Chapter 29 The angry Qin Shi Huang started to rant continuously!
After just two days, Lu Ban was able to find some time to deal with other matters.

Coincidentally, at this critical juncture, Ying Heng met another important figure, Dong Zhongshu, which made some of his ideas suddenly clear.

During the Qin Dynasty, various schools of thought were prevalent, but unfortunately, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's act of burning books and burying scholars resulted in many classics being reduced to ashes.

What Ying Heng had in mind was to integrate the essence of hundreds of schools of thought and create a new school of thought.

Whether it is called "mathematics, science, liberal arts" or "science and technology to build a nation", the core goal is to extract the practical knowledge essence from hundreds of schools of thought, put it into words, build an education system, and disseminate it widely.

At this moment, the arrival of the talented Dong Zhongshu came at the right time.

He was an important promoter of Confucianism as the only school of thought and the rejection of all other schools of thought during the Western Han Dynasty, and had profound insights into both Confucian and Taoist concepts.

With his wisdom and experience, Yingheng hopes to gradually turn this grand vision into reality.

His Confucian and Taoist ideas are like a piece of alloy that has been tempered a thousand times, melting the essence of the wisdom of hundreds of schools, such as the strict laws of the Legalists, the inaction of Taoism, and the mystery of the Yin-Yang School. This resonates wonderfully with Ying Heng's ideas.

The respect for Confucianism in Ying Heng's mind was not a formalistic style of corrupt Confucianism, but an attempt to reconstruct a complete educational discipline system for future generations.

With patriotism as the core (Confucian spirit), it advocates the balanced development of all subjects and uses this as the fundamental idea of ​​governing the country.

His goal, in addition to promoting national prosperity, was to innovate the inherent concepts left over from the Six Kingdoms and Hundred Schools of Thought and to build a new conceptual system that kept pace with the times and adapted to the needs of the times.

Only in this way can we achieve true unity at the ideological level and tightly integrate the entire Qin Empire into an indivisible force.

He expected that the people who originally belonged to the six kingdoms would be able to identify themselves as Qin people from the bottom of their hearts. This would be a move to further deepen cultural integration on the basis of the unified writing, wheel gauge, and weights and measures created by the First Emperor.

Once successful, the Qin Dynasty will be as solid as a rock, and there will be no need to worry about the situation of princes splitting up and wars breaking out again.

The most influential schools of thought within the Qin territory at present are Legalism, Agriculturalism and Confucianism.

In order to achieve twice the result with half the effort, Ying Heng temporarily named this package plan "Abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone."

However, to promote such a grand undertaking as unified ideology and culture, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on word of mouth; it must rely on the medium of writing to carry out its dissemination.

Prior to this, the plan did not meet the conditions for implementation.

Today, thanks to the advent of papermaking and printing technology, Ying Heng feels that the time is gradually ripe.

After returning to his own garden, he summoned his two capable assistants, Qinglong and Zhuque, and carefully assigned the tasks.

"Qinglong, go collect the classics of the Hundred Schools of Thought immediately, and focus on the works of the main schools such as agriculture, Mohism, Legalism, Confucianism, military science, medicine, and diplomacy."

He said calmly and forcefully, "Although a number of books from various schools of thought were burned during my father's reign, the inheritance of various schools of thought has not been cut off. These precious knowledge will inevitably be reorganized and reappeared among the people. What you have to do is to find them. Remember, you must convince people with reason and never take them by force."

"Suzaku, take your men to the bamboo forest and pick out a batch of high-quality bamboos. I will be able to use them."

His eyes were bright and his words were full of determination.

After arranging everything, Ying Heng considerately called Zi Yi and asked her to prepare a goat. In the evening, he and the two maids would enjoy the delicious roasted lamb leg as a reward for his hard work for an hour.

Nothing special happened during the day, and time was quiet and peaceful.

By evening, in a secret room inside the Xianyang Palace, the man in black was reporting as usual.

In the past two days, there were no major events in the court that shook the foundation, and the First Emperor's emotions did not fluctuate significantly. His progress in cultivation was slightly slow, which made him feel unhappy.

At this moment, the First Emperor had finished his training, his eyes opened like a dragon, and his majesty was fully revealed. He asked the nameless leader of the Black Ice Platform: "Is there anything important that I need to decide today?"

The chief clutched a wooden mask in his hands, wondering whether he should wear it.

Ying Zheng glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "You can say whatever you want. Unless the Meng family and the Wang family betray me and join that brat, I will never turn the table over."

"Your Majesty, today the Thirteenth Young Master rebuked Minister Meng Yi."

"Oh? Tell me in detail how he cursed." Ying Zheng asked with great interest, but there was no trace of annoyance on his brows.

The black-clad spy swallowed his saliva and said cautiously, "Mr. Thirteen's statement is quite unorthodox. You may..."

"Heretical?" Ying Zheng sneered.

"He even disobeyed my will, so why would I care about these words?"

"Hurry up and tell me. I'll support you."

After receiving the assurance, the slightly nervous expression of the black-clad spy eased a little.

"The Thirteenth Prince accused Shangqing Meng Yi of being a bookworm and ignorant of the truth."

"My Lord, you believe that if you are in a high position in government, you should worry about the people; if you are far away in the countryside, you should worry about your ruler."

“He stressed that the people are the foundation of the country and only when the foundation is solid can the country be peaceful.”

"The country is based on the people, and the people are based on food and clothing. Only when the people are well-fed and well-clothed can the country truly achieve stability."

"However, I believe that the king is supreme, the country is second, and the people are least important..."

"But the Thirteenth Young Master proposed that the people should be the priority, the country should be the second, and the king should be placed last..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang and the table broke into pieces in an instant.

The black-clad leader's heart tightened, and he looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty, you just promised not to overturn the table..."

"This kid is simply trying to dig up the ancestral roots of the Qin Ying family!"

"Have you ever thought that the status of a king would become so insignificant?!"

"I am the true dragon emperor destined by heaven!"

"What a jerk! What an ignorant person!"

"Since when did he think that common people could be above the king?!"

"Then what's the use of me being the emperor?"

"How could it be that I, who personally conquered the six kingdoms and built the Qin Empire, could not be better than a commoner!"

"This is treasonous, utterly treasonous!!"

"His words and actions are undoubtedly shaking the foundation of my royal family!"

"He is not only slandering Meng Yi, he is also insulting me personally!"

"He is accusing me of being a tyrannical monarch!!"

As expected, the First Emperor became furious.

At this moment, what was impacted was not only the positions of Meng Yi, Wang Ben and others, but also the political ideas that had been deeply rooted since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

As a hegemon who claimed that his achievements surpassed those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how could he tolerate such doubts and challenges!
He unified the world and founded the prosperous Qin Dynasty, which is a great achievement unprecedented in history.

However, today, his own son openly declared that he, the king, was inferior to the common people.

This is undoubtedly a complete subversion of their authority and status, and is a heinous crime!
The anger in Ying Zheng's eyes was as hot as a torch. If Thirteen was right in front of him at this moment, he would probably kill him without hesitation!

(End of this chapter)