"Okay, I can't stand it anymore!" King Qin stood up and said: "Confucian ancestors, Confucius and Mencius are all on the horse to be able to be Anbang, and under the horse to rule the country, dignified archery art, passed to everyone, and turned into a pitcher. But after two hundred years, I'm afraid I'm going to change to embroidery needles! ”

Li Si was overjoyed when he heard King Qin's words, and he didn't have the slightest advantage over everyone else in pitching pots, but Li You, his son of archery, worked hard. Li Si's family is prosperous and martial, and always hopes to make a name for the family, but the sons are mediocre in qualifications, and they are not good at martial arts. Only the youngest son, Li You, has been smart and studious since he was a child, not only outstanding in writing, but also likes horseback riding and archery. He invited a famous teacher to guide him, and Li You also practiced hard, and there was no missing arrow within 70 steps of archery, and he was known as the civil and military shuangquan of the Xianyang Four Horses.

So, Li Si stood up and suggested: "After all, the sword has no eyes, and the venue is limited, so let's compare it to archery!" ”

King Qin replied coldly: "Yes! Shoot the humanoid target, three arrows per person, shoot the farthest, and the one who hits the head and chest is the most! ”

Zhao Gao immediately asked people to place a few palace lamps fifty to a hundred steps away. Ordered someone to bring a humanoid target and put it in the distance. Most of the scholars did not use a hard bow and abstained one after another.

Li You was the first to stand up and said, "I'll come first, six stone hard bows, seventy steps away." "Seventy steps, which is equivalent to a hundred meters away now.

After a while, an attendant brought a six-stone mulberry wood hard bow and moved the target to a distance of seventy paces.

Li You bent his bow and took the arrow, adjusted his breathing, and fired three arrows in a row, and sure enough, he hit three yuan in a row.

Everyone cheered! It is worthy of the civil and military skills of the four horses. Montenegro also admires this Li You a little, calligraphy, poetry, music, and archery are really good at everything.

After Li You finished shooting, Wang Li stood up, and he was known as the first martial artist of the Xianyang Four Horses. "Seven stone bows, eighty paces away!" Wang Li said.

Wang Lidi is worthy of his title, three arrows are all hit, and the results are slightly better.

It was Montenegro's turn, Montenegro knew that the accuracy of the arrow was slightly worse than Li You and Wang Li, but his arm strength surpassed them, and it didn't matter if he lost anyway, so he shouted: "Ten stone bows, a hundred steps away!" ”

Perhaps the reputation of the famous Montenegrin general is too great, as soon as this remark came out, a scholar suggested: "The Montenegrin general is powerful and the Huns have already become famous all over the world." Archery must be outstanding. As the saying goes, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, if we can see Mengfuzi's authentic Confucian archery skills, it will be worthwhile, and we hope that Mengfuzi will be perfected. After speaking, he bowed to Meng Zhao. The purpose is to know that Montenegrin archery will not be too bad, but Meng Fuzi is a literati, so he may not have superb archery. also indirectly told King Qin that Meng Fuzi's archery skills were nothing more than that! Many scholars who had just played the pitcher immediately woke up and echoed: "Please teach Master Meng." ”

Everyone saw the thoughts of these people, and Wang Juan shouted: "You are unreasonable! Before he finished scolding, he saw Meng Zhao stand up and said: "No defense, I haven't opened the bow for several years, and I just have a good time to review it tonight. ”

When Meng Zhao came to the field, Montenegro just took over a fine iron strong bow from the hand of the inner servant, and what was precipitated was the ten-stone treasure bow. Montenegro stretched out his hand and pulled the bow three times in a row, and then handed it to the teacher with both hands.

Everyone was already very impressed when they saw that Black Mountain easily pulled the hundred-stone strong bow, and they were even more surprised to see him transfer the ten-stone strong bow to Meng Fuzi! No one would believe that Meng Zhao could also open a ten-stone strong bow. Montenegro has seen Meng Zhao's archery skills with his own eyes, and of course he has the bottom in his heart.

Meng Zhao tied the placket of Shangqing's official uniform to his waist, took the strong bow of fine iron with one hand, pulled out two feather arrows, pulled the bow with a breath, and shot out with a "whoosh", and immediately shot another arrow, and the lantern one hundred and twenty steps away fell in response, and before it landed, the second arrow hit the lantern again, and the remaining momentum was not weakened, and the lantern was taken out of five steps and firmly nailed to the tree. These two arrows work in one go. Everyone was stunned.

"Meng Fuzi's magic technique, we are convinced!" Everyone stood up and saluted Mengfuzi.

