Chapter X: The Essence of the Rule of Law

Actually, how can he brag too much?

It's just blowing to the point of madness!

This is also due to Li Yang being a brazen person, otherwise ordinary people really don't have the courage to say that Shang Ying and Zhang Yi are his nephews.

"It turns out that Mr.'s senior brother is actually Guiguzi!"

"Hoo ......"

When Ying Zheng heard this, he got up and walked down, and came to Li Yang in a few steps, and took a deep look: "How can you not say the identity of Mr. earlier, if the widow has any neglect, I hope Mr. Haihan!" ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and I am terrified!"

Seeing that Ying Zheng actually ran down to apologize, this made Li Yang a little overwhelmed, and he hurriedly bowed.

In fact, he is also the first person who can make Qin Shi Huang treat him so politely.

"Sir, the widow has been waiting for Mr. for a long time!"

Ying Zheng stepped forward and grabbed Li Yang's hand, his face flushed with excitement.

Li Yang frowned: "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" ”

Ying Zheng said excitedly: "It's not a secret, a year ago, when the widow was not sick, Xu Fu calculated a hexagram for the widow, saying that the widow will have a catastrophe this year, and then God will send an auspicious star to the world to save the widow." Sure enough, when the gentleman came, he offered immortal medicine and saved the widow from danger. Now, listening to your life experience, isn't all this as the hexagram says? ”

Li Yang was directly dumbfounded.

It turned out that his appearance would have happened to his hexagram?

Li Yang felt a burst of unbelievability, his appearance could not really be God's arrangement, right?

These words surprised the Manchu civil and military forces in the palace.

At this time, even if they were suspicious of Li Yang, they didn't dare to have any more doubts.

In the past, there was an immortal medicine to cure the first emperor's serious illness, and now there is a hexagram as an omen, who the would dare to stand up and question Li Yang's bragging?

Questioning Li Yang, now is not equivalent to questioning the first emperor, questioning the hexagram, and even questioning the will of heaven.

Suddenly, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, you look at me, I look at you, everyone knows in their hearts that Li Yang is going to be reused.

Besides, Li Yang, although he felt that the matter of the hexagram was incredible, he was also very happy in his heart, because this would further fulfill the lies he had made up before, so he hurriedly said: "It seems that there is indeed a providential arrangement in this underworld!" ”

"Sir is right, this is really providence!"

Ying Zheng nodded, turned to look at Li Yang, and said with a smile: "Now that the widow has a gentleman to help him, why can't Daqin be able to survive for generations!" ”

Li Yang knew that the big thing had been accomplished, and it was a sure thing that he would be reused, so he hurriedly said: "I am willing to do my best for Daqin!" ”

"Good!"

Ying Zheng laughed, then turned around and returned to the throne, and said, "Mr. said before that you and Guiguzi are the same teacher, but what you have learned is different, I don't know what Mr. means by this?" ”

Hearing this, the people in the hall were all looking at Li Yang together.

Everyone wants to hear what kind of tricks this person who dares to claim to be the same as Guiguzi has learned.

At this time, Li Yang couldn't help but get upright, because this topic was directly related to the two governing concepts of the Qin State.

In the past ten years, the Qin State has continuously mobilized the people's power to build the Great Wall, build the Chi Road, defend the Wuling, build the Afang Palace, build the Lishan Tomb, etc., and requisition millions of laborers. If there were not enough men, women were conscripted to bear the hard labor of transfer. Qin law has many names, and the punishment is harsh, and if one person breaks the law, relatives and neighbors will sit together.

It can be said that the expropriation and extortion of the rulers of the Qin Dynasty were far beyond the limits that society could bear.

Li Yang knew very well in his heart that if Daqin didn't seize the time to change, the world would soon be in chaos.

Moreover, the historical Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings will occur next year.

And the only way to change all this is to change, abolish tyranny, and let the people recuperate.

However, it is not easy to return the people to recuperate.

Because no one can persuade Ying Zheng to give up those national projects.

Building the Great Wall, repairing the Chi Road, building the Wuling Mountains, building the Afang Palace, building the Lishan Tomb, etc., this is what Yingzheng wants to achieve in his life, and whoever stops it will be against him.

Don't say that the courtiers advise, even his son's advice has not fallen well.

The reason why Gongzi Fusu was assigned to the border was actually because his political opinions contradicted the governance of the first emperor, Fusu believed that he should govern the country with benevolence, coupled with the forbearance he did not understand, and repeatedly contradicted the majesty of the first emperor, so that when he directly accused the first emperor of the wrongness of burning books and pit Confucianism, he was sent to the border by Qin Shi Huang in a rage.

Even if his son advises, he will be assigned to the border, just ask, who else in this world dares to go against the dragon scales of the first emperor?

For Li Yang, this is a difficult problem!

