Qin Official

"Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, they can show their inability to use it, and use it to show that they are not using it. Finally, they can attack their unprepared ones and catch them by surprise..."

In the flash of lightning, these words flashed through Heifu's mind, and he couldn't help but sigh. It seems that Li Si also knows the art of war. After many days of showing weakness and inaction, Li Si completely reversed the situation at the last moment with just one sentence. !

Li Si finally looked at Hei Fu's smile, as if to say: "Boy, you are still too young. You should practice for a few more years before you can fight with me!"

Although Heifu was unhappy in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Li Si was right. Looking at the world, no one could surpass him in terms of attainments in literature and writing. His "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests" is a well-known masterpiece with rigorous arguments, thorough momentum and eloquent flow, like a rushing river. He also wrote the "Cangjie Pian", "Yanli Pian" and "Bo Xue Pian" with Zhao Gao, Hu Wujing and others, as models for Qin Dynasty writing. During this time when Emperor Qin Shihuang visited the east to seal the Zen statues, the stone carvings on Mount Yi and the stone carvings on Mount Tai were also written by Li Si.

When it comes to editing books, you really can’t find a more suitable host than him.

But Li Si was very fond of suppressing dissident theories that he disliked. If he was a swordsman and the world's knowledge was fish and meat, and he was banned several times, the consequences would be no less than burning books, and it would also help him achieve his reputation.

If Li Si is allowed to take charge of this matter, everything Heifu does these days will become wedding clothes for others!

Heifu was thinking about candidates like crazy. It was impossible for him to be a county guard himself. Fusu? It would be okay if Fusu was the prince, his status was already determined, and the emperor was happy to let Fusu earn fame through this matter.

But Fusu was only the eldest son now, and his status was undecided. He also made Qin Shihuang unhappy because of his ennoblement. On the other hand, the purpose of Qin Shihuang's compilation of history and books was still to "contain restraint and conquest". This matter must be carried out to the end. The emperor could never leave it to Fusu, whose political views were very different from his own!

Heifu remembers that the stone carvings on Mount Tai clearly stated: "Zhao separates the inside and outside, and is impure, and it is given to the heirs. The transformation will be endless, obey the imperial edict, and always uphold the precepts!"

Qin Shihuang was a strong politician. Not only would he not be disobedient to the policies he implemented while he was still alive, he also hoped that future generations would "obey the imperial edicts and uphold the precepts forever" even a hundred years later.

In the same way, Wang Wan and the Confucian scholars and doctors have been eliminated and have lost their right to speak. However, the three people in the court, Hu Wujing, Zhang Cang, and Cheng Miao, although they are all proficient in each other, their qualifications and reputation are somewhat insufficient.

There was once a person in this world who surpassed Li Si in terms of literature and fame, and his political tendencies were surprisingly consistent with Qin Shihuang's.

Unfortunately, he died.

"It would be great if Han Fei was still alive..."

Heifu couldn't help but feel regretful, feeling that there was no hero at times, but it was Zhuzi who became famous.

Seeing that Qin Shi Huang's face seemed to be moving, and he was preparing to use Li Si as the editor of history and books, Hei Fu felt anxious and evil!

"The Prime Minister recommended himself to write books in order to make the world's scholars imitate the Prime Minister's learning. Is this what he wants to do with Lu Buwei?"

But the heart-wrenching words were already on his lips, but Heifu did not dare to say them.

He knew that once he said it, he and Li Si would no longer be fighting over political opinions in the court, but would fall out on the spot and become undying enemies! This kind of offending of the prime minister by subordinate officials would even make the emperor unhappy.

During this hesitation, someone stood up and said with a smile:

"Indeed, no one is more suitable than the Prime Minister. After all, this is not the first time that the Prime Minister has revised a book."

It was Ye Teng. He saw Heifu's dilemma and took the initiative to become the villain!

Wang Wan could no longer say anything. Among those present, only the high-ranking Ting Wei Ye Teng was qualified to compete with Li Si!

This sentence indeed awakened some unpleasant memories of Qin Shihuang. He stopped thinking and glanced at the two of them.

"What does Wei Ting mean by this?"

Li Si's smile faded and he looked at Ye Teng coldly.

"There was no other intention."

