Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 75 Acceptance [Second update, please collect and read]

Chen Ye's words filled Ying Si with satisfied expectations.

What was he expecting?
  too easy.

Be king!

Qin State needs to be crowned king, and Qin State should also be crowned king.

In fact, when the previous king Qin Xiaogong was on the throne, Qin could become king, but Qin Xiaogong temporarily tolerated it under the advice of Shang Yang and Chen Ye.

For the greater good!
  For the sake of Qin State to win the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, for the sake of Qin State to become more prosperous!
  Qin Xiaogong endured his own ambitions and desires, which is not something ordinary people can endure. He even did not even seek hegemony, but lived in the name of such benevolence and righteousness throughout his life.

This is a kind of torture for Ying Si.

After Chen Ye left, Ying Si stood up and looked at the magnificent Xianyang Palace standing there in the distance. Everything under the sunset looked so grand and magnificent, with a thin layer of gold coating the palace walls. above.

There are three or two clouds hanging on the sky in the distance, and people can almost see the twinkling stars.

"Timing! Timing!"

Ying Si patted the railing, with a look of helplessness and excitement on his face. Was he finally going to wait for that opportunity?

I thought that he might be like his father in this life, enduring for the sake of Qin's ambition to dominate!
  The chamberlain stood not far away and came in a hurry, with a respectful look on his face: "Your Majesty, the Confucian Meng Ke handed over the invitation and wanted to see your Majesty."

Meng Ke of Confucianism?
  Ying Si stroked his beard and squinted his eyes slightly. Is it good or bad to see Meng Ke at this time? What did Meng Ke want to do when he saw him at this time? These are all problems.

After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Please!"

Su Qin's mansion
  Zhang Yi and Su Qin sat together with calm expressions on their faces. They seemed not to care how many talents gathered in Qin State, and how many people competed for their opportunities.

In this turbulent Xianyang City, no matter how much wind and rain it stirred up, it seemed that it had nothing to do with them.

"Senior brother, there are more Confucian scholars in Xianyang City now, but I think those Confucian scholars are very different from the Confucian scholars in Lu, which is somewhat interesting."

Su Qin curled his lips and said: "The disciples brought out by this guy Meng Ke are naturally similar to the disciples of Confucius back then. How can they compare to those people from Lu State who no longer know the true knowledge?"

Speaking of the Confucian scholars from Lu, Su Qin's face was full of disgust.

"Those guys are just a bunch of corrupt people!"

Zhang Yi didn't care and just said: "I heard that your Majesty will meet with Meng Ke tonight, but I don't know what they will talk about?"

Su Qin smiled dumbly: "Meng Ke seems not to care about Qin, his own political opinions, or whether he can be reused by meat-eaters, but in fact he cares about this matter very much in his heart."

"Why do you think he travels around the world?"

"Why do you think Confucius traveled around the world? Confucianism is just a group of people who like to talk nicely. In fact, they also want meat-eaters to reuse their ideas, so as to realize their own plans and blueprints for the world."

At this point, Su Qin paused for a moment: "However, except for the State of Lu, no country in the world will use Confucian political ideas."

"On the contrary, their other ideas should be promoted."

Confucian political views?
  To people of this era, that is simply a joke.

Confucius advocated the restoration of Zhou rites and continued to maintain Zhou's rule. Meng Ke's ideas were slightly better than Confucius's, but not much better. He advocated benevolent government, but he actually advocated "Jun Zhou Min Shui" 】. Let the people control the king.

This is the biggest shortcoming of Mencius and Confucius, because they don't understand who can use their opinions, and they don't understand that when a group of "people" who don't have so much culture are in a higher position than "the king" , what serious consequences will there be.

Therefore, Confucius traveled around the country but could not be reused. In the end, he mocked himself as "a lost dog."

Therefore, no matter which country he went to in his life, Meng Ke was never reused.

This is the most true and least refutationable fact covered by the reputation of [Three Exhibitions of Learning] during the Warring States Period.

Zhang Yi shrugged slightly: "But Confucian education is still good. I once heard that Meng Ke once wanted to open a school to educate people in the world."

"This should be the purpose of his coming to Qin this time."

"After all, Meng Ke himself understood that his political ideas were impossible to realize, especially in Qin."

"What Qin needs is a way to continue to grow stronger, not a policy that confines itself to [ritual]."

Academy?

Su Qin's eyes lit up slightly: "If Meng Ke wants to establish a school, there is a feasible way."

"Are we just going to watch like this?"

He chuckled: "Shouldn't your and my political strategists' theories be widely disseminated?"

"Don't you want to recruit more disciples?"

"If the academy is founded and you and I can teach and select disciples in the academy, then it will be a big deal for you and me!"

Zhang Yi raised his head, the two looked at each other, and then said: "Not bad!"

"But you and I can't do this alone. Why don't we look for other schools in Qin now?"

"After all, we can't let Confucians keep good things for ourselves, right?"

Zhangtai Palace

As Su Qin and Zhang Yi said, Meng Ke actually had some vague plans when he met Ying Si. If he could persuade Ying Si to use him, wouldn't it be possible to realize his ambition?
  But when Meng Ke saw Ying Si, he sighed and gave up his thoughts.

What he saw was a hero!
  A hero whose eyes are full of desire and ambition will definitely continue to adhere to Qin’s previous strategy and continue to use Legalism in the name of benevolence and righteousness. Perhaps other schools can survive in Qin, but It will definitely not reach the heights of Legalism.

This was the relationship between the various schools of thought and the country during the Warring States Period. It was not that the various schools of thought chose a certain country, but that a certain country accepted a school that suited itself!
  And why is Legalism the most popular?
  Because Legalism emphasizes centralization! Talk about establishing feudal autocratic rule! This is something that the superiors cannot resist.

Therefore, in the conversation between him and Ying Si that night, except for the academy, he did not say a word of his own political opinions.

Chen Junfu

Chen Ye raised his head and frowned slightly: "You said you want to participate in the academy established by Meng Ke?"

The corner of his mouth was half-smiling: "There is no explanation for what happened in the Academy. Even I don't know about it yet. How come you heard about it?"

(End of this chapter)