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"I didn't expect that there would be such a famous Li Kui named Li."

"Shang Yang did learn from Li Kui's reforms. This is also true. When Shang Yang escaped later, the people under his rule did not dare to take him in."

"why?"

"It's because the laws enacted by Shang Yang are too strict and everyone in Qin must abide by them. In the end, Shang Yang will not be a special case."

"That's right. The law should treat everyone equally. There can't be one standard for common people and another for aristocrats. From this point of view, Li Kui was not only the first to succeed in reforming the law, he also sacrificed his life for the law, which made this country This Dharma Sutra has extremely high historical value and sets an example for future generations."

"Yes."

Although no one knew much about Li Kui before.

but now.

After hundreds of surnames, Li Kui is remembered by everyone.

but.

There are so many people named Li.

Except for Li Er and Li Kui.

then.

Jiang Ning talked about another celebrity, Li Si.

"Li Si?"

"Teacher Jiang Ning wants to teach Li Si?"

"I'll go...this is the eternal sinner of our Li family."

Many people with the surname Li are a little embarrassed.

There are indeed many people named Li.

but.

There are also a lot of bad reputations.

For example, this Li Si.

For many people, they think Li Si is a treacherous minister and traitor.

At the same time, a series of film and television dramas basically regarded Li Si as the villain.

So when it comes to Li Si.

No one can remember anything else about Li Si, but the word "treacherous minister" is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

of course.

Jiang Ning talks about Li Si, naturally not because of Li Si's bad reputation.

Jiang Ning talks about Li Si because Li Si is an extremely complex character.

It would be too inaccurate to describe Li Si as a traitor.

"Director Qiu, do you think Li Si is a traitor?"

"Li Si did have a treacherous side, but many historians in later generations believe that Li Si may not be as evil as everyone thinks. But unfortunately, there are too few historical data, and he did something like burning books and humiliating Confucians, so later generations will Basically no scholar has a good impression of him, and no one can reverse his verdict."

The three guests also started talking at this time.

on the stage.

At this time, the actor who played Li Si appeared.

"Report, His Majesty passed away."

It is different from the characters introduced before.

When Jiang Ning introduced characters before, he started with these characters since they were young.

But this time.

Jiang Ning started directly from Li Si becoming the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, Jiang Ning also placed the beginning of the story at the moment of Qin Shihuang's death.

of course.

Although Qin Shihuang's death was sudden, it was nothing serious.

Every emperor will die.

Normally.

After Qin Shihuang died, the corresponding inheritance system should begin.

Simultaneously.

Regarding the inheritance system, China has formulated and perfected it for thousands of years.

One of the systems is the direct lineage system.

That is, establishing the eldest son.

Why only establish the eldest son and not consider others.

Some people will also say that some other children may be more virtuous and capable. Isn't it best to appoint these virtuous people as princes and eventually inherit the throne?
In fact.

If we really want to establish virtuous people but not direct descendants, then the whole country will be ruined.

Because he has no standards for being worthy.

You say he is virtuous and capable.

Others said he was unworthy and incompetent.

then what should we do?

So if the emperor has several sons, then several sons will think that they are awesome, so they will start a fight.

So merit is not the standard.

Then there is only one standard, and that is the banning system.

It was clear who was the eldest son and who was the boss, and there was no dispute among anyone.

Although this kind of inheritance system may not be the best, at the time, it was the most reasonable system that would prevent the country from falling into turmoil.

After the death of Qin Shihuang, according to the rules of succession, Fusu should be allowed to succeed the emperor.

Because Fusu is the eldest son.

but……

At this time, Zhao Gao teamed up with Li Si, forged an imperial edict, and made Hu Hai, the eighteenth son of Qin Shihuang, emperor.

But a pity.

Although Li Si thought that if he united with Zhao Gao and established Hu Hai as emperor, he would be able to dominate the government and the public.

He didn't expect it.

In the later political battles, he lost to Zhao Gao.

In the end, Zhao Gao took over the power and framed Li Si and his son for colluding with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and Li Si was forced to plead guilty.

at this time.

Li Si on the stage was taken to XY Market.

According to historical trajectory, he will be cut in half in the market.

at this time.

Jiang Ning suddenly appeared.

"who are you?"

Seeing Jiang Ning in modern clothes suddenly appear out of thin air, the supervisor and other officers and soldiers were extremely frightened.

Jiang Ning said with a smile: "I am a scholar more than 2000 years later."

"student?"

The supervisor did not respond. Li Si, who was about to be questioned, said, "I was also a scholar back then."