Ye Teng bowed to the emperor: "I just think that the important task of being the teacher of the world's scholars cannot be entrusted to one person!"

Li Si also asked for orders: "Your Majesty, I am dedicated to serving the public good and have no such intention!"

"Second Qing, don't argue anymore."

Qin Shihuang didn't seem to care too much and said with a smile: "A word worth a thousand dollars can only come from my mouth. There will never be another "Lu Spring and Autumn" in this world!"

Soon, Qin Shihuang made a decision.

The right prime minister Li Si was ordered to take charge of the compilation of the "History of the Country", and the imperial censor Feng Quji and Tingwei Ye Teng were the assistants to collect books from all over the world and organize them. Of course, because the prime minister, the imperial censor, and the court officials were busy with government affairs, they were just in name only. The real editors were designated as Taishi Ling Hu Wujing, Shaofu Cheng Zhang Cang, and censor Cheng Miao...

The emperor said that this matter was finally settled, and Heifu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Although Li Si was still the leader in the end, the imperial censor and Tingwei also had the power to dictate, and Zhang Cang was among the book editors. , Cheng Miao, these two people he was very familiar with and whose character was reliable, the outcome of the matter was not too bad.

At the end, Qin Shihuang called Hei Fu's name again and announced his reward with a smile.

"Heifu ruled the county for half a year. During this period, he put legal teaching first, restrained private learning, and promoted books and writings. During the rebellion between the Tian family and his son in Pingye, he managed Jiaodong in an orderly manner. He also made contributions to the history of the country, contributed to engraving and printing, and was promoted to nobility for meritorious service. Made for the Great!"

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"You have been promoted to the rank of Dashangzao, and you are one step closer to your ambition of becoming a marquis. Why are you still unhappy?"

A few days later, everything settled. In the building outside Linzi Palace, Hei Fu and his father-in-law Ye Teng sat opposite each other.

As Ye Teng said, Heifu gained a lot after this incident, but Heifu was not happy because the result of this incident was not perfect in his opinion.

Although Li Si was only allowed to be named and Ye Teng could interfere slightly, Li Si undoubtedly had the greatest say in this matter. What would happen in the end was completely out of Heifu's control.

He bowed to Ye Teng, who was pouring wine by himself: "I have been thinking about where I went wrong these days."

"oh?"

Ye Teng looked at his son-in-law's dark face and smiled: "You think you are wrong? Why."

Heifu said: "First of all, I misunderstood Li Si's intentions and regarded burning books as his purpose. But his real purpose may just be to cater to His Majesty."

Zhang Cang had told Hei Fu that although they had the same teacher, their studies were quite different. What Li Si learned from Xunzi was "the art of emperors", which is the knowledge of governing the world, but in Li Si's case, it turned into a trick on how to maintain the emperor's rule. In order to cater to and maintain the emperor, he would change his political opinions and situation at any time. .

Therefore, after Li Si arrived in Qin, he first compiled Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals under the sect of Lu Buwei, which was rich in Huang Lao's thoughts. He followed the "kingly" route. However, after becoming a layman, he abandoned his previous opinions and catered to the King of Qin's desire to unify the world. He was ambitious and advocated a more radical annexation policy, which was called "hegemony". He was appreciated by the King of Qin and was worshiped as a guest minister.

Everything he did after that was based on the emperor's will first, changing his attitude at any time, from speaking for the Kanto scholars in the "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests" to becoming the most active minister in suppressing them.

In the previous "controversies between Confucianism and Legalism", if Qin Shihuang favored Confucianism, Li Si might have changed his mind and advocated feudalism...

Because of this, in the eyes of Qin Shihuang, Li Si became the most useful and reliable tool to realize his will, and he was doubly trustworthy.

The burning of books was no exception. During the Feng Chan incident, Qin Shihuang lost patience with Confucian scholars and hundreds of schools of thought, and changed his tactics from gentle and gradual to hard and rapid. The purpose was to make the entire country only the emperor's will, and the court's rule would not be questioned.

Li Si's proposal to "burn books" was also to please the emperor.

No matter what Heifu says, the national policy of attacking French and ancient doctrines will not change. What will change is the method, whether it is to set fire to fire or to boil a frog in warm water...

