Ying Zheng sat on the high throne, and he said to Li Si: "The prime minister's words are very heartfelt, this world is my world, if there is a small rebellion, how can I spare them." Chun Yu Yue. ”

Li Si's words made Chun Yuyue's face look like ashes, and he could even feel the gaze of Yingzheng and Fusu Gongzi looking at him, and when he heard His Majesty the Emperor shouting his name, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Minister...... The minister is here. ”

"Today is my birthday banquet, so I won't pursue you for the crime of speaking wildly, but your 'Shigu' heart must not be repeated, do you understand?" Ying Zheng also knew that Chun Yuyue was recommended by Meng Tian, and he didn't want to punish Chun Yuyue in front of Meng Tian, so he just reprimanded him coldly.

"Your Majesty, thank you. ”

Chun Yuyue has nothing to do, but those who know also know that it will be difficult to see this person's shadow in the court in the future.

The matter of the birthday banquet passed like this, and Meng Tian didn't take it to heart, and the next day he left Xianyang City to inspect the Mengjia military camp, but he never thought that because of his departure, something bigger would happen.

Just after noon, after Meng Tian had dinner with Meng Li and Du Hui in the barracks, he originally wanted to take a rest in the barracks, but he received a message from Meng Yi.

"General, the big thing is not good, Fusu Gongzi confronted His Majesty in the court in the early dynasty, and was grounded by His Majesty to think about it. The Prime Minister sent a letter to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to start banning books nationwide. The person who came to deliver the news just said this to Meng Tian.

Although Meng Yi's words were short, Meng Tian could feel the seriousness of the matter. He didn't say a word, said goodbye to Meng Li and Du Hui, and hurried back to Xianyang on his horse.

After entering Xianyang City, Meng Tian saw a group of soldiers of the patrol battalion armed with weapons, each team pulled a carriage behind it, the carriage was not sitting, but full of books, and from time to time soldiers searched out some bamboo slips from the people's homes on both sides of the road and threw them on top of the carriage.

"What's going on?" Meng Tian didn't know why this was happening, and he asked the captain of a patrol battalion on his horse.

Fortunately, this lieutenant had followed Li You to see Meng Tian, and when he saw that it was the general who was questioning him, he was frightened, and then quickly knelt on the ground and said, "The villain has seen the general." ”

Meng Tian snorted and asked the lieutenant to stand up and speak.

Du Wei stood up, he clasped his fists at Meng Tian and said, "Back to the general, this morning Lord Li You received an edict from His Majesty the Emperor, asking us to search for books in the homes of the people in Xianyang City, and then load them and transport them to the outside of the city to burn them. ”

It seems that this is what Meng Yi said about a book ban, Meng Tian would never have thought that Ying Zheng would give such an order. "Okay, I know, the book here will be received here first, wait for me to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to withdraw your will, you will be here today, go back to the camp, if Li You asks, you can say that I said it. ”

The general spoke, and the lieutenant didn't dare not listen, but fortunately, the two carriages he brought this time were full, and he could go back on an errand. "The last will obey. ”

Meng Tian did not go home, but rode directly to the gate of the palace, and then dismounted and entered the palace to meet Yingzheng.

"Chen Meng Tian has seen Your Majesty!" Meng Tian knelt down in front of Ying Zheng and said.

When Ying Zheng saw Meng Tian coming back, he quickly asked him to get up and speak. China Library

Meng Tian stood up, he never thought that he would see Prime Minister Li Si here, as well as the fourteenth son Hu Hai, of course, Zhao Gao was also there, he and Hu Hai were standing next to Ying Zheng, massaging Ying Zheng's shoulders.

Meng Tian walked to the opposite side of Li Si and stood still, and then said to Li Si: "It turns out that the Prime Minister is also here, and Meng Tian has seen the Prime Minister." ”

Now Li Si and Meng Tian have really walked to the opposite front, but in front of His Majesty the Emperor, there will still be politeness: "Didn't the general go to the barracks today, why did he come back so soon?"

Meng Tian didn't answer Li Si, but said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the minister learned in the barracks that His Majesty was going to burn the books, so he came to ask His Majesty for an understanding. ”

"Oh, so you're here for this. Well, since you don't know yet, let Cheng tell you about it. This idea was originally proposed by Li Si this morning, and Ying Zheng felt that it made sense, so he began to ban books nationwide as Li Si wrote in his book.

Meng Tian looked at Li Si, he wanted to know what Li Si had said in the court today.

