The current Great Qin is a period when ideas and scholarship begin to collide and merge fiercely.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes were everywhere, the rise of great powers began to compete for hegemony, because there was such a huge market and foundation, all living beings wandered among the vassal states to spread their own ideas and statecraft, and the hundred schools of thought began to rise, it was a period of unprecedented prosperity and splendid culture and thought, and in just a hundred years, there were countless great sages, and many major schools such as Taoism, Confucianism, Fanong, Bing, Yin and Yang appeared one after another.

During the Warring States Period, the etiquette collapsed, the princes conquered and annexed each other, the vassal states became fewer and fewer, and the space and room for the disciples of the hundred schools of thought to exert themselves became smaller and smaller, and only the Mo, Confucianism, Law, and Ming schools were gradually able to emerge, and the trend of prosperity has begun to fade significantly.

In the late Warring States period, only the Seven Heroes were left to fight, and the disciples of the Hundred Schools had no room and space to turn around, rushing back and forth between the Seven Kingdoms like locusts, but they found that the room for choice and choice was getting smaller and smaller.

At this point, many wise people began to understand that the way of the world has changed, the original single theory of statecraft has been outdated, has not adapted to the changes of this era, so some people began to study the integration of the theory of governance, the most famous of which is the Qi State of Jixia Palace, many famous bachelors in the late Warring States period are almost all from it, although the Jixia School Palace advocates the study of Huang Lao, but the hundred schools of thought are inclusive, there are hundreds of schools of thought, there are hundreds of schools of thought, It is one of the most active and spectacular official and non-governmental academic forums in the history of Chinese thought, and has also compiled a large number of academic works. Zou Yan, the representative of the Yin and Yang faction and the founder of the Five Elements Theory, the great sage Xun Kuang, who is an eclectic Confucian scholar, and Meng Ke, a Confucian scholar, are the most famous representatives, and even include the later Great Qin Minister Lü Buwei, who also learned the model of the Jixia School Palace, gathered thousands of disciples to compile the book of Lü's Spring and Autumn Period, and created a miscellaneous school, which almost perfectly integrated the governing strategies of the Confucian and Taoist schools of the university.

One of the most famous of these reform schools is Xunzi, who advocated the integration of Confucianism, law and Taoism, and also taught Han Fei, Li Si and Zhang Cang, three very powerful students, and Li Si eventually assisted Qin Shi Huang to unify China, so far the magic is proud of the hundred disciples, and then Zhang Cang also became the Han Xiang, which shows that Xunzi's theory in governing the country is of great practical significance.

And after the Great Qin unified China, the disciples of the hundred schools have been suppressed by the Legalists, so they are like a group of chickens locked in a small chicken cage, they can only flutter desperately in it, and at the same time, they are not convinced by each other, you peck me in the mouth, I scratch your claws, and the performance of the nest is extremely obvious, but that's all, no one can pounce out of this cage, and all kinds of depression and anxiety are very obvious.

It wasn't until Chen Xu appeared and launched the Daqin Metropolis Daily and the Hundred Forum magazines that under the guidance of large-scale dissemination and public opinion, and under the impetus of these two new expressions, some new theories of statecraft began to appear, and after the Faculty of Arts pacified the most ferocious group of people, this chicken coop finally became quiet.

The existence of the Faculty of Letters is similar to that of the original Jixia Academy, where hundreds of disciples communicate and quarrel freely, and then write books and speak for their own sects, taking the opportunity to display the theories of their own sects through books.

But this quietness is only temporary, as long as the foundation of academic and intellectual freedom exists, this quietness will be broken again, because the strategy of integrated statecraft guided by Chen Xu has begun to bear fruit, and many theoretically novel and even bold strategies have begun to appear in newspapers and magazines, and the emergence of these new trends of thought will inevitably lead to more violent conflicts with the Legalist disciples who uphold the court in a few years.

These signs are already emerging.

Because in the latest issues of the Hundred Schools of Thought, there are several schools of celebrity and celebrity who have written a very obvious direction, and the goal is the disadvantages of magic governance.

Now with the support of Qinghe Hou and Yuliang Gong, although the disciples of the hundred schools no longer gather in their respective dojo academies and Quyuan miscellaneous houses to talk and preach their respective theories, but after changing their positions, they feel like they have found another new battlefield, newspapers and forums have made them more widely heard, and they also have more opportunities to display what they have learned and talents.

