Xianyang City!

Xianyang City was also dressed in a layer of white, and Xianyang Palace was covered in silver and shining. Ying Zheng stood in front of Xianyang Palace and looked at this snow-white palace, without emotion, it is now the twenty-fifth day of the winter month of Kaiyuan, too many things have happened since he ascended the throne, since Sima Cooyue came back the news that Longxi County was looted by the Xiongnu pretending to be the Qiang people, and there is still no news coming, which makes him a little suspicious of whether the original decision was right or wrong.

At this time, a figure came rapidly from the steps of Xianyang Palace, and it took five minutes for an ordinary chamberlain to be a five-minute journey, but it only took one minute for this person to reach Yingzheng.

Coming to Yingzheng, Zhao bowed down and said, "King Qiqi: Shang Shoufu came to ask for a meeting." ”

Ying Zheng said lightly when he heard this: "Please invite him to come to the study." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the study, followed by Zheng He next to him.

"No. Zhao Gaogong sent Yingzheng away, and then went to pass the word.

In the study room of Xianyang Palace, after Shang Ying finished his salute, he knelt on a futon and said: "Qi my king, since Longxi was persecuted by the Xiongnu and the people were displaced, the cabinet sent Fan Ju, the old man of the cabinet, Feng Yu, the head of the household department, and Wang Chen, a member of the Ministry of Industry, to Longxi County together. Pacify the people, distribute food to the people, and help them build houses. ”

"Fan Ju wrote a scroll and sent it back to the cabinet, saying that 15,450 households and 61,800 people died in Longxi County, which is very different from the 30,000 that the Longxi County Guard said. ”

Ying Zheng lowered his head and pondered for a moment and asked, "What does Shang Jun think about this matter?"

Shang Ying thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that Longxi Taishou Jia He is right, if the death of these 60,000 people is announced to the government and the opposition, it may cause turmoil, and people with ill intentions will definitely use this matter to make trouble." ”

"Okay, this is Jia He's private dispatch to Lone, take a look. After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he handed a roll of bamboo slips on the desk to Zheng He.

Shang Ying took the bamboo slip from Zheng He's hand and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, he put down the bamboo slip and said, "It turns out that Jia He reported this matter to the king before the end of the month, I wonder if the king has other plans?"

Ying Zheng said lightly: "I want to see if anyone in the court makes a fuss about this matter." ”

Shang Ying was shocked when he heard it, Ying Zheng was getting more and more unable to see things clearly, once Ying Zheng was smart in his eyes, and he was well organized, although he was young and old, but he still revealed a childishness, and now he speaks and does things in a relaxed manner, steady and sophisticated, and scheming. If Ying Zheng didn't say it, he never thought that Ying Zheng still had such a plan, and the reason why he told him was that he might also have the intention of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and he suddenly found that Ying Zheng had become so terrifying and terrifying.

"What is Shang Jun thinking? Ying Zheng's voice sounded in Shang Jun's ears, and Shang Ying hurriedly got up and said: "Qi my king, the ministers just thought of an important matter in the cabinet, and they were a little distracted, hoping that my king would atone for his sins." ”

Yingzheng got up and said: "Why is Shang Jun so shocked, Lone is not a man-eating beast, Shang Jun suppressed the Confucian Li Si Zha incident, Lone doesn't want to blame Shang Jun? Lone just wants to drink the good tea that Zheng He got back from Bashu with Shang Jun, and talk about life and ideals with Shang Jun." ”

Shang Ying was shocked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said: "The criminal minister has the trust of the king, and he is willing to accept the punishment for his crimes." "Only he knows about this matter, and even Zhang Yi Cai Ze of the cabinet doesn't know. The Cabinet has a rule that neither they, the Cabinet leaders, nor the Cabinet officials, are allowed to carry anything in and out. He had been hiding in that place for three days, and he had checked it when he entered the cabinet today, and he had used a code for it, and he would know about it as long as someone had touched it. Since no one has seen the scroll, how did Yingzheng know about it?

On the day he received the song, he sent someone to investigate Li Si, Li Si came to Xianyang for only three days, and the volume of the song was still submitted to the cabinet by Fan Li, the head of the household department, so Yingzheng did not get the news from Li Si's mouth.

Thinking of these Shang Ying, he was even more creepy, and when he looked up slightly, he saw Ying Zheng's gentle smile, but he felt a lot of pressure from Ying Zheng's body, Ying Zheng was like the god on the high, and he was like an ant under the god.

Ying Zheng sat down and said with some puzzlement: "Most of the laws of the Qin State are set by Shang Jun, I don't understand why Shang Qing broke the law for the sake of a volume, if this matter is leaked out, Shang Jun I's wisdom will be ruined, is it worth it?"

"Your Majesty, it's worth it. Shang Ying shouted, at this time, he didn't have the fear just now, he could only serve the country with his heart and penetrate the heart of the day.

"My king, the Qin State has been known as the country of tigers and wolves since the law of reform with ministers, destroying the six countries to dominate the world, and opening up the strength of peace in everything, but Confucianism still advocates the separation of etiquette and music, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but only knows how to protect oneself and does not do practical things. The minister is afraid that my king will be led astray by Confucianism at a young age, and he will destroy the law of my Qin State and destroy my Qin State Society, Your Majesty. ”

Shang Ying knelt on the ground after speaking, and clasped his hands together.

Only then did Ying Zheng understand that it was originally a dispute between Confucianism and Confucianism, in fact, he had also read a lot of classics about the hundred schools of thought over the years, and combined with the views of later generations on Confucianism.

