Chapter 750 The Ten Malpractices of Magic
"Have you read the Hundred Schools Forum published today?"
Back at Zichen Hall, the king and his minister sat down to have tea. Qin Shihuang pointed to the Baijia Forum magazine placed on the desk and asked.
Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't had time to see it yet. Your Majesty has any doubts about the policy theory inside?"
Regarding the Hundred Schools Forum, Chen Xu said that he had not read the newly published ones, and he had basically not read the ones published earlier. The main reason is that the policy discussions published above are too professional.
All the schools of thought are famous people with rich theory of freedom of thought. They eat and drink every day and have nothing to do to study these metaphysical things. Their writing is also obscure and difficult to understand. It seems that one is the first and two are big. Chen Xu doesn't say that he has no time, and even if he has time, he is not interested in reading it. Because he has too much eyes and toothache and headache, he will eventually lead to soreness in his limbs. He has no such thing as a little yellow joke. It can be called a poison, far less pleasant than reading a newspaper.
But he was the one who organized the Baijia Forum. For safety, An Yuliang was invited to be the editor-in-chief as the town publication Shenshi to suppress all the sluts, but An Yuliang was not himself after all, and some of the articles may have some noise or even reactionary remarks.
But this happened to be what Chen Xu expected.
The Hundred Schools Forum is not a simple and easy-to-understand communication media like newspapers. Its initial positioning is a special issue that brings together hundreds of celebrities to discuss national policies.
Chen Xu's requirement for this magazine is to publish a hundred policy theories with clear thinking and logical words without distinction between schools and schools. He spreads these policy theories to those who are interested in governing the country, and lets them discuss the right or wrong or the advantages and disadvantages of these policy theories. A very important point is to let the emperor see these policy theories that were impossible to see.
Therefore, the Hundred Schools Forum is actually an internal reference in later generations, and it is completely different from ordinary publications from the beginning.
Chen Xu picked up the Baijia Forum with a little excitement and opened it and read the directory first.
I can't understand the article, but the directory is almost clear at a glance.
What are the ten disadvantages of spells?
Chen Xu's eyes were full of ten lines, and soon fell on this very eye-popping title.
The great Qin magic has great disadvantages in governing the country. This is a fact, so this is also something that Chen Xu is constantly working hard to promote reform.
But someone raised ten disadvantages at once, and An Yuliang even published them openly, which obviously had great prejudice against the current strategy of governing the country by magic.
Chen Xu quickly turned to the ten bad things about magic.
Author: Sun Pi, Handan.
This person doesn't know him. There are many disciples in the Qin Dynasty, and even more so in Xianyang. There are many students like dogs, and famous families are walking all over the ground. A random brick on the street can hurt several famous scholars.
The content of the article is still awkward, but Chen Xu can still understand the general meaning. He sprinkled thousands of words and listed ten major disadvantages of magic governing the country. He used gorgeous words to criticize magic governing the country and criticized the magic governing the country almost incompletely. Finally, he shouted that if the strategy of magic governing the country was not abolished, the Qin Dynasty was in danger.
Chen Xu finished watching with a calm expression.
The ten disadvantages are not right or wrong. At least the target of the attack is not wrong, and the target is targeting the disciples of the Legalists who are currently manipulating the Qin Dynasty.
As for the content... Chen Xu felt a little tooth pain, and there were a few of them that were indeed fine, such as refuting the strict household registration system, the strict corvee service system, etc., but some of them were completely nonsense, especially suggesting the abolition of criminal law and the abolition of magical principles such as the abolition of the country by following the name and the truth, and completely returning to the state of governing the country by following the constraints of etiquette and law in the Shang and Zhou dynasties that conquer people with virtue.
It is not that this method is not possible. In fact, the Confucian theory of governing the country is very practical. It follows the traditions of Shang and Zhou dynasties, emphasizes the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower levels, and strict etiquette and law. Different classes and different identities abide by different etiquette and laws. If the emperor does not act properly, he will accept moral condemnation and corresponding punishment. Even the emperor must abide by etiquette. The emperor is regarded as unvirtuous. In other words, the Confucian rule of the country requires the emperor to control the emperor and restrain the emperor's behavior. If the emperor does not act properly, change to an emperor.
But the magic power promoted by Li Si completely abandoned etiquette and only law, which was a complete magic power. Moreover, the management targets were almost only for civilians, and the binding force was very small to treat aristocrats and royal families, and the punishment was also very small. Everything was directed against the royal power, and the emperor could do whatever he wanted. This led to the royal power without any constraints, and almost completely abandoned the etiquette and moral system inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and used magic to replace all aspects of public life. This kind of reform that was like shaking the bones and digging the marrow suddenly shook the survival habits of the Chinese people.
In fact, at present, the Qin Dynasty has begun to reach a dead end in governing the country by magic.
If the reform is not continued, the result will inevitably be a wall.
Either they break through the wall and find a way out, or they get bloody or even hit to death.
It is impossible to turn around because the carriage is too big and heavy, and it runs too fast, so there is no chance or time to brake. The most important thing is that Li Si is too poor in navigation, and the emperor, as a coachman, has no experience in driving this carriage. The two of them cooperate and walk all by mistake, and they are not allowed to say that they have taken the wrong path, and they are stubborn and stubborn.
Now that you can't change the driver, the best way is to change to a reliable navigation immediately.
Chen Xu came here with navigation.
