My brother is the most handsome man in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 497 Li Si: Hunjun, how are you doing?Have you changed your mind and want to kill Si?
Fu Qiu Bo had profound knowledge and great reputation, and the Xianyang family was proud to have their children under his sect.

Fu Qiubo, who could make the nobles' sons and daughters flock together to worship him, was considered a disciple in front of Xunzi.

Unable to change his teacher's will, he had tears in his eyes, bowed deeply to the haggard veteran, and ran out to look for that foolish man for his teacher.

The worst thing about Fu Qiubo's opinion of Qin II was not that he acted arrogantly and blocked his speech.But it's been so long since Ying Chengxuan returned to Xianyang that he hasn't even seen the teacher lying on the bed once.

I scooped out the black medicinal soup dozens of times with a spoon. The ceramic spoon and the bowl clinked together from time to time.

After drinking up the bowl of medicine soup in one breath, Xunzi put the medicine bowl back on the table and lay down slowly and meticulously.

His head rested on a linen pillow filled with wheat husks, his body lay flat, his hands folded on his abdomen, and then he closed his eyes.

He was very weak and tired.

But as long as he still has some strength, he will never allow himself to lie down with his clothes in a mess.

He is a disciple of Confucianism.

If you are poor and humble but like to know etiquette, your ambition will not be deterred.

After an unknown amount of time, Xunzi opened his eyes slightly, and in his hazy vision was an extremely familiar person.

Just by looking at a vague shadow, Xunzi could conclude that this was his emperor, the current emperor of the Qin Empire, Qin II, Ying Chengyu.

The young man in front of him has many titles on his head, but his temperament and appearance are the same as when they met in Lanling seven or eight years ago.

"You came here secretly and left secretly. Your Majesty is clearly the owner of this mansion, so how can you live like a thief?"

Xunzi said with a smile, while he struggled to sit up with his own strength, rejecting Ying Chengyu's offer of help.

"Shameless."

Ying Chengyu sat beside the bed with a wry smile on his face, full of apologies.

Since returning to Xianyang, he has actually seen Xunzi many times, but it was always when Xunzi was asleep.

When Xunzi was awake, Ying Chengyu was busy looking for a deer that looked like a thousand-mile horse, busy with Lao Zongzheng discussing whether it would be appropriate to take in seven or eight concubines at once, busy asking Zhang Han to pick up a sword and fight with them...

He always has something to keep busy with.

"I can't blame Your Majesty for the Lan Ling incident. Your Majesty need not blame yourself for this."

The old man panted slightly for a while, his smile not diminishing.

"Even if it is really what His Majesty did, it is nothing compared to what His Majesty has done and wants to do."

Ying Chengyu said softly:
"If scientists hear this, they will definitely find trouble with Xunzi. The powerful do not order the weak, the more numerous do not rob the less numerous, and the rich do not insult the poor. This has always been the Mohist code of conduct."

"This is not necessarily true. Scientists were personally involved in the Han Dynasty incident, and they did not say anything. One believes that Mozi's two chapters, "Tian Zhi" and "Ming Gui", are intended to make the world's people understand something. Afraid of the Mohist giant who behaves in a measured manner. If he had shown his true thoughts, he would have been denounced as a heretic just like you."

Xunzi sat up straight, and as a habit, he straightened the tree crown above his head, felt empty, and silently put down his hand.

"Xunzi's words mean that if you can achieve your goal, it is okay to sacrifice some in the process."

"If sacrifice is necessary, yes."

Ying Chengqiao handed over a bowl of water.

"This is not like Confucianism. Confucius probably never interpreted 'benevolence' in this way."

Xunzi lowered his head to receive the thanks and drank the slightly hot water. A little more energy was injected into his dry body, allowing him to speak more.

"At this time last year, you would have denounced this view. You would have called it a heresy and an unhealthy trend. People who have such concepts in their minds are in vain.

"I won't say that this year. Your Majesty, you are going to die."

When talking about his own life and death, the old man's face was very calm, and he was not at all frightened by the horror between life and death.

"Today, you will not talk to your majesty about any formal principles or discuss matters with your majesty. I want to say a few words of sincerity to your majesty."

Ying Chengyu felt heavy, but he pretended to be angry:
"Xunzi blames me for not telling the truth before?"

"The truth your Majesty said before is just like the sentence your Majesty just said. It's not the original meaning of the words. You have to guess the meaning. It suddenly occurred to me that you don't seem to be qualified to accuse your majesty, and the same is true for you."

The old man raised his hands, joined his four fingers together, and bowed slightly in salute.

