Ji Heng seemed to guess Hu Hai's doubts, and said unhurriedly: "Politics is the driving force of all reforms, and all reforms come from political goals." ”

"Sometimes right and wrong cannot be defined, and the same is true of good and evil, or in other words, it can only be defined in one era, once it exceeds the era, it is destined to have a certain deviation, and this time the confusion and guarding, the final solution will also fall on politics."

"I have never talked to the First Emperor about politics."

"However, with the first emperor's city mentality, how can he not detect it?"

"This time the place of the Yingfu Shouxin is in the Kanto, the Kanto past and the imperial court are about to separate, through this Yingfu Shouxin, can greatly weaken the control of theocratic ideology over the people, from many angles, in fact, what the first emperor wants to do this time is based on political purposes, and the others will only be incidental."

Hear the words.

Hu Hai was thoughtful.

He didn't really understand it.

But he also understood one thing, that is, Daqin really seemed to have a way to deal with it.

He felt a little at ease.

In front of the palace, even he felt panicked, and now he heard that there was a solution, although he didn't know what the specific solution was, but as long as he could calm down this time, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for him.

Hu Hai touched his nose and said with a smile: "It's good if it can be solved." ”

"You may not know that many people in the court have written recently, wanting His Majesty to hold sacrifices, and praying to the gods, even Zongzheng has been a little shaken, and has been advising His Majesty for the past few days, and now there is a solution, presumably this panic trend in the world can also be stopped."

said.

Hu Hai also said contemptuously: "Those ministers in the court, one by one, boast of being rich and rich, and have outstanding intelligence, but when they encounter these things, they don't have any way to come up with it, in my opinion, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are not as good as you, and I don't know why Your Majesty wants to value these people so much." ”

Hearing Hu Hai's words, Ji Heng was also a good person.

He said lightly: "Those ministers may not be unable to think of a solution, but they are in a high position and pay more attention to the trade-offs, so they will become very cautious, especially the first emperor's health has not been good in the past, which makes the courtiers suspicious, they would rather have everything good now, or be willing to go with the flow, rather than take the lead easily." ”

"In the twilight of the emperor, it is difficult to be a courtier!"

Ji Heng can understand the thoughts of these courtiers.

He's been through it in the past.

It's not that he is incompetent and talentless, but when the monarch is in his twilight, his temperament tends to change greatly, and he is more moody, and because of his body, he has a strong suspicion of the prince and the minister, so in this case, in order to protect himself and not to arouse the suspicion of the monarch, most courtiers can only choose to protect themselves.

The more so.

The greater the estrangement between the monarch and the minister.

In the end, the contradictions between the monarch and the minister were even irreconcilable.

Often this is the time.

These courtiers were even more keen to move closer to the prince.

Meantime.

They also preferred the death of the emperor.

Love is not hateful.

The death of the king is also.

The monarch is also aware of this situation, so they will become very wary of the prince, and once they hear some wind and grass, coupled with their sensitive minds, the abolition of the crown prince will naturally happen.

That's human nature!!

Human nature is benevolent.

And the first emperor is familiar with "Han Feizi", and he sees these things even more clearly.

In "Han Feizi Beinei", it is mentioned that "the trouble of the master lies in believing in people, and believing in people is controlled by people." People are ministers to their kings, not flesh and blood relatives, bound to the power and have to do things, so the people are ministers, peep (chan) their king's heart, no need to be a body, and the lord is arrogant, so there is a robbery of the king and killing the lord in this world. ’

It was never the monarch who the courtiers were loyal to.

Rather, it is the power in the hands of the monarch.

Hear the words.

Hu Hai frowned.

Ji Heng did not elaborate.

It's hard to explain.

The problem of the Great Qin Empire is that there is a problem with the body of the first emperor, and it is known to the outside world, in order to protect their own interests, and in order not to arouse the suspicion of the monarch, the courtiers can only tend to be cautious, and the monarch can only continue to support his body in order to maintain his majesty, and finally the empire in just a few years, the situation is getting worse.

Ji Heng put the wine and meat sent by Hu Hai into the kitchen.

The other side.

Li Si has returned to the Li Mansion.

Compared with the past, Li Si was happy.

Looked at.

Li Si's third son, Li Yu, had a different face, he knew that in the past two or three years, his father had changed a lot, even if he was at home, he was not smiling, especially after experiencing the last change in Liangshan Palace, he was even more cautious, lest he be caught by others, why did he go to the court today and change his temperament when he came back?

