The art of the emperor, the art of weighing.

The source of the power turmoil stems from the imbalance of power.

Even the first emperor reached the apex of all emperors, and the three powers of military, politics and law were used to divide power.

And he didn't have the majesty of the First Emperor.

So.

He must continue to divide the three powers of military politics and law, and divide the three powers of military politics and law into six powers, so that he can sleep soundly.

Wang Ben is very smart.

Under his seemingly delegated power everywhere, he was dissatisfied with Qin's ironclad affairs, so he voluntarily gave up the competition for the leader of the military family, and in the future, Wang Ben, who belonged to the military commander, and the leader of the military family were destined to become the double pillars of the Great Qin military.

Feng Quji is old, and Feng Quji does not have much pursuit of power itself, and he is already in the position of one person above ten thousand people, so Feng Quji realized that his decentralization of power was a monolithic dissatisfaction with the current political affairs of the Qin State, so in the matter of governing the Su Nei Shifu, he decisively gave up the competition and recommended his irreconcilable enemy.

But.

Li Si pretended to be a clear lake, and did not have the meaning of delegating power, politics and law will not become enemies, and they have been at peace all these years, because in essence, politics and law are a family, and only when they promote each other can the world be stable, and the children of the Legalists and farmers have many cooperation, auxiliary left, and promotion, but they will not be enemies of each other.

The enemy of Legalism is only Confucianism, because this is a dispute over the concept of governing the country, but a dispute over the law and rituals.

Right now.

Confucianism fell into trouble, and since then, even with his support, Confucianism's position will be in jeopardy.

At this point, the Legalists have no enemies above the court.

And this further made him see Li Si's attitude, Li Si did not have any intention of delegating power or being idle at home, and wanted to work until death in the position of Prime Minister Zuo.

"The new Confucians of the Southern Sect, including Na Mengwei, I will never allow them to endanger my Great Qin country, let alone allow them to shake the foundation of my Great Qin country." After a long time, seeing that Li Si was silent, Yingcheng could only make a decision: "However, I can give you three months, within three months, to clear the influence of the Southern Neo-Confucianism in the Qin State, and let this so-called Southern Neo-Confucian shut up."

"Three months later, if the new Confucians of the Southern Sect are still barking at the world, I will not spare them."

Hear the words.

The uncle and grandson who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were happy, and they wanted to thank the emperor.

But it was Yingcheng who continued, "I know that this Confucian split has hurt the muscles and bones, and many disciples of the Propaganda Division are restless, which is not conducive to the Confucianism of the Sun clan to continue to dominate Confucianism."

"Coincidentally, the propaganda compound has been idle since the Publicity Division was gathered."

"With immediate effect, the Propaganda Compound will be renamed the Confucian College, and the teaching facilities within it should be built and divided into two parts, one for teaching and the other for science."

"Select Confucian sages to teach Confucianism and select talents for the imperial court."

"Sorting out the Confucian scriptures, removing the dross, and keeping the essence, Confucianism, and enlightenment, are the learning of governing the world."

said.

Yingcheng glanced at Li Si indifferently.

Since Li Si did not want to delinquish power, he supported Confucianism to become a school that could compete with Legalism.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Uncle and grandson heard that the five bodies fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, it's not right!" Before Yingcheng's words fell, Li Si frowned and exclaimed: "I, Daqin, already have national schools, and all counties in the world are building schools, and there are no twenty-four learnings, which already contain the world's learning. And militarily, there is the Great Qin Military Academy."

"It would be very inappropriate to start a new school!"

Hearing this, Yingcheng smiled and asked, "Master Li thinks that I should also take law out of the five main schools and set up a separate school."

"If Master Li thinks so, I also think it is very appropriate, so I might as well go to my Great Qin Academy to cultivate talents for my Qin State."

At this time, it is simply impossible to set up a law school with the five major schools separately.

None of the world's schools have entered the formal formalization.

Not to mention the Law Academy.

Only after the world's universities have a certain scale can they further refine teaching.

This policy will definitely be held in the future, but it would be very inappropriate to put it forward now.

But at this time, he just wanted to remind Li Si that he was already dissatisfied with Li Si.

Including the promotion of the status of Confucianism again, you Li Si does not want to divide power from the Legalists, so I favor Confucianism.

"This, Your Majesty is in charge, and the old minister has no opinion!" When Li Si heard this, his body trembled.

No more talk.

The Second Emperor is obviously angry.

Soon.

An internal and Korean discussion ended.

Li Si frowned the whole time, and he was not half happy.

Even when he left the Zhenghe Palace, he didn't show half of his joy.

Even.

At this time, he also became worried.

The next road for the Legalists is not easy to follow.

It's just that.

What makes him suspicious is that the law is not political.

The way of government, there are many trade-offs, and the meaning of taking the middle requires the art of checks and balances.

