Longyang loves Qin

The rewards and punishments for the Lai Ai Rebellion are over, but this is just the beginning.

There is a saying that "once there is an emperor, there is a courtier". Although there is a lot of foreshadowing, after Yingzheng took office, a reshuffle is inevitable, and this kind of impact, of course, most affects Lu Buwei, who has held power for many years and has deep roots.

Yingzheng was even prepared for Lu Buwei's opposition, but at the court meeting that day, Lu Buwei asked for leave due to illness.

This is... showing weakness?

Although Lu Buwei is not young, he was still fine a few days ago, suddenly fell ill, not to mention Ying Zheng, even Lu Buwei himself would not believe it.

Lu Buwei was actually afraid, which sounds unbelievable. A man who has been in power for many years, has become a country's prime minister as a businessman, and is almost 70 years old is afraid of a weak crowned king who has just taken charge of the government.

Lu Buwei felt that since Ying Zheng could figure out every move of Lai Ai, it was impossible not to know that he was the one who sent Lai Ai to the palace. One point was enough for Ying Zheng to deal with him.

What happened to Lai Ai is a lesson from the past. Lu Buwei didn't even know how much power Ying Zheng had. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had been caught in a big net.He had no doubt that he would be one of the officials who helped Lao Ai until his head was hung on the city wall.

The worry was getting deeper and deeper. At first, it was just pretending to be sick because of panic, but in the end it was really sick.

After Yingzheng learned about it, he raised his peach eyebrows and ordered the imperial physician to do his best to treat her, without even saying a word of excessive and false concern.

After the Wudi, the old nest of Lord Chunshen in Chu State, was completely defeated by Xiang Yan, and the news of Lord Chunshen being sent to Qin State by the Yi tribe, Lu Buwei seemed to give up completely, and signed a letter to become an official while dragging his sick body.

Although it was clear that Lu Buwei's situation was over at this time, his sudden resignation caused quite a stir in the court.

No matter if he is sincere or not, the king will usually hold on to such a matter of becoming an official, and he will make a gesture of reluctance after calling back several times before agreeing.

But Yingzheng responded directly, "The widows know that Nian Zhong's father is old, and there are many people in Xianyang, so it is inconvenient to rest and recuperate. It is better to move the family to Shu." It was clearly a question of consultation, but it revealed that it could not be refuted.

Lu Buwei had already retired, but Ying Zheng sent him far away, and someone immediately planned to persuade him.

However, these people had just stepped forward, and before they could utter a single word, they saw that Lu Buwei, whose back was no longer as straight as before, and who did not look like he used to be strong and powerful, responded respectfully.

The parties agreed, and it is not good for others to refute Ying Zheng now, but they have some complaints in their hearts and plan to remonstrate next time.

Ye Yu glanced at the expressions of these people from the corner of his eye, frowned, and ordered Zhao Cheng to spread the connection between Lu Buwei and Lai Ai, and even mentioned that the chaos of Lai Ai was related to Lu Buwei.

At this moment, the person who originally planned to make an admonition realized that Lu Buwei's timid posture from the beginning to the end was due to a guilty conscience, and no one said anything, let alone admonish and object.

Seeing that Lu Buwei had become an official and moved to another family, Yingzheng allowed Lu Buwei to take good care of his health before going on the road, thinking of such a little kindness.As a result, Lu Buwei heard the rumors outside, and he didn't dare to stay longer in fear. He hurried on the road, and died of illness on the way to Shu.

As soon as he left, some followers and officials who wanted to wait for the turmoil to pass before pleading for him were full of sighs, and the huge Lu clan completely collapsed.

However, their exclamation didn't last long, because Yingzheng Yao started to meet Baijia, and Xianyang, which had not been quiet for a long time, became lively again.

Although Ying Zheng can now try to accept many schools of thought and discover a lot of available talents, when it comes to thinking, he finds that he still can't understand it, let alone be persuaded by them.

For example, the Mohist idea of ​​universal love for everyone, their non-aggression, and Confucianism's admiration of benevolence and righteousness, these are extremely unrealistic for the extremely aggressive, cunning and despicable Qin State.

In contrast, after getting along with Ye Yu, who he thought was too benevolent, he could barely accept the peasant family who valued the people and the hearts of the people too much.

After listening to Ying Zheng's opinion, Ye Yu organized his speech and explained to Ying Zheng the benefits and functions of Confucianism and Law, and took the fate of Shang Yang and Wu Qi as a negative example.

Ying Zheng didn't immediately accept his opinion, but he frowned slightly, at least he listened.

Regarding Confucianism, Ye Yu still had reasons to persuade Ying Zheng, but regarding Mohism, he felt a little at a loss.

Ye Yu was envious of the Mohist's talent, and he understood how much the Mohist's advanced knowledge would be of great use to future generations. Compared to himself, the Mohist people were more like time travelers.However, Ye Yu found it difficult to understand the Mohism's idea of ​​"universal love".

"I request to meet people from the Mo family." Ye Yu could only try to find a breakthrough from the Mo family.

Ying Zheng agreed, but Ye Yu didn't go right away, but wanted to go home and read "Mozi" over and over again, especially the three chapters of Jianai, before going to see the Mohists in rough clothes.

"General Ye." All the disciples of the Mo family saluted him. The giants of the Mo family did not come, but only some famous and talented disciples in the Mo family came.

Seeing them saluting, Ye Yu said, "Why do you salute like me?"

The representative of the Mo family was taken aback, "Because you are a general."