"Smack~"

In the Zichen Palace, Qin Shi Huang smashed a copy of the 100 forums that had just been released on the desk.

The palace attendants and attendants inside and outside the hall all shrank their necks in fright, trembling and not daring to pant loudly.

"How can this be reasonable, it is simply bold and reckless to dare to discuss national policies!"

Qin Shi Huang stood up angrily and walked back and forth on the main hall with his hands behind his back, his face extremely ugly.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and soon Zhao Qing appeared at the door of the Zichen Palace, looked at Qin Shi Huang, who was obviously angry, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?" ”

"Zhao Qing, you came just in time, you come to take a look at this issue of the 100 forums, the strategy is just nonsense......" Qin Shi Huang pointed to the messy impurities scattered on the desk and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, are you talking about the ten disadvantages of the famous Sun Pi's spells?" Zhao Qing asked respectfully.

"Hmph, it's this fang, full of nonsense, vainly talking about the ten major disadvantages of my magic governing the country, and also saying that if this disadvantage is not changed, my Great Qin will be in danger, and the magic rule is the governing strategy inherited by my Great Qin ancestors for a hundred years, how can I accumulate the disadvantages......"

Qin Shi Huang snorted coldly and picked up the impurities on the desk and flipped it open, staring at the title of the Ten Evils of Spells.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have already read this Ten Evils of Spells, and there are indeed alarmist theories, but famous artists have been boastful since ancient times, how can nonsense be taken seriously, Your Majesty will read it, why bother to hurt yourself because of anger!"

"Since it is nonsense, but such a grandiose publication in the magazine will not cause more rumors to slander my court's national policy, this person must be punished, otherwise he will write more rebellious strategies to confuse the people of the world!"

"Your Majesty is angry, Sun Pi is just jumping off the ears of the clown, showing the benefit of the tongue to sensationalize, not to mention that there are very few readers in the hundred forums, and a single issue cannot be sold out of thousands of copies, it can be seen that not many people like the articles on this, far less than the newspaper is loved by the public, why should Your Majesty worry, the minister is here today to report on the important things of the Oriental Dao, Your Majesty will be happy after hearing it!"

"Tell me about it!" When Qin Shi Huang heard that it was a matter of Dongfang Dao, his face suddenly calmed down.

"Your Majesty, Fang Caichen has just received news from Dongfang Road, following the breakthrough of the Bahe Bridge ten days ago, the Luohe Bridge three days ago was also closed, and it will be possible to pass through the carriage and horses in May!"

"Good!" Qin Shi Huang was so excited when he heard this, he threw the magazine in his hand on the desk and said, "Now that the two largest bridges on the Dongfang Road have been completed, and the Central Plains is now unimpeded, and there is no longer the pain of boat and car transfers, I can't wait to follow the Dongfang Road to inspect the southeastern counties!" Let's go, accompany me to the Academy of Sciences to watch the sand table! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Qing hurriedly surrendered his hand.

The palace attendants inside and outside the palace immediately took action, and went out to spread the news that the forbidden army had arranged for the emperor's carriage and horse honor guard.

Half an hour later, the emperor traveled, escorted by hundreds of Xuanwu guards and two thousand guards and forbidden troops, and went straight to the Academy of Sciences.

And almost at the same time, Chen Xu also took a carriage escorted by dozens of guards to the Academy of Sciences, just got off the car and Zhang Cang and other officials of the Academy of Sciences stood in the courtyard to discuss the news of the completion of the Luohe Bridge, and heard that the emperor had come to the Academy of Sciences to inspect again, and hurriedly went to the gate of the Academy of Sciences to greet him.

"It's just so happened that Aiqing was here, I heard that the Luohe Bridge was completed, so I came to see the sand table!" After the emperor got out of the car, he happily took Chen Xu's hand and said with a smile.

"The minister has just heard the news, so come and take a look, Your Majesty, please!"

After a chaotic salute, Chen Xu accompanied Qin Shi Huang into the conference room of the Academy of Sciences, and a large group of officials such as Xuanwuwei and Zhao Qing and Zhang Cang also followed in.

