My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 856: Yin Yang and Five Elements to Cure the Three Wastes

When the people at the foot of the mountain saw that everyone on the mountain had lit a fire, they all wanted to go up the mountain.

People on other mountains saw that the neighboring mountain had already had a fire and was burning, escaping the darkness, and they all wanted to start a fire on their own mountain.

This is the significance of the reform of the Qin Empire.

This is also the result of Qin II's efforts.

The Mohist disciples then understood that their founder did not establish those sect rules to make demands on them. They finally understood the true meaning behind those words.

After knowing it, do it, and the process of doing it is the Tao.

The Tao is under everyone's feet and in front of everyone.

The great way is the simplest.

However, countless people know but cannot do it, so they will never attain the Tao.

And what the disciples of Mohism got was exactly what countless people dreamed of.

For the Great Qin Empire, the Ecological and Technological City, as a spark of hope, illuminated the dark sky of the Great Qin Empire, and the flames burned away the lingering haze in the Yunmeng Lake.

A bright light thus lit up in the Guanzhong Ecological and Technological City - Chang'an.

The Mohist disciples in the Ecological and Technological City rekindled their faith and took the initiative to go among the people to help them use tools and to help the lonely women and the elderly with their work.

Because of the construction of the Ecological and Technological City, the Mo Sect has actually restored the ambition and style of its past founders.

It's simply amazing.

The craftsmen were all very excited, and the soldiers who were guarding and protecting the Ecological and Technological City were also excited.

Not only the builders felt excited and happy, but Qin II was also very excited after seeing these scenes with his own eyes.

Not only did the Qin Dynasty not end, but it inherited the cultural essence of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It is hard to imagine what heights the civilization of the Qin Empire would have reached if the Qin Dynasty had inherited the culture and spirit of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, instead of abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, and had been guided by the general idea of ​​Qin's great unification and had rectified and developed culture in the first year of the Qin Empire.

The situation is completely different from that of the Han Dynasty. First, before the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Qin Shihuang banned all books from the people; then Xiang Yu burned all the books in the Qin Dynasty palace.

Second, when the Han Dynasty was first established, the rulers were fed up with the rulers' tendency to forcibly interfere in the lives of the people and issue orders at every turn.

They advocate governing by doing nothing.

The worship of Huang-Lao school of thought made the rulers focus on certain things. They did not pay attention to the development of other schools of culture. Liu Bang even disliked Confucianism. The most famous thing about Mohism was its mechanical technology. Obviously, the Han Dynasty inherited only some minor details.

It was not until the reign of Emperor Wu of Han that the Han people realized that ideology and culture were important issues, but by then it was too late for them to change.

This involves a case that has had a huge and long-lasting impact on Chinese culture, but is almost unknown to the world - the dispute between the ancient and modern literary schools.

Now many people are arguing about what is wrong with Confucianism. Those who know a little more understand that today's Confucianism has been castrated.

But it is not true to say that the dregs of the feudal dynasty were caused by Confucianism. In fact, it should be attributed to the dispute between ancient and modern texts. Not only Confucian culture was harmed, but also all the ancient Chinese classics, histories, and collections were destroyed.

Historians still glorify the dispute between ancient and modern texts. In fact, the dispute between ancient and modern texts was just a group of unlearned people who wanted to make a living, but they had no ability and their composition was complicated. Some of them were thick-skinned and bold enough to write nonsense, some were irresponsible and did not consider future generations, and some just wanted to oppress and enslave people and deliberately misinterpreted the scriptures for the use of certain powerful people.

That is the so-called modern literature school. In fact, all the good people died in the war, and the remaining bad guys ran rampant in a corner that the rulers did not pay attention to.

Many people always think that when common people rise up to govern the country, it can often bring benefits to common people. That is actually fantasy, and such a thing will never happen. But common people always like to fantasize like this, because they put themselves in the shoes of Liu Ji and Xiahou Ying.

When a commoner becomes an emperor, he may not even be able to change the soup without changing the medicine. He will throw away the most important ingredients and add some things that he thinks are important.

The common people are still the common people, so you should do the most work and get the least rewards.

