Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 461 The Scientific Outlook on Development of the Great Qin Empire
Because of Ying Zheng's new mission, Zhao Kun has been doing his best in Qin Palace recently.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it ushered in a burst of heat, commonly known as "autumn tiger".

In order to relieve the temperature in the room, the new ice cube compartment and the ice mirror are just in use.

In previous years, I would go to the river to collect ice cubes in winter, put them in the ice cellar, and save them for summer use.

Not so much now.

It has to be said that the life of the ancient nobles was corruption. Although there was no air conditioner to use, making ice with saltpeter greatly satisfied the luxury of the nobles.

No matter how luxurious life is, if you can't enjoy it comfortably, it is also versatile.

For example, Zhao Kun at this time was not in the mood to enjoy himself at all, but instead grabbed his hair in pain.

"Other problems are easy to solve, but artificial pollination is a bit difficult."

Zhao Kun was lying on the ground, surrounded by a lot of waste paper for writing and drawing, muttering in his mouth: "I can't let someone take a small brush and get the pollen down for pollination."

"If you really want to do this, I'm afraid the two acres of land used for the experiment will have to be acquired next year."

"My lord, it's very cold on the ground, why don't you take a break and eat something?"

As the female secretary and life housekeeper accompanying Zhao Kun, Taohua's daily work is feeding and running errands.

The job of catching mosquitoes is occasionally done, but when Zhao Kun forgets to eat and sleep, she still has to stop it.

"I don't really want to eat."

Zhao Kun heard Taohua's voice, looked up at her, and shook his head.

"It's okay if you don't want to eat, but can you stop scratching your hair?" Taohua put down the fruit plate, knelt down on the ground, and said worriedly: "Young master lost a lot of hair when he was washing up this morning, even more than when I was fighting with Chunxiao and the others before." many."

"Nonsense, I'm only 20 years old, how can I be so easy to go bald."

"But this servant feels that if you continue to catch the young master like this, you will be bald earlier." Tao Hua said, picking up the mulberry from the plate and stuffing it into Zhao Kun's mouth: "Let's eat the mulberry, at least you won't be bald."

"It makes sense." Zhao Kun babbled, then reached out and grabbed a handful of mulberry and threw it into his mouth, continuing to work hard.

Seeing that he no longer humiliated her, Taohua fanned her to catch mosquitoes as if she had retired.

However, before Zhao Kun worked hard, there was a report from outside the door, saying that a guest had come.

Taohua saw that Zhao Kun was concentrating, so she ran out to ask about the situation, and only told Zhao Kun when she came back: "My lord, there is a girl named Wang Xue looking for you!"

"Wang Xue?"

Zhao Kun was stunned while eating the mulberry, and said, "Why is she here?"

"I don't know, the young master knows her?"

"Don't inquire about social affairs."

"Oh."

"Oh shit."

Zhao Kun rolled his eyes at Peach Blossom, thinking in his heart, what did Wang Xue want for him?
If it was just to prove her ability last time, that's why she used Qimen Dunjia to cover the Qin Palace with mist, then why did she come to find herself today?
Did you really like yourself?
The dignified Guiguzi's daughter actually likes this, and likes a married man?It is simply eye-popping!
As the saying goes, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, since she is here, I'm afraid it won't make sense if I don't go to see her.

And if they do it like last time, the Prince Qin's Mansion may not be at peace.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kun asked Taohua to dress himself up, and went to meet Guiguzi's daughter for a while.

While waiting for Zhao Kun, Wang Xue did not go to the side hall, but stood in the courtyard, looking at the grape trellis that she had never seen before, until she heard the movement of Zhao Kun coming out, then turned around and looked at Zhao Kun.

"Why are you here again?" Zhao Kun asked impatiently.

Wang Xue stepped forward with a smile on her face, bowed to Zhao Kun and said, "My little girl has seen you."

"Why do you wear a face scarf every time? Is it because I'm afraid of scaring me, or is it shameful?" Zhao Kun asked suspiciously.

"If the son wants to see my daughter's face, the daughter will take off the scarf. However, my father once said that people who have seen my face will marry me. I don't know my son."

"Forget it, you should take it with you, I have no luck!"

Before Wang Xue finished speaking, Zhao Kun immediately raised his hand to refuse.

Wang Xue had a smile in her eyes, but she didn't take off her face scarf, she just blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at Zhao Kun and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, you are still in good spirits!"

"Compared to last time, you are also more radiant."

What Zhao Kun said was not to compliment Wang Xue, but the current Wang Xue and the previous Wang Xue looked like two different people.