However, although it is a difficult problem, it must be solved.

Thinking of this, Li Yang said cautiously: "Senior brother Guiguzi, what he has learned is mostly the art of fighting for hegemony, and what he has learned below is the art of governing the world. The art of fighting for hegemony, good strategy, heavy warfare, and the goal of annexing the world. And the art of governing the world, good governance, emphasis on people's livelihood, with the goal of prosperity and strength in the world. This is the big difference between the two! ”

Li Si, who was standing on the side, was already sneering in his heart, this guy is bold, good at governance, and attaches importance to people's livelihood, isn't this advocating governing the country with Confucian benevolence and righteousness? This is contrary to His Majesty's governance, he is really not afraid of death!

Not only did Li Si think so, but the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court all looked at Li Yang with strange eyes at this time.

Everyone knows that the first emperor hated Confucianism the most, and even for this reason, he killed more than 400 Confucian scholars led by Fusu teacher Chun Yuyue in one go not long ago, and even ordered to burn all the poetry books in the world, which shows the depth of the first emperor's hatred of Confucianism.

Sure enough, Ying Zheng was immediately displeased when he heard this, and frowned slightly: "Mr.'s words, could it be that he said that he wanted to let the Qin State abandon the law and follow benevolence?" ”

Li Yang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, the technique of governing the world that I am talking about below is not to abandon the law and follow benevolence. Not only will we not abandon the law, but we will strengthen and improve the law so as to achieve the goal of governing the country according to law. ”

Ying Zheng was stunned: "Oh? In this way, Mr. also feels that the laws of Great Qin are important to the country? ”

Li Yang nodded and said without questioning: "The law is the foundation of my Great Qin. It can be said that it is precisely because of the law that Great Qin has laid the cornerstone of our Great Qin's domination of the world. ”

"Well, that's good!"

Ying Zheng laughed a few times, and then sighed: "It's a pity, I think that my law of Great Qin is the law of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but there are people in the world who slander my Qin Law to the fullest, calling Qin Law a violent law, and calling the Qin of the widow a violent Qin!" Sir, why do you say that? ”

Li Yang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is what I mentioned before, the crux of the art of fighting for hegemony and the art of governing the world!" ”

"What's the crux of the matter? Sir, speak quickly! Ying Zheng urged.

Li Yang said seriously: "As the saying goes, go on the horse to fight, and get off the horse to govern the country." The art of fighting for hegemony is for war, and the art of governing the country is for peace. The law of Shang Yang is the law of wartime, and the law is strict and strict, so that military discipline can be regulated, combat strength can be increased, and the world can be dominated. However, now that our Great Qin dominates the world, the people yearn for tranquility, and if the people are governed by strict laws in wartime, it will be too strict, which is why it will be called a violent law. ”

"The law of Shang Ying, heavy punishment for minor crimes, one person who violates the law, relatives and neighbors have to sit together, hundreds of thousands of people become prisoners, and countless people are beheaded by death. If this continues, the people will not be safe, and the country will have few people, which will be detrimental to the country. If the punishment for a minor crime is light, and the punishment for a serious crime is severe, and one person breaks the law, and the other is punished alone, so that the law is followed, and the law-abiding people are at peace? ”

Li Yang remembered very well that the reason why Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up was because it rained and they deserved death according to the laws of Qin, so they were forced to have no way out, and led about 900 servants to rise up in Daze Township, Qi County, for the change of Daze.

At that time, the gentry of many counties killed the county guard and the county order in response to Chen Sheng, and then the source of the spark burned the prairie in an instant.

Ying Zheng did not speak, but pondered.

At this time, Li Si stood up and questioned: "This law is not strict, who will be afraid, won't the world be more chaotic?" ”

Li Yang retorted: "The law that governs the world is to protect the law-abiding people, and the second is to punish the lawbreakers. If the hundred officials in our hall are one team, and one of them breaks the law, and we and all the other officials have to sit together, then what is the point of our law-abiding officials abiding by the law in vain? In the long run, who will abide by the law? No one abides by the law, which is the root cause of chaos in the world. ”

Therefore, the law that governs the world is not only for the purpose of punishing those who break the law, but also for the purpose of making the people strive to be law-abiding and good citizens. The people of the world understand that as long as they abide by the law, they can protect the peace, so how many people in the world will not abide by the law well? Where does this chaos come from? ”

Li Yang's views on the law are righteous and impassioned.

As the promoter of the tyranny of Great Qin, Li Si didn't know how to refute Li Yang's theory for a while.

Because he suddenly discovered that the theory that Li Yang said seemed to be the essence of the rule of law.

Of course, Ying Zheng, like Li Si, didn't think about it at first hearing, and even felt that the law was not strict enough to deter the people. But now...... He actually found that the theory that Li Yang said was not only extremely reasonable, but also impeccable.