He asked curiously, "Father, what is the happy event?" ”

Li Si glanced at Li Yu, stroked his beard with a smile and said, "It's not a joy, but I feel something." ”

"Your Majesty has finally come to his senses."

Hear the words.

Li Yu's eyes were even more surprised.

Li Si went to the study, took out a blank bamboo slip, let Li Yu grind it on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Since the founding of the country, my Great Qin has created three major creations one after another, each of which is an innovative move that shakes the past and the present. ”

"However, in recent years, Your Majesty has lost the majesty of the past."

"It's getting old."

"Isn't this a blessing in the world?"

"If Daqin continues like this, it may be more appropriate to choose Lü Buwei's path back then, but His Majesty took the initiative to give up back then, intending to build a new country through the ages, so Daqin can only move forward on the road of innovation, but with His Majesty's ill health, His Majesty has become more and more conservative, and has become more and more stable, and the world has gradually fallen into a difficult situation."

"Great Qin is actually in danger."

"And this time when I entered the palace, Your Majesty seems to have rekindled his fighting spirit and regained his ambition to innovate the world, why don't I, Li Si, feel excited?"

"Haha."

Liss laughed a few times.

The mood is extremely happy.

He has not been comfortable in the past few years, and he is even trembling and fearful.

Because the First Emperor has changed.

Become conservative, become moody.

If it's just these, he can still accept it, but what frightens Li Si the most is that the first emperor seems to have begun to think about the gains and losses of the new policy, and even intends to make some corrections, if it is just a matter of facts, he will try his best to assist the emperor to make up for the shortcomings, but judging from the situation in the past two or three years, the first emperor is more suspicious of the courtiers.

Why didn't he panic?

He Li Si is not only one of the overall formulators of the Great Qin New Deal, but also the actual implementer of the overall implementation, and one of the most important people involved in any overall judgment of the Great Qin New Deal by the imperial monarchs and ministers, but the precept since ancient times is that the monarch never actually bears the responsibility for the shortcomings.

The only one who is responsible is the prime minister!

But there is a lack of speech and politics, and the prime minister is the first to be blamed.

That is to say, if Your Majesty really thinks that there is a deficiency in the major government, then the problem can only fall on your own head.

It is also destined for him Li Si to bear.

There is no obstacle to taking responsibility, what he does not want to see is that the first emperor's will sway, especially in the past year, the first emperor has become closer and closer to Fusu, if Daqin is really moving closer to leniency, then Daqin's new policy has, to a certain extent, retreated to the royal law proposed by Lü Buwei back then.

That's not the rule of law!

When he first met with the First Emperor, he mentioned his position to the First Emperor.

What he learned was Xunzi's learning.

Xunzi's learning, Confucianism and law, both respect benevolence, but also respect the legal system, in terms of governing the country, and the old-school Legalists are different, undoubtedly belong to the new Legalists in the world, and at that time the Qin State was Lü Buwei was in power, Lü Buwei's "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is also a masterpiece, but "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is different from Xunxue.

In Xunxue, the rule of law is still the backbone and the ontology.

"Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" The royal road is the backbone and the main body, and the rule of law is just one of the royal road governing instruments.

It's just that his reply was not accepted by the first emperor back then, and the first emperor replied: "Xunxue's rule of law still permeates three points of royal road, one point of Confucianism, and has the meaning of royal road benevolence and imperial law, and Daqin admires orthodox legalists such as Li Kui and Shang Jun, only the law is followed, and the legal system is supreme." ”

At that time, when he heard the words of the First Emperor, he was also shocked in his heart.

However, after hearing the follow-up words of the First Emperor, he also instantly understood the meaning of the First Emperor.

The First Emperor said: "He has heard a saying that Xun Xue is not a true Legalist, and even Li Kui and Shang Jun are not true Legalists, only Han Feizhi's doctrine is the true Legalist for thousands of years." ”

Hear the words.

Li Si immediately came to his senses.

The First Emperor wanted the absolute supremacy of the rule of law, not the use of law as a tool of governance.

It was also from this time that he chose to break with Lü Buwei and completely fell into the Fa-rectification of 'only obeying the law'.

The monarch and the minister fit, and Li Si soared from there.

In the twenty or thirty years of Shi Qin, he has already become the leader of the Legalists, and there is no way out, once the concept of the first emperor changes, for the sake of the stability of the world for a while, he will make a political turn, and he Li Si will fall into the endless abyss, and then those who are dissatisfied with the Qin government will beat the drum and attack him, and at that time, all his achievements will turn into ashes.