Although the face is still invisible, the temperament of the body is vividly displayed.

The last time I watched the game at Nei Stern's stadium, Wang Xue was wearing a white curved skirt, which was considered a serious dress for formal occasions.The forehead she wore today was a pink gauze skirt, which looked much younger.

If he didn't know her age, Zhao Kun would have thought she was about the same age as Wang Ya.

"I heard that the young master is working hard behind closed doors in the mansion recently?"

"There is such a thing."

"I am taking the liberty to visit this time. I wonder if there is any inconvenience?"

Wang Xue said embarrassingly: "What happened last time was indeed a bit reckless, this time I came here to express my apology to the young master."

Things happened as they happened, Zhao Kun didn't care, anyway, he could attract attention everywhere, and his attention was already very high.

There is no need to care about the matter of the Qin Palace being shrouded in fog.

It's just that Wang Xue's apology made Zhao Kun feel a little curious, so he asked, "How are you going to express your apology?"

"I heard that the young master is collecting talents from hundreds of schools. The youngest daughter's father is quite famous. If the young master is interested, the youngest daughter can introduce some talents for the young master."

"Oh? Is there such a good thing?"

"Then" Wang Xue made a long voice: "I don't know if the young master is willing to go with the little girl?"

"Of course!" Zhao Kun actually didn't want to continue scratching his hair in the mansion, so he replied with a smile: "It happens that the weather is sultry, so it's good to go out for a walk."

"Let's go then."

"it is good."

The two of them left the gate of King Qin's Mansion and came outside.

It was only at this time that Wang Xue discovered that besides a few heroic guards, Zhao Kun also had many maids accompanying the carriage.

The ostentation of the prince's trip is not insignificant.

Wang Xue couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

Zhao Kun noticed something strange, tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wang Xue pointed at the carriage helplessly, and said: "People from a hundred families will inevitably have people who are proud of their talents. Seeing this, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble, and even if we want to communicate with them, no one will dare to talk to them."

"This"

Zhao Kun hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "I was careless. These people are really not good for following around. Thank you, Miss Wang, for reminding me!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered a few words to let all the maids leave, leaving only a few guards to follow.

"This is much better." Wang Xue took a breath and said with a smile, "Let's go."

"En." Zhao Kun responded and stepped into the carriage.

At the same time, the top floor of the Lion Tower in Xianyang City.

A group of old men and young people are chatting and drinking, discussing recent debates and rugby matches.

Among this group of old men and young people, there are many officials in the court.

Such as Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and important ministers like Meng Yi.

At this time, an old Confucianist man was talking loudly: "The king of Qin has spoken first, and the doctor's palace is looking for people. All the students from a hundred schools are the main ones. The recent debate between us is nothing more than who is in charge and who is in charge. But the debate has reached this point, and there is no result. "

"That's right, the adults are all important ministers in the court, don't they take the words of the King of Qin as nothing?" Another Legalist student echoed.

Now the two schools of Confucianism and Legalism have opened up a new dispute, which has entered a white-hot stage.

When Li Si was there, the Legalists rubbed the Confucians on the ground, but now that Li Si was gone, the Confucians naturally wanted to try the feeling of rubbing the Legalists on the ground.

But the Legalists definitely won’t do it!

So the two fought again.

Confucianism does not understand etiquette, and it is precisely because of the legalist Li Si's chaos that Daqin took a detour, and now it is going to take a new path, and it must not be legalism.

But the Legalists left it very clean, saying that Li Si's forgetting his ancestors had nothing to do with them, and they were the mainstay of Daqin.

After all, the current Daqin still governs the country by law.

In this environment, everyone's subjective wishes must be more legalist.

If the competition is fair, the Legalists are not afraid at all.

From the current point of view, Legalism is still the most practical academic in Daqin, so it is one of the nine subjects in the imperial examination.

However, Confucianism knows how to be more flexible than Legalism, which is rigid in its approach.

From Confucius to Mencius and Xunzi later, Confucianism has been changing and never stops.

Even now, there are Lu Confucians who advocate the supremacy of interests, and the rest of the Confucian scholars talk about unifying their thoughts in order to find development in the court.

In other words, Confucianism is richer in terms of spiritual level, and it is more foolish than Legalism.

In the Confucian faction, Fusu still has a lot of weight.

Especially after Fusu supervised the country, Confucianism saw the hope of revival, so many Confucian scholars who were not born in the world rushed to Xianyang one after another, hoping to fight for a new path.

