Great Qin Empress's Infrastructure Handbook
Chapter 368
Zhao Qingrui watched the uproar caused by these books outside, and asked someone to guide the public opinion by the way, trying not to make any remarks that would cause turmoil in the country.
Of course, at the court meeting, many officials were still not at ease. They did not expect that His Majesty's method of dispelling the rumors would be to release so many books again.
Although these books are also of high value, they are only scripts after all. What if people read these scripts and have nothing to do?
Zhao Qingrui listened to the advice of these people, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Now Daqin should have more entertainment items. How can people work continuously all the time? They should also stop and rest , Look at the scenery on the road of life.
In a few days, Li Sifeng Quji and Meng Yi came to Zhangtai Palace together.
"Why are you here? But what happened?" Zhao Qingrui sat up straight and asked.
These people are all important officials in the court, people whom Zhao Qingrui trusts very much.
"Does Your Majesty know what the outside world says about His Majesty?" Meng Yi stood up and asked seriously.
"Oh? What's the rumor?" Zhao Qingrui asked suspiciously. There were a lot of miscellaneous things in the court these days, and she didn't have time to pay more attention to the outside news.
"It is rumored outside that His Majesty is arbitrarily arbitrarily governing, and he does not listen to the advice of the censor, and allows various scripts to be spread, so that the heads of Guizhou are reading these scripts all day long, and even their own responsibilities and cultivation have been put aside." Meng Yi was more serious than ever.
Since His Majesty took office, he has been doing very well, and his Majesty is basically praised in various ways.
But this time, all kinds of remarks unfavorable to His Majesty emerged one after another, as if His Majesty was the sinner who harmed the entire Great Qin.
"Tsk tsk, you said that I was like a sinner in Daqin, but I didn't know that there are so many people who are dissatisfied with me in Daqin." Zhao Qingrui sneered.
"Your Majesty, you must not let these remarks continue, or it will be detrimental to Your Majesty." Li Si said seriously, and if he wanted to say it, he should arrest all those who spread these rumors.
"That's right, Your Majesty, don't encourage unhealthy tendencies." Feng Quji also persuaded earnestly.
Today's His Majesty is still very listenable, and he is also very kind to the officials. They feel that it is their good fortune to assist such a king.
Therefore, they did not want His Majesty to bear a stigma.
"Do you guys have any good ideas?" Zhao Qingrui asked gently. She was not angry and wanted to use public opinion to deal with her. Sorry, those people really thought wrong.
If it's just these remarks now, she can forgive those people's rudeness, after all, freedom of speech was proposed by herself.
Of course, if someone uses public opinion to make trouble, then don't blame her for being sharp.
"Your Majesty, those who spread false statements should be arrested and investigated. Although Your Majesty says freedom of speech, it also stipulates that random rumors are not allowed to guide public opinion." Meng Yi said seriously.
He watched His Majesty grow up since he was a child, and now His Majesty has done so many things for the whole of Daqin, isn't it just a few scriptures, how can those people pour dirty water on His Majesty, those people are simply damned.
"Don't be reckless. Doesn't doing so show that His Majesty is guilty and forbids any remarks that are not conducive to His Majesty?" Feng Quji quickly stopped Meng Yi's dangerous thoughts.
"Then what is Master Feng's opinion?" Meng Yi looked at Feng Quji unwillingly. He knew that what Feng Quji said was correct. Harm Your Majesty.
"If you want to let these public opinions pass, the best way is to create a bigger public opinion." Feng Quji stroked his beard. Over the past year, he has also been working hard to make himself better and no longer rest on his laurels. These are also things he learned from Zhao Wen.
Zhao Qingrui looked at Feng Quji with interest, "Tell Feng Qing carefully."
Feng Quji has changed a lot. Although he is still stable, his style of acting has become sharper day by day.
Although she doesn't like extremes, she still advocates progress in thinking and not to rest on her laurels.
Zhao Qingrui was very satisfied that Feng Quji could still accept this kind of thinking, and even took the initiative to change it.
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to start a family. The country cannot live without reserves." Feng Quji looked at Zhao Qingrui with a smile.
The corner of Zhao Qingrui's mouth twitched, is this your idea?It's just a bad idea, right?
Don't even think about getting married, how happy you are to be single.
"Ahem, Feng Qing, I'm still young." Zhao Qingrui said helplessly.
It is indeed possible to use marriage to divert everyone's attention, but Zhao Qingrui thinks it is unnecessary. For such a trivial matter, he will pay for the rest of his life. This deal is not worth it.
"Your Majesty is not young anymore, just taking advantage of the hustle and bustle of this incident, no one will not mention this incident again." Feng Quji said seriously.
"Your Majesty, what Master Feng said is that you really should start a family." Meng Yi felt that Feng Quji's method was very good, and his eyes lit up immediately.
Although His Majesty is still young, he still has to think about Daqin's next generation. It is imperative to marry a royal husband.
"It's fine to get married. I don't think about it for the time being. Since I want to divert everyone's attention, I don't have to do this. I will ask Dunwei to collect black information about those people who spread rumors, and publish them in the newspaper to publicize them." Zhao Qingrui said calmly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you want to think about marriage? Your marriage is not just about you alone, it's about the whole of Daqin