At that time, Shang Jun's merits were as high as Mount Tai, and he could not escape the punishment of car splitting, could he Li Si's prestige and power really beat the Shang Jun back then?

If the crime of 'harsh government' is inflicted on him alone, he may be infamous for eternity.

How could he not tremble?

And he really didn't want to see the new imperial policy that he had planned and implemented ended up in the end of the people, and even sometimes, he secretly complained about the first emperor, and it was only when the heavens came together that he had created such an earth-shattering brilliant cause, how could he teach it to suddenly extinguish because of a momentary wavering in his concept?

Is this still the heroic monarch he expected?

But in the end, the First Emperor did not disappoint himself.

The first emperor is still the majestic Ming monarch of the past.

Because

His Majesty questioned the 'heart of heaven is the heart of the people' since ancient times, and was even more dissatisfied with the warning of disasters from heaven to Daqin, and also asked himself in public about ancient things such as Dayu's water control and Emperor Zhuan Di's Tiantong, and asked him to go down to prevent possible disasters in Kanto.

What's more.

The First Emperor himself said the words "Man Conquers Heaven".

This is a very strong statement.

directly told himself that the First Emperor didn't care about the divine aura of 'divine power of kings', and he wouldn't attribute all the problems to him alone.

Let him do it.

At that time, when he heard the words of the First Emperor, his heart was sour, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

The First Emperor is still in his true colors.

And why is he Li Si afraid of the so-called providence?

What he lacked in the past was the emperor's trust, which was the foundation of his true undefeatedness, as long as the emperor trusted himself and entrusted himself with important responsibilities, how could he not be resolute? Have you ever been afraid of the world? And as soon as the gods and ghosts said it, he scoffed at it.

But.

These words are not for outsiders either.

Li Yu grinded the ink well, and also walked out of the study with interest.

Lees sat alone on the seat.

He lowered his head in thought for a moment, a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

Although he was excited, he was still a little uncertain, and hesitated for a while before slowly putting pen to paper on the bamboo slip.

'When a person dies and his blood is exhausted, his spirit is exhausted, his body is decayed, and his body is decayed, and he is decayed into ashes, what is the use of being a ghost or a god? Looking at these words, Li Si pondered for a long time, and finally erased these words with a knife.

Although the first emperor has expressed his attitude at the moment, but the matter of life and death, the words of ghosts and gods, involve a lot, if the first emperor regrets it in the future, these words may cause disaster for himself, he still does not dare to gamble after all, after a while, Li Si reorganized the words, and he put down the pen again.

'Heaven naturally does nothing. ’

'Rain and dew freeze from the earth, and do not fall from heaven. ’

‘.’

This document refuting gods and ghosts, Li Si wrote very slowly, and also wrote for a long time, and when this article of only a few hundred words was completed, Li Si also breathed a sigh of relief, he solemnly glanced at it a few times, and made some modifications to some of the words that might cause criticism, and made some corrections, and then put this bamboo slip aside.

Then he took out a blank bamboo slip again, and this time did not stop at all, and began to write freely.

"Book of Warnings to Disasters".

Minister Li Si wrote: I heard that people talked about disasters from the sky, and the star officials asked for sacrifices and prayers to the gods, which is a big mistake to govern the country!

After some generous remarks, Liss also made his own suggestions.

That is, to create a nationwide disaster prevention and relief system, which mainly mentions the "official responsibility system", "information reporting system", "financial support system", "tax reduction system", "social participation system" and other effective guarantees and support for disaster response.

After writing this advice, Li Si wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was also a long sigh of relief.

He put these two notes on the table.

His eyes slowly looked out the window, but there was a trace of doubt in his heart.

Recently, he heard a rumor, that is, there is a strange person in Xicheng, who is deeply trusted by the prince, and Fusu has to discuss with him whenever something happens, and this rumor also said that many decisions in Fusu are made by this person, and even the first emperor has asked this person many times, he originally disagreed with it, but today's change of the first emperor made him give birth to a touch of strangeness.

Is there really such a strange person in Xicheng?

It's just that this person really has such a talent, and he can say that His Majesty can change his mind?

Li Si still had some doubts in his heart.

He shook his head, not wanting to think too much, waited for the two bamboo slips to dry, put them in his sleeve, and strode out the door.

(End of chapter)