Chapter 508: Easy and Difficult

The hand that touched the saber was put down, Qin Shi Huang suppressed his anger against the sky, shook his head under the clouds, and said secretly in his heart:

"I am not Wu Yi, nor am I the ...... King Song Kang"

Wu Yi, the penultimate monarch of Yin Shang, was dissatisfied with the ghosts and witches controlling the government, and in order to prove the incompetence of the gods, he used animal skins as bags, filled with blood, and shot high, called "shooting the sky". As a result, Wu Yi shot a big hole in the skin, and the blood flowed non-stop, and the sky still didn't react at all, so Wu Yi declared that the "sky" that Wu Zhu used to press him all day long was a wreck.

But later, Wu Yi was killed by lightning during a safari in Weishui, and people said that it was because of his bad luck caused by his disrespect to the gods.

King Kang of Song, a descendant of Yin Shang, seems to have inherited the madness of his ancestors and did similar things, but the Song State was soon destroyed by the Qi State, and the Zi surname Sheji was extinct, and people also said that this was a punishment for disrespecting the heavens.

Although Qin Shi Huang thought highly of himself, he was not a madman.

If it is a person who offends the emperor, a simple word can wipe out all traces of his existence.

If it is a state that disobeys the emperor, he will send a large army to conquer, destroy his country, raze his society, and let the world know what the wrath of the Son of Heaven is, ambushing millions of corpses and shedding thousands of miles of blood!

If it was Mount Tai himself who angered the emperor, he could even have tens of thousands of people cut down all the trees on the mountain, leaving the whole mountain bare, as if it had been tortured (髡) (kūn).

But the only thing the emperor can't do is heaven.

Wielding a short sword at the vast sky, screaming and scolding, can the wind and rain stop? It's useless, in the eyes of others, it's really no different from the barking of the Shu dog, and doing this kind of thing will also make Feng Chan, which is already much different from expectations, become a complete farce......

He can only endure, for the sake of this Zen canonization, Qin Shi Huang has endured many things.

Qin Shi Huang had high hopes for Feng Chan, in addition to hoping to have a direct dialogue with the "heavens" and report his achievements, there was also a realistic purpose.

Son Fusu often whispers in his ear what "the world is initially decided, and the head of Qiantou has not been gathered", doesn't he know?

Gao Yuanli's assassination, the fear of the people when he went on patrol, the unsuppressable banditry activities in various places, and the surging Zionists all show that his world does not seem to be so stable.

How can this be solved? This is the most important thing that Qin Shi Huang put in his heart after the expulsion of the Xiongnu. The Qin State was no longer a vassal state in the western corner, but a dynasty that dominated the world, and the integration of the new conquered areas in the east was a top priority.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to transfer Heifu to Kanto as a county guard, wanting to see what new tricks this courtier who always surprised him could come up with.

In addition, Qin Shi Huang dug out a letter from many years ago, when Han Fei first entered Qin.

"Mergers are easy to do, but only hard to condense. Qi can merge with the Song Dynasty, but can not condense also, so Wei took it; Yan can be combined, but can not condense, so Tian single to seize it; Han is on the ground, hundreds of miles away, completely rich and tends to Zhao, Zhao can't condense also, so Qin takes the ......"

Han Fei relayed Xunzi's original words, it is easy to merge, but it is difficult to condense, isn't this the biggest problem facing the Qin Dynasty at the moment? The territory was unified, but it failed to unify the hearts of the people, the estrangement between Qin and the Six Kingdoms was still there, some Kwantung scholars even regarded Qin as a coward, and the restoration movement was also secretly brewing.

It is difficult to achieve good results by relying on violent suppression alone. Fortunately, Xunzi also put forward a good medicine to solve this problem: in ancient times, King Shang Tang started with a millimeter, and King Wu of Zhou started with a pickaxe, both of which are places within a radius of 100 miles, but they can annex the world, and the princes are called ministers, for no other reason, that is, they can unite the people!

Xunzi also said: "Condense the people with courtesy, condense the people with government; Etiquette and uniforms, peace and peace of the people! ”

After a few years, the emperor also understood that if he couldn't get rid of the Kwantung scholars and let them use them for his own use, the airborne Qin officials would not be able to govern the people at all.

Therefore, Qin Shi Huang planned to start with "rites", listen to the suggestions of Confucian scholars and scholars, put aside the old sacrifices of Qin, and turn the "Feng Chan" that Orientals talked about into a court sacrifice, so as to strengthen the scholars' identification with Qin, and also justify the legitimacy of the imperial rule from the belief - Qin is not a barbaric state of tigers and wolves, but also the heir of the dignified Zhuxia, inheriting the cause of the seventy-two generations of saints in ancient times.

This practice is similar to the sacrifice of Confucius in the later Yuan and Qing dynasties, but Confucius has not yet become holy in these years, and Confucianism is only one of the prominent learnings.

For the empty-eyed Qin Shi Huang, this was certainly a compromise.

However, what made him happy was that as soon as this proposal came out, everyone cheered, and even those Qilu celebrities who did not want to enter the court to be doctors also came to admire. The counties were hinted at and offered auspicious gifts, and everything seemed to be on track.

However, Qin Shi Huang underestimated the incompetence of Confucianism, and this group of people could even quarrel for days about what ritual utensils were used for a festival and how high the sealed soil was, and it was difficult to come up with a feasible plan. Qin Shi Huang found it difficult to implement those various suggestions.

