At this moment, in the Doctor's Palace, the doctors of other factions have left, and only the Confucian doctors are gathered here.

"The emperor is very fond of the eldest concubine, and the matter of Princess Qishang has already spread all over Xianyang, I think it's better to forget it." Zhou Qingchen, the doctor's servant, watched a group of doctors under him make a fuss, and shouted loudly against each other, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his head and opened his mouth to dissuade him.

Who would have thought that as soon as he said this, Chun Yuyue sneered in the group of doctors: "Does Zhou Servant have to abandon my Confucian etiquette, break his own ridge, and cater to the eldest man?" Zhou Qingchen's face turned red and shouted: "Chun Yuyue! You dare to deceive me with words, how can I ever cater to the eldest man? It's just that the emperor issued an edict to let us discuss the etiquette of the princess of the eldest princess, not for you to object! Chun Yuyue was not afraid, and said: "Look, you are talking about the emperor's edict again, isn't this breaking your own ridge?" ”

"Not marrying with the same surname is a common etiquette system since ancient times. Since we have been recruited to come to the Qin State as doctors, who are in charge of the past and the present, participate in political affairs, and now we are even more edicted to discuss etiquette, then we are qualified to speak! ”

"Princess Changshang, this is a rude thing, how can we discuss etiquette for this rude thing, wouldn't it be even more rude? At this time, we should advise the emperor to oppose it! Another doctor explained, "Do you think that we are really opposing for the sake of opposition? No, this matter is an opportunity for us to fight for the right to speak in the court. Speaking of this, Qi Kubi glanced at the other Confucian doctors, and said loudly: "The previous emperor abolished the law and broke the ancient ritual system. Later, we and Prime Minister Zuo jointly advocated the feudal system in the world, and were refuted by his chief and court lieutenant, which led to the implementation of the county system in the Qin state, and everything went in the direction set by the Legalists. ”

"Confession, separation, these two etiquette systems have been broken by the Qin people. Now that it is time for the marriage system again, the eldest concubine and the princess have the same surname, which is a violation of etiquette. ”

"Etiquette is the foundation of my Confucianism. If we don't take advantage of this matter to make a voice, wait for them to get married, and break the etiquette system, then will there still be a place for my Confucianism in the court of the Qin State in the future? ”

"Don't object now, and wait until the etiquette system is completely destroyed in the future, and none of you here is innocent!" After the words fell, the other doctors responded and said: "However, if the etiquette system is bad, we will be rude!" Chun Yuyue nodded: "What Mr. Qi Wei said is that if you don't object to this matter, then Confucian etiquette will be ruined." On the contrary, if we succeed in opposing and destroy the marriage between the eldest and the princess, then we can truly gain a foothold in the court and have the right to speak in the affairs of the Qin State in the future! Zhou Qingchen's brows furrowed.

Chun Yuyue and Qi withered Bi said that it makes sense, Confucianism said

"Self-denial and retribution", no matter which faction of Confucianism,

"Rites" are the most important and important things. If you are rude, you are not Confucian. The emperor's previous abolition of the law and the division of feuds that fell within the scope of the Zhou rites was a huge blow to their Confucianism.

Confucianism has lost two major positions in a row, and now it seems that it is about to marry again, if they don't even say a word, then who can afford them?

Confucian disciples, do you want to lose face? Chun Yuyue's call to oppose Princess Zhao Tuoshang is essentially an ideological game.

They are competing for the right to speak in the court. If they oppose success, the influence of Confucianism will be greatly enhanced, and it may even be possible to intervene in the government and realize their ideals in the future.

"But what if you oppose it, what if the emperor is disgusted?" Zhou Qingchen asked with some concern, he is also a famous Confucian, and he has the intention of maintaining the etiquette system, but he is worried about bad consequences.

Qi Wither said with a smile: "There is no need to worry about servants, according to my observation, this emperor is not a person who is not polite, otherwise he would not have recruited us to come to the Qin State to make ceremonies, and even the eldest son married a wife, and let us participate in it." From this point of view, it is possible for him to be persuaded by us. The others nodded in agreement.

"However, before that, the court captain Li Si wanted to kill the three kings to shock the world, and wanted to intimidate us, but in the end, didn't he succeed? From this point of view, this emperor also has a benevolent heart and is not a tyrannical and cruel person. ”

"Yes, he abolished the law before because he wanted to become an emperor who had never been. The name of the emperor is a new thing, and it is not unacceptable to talk about it. ”

"Later, we talked about the sub-feudal system, because the chief of the concubine and the court lieutenant skillfully refuted, which made us fail, not because the emperor hated the sub-feudal, so this time as long as we have sufficient reasons and justify the introduction of the gift system, we will definitely be able to move the emperor's heart!"

"The Qin State also followed the Zhou rites, and now we use this ritual system to oppose marriage, why is it wrong?" The Confucian doctors were quite optimistic, because the emperor was very fair in the last dispute over the division of counties.

They believed that the reason why their side lost was because they could not win the debate between Zhao Tuo and Li Si, so the emperor chose the counties proposed by Zhao Tuo and Li Si.

This time, they invoked the rite system to oppose it, and no one could argue with it, because it was indeed something that had been popular in this world for hundreds of years.

They must have made the Emperor aware of the faux pas of this matter, and judging by the gesture that the Emperor had shown before, perhaps he would change his mind.

At this moment, seeing that Zhou Qingchen had been said to hesitate. In order to dispel Zhou Qingchen's last worries, Chun Yuyue said with a smile: "This wedding is an opportunity for us to fight for the right to speak, not a crisis, so there is no need to worry about it." Even if the emperor still wants to do this kind of intermarriage in the end, he will not punish us. Could it be that he will be so angry that we can't wait, hehe. When they heard this, all the doctors laughed.