"Your mind is already dull and you cannot guess what your majesty is saying. Please treat me as an illiterate farmer today. This is your last request."

Ying Chengyu took a deep breath, sat up straight, and performed a salute exactly like Xunzi's, meticulously.

"The elders dare not disobey their wishes."

After the ceremony, the two sat facing each other. Xunzi was the first to say:
"Has Your Majesty made up his mind to be a foolish king?"

"Then it depends on who is right. For the leader of Guanzhong and Guizhou, I should be the best Qin Jun in the past."

"But without officials who can manage the head of Guizhou, can His Majesty alone implement his will?"

"Of course I am not alone. The students in Handi Academy are not allowed to be ministers or scholars in the court, but I don't think there is any problem in being an obedient official. For big things, there are the court officials, and for small things, these are Among the students of Han and the retainers of the princes, there has never been a Qin monarch in the Great Qin Empire who has such powerful control as me."

"You call a deer a horse. You want loyal people to go north and leave the treacherous and flattering people in the court. What do you think?"

Ying Chengyu couldn't help but sneered.

"Loyalty and traitor, these two words are simple to say, but who can really distinguish them? The foundation of the Qin State is the word profit. What does the word profit mean, loyalty and traitor? They all work hard for the word profit, how can there be a few Serve the public whole? In this case, what's wrong with me leaving a group of obedient people with the debate between deer and horses?

"As long as he can carry out the orders I gave him to the end, listen to my arrangements and do everything well, at this point, the treacherous ministers Xunzi calls are more than a little stronger than the so-called loyal ministers. What I want now is to treat me Having capable ministers and officials without any reservation, being both loyal and treacherous is what Fusu should consider."

Xunzi looked steadily into Ying Chengyu's eyes, and Ying Chengyu did not shy away.

After a long time, the old man suddenly coughed violently, covered his mouth with his hand, and could not speak.

Ying Chengyu was very worried about the old man's health and wanted this conversation to end and asked the old man to lie down and rest.

He has never seen the old man when he was awake. In addition to the murder in Lanling County, he also wanted to let the old man not bother with state affairs.

But he remained still and sat upright.

It's like a big bell, waiting to ring the last bell for the old man and fulfill his wish.

"Ahem, you, you are too impatient, ahem."

He put his hands on his knees, his face turned pale, and he put the half-drinked hot water on the table into his stomach. Only then did the old man feel better, and at least he could talk.

"Your Majesty's original intention has not changed, but you are too hasty in doing things." If you continue, within a month, the Qin Dynasty's court will become your hall of speech. Whatever you say will be what you want, and you can do whatever you want.

"The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are like Zhou Qingchen. They only know how to praise you and carry out all your orders to the end. No one dares to stab you in the face.

"You know this is what your Majesty wants. But Your Majesty, how can anyone not make mistakes? Can Your Majesty guarantee that every decision you make is correct?
"If His Majesty's wisdom does not require the advice of others, then why is there still a court? If one person is short-sighted and everyone is wise, there must be someone in the court who can speak.

“Even though their starting point is self-interest, as long as they try their best to find out the truth during the narrative process, Your Majesty will be able to gain a new understanding of things from another angle.

"Just like the enfeoffment system and the county system, most ministers chose the enfeoffment system because they wanted land. But is there no merit in the enfeoffment system? Are all the benefits they say about enfeoffment wrong? No.

"You have a good heart and want the common people to stop suffering. This is the blessing of Li Shu, but you can't do this.

"When you were alive, you always asked yourself to be a gentleman who was upright and in line with Confucian norms. But you know that a gentleman cannot govern a country.

"Nothing in the world is perfect. If you want to get it, you must lose it. If Korea had not experienced the war, it would still be the world of Korea's legacy. There would be no sound of reading aloud and the smiles of the people, so people like you should not Does it exist?

"You are the Emperor of Qin now, and everyone in the world must address you as Your Majesty. Everyone in the world is your subject, so you must be tolerant.

"There are Confucian disciples who have always upheld an awe-inspiring righteousness and inviolability. No matter how dark and oppressive this world is, there will always be a ray of light shining on it.

"This beam of light is just a beam of light. It can be seen and touched, but it does not nourish all things. You cannot extinguish it just because it seems to be of no use. When it shines, it has the greatest effect.

“In this world, there must be people who do practical things, people who cannot do practical things but have extremely high moral standards, and people who are extremely flattering and will take the blame for you and do all the bad things for you.

"What you have to do is to be high in the court and have fun with the people in the market. Most of the time, you listen to the loyal ministers' sarcastic words. When you are young, you are deceived by the traitorous ministers. But in the end, you wake up to the emperor who killed the traitorous ministers in anger..."