However, the law must be unified, and if the law is divided for fear of separation of powers, and the law will inevitably be brought into the sidelines, it will inevitably lose the maverick nature of the law, and this will also vow to confuse the law with politics.

Once this is the case, the law will not be like the law, and the government will not be like the government, and the law will be lost.

And this.

It was the reason why he really didn't want to classify the power of the law, let alone split the legalists.

Even if Feng Quji controlled the peasants in the past, the internal struggle never stopped, because Feng Quji's decentralization of power would not affect anything at all.

Similarly, the military of the Qin State has never been unified, Wang Mengfeng and the three families are separated, and there are Yang Mengbai and Li Zhongjia generals, the post of Taiwei is vacant, and the only person who can give orders is the emperor.

It was only because of this special period that Wang Ben suddenly had the authority to decide the affairs of Qin, but during the reign of the First Emperor, even Wang Ben was the commander of the protector of the country, the Marquis of Tongwu, the general of Huben, and the sole leader of the Huben camp.

Wang Ben could only directly mobilize the Tiger Ben battalion, and he would never interfere with the soldiers and horses of the other battalions.

Because military matters cannot be one.

But only.

Legalism is different.

But only.

The law is different.

The power to exercise the law is pure, and the law is the ordinance, the order, the cold rules.

He admired Emperor II's original legislation, saying that the law is a line, the upper is a person, and the lower is not a person.

Those who break the law must be punished, which is the most basic bottom line of the law.

But.

Once the law is linked to politics, the art of weighing is practiced.

Just like the Hanzhong Rebellion, there is indeed an imbalance in the implementation of the law.

Zhang Hong made a big mistake, and it is not an exaggeration to be severely punished for the first offense.

But such as Xue Qian, Bai Qian, Li Tang, and Nei Shifang, even if they are not guilty of capital crimes, their crimes at least involve their five clan relatives, and they must not be taken lightly.

But because Xue Qian is the Xue clan of Xue County, and he is a disciple of Feng Quji, he must be punished lightly.

Afraid of the crime and the Li family in Longxi, and because of Li Xin, he punished Li Tang lightly, which is even more unreasonable.

And what is even more unreasonable is that Xue Qian was lightly punished and Nei Shifang was lightly punished, these people were all in the court, so in order to make him Li Si feel more comfortable, he was afraid of his Li Si's face, and Bai Qian was also lightly punished.

The impact of the Hanzhong Rebellion was so deep that the dignified county lieutenants of Hanzhong County did not take any measures, such a crime, not to mention the official demoted to three levels, even if it was a raid on the family and extermination, it was not an exaggeration.

It is precisely because the law is deeply involved in politics that it will look to the left and the right, resulting in an imbalance in the implementation of the law.

Confucianism, mastering the Propaganda Division, this can be tolerated.

However, if Confucianism is allowed to compete with the Legalists in the matter of the law, or even influence the implementation of the law, then the matter of the law will inevitably lose its purity, and if the implementation of the law is out of balance, it will be a disaster

Difficult.

However.

Even if he treated the law with such an attitude, in the face of Hanzhong, he had to give up his insistence on the bottom line of the law and choose to weigh the crisis faced by the Qin State at this time.

Because.

The Li clan in Longxi can't be messed up.

The Xue clan of Xue County can't be messed up.

So, he had to tolerate the bottom line of the law being challenged.

It's just that.

Today's court is no longer the court of the first emperor, and he can speak freely without scruples.

Li Si left Xianyang Palace with a heavy heart.

On the contrary, Shusun Tong, who entered the palace in tears, left Xianyang Palace with an extremely happy mood.

I went to Chun Yuyue's mansion.

"How?" Zhang Liang saw his uncle and grandson anxiously stepped forward to inquire about the result.

"Hahaha, thanks to the plan of the ovary, this time my Confucianism not only survived the crisis, but also, Your Majesty ordered that the propaganda compound be changed into a Confucian college, one for teaching, and the other for science."

"I, a Confucian, finally have a chance to show my strength."

Hear the words.

Zhang Liang took a deep breath, and said with a happy and pleasant face: "So, when he congratulates, uncle and grandson, pure and well, Confucianism has finally integrated into the Qin State under the leadership of the second teacher."

Uncle and grandson Tongtong were happy, but asked puzzledly: "Zifang, I still don't understand, how can you conclude that as long as I go to ask Your Majesty for guilt, Your Majesty will forgive Confucianism because of this, and even in order to prevent Confucianism from falling, I will try my best to improve the status of Confucianism."

Chun Yuyue also came over at this time, looked at Zhang Liang in the same puzzlement and asked, "Yes, what Zhang Hong did in Hanzhong this time shocked the world, and the government and the opposition were shocked."

"And that Meng Wei is even more ignorant, not only does he not think about Zhang Hong's mistakes, but instead targets us, causing Confucianism, which has been finally unified, to split again."