It turned out that Li Si wrote to Ying Zheng this morning, asking Ying Zheng to burn all the books except for "medicine, divination, and tree planting books" within the scope of Qin State, which is the "Book Banning Order". Except for the national collection of books in the hands of the doctors, all those in the world who possess "poems" and "books" and some of the hundreds of works of the princes will be handed over to the county yamen for destruction, and those who dare to talk about the contents of the "poems" and "books" will be sentenced to death and violently displayed to the public once they are discovered; those who dare to exterminate the entire clan with the past and the present; and those who do not report if they are found by the officials will be guilty of the same crime; and finally there is this "book ban" Within thirty days of the issuance of this decree, two books were found burning in their homes, with tattoos on their faces, and they were exiled to the north to build the Great Wall.

After listening to Li Si's words, Meng Tian was very shocked by Li Si's "Book Banning Order". However, what he didn't understand was why Ying Zheng would agree with Li Si's view and edict it to the whole country. Other historical books are good to say, in the past, every prince had a book dedicated to recording historical facts, and there were many insults to the Qin State, which were burned and burned, which is understandable. But if the Confucian classics "Analects", "Poems" and "Books" are burned, where will there be a shadow of literati and scholars in the world in the future, and where will the Qin State find someone to manage the place?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is something wrong with the Prime Minister's "Book Banning Order", and the minister asks Your Majesty to withdraw the edict. Meng Tian said.

"Oh, why is that?" Ying Zheng raised his hand and motioned for Hu Hai and Zhao Gao to stop, he looked at Meng Tian and asked.

Meng Tian glanced at Li Si, and saw that Li Si was also looking at him, and he said to Ying Zheng: "The minister thinks that the books are not enough to disturb my Great Qin Dynasty, Your Majesty ordered that these books be burned, and in the future, my Qin State will go there to find someone to govern the world for Your Majesty? You can't let the soldiers manage the city by themselves, right?"

Without waiting for Ying Zheng to speak, Li Si said to Meng Tian: "The general's words are bad, and I feel that the matter is not as serious as the general said. A few days ago, the great generals also saw that there were Confucian scholars who were talking about Your Majesty behind your back, and that our Great Qin should rely on such people to govern the world? Although there are many capable people in these scholars, in my opinion, there are still more people who sell their fame and reputation, and they cannot achieve any great things. ”

"The Prime Minister is right, what I need is people who can really govern the world, not some people who are vain. Yesterday at my birthday banquet, Chun Yuyue's words made me understand that although I lack talents, there are fewer people like this as possible. Meng Qing, this Chun Yu Yue is the one you recommended Professor Fusu, yesterday he said something that should not be said, I will release him today, I hope you don't mind. Ying Zheng said that yesterday he originally wanted to directly investigate Chun Yuyue's dismissal, but because Meng Tian did not do it directly, today he directly dismissed Chun Yueyue, and told Meng Tian at this time, Meng Tian couldn't say anything.

Regarding Chun Yuyue's dismissal, Meng Tian didn't have the heart to defend him, just because he was involved in Fusu, Meng Tian had to take care of it. "Your Majesty, it is true that Chun Yuyue was recommended by the minister to the prince of Fusu, but the minister dares to guarantee that the prince absolutely did not keep Chun Yuyue's 'Shigu' in mind, if the prince defended Dr. Chun Yu, it should probably be for Chun Yuyue's teaching, and there is no other meaning. ”

Zhao Gao said on the side: "The general's words are so biased, that Chun Yuyue has been with Fusu Gongzi for a long time, how can the general know that Chun Yuyue did not tell Gongzi his thoughts." Who is the prince of Fusu, that is the eldest son of His Majesty, and he is also the student of the general, he will definitely inherit the throne of His Majesty in the future, if it is Chun Yuyue who is still by the side of the prince, then wouldn't my Great Qin have to follow the old path of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties again?"

Meng Tian was a little speechless in Zhao Gao's words, Meng Tian knew in his heart that Fusu would never follow Chun Yuyue to do that kind of stupid thing, but now this matter has become an obstacle to Fusu, if this obstacle cannot be removed, I am afraid that it will cause some difficulty to Yingzheng in the future.

What Zhao Gao said was what Ying Zheng thought in his heart, the reason why Fusu was grounded was not that Ying Zheng blamed him for interceding with Chun Yuyue, he hoped that Fusu would be able to be an emperor not inferior to himself in the future, so that the Qin State would continue to be strong. If he was really bewitched by Chun Yuyue and did the matter of dividing the princes, wouldn't it make all Yingzheng's efforts over the years come to naught?

It seems that the matter of "Banned Books" has become a fact, Meng Tian knows that he is powerless to stop this disaster, and the more Chun Yu kills himself, no one can help him. And Fusu is the most important thing, with him, everything will be easy to do in the future.