Xunzi, the master who is not recognized by traditional Confucianism and calls himself a Confucian, but taught two French giants, keeps talking.

Talking about five consecutive bowls of slightly hot water in the bowl, talking about the sky outside the window changing from white to black.

During this period, he coughed countless times. Ying Chengyu tried to persuade him seven times to wait until tomorrow, but the old man refused every time because of his last wish.

Confucianism on the inside and Dharma on the outside, sage on the inside and king on the outside.

In the eyes of Confucian scholars, Xunzi's knowledge of meritorious service is a thoroughly profit-seeking Legalist theory.

However, Xunzi himself regarded himself as a gentleman and defined three ideal personalities: scholar, gentleman, and sage.

The three levels progress from low to high, and are distinguished based on the different levels of knowledge, ability, morality, etc.

This is undoubtedly a contradiction.

In the eyes of Legalists, there is no such word as morality. The first is based on the will of the king, and the second is laws and regulations.

In the eyes of Confucians, there are laws, but laws must give way to morality, that is, etiquette.

Ying Chengyu had teased Xunzi countless times about this issue, but every time he could tell the old man to shut up and stop talking, unable to make any sense.

Listening to the old man's words getting weaker and weaker, Ying Chengyu felt sour in his heart when he finally got the answer.

The old man's behavior and knowledge are contradictory, and the old man knows it.

The old man teaches practical knowledge in Jixia Academy so that his disciples can do practical things and change the world.

The old man calls himself a gentleman and has always regarded himself as inheriting the will of Confucius. He wants to establish a moral heart for the world throughout his life.

The conversation ended at midnight.

Ying Chengyu watched the old man fall into a deep sleep with a smile on his face, and tried to test the old man's breath with trembling hands.

weak.

Ying Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief.

With his martial arts skills, he had long realized that although the old man was like a candle and could be blown out by a gust of wind at any time, he was still alive after all.

He was testing his breath because he was not confident and also because he was afraid.

Returning to Xianyang, the veteran Wang Yan was buried next to the tomb of Wu'an Jun Baiqi. He left without a trace, without even giving him a chance to say goodbye.

After completing the sealing of the wolf and living in Xu, he fulfilled his last wish and passed away suddenly.

Ying Chengyu was very afraid of Xunzi, and he was afraid that teaching him how to be an emperor would take Xunzi's last breath. After teaching him, he left.

Ying Chengyu quietly closed the door. Outside the door were Xunzi's five disciples, all of whom had achieved considerable fame.

The ideal teacher of the Xianyang nobles, Fu Qiu Bo.

Following Dunruo and Yao Jia, Lu Jia was the unparalleled eloquent person who dominated Xianyang with his ability of speaking.

Mao Heng was a poet who studied the Book of Songs carefully and interpreted it unparalleled. His Mao poems were not recognized by the people of Qin, but were popular in Chu.

First, he spent a lot of money to buy human milk, and then he raised eight wet nurses, causing harm to many widows. He took over the title of Ying Cheng Zhuzi and became the shameless hungry ghost in Xianyang, Zhang Cang.

The person standing in front of everyone was expelled from the school by Xunzi, and returned to Xunzi's school. As a minor official in the Chu State, he rose to the top of the civil servants of the Qin State, the Prime Minister. In one day, he disappeared into nothing and was demoted to Hanhai. The great master of Legalism, Li Si.

Fu Qiubo, Lu Jia, and Mao Heng looked at Ying Chengyu with complicated expressions.

They have been waiting outside since Ying Chengyu entered, and have been listening to the two of them talking until now.

To be precise, since I heard the teacher speak, Ying Chengyu has not said much except for a few words when he entered.

They tried several times to rush in and ask the teacher to take a break, but were stopped by Li Si.

Without Han Fei, Li Si, who had shone brightly in Jixia Academy and was still shining brightly in the Qin Kingdom, was implicitly their leader.

There was a door blocking it, and Xunzi spoke weakly, so they really couldn't hear anything.

But as a teacher, Xunzi was willing to spend all his efforts to talk to Ying Chengyu when his life was counting down. This in itself proved that he highly recognized him.

For a moment, the three of them didn't know how to treat Qin II.

Based on what Ying Chengyu did, they still believed that he was a fool, but this fool was recognized by the teacher...

Ying Chengyu looked cold and nodded towards these five people. Then he glanced at Li Si in front of him, shook his head and said coldly:
"You come with me, I have something to ask you."

Walked past five people.

Li Si sneered and followed quickly without fear.

"Hunjun, how are you doing? Have you changed your mind and want to kill Si?"

(End of this chapter)