Nowadays, Zhao Kuo rarely comes forward in person. All matters in China are handled by Han Fei and Li Si and others. Han Fei is always restless and proposes various systems to complete institutional changes. Li Si is much more honest. He just obeys the emperor. He just needs to do whatever the emperor says. Perhaps because the Qin Dynasty did not have the "legitimate legalists", many different ideas flowed in the temple.

The talents of all sects occupy a certain position in the temple. They "strike" each other. Sometimes, even Han Fei cannot defeat them. Zhao Kuo's previous new policies fell completely in the hands of these people. The most direct successor was Han Fei. Han Fei continued to develop many of Zhao Kuo's policies, and Li Si was responsible for implementing them. Under the leadership of the two prime ministers, Zhao Kuo's many policies have led to many different paths.

In the past, Zhao Kuo said nothing, no one dared to question, no one made his own suggestions, just obey him. But now that Zhao Kuo no longer intervenes, Han Fei's prestige is not enough to shut up all ministers, so quarrels cannot be avoided. However, Zhao Kuo was happy to see such a situation. The quarrel in the temple was not later party struggles, not against you because of your identity, but because of your thoughts.

To a certain extent, this is also the dispute between the hundreds of schools in the temple, and the exchange and development of the concept of governing the country. Zhao Kuo felt that compared to the lifeless temple, the temple today is just right, and the emperor might not think so. The emperor still felt that everyone in the temple was responsible and each performed their duties. This is the best. Too many controversies have slowed down the progress of many things, which is also Li Si's opinion.

These people pursue efficiency and do not care about the ideas of hundreds of schools and the development of exchanges.

But there is no way to not care. No school in the temple can occupy a unique position, and the emperor has to use these people. Each school is of great use to the Qin State, and these scholars are also treasures of the Qin State. Zhao Kuo is at home and even the affairs of the school are handed over to Cheng Qi. In Zhao Kuo's heart, middle school is a place to train basic officials. He intends to build the middle school into a school so that civilians can also get the opportunity to participate in the exam through middle school, so that middle school affairs are still very cumbersome.

By now, Daqin has set up enlightenment primary schools in various counties, and three middle schools have been established at the same time. The three middle schools are in Xianyang, Zheng and Handan. Zhao Kuo has also begun to prepare for the establishment of a university. Universities are different. In Zhao Kuo's heart, the university is a high-level academic research base. Scholars from the Hundred Schools can conduct academic research here and cultivate a group of the most advanced talents.

It is similar to Jixia Academy, but there are differences.

Zhao Kuo found an open space outside Xianyang. It is located in the northeastern suburbs of Xianyang, close to Taoshan. Zhao Kuo chose it for a long time and finally took a fancy to this place. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is far away from the downtown area. Zhao Kuo felt that it was the most suitable for building a university here. After Zhao Kuo decided on the place, Li Si quickly recruited people to build it. Zhao Kuo was unwilling to build it too luxuriously, but he could not resist Li Si's advice.

Li Si believes that this place will be far beyond Jixia Academy and will become the highest academic institution in the Qin Dynasty. A hundred scholars gathered here, and I don’t know how many three ministers and nine ministers will be cultivated. This place must be luxurious enough to show the Qin Dynasty’s attention to scholars and talents, so Zhao Kuo did not object. Li Si never made ambiguity in doing things, and this construction work was directly assigned to Zhao Kuo’s son-in-law, and Meng Yi was responsible.

Soon, construction started here. Those who didn't know thought that the emperor was going to build a new palace here. Li Si used nearly 60,000 people from Xianyang to build it at one time. This scale scared Zhao Kuo. However, the people in Xianyang had not carried out corvee labor for a long time. This was not a heavy corvee labor, and Zhao Kuo was still acceptable. At the same time, the son-in-law who came to be responsible for the construction also brought good news to Zhao Kuo, and he would soon have a grandson.

Zhao Kuo's mood naturally became better and better.

It took a long time to break the ground to build. During this period, Li Si had already transported enough building materials, and a brand-new and extremely large-scale academy was slowly taking shape. Zhao Kuo knew in his heart that the most important thing about a university was not his architecture, nor how luxurious he was. He thought about the Jixia Academy. The reason why he became famous was because of the people sitting inside, not how big he was.