The so-called ancient literature school is composed of those who have mastered knowledge and do not want to pass on wrong things to harm others.

Zhang Cang is the representative of the ancient literature school.

Just these three things framed the future of the Han Dynasty and the future of subsequent feudal dynasties.

It is hard to believe that a civilization that has lasted for thousands of years with a wrong culture, on what basis did it survive for thousands of years? It was that system, the imperial system.

The emperor and the people are tied together, and once the people cannot live well, the emperor will fall.

Therefore, as dynasties changed, the interests of the people began to be protected to the greatest extent. Since the Qin Dynasty, the goal of almost all emperors has been to protect people's livelihood and curb corrupt officials.

However, countless tragedies have also been born over the course of two thousand years of time and space.

Later emperors were powerless to do anything about it.

Because the source is wrong, no matter how you modify it later, the result will be the same. Patches on top of patches, no matter how well the patches are stacked, the clothes still don't fit.

Since Fusu protected and inherited the culture of the various schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and guided their development, those things would never happen again.

Fusu was a noble after all. After several generations of nobility, he embodied the essence of the efforts and wisdom of the elite nobility.

His governance of the Qin Dynasty definitely had advantages that were enough to surpass those of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and Empress Lü in history.

Just look at this: after only a few years of governing the Qin Empire, Emperor Qin II started with the culture of various schools of thought and in less than a year, he created a miracle like the Ecological and Technological City.

Without resorting to war, the common people can still live a better life and get more income from their labor.

Of course, the most amazing thing about Fusu's governance of the Qin Dynasty was that he was able to connect Western scientific and technological civilization with the existing culture of the Qin Dynasty.

This is the advantage of a time traveler.

When Qin II saw the factories being built, he immediately asked them to deal with the three wastes.

The three wastes are naturally waste water, waste residue and waste gas.

There are too many high-tech activities in the eco-city. Just one textile factory causes wastewater discharge.

Although the Qin Dynasty used plant pigments to dye cloth, humans have learned to use colors from minerals since they discovered them.

It was a great start in the history of chemistry, but it was not good news for the surrounding rivers and lakes.

According to the law, people should realize and take measures to control pollution only after it occurs.

However, Qin II told Xiang Liche at the beginning of the city construction, "All this wastewater must be treated and must not pollute the environment."

“Don’t just focus on inventing useful things, but also find ways to dispose of the obsolete things.”

Wastewater and waste residue were taken seriously at this point. Fortunately, the gas had not yet reached the door at this time, so the amount of waste gas emitted was not much.

Qin II personally visited the Ecological and Technological City, stayed there for two days, and then immediately returned to Xianyang City.

What he saw and heard made him even more convinced that it was correct to set up pilot zones and take the lead in implementing them.

He planned to continue working on it, not doing it in large quantities, but just doing it bit by bit. He believed that by the time he abdicated, the Qin Dynasty's industrial revolution would have laid a solid foundation, but at least some aspects would have been on the right track.

When Fusu returned to the Xianyang Palace, he was awaited by questions from officials from all walks of life. Naturally, they all revolved around one main issue - how to accommodate the soldiers who returned home.

Qin II did not open many factories and mines.

The factories and mines that have already been opened mainly use prisoners, who are equivalent to free labor.

Because the Qin Dynasty did not have the power to restore the prisoners' freedom, and it did not have a mature enough system to support state-owned factories to pay every worker's salary.

Moreover, there are some systems that lack good supporting facilities, such as the absence of banks and imperfect corporate systems.

There's just too much to coordinate.

Even if we want to set up state-owned factories, factories and workshops are essentially controlled by the state, but their nature is still commercial entities.

The nature of state-owned factories and workshops determines that their operation cannot be simply managed by the government.

This is used to revitalize the economy, and was not invented to allow officials and royal relatives to make money.

Moreover, Zhang Cang pointed out a more acute problem, "What is the use of mining so many minerals? What is the use? Pricing is naturally simple. The more you mine, the cheaper it is, and the more convenient it is for the people."

"But your majesty, have you ever thought about this? The reason why a commodity is a commodity is that it is first and foremost a valuable thing that needs to be used by people."

"Your Majesty is mining iron ore, but do the people really need so much iron ore?"

