The Qin State is an abnormal country.

The First Emperor was an abnormal king.

So the civil servants in the court gathered in large numbers and took turns attacking Li Si.

Some are motivated by selfish motives, and some are motivated by the righteousness of their hearts.

But most of the generals felt that Li Si was right, because Qin relied on these to win the world.

These military generals were not as eloquent as the civil servants, but the word "cai" they shouted from below could reach the sky from the Xuanniao Palace, which was enough to give Li Si confidence.

This book-burning debate, caused by Confucian Chun Yuyue's attempt to commit suicide, lasted about a stick of incense.

Then the ministers all stopped in a tacit understanding and stood up to salute the First Emperor.

"Your Majesty, please make your decision."

All that needs to be said has been said, and the final decision still lies in the hands of the First Emperor.

During this period, the First Emperor had been listening carefully to the narratives of each of his ministers.

If you listen to one side, it will be dark; if you listen to both, it will be bright.

Although the First Emperor had already made his decision, if what his ministers said was indeed reasonable, the First Emperor would also change it.

But in the end, the First Emperor didn't hear any insights that could make him change his mind.

The First Emperor was an emperor, and what he pursued was the stability of Qin's rule, and how to stabilize it in the shortest possible time.

What the ministers thought about, such as education and freedom of speech, were not within the scope of the First Emperor's consideration before the country was unified.

Therefore, even though almost the vast majority of civil servants opposed the "burning of books", the First Emperor still had to do it.

Whatever is right, no matter how many people oppose it, we must continue to do it.

The First Emperor's tyranny was more than ten times stronger than what Ying Fusu had just learned.

"There are constant disputes in various places and the smoke is burning all over the place. This is because people in the old Qin Dynasty only farmed and fought two things in their lives. I have made it clear to you, but everything should be done after the Qin Dynasty is stable. In this matter, we still followed what Zuo Xiang said, burning the books of hundreds of families and leaving the orphan copies in the doctor's office."

"As for agricultural, medical, divination and other books, let's burn them together first. Not a single old book remains."

If Li Si had said these words, the officials at the top of the Xuandiao Palace would have been able to speak out against him.

If you don’t save a copy, what do you think?

From now on, will we really just rely on experience, memory, and step-by-step teaching?

Is he suffering from a mad disease?

for example.

In the medical system, there are thousands of various herbal medicines, and the characteristics and efficacy of each herbal medicine were tested one by one by the medical ancestors.

These thousands of herbal medicines are not required to be recorded in writing to teach students, only words and deeds are allowed to teach them.

How many years will it take to teach?

The bottom line is thirty or forty years.

In ancient times, the mortality rate was very high, with wars, raging diseases, bandits and murders, etc. Even doctors who lived to be sixty had to burn high incense.

After studying for 30 to 40 years, and then spending another 30 to 40 years to educate disciples, each generation of doctors must ensure that they live to be 60 to 80 years old.

Once you don't live past sixty, your inheritance will inevitably be incomplete.

This still does not include the discrepancies caused by learning and errors caused by word of mouth.

In reality, discrepancies and errors are bound to occur.

Is it difficult to live to sixty and above? In the Qin Dynasty, it was difficult.

Due to various factors such as medical treatment, war, and environment, the average life expectancy of people in the Qin Dynasty was only twenty years.

The medical family wants generations of heirs to live to be sixty years old and above, but this cannot be achieved, which will lead to the medical family not being able to pass on the inheritance.

If doctors cannot pass it on, it will lead to the lack of medical treatment in the social system, which will lead to the collapse of society and the continued reduction of average life expectancy.

What will happen in a doctor's home will not be an exception, it will only be common.

Today, if the person who said this was not the First Emperor, but anyone else, the officials would immediately scold him.

But it was the First Emperor who said this, and he was making a decision, not asking the officials to discuss it.

Therefore, the officials were silent.

This was due not only to the prestige of the First Emperor, but also to belief - the changes in the Qin State's system made the officials love the First Emperor twice as much.

"Bring it up."

The First Emperor gave the order.

