontier to supervise the army.
Does the Confucian school know about Li Si's calculations? Can the Confucian school let go?
Of course not, the Confucianists naturally have methods to deal with Li Si and other legal schools, and even the Qin Dynasty.