Therefore, even though Heifu initiated the revision of history, the final chairperson still fell on Li Si. The reason is very simple. Li Si has no principles or the bad temper of a scholar. Everything will be done according to the emperor's wishes. When he does things, Qin Shihuang can rest assured!

As for Li Si having too much power and monopolizing the government affairs, the emperor does not have to worry at all... The safest thing about Li Si is that although he has a high status, he is a tree without roots. He has no local foundation and has never touched military power. He had a cold relationship with Wang, Meng and other military aristocrats.

On the contrary, if a person like Heifu, who comes from the military and has deep ties with the army and the local area, one day sits in Li Si's position, he may be subject to more than ten times the wariness and suspicion that Li Si is!

"If you can think clearly about this matter, you won't suffer in vain." Ye Teng was very pleased, and he still had something to praise Heifu that he didn't say:

"Although Li Si can speculate on his superiors' intentions, I, my son-in-law, can guide them time and time again, changing the southern expedition to the westward expansion, and changing the burning of books to compilation of history. To be able to do this, one needs to be ambitious, strategic, and far-sighted. It is comparable to that of the emperor. The technique is much more difficult!”

He asked again: "Where else do you think you went wrong?"

Heifu hesitated, then stood up and bowed to Ye Teng: "I was still wrong, involving this woman in this matter!"

Ye Teng paid a heavy price for Heifu's matter this time. He completely broke up with Li Si in front of the emperor. I am afraid that he will be regarded as a thorn in Li Si's side from now on.

Ye Teng shook his head and said: "There cannot be harmony in the court, and your majesty will be happy to see me stand up and raise objections. After all, the court has become Li Si's one-spoken hall. This is not what your majesty wants to see."

He said cheerfully: "Seeing that Wang Wan is about to fall, and now that this has happened, I even have the opportunity to think about whether I can sit on the position of Prime Minister Zuo before I die. For me, this is a good thing, isn't it? bad thing!"

This old fox thought clearly. The court needed to be disturbed by different opinions. The emperor knew this well and would not let Li Si dominate.

But Ye Teng's face immediately turned serious: "If you ask me, your biggest mistake is that you ignored your biggest advantage compared to Li Si."

"My biggest advantage?" Hei Fu bowed and said, "Please teach me."

Ye Teng asked: "How old is Li Si?"

Heifu said: "It's past sixty, I heard he's almost seventy."

"How old are you?"

"It's not twenty-nine yet..." Hei Fu suddenly realized.

"The old lady thinks I'm too hasty!"

Ye Teng said: "Yes, you are too impatient. You have not considered the pros and cons of this matter. You have changed burning books to repairing books. It will benefit the country and what will it do to you? What do you want is just a first-class title? After speaking freely, Can you control this matter? As a result, although you forced the carriage back to the road, the person holding the bridle is not you... It is not up to you to decide where the carriage will go from now on! "

"What's worse is that if a tree is as beautiful as a tree, the wind will destroy it. You are already dazzling enough. You should be hiding your strength and biding your time in Jiaodong, but you still put yourself opposite Li Si early. I'm afraid you will cause countless troubles in the future."

Ye Teng said earnestly: "Youth! Youth is your greatest asset. Prime Minister Li Si can do it for three to five years, but how can he do it for ten years? The world is so big that within a few years, even if all the books in the world are burned, he will not be able to do it until the end of the year. On the day when you are in power, it will be easier for his bad governance, and won't it be easier for him to win a good reputation! To seek political power in his position, just manage your one-third of an acre of Jiaodong! Until the day when you really hold the rein, don't be so easy Show the carriages and horses the way forward!"

"You must remember that what you are fighting for is not today, but another time, ten or twenty years from now!"

Hei Fu pondered for a long time, but he still handed over his hand and said: "What the woman pointed out is that Hei Fu has been taught!"

But he smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Ten years? Twenty years? How can I still have so much time? In a few days, it will be the thirty-second year of Qin Shihuang. The Hulu are in peace, Guandong is unstable, and the survivors of the Six Kingdoms are ready to make a move. Li Si is going to get angry. , adding fuel to the fire. If I were just a politician, of course I should hide it and not speak out, but who knows, there are some things that I cannot turn a blind eye to. Because there are millions of living beings in this world, but I am the only one who has been planning for thousands of years. , the fight is about to begin!"

ps: Long wait, Chapter 2 is at 10 o'clock.