General Qin

After Li Si's words fell, there was a chuckle in the hall.

Qin Shihuang looked at the impassioned Li Si, and his face stretched slightly.

Among the ministers of Qin State, apart from Zhao Tuo, it was Li Si who satisfied him the most.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help laughing at this moment.

The best debater Li Si!

What a good one to use the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son!

Don’t you disciples of Confucianism always talk about “learn from the ancients and last forever” and “learn from the laws of the previous kings”, and often praise the governance of the three generations, calling it a beautiful government?

In the previous battle for enfeoffment of prefectures and counties, these people used Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties as an example, but now Li Si used this method to strike head-on.

Qi Diaobi and the others blushed immediately.

Chunyu Yue also twitched the corner of his mouth.

Xia, Shang and Zhou, which one is more ancient, the answer is obvious.

Zhou Qingchen whispered from the side: "Shut up, Lieutenant Ting speak up, this matter is over."

Chunyu Yue glared at him, stiffened his neck and said: "Ting Wei's words are wrong. Although we have learned from ancient times and have a long history. But if there is a problem with the system of the previous generation, it is also a good thing for the sage's system to improve it in later generations. one piece."

"Xia and Shang used the same surname to intermarry, which is not a good law. The so-called men and women with the same surname, their births are not common, so there is a Zhou Gong system of rituals, to avoid this evil custom, to establish human relations, and to distinguish between animals. Therefore, although we learn from the ancients, we should also learn from it. Learn from the ancient sages, not the ancient vices!"

Double standard!

Zhao Tuo cursed secretly in his heart.

The "sage's law" that Chunyu Yue said was not all explained by their mouths.

However, as the protagonist of this matter, Zhao Tuo is not easy to end the debate in person.

Fortunately, Li Si is also a master of verbal warfare, and as a pillar of Legalism, he is an enemy of these Confucian doctors. At this moment, he is naturally energetic, mobilizing his lips and tongue, and launching a counterattack.

"What a sage's law. He Zhou Gongdan is a sage. Could it be that Dayu and Shang Tang were not ancient sages? Could it be that what they did with the same surname was the behavior of beasts?"

Li Si sneered, and put on a hat first, causing the faces of the Confucian scholars to change slightly.

Dayu ruled the floods and established Kyushu, so he is an ancient sage.

As for Shang Tang, Confucius said that "the revolution of Tang and Wu follows the sky and responds to people", so he is naturally a saint.

This is beyond doubt.

Fortunately, Li Si didn't get entangled in this so-called "sage's law".

He changed the topic and said: "The so-called non-marriage of the same surname has been eight hundred years since the Zhou Gong system of rituals. You and others are now talking about the ritual system, but during these eight hundred years, how many people in his Zhou family princes How about observing this ritual? How many things are like Wu Mencius?"

The Confucian scholars looked at each other in blank dismay, and it was not easy to answer for a while.

The matter of Wu Mencius was a heavy blow to them.

This is a story in "The Analects of Confucius", and most Confucian scholars who have read this book know it well.

It is said that Lu Zhaogong married Wu Guozong's daughter as his wife.

Lu and Wu have the same surname, and their intermarriage is a violation of Zhou Li's "same surname does not marry" system.

Therefore, Lu people did not call her "Wu Ji" according to the general female address, but changed it to "Wu Mencius", which is equivalent to changing people's names and surnames in order to get away with it.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Chen Guosi Kou once asked Confucius: "Does Lu Jun know the etiquette?"

Confucius replied: "Know the propriety."

After Confucius left, Chen Guo Sikou said to Wu Maqi again: "I heard that a gentleman will not have selfish intentions, and go to protect others. But Lu Jun married a woman with the same surname as his wife in Wu State. This is the same surname. As for marriage, he called him Wu Mencius, which is obviously against propriety. But Confucius now shields Lu Jun, saying that he knows propriety. If Lu Jun’s behavior of marrying a woman with the same surname is considered propriety, who in the world doesn’t know What about the gift?"

Li Si's remarks not only counterattacked by citing the example of Lu Zhaogong's intermarriage with the same surname, but also mocked Confucius' behavior of covering up Lu Zhaogong, which made many Confucian scholars look bad.

