Diqin Designer

Chapter 232 It’s all the fault of the old nobles of the six countries
Seeing Li Nian recommending him, Zhao Gao greeted Li Nian in a friendly manner and thought to himself: "This Li Nian is indeed worth getting along with, but it's a pity that he is not your Majesty's biological son! Li Nian is famous all over the world. Even if your Majesty can tolerate him, will the successor be able to tolerate him?"

"Master Li Nian is like this, so is I? I am able to get to where I am now, all thanks to your majesty's trust. If the successor monarch does not trust me, I will be inferior to others one day..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Gao felt more and more that he and Li Nian were in a similar situation. The safety of their lives and property depended on the current Qin Emperor, but it was hard to say what would happen in the future. He also became more and more friendly towards Li Nian.

Li Nian didn't know what Zhao Gao was thinking, but he always felt that Zhao Gao seemed to be more friendly to him. A famous traitor in history looked at him like an old friend? Did Zhao Gao look at me more favorably because I recommended him?

There was no time to think about what happened to Zhao Gao. Li Nian said, "Not only should we make the rebel soldiers confess that they were deceived by the old nobles of the six countries, but we should also find their relatives and friends to corroborate and cry for them."

"The rebel soldiers could have lived with them at home, but now they are being punished to build roads and bridges. This is because they were deceived by those unscrupulous nobles of the six countries and joined the rebellion without knowing why."

"This also reflects your majesty's benevolence. Fortunately, your majesty is very perceptive and knows that the culprit is the old nobles of the six countries. Their fathers, brothers and loved ones were just deceived, so they were not beheaded and given a chance to live."

"Finally, we will spread the crimes committed by the old nobles of the six countries and the confessions of these rebel soldiers to the world, so that people everywhere will know and understand that the old nobles of the six countries have bad intentions and want to destroy their current lives, lead them to rebel, and return the world to war!"

"In short, we must make everyone believe that the old nobles of the six countries are the cause of rebellion and the root cause of unrest in the world."

Ying Zheng and his ministers quickly thought about Li Nian's words. This method was not difficult, and it could even be said to be very simple. However, simple did not mean impractical. On the contrary, as long as it could be handled well, it could indeed put the final nail in the coffin for the nobles of the six countries and completely sweep the six countries into dust.

After this, the dark cloud of the six kingdoms hanging over the Qin Dynasty will dissipate, and the nobles of the six kingdoms will completely lose hope in the world. Even if there are still nobles of the six kingdoms who have survived and live in the land of Qin Dynasty, they will not dare to reveal their origins.

This is called victory in public opinion and thought. Ying Zheng keenly realized this point. This is how words cannot kill people and how public opinion cannot kill people!
Ying Zheng also realized more clearly what Li Nian had mentioned many times, 'The platform for public opinion must be controlled by the hands of the Qin Dynasty, and public opinion in the world must not be allowed to be spoken by anyone, otherwise once it is controlled by others, it will be a threat to the Qin Dynasty.'

He didn't want him and his Great Qin to one day become the old nobles of the six kingdoms in Li Nian's words, and be portrayed in a negative light, with people referring to him as violent and Great Qin as harsh and cruel.

Ying Zheng said: "I think what Li Nian said is feasible. What do you think?"

Seeing that Boss Zheng had made up his mind, the ministers naturally would not go against it, and Li Nian's method was indeed feasible, so the ministers did not refute it and decided the matter.

Ying Zheng said: "In this case, Wang Ben will lead the troops to suppress the rebellion. This battle should be fought quickly and decisively, and the rebels should be wiped out with the force of thunder and lightning, so as to help some people recall the power of the Qin Dynasty!"

Although the rebellion of the nobles of the six states was forced by the Qin Dynasty, it still made Ying Zheng unhappy. In less than a year, some people had forgotten how they once trembled under the iron cavalry of the Qin Dynasty and dared to rebel.

This time we must help them recall the past, and also let other people with ill intentions know that although the Qin Dynasty is no longer harsh and cruel, it is still the Qin Dynasty they fear. They cannot think that the Qin Dynasty has changed and that it is weak and can be bullied.

Wang Ben received the order and said, "I obey your order!"

