"Zhang Cang, what nonsense are you talking about! What a sin deserves death! ”

As soon as Zhang Cang's words ended, he was interrupted by Li Si, and the jade wat (hù) in Prime Minister Li Cheng's hand smashed into Zhang Cang's back, forcing him to kneel down towards the emperor to make amends.

Why? Zhang Cang said exactly what Xunzi said, Xunmen is different from other factions of Confucianism, it is not believed in any sense of heaven and man at all, not to mention that the wind and rain are all the time, even if a comet falls, it is also considered to be a natural phenomenon, and it does not represent the providence behind it at all.

To this end, Xunzi also wrote a special "Treatise on Heaven" to criticize the general recognition of other schools of Confucianism: "The country will prosper, and there will be auspiciousness; The country is about to die, and there will be demons", believing that governance or chaos is not caused by heaven, and everything is the result of man's rule.

But these words can be said in private, but they can't be shouted on the top of Mount Tai! Zhang Cang did this, not only not to give the emperor a step, but to tear down the entire platform!

If there is no inductive relationship between heaven and man, and the king cannot cause feedback from heaven regardless of good or bad government, then what is the auspicious fortune that has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain during this time? What Zhang Cang means is that except for Heifu, all the county guards and lieutenants are lying, changing their ways to deceive the emperor?

Also, if heaven is a thing, nature rather than a god, then what is the emperor's plan for this meditation trip? Acting for the air? What should I do after so many years of pursuing immortality? The West Queen Mother State and Penglai Immortal Island are all fake? Does it mean that you can only resign yourself to fate, birth, old age, sickness and death?

Although Li Si was hostile to Confucianism, he did not dare to sacrifice this article to fight with Confucianism, because the involved surface was too big, and once it was thrown, the consequences would be unimaginable. Just look at the emperor's more gloomy face than Fang Cai at the moment, although the emperor also appreciates Xunzi's learning, but he never skips talking about "The Theory of Heaven".

But Zhang Cang still didn't know whether he was alive or dead, raised his head, and forcibly explained: "I mean, the sky is not a bad cold for people, and it is winter." The land is not the evil of man, and it is far away, and it is wide. The gentleman is not a villain, and he drops out. Your Majesty doesn't have to hurriedly drop out of the mountain to escape this ordinary rain......"

Seeing that Zhang Cang's words were getting worse and worse, Heifu hurriedly stepped forward, interrupted his words, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Zhang Cangfei has no malice, he is too loyal to His Majesty, he only considers His Majesty's good, in order to prevent His Majesty from suddenly going down the mountain, and forget about everything else at all!" ”

He couldn't help complaining in his heart, he hadn't come up with all kinds of scientific supremacy theories, and Zhang Cang, an indigenous, had actually made a touchstone of "atheism" first.

Qin Shi Huang didn't blame him too much, he compared his hands, and after letting Zhang Cang, who had broken into the big basket, step back, sat down on the couch, and rubbed his forehead, which was hurt by these bad things today: "Zhang Cang is right in what he said, a good Zen seal, but he was made like this by a few clouds, Zhu Qing behaved perversely, and he was a member of the court in vain, and when it was passed down the mountain, shouldn't he be ridiculed?" ”

Wang Juan and the others were ashamed, and everyone was silent for a while, but Heifu came out and said:

"Gentlemen, Heifu is shallow, there is something I don't understand, a few days ago, Langya County offered auspicious Ruili, and there is a saying that the rain is happy, in the minister's hometown of Nanjun, the rain is mostly a good thing, but why Langya, Nanjun rain is auspicious, to Mount Tai is a bad thing? Who determined these so-called providential inductions? ”

Everyone looked at each other, but Ye Teng on the side answered: "Don't you know, when King Wu was fighting and arrived at the place of Xingqiu, it suddenly rained heavily, and it rained for three days and three nights in a row, and it also found that the shields used by the soldiers were broken into three pieces for no reason. And when sending troops and sacrificing people, rain and strange things are considered ominous. ”

"Dare to ask Captain Ting." Heifu said again: "Can King Wu win this battle?" ”

Ye Teng bowed his head: "The battle of Muye, singing and dancing before and after, the merchant defected, and in the end it was naturally a big victory." And Taigong also explained the confusion of King Wu and said that the shield was folded into three sections, which meant that the Zhou army should be divided into three roads. The heavy rain lasted for more than three days, and it was cleaning our armor soldiers, so that the army could fade away from the journey, so that it could go down with a drum! ”

Heifu laughed: "In this way, that rain is auspicious for Zhou Jun?" ”

After laughing, he waved at Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, it can be seen that the will of heaven is unpredictable, how can you talk about something together?" Consider all rainy occasions to be a disaster and ominous ......"

"Is that so?" Qin Shi Huang sneered, his heart was clear, the two of them were singing double reeds, and they gave him the steps.

When the two Heifu were forcibly explaining a wave, the magician who was left halfway up the mountain by Qin Shi Huang also came to assist, but saw Lu Ao, who claimed to be seventy years old, walking up to the top of the mountain like a fly, bowing down to Qin Shi Huang and saying:

"Your Majesty! Exultation! ”

"Where does the joy come from?" Qin Shi Huang really needed good news.

