Da Qin: Mythology and Immortal Cultivation, Starting with the Lu Sisters

Chapter 76: One flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together fill the garden with spring!

"Eradicate private schools!?"

Li Si's words immediately aroused discussions among the ministers in the court.

How can such a big thing be easily handled?

You must know that many ministers who can stand in the court have benefited from the thought and culture of various schools of thought.

Even someone like Li Si couldn't deny it.

Now, Li Si wants to eliminate private schools, which is really shocking.

What is private education?

This category is really too big.

If we really want to cause trouble, we can eliminate dissidents.

Even Prime Minister Wang Wan's expression changed.

Many ministers looked at Ying Zheng uneasily.

This suggestion made by Li Si was really shocking.

Besides being shocked, it also depends on Ying Zheng's attitude.

If the other party agrees, it will undoubtedly cause the Great Qin Empire to suffer a lot.

Ying Zheng was silent for a long time and asked:

"Li Aiqing, do you know what you are talking about? What is private learning in this world of cultural classics?"

Li Si didn't seem to notice Ying Zheng's attitude, which was a little unexpected.

He thought for a moment and then said:

"There are too many people like Dr. Chun Yuyue. They praise the past instead of criticizing the present. They all respect private knowledge, slander the government, and disturb the people's hearts."

Li Si looked much more serious and continued: "In ancient times, the world was in chaos and could not be unified, which led to the rise of princes and the division of the world. The fundamental reason for this is that the existence of various Confucian doctrines and private schools made people's hearts divided."

The other ministers were thoughtful.

From this aspect, it seems to make sense.

Why should we praise the past and deny the success of the present?

I would like to ask, can the Yin Shang and Zhou Dynasties accomplish the great feat of unifying the world and unifying the nine states like the Qin Empire does now?

Obviously, it's impossible.

There is a huge essential difference between the two.

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. Without Zhao Chen, the master of the Qin Dynasty, who had stated in advance how to use the Confucian scholar group, perhaps he would have chosen to eliminate private schools as Li Si said, so that the ideological and cultural , highly centralized and unified.

"Li Aiqing, do you have any specific ways to eliminate private schools?"

He was not in a hurry to deny or agree, but wanted to hear Li Si's specific approach.

Eliminating private education is an area that must be mastered.

Many cultural classics still exist and need to be continued.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to burn all historical books other than "Qin Ji"!"

Li Si was secretly happy. It seemed that His Majesty the First Emperor did agree with his suggestion. That would be good.

Then, he struck while the iron was hot and said:
"Bring all the books other than "Poems", "Books", Baijiayu and other books collected by Dr. Qin to the county where they are located, and they will be burned under the supervision of the county governor and county lieutenant."

"Those who dare to talk about "Poems" and "Books" will be beheaded and abandoned in the market. Those who think that the past is not the present will be exterminated."

"The officials of the Great Qin Dynasty saw something and knew about it but did not report it. They will be held accountable."

"Anyone who fails to burn the books that should be burned within thirty days after issuing this order shall be punished with a tattoo and be sent to the northern border for several years."

"Of course, books on medicine, divination, planting, etc. are not included in the burning list."

"Those who want to learn laws and regulations can worship officials as their teachers and so on."

Li Si eloquently stated his thoughts on how to eliminate private schools.

Many ministers looked extremely ugly.

This Li Si, this move is really too much.

Originally, the Great Qin Empire was implementing reform decrees, hoping to liberate the people of Great Qin from too many constraints, so that they could recuperate, live and work in peace and contentment, and work hard without being tempted to rebel.

Now, once the method of eliminating private schools mentioned by Li Si is approved by His Majesty the First Emperor and implemented, it will undoubtedly put another pressure on the officials and people of Qin.

Moreover, the group targeted this time includes a huge group of scholars, not just the group of Confucian scholars.

The thought and culture of hundreds of schools of thought during the Warring States Period has been spread throughout the world, and there are always people who are willing to pass it on, and it also has a large audience among the people.Such a move is undoubtedly intended to push the remnants of the nobles of the six countries, making it impossible to calm down within the empire, and there are huge hidden dangers.

More importantly, many ministers have each other's theoretical ideas.

For example, for generals, don't they have inherited classics such as military books?

The cultural classics of the Six Kingdoms are not all dross.

You should understand this.

If it were the cultural classics of the Six Nations, it would be unimportant.

Then why can the Six Kingdoms exist for such a long time.

And why did the Qin State need to spend ten years, with the accumulation of successive kings, to be able to leap from the bottom of the Seven Kingdoms to destroy the Six Kingdoms, unify the nine states, and establish the vast Qin Empire?

Could this be denying the state of Qin?

All in all, it is difficult for people to agree with Li Si’s specific method of eliminating private education.

"Your Majesty, think twice. Lieutenant Li's move is too reckless."

Prime Minister Wang Wan frowned tightly, feeling that the elimination of private schools would greatly shake the foundation of the rule of the Qin Empire. If those groups of scholars completely turned against each other and did not submit to the Qin Empire, then they would be defeated by the Six Kingdoms. The remnants of the nobles took advantage of it and incited the people to rebel.

In that way, there is a huge discrepancy with the implementation of their reform decrees.

The Great Qin Empire has many things that need to be resolved, and the huge impact of eliminating private schools will inevitably be unacceptable in a short time.

If you want to make the rule of the Qin Empire more centralized, unified and stable, you do not necessarily need to eliminate private schools.

"Now that the reform decree is about to be implemented, it is not appropriate to start a big war."

Even Feng Jie, the censor doctor, came out at this moment and said so.

The reason for this is that the elimination of private schools is really too much.

Not yet, to this point.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The other civil servants also said: "The elimination of private schools is a big deal and should not be decided hastily."

However, Li Si also has some supporters.

Several ministers looked at each other and said:

"Your Majesty, what the Taiwei said is true. People's hearts are indeed divided. The existence of private schools disturbs the people's hearts, affects the rule of the empire, and is not conducive to unification. Therefore, we recommend the elimination of private schools!"

Suddenly, many ministers began to argue fiercely with their own opinions.

Eliminating private education is much more important than abolishing the doctoral and Confucian discussion system. It involves too many things.

If you really mess around, I'm afraid it will have extremely bad effects.

Ying Zheng looked at the many ministers arguing fiercely in the palace, then looked at Li Si who looked calm and composed, and sighed.

He turned his head and looked at Zhao Chen. Compared with the other party's plan, Li Si's plan to eliminate private schools was somewhat low-level.

When Dayu controlled water, it was better to clear the blockage than to clear it.

"National Master, how much truth do you think what the Taiwei said is true?"

At this time, Ying Zheng could only ask Zhao Chen, the Grand Master of the Qin Dynasty, for his opinion in front of many ministers.

After hearing Ying Zheng's words, many civil and military ministers also focused their attention on the Great Qin Imperial Master.

Although the other party did not make many remarks, it was enough to attract attention.

Zhao Chen's attitude may very well influence the decision of Ying Zheng, the First Emperor, and cannot be ignored.

Even Li Si, who looked calm and composed, became nervous at this moment.

The other party's sudden emergence directly secured his throne second only to His Majesty the First Emperor, which made him extremely envious.

Naturally, there is also some jealousy.

Why can the other party directly become the Grand Master of the Qin Dynasty?

Even higher than the Prime Minister of Great Qin!

"A flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together makes the garden full of spring!"

Zhao Chen felt the fiery gazes of many people, looked calm, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with the elimination of private schools!"

(End of this chapter)