A meeting of the top leaders of the Qin Dynasty ended, but Li Nian was kept by Ying Zheng, who casually asked, "When will the new characters, dictionaries, and textbooks be compiled?"

Li Nian estimated the progress based on what he knew so far and replied, "The phonetic notation of the new characters will be completed in another half month."

"A dictionary needs to be annotated and sorted, so it takes more time. Even if this preliminary compilation only includes commonly used characters and the annotations are only the meanings of commonly used characters, it will take at least four months. If printing is included, it will take even longer." Compiling a dictionary is not an easy job and it cannot be completed in ten days or half a year. Because Li Nian had many people involved, he started with a simplified version, so it was relatively fast. It took three years to compile the first "Xinhua Dictionary" in later generations.

"The textbook can be compiled within a month. The only difficulty is that all the scholars want to include their own theories in the textbook, so they often argue with each other."

It is not difficult to compile textbooks. Even if no one helps, Li Nian can compile them by moving textbooks from later generations. Moreover, the current Qin Dynasty does not need too high-end textbooks. It is not necessary to compile all the textbooks from elementary school to university immediately.

After listening to Li Nian's words, Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "It takes too long. The dictionary can be compiled slowly. Once the phonetic notation of new characters is completed and the teaching materials are compiled, we can start teaching!"

Before the ceremony of becoming emperor, he ordered the intelligent children selected from all over Qin to be sent to Xianyang. However, the students had arrived but the teacher was not ready yet. He couldn't keep dragging it on, right?
Li Nian said: "I obey your command!"

Ying Zheng asked again: "The princes will be appointed to various places. Who do you think can govern the places well and who can't?"

Li Nian analyzed seriously, "I think all the princes can govern the local area well. First, your Majesty is in power, and the princes dare not act recklessly. Second, the current policies of the Qin Dynasty are appropriate, and the princes only need to govern the local area according to the policies, and they will be able to govern well. If we say who can govern the local area best, I think Prince Gao should be the best."

"Because of Lu Zhi?"

Li Nian nodded and said, "That's right. Although Lü Zhi can no longer be the Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty, her potential will not disappear. When she follows Gongzi Gao to the local areas, she will be influenced by what she sees and hears. Her potential as Empress Lü will be gradually discovered, and she will assist Gongzi Gao in governing the local areas."

Although Gongzi Gao married Lü Zhi, he also lost the possibility of competing for the throne, because the First Emperor would not allow Lü Zhi to become the future queen of the Qin Dynasty. What if Lü Zhi, his daughter-in-law, did the same things she did in the history of the Han Dynasty?

Ying Zheng asked again: "I see that Zhao Gao treats you very kindly and smiles at you every time he sees you. What do you think?"

Li Nian smiled and said, "Vice-General Zhao must want to befriend me, thinking that he can form an alliance with me so that he can gain a foothold in the court."

What Zhao Gao was planning was simply impossible to achieve. Both Li Nian and Zhao Gao himself were actually the focus of Ying Zheng's attention. How could he let them form an alliance?
But Ying Zheng didn't ask this question to ask Li Nian to answer this, but Li Nian had already answered it, so he didn't want to explain it anymore, and said, "It's good that you know it, go back and continue with your work!"

Watching Li Nian's departing back, Ying Zheng did not look away for a long time. After a long while, he suddenly asked: "Meng Yi, who among the princes do you think can tolerate Li Nian?"

The entire Zhangtai Palace was eerily quiet. The eunuchs, palace maids, and guards did not dare to move. Even Meng Yi felt a headache. Is His Majesty already considering the future of Master Li Nian? But this question is really hard to answer. Who knows what His Majesty is thinking?
Meng Yi was still thinking about how to answer, but Ying Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask!"

Ying Zheng suddenly asked the question because he had recently received some news: someone was worried about Li Nian's future, so he began to think about this issue. If it was before, it would have been best to take Li Nian away with him when he died, but now he was thinking about whether there was any other way.

The difficulty of this problem lies in the fact that he can tolerate Li Nian, but can the successor tolerate it? By then, he will have passed away, and even if he has some power, it will be difficult for him to control the affairs of the living.

　I drank a bottle of yogurt today and I am having diarrhea. This stuff is no worse than Wallace. Every time I ate Wallace last year, my stomach and intestines were smooth.

　
(End of this chapter)