If he wanted to run this high-level academic institution well, there must be enough people here. Zhao Kuo started to run around for this matter. Zhao Kuo first found Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei was already sick and could not stay. However, when he heard that the university was about to be established and he could serve as a priest in it, he endured the pain and sat up. Lu Buwei was very willing to help Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo immediately found Han Fei, Wu Fei of the Mo family, and several disciples of the farmer. After Zhan passed away, he was replaced by a farmer called Xianyang, who was called the capture, and then several Confucians, including Chen Xiao, a disciple of Xunzi. In other schools, Zhao Kuo also wrote letters to invite them, such as Yin-Yang family and Taoist. Zhao Kuo did not have any personal emotions. Whether it was the school he liked, he sent someone to invite them.

Of course, he did not forget Mr. Huangshi. He sent someone to Xiapi and handed the invitation letter to Mr. Huangshi and asked him to come too.

Zhao Kuo wanted to gather the hundreds of schools here and turn them into a high-level talent training base, and of course he also wanted to stay here. The students who came could freely learn the ideas and concepts of the hundreds of schools and absorb the ideas of the hundreds of schools. I thought it would be very lively when I came here. In such a busy life, time passed day by day, and Fusu was still inspecting various places, but Zhao Kang came back again.

There is also a reason why Zhao Kang came back, but the reasons cannot be known to outsiders.

When Zhao Kang came back, the first thing he did was to see his wife. The couple hadn't seen each other for a long time, but their relationship did not become weak. Zhao Kang was loyal to women. Unlike Ying Zheng, he had two concubines except Ming. Zhao Kang was just alone from the beginning to the end. The two met and greeted each other, but they didn't have time to be intimate. Yun asked Zhao Kang to pay homage to his father. After returning home, he only cared about his wife but forgot about his father. This was inconsistent with etiquette.

Although Zhao Kang never cared about etiquette and law, he decided to go to see his father.

The old father was sitting in the courtyard studying. Zhao Kang burst in with a smile. Zhao Kuo looked up at him, then lowered his head to read the book. Zhao Kang was a little embarrassed and sat next to his father, "Father, why are you not happy at all when you see me coming back?"

"Why did you come back suddenly?"

"I...I'm back this time for war." Zhao Kang looked around and suddenly lowered his voice.

Zhao Kuo put down the book in his hand, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Nanyue?"

Zhao Kang nodded seriously. He looked around and asked in surprise: "By the way, where is Xiu? Yun said he is here..." Before Zhao Kuo could answer, someone knocked on the door, "Xiu is back!" Zhao Kang smiled, jumped up, and went to open the door. There were two soldiers standing outside the door. When the soldiers saw Zhao Kang, they hurriedly leaned over to salute, and then said in a complicated manner: "Please go to the county government office to lead people..."

Zhao Kang was stunned for a moment. He turned around, looked at his father, and asked, "Who are you going to take?"

"Ha, I thought you were very familiar with this."

Zhao Kang seemed to understand, his face turned red. He found a wooden stick from the courtyard and hurriedly left the courtyard... At the same time, Xiu, who was not aware of the disaster, rubbed his injured cheeks, looked at Mao Dun beside him, and said with some disdain: "You are so scattered that you can beat ten people on weekdays. Today, seven or eight people beat us like this. Why can't you stop me?"

"Nonsense, we both are not as good as our waists, how can we not be beaten?" Maodun said with a grin, and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning. He said, "My father will let us copy Qin Lu later. How many times will this time be? It's all your fault. If they win, they won. If they lose, they won!" Xiu raised his head high and said, "Father once told me that he can't admit defeat at any time!"

As they were talking, a tall man as big as a bear rushed into the county government office. The officials stood up to pay their respects. At that moment, Xiu's face turned pale. He widened his eyes, his small eyes were full of despair and helplessness. He murmured, "Father?"

"Let you fight and cause trouble! Let you ruin my reputation!" Zhao Kang swung his wooden stick, and a crying sound soon came from the county government.