Chunyu Yue said in a deep voice: "The Zhou family has eight hundred years, and there are more than ten million princes in the world. Even if one or two kings violated the etiquette, that is a normal thing. This is not enough to give examples."

"Haha? Only one or two? Are you rotten Confucians ignorant of history? Or do you want to deceive the emperor? I will tell you today, how many people with the same surname in the Zhou family married!"

Li Si opened his eyes wide and spoke loudly.

"Jin State, after Tang Shuyu, the son of King Wu of Zhou, was a big country with the surname of Ji. When Jin Xiangong married Jia Nu, Dayong Huji, Xiao Rongzi, Li Ji, etc. as wives and concubines, these four daughters were all surnamed Ji. His son Jin Wengong Chonger , was born of a marriage of the same surname, and became the overlord of the world. Even Jin Wengong himself married a daughter of the Zhou royal family for the same surname marriage, and gave birth to a son Jin Chenggong with a black buttock!"

"As for Duke Ping of Jin, he married the daughter of the Marquis of Wei, and married her to the State of Wu. These two marriages were also marriages of the same surname."

Zhao Tuo's eyelids twitched when he heard Jin Chenggong's black buttocks name.

But then he was surprised by the words in Li Si's mouth. These kings of the Jin Kingdom love women with the same surname very much.

Li Si did not stop at this moment, and continued to reprimand sharply: "Besides Jin, Wu is also a big country with the surname of Ji. Wu first married the daughter of Jin, and then married a daughter of Lu. He also married Cai, who also had the surname of Ji, and Wu Wangliao married Cai Zhaohou. Meng Ji, the eldest daughter. King Helu of Wu married his uncle Ji to Cai Houshen. In addition, the state of Wu also intermarried with the royal family of Zhou. How can such behavior talk about not marrying with the same surname?"

"For hundreds of years, Jin, Wu, Lu, Zheng, Wei, Cai and other countries with Ji surnames have all intermarried with each other, and there are countless deeds. In addition to these countries with Ji surnames, even Zhou Tianzi also married with Jin, Wu and other countries with the same surname. Is this the same surname as Zhou Li said about not marrying?"

Li Si's voice was stern, and the words in his mouth even referred to names and surnames, revealing all the incidents of intermarriage among countries surnamed Ji, which shocked everyone in the hall.

The complexions of the Confucian scholars changed drastically.

Li Si didn't give up, and even took advantage of the victory to chase after him: "Why do I say that your words are ridiculous?"

"Zhou Ritual is the etiquette established by the Duke of Zhou to restrain the people of Zhou. And I, Qin, was the descendant of the nobles of Yin and Shang, after Fei Lian, the son of evil!"

"The etiquette and customs of our Qin people are not the same as those of Zhou. How can you restrain our Qin people with things that have not been followed up to the emperor of Zhou and down to the countries surnamed Ji? Use the things that were destroyed hundreds of years ago. How ridiculous and absurd are such things to restrain the Daqin that I rule the world with etiquette!"

After the words fell, all the Qin officials in the palace applauded and took advantage of the situation to attack.

Qiang Yan was in a hurry, and then sneered: "What a bunch of stinky Confucian scholars, he Zhou Tianzi is playing with the same surname intermarriage, yet he dares to ask me, Qin, not to marry the same surname. Pooh, it's better for us Qiang people, Don’t engage in such nonsense at all.”

Zhi Su Nei Shi Wang Wu sneered and said: "It's shameless. When the emperor of Zhou intermarried with those countries with the surname Ji, why didn't you oppose and stop it? What kind of Confucius are you, you lied about Lu Jun marrying a Wu girl with the same surname. Cover up. Now that my Princess Qin is getting married, you people come here to oppose it, it's really ridiculous and absurd."

Bangwei Wang Ben said coldly: "Zhou Li? Zhou Tianzi? The Zhou family has been destroyed by our Qin State. What Zhou Li is, but it is something that should be buried in the tomb."

"Of course! What Bang Wei said is, what nonsense Zhou Li Zhou emperor, my country of Qin is after the Yin and Shang Dynasty, and his Zhou family has been wiped out long ago!"

