General Qin

"The ancient holy kings enshrined Zen with their merits and virtues. They wrapped the wheels with cattail grass and went up the mountain, so that they would not have to worry about hurting the vegetation, soil and rocks on the mountain. When they reached the top of the mountain, they cleaned the ground and spread a mat made of stalks, which can be used as a sacrifice. In the place of heaven, if His Majesty prostrates at the banquet, he will be able to reach heaven."

It was Chun Yuyue who spoke.

This hard-headed Confucian scholar from Qidi couldn't wait to throw out his Zen etiquette as soon as the emperor asked.

Hearing this, a question mark appeared in Zhao Tuo's head.

Wrap the wheels with cattail grass, so if your wheels run over them, the grass and trees will not be hurt?

Moreover, Mount Tai is more than 1,500 meters high, and there are many twists and turns in the middle. Are you going up by car?

Zhao Tuo shook his head speechlessly. He glanced at Chun Yuyue who was facing him in a wide robe and sleeves. He really didn't know what was in the head of the man wearing the crown of honor.

On the other hand, Qi Diaobi, who had always been on good terms with Chunyu Yue, first praised that wrapping the wheel with cattail grass was indeed the method of the ancient sage kings, but it was hard to show the emperor's sincerity by doing so.

It is better for the emperor to walk up the mountain in person, and then let the accompanying ministers and ministers worship at the side of the road at intervals. Then build a sacrificial altar on the top of the mountain, set up sacrificial utensils so as to go to heaven, so as to show the emperor's sincerity.

Hearing this, Emperor Shi Huang's face turned ashen-blue.

He has already overlooked Mount Tai to the north of Boyang City.

Although it is not as high as Huashan and Qinling in Guanzhong, Mount Tai is still a towering mountain, otherwise Qi people would not be able to say that Mount Tai is equal to the sky.

You want me to walk up the mountain?

You want to exhaust me to death!

The First Emperor gave Qi Diao Bi a hard look.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Tuo became more and more speechless.

These people are really masters of fantasy, and they don't think about whether what they say can be realized or whether the emperor can accept it.

In addition to these two, the leaders of other Confucian factions also spoke one after another.

All kinds of etiquette rules that sound symbolic but are actually a bit outrageous have been proposed.

Some people even say that a large five-color altar will be built on Mount Tai to symbolize the movement of the five virtues.

Let the emperor stand on the black altar among the five-color altars, look up at the sky, worship and sacrifice, and tell his fate to the sky.

This can better reflect the water virtue of Daqin, and symbolize that the destiny is in me.

One after another, Fengchan etiquette was pushed out.

Zhao Tuo noticed that the emperor's face was getting more and more gloomy, and the surrounding ministers also looked at each other indifferently.

On the contrary, Ting Wei Li Si had a gentle face, even a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After the Confucian scholars talked about more than a dozen proposals in a hurry, Li Si glanced at Feng Chang next to him.

Feng Chang's name is Zhao Bing. He was born as a legal official, and he can be counted as a member of the Legalist family.

As a public minister in charge of sacrifices, Zhao Bingfang let the Confucian scholars argue from Xianyang to Mount Tai, and has rarely intervened. Li Si's intention may also be involved in this.

Seeing Li Si's gaze now, Zhao Bing understood it, knowing that it was time to close the net.

He stood up and scolded: "What a big event it is for the emperor to enshrine Zen. You and other Confucian scholars call this the ritual of the ancient sage kings. However, it is difficult to settle down even the etiquette in the few months from Xianyang to Mount Tai. According to your method, I am afraid that it will be over On June 6th, the etiquette has not been finalized yet, wouldn't this be a major event of Feng Chan missed, what's the use of waiting!"

Hearing Feng Chang standing up and scolding, and seeing the emperor's indifferent face.

Prime Minister Zuo Wang Wan frowned slightly. He gave all the Confucian scholars a hard look, and hurriedly said to the First Emperor: "Your Majesty, it is difficult for all living beings to agree on one thing. Why don't you give them another day to discuss it."