The sand table in the center of the conference room has been remade and more than doubled, five zhang long and two zhang wide, the mountains and rivers and roads are carefully made with cement sand and even rocks against the measured map, the mountains and rocks are carefully decorated with moss and flowers, and even the river has water, which has obviously become a miniature small forest garden landscape map, which looks full of visual impact.

A group of people stood around the sand table to watch, the forbidden army and the Xuanwu guards kept the entire academy of sciences defended, and many craftsmen and scribes stood outside the conference room, gathering at the doors and windows and tiptoeing inside to watch.

"Your Majesty, please look, the Luohe Bridge is ...... here," Zhang Cang pointed to a model of an arch bridge near Luoyang with a bamboo stick.

The model is carved out of wood and spans a small ditch that connects the cement pavement at the east and west ends.

"When the Luohe Bridge is completed, the two largest bridges across the river on Dongfang Road will be completed, and there are more than a dozen other small and medium-sized bridges, which are also under construction or have been completed...... As long as these bridges are all completed, it can be said that the new Oriental Road is almost half completed, and the rest is to pave the road with concrete, the difficulty of the project is very small, according to the current progress, this road can be almost completed before the winter of this year......"

Zhang Cang, as the chief designer of Dongfang Road, pointed to the sand table and roughly explained the current progress of the project in Dongfang Road.

Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly as he listened.

He has come to see this sand table several times, and every time he finishes reading it, he feels very excited.

This kind of real sand table map that condenses the geographical form of mountains and rivers makes him feel amazing, and the Academy of Sciences will make the roads and bridges on the sand table with cement or models in real time as the project progresses, so it looks very clear and clear at a glance.

Looking at the global model of the Oriental Road on the sand table, Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly and said, "Doesn't this mean that the Eastern Dao cannot be completed within a year?" ”

Zhang Cang smiled bitterly and nodded: "Your Majesty, what is lacking at the moment is that materials such as cement and sand and gravel cannot be supplied, especially cement, although the cement factories along the way are still increasing and put into operation, but because there is no grinding tool like a waterwheel mill, the production speed cannot keep up at all, and many engineering teams are waiting in line at various cement factories, often fighting for cement......

"Your Majesty, cement is the main ingredient for paving roads, but at present, it is all made by human and animal grinding, which is indeed a huge bottleneck, but I have asked the cement factories along the way to give priority to the western counties, because the eastern region has a warm climate in winter, and the road can still be paved even after winter!" Chen Xu stood next to him and explained.

"Aiqing's arrangement is reasonable, and Director Zhao should urge the Ministry of Industry and the Shaofu to let the officials speed up the supervision of county and county officials around the country to give priority to ensuring the construction and commissioning of the cement plant!" Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, there are a large number of officials patrolling and supervising along the Dongfang Road every day!" Zhao Qing hurriedly surrendered his hand.

"Well, Dongfang Dao must be completed within a year, this is my order, no one is allowed to slack off and delay, if there is a deliberate delay, it must be ......punished heavily" Qin Shi Huang watched and ordered around the sand table, and suddenly saw a place in Dongfang Dao passing through a hole under a hill, stopped curiously and pointed his finger and asked: "What is the situation here?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a tunnel, which is currently being excavated, and it is estimated that it will be broken through in another month, and the road will be shortened by more than sixty miles after the breakthrough!" Zhang Cang hurriedly explained.

"Could it be that this is the place where Aiqing said last time that he would use the Taiyi Divine Thunder to explode?" Qin Shi Huang turned his head to look at Chen Xu.

"Not bad!" Chen Xu nodded, "Because of a mountain beam blocking here, although the width is less than two hundred zhang, but the mountain is steep and steep, the previous road needs to detour a long way, so the minister asked the demolition team to blow up a passage in the mountain with Taiyi Shenlei, and the interior is supported by pit wood in imitation of the mine, and after the cement is sufficient, it is reinforced with reinforced cement inside the passage!" ”

"Yes, yes, this strategy is indeed a good method, with tunnels and bridges, these rivers that used to need to be detoured or even changed to boats will become straight roads, and business travel will also save a lot of time......," Qin Shi Huang nodded repeatedly.

After looking around the sand table a few times, under the explanations of Chen Xu and Zhang Cang, Qin Shi Huang was almost satisfied, and encouraged Zhang Cang and a group of craftsmen and craftsmen from the Academy of Sciences to drive back to the palace, and also invited Chen Xu into the palace. (https:)

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