“Who’s going to digest all that iron ore?”

In this regard, Zhang Cang had to ridicule some of his ancestors for making trouble by defining gold as a symbol of wealth and encouraging people to buy gold.

But gold is essentially an ore...

Some things are terrifying when you think about them. Because thinking about certain things makes you feel uncomfortable, some people choose to give up thinking.

If you give up thinking, and keep giving up, you will slowly be deceived by others.

"Could it be that Your Majesty intends to create these iron ores, beat them into shapes that men and women like, and then let the ministers help sell these stones for the people to use as decorations?"

Zhang Cang is becoming aggressive again.

Although what Zhang Cang said was true, Qin II could not stand his face more and more. How could a minister be like this? He was like a lunatic every day.

Today is like a resentful man, as if his concubine has died.

"I have never heard of not preparing shrouds and coffins for a person even though he is not dead yet."

When Zhang Cang heard this, his breath got stuck in his throat and he wanted to say something but couldn't.

His face turned red and his neck became thick and short.

"My minister retire."

Fusu was just doing the preparatory work, but Zhang Cang insisted on making a big deal out of it, so it's not Fusu's fault.

Zhang Cang left angrily, but everyone could feel that this anger had nothing to do with today's court discussion.

"What happened to Zhang Cang?"

Those who know dare not speak, and those who don’t know just shake their heads.

Qin II was too lazy to care about him as he had too much trouble to deal with his own family affairs.

But the use of this iron ore is still a big problem.

Unless there is a technological breakthrough, it will be difficult for ordinary people to use iron on a large scale.

Qin II had no choice but to assign this task to Mo Ge once again.
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It is said that Qin II had been wandering around the Ecological and Technological City for a few days without anyone noticing, and suddenly appeared, scaring the generals and soldiers under Xiang Li Che and Meng Tian.

These people received the emperor with great trepidation, but Qin II asked them to deal with the three wastes.

This group of people have just figured out what invention and creation are, and have just started learning the ropes. How can they possibly know how to control pollution?

This made Xiangli Che very worried.

In order to solve this new task assigned by the emperor, Xiangli Che fell into deep thought again.

In the past, Xiangliche was more or less handsome. When he walked in Xianyang City, he often flirted with young ladies because of his extraordinary clothes.

But since he met Qin II, Xiangli Che looked sloppy every day, and his hair was always messy, as if he had just crawled out of a haystack.

Not only does he mutter some weird things every day, but he also looks like a puppy in the haystack on the street, all unkempt.

Even robbers would not want to rob him when they saw him.

Because his eyes were dull, although he was still there, his soul seemed to have gone to another place.

His clothes were even shabbier, as if they hadn't been changed in a year.

Xiang Li Che is obsessed with technology and invention. Once his spirit has a home, he no longer cares whether his body is comfortable or his appearance is beautiful.

At first, those disciples laughed at him and thought he was ridiculous. But after following Xiang Li Che for only half a year, those disciples also started to behave like this.

All of them have sloppy appearances, wandering eyes, and their souls are far away...

Once, a disciple of Xiang Li Che returned to the countryside. He was lying on a rock on the top of a mountain thinking about something, but he encountered a group of robbers. The robbers looked at them and felt that it was pitiful for them to live like this, so they gave him some money.

Many interesting things will definitely happen to an interesting soul.

Xiangli Che and his disciples were tortured all the way by the tricky demands of Qin II.

Every time Qin II assigned a task, this group of people had to go through a long period of thinking.

But unlike previous missions, Qin II did not give them any help or hints this time.

However, Xiang Li Che did not doubt whether the emperor's direction was correct. After they invented cannons [a military secret weapon], plow carts and other sowing tools, they dared not doubt Qin II anymore.

Without reference materials and available information, you can only find it yourself.

No one would have thought that Xiang Li Che, the new leader of the Mohist school, would try to use the Yin-Yang school's five elements technique to curb exhaust gas.

This is destined to be an event of epoch-making significance.

Those traditional cultures have finally come down from the books.

It is not easy to get to where we are today. It took Fusu almost seventeen years to finally lead the people of the Qin Empire onto the right path.

(End of this chapter)