At the entrance of Xuanniao Hall, two eunuchs who had been waiting for a long time entered.

The two eunuchs were one behind the other, carrying a pole on their shoulders. In the middle of the pole was a large basket with dozens of bamboo slips in it.

"Two people have one, everyone can take it for themselves."

Didn’t I just say that I was going to burn all the books in the world, so why did I add another basket of books?

The ministers were puzzled, but they were very efficient in execution and took the books on their own.

Soon, every two people, Qin Chen, had a scroll of bamboo slips in their hands.

Ying Chengyu restrained Ying Fusu and could not get it, but he also had a book in his hand, which was fetched for him by Ying Jianglu, the third son of the Qin Dynasty.

"Third brother, it's in vain for you to do this." Ying Chengyu looked at Ying Jianglu who was leaning against him and said, "Today my uncle has made it clear to you that your eldest brother's performance today is very satisfactory to me. You are here

I have no chance."

Wow~

The meandering water has never been interrupted, and delicious food and fine wines have been flowing with the waves.

Ying Jianglu took a bottle of wine from the flowing water and drank it all in one gulp.

"It is better for the eldest brother to be the second Qin than for the other brothers to be the second Qin. At least I don't have to worry about being killed, so I'd better be a general, but uncle."

A look of reluctance appeared on Ying Jianglu's face.

"Can you let Jiang Lu understand in his heart, where am I missing? Is it just a few palace maids?"

Ying Chengyu could see that the third nephew's words about not wanting the throne were sincere.

The last look of reluctance on his face was just asking for an answer.

Ying Chengyu clicked on the bamboo slips and asked his third nephew to spread them out for him.

"As a human being, you like to take the wrong side of the sword and don't want to keep your feet on the ground and climb higher step by step. You act like an imperial brother. You don't need anyone to say whether you want life or death. You can decide it at will. But you haven't had the adventure of your uncle, and you haven't been affected by the chaos caused by the emperor's brother when he was young.

bitter."

"I've told you too many questions now, and you won't listen to most of them. I'll just give you some answers. If you were to become the second emperor of Qin, your brothers and sisters would be convinced."

"If they don't accept it, beat them into submission."

"You see, the first thing you think about is violence, not why they disobey you."

"We, the Qin Dynasty, have conquered the world with military force. What's wrong with generals thinking about it?"

"Because you want to be a keeper, not a pioneer."

Ying Chengyu squinted his eyes, but the words he spat out carried the aura of an iron horse, which made Ying Jianglu's eyes shine brightly.

"Your father and uncle are not dead yet, and all wars will be finished in our generation. Qin II is not an emperor who expands territory, but an emperor who maintains business and construction. The way of civil and military affairs can be relaxed and governed.

Same thing."

"For the unification of China, I can accept the implementation of temporary militarism in order to increase combat power. But militarism must not continue, because it is wrong, deformed, and will lead to the destruction of the country."

"Then why didn't my uncle become the second emperor of Qin? In terms of making the country rich and strong and Qin's industry and construction, even my father could not be stronger than my uncle. When King Wu Xian Ju Ding died, he passed the throne to King Zhaoxiang. We in Qin have always had brothers and brothers.

and tradition.”

I don't want to be an emperor, I have no official position, I am free and easy, I have all the glory and wealth.

When I become an emperor, I don’t have much to enjoy. I have to work every day and there are no holidays for 365 days. Am I crazy?

"My uncle is only four years younger than your father. When your father is away, there is a high probability that your uncle will also be away."

Ying Chengxuan said seriously.

While the uncle and nephew were whispering these few words, the officials had already taken a rough look at the bamboo slips in their hands.

The contents on the bamboo slips are easy to understand and are not unfamiliar at all, because they are all the simplest Qin characters.

This is a copy of "Simplified Chinese and Seal Script Comparison Table 1".

The ministers looked at the comparison table and knew the big seal at the top very clearly.

But the "characters" made up of just a few strokes under the big seal script are really a bit confusing.

Is this a word?

Why is it written like this?
To be continued...