Lu Ao bowed his head and said: "Zhou Shi is the main fire virtue, so the sacrifice is ominous when it encounters rain, and it comes and goes, and it becomes a conclusion." However, today's ministers performed gossip, carefully scrutinized, Qin Lord Shuide, and Zhou Shi is just the opposite, this day wants to rain, it is a great auspicious, it is the sky to appreciate His Majesty's merits, so it rains down! ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

At this time, Heifu didn't care that he was theoretically opposed to the Yin and Yang Fangshi, and with Lu Ao's words, he congratulated Qin Shi Huang, and the voices of the ministers followed one after another.

Good guy, this embarrassing scene has finally come to an end.

Qin Shi Huang did not be ecstatic, but said lightly "good", and then announced that he would rest overnight in the newly built palace on the mountain, and the ministers would be on duty.

"No one is allowed to mention going down the mountain to take shelter from the rain!"

After that, Qin Shi Huang did not dodge, but sat on the seat, raised his head and stared at the sky for a long time, until the sky was about to get dark and the thin raindrops ticked down on the cloth umbrella opened for him by Zhao Gao and others, and the emperor withdrew his gaze.

Finally, it rained, simple and ordinary rain, picking this time and place, but there are countless ways to interpret it.

The Confucian scholars under the mountain said that this was caused by Debo, but the ministers of Fang Shi said that this was a sign of Qin Yingshui's virtue.

But what are the facts? Is Providence at the mercy of man's tongue and tongue?

As an emperor, at this time, is there any other choice than to deceive yourself and be deceived by others?

Yes!

"Bongchang."

Qin Shi Huang shouted to Feng Chang: "I have some other words, I should tell Yu Haotian, I want to write another jade book, and take another copy." ”

"This ......"

Everyone looked at each other, Wang Juan wanted to speak and stopped, Fang Shi Lu Ao lowered his head and thought, only Li Si sighed secretly, when His Majesty and Lu Buwei were angry, they were also like this.

But no one is verbose about anything "inconsistent with etiquette", and the events of the past few days have all proved one thing: the emperor said that it is a courtesy, then it is a courtesy!

Feng Chang quickly asked people to take the jade book, and also brought a pen of Dan ink, Qin Shi Huang let everyone avoid, he personally held the pen, and wrote a Dan book, glanced at Zhao Gao on the left, and then moved his gaze forward, swept around in the ministers, and finally ordered a person out of the ranks.

"Hef."

"The minister is here!"

Hefu bowed down.

Qin Shi Huang beckoned him to come closer, five steps, three steps, until one step, until he was close to Tianyan.

At such a close distance, only Zhao Gao on the left could hear what he said.

"Heifu, the ministers are afraid of the sky, are you also afraid of the sky?"

Heifu responded: "Ministers often hear that the power of heaven is unpredictable, but compared to the ethereal sky, Your Majesty's joy and anger are more like the power of heaven, even if there is a punishment from heaven, it is also from the hands of Your Majesty." ”

"Hah!"

Qin Shi Huang laughed: "I finally heard a pleasant word today, if this is the case, then you will do one thing for me." ”

Actually, it's nothing, just let Heifu set up a fire and use good suma wood to light the fire, because there was already some light rain, Heifu hit the flint fire sickle a few times before he succeeded in making a fire.

The flame was blazing, Heifu stepped aside, and stood with his ministers, Qin Shi Huang walked over slowly, threw the freshly written jade book into the fire, and let the words on it turn into green smoke and float into the sky.

Just now, when the rain fell, Qin Shi Huang made a decision, he wanted to say something else to the heavens.

Unlike Zhang Cang, who believed that heaven and earth were natural, Qin Shi Huang believed in the existence of heaven's will, but his attitude towards heaven had a big turn after this consecration.

"Whether there is providence or not."

"Whether it's a disaster or a stranger, rain or sunshine, don't let me bow my head and run away in embarrassment!"

Although in front of people, he will still call himself the "Son of Heaven", but in the new Jade Book, he will no longer humbly call himself "Yu Boy" to the sky, and no longer call himself the son of Heaven.

"People say that those whose merits are in line with heaven will be helped by heaven, and those whose merits are against heaven will be violated by heaven. I am one of the six countries, unified the sea, and think that I am going with the sky, so I have destroyed all the way and have not encountered a strong enemy. ”

"But now, I want to make the world eternal condensation, Kyushu is coherent, six contract winds, and pass on the eternal world, but it is a hundred times more difficult than merger! Is this against the sky? ”

"Even if this matter is not liked by the sky, will it be abandoned, hundreds of years of conquest, seven years of dreaming and sleeping, will it all come to naught?"

Qin Shi Huang looked up at the dark night sky without stars and moon, and said in his heart:

"Look, even if it's something you don't like well, even if it's a move against the sky, I want to do it well and do it!"

It's like a gambling fight, a gambling battle between the emperor and the sky.

If I win, you will give me eternal life.

If I lose, I will perish!

The world may have already arranged his fate, but it could not arrange his will.

On the side, Heifu looked at the emperor with glowing eyes and high morale, knowing that this proud emperor seemed to have found a new motivation, or rather...... Enemy?

He couldn't help but secretly said: "It's over, what is written in the burned jade book will not be 'fighting with the sky, the fun is endless'!" ”