But Ye Yu got up and fled, "I heard that Mohism doesn't pay attention to etiquette and hierarchy like Confucianism. Did I come to the wrong place?"

The leading Mohist blushed, and hurriedly said, "This is the Mohist family."

Ye Yu stopped and asked him again: "Are you the one leading them?"

The ink man nodded yes.

Ye Yu asked again: "Why do you lead them? You are a Mohist disciple, so aren't they Mohist disciples?"

The other Mohist disciples retorted: "We elected him because he is the wisest among us."

Ye Yu looked at the leader Mo Zhe, "I saw that your clothes are newer and cleaner than his, why don't you give him your clothes? He doesn't dress well, shouldn't you help him? "Ye Yu casually pointed to a Mohist disciple.

Only then did the Mohist understand the meaning of Ye Yu's series of actions. From the moment he came in to the present, Ye Yu has been talking to them with the thoughts in "Mozi·Jianai".

The leading Mohist immediately took off his coat and gave it to the Mohist disciple Ye Yu was pointing at.

But Ye Yu still refused to let go, "Now you can't dress well, they should give you their clothes."

Those disciples didn't mind giving the clothes to the Mo Zhe, but it would be endless.

The Mohist finally asked, "General, what exactly do you want to say?"

Ye Yu still didn't let go of this topic, and asked: "You have the same style of clothes, but the old and new ones are different. How can you ensure that everyone is the same? You gave him the clean clothes, isn't it because you didn't treat the people around you well?" ?"

A disciple said: "The clothes are the same when they are first distributed."

Ye Yu laughed, "Are you wearing new clothes every day? What about the old clothes? There are many people who are not fully clothed. Are you going to give those people dirty old clothes? Is this your part-time job?" like?"

The disciple nearby said, "We can give them new clothes."

Ye Yu laughed again, "I'm wearing rough clothes today, which are no match for you. Do you want to give me new clothes?"

A disciple said: "No, because you still have a lot of bright clothes."

"Then how do you know that people who wear old clothes aren't like me?"

Now those disciples hesitated and couldn't speak.

In fact, these disciples sent by the Mohist school were not ordinary people, it was only because Ye Yu raised the clothes incident at the beginning and brought them into an extreme example with sophistry, which made them lose the wind.

On the contrary, the leading Mohist reacted quickly, and immediately turned back, "That's because you don't love others, and all living beings love and benefit each other, then there will be no deception, and you won't care about the rich or the poor."

Ye Yu said unhurriedly: "When I entered Qin Dynasty, I passed by a village. A young man's father was killed by thieves. I helped him find the thieves, but the thieves said it was because the young man's father had bullied him for many years. It was the father who was at fault first, do you think I should punish the thief?"

The Mohist said: "If they knew how to love both, this kind of thing would not happen."

Ye Yu looked at him and said, "But this has already happened."

The Mohist thought for a moment and replied, "The thief should be punished."

But Ye Yu said: "It can be seen that you are not a person who loves both. Of course, neither am I, so I punished that thief, just like many scholars have done. So, are you different from me? You Mohists How is it different from me?"

Mo Zhe's face was slightly pale, and he insisted on Mozi's theory: "As long as the king promotes universal love, the world will think that the king of Chu has a thin waist. When everyone in the world understands universal love, this kind of thing will not happen."

Ye Yu snorted lightly: "If the king really promoted universal love as you said, then that young man also learned universal love, shouldn't he let that thief go?"

The ink man nodded.

Ye Yu disappointed and said: "The son of your giant once killed people in Qin, and the giant demanded that his son be executed. Why didn't the thief kill him? If the young man knows how to love and let the thief go, wouldn't he be unfilial to his father? He's not filial , how can it be said that he has learned to love both?"

The Mohist disciples who had been led into the trap by Ye Yu from the very beginning were speechless, and everyone frowned tightly.

Ye Yu didn't expect the Mohists to help Qin study weapons and siege equipment. What he wanted was that they were willing to stay in Qin and continue their research in Qin to benefit the people.But Mohism has always been a practice that if they cannot persuade the king to implement their ideas, they will leave the country.So after saying this and making them shake their opinions, he left.

Ye Yu didn't know what this group of disciples communicated with the Mohist giant, but he only knew that the Mohist stayed in the end, and they didn't try to persuade Yingzheng to promote universal love one after another, but studied their things honestly.

In addition to the Mo family, several other families and some people who were originally valued by Ying Zheng were also appointed by Ying Zheng one after another. He used one reward and one big promotion to fill the positions that were gradually vacant after Lu Buwei left.

For example, among Ye Yu's acquaintances, Li Si and Han Fei were called Ting Wei's subordinates, the left supervisor and the right supervisor respectively. Yao Jia and Zhang Cang were both promoted from Keqing to Zhengqing, and the current state of Qin is thriving.

The author has something to say: ①This is a quick and messy solution to Lu Buwei, which is different from history.

I have great respect for other thoughts and places of Mohism, except for the utopian "universal love". After reading "Mozi", I was completely deceived.First of all, I would like to apologize to those who like the Mohist school. In fact, I also like it very much, but I really feel very fascinated.Compare an extremely selfish person with an extreme Madonna, and then tell others that everyone should be that kind of extreme Madonna... Excuse my ignorance, but this is what I see, so I still can't understand the profoundness of it Thoughts, hope to forgive me.

There are contradictions in the thoughts of Mohism itself, and the contradictions are taken in my article.