Seeing that Confucianism and Legalism were about to quarrel again, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, who presided over the meeting, looked at each other, and the latter said with a smile: "Although the King of Qin asked you to debate, the entry of students into the doctor's palace is also related to their future prospects. Are you not careful?"

"In addition, the Great Qin Imperial Examination is coming soon, and the compilation of new textbooks will also test the students. The new nine subjects have also set the tone, and each school is also involved, and there is no preference for one."

Hearing this, everyone from the Hundred Families looked at each other in blank dismay.

Chen Ping also said at this time: "After the new nine subjects came out, there is no distinction between primary and secondary. Everyone's theories are treated equally. Why should we be blinded by the momentary desire to make a lifelong mistake and leave regrets in vain?"

"This"

Everyone was at a loss for words when they heard Chen Ping's words.

Meng Yi scanned around, and then said: "Today, you are summoned mainly for the imperial examination next year. The examination date is set at the vernal equinox, and King Qin entrusts you with the task of writing the questions. What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts were greatly moved.

Before they argued about the distribution of students and who dominated the doctor's palace, to put it bluntly, the main purpose was still this.

The selection of scholars through the imperial examination is a precedent that has never existed in China. Even Fusu has no good suggestions.

Zhao Kun, the only one who knows a little bit, has always been hiding in the dark.

Therefore, how to implement it depends on these big names.

To be able to mix with a group of bigwigs, resourcefulness is definitely not bad.

It can be said that he is the most intelligent person in Daqin.

They naturally thought that once the imperial examination for selecting scholars is successfully implemented, it will probably continue to be implemented in the future, and at most there will be adjustments in details.

As for the government officials facing the imperial examination, there are too many ways to explain how to come up with the test questions.

For example, the current state of Qin still respects the law, and Qin law is also listed in nine subjects. It is inevitable to have legalist questions, but it is not enough for legalist questions to dominate, so the remaining few subjects must involve hundreds of schools of thought.

Otherwise, in the future, the rule of law will follow the old path, and everyone's work will be in vain.

After thinking about it for a while, the complexions of the bigwigs suddenly became cloudy.

Zhang Liang seemed to see what they were thinking, and said with a smile; "The King of Qin once said that a hundred schools of thought are the quintessence of Qin's culture, and all theories that are beneficial to the development of Qin are indispensable. Daqin now governs the country by law, will it be like this in the future? ?”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Today, without a representative figure like Li Si, the Legalists can be said to have no leader.

It is not impossible for Baijia to take advantage of this opportunity to rise.

However, don't forget that the theory of governing the country is all in the emperor's mind.

In the eyes of the emperor, a theory is just a tool. If you use it well, you can continue to use it. If you don’t use it smoothly, you can change it.

Isn't a big man as strong as 'Shang Yang' also torn apart because of too fierce policies?
Such a thing as national policy is actually unreasonable.

As a leader of the school, it is natural to reprimand Fang Qiu and point out the country. Any emperor actually has a certain degree of tolerance for such things.

After all, the other party has no real power, and no matter how extravagant the talk is, it is useless.

However, for these leaders of schools to be in the court, they must be clear that the so-called theories cannot serve the emperor, and they will not stand up after all.

Whether it is the Legalism represented by Li Si, or any other school of thought, Zhao Kun, who controls everything behind the scenes, does not want their family to dominate.

This idea has nothing to do with plans, or even scheming, it's just more beneficial to Daqin.

Fusu and Yingzheng both saw this step, so when Zhao Kun decided to support a hundred schools of thought, they acquiesced to this development.

In the past, interpersonal relationships were very simple, and there were not many ways for people to make a living. Any theory, as long as it was not badly learned, could have a better future.

But today's Daqin is developing towards diversification.

A purely academic school cannot solve the growing contradictions of the people of Daqin.

Therefore, learning from each other is inevitable.

All theories can be studied, and the selection of a part that is conducive to the development of the Great Qin Dynasty, and domestication and absorption is the direction of academic research after the Great Qin Dynasty.

And from a practical point of view, none of Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, or Meng Yi thinks that theory can be called the strongest in the world.

They are very clear that Great Qin is moving towards a prosperous age, and the biggest driving force in the prosperous age is the Academy of Sciences and the military factory.

If it develops as Zhao Kun imagined, the Academy of Sciences will be the mainstream of Daqin in the future.

So it can be expected that once the scholars of the world have determined the development ideas of the empire, their enthusiasm for science will only become higher and higher.

And this is what Zhao Kun, Fu Su, and people including Ying Zheng want to see.

(End of this chapter)