Zhou Qingchen was also amused and approved his doctor's proposal. He nodded and said, "In this case, we will go to visit Prime Minister Zuo, if he can support us, it will be great." Chun Yuyue nodded and said: "If Prime Minister Zuo can help, it is naturally good." ”

"But we can also publicize this matter, so that the entire Xianyang people know that Princess Dashu Changshang is an indecent thing that violates the etiquette system, and it would be better if we could get the support of our fellow practitioners!" ……

"Father! Good news, Father! Li Yu ran into the house with excitement on his face and saw his father sitting in front of the eucalyptus eating a bowl of noodles.

脍 is finely chopped raw meat. Noodles, as the name suggests, are made by mixing shredded raw meat into noodles, then pouring the sauce and stirring well, and then you can eat it to your heart's content, which is a new way to eat noodles invented by Li Si.

Li Yu knew that his father had always been delicious, and he had studied this way, so he didn't care, but exclaimed excitedly: "Father, I have heard great news!" Li Si raised his head and glanced at his son, sucked the thin shredded meat from the corner of his mouth into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it slowly.

Only then did he say: "How old are you, what are you so excited about, you should learn from your brother." What good news have you brought to you so excited? Li Yu smiled, sat opposite Li Si, and said with his eyebrows: "Now the entire Xianyang City is talking about Zhao ...... The eldest princess is against the ritual of 'not marrying with the same surname', which is an immoral thing and should be opposed! ”

"Not married with the same surname?" Li Si was stunned, he knew this, it was an important part of the Zhou Li marriage system, but he didn't expect someone to find fault with this matter of Princess Zhao Tuoshang, this is really eating leopard gall.

"Are they those Confucian doctors?" Li Si continued to eat noodles while thinking. It's easy to guess this, in this era, who else cares about these etiquettes the most?

Li Yu saw that his father was in thought, and said with a smile: "As my father said, these words are all propagated by those Confucian people, and I heard that they will openly oppose it at the court meeting." Father, this is a great thing for us, if Zhao Tuo is not a princess, then the brother is not ......?"

"Stupid!" Li Si's color changed, because of excitement, the noodles that had just entered his mouth were sprayed directly on Li Yu's face.

He rebuked: "My eldest daughter has just married the eldest son, and let my eldest son marry the emperor's eldest princess?" ”

"Li Yu, Li Yu, why did I give birth to such a stupid son as you! Do you know that now I, Li Si, am just a court lieutenant, if I really let my son marry the eldest princess and let my daughter marry the eldest prince as you said, wouldn't it be to offend all the wealthy families of the Qin State? Wouldn't that be a good thing! ”

"Huh?" Li Yu stretched out his hand to wipe the noodles off his face, thought about it, and said, "What my father said makes sense, but I didn't think about it, because it will really offend people." Li Si shook his head helplessly, this son's head is really simple.

The reason why his Li Si's daughter was able to marry the eldest prince was precisely because Li You did not have the eldest princess, which was appeased and exchanged by the emperor, and they could take advantage of any benefits.

Lees thought again

"The same surname is not married", and he couldn't help sneering: "And what do you think those Confucian people are going to do when they oppose it?" Before, they suggested that they be divided, but they were refuted by me, and now they oppose the wedding, just to regain the right to speak, if they succeed, can my Fa family still dominate the Qin family? Li Yu opened his eyes and exclaimed: "So that's the case, no wonder the wedding has spread all over Xianyang, and they dare to oppose it, it turns out that it's under this idea, we can't let them succeed." It's just ......" Thinking of this, Li Yu was unwilling to say: "Father, do you have to help the eldest concubine grow up this time?" Li Si looked at his son deeply, shook his head and said, "You, go back and read Han Fei's book carefully a few more times." "Han Fei, although he died in the hands of him Li Si.

But Li Si still admired Han Fei's talent very much, and he collected the letters exchanged with Han Fei, as well as some of the manuscripts left by Han Fei, and made a book of his own for his son to study.

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Li Si's face was unhappy, he could only helplessly respond: "Only." Watching his middle son retreat, Li Si shook his head again and sighed: "This kid is the same as that group of Confucian students, he still doesn't understand." He whispered, "In the Qin State, everything depends on the emperor's mind. ”

"What the emperor said is the law."

"What the emperor does is etiquette." Li Si finished the noodles in the bowl in two bites. He thought slightly, and remembered someone in his head.

Striding outside the house, Li Si said to the servants waiting outside the house: "Prepare the car, I want to go to the library of the Imperial History Mansion." ”…… At the same time, the Grand Governor of the Mansion.

Zhao Tuo also heard about the propaganda in Xianyang City now.

"Not married with the same surname?" Zhao Tuo's face changed slightly. He had been in the army for a few years, and he didn't care about these four words.

Now I heard it suddenly, and hurriedly recalled the residual memories of my predecessor. surname, so don't get married. So don't be cheap.

In the Zongzhou period, there was a system that stipulated that Li did not marry with the same surname. It is considered a taboo to marry with the same surname as a violation of patriarchal etiquette.

The Qin and Zhao countries have the same ancestor, both surnamed Ying, and they were not separated until the end of the Shang Dynasty. One of the confidants of the king of Shang was named Fei Lian, who was the last common ancestor of Qin Zhao.

Fei Lian's eldest son, Evil Lai, is the ancestor of the Qin clan. Fei Lian's second son, Ji Sheng, is the ancestor of the Zhao family.

Zhao Tuo pinched his fingers and counted the time, and suddenly clapped his eyes, and said angrily: "Is this group of Confucian scholars sick in the head, and they are looking for trouble with their relatives eight hundred years ago!" ”