When Xu Fu left the Qin Dynasty again with 3,000 men and women, grains and some craftsmen, the soldiers who had gone to sea with him last time also asked to leave at the same time.

And when these soldiers left, they also quietly took away their relatives.

Unlike these soldiers, Xu Fu seems to be very calm and chic.

He smiled and said: "Don't mother-in-law, the scene this time is different from the last time, either we succeed and everyone will naturally return to our hometown, or we will fail, and we will be able to settle overseas." ”

"Fortunately, we have already found out that although the soil is barren, it is enough to feed everyone. ”

It turned out that this Xu Fu had already made all preparations.

The gift he asked for from Qin Shi Huang was not a gift from the great god of the sea, but a retreat he made for himself.

Whether it is 3,000 men and women, or the grains and those craftsmen, they are all the backhands he left behind for finding overseas immortal mountains that are not difficult to find.

And those soldiers also knew that they had no way out, so they could only gamble with Xu Fu, who was like a "madman" in their eyes.

The reality is cruel, with Xu Fu's strength, it is simply impossible to find the Pengying land in the formation in the vast sea.

Therefore, it is also destined that this trip to sea will be the last time Xu Fu will see the continent of the Xuanhuang World.

Xu Fu has been gone for countless years, but he has been worried about Qin Shi Huang.

He was looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that Xu Fu would return as soon as possible, but he couldn't hear a trace of information about Xu Fu.

When Li Si heard about this, he carefully advised: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Xu Fu didn't see the god of the sea at all?"

Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Impossible, impossible." ”

Qin Shi Huang, who was too hot about the matter of prolonging his life, had never thought of this possibility at all, and he had always believed in Xu Fu's words.

People are always willing to believe what they want to believe.

But as an emperor, Qin Shi Huang was also a very smart person, how could he not hear the words of Li Si's words.

"Is there any evidence?" Qin Shi Huang asked, almost gritting his teeth.

Li Si said: "Wechen found out that those soldiers took their relatives away, and the gifts that the god of the sea asked for were a little strange. ”

Li Si's words were already very obvious, and Qin Shi Huang suddenly realized it at this time.

He said sharply: "Check, give me a thorough investigation." ”

As a result, of course, Li Si expected, Qin Shi Huang suddenly felt that he was much older, and his hatred for Xu Fu and other scholars increased greatly.

In fact, it is not without purpose for Li Si to make this matter clear.

His purpose was Confucianism.

As mentioned above, with the unification of the human kingdom in the southern Ganbu continent by the Qin Dynasty, the Legalists and the military schools rose and occupied a great advantage among the hundreds of schools.

However, there is one school of thought that can still compete with the Legalists and the Soldiers.

This school is Confucianism.

Especially during the period from the late troubled times to the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the Confucian school had many believers from the official family to the common people due to its own affinity.

Sometimes the battle between schools seems to be a battle of words, but the risks are no less than the bloody storm on the battlefield.

No, Li Si is going to use Xu Fu's matter to attack the development of Confucianism.

When Qin Shi Huang asked for a thorough investigation, Li Si knew that the time had come.

But he didn't rush to do it, he knew it wasn't the best time yet.

And Han Feizi, who is also a Legalist, was very dissatisfied with Li Si's proposal to slow down again, and said angrily: "What a rare opportunity this is, why don't you give Confucianism a fatal blow?"

Li Si said unhurriedly: "Senior brother, don't be impatient. At this time, targeting Confucianism only damaged the reputation of Confucianism. Moreover, Confucianism is also reasonable, Xu Fu and other scholars are not Confucianists in the first place, they are actually from the Yin and Yang school. ”

Han Feizi snorted and said: "Yin Yang School, who doesn't know that the Yin Yang School is now only equivalent to a side branch of Confucianism? Besides, let's say that he is a member of Confucianism, will Your Majesty still verify it?"

Li Si persuaded: "It's not a question of verification or not, but it's difficult to convict Confucianism for this matter." Could it be that Your Majesty has been deceived by a monk?"

Han Feizi stopped talking.

Li Si said: "We are not not not moving Confucianism, although we are not moving Confucianism at this time, but there is no good impression of Confucianism in Your Majesty, and then there is a fire, Your Majesty will think of Xu Fu again, and then you can turn small things into big things, and burn Confucianism cleanly in the open." ”

Soon, Lees found an opportunity.

At this time, Qin Shi Huang implemented the "county system".

At the instigation of Han Feizi and other Legalists, a Confucian believer, Dr. Qi Renchun Yuyue, wrote a letter opposing the "county system" and demanding that the ancient system be followed, and the princes and heroes should be divided into princes.

The "county system" is a national policy personally implemented by Qin Shi Huang, and Chun Yuyue actually opposed it, which made Qin Shi Huang, who was originally dissatisfied with Confucianism because of Xu Fu No. 1 Middle School, extremely unhappy.

Prime Minister Li Si took the opportunity to say to Qin Shi Huang: "Confucian scholars do not learn from the present but from the past, respect private learning, slander the government and government, confuse the people's minds, and recommend banning private learning." ”

The method was to burn all the historical records of other countries except for the historical records of the Qin State held by the historians, and to send all the Confucian classics and Zhuzi books collected by private individuals to the government to be burned, except for the books collected by the doctors, and to be burned.

In the next 30 days, if he does not send his private books to the government, he will be punished for building the Great Wall for four years. The beheading of people who gather to talk about poetry and books is the extermination of people from ancient times and not the present, and only medicine, divination, and agricultural books are forbidden.

Folk students take officials as teachers, and private learning is prohibited.

Qin Shi Huang heeded Li Si's advice and implemented the book burning decree.

Although Confucianism is strong, it is not easy to fight with the officials, and the books burned by the book burning decree are not the books of the Confucian family, so they cannot oppose it, so they have to compromise.

Among them, the greatest impact on Confucianism is the prohibition of private learning, if for a long time, there are no students and disciples, the development of Confucianism is bound to be affected.

However, Confucianism itself was powerful and had great influence among the common people, and Confucianism believed that he still had a way to think about it, so he acquiesced in the matter.

The Confucian sect wanted to calm things down, but they didn't expect that this matter was not an accidental event, but was carefully planned by Li Si and other legalists, even if Confucianism wanted to calm things down, it couldn't do it.

Soon, Fang Shi Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, who appeared out of nowhere, slandered and ridiculed Qin Shi Huang behind their backs under the pretext of asking for elixir for Qin Shi Huang, and they were noticed by the First Emperor and went away.

Qin Shi Huang was furious and ordered a search and interrogation of all living beings in the capital, capturing 460 warlocks and burying them all alive.

This incident is a very famous book-burning pit in the Xuanhuang world.

However, it is a bit too much to say that it is a pit for Confucianism, although it is difficult for Li Si to arrest the people of Confucianism, but it is a pity that the people of Confucianism also saw the opportunity early, and the important disciples have already evacuated Xianyang.

Most of the people buried alive were just disciples of other schools such as the Yin-Yang School.

Qin Shi Huang did this very unpopularly, including the first emperor's eldest son Fu Su all admonished: "The world is decided, the distant Qianshou has not gathered, all living beings are reciting the Fa Confucius, and now they are all re-punished by the Fa, and the ministers are afraid that the world will be uneasy." Only look at it. ”

The First Emperor was furious and sent Fusu to the frontier to supervise the army.

Will Confucianism know about Li Si's calculations? Can Confucianism give up?

Of course not, Confucianism naturally had the means to deal with Li Si and other Legalist schools, and even the Qin Dynasty.