"When I studied under Xunzi, it was my happiest time..."

Finish this sentence.

The giant curtain slowly opened.

The camera returns to Li Si's youth.

[Green, taken from blue, and green from blue; ice, taken from water, and cold from water. 】

[Therefore, if you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is;]

[The accumulation of soil creates a mountain, and wind and rain stir up it; the accumulation of water becomes a abyss, and dragons are born; the accumulation of good deeds becomes virtue, and the gods are satisfied with themselves, and the holy heart is prepared. Therefore, if you do not accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you do not accumulate small streams, you cannot reach a river or sea. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but it's hard to give up. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. 】

In the school.

Li Si and a group of classmates listened to the teacher reading "Encouragement to Learn".

"Encouraging Learning" was written by Xunzi, another sage of Confucianism.

Because of its incomparable classics.

Even after more than 2000 years, it is still popular in the world.

"Teacher, what do these mean?"

Li Si was very studious in his youth, so he asked Xunzi.

Xunzi explained with a smile: "The accumulation of earth and rocks forms a high mountain, and wind and rain rise from here; the accumulation of water and water forms an abyss, and dragons arise from here; accumulating good deeds and developing noble character will naturally lead to a clear mind, and you will have It has reached the spiritual realm of a saint. Therefore, without accumulating one and a half steps, there is no way to reach a thousand miles away; without accumulating small flows, there is no way to merge into rivers and seas... Li Si, do you understand?"

"Teacher, students understand."

When he was young, Li Si was still very studious.

Although he studied under the Confucian Xunzi.

But he didn't just study the books of Confucian sages.

Because it was still in the Warring States period, wars were still breaking out in various countries.

Although Li Si knows that Confucian classics are good, he understands that Confucian classics are not applicable to the present moment.

The best use of Confucian classics at this time is to cultivate yourself, that is, to cultivate yourself, and not to affect others.

If you want to influence others, the best knowledge is Legalism.

So after studying Confucian classics, Li Si also studied a number of Legalist classics. finally.

Thanks to his combination of Confucianism and Legalism, Li Si gained the respect of Lu Buwei.

At the same time, Li Si also seized the opportunity and continued to provide suggestions to Qin Shihuang, who had not yet completed unification at that time.

Because of Li Si's talents, Qin Shihuang appointed Li Si as his guest minister.

……

"I didn't expect Li Si to be so talented in his youth."

"Cultivating both Confucianism and Legalism is more beneficial than ordinary people."

People discuss it from time to time.

But soon.

A major event broke out in the Qin State, but Qin Shihuang expelled Li Si from the Qin State.

This major event happened due to a water conservancy engineer named Zheng Guo.

This water conservancy engineer comes from South Korea.

At that time, South Korea was afraid that Qin would destroy them.

In order to weaken Qin's national power, South Korea sent a man named "Zheng Guo" to Qin to build water conservancy projects.

They hoped that Qin would be busy building water conservancy projects and would have no time or energy to attack Korea.

This matter was originally done well, but somehow it was exposed.

Qin Shihuang wanted to kill Zheng Guo immediately.

But Zheng Guo replied to Qin Shihuang, although I was sent by South Korea to your country to weaken Qin.

But I am not harming Qin by helping Qin build water conservancy.

If the State of Qin can make good use of the water conservancy projects I built, it will be a foundation for generations to come.

Qin Shihuang felt that what Zheng Guo said was very reasonable, so he did not kill Zheng Guo and let Zheng Guo build water conservancy projects in Qin State.

Zheng Guo lived up to expectations and built the Zheng Guo Canal in Qin.

But although Qin Shihuang did not kill Zheng Guo.

But because Zheng Guo was a spy sent to Qin State, Qin Shihuang began to become wary of people who came to Qin State from other countries.

he thinks.

Here in Qin State, there may be countless people from the six countries.

Usually they may live in peace in Qin State, and you won't recognize them.

But once the opportunity comes, these spies will do a series of things that harm Qin.

In order to avoid this kind of trouble, Qin Shihuang issued an expulsion order to expel a series of people who came to Qin from other countries.

Especially those who came to Qin from other countries and became high-ranking officials in Qin.

Li Si is not from Qin, he is from Chu.

At the same time, he also became a high official in Qin.

The group of people who are most wanted to be driven out by the expulsion order are people like Li Si.

……

"Li Si, let's go and leave Qin."

on the stage.

Li Si's friends advised Li Si to leave Qin as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Li Si could be killed at any time.

Done.

This friend himself left first.

