"Teacher, what did my father say?" In Fusu's palace, Fusu saw his teacher Meng Tian and asked anxiously.

Meng Tian shook his head helplessly, and he said to Fusu: "This matter is no longer something we can control, His Majesty has agreed to the "Book Banning Order" that Li Si presented to His Majesty, and on the way to the palace, I have seen that some soldiers have begun to search for books in people's homes. So there's nothing we can do to stop it, and all I can do now is try to save you, and no matter what, once you ascend to the throne, this Banned Book Order can be repealed. ”

Fusu's shoulders collapsed, he is also a man who reads, and he knows what books mean to scholars, if this "Book Prohibition Order" persists, I am afraid that before he inherits the throne, there will be no more scholars in the entire Qin State, and the country will not be a country at that time.

"Even the teacher can't persuade his father, it seems that this matter is really irreparable, can we just watch such a tragedy happen?" Fusu was a little difficult to accept for a while, such a blow was irreparable for both him and the Qin State.

Meng Tian sighed, and he persuaded Su: "At present, it seems that this is indeed the case, all we can do now is to minimize the losses, although I am a leader of the army, I also know how useful it is to study, so now you can only choose to hide, remember not to force your head for those soldiers." Now Li Si and Zhao Gao are preparing to use this matter to suppress you, if your position in His Majesty's heart is shaken in this matter, there may be even greater changes in the future. ”

Fusu understood. ”

In the past few days, it has been like the sky has fallen for the scholars in Xianyang City, and the "Book Banning Order" issued by His Majesty the Emperor can be said to take their lives and burn them, which makes some people who love books how to bear it. Some people got rid of their friends who were officials in the court and pleaded with His Majesty the Emperor, but the love did not come down, and some people even lost their official positions for this, and then later, no one dared to tell His Majesty the Emperor about lifting the ban on books.

Seven days later, at the south gate of Xianyang City, there was a vacant lot, but now there are several hills piled up in the clearing, which are all bamboo slips found in Xianyang City in the past few days, enough to load dozens of carriages, all piled up here today, and then burned them with a fire in front of everyone in Xianyang City.

"Commander Qiyu, all the bamboo slips have been stacked. Li You stood on a high platform not far from several "hills" and listened to the report of his generals.

These days were the most upset days for Li You, and almost every day if nothing else, people came to his door to give him gifts, asking him to return his books to him. However, they didn't expect that the person who proposed the "Book Ban Order" was the current prime minister, and even more so Li You's father, how could Li You go against his father's last wish to return the books he had been arrested?

Li You looked at the hills in front of him, there was no expression on his face, this matter was led by his father, but Li You did not agree that his father was right to do this, on the contrary, he was more inclined to what his teacher Meng Tian said to him: "Li You, you don't need to worry too much about the matter of "Banned Books", this matter is not something you and I can stop." The reason why your father did this may be because he understood His Majesty's thoughts, over the years, since my Great Qin pacified the world, the country seems to be very calm on the surface, but I don't know how many undercurrents are quietly surging under this calm. Maybe this incident is a warning to those who have ill intentions towards my Great Qin, and if you can use this incident to calm down those remnants of the Six Kingdoms in the shadows, it will be a bad thing. It's a pity that we can't know what will happen next, and we can only watch from the wall about this matter and do our best to protect Fusu. ”

Meng Tian didn't tell Li You that Li Si and Zhao Gao came together, and the two chose Gongzi Hu Hai as their guarantee, perhaps Meng Tian was too concerned about Li You's disciple and couldn't bear to let him and his father stand in opposing positions because of himself.

"Commander, commander?" the shouts of his men interrupted Li You's thoughts.

Li You reacted, and he said to his subordinate generals: "Today's book burning is not trivial, Your Majesty will watch this place in the palace, so we must not be careless, you must protect this place to prevent someone from making trouble here." ”

"No. The men took the order and left. It's no wonder that Li You will be so careful, because last night, the Meng family army was ordered by the teacher to come to deliver a message to him, saying that someone might make trouble about today's book burning, so that Li You could be prepared to deal with it.

On the top floor of the highest palace in the palace, Emperor Yingzheng, Prime Minister Li Si, General Meng Tian, as well as Meng Yi, Wei Yi and other ministers of the Qin State are all here, all looking in the direction of the south gate of Xianyang City, watching the book burning conference here.

"What time is it, why hasn't the book burning started yet?" Ying Zheng looked at the direction of the Nancheng gate and asked Zhao Gao beside him.