"In the future, don't use pot throwing as a Confucian archery skill, it will only increase your laughter!" Meng Zhao said.

Finally, it was announced that Wang Li had the best archery art. In this way, only Li You of the Xianyang Four Horses got nothing. The remaining three and Montenegro each took first place.

Meng Zhao said to King Qin: "Although Li You did not win the first prize, but in the four competitions, among the younger generation, he can rank in the top three in everything, which is very rare, and it can also be regarded as the best!" ”

King Qin felt that it made sense, and immediately announced that the four horses and Montenegro would each get the most reward. The faces of Li Si and his son look so good!

At the end of the banquet, it's already sub-hour! Montenegro and Meng Zhao bid farewell to King Qin and the rest of the people. The teacher was brought back to the house in a bronze cart covered by a six-foot umbrella, and the teacher and student had time to talk alone for a while. Montenegro told the teacher in detail what had happened in the past few months!

When Meng Zhao heard this, he laughed and said, "No wonder King Qin took me into Xianyang, he was willing to send someone to investigate your details and find out me too!" But your suggestion to build a school is good, tomorrow we will enter the palace together, and when we meet the King of Qin, we will discuss this matter well!" ”

The master and apprentice discussed a little more before resting separately.

The next day, the king of Qin summoned Meng Zhao and Montenegro into the palace to hold a small court meeting. The small court meeting was held in the side hall, and in addition to Jiuqing, more than ten important ministers participated. Meng Zhao's position was still on the right side of King Qin.

Montenegro first put forward the proposal of setting up primary schools, middle schools, and universities in Qin. When everyone heard Montenegro's words, it was like a thunderstorm on a sunny day, and they immediately argued.

Li Sidaoxian objected on behalf of the Legalist faction and said: "Shang Jun burned the books of the hundred schools of thought, forbade the Qin people to study books other than the Legalists and peasants, and forbade the Qin people to study in the Six Kingdoms, which was also opposed by countless people!" Xiaogong also persevered with doubts, and as a result, the Qin State became stronger and stronger. It can be seen that this Fa Shang Jun is correct. It cannot be easily changed. ”

Li Si's words are based on the original text of Shang Junshu: "The ministers of the country, the doctors, who are knowledgeable, discerning, and wandering, have nothing to do, and if they do not live in a hundred counties, the peasants will have nothing to hear." If the peasants don't know anything and change their views, they will know that the peasants have no way to leave their stories, while the foolish peasants don't know and are not easy to learn. If a foolish farmer doesn't know and is not good at learning, he will be a farmer. If you know that the farmer is not separated from its story, the grass will be cultivated. It was to the effect: "If the scholars are forbidden to lobby everywhere, they will not be able to obtain wealth and official positions, and if they cannot get wealth by studying, the people will not like to read, and if the people are not good at reading, they will be ignorant, and if the people are ignorant and ignorant, they will be at ease in farming, and the people will be at ease in farming, and then the wasteland will be reclaimed." ”

Therefore, Li Si's words were immediately echoed by many people! Especially the Minister of the Clan.

Meng Zhao saw King Qin sitting calmly and listening carefully, knowing that he had to have a debate today! He said slowly: "Shang Jun said, 'The three kings are kings instead of etiquette, and the five tyrants are different from the law. The essence of Legalism lies in changing with the times and the situation. 'If King Zhaoxiang does not change because of the situation and recruits all men over the age of fifteen to enlist in the army, how can there be a great victory in Changping? If the King of Qin had not changed with the times, how many people would have starved to death in the famine eight years ago, and where would the hundreds of miles of Zhengguo Canal come from?

"At the time of Shang Jun, the Qin State was weak, with no more than a dozen counties in Guanxi and no more than two million people. When the country was weak and the people were poor, this law was established to stabilize the domestic population from outflow and not move around, preserve the only productive forces, and strive to develop production, so that the Qin State became rapidly strong. Shang Jun was right about this. But now more than a hundred years have passed since Shang Jun changed the law! The land area and population of the Qin State were seven or eight times larger than before, and the country was strong and the people were rich. People from all over Shandong came to invest in an endless stream. There are almost no people fleeing! Besides, in the next three to five years, the Qin State will dominate the world. The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. Wherever they go, they are the king's subjects.

"Although Qin Jian can sweep the world, he can't rule the world! What Great Qin lacks most now is not food, nor brave soldiers and good generals who can fight well. but a scholar who can pick up a pen and govern the world. I hope that the king will think twice and prepare for the unification of the world in advance. After Meng Zhao finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought! There is a good reason for this.