First, Confucianism advocates the rule of man, and Legalism advocates the rule of law. Second, Confucianism advocates that the punishment is not for doctors, and the Legalists are the Son of Heaven who violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime. Third, Confucianism advocates that morality is the main punishment and attaches importance to moral education, while Legalism advocates heavy punishment for minor crimes. Fourth, Confucianism values the people, and Legalism serves the king.

A sentence in later generations has been summed up very well: use the law in troubled times, and use Confucianism in governing the times.

Ying Zheng got up and helped Shang Ying, and said in a heartfelt voice: "Ancestor King Hui once said: The law of the king is the law of enriching the people and strengthening the country, and the Qin State abides by it. The ancestors of the past dynasties obeyed it, and the government also obeyed it. ”

Shang Ying bowed again: "The king is wise. ”

These words came out of Shang Jun's mouth, but they surprised Lone. Let's go, go out for a walk with Lonely. He said to Zheng He: "It's freezing outside, Shang Jun is old, don't be attacked by the cold, put the lonely velvet robe on Shang Jun." ”

"The king can't, how can the minister put on the king's velvet robe. Shang Ying hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty...... Do you need Sanbao to send someone to Shaofu to get a well-fitting velvet robe for Lord Shoufu?" Zheng He was a little embarrassed when he took Yingzheng's velvet robe.

Ying Zheng was immediately embarrassed when he saw it, it turned out that the velvet robe was tailor-made for him, and his height was only two-thirds of Shang Jun's, how could Shang Jun use it. I have to admire Zheng He's wit and resolve his embarrassment. Ying Zheng said: "Yes, the weather is cold, national affairs are important, and the body of the princes is equally important." Officials of the fourth rank and above in the DPRK and China will each send one. ”

"No. Zheng He responded.

Shang Ying saluted Yingzheng and said: "The ministers replace your colleagues to thank the king for his kindness, and the king will be for ten thousand years." ”

The two sat down again, and Yingzheng asked: "I heard that when Shang Jun first entered Qin, he met with Xiaogong three times, and talked with the ancestors about the emperor's way, the king's way, and the domineering. I want to listen to Shang Jun's emperor and king's two ways, but I don't know if Shang Jun is willing to tell him. ”

"There is no need, the emperor must start with the three emperors and five emperors............" Shang Ying said slowly.

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Outside Xianyang City, in a workshop surrounded by an army, a man in a green robe with rusty egrets on it was patrolling back and forth in the workshop.

Xu Fu is a member of the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of Industry, with a six-rank official position. The head of the manufacturing department is Gong Yilong, Xu Fu was able to serve as a foreign man because of his merits a few days ago, and was sent by Gong Yilong to manage the workshop that was still experimenting with paper, and Gong Yilong warned him that this is Yingzheng's test workshop that cares about paper very much, and there is no room for a trace of indiscretion.

Xu Fu naturally did not dare to be insulted, and every day when he arrived at the workshop, he had to check the filtered bamboo curtains, the sink for the pulp and paper, and the fire wall for baking the paper...... , I am afraid of a little accident. Xu Fu now walked around and checked as usual. A worker hurriedly ran towards him, his face full of joy, came to him and said, "Lord Xu is done, it is done... ”

Xu Fuben was a little unhappy, and when he heard the word Cheng, he was also excited, and hurriedly said, "Go, take me to see." ”

The two walked a distance of two hundred steps, came to a room, a table with a cushion, into the door can see a snow-white thing resting on it, Xu Fu stepped forward, see the tough and moist, light but not slippery, white dense thin paper, as if seeing a peerless treasure, look excited.

The people next to him were also full of excitement, they had been experimenting for half a year, and they still couldn't meet the requirements of that person. Now it has finally achieved what the one said to be white and dense, folded but not broken, etc. Not only can you get a rich reward, but you also have the opportunity to join the staff of the manufacturing department.

Xu Fu understood that this piece of paper should be sent to the palace as soon as possible, and instructed the people around him: "Go and bring the box that has been prepared for a long time, and I will hand it over to the lords of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"No" said yes and left to pick up the box.

The subordinate took the box and packed it, Xu Fu went to the office of the Ministry of Industry under the escort of more than ten horsemen, and when he passed by the street, he aroused a burst of curiosity among the people.

Ministry of Industry!

Lu Ban, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Lang Lezheng, as well as Lang Zhong and some officials of the Ministry of Industry, everyone looked at the white paper in the box with a pair of big eyes, which made them more excited than seeing the rare treasures, who would have thought that this pure thing was made of bark, hemp, etc.

Lu Ban closed the lid of the box, ignored the resentful expressions of the few people next to him, and said: "This book should be sent to the palace immediately to the king, and I will show the king your merits." ”

When several people heard this, their faces were happy, and they said respectfully: "Lord Xie Shangshu." ”

Out of the gate of the Ministry of Works, Lu Ban got into the car prepared by his subordinates and headed towards Wang Gong.

Xianyang Palace!

Shang Ying is still preaching the emperor's way to Yingzheng.

“............ It's king. ”

Ying Zheng listened quietly and tastefully, and when he saw Shang Ying finish speaking, Ying Zheng exclaimed: "It seems that everyone in the world underestimates Shang Jun, since Shang Jun also recognizes the Confucian theory of the royal road, why do you have such a prejudice against Confucian people." ’

"Too many hypocrites. Shang Ying said.

Ying Zheng didn't want to say anything, just like a fanatical believer who believes in Buddhism, and suddenly you let him believe, is it possible?

"Your Majesty: Lord Lu Banlu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, asks to see you. Zhao Gao's voice sounded outside the study.

"Xuan"