Zhao Kang discarded the wooden stick in his hand, pinched Xiu's ear with his left hand, and grabbed Maodun's with his right hand, and pulled them home. At this moment, Zhao Kang truly understood his father's pain at the beginning. He realized that he had a dark face and said, "If you two are causing trouble, I will not be so lightly. I will let you two lie on the couch for three years!" Xiu and Maodun were turned to Zhao Kuo.

"Big Father~~", Xiu cried when he saw Zhao Kuo, and rushed to his side, looking at him pitifully, and then at his father, Zhao Kuo patted him helplessly, and Maodun hurriedly ran to his side. Zhao Kuo hugged the two people, raised his head, and looked at the angry Zhao Kang, he said, "Kang, forget it, just discipline it in the future."

"Father, you don't know how arrogant these two men are. They dare to fight back when they meet officials. If they weren't young, they would have been pulled out and beheaded long ago! The law shouldn't tolerate their behavior!" Zhao Kang shouted, but Zhao Kuo sneered, "Is that so? Then what you did back then could be judged to be broken!" Zhao Kang was speechless and could not speak.

Zhao Xiu sat in the inner room, copying books, rubbing his butt. He looked at Maodun not far away and said with some guilt: "It was me who implicated you. I don't know that my father is back, otherwise you wouldn't be beaten so badly." Maodun was silent for a moment, and he suddenly laughed, and he said: "No problem... In fact, it's good to have someone discipline you like this... I still envy you."

"What are you envious? My mother will beat me up when she gets home later..."

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"It's time to kill..." The emperor's face became very ugly, and veins vaguely rose on his forehead. Zhao Kang sat in front of him, and was also angry. He said: "It's time to kill. I think these southern barbarians don't want to live anymore... They dare to intercept and kill the tribute sent to Xianyang... I want to cut off their heads as tribute!" Zhao Kang came back this time for Baiyue.

The so-called Baiyue is the coastal area south of the Yangtze River. The indigenous tribes living here are called Yue people by the people in the Central Plains of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. Because of their many branches, they are called "Baiyue". However, Baiyue itself is not a national community. The ancestors of its descendants are different, including Dayu (Han), Xiongwang (Jing), Buluotuo (Zhuang), Paolongkuo (Li), etc. Therefore, Baiyue is a geographical tribal alliance.

The Baiyue tribe is generally divided into several parts: Dongyue (also known as Dongou or Ouyue), Minyue tribe, Nanyue (also known as Nanyue) tribe, Xiou tribe (some say that Xiou belongs to the branch of Nanyue), Luoyue tribe and other parts. Among them, the Dongyue tribe, Minyue tribe, and Nanyue tribe are the ancestors of the Han people, while the Xiou tribe and Luoyue tribe are the ancestors of the Jing tribe and Li people. They formed a square country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but the national system was chaotic.

The tribes were scattered, there was no unified king, the temple had no power, and the whole society was relatively relaxed. However, the development level here was not too low. After the Qin State destroyed the Chu State, a minister proposed to conquer the Baiyue region and include it in the territory. However, Zhao Kuo initially opposed this proposal. The Baiyue tribes were scattered and had a large territory. Moreover, the terrain there was complex and the environment was harsh. How many people would they need to be used to conquer the here?

For 400,000? For 500,000? With logistics and losses, the Qin State's losses were too great. Moreover, this was not a good thing for the Central Plains region where the war had just ended. Therefore, Zhao Kuo opposed the war. Now, although Qin State did not go to war with Baiyue, there were still some secret frictions. Especially when many Chu nobles fled to Baiyue region...

Of course, Baiyue is not a unity of the upper and lower levels, nor is they all hostile to Qin. Previously, several tribes were willing to pay tribute to Qin and voluntarily become counties of Qin. However, the tributes they sent were robbed halfway and the people were killed. This was a huge provocation for the emperor, and for Zhao Kang, it was an opportunity to cut off people's heads. Zhao Kang was worried that he would not be able to be promoted to the Marquis of Che. After destroying Baiyue, would this achievement be enough to upgrade himself??

"The Northern Army has been practicing for a while. If I hand over the Northern Army to you..."

"Then I will cut down the heads of the chiefs of the Baiyue tribe as tribute for you!"
Chapter completed!