"It can be said that if the handling is slightly worse this time, Confucianism will completely decline and become the last of the hundred schools."

Zhang Liang took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "Actually, Liang is also gambling, not sure."

"It's just that His Majesty's handling of Confucianism this time has finally made Liang certain one thing."

Uncle Sun Tong was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "I, Confucianism is worry-free, as long as I practice Confucianism and Taoism in the Qin State from now on, focus on the criteria of etiquette, and set the standard of etiquette for the people of the world, then no one can shake my Confucian status from now on."

Shusun Tong and Chun Yuyue were shocked, and they didn't know why Zhang Liang was so confident.

"Actually, Liang has recently been studying Qin Law in the National Academy of Studies, so he realized this, and he also guessed His Majesty's thoughts."

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "One book of Qin law, two books of rites and two books."

"Regarding the law, the Qin law is the order of the world, which contains the five classes and nine streams, the state system, the system of power, the balance of positions, and the rules."

"In fact, this is the basis of the old Qin law, which separates ritual and law, law is order, and everything in the world is divided by a very clear principle of balance, so as to formulate human rights and official power for everyone in the world, so as to achieve a state of orderly operation of things in the world.

"However, on the basis of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, gentleness, courtesy, frugality, loyalty, filial piety, prudence, diligence, integrity, uprightness, courage and bravery, the royal rites, the sacrificial rites, the ritual rites, the music rites, the academic rites, the world rites, the funeral rites, the instrument rites, the music rites, etc., are also included in the book of rites, and the divination, image, feng shui, physiognomy and so on are included in the book of rites."

"Although it is said that there is no mention of Confucianism and Confucianism in the whole Qin law, the Book of Rites is actually Confucianism, but it is far more complex and complete than Confucianism.

"In other words, once the Qin State settles down, His Majesty will definitely take the lead in implementing the Qin rites, so that everyone in the world will follow the Qin rites."

"This Qin ritual has nothing to do with the Qin law, and even the Qin law will be formulated based on the Qin rite, rather than the Qin law to determine the Qin rite."

"Rites cannot be abolished, and rites are not easy

Change, once the Qin rites are decided, as long as the Qin State is not destroyed, the Qin law can be changed every five years, every ten years, and every hundred years, but the Qin rites will definitely end from the beginning and will not change lightly, because only in this way can the Qin culture belonging to the Qin State be formed."

"This is a plan for eternity, and this, Liangcai guesses, His Majesty will never tolerate the decline of Confucianism today."

"Because, Xia Li, Yin Li, and Zhou Li have been absorbed and sorted out by my Confucianism, forming today's Confucian Confucianism."

"It can be said that among the hundreds of schools of thought, only my Confucianism has inherited the Zhou rites completely, and the rest of the schools are either incomplete or violated, and they cannot learn all the etiquette."

"What's more, whether it is the Confucianism of Zisi or the Confucianism of the Meng family, they have inherited a part of the Zhou rites, the eight veins of Confucianism, each with its own strengths, only when it is integrated into one, can it be called a complete inheritance of my Chinese rites."

"And this is what the Legalist study lacks the most, and it is what the Qin State needs the most."

"Today, Your Majesty's Top Gun is no less than that of the first emperor and the first emperor, naturally, if you want the Qin rites to prevail in the world and form the Qin culture that belongs to the Qin state, you must use my Confucian disciples to implement the Qin rites."

"Therefore, although Zhang Hong's matter is serious, the government and the opposition are angry, and Confucianism vows to plummet, as long as Confucianism shows enough loyalty to the Qin State and shows enough loyalty to His Majesty, and Confucianism can be used by the Qin State like an arm, then Your Majesty will not let Confucianism fall."

Hearing Zhang Liang's clear analysis, Shusun Tong and Chun Yuyue looked overjoyed, and Chun Yuyue couldn't help but smile and said, "Then wouldn't my Confucianism sit back and relax."

Zhang Liang smiled, but the conversation changed sharply, and said with a smile: "Chun Yu Shi, uncle and grandson Shi, in fact, the basis of what Liang said is Qin Li, not Confucianism!"

"Confucianism comes from the Zhou rites, from the Qi country, from the princes and hundreds of countries, and then there are eight veins."

"And the Qin rites did not come from Confucianism, let alone any line of Confucianism, but were the same as Confucianism, taking the Zhou rites, tracing the summer rites, and changing the ancient rites, and this formed the Qin rites."

"Confucianism wants to sit back and relax, and the premise is that Confucianism should unite from the eight veins and re-cultivate Confucianism, turn to Qin Confucianism, and practice Qin etiquette."

"And this Confucian Academy, isn't it exactly what Your Majesty has prepared for the transformation of Confucianism, and our Majesty will not do anything in vain."