Perhaps only he can see the future direction on the entire earth.
To change the navigation, the coachman must agree. After all, the car belongs to him. Therefore, before the coachman plans to change the navigation, the coachman must learn to listen to other people's opinions.
Although the content of this article on the Ten Bad Spouses was very unhappy for the emperor and also provoked the sensitive nerves of the disciples of the Legalists who uphold the court, it is undeniable that this is a manifesto full of fighting spirit, with the goal directly aimed at maintaining the foundation on which the Great Qin relied on its strength...hard spells.
Chen Xu is focusing on the policy discussion.
Qin Shihuang kept looking at Chen Xu.
He wanted to know what Chen Xu was feeling when this article made him furious and almost overturned the table.
But what puzzled him was that Chen Xu's face slowly showed an excited smile.
"Your Majesty, I have finished reading it!" Chen Xu respectfully placed the magazine flat on the desk.
"Why are you so happy?" Qin Shihuang was puzzled.
"Your Majesty, because I saw a good article on the Hundred Schools Forum, called the Ten Bad Disadvantages of Magic. This is the best strategy I have seen since I opened this magazine, so I am naturally overjoyed!" Chen Xu replied with a smile.
Qin Shihuang:...
Did I understand this policy wrong?
Qin Shihuang hesitated for a moment and picked up the magazine again, and decided to read the ten evil spells again. However, this time he still made him angry. While looking at his eyebrows and beard, he couldn't help but twitch. He forced himself to read most of the time and put down the magazine, trying to keep his emotions calm and looked at Chen Xu and said, "My dear, I didn't see any benefits from this policy theory. Instead, the more I looked, the more I became angry!"
"Your Majesty is angry!" Chen Xu said with a smile.
Qin Shihuang's face shook, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.
"Your Majesty, Guanzi said: If the people part and listen to it, they will be foolish, and if they are combined, they will be saint. Although Your Majesty has never stopped the words of the hundreds of schools, the disciples of the hundreds of schools are increasingly unable to advise and participate in the strategies of governing the country. Your Majesty is diligent in power every day, but the words you hear are memorials from all the civil and military officials of the court, and the things you do are all prepared by the three provinces and six ministries. Has Your Majesty not summoned the famous scholars of the hundreds of schools to court to discuss national policies for a long time?" Chen Xu asked.
Qin Shihuang was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly: "However, the government affairs in the court are busy, and the students are no longer bustling all day long in the city. I have not summoned a hundred famous scholars to court to debate national policies for a long time!"
"Your Majesty once asked me, how is it compared to the King of Tang? I answered that Your Majesty will win martial arts and the King of Tang will win in the civilized rule, but Your Majesty will still remember it?"
"Yes!" Qin Shihuang nodded again.
"The King of Tang once asked Wei Zheng: What is the lord who is clear and what is dark? Wei Zheng replied: If you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you believe in partiality, you will be dark. The King of Tang followed suit and advised him. Whenever he encountered a major national policy, he would recruit wise men from all sides to come to the palace to report. Although many times, different ideas from all sides led to delaying national policies, the King of Tang also received praise and praise from the subjects of the world. Soon, his reputation spread far and wide and was respected by all foreign nations as the Khan of Heaven..."
Chen Xu began to improvise his bragging characteristics again.
Anyway, the King of Tang and Wei Zheng are stories in the Book of Heaven, and it is not important to be true or false. What is important is to use these two characters that Qin Shihuang is interested in to make up some true or false stories to achieve one's own goal.
"What is the Khan of Heaven?" When talking about the Tang King Li Shimin, Qin Shihuang was indeed interested.
"Khan is a Western word, which means the emperor. Tian Khan is the common ruler of the world."
"Tian Khan... the world is in charge..." A bright light flashed in Qin Shihuang's eyes, and he stood up excitedly.
"Your Majesty's martial arts have long surpassed the King of Tang, but the civil governance is a little insufficient. Now that the Qin Dynasty unified China, there are no more princes fighting each other. Your Majesty is also diligent every day, but the people in the world are still bustling with people, and there are no countries in the foreign lands to conquer you. The people are all very worried when talking about Your Majesty, so few praise them. I have said before that the world can be obtained immediately but not immediately governed. Now that Your Majesty has won the world, we should change the various policies that were used to conquer China before. Some laws that are inappropriate should be abolished, and if it should be changed, they should be changed, and if it should be changed, follow the will of heaven, follow the will of the people, the world will inevitably be ruled..."
Chen Xu pointed to the magazine that the emperor had not finished reading just now and said, "Your Majesty will be angry after reading this article, so he summoned his ministers to the palace to report!"
"What I said is good!" Because Chen Xu talked a few words, Qin Shihuang slowly calmed down at this time, nodded gently and sat down again.
"Since Your Majesty is angry, it means that there is something in this argument that makes Your Majesty feel unsatisfied!"
"Of course!" Qin Shihuang nodded slightly.
"That's why I said this is a good thing!" Chen Xu bowed again with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, if you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you believe in others, you will be dark. All the principles of the world are like this. The ten disadvantages of the magic of the country listed by Sun Pi, whether in His Majesty or in His opinion, many of them are talking nonsense. Magic of the country is the general trend. How can it be shaken by just one article? But if this theory is not available, Your Majesty is busy with political affairs in the court all day long, and he will definitely not know that there are people who complain about Your Majesty of using magic of the country!"
Chapter completed!