Although he will give in, but only half a step, if the other party is not interested and does not hurry up to follow, the emperor will kick him away!

Angry, Qin Shi Huang repelled Confucianism and did not use it, and brought his own ministers of civil and military affairs to Mount Tai to seal Zen, and the etiquette also adopted the old rituals of the Qin State in the past to worship the sky.

Let those waste Confucians complain! Qin Shi Huang didn't care.

Go to his seventy-two generations of virtuous kings, go to his ancient rites! In the future, the etiquette of eternity will be according to my method!

But as soon as the sealing of the Zen was carried out, the wind and clouds on the top of the mountain changed, and it was about to rain, which the emperor did not expect. Shi and Zhu, who were in charge of stargazing, once gave him a package ticket, saying that on August 15, the sky was absolutely clear.

But there are unpredictable storms in the sky, and the weather forecast for future generations may not be accurate, let alone the history and blessing of stargazing with the naked eye?

As a result, Qin Shi Huang's mood became as gloomy as the dark clouds above his head.

But he could only watch the clouds get denser and denser, but there was nothing he could do, only at this moment, Qin Shi Huang felt the insignificance of being a human being, even if he was the Ninety-Five Honor, rich in the sea, but still a mortal.

"Is that hard what I want to do? Isn't it really pleasing to God? He put away his anger and asked God seriously.

There were bursts of thunder, as if this was the answer given by the sky to Qin Shi Huang.

"Your Majesty, let's go down the mountain quickly!"

At this time, Zuo Prime Minister Wang Juan suggested: "The sealing of the Zen has been completed, and the next thing is to engrave stone inscriptions to praise the merits of His Majesty and the power of Great Qin." Your Majesty, please see, this cloud is drifting from the southeast, but it is difficult to cross the high mountain to the north, Your Majesty may wish to follow the original route, and go down the mountain from the shady slope overnight to the palace of Liang's father, or you may be able to avoid this rain......"

Wang Juan means that as long as Qin Shi Huang leaves quickly and avoids the rain on the top of the mountain, Feng Chan will not be considered to have rained.

"Self-deception......" Heifu, who was at the back of the position, muttered secretly in his heart, but Wang Juan's proposal attracted the approval of a large number of people.

"Your Majesty, please take shelter from the rain!"

But Qin Shi Huang's eyes showed a trace of anger: "What does the prime minister mean is that I want to hide from this cloud and rain like a beast that has fled in the wilderness?" ”

The original plan was that the emperor and his ministers would spend the night in a simple palace temporarily built on the mountain, go down the mountain tomorrow, and perform Zen worship for Liang's father the day after tomorrow. Once he flees in a hurry, this Zen seal will become an anticlimactic and laugh for the world.

"The minister has no such intention, just ......"

Wang Juan hurriedly said: "It's just that Feng Chan is hindered by wind and rain, this matter is ominous, I'm afraid that people in the world will criticize it......"

But I didn't want to be at this moment, on the top of the mountain, there was a burst of laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

Qin Shi Huang frowned, and the ministers were also very surprised, they all looked in the direction of Heifu!

Heifu was exchanging glances with his father-in-law, brewing words and preparing to express his position, but he might as well laugh from behind him, and when he saw everyone's eyes, he suddenly tightened his scalp, and quickly let go of his body, revealing the big fat man behind him......

The one who laughed was Zhang Cang!

The right prime minister, Li Si, pointed at this little junior brother and asked with a straight face: "Zhang Cang, why are you laughing in vain before the completion of the Zen seal?" If you can't tell the reason, I will ask the court captain to deal with you for the crime of dereliction! ”

Zhang Cangzhi smiled and arched his hand towards Qin Shi Huang, who was stunned: "Without him, Cang just remembered a few words of the master's teachings, Your Majesty, can I say it?" ”

Qin Shi Huang raised his eyes and looked at the sky, and said lightly: "Say it." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Zhang Cang got up, as if he had changed into a different person, he said solemnly:

"The stars rotate, the sun and the moon pass together, the four eras are royal, the yin and yang are magnified, the wind and rain are blessed, this is the avenue of heaven and earth, the law of nature, they do not exist because of the saint Jun Yao, and they will not disappear because of the tyrant...... These are the words of Master Xun Qing, and Zhang Cang dare not forget them for a day. ”

Heifu was surprised to see that Zhang Fatzi, who was still half-dead when he went up the mountain, was full of expression at this moment, standing under the dark clouds and wind, flying in both coats, pointing to the sky and saying loudly:

"And the eclipses of the sun and the moon, the wind and rain from time to time, and the party of strange stars are just rare phenomena, which can be blamed and feared."

"As for the clouds gathering and dispersing, and the rain falling and the rain stopping, this is what happens many times a year in Mount Tai. As far as today is concerned, whether His Majesty comes or not, whether he seals Zen or not, Mount Tai will be cloudy, even if it rains, it is the same as countless rains in the world, it is not surprising, what does it have to do with the will of heaven? ”

At this moment, any farmer on the sunny slope of Mount Tai can hold on to the hat and watch the rain fall in the wheat fields and ditches happily, and the boys and girls, cows, horses and beasts will also be happy in the rain. Why are the princes and doctors afraid of them like ghosts and can't avoid them? Isn't it ridiculous that it was not as good as Qianshou, boys, cows and horses!? ”