But facing his friend's advice, Li Si thought about it for a long time.

He made a decision not to leave Qin.

The reason for not leaving.

he thinks.

Based on the strength of all countries in the current era, Qin should be the leader.

Or.

Qin is not only the strongest, but Qin is probably stronger than the six countries combined.

When he came to Qin from Chu, didn't he just want to display his ambitions in Qin?
If you leave Qin.

Even if his life is saved temporarily, what about the future?
Li Si felt that it would be impossible for him to display his talents in other countries.

even.

A few years later, maybe Qin will wipe out other countries one by one.

immediately.

Li Siti wrote a "Remonstrance and Expulsion Order" and sent it to Qin Shihuang.

The letter wrote: I heard that the ministers talked about expelling guests, which is wrong. In the past, Duke Mu of Qin sought wise men. He invited Yu Yu from the Rong in the west, Baili Xi from the Chu State in the east, Uncle Jian from the Song State, and Pi Bao and Gongsun Zhi from the Jin State. It was precisely because Qin Mugong appointed these five people that Qin annexed twenty countries and dominated Xirong.

Then, Qin Xiaogong reused Shang Yang who came to Qin from Wei, implemented new laws, changed customs, and made the country rich and powerful. He defeated Chu and Wei, expanded its territory thousands of miles, and Qin became strong. King Zhao of Qin obtained Fan Ju from the state of Wei, weakened the power of the nobles, strengthened the royal power, cannibalized the princes, and Qin became an emperor. These four generations of kings all used these talents and made contributions to the state of Qin. If these four kings also order to expel guests, it will only make the country less prosperous, and Qin will no longer have a strong reputation..."

have to say.

Li Si studied with Xunzi since he was a child. His articles were very well written and his principles were very clear.

The strength of Qin used to rely on talents who came to Qin from various countries.

But now, you have to drive away these people.

If so.

So how will Qin be strong in the future?
Faced with Li Si's "Remonstrance and Expulsion Order", Qin Shihuang withdrew the expulsion order, and reused Li Si more seriously, appointing Li Si as a court captain.

……

"I've always thought that Li Si was a traitor. Isn't this level too powerful?"

"A treacherous minister is a treacherous minister, but a man with talent is truly talented."

"There's nothing you can do about it. If you don't have talent, you can't be a traitor even if you want to be a traitor."

Although everyone was not interested in Li Si before and thought he was a traitor.

But when Li Si recalled his life, everyone became more and more interested in Li Si.

at least.

It can be seen from the current young Li Si.

Li Si is not that evil.

Not only is he not so evil, Li Si is still a very promising young man now.

At least everyone now appreciates Li Si a little bit.

In addition to regaining Qin Shihuang's approval, Li Si also demonstrated his abilities.

At this time Li Si thought.

Qin already has the ability to dominate the world.

But other vassal states were not completely eliminated at this time.

If we follow the previous strategy.

Although Qin can also destroy the six countries, it will also suffer heavy injuries.

So Li Si proposed a plan to Qin Shihuang and said: "The strength of each country has been greatly weakened, and the kings of the princes have long been frightened. As long as we send some people to the six countries to use alienation tactics, then the elimination of the six countries will be just around the corner."

Qin Shi Huang once again accepted Li Si's suggestion.

result.

Under the divorce plan used by Li Si.

Ning Teng of South Korea, Guo Kai of Zhao, Hou Sheng of Qi... were all bribed by Qin.

finally.

Qin didn't use much effort, but it destroyed the six kingdoms.

The funniest one is Qi State.

Qi is one of the strongest among the other six vassal states.

Because Hou Sheng was bribed by Qin, Qi stood aside and watched while Qin destroyed the other five countries.

result.

When Qin destroyed the other five countries and prepared to attack Qi, the king of Qi went out of the city and surrendered.

on the stage.

Under Li Si's advice, the six countries were destroyed one after another.

At the same time.

Li Si also gradually became the prime minister of Qin through his talents.

This is the end.

Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world as the First Emperor.

And on the day Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor.

Li Si made a seal for Qin Shihuang.

This seal is four inches in diameter, with five dragons crossing the top button. It is said to be carved from He's jade. As the imperial seal of Qin Shihuang, it is also called the Imperial Seal.

Li Si, who was very good at calligraphy and very talented, when carving this national jade seal, he wrote eight words on the front:

[If you are ordered by heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life. 】

When Li Si held the imperial seal in his hand and presented it to Qin Shihuang.

Looking at these eight characters, everyone was completely shocked by Li Si at this moment. (End of chapter)