Seeing Wang Wan stand up in time to rescue the Confucian scholars, Li Si snorted coldly in his heart.

Enshrining Zen is a matter of the sage king blown out by Confucianism.

Confucian scholars wanted to use this matter to regain the favor of the emperor, to fight for a way out from the situation of being deposed and neglected by the emperor, and to fight for the right to speak in the Qin court.

And Li Si, who was born under Xunqing's family, has long seen through their virtues.

He dissuaded Feng Chang from interfering, and has always allowed Confucian scholars to argue with each other, and even secretly fueled the flames.

Li Si did this to show the uselessness of these Confucian scholars in front of the emperor.

Now that the time has come, how could he just sit back and watch Wang Wan come to rescue him?

Li Si coughed lightly, stood up and said: "The Prime Minister's remarks are absurd. The old man just watched the words of all living beings, and the rituals of conferring Zen are not only chaotic and mixed, but mutually exclusive. , Far beyond what people can understand and realize, even if they are given another day, what is the use of reaching an agreement? Is it really necessary for the emperor to go up the mountain on a cart with wheels wrapped in cattail grass, or to let the emperor climb to the top of Mount Tai on foot? ?”

When Zhao Tuo heard Li Si's words, he knew that those Confucian scholars were going to die.

Li Si, what he said really touched the emperor's heart.

Sure enough, Emperor Shi Huang, who was originally gloomy, was completely annoyed when he heard the words "climbing Mount Tai on foot".

He snorted coldly, and reprimanded: "Everyone's words are different, and it is difficult to apply them. I will use the etiquette of Daqin to practice Zen."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the Confucian scholars changed completely.

They originally wanted to show their expertise in making rituals through the matter of enshrining Zen, and seize the right to speak on the level of ideological sacrifice in Qin State, but they didn't know that the emperor directly exempted them. What are these Qilu Confucian students doing?

"Your Majesty, this is impossible!"

Chunyuyue screamed with his neck straightened, and said: "In the matter of enshrining Zen, we must learn from the ancient sage king's method, how can we use the principles of Qin Li."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed greatly, and the emperor on the main seat even frowned, and flames burned in his eyes.

Li Si's eyes lit up.

It felt like Chunyu Yue was his ally.

But just when Li Si was about to stand up and use Chun Yuyue's words to make a big splash, label this group of Confucian scholars, and then expand the attack.

But there was one person who stood up faster than him.

"Bold!"

"Today's world is my Great Qin's world. Whether it's enshrining Zen or offering sacrifices, there's nothing wrong with using my Qin rituals! The emperor asked you to discuss enshrining Zen, but the disputes along the way are difficult to determine. It's a waste of business. It's really unreasonable to dare to talk nonsense here now. .It should be forked out!"

Everyone was stunned, looking for their reputation, only to see Martial Arts Marquis Zhao Tuo standing up, his face flushed, glaring at Chun Yuyue and the Confucian scholars, his face was full of anger.

The people in the room were just surprised by Chunyu Yue's bold words, and before they could react, they saw Marquis Wu Gong stand up and scold and roar, and they couldn't help but join in.

"Fork out!"

"Fork out these Confucian scholars!"

The First Emperor nodded. He was already very dissatisfied with the behavior of these Confucian scholars, and was angered by Chunyuyue's words. When he was about to punish him, Zhao Tuo stepped forward at the right time and scolded him very angrily, which made his heart burst into anger. Scattered some.

Zhao Tuo really puts Zhen and Daqin first.

The First Emperor waved his hand.

"As Marquis Wu Gong said, I will fork out all the Confucian scholars in this house."

"Your Majesty, we are innocent!"

The Confucian scholars finally knew that the emperor was playing the game for real, and hurriedly opened their mouths to complain, but the Zhonglang who heard the order to come in took Meng Yi out directly, leaving only the sound of wailing.

"Wu Gonghou!"