The crowd was turbulent, and the shouts were endless.

"This this……"

Those Confucian doctors were all pale.

The doctor's servant Zhou Qingchen was frightened by this scene, and the two trembled.

They couldn't even quibble, because they didn't know many things Li Si said, and it was the first time they heard of them here.

Although these Confucian doctors claim to be knowledgeable about the past and the present, in this ancient era where bamboo slips were used as the carrier, due to limited conditions, classics were not circulated.

There are often only one or two classics of each school's true biography, and most of them are hidden and only passed on from teacher to teacher.

Therefore, their knowledge, apart from the classics they have studied intensively, is actually limited.

They may be aware of some things mentioned in Confucian classics, such as the "Wu Mencius" incident.

But what is not in the Confucian classics, only recorded in the history books of various countries, how can they know about it?

Even Li Si, he went into the library of Yushi Mansion overnight, searched through the history books of various countries collected by Qin State, and consulted his knowledgeable younger brother before he could sort it out.

It was precisely because his examples were well-known and full of lethality that they stunned those Confucian scholars on the spot.

It turned out that Zhou Tianzi and those countries with the Ji surname all married with the same surname.

At this moment, coupled with the fact that the Qin officials in the palace were attacking and condemning one after another, the momentum was astonishing, and the Confucian scholars were so frightened that they couldn't even speak.

Chunyu Yue's palms trembled, his lips trembled, and he couldn't find the words to respond.

Zuo Prime Minister Wang Wan, who was on good terms with them in Confucianism, and a few ministers, although they didn't make trouble, were expressionless at the moment and didn't dare to get involved.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Tuo smiled.

Liz is Liz.

There is no need for the emperor to use power to suppress people, and the court lieutenant just laid down all these Confucian scholars with a single mouth.

As expected of a man who can write "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests", it's really amazing to be able to argue!

But in the next second, a scene that surprised Zhao Tuo appeared.

After Li Si's victory, he didn't give up.

Instead, he turned around and looked at the smiling Qin Shihuang on the emperor's couch.

He raised his head and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Duke Zhou abandoned the custom of the Xia and Shang dynasties and created the ceremony of non-marriage with the same surname in order to maintain the patriarchal clan of Zhou. To make countries with different surnames match each other, all with He formed an alliance with the country surnamed Ji to consolidate the Zhou family's control over the world. This ritual system is a means of governing the country, dedicated to stabilizing the feudal system."

"If there is a unified government today, this method should be abolished. But these Confucian scholars are using this outdated thing to oppose the matter of the Great Shu Changshang Princess."

"I believe that these Confucian scholars must be dissatisfied with the affairs of the counties and counties that our Qin State has done in the world. They want to restore feudalism by using this matter to make the past different from the present!"

"Your Majesty, my minister Li Simei, said to his majesty that in order to ensure the stability of our Daqin society, we will cut off such things that make the past not the present. The doctors should be deprived of the right to discuss and participate in politics."

Li Si's eyes were shining, and he turned his head to face the many Confucian scholars at the end of the hall, showing his yellow teeth.

Confucianism wants to take advantage of this to snatch the right to speak.

And he, Li Si, just happened to kill them all in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to abolish Zhou rituals and implement Qin law!"

Tomorrow there will be a chapter ending transition, and a chapter of marriage plot. Then a new story begins.

As for the plot of "no marriage with the same surname", it was planned very early on. First, in the comment area and chapters, "no marriage with the same surname" was used to talk about things. If you don't write a plot positively and ignore the past, you will inevitably be attacked by men and women afterwards. Marriage with the same surname.

The second is that after Confucianism has been deprived of posthumous posthumous titles and enfeoffments, it will definitely react to the "same surname marriage" that violates Zhou etiquette, and use this matter as a fuss. It's not normal if they don't move.

As for Chun Yuyue's character, in history, he scolded Zhou Qingchen for flattery in front of Qin Shihuang, and even suggested restoration and distribution of feudal titles, which led to the burning of books. This man's head is so hard.

For relevant information in this article, please refer to Chen Guyuan's "Chinese Marriage History" and Liu Li's "Research on the Marriage Relations of the Kingdoms in the Two Weeks Period"

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