Chapter 514
"I have a way to achieve what the Prime Minister said about public opinion and people's hearts without banning hundreds of schools of thought, burning history and burning books!"
Heifu understood the reason why Li Si advocated "burning books". Since the feudal county dispute, some Confucian scholars have been clamoring for a long time to return. Since the Fengshan Mountains and Fengshan, they have been separated from the court, many people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the past and the present. If they let go of the will and let rumors and slander spread, in the long run, it will indeed shake the foundation of the empire, which is something that the emperor cannot tolerate.
Since Shang Yang, a senior who burned poetry, calligraphy and calligraphy in front of him, burning books became the easiest and most convenient way...
However, it is too exaggerated to expand the attack from "Poems" and "Books" to the entire school of thought, and to completely ban speech and teaching, or even to the point of destroying private learning in the world.
In that case, it would not only burn the "Poems" and "Books" and the history of the Six Kingdoms. Think about it, Xunzi's "Theory of Heaven" and the theories of the Mohist schools that can be called physics are now "unused studies" in the eyes of the emperor and Li Si, but in time, they may have become the germination of science. There are also popular books such as "Zhuangzi" that were popular in later generations, if they were burned to pieces without saying anything, they would be burned to pieces by fire, in Heifu's view, it would be a waste of resources.
Although the official doctoral collection has not been burned, once only a few people can contact this knowledge, there is no room for circulating among the people, spreading it is illegal, and they are not far from completely extinction.
Every country must have its own core values, and the official will also publicize it. However, if all other disciplines are prohibited, those who can bear the 24-word mantras and party discipline and rules of prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony every day?
Thoughts need to be unified, but they cannot be too single. The hundreds of schools of thought created in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are like the wildly growing flowers blooming, blooming in purple and colorful, nourishing the next generation for two thousand years. It would be a pity if you kill a stick and cause cultural faults in China. Just like in the fields, although weeds are removed, its ecosystem is also fragile under the prosperity of the grains.
It has been proven countless times in history that politicizing academic issues, suppressing dissidents, respecting Confucianism alone, and conducting literary inquisitions can make the voices of opposition disappear in a short period of time, but the harm is endless.
It is a sad thing to be silenced after all. Only by embracing all rivers can one achieve great success.
People will die if they commit suicide. Those Confucian scholars who have long mouths cannot save them and do not want to save them. They only hope that they will not expand and let other innocent fish in the pond be affected.
Today's events may offend Li Si, but with Heifu's understanding of the emperor, perhaps he would be more happy to express different ideas...
There is no need to have a debate with Li Si in public? No matter how colorful you say it is, the passion is so exciting. Heifu knows that the emperor and the Legalists do not care about the long-term future at all. They only look at reality and results!
So Heifu immediately stepped into the subject and seized every opportunity to speak.
"Your Majesty! I have heard a saying that preventing people's mouths is more important than preventing rivers. If the rivers are blocked and destroyed, many people will be injured. It is actually useless to prohibit private studies and burn their history. There will always be people who secretly spread it by word of mouth among the people. How can they block it?"
When Wang Wu, the five doctors close to Li Si, heard this, he immediately said: "Guardian of Jiaodong County, are you mocking Your Majesty as King Li of Zhou? Mocking the Prime Minister as Gong Rong Yi? I think this move will lead to a gaze on the road, the people riot, and the emperor will run away?"
"If Qin Shihuang hadn't been suppressed, it would be possible."
Heifu said in his heart, but smiled and said, "The five doctors misunderstood. What I mean is that public opinion is like flowing water, and it should be like Dayu controlling the flood. Instead of blocking it all, it is better to block and dilute it and let it return to the sea!"
Qin Shihuang stopped Wang Wu, who wanted to argue with Heifu again, and asked, "How to block and clear?"
Heifu said: "I will talk about private studies first, and then about historical books."
"As the right prime minister said, both Confucian, Mo, Tao, etc. have the sayings of the previous kings, but no one is perfect, let alone the school? It often has dross and essence, and disciples are also mixed with pearls. However, there is no fault in Confucianism to teach people to be loyal to the emperor. Since the time of King Huiwen, Mo has contributed many skilled craftsmen, skilled equipment, and love for the Qin Dynasty. Although the words of the same words are not desirable, it is also of great benefit to unify the world."
"When I went to Jiaodong to take office, there were also Confucian scholars who did not obey the law. So I ordered that all those who wanted to open private scholars in the county should study the laws and regulations in the county government, so that they would grant private learning talismans and can set up schools. Those masters were not allowed to teach Qi history and Qi, and they should use textbooks compiled by the government to teach them to promote the integration of Xia and Qin and Qi. At the same time, in Daxing Public School, those who had excellent exams in scholars were rewarded with money. In half a year, public schools became increasingly prosperous, and sooner or later they would integrate private schools. Although private private schools have not yet been eliminated, no one dared to slander the world because of the past and the present."
"Therefore, I think that the affairs of Jiaodong can be promoted to the world and the studies of hundreds of schools are identified. Those who violate the law are prohibited. Those who are not at fault will be included in the rule of the priest and will not be beaten to death with one stick..."
Li Si understood that Heifu was trying hard to promote his "Jiaodong model" and wanted to turn those measures into national policies!
He could feel this boy's ambition!
"How can a county be compared with the whole world?"
Li Si shook his head: "Your Majesty, my strategy is like fire, and the strategy of Jiaodong County Magistrate is like water. The fire is fierce, and the people are afraid of it, so they die little. The water is weak and the people are close to it, so they die more, so they are difficult. If you go to private school forbidden, sooner or later, it will be the same as before. The retro sound is hard to stop, so it is better to ban it!"