Zhao Gao glanced at the little eunuch beside the emperor who was in charge of recording the hours, and then said to Ying Zheng: "Back to Your Majesty, it's just past the end of the year." ”

As soon as Zhao Gao's words fell, he saw a thick smoke appear in the southern sky, and then he could see the fire burning from the greased bamboo slips, even if it was several miles away, he could still see the fire that rushed into the sky. Ranwen

"Your Majesty, you see, the fire has been lit!" said Li Si, pointing to the south.

A smile appeared on Ying Zheng's face, and Li Si and Zhao Gao beside him were also full of joy, on the other hand, on the other side, Meng Tian and Meng Yi and other people on the other side, there was no expression on their faces, and they didn't know what to think about the sky-rushing fire.

However, less than a moment after the fire burned, a shout of killing suddenly came from the south gate and reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor and his party who were watching the fire in the palace.

"What's going on?" Ying Zheng asked, listening to the faint shouts of killing in his ears.

Zhao Gao looked at Li Si, and Li Si also looked at Zhao Gao, but then Li Si turned around and looked at Meng Tian, he saw that Meng Tian had a mysterious expression on his face, so he opened his mouth and asked Meng Tian: "General Meng, I heard that the iron guards under the general are well aware of the big and small things in Xianyang City, can the general know what happened at the South City Gate?"

Meng Tian looked at Li Si and replied: "Prime Minister, what are you talking about, my iron guards are well aware of what has happened in Xianyang City, but this fire is happening now, even if I Meng Tian is very capable, it is impossible to know what happened at the South City Gate." ”

Ying Zheng's face was a little angry, and he said in a cold voice: "Okay, I didn't mean to pursue you, now I just want to know, what happened at the South City Gate? Who can tell me?"

"Your Majesty, General Li You sent someone to deliver a message to His Majesty, saying that hundreds of masked people suddenly appeared at the book burning site, and they launched an attack on the patrol battalion guarding the book burning site, and General Li You was leading people to fight those masked people. A small colonel in armor, led by a little eunuch, went to the place where Yingzheng and everyone watched the fire, knelt down and said.

"On the contrary, if you dare to eat raw food under my nose, these people have really eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall. After listening to the report of the little school, Yingzheng's anger finally exploded.

Li Si was more concerned about his son, and Colonel Fang Cai said that hundreds of people were besieging the book burning site, and he was afraid that something would happen to his beloved son. Li Si asked the junior colonel who was kneeling on the ground: "What is the situation of the battle at the south gate now? Is there enough manpower in the patrol battalion?"

The little colonel didn't even dare to raise his head in front of so many adults, but just lowered his head and said: "When the commander sent the villains to deliver the message, those masked people only started to attack, but as soon as they attacked, they were very ruthless, and the patrol battalion suffered a big loss when they were caught off guard. As for the current situation of the war, the villain also does not know. ”

After hearing this, Li Si hurriedly said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of the patrol battalion are responsible for the security of Xianyang City, I am afraid that there are not enough people arranged in the book burning place today, please Your Majesty order to send people to support Xiao'er." After finishing speaking, Li Si knelt directly in front of Ying Zheng, hoping that Ying Zheng would send someone to save his son as soon as possible.

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Tian and said to him: "Meng Qing, this matter will be handed over to you, and all these traitors who dare to rebel under my nose will be executed." ”

"No, the minister will go. Meng Tian turned around and left, Li Si was worried about Li You, why wasn't he worried?

Out of the palace gate, Meng Tian mounted his horse, he snapped his fingers, and an iron guard appeared beside him. "Go, give my order, and let the cavalry battalion at the east gate hurry to the south gate, and I will see them at the south gate in half an hour. "The discipline in the Qin army is strict, and all the troops are not allowed to leave the camp without permission without receiving an order, so even if the troops elsewhere see the battle at the south gate, they dare not go until they receive the order.

The guards immediately disappeared in place and hurried to the east gate.

Fortunately, most of the residents in Xianyang City went to the south gate to watch the burning of books, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

The battle at the South Gate was a bit tragic, and many of the people who had been surrounding the book-burning site left the place when the battle began, and even those who did not leave stood from a distance to watch the battle here. When Meng Tian arrived, he found that there were fires everywhere outside the south gate, and there were soldiers from the patrol battalion fighting a group of masked men everywhere, and Li You was already nowhere to be seen.