According to the Qin law, the age of service is between 17 and 55 years old. It is also stipulated that two out of two will draw one, and four out of two. During the Battle of Changping, King Zhaoxiang had to order the age of conscription to be expanded to 15 to 60 years old, and Hedong County and Neishi County even recruited all men to ensure that the soldiers on the front line were sufficient and the rear grain route could be uninterrupted. Eight years ago, there was a great drought in the Guanzhong of the Qin State for two years, because the Qin Law did not provide disaster relief, because it was a reward for nothing, and only the people were allowed to pick wild fruits to save themselves. But there are more than 2 million people in Guanzhong who pick so many wild fruits there? Later, the king of Qin ordered the opening of the official warehouse, organized two million people into soldiers, and dug the Zhengguo Canal, which not only helped the people survive the drought, but also built the Zhengguo Canal. Strictly speaking, two things have changed the law!

Everyone pondered for a while, and Prime Minister Wang Juan said: "Now there is an urgent shortage of officials, and officers with the rank of doctor and above have to be transferred from the army, and after simple training, they will be sent to various places to serve as officials. Despite this, it is still far from enough, and many counties in Zhao can only send seven or eight people as official histories, and many old Zhao officials have to be used. As a result, the Qin law could not be promoted in these places, and many government decrees could not reach the countryside at all, and this situation will be even worse in the next few years. The minister agreed to open a school to train outstanding talents for the empire. Wang Juan's words were immediately agreed by many officials.

As the first minister of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si was by no means a pedantic person. He said: "In the Zhaoxian Pavilion during Lü Buwei's time, how many of the three thousand scholars were used by Great Qin? In the end, almost all of them became people who fanned the wind and disrupted the government. "Li Si's greatest wish is to be the prime minister. It's really unpleasant to see another competitor coming! Although he is a subordinate of Confucian Xunzi, he is the soul of the Legalist faction in Xianyang. The pros and cons of current politics have long been known, so he mixed up Lü Buwei's 3,000 disciples with the Xue Palace, the main purpose was to ask King Qin to reduce the status of the Xue Palace, so as to reluctantly become his future competitor. Although Meng Zhao was not explicitly mentioned, fools understood that Meng Zhao was the one who was the place to sacrifice wine in the Xue Palace.

Meng Zhao knew Li Si's thoughts at a glance, and said: "I am not talented, I invite myself to receive the university sacrificial wine (president), and he is only responsible for teaching students and does not participate in any government affairs. The evaluation of students' grades and the appointment of officials are all determined by the king. ”

King Qin looked around at everyone again and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Juan and Li Si expressed no objections. In the end, it was agreed that all the children of the princes and scholars who were the chief of the left and above could enter the university as long as they passed the grades. The children of commoners must pass the examinations held in each county and county, and those who rank among the top spears can enter the university! This result is the same as that of modern children of departmental-level cadres who can be directly escorted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

The state of Qin will establish primary and secondary schools in all counties, counties, and townships, and will recruit the first batch of college freshmen in Xianyang to inform the world.

As soon as the notice came out, the door of Montenegro's house was blocked by a sea of people. Many people want to get into school early. Later, a circular was issued: all men under the age of 25 and over the age of 17 were allowed to take the examination for books and mathematics, and the best part of each county would take the entrance examination for the university. Admission is based on merit.

Montenegro also recommended Zhang Cang and Wang Xi to be responsible for teaching mathematics and law at the university.

Time is like an arrow, and in a blink of an eye, it is February of the twentieth year of the reign of King Qin. The north is still icy and snowy. Wang Jian mobilized 300,000 troops to approach Yishui, and Montaigne also led 100,000 light horsemen to operate in the steppe outside Yanmen Pass, forming a three-sided encirclement of Yan and Dai from west to east.

The opening ceremony of the Great Qin Imperial University was also held, and the gate of the original Xinhou Mansion was newly painted, and a large plaque of "Imperial University" at the gate was written by President Meng Zhao. The university's three libraries are filled with two million volumes of books from all over the country. The courtyards that were originally reserved for guest accommodation were all converted into student dormitories, and dozens of halls that were used to repair books and handle government affairs were all converted into classrooms, and the furnishings inside were the same as in the seventies and eighties of later generations, with desks, chairs, lecterns, blackboards, and chalk made of plaster. In order to alleviate the serious shortage of officials in various localities, the first batch of college students only taught books, mathematics, and law. It is equivalent to a crash course for cadres in later generations.