"The words of the two ministers are reasonable."
Qin Shihuang refused to comment and asked Heifu: "Can you also block and disperse the historical books of the six countries?"
This is a proposition for the Tao, but the Heifu answered: "That's right! As the words of the right prime minister, it prohibits the private collection of the six countries among the people. The history books of the Spring and Autumn Period were all confiscated to Xianyang, which is a blockade. However, the reason for confiscation does not have to be burning books, or it can be claimed that the Qin Dynasty wanted to compile thousands of years of history from ancient times to the present, so it was collected and examined by the world's historical books. People with ambition can also enter the dynasty to assist in the study of history. This is a comment!"
"Revise history?"
Qin Shihuang frowned, and the ministers looked at each other.
Heifu said: "That's right, the court came forward to cultivate the history of the Five Emperors, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the Spring and Autumn Period, which runs through the past and present, and is collected into one book!"
No wonder they don’t understand it very much. Sima Qian’s grandfather probably hasn’t been born yet. China has not yet had the tradition of compiling history for the previous dynasties. All countries have compiled their own chronicles, such as Lu’s "Spring and Autumn"; Jin’s "Cheng, Chu’s "Jiuwu", and Qin’s "Qin Ji".
However, there are exceptions. Zhang Cang suddenly realized and immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I have served as the history of the Zhuxia. The stone chamber of the Censor's Office once included historical books of the Wei Kingdom. Because bamboo is used as a book and year is used as a record, it is also called "Bamboo Chronicle". Unlike the history of other countries, it actually starts with the events of the Five Emperors, so there are "Five Emperor Chronicle", "Xia Chronicle", "Yin Chronicle", "Zhou Chronicle", and finally "Wei Chronicle"..."
This historical book of Wei can be said to be a model for the previous dynasty's historical writing, and also an example for Heifu's idea of history writing.
Li Si disagreed: "The people in the world often used to be in the past. The history of the six countries ridiculed the imperial court's laws and regulations, and the ban was not enough. How could they be repaired? Isn't this the opposite?
But Heifu smiled and said something irrelevant: "In the eyes of the right prime minister, what was the era of Yao and Shun?"
Li Si calmly expressed his point of view:
"Kong and Mo all praised Yao and Shun, but their choices were very different and even contradictory, but they all claimed to have obtained the true teachings. From the time when the Yin and Zhou dynasties were praised by Confucian scholars to the present more than 800 years, from the time when the Yu and Xia dynasties were praised by Moists to the present two years, history cannot be fully understood, and Yao and Shun three thousand years ago were even more uncertain! Confucian and Mo said that it was a prosperous era, but I think it was all fabricated false words. These methods of the previous kings were either stupid or deceitful! Therefore, I don't talk about Yao and Shun! All the ancient methods of the previous kings can be considered guilty!"
"Yao and Shun are not enough to do the law, the right prime minister has a clear view!"
Heifu raised his thumbs up: "In my opinion, this world is not only not as good as the older it is, but it is actually the opposite, the worse it is to go through!"
"ah!?"
Originally, he thought that the Heifu was helping him, Wang Wan, was shocked, and Li Si was slightly stunned. However, Qin Shihuang's eyes lit up and he became interested.
After throwing out a surprising word, Heifu said:
"When I was in Xianyang, I was fortunate to read the article "Five Worms" in "Han Feizi"..."
Li Si glanced at Heifu. This was the emperor's favorite article. Whenever Han Fei was mentioned, Qin Shihuang often regretted and felt sorry for him. He also remembered that Li Si sent poison to Han Fei.
Heifu seemed to know and talked freely: "Han Zi said among the five worms that in ancient times, there were few people and many beasts, and the people were unable to defeat animals and insects and snakes. At this time, a saint appeared. He built a nest on a tree to avoid harm from the ground, and the people pleased it, so that the king of the world was called Youchao.
"At that time, the people ate wild fruits and clams, which smelled fishy and smelly, hurt the stomach and intestines, and had many diseases and had a short lifespan. At this time, another saint appeared. He drilled the flint to make fire and used it to barbecue food to remove the fishy smell, so that the people had few diseases and lived longer. The people pleased it and made the king of the world, and called it Suiren."
"When Youchao, Suiren, people used wood as weapons. When it was Shennong, they used stone as weapons to cut down trees and began to build houses. When it was Dayu, they learned to smel, use copper as soldiers to open mountains and diversion rivers. In the past few hundred years, they became iron soldiers. In the past few years when His Majesty was in power, the people used iron farm tools to plow the fields and plow the land, which was more durable than copper farm tools, and half the strength was more effective."
"If there are still people living in a nest, eating raw meat and drinking blood, and drilling wood to make fire, they will definitely be considered as uncivilized barbarians! If someone uses a stone sickle to harvest food, they will also be considered as poor and humble people."
"Therefore, Suiren has a nest and is called the Saint and Saint King. However, compared with the present world, he is just a beast that is planted and established. He is stupid and violent, but he is not as good as the Guizhou Head. In the Shennong world, even the emperors were also living in caves and eating, and he is not as good as the scholars today. From this point of view, the era of ancient times is worse than that of the worse. If it is pushed ten thousand years ago, it will be like a beast!"
After retelling Han Fei's theory, Heifu made a name for himself and put forward his own views.
"In short, the world must advance, and today is better than the ancients. This is the way of heaven!"
Chapter completed!