Chunyu Yuehong stared at Zhao Tuo, and then was crossed out by two Lang guards.

Amidst the wailing of all the students, Ting Wei Li Si squinted his eyes and turned to the Marquis Marquis who still had "angry red" on his face.

"This Zhao Tuo, did he do it on purpose or by accident?"

Sensing Li Si's gaze, Zhao Tuo nodded to him, feeling relieved.

It was really dangerous just now.

As soon as Chunyuyue opened his mouth, Zhao Tuo knew that Li Si would definitely not let this opportunity go, and would definitely take this opportunity to expand his attack.

If it was just targeting these non-speaking Confucian students, Zhao Tuo didn't have much opinion.

But Zhao Tuo knew Li Si well, and knew that this old guy was a master of labeling, and he had always wanted to eliminate other schools of thought and let the Legalists dominate.

If he doesn't stand up, maybe the burning of hundreds of books in history will happen earlier.

That's why Zhao Tuo spoke first, scolding these Confucian scholars and motivating the emperor to punish them. In this way, Li Si couldn't say anything more.

On the surface, Zhao Tuo rebuked those Confucian scholars angrily, but in fact he saved them once.

"Chunyuyue doesn't have a handle on his mouth. Maybe he will do bad things in the future. To give Li Si a chance to burn poems and books and ban hundreds of schools, we have to get Chunyuyue down."

Zhao Tuo secretly said in his heart.

According to his understanding, Chun Yuyue had a bad mouth, disregarded the emperor and the overall situation, and looked like a fool. In fact, it wasn't just that he had no brains, but also had something to do with the times.

We must know that compared with the autocratic Qin State, the six eastern countries, especially Qi State among them, have always been very free in thinking.

In the Jixia Academy in Qi State, a group of disciples gathered for a long time. They debated, confronted and attacked each other in the academy, and often talked about state affairs and criticized current affairs.

The state of Qi responded with a welcoming attitude, encouraged all schools of thought to participate in and discuss state affairs, and absorbed opinions from all parties on governing the country.

This has also caused Confucian students like Chun Yuyue who were born in Qilu to like to participate in and discuss politics, and often have a critical attitude towards current affairs.

Before they were in Xianyang, they participated in the discussion of prefectures and counties and enfeoffment, attacked Princess Zhao Tuoshang, and brought up various disadvantages of paper. In addition to some purposes, they also had something to do with their frequent political discussions and criticism of state affairs in Qi State. It was purely a habit. .

It's just that this kind of atmosphere that favors free discussion of politics doesn't work in Qin.

Here, only one voice is enough.

This was also the reason why Chunyu Yue spoke frequently, but was always suppressed.

Now, in order to prevent Chunyu Yue from opening his mouth to cause trouble in the future, Li Si was given the opportunity to expand his attack on the scholars.

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and suggested to the emperor: "Your Majesty, just now Chunyu Yue was talking nonsense, such an open-mouthed person, I think it is not appropriate to be a doctor again, and should be demoted as the head of Guizhou, so as to imitate others."

The annoying appearance of Chunyu Yue appeared in Shihuang's mind, he nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as Chun Yuyue was driven away, the chances of Confucian scholars getting into trouble should be low given Zhou Qingchen's disposition, which is good at adapting to wind and rain.

Li Si was expressionless and just looked at Zhao Tuo twice more.

The First Emperor didn't notice this, he reorganized today's thoughts in his heart.

"Confucianism is useless. This time, I enshrine Zen. I should use the ceremony of Daqin to sacrifice to the Emperor of Heaven to act. I enshrine Mount Tai and Zen Liangfu, so as to tell my fate to heaven!"

"Historical Records Fengchan Book": Seventy Confucian scholars and doctors were recruited from Qilu, even at the foot of Mount Tai. Confucian scholars may say: "The ancients enshrined Zen as a cart, which hurt the earth, rocks, grass and trees of the mountain; sacrificed on the ground, and used straw for the mat, saying that it is easy to follow." From this, Confucian scholars are dwarfed.