Diqin Designer

Chapter 132: Daughter Shunying
After a moment's thought, the ministers guessed Ying Zheng's intention when he suddenly issued this order: The king specifically requested that the smartest children in the world be admitted to Xianyang, which clearly meant that he wanted them to learn something.

And who will these children learn from?
Two words suddenly popped up in the minds of all the ministers - Li Nian!
It’s that Li Nian again!

The king ordered officials from all over the country to select smart children to come to Xianyang so that they can study under Li Nian.

Some ministers couldn't help but frown. If this was true, would all the officials of Daqin be Li Nian's disciples in the future?
If that really happens, will this world belong to Li Nian or the king?

Moreover, Li Nian does not seem to belong to any of the Hundred Schools of Thought today. His teaching and learning may lead to the emergence of another school of thought.

Not only that, what Li Nian teaches are child prodigies selected from all over the country. Although he established his school still late, with these outstanding disciples and the support of the king, how can the other hundreds of schools survive?
At this time, they also thought they had figured something out: it turned out that the king did not only respect the Legalists, nor was he willing to use the Confucianists. The school of governance and the ideology of governance that he wanted must come from this Li Nian.

The ministers were even more curious about Li Nian. Who exactly was this person?
Although many ministers did not dare to speak out their thoughts due to the unclear relationship between Li Nian and the king, one minister still stood up and asked, "Does the king want to teach these children to Li Nian?"

Ying Zheng asked, "What's wrong with that?"

The minister said frankly: "I think it is inappropriate! I know that the king trusts Li Nian, and Li Nian also has great talent and great achievements. However, if the king favors him too much, it will harm him..."

At this time, there were still ministers in the Qin Dynasty who dared to speak out. In fact, even during the time of Hu Hai, there were ministers who dared to speak out and make suggestions. Unfortunately, they were all wiped out by Zhao Gao's trick of "calling a deer a horse".

After that, there was no longer any minister who dared to speak out in the Qin court. The ministers who remained in the court either colluded with Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, or remained silent and just ate and drank for free.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty was completely rotten to the core. Even if the First Emperor crawled out of his grave and ascended the throne again, he could not save it.

Seeing that Ying Zheng was not angry and did not stop him from speaking, the minister continued, "The king now trusts Li Nian, and Li Nian is also loyal to the king. The king and his subjects get along well with each other, but will those who learn from Li Nian be as loyal to the king as Li Nian?"

"Li Nian's disciples are all the smartest children in the world. Once they have learned something, they will surely become the backbone of our Great Qin, either ruling a region or occupying a high position in the court. By then..."

The minister stopped talking after that. He believed that what he said was enough to make the king understand:
You favor Li Nian too much and let Li Nian accept these smart children as his disciples. If all the important officials of the Qin Dynasty in the future come from Li Nian's disciples, then by then, will the Qin Dynasty belong to Li Nian or to you, Your Majesty?
Even if Li Nian himself is very loyal to you, the disciples he taught may not be. You might as well put a royal robe on Li Nian and say: You disciples have really made me suffer!

Ying Zheng looked at the minister and said, "You have helped me to share my worries, so you deserve a reward. I will give you one piece of Shu brocade and five pieces of silk!"

The king not only did not get angry, but also rewarded him. The minister quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

After giving out the rewards, Ying Zheng said, "However, what you said, I have already thought about it and have my own thoughts in mind. No need to say more."

This was not a lie by Ying Zheng, it was indeed true, he had already thought about this problem a long time ago.

This time he ordered officials from all over the country to send smart children to Xianyang to study under Li Nian. This was also an experiment on his part.

He planned to first see how much impact Li Nian's words "enlightening the people and promoting education" would have on the royal power, whether the children who studied with Li Nian would be loyal to him, and whether Li Nian could solve this problem.

If the results he saw did not meet his expectations, then people would die.

No matter how good the knowledge and technology of later generations are, if they are not beneficial to him, then they are useless.

He could tolerate the modification of Qin laws, the promotion of new plows, honeycomb coal, tables and chairs, and other things throughout the country, benefiting the people, because these would not only not harm his power as a king, but would be beneficial. But if Professor Li Nian's knowledge of later generations would threaten his power, he would not hesitate to block it, even if those things were very good.

After hearing what Ying Zheng said, the minister took the initiative to apologize and said, "I didn't know that the king had a plan. I showed off my stupidity in front of the king. Please punish me!"

From Ying Zheng's words, the ministers also heard other meanings: the king has his own ideas and does not completely trust Li Nian.

This made many ministers breathe a sigh of relief. If the king completely favored one person, it would definitely not be a good thing for them.

The king is already above them, and they don’t want a second king to appear second only to the king.

Ying Zheng said: "You are loyal to me and share my worries. What crime have you committed? If I punish you, won't the world think that I can't distinguish between loyalty and treachery?"

After the court meeting, Ying Zheng still sent a summary of the meeting to Liuying Palace.

In Liuying Palace, Li Nian, who had just finished a class with Su Xu, saw the bamboo slips that were delivered and shook his head.

During this period, it became a routine for the First Emperor to send him bamboo slips of court meetings.

But he also knew that the First Emperor wanted him to help find out the gaps and to see from the perspective of future generations whether there were any problems with the decrees made at the court meeting.

Flipping through the bamboo slips, Li Nian saw the decision made by the First Emperor and the other officials of the Qin Dynasty, and then saw the conversation between the First Emperor and the minister, and thought: "Even if he is called the greatest emperor of all time, the First Emperor cannot transcend the limitations of the monarch class after all."

'It's not just the First Emperor, it's the same for other emperors, even Erfeng, who is considered quite open-minded and willing to accept advice and tolerate others, I'm afraid he would be like this too.'

When Li Nian was flipping through the bamboo slips of the court meeting, Ying Zheng was not in the Zhangtai Palace handling government affairs. He had arrived at the harem area of ​​the Qin Palace, where his concubines and daughters lived.

Because of what happened between Lao Ai and his mother Zhao Ji, Ying Zheng had extremely strict management of the harem, and except for the necessary guards, almost no men from outside were allowed to enter.

It is absolutely impossible for Meng Yi and Ying Zheng's favorite concubine Yu Shu to have feelings for each other like in "The Myth".

Once discovered, no matter how favored the Meng family is, they will be exterminated by Ying Zheng. However, if Meng Yi is not stupid, he will never approach Yu Shu.

Today, Meng Yi did accompany Ying Zheng in, but Meng Yi did not dare to look around and followed behind Ying Zheng with a serious expression.

Ying Zheng arrived at a palace where a young girl had been waiting. When she saw Ying Zheng approaching, she bowed and said, "Shun Ying greets father!"

Like "Fusu", "Shunying" also comes from "The Book of Songs. Zhengfeng", but it is another "Younv Tongche":
There is a girl in the same carriage, her face is like the flower of Shun. She is about to soar and fly, wearing a jade pendant. That beauty is Meng Jiang, she is really beautiful and elegant.

There is a girl walking with me, her face is like Shun Ying. She is about to soar and fly, wearing jade. That beautiful Meng Jiang, her virtue will never be forgotten.

　I didn't want to write "Ying Yin Man" because I felt that her age might be very young at that time and it would not be appropriate, but I couldn't think of a name, so I chose one from the "Book of Songs", which happens to belong to the Zheng Feng in the Fengya Song category, the same as "Shan You Fusu".

　
(End of this chapter)