General Qin

The whole hall was shocked.

Zhao Tuo's face changed even more, and he stared at Tingwei Li Si who was diagonally opposite.

What a Liz!

Zhao Tuo guessed that Li Si would stand up to the challenge of those Confucian doctors.

Firstly, the court lieutenant knew the emperor's heart very well, and knew that standing up would win the emperor's heart.

Secondly, Law and Confucianism are the great enemies. If Chun Yuyue and others use Zhou Li to oppose him and Princess Zhao Tuoshang to succeed, then the Confucianism will definitely gain momentum, and the Legalists, which were originally dominant in the Qin State, will also be affected. So Li Si will definitely make a move.

It's just that he didn't expect Li Si to be so powerful. He used this matter to launch a lore attack on the group of Confucian doctors.

The past is not the present, and I want to restore feudalism!

After the big hat was put on, Li Si immediately asked the emperor to deprive the doctor of the right to participate in and discuss state affairs. If the emperor nodded, then these doctors would really become echoers. They will do whatever they say, and they are not qualified to discuss, let alone express their opinions. .

The abolition of Zhou rituals is even more cruel.

The essence of Confucianism is different from those of Taoism, Mohism, and Law. Rather than saying that Confucianism is one of them, it is better to say that they are the heirs of the ritual system of the Zhou Dynasty.

The rites they learn are Zhou rites. The poems they read were Zhou Le, and everything they said was born out of the ritual and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty. What Confucian disciples learned was the inheritance of Zong Zhou.

Confucius said "restrain oneself and restore the rituals", hoping to change the era of the collapse of rituals and music, and to reproduce the prosperous society of the Zhou Dynasty in the past.

As for later Mencius, Xunzi and others, although they had their own opinions, they couldn't escape the word "li".

Mencius said that if there is no propriety and righteousness, there will be chaos.

Xunzi said, ritual is the great division of law, and the discipline of class.

Within Confucianism, no matter which branch of the teacher it is, "ritual" is their core thing, and it is also the basis of all their theories and political thoughts.

If there is no courtesy, there is no Confucianism.

If the rituals of Zhou were abolished, then Confucianism would be equivalent to non-existence.

Therefore, the ministers with a little knowledge in the palace were all dumbfounded.

This Li Si is directly trying to abolish the foundation of a theory and completely wipe this school from the world!

"If the emperor agrees to abolish Zhou rites, the next step may be to burn poems and books. Li Si is using my matter as a pawn to eliminate all political opponents."

Zhao Tuo's eyes were slightly fixed, and his heart was suspended.

He was used by Li Si.

Although Zhao Tuo was dissatisfied and resentful that these Confucian doctors opposed his wedding, if possible, he wanted to kick Chun Yuyue's crotch hard to show revenge.

But he didn't want this to become a trigger for burning books and burying scholars.

Abolish the Zhou ceremony.

How to abolish it?

According to the style of the Legalists, it would mean burning all the Confucian poems and books, and if there are any people who talk about Zhou rituals, they will be killed.

In this way, even Zhou Li was abolished.

This is definitely the reappearance of the burning of books in the original history.

"With Li Si's style of killing the enemy with one blow when he finds an opportunity, I'm afraid he will spread this matter to other scholars, persuade the emperor to burn all the books in the world, and finally he will be left as the only legal family. The situation. This kind of thing, he can do it!"

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, recalling the words of burning books that he had heard in his previous life

"Whoever dares to collect poems, books, and a hundred languages ​​in the world will burn them all. Those who dare to speak poems and books will abandon the market. Those who think the past is not the present. Those who don't go are the books of medicine, divination and planting trees."

When the Legalists monopolize the Qin State, when there is only one voice left in the whole world, it also means that this new empire is not far from being destroyed.

This point has been proved by history.

Just when Zhao Tuo was startled.

The officials in the palace also began to react.

"The minister Wang Wanmei died to report to His Majesty. Although Confucian scholars have no knowledge and use ancient rituals to prevent the princess's marriage, they have no idea of ​​restoring feudalism. And the Zhou rituals are the rituals set by the Zhou family, but in the past 800 years, It has been integrated into the people of the world. Even weddings, funerals, and daily communication in our country of Qin are inseparable from etiquette. If Zhou etiquette is abolished, how can we replace it?"

"Furthermore, the world is initially determined, and the lands of the princes of the six countries have not yet returned to their hearts. If the Zhou rituals are abolished at this time, the people of the old lands of the six countries may cause trouble again!"

"Yes, if Zhou Rituals are abolished, the world will definitely shake, and it will also affect the major events of people who migrated to the six countries!"

Following Zuo Prime Minister Wang Wan's voice, several ministers who were friendly with Confucianism also spoke up.

The Confucian scholars and doctors at the end of the hall have long been frightened by this incident.

Fortunately, Zhou Qingchen, the doctor's servant, was a clever man. He threw himself into the hall, kowtowed and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, we Confucian scholars have absolutely no intention of restoring feudalism."

"Yes, we have absolutely no objection to counties and counties and the idea of ​​restoring feudalism."

"We didn't make the past different from the present, please Your Majesty to learn from us!"

A group of Confucian scholars hurriedly followed behind Zhou Qingchen and kowtowed and begged.

Chunyu Yue's eyes were dull, and he was pushed to the ground by his colleagues beside him.

Ting Wei abolished Zhou Li's proposal, which frightened them.

On the emperor's couch, Qin Shihuang looked indifferently, looking coldly at the officials in the palace.

The group of Confucian scholars and doctors came up with the Zhou etiquette of "no marriage with the same surname" to oppose the wedding, which made him quite angry.

How dare someone oppose the emperor's edict?

He enlisted these Confucian scholars to serve as doctors, just as a tool.

Now that these tools have their own will, and dare to oppose him, this is naturally something he cannot tolerate.

Li Si proposed to abolish the ritual of Zhou, and the emperor was really moved.

There is no need for a disobedient tool.

But then what Wang Wan and others said made him think otherwise.

As Wang Wan and others said, during the eight hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty, the rituals of Zhou had a great influence on the world.

Not to mention anything else, even the crowning ceremony performed for Fusu and Zhao Tuo just now was created by the Zhou people, and it is the content of the Zhou ceremony.

Apart from this, the weddings, funerals, sacrificial ceremonies, and even the food etiquette and social etiquette in daily life are all derived from the Zhou rituals. Although there are changes, they are generally followed by the Zhou rituals.

If it is abolished, should all of them be abolished, or should some be retained?

If Zhou Rites were abolished, what would be used instead?

In addition, now that the world is initially settled, the land of the Six Kingdoms is not stable, and Zhao Tuo's proposal to relocate the nobles of the Six Kingdoms has just begun. If Zhou Li is abolished at this time, it will definitely have a great impact. There are twists and turns.

As for Li Si's reason for abolishing the Zhou Rituals, the emperor was also clear in his mind.

Qin Shihuang is a monarch who attaches great importance to practical interests. After some thinking, he made his own decision.

Looking at the shivering Confucian scholars lying in the hall, looking at Wang Wan and others with sincere faces.

The emperor said indifferently: "All Confucian scholars have abused the power of doctorate. The past is not the present. From today onwards, the official position of doctorate will not be allowed to go to the palace. In the future, it will not be ordered by me and will not be allowed to participate in state affairs."

"As for the matter of abolishing the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, the ministers will discuss it later."

As soon as these words came out, the Confucian doctor at the end of the hall was full of bitterness, while those doctors of Yin Yang, famous and Mohists gritted their teeth with hatred.

This group of stinky Confucian scholars, their uncontrollable stinky mouth really made everyone suffer.

Without saying a word, they were implicated for no reason and were deprived of the right to go to the palace and participate in the discussion of state affairs. It was really maddening.

Wang Wan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the emperor's temperament, since he said that the matter of abolishing the Zhou ceremony should be discussed again by the ministers, there is still room for discussion.

A smile appeared in Li Si's eyes.

He knew how much influence Zhou Li had had, and it was naturally impossible to abolish Zhou Li with this incident.

He, Li Si, is only a court lieutenant, not a prime minister, and Wang Wan and others are on top of him. The situation in the world today is not stable, so it is almost impossible for the emperor to directly abolish the Zhou ceremony.

"Unless in another ten years, the world will be stable for a long time, and I can become the prime minister, and the power will increase day by day. If these Confucian scholars make another big mistake, maybe they can be wiped out with one blow, and hundreds of schools will be destroyed by burning poems and books. It's just the law."

Li Si secretly sighed in his heart, but there was still a smile in his eyes.

Because his goal has been achieved, the emperor banned all doctors from participating in and discussing state affairs by taking advantage of the "no marriage of the same surname" made by Confucian scholars, which is equivalent to blocking the mouths of all schools of thought, and the Qin State in the future will still belong to his Legalists Eloquent.

Moreover, even if the terrifying idea of ​​abolishing the Zhou Rituals was not implemented, it would be enough to severely deter the people of the world.

Li Si was very satisfied.

"This matter, my legal family has earned."

At this time, Zhao Tuo also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the emperor's edict.

Forbidding doctors to go to the hall to participate in state affairs and blocking the mouths of Confucian scholars is equivalent to silence.

Compared with burning books and abolishing rituals, this result is considered light.

He glanced at the group of sweaty Confucian doctors and shook his head secretly.

Before these Confucian scholars were expropriated by the emperor and came to Qin, they were either doctors in Qi like Chun Yuyue, or they were great folk Confucians from various places.

That's why they did such stupid things. They didn't understand the emperor, the state of Qin, let alone Zhao Tuo's status in Qin, so they wanted to use the wedding to grab the right to speak. Li Si was overturned by a stick.

Compared to Li Si, a veteran who had fought in the court of Qin for more than 20 years, these Confucian scholars were like a piece of paper, far inferior to their disciples and grandchildren who would dominate the officialdom in later generations.

"It's good to be overturned by Li Siqian, so that I won't be able to tell the situation and talk nonsense in the future."

Zhao Tuo smiled.

With the fate of these Confucian doctors in front, no one can stop his marriage.

"I'm getting married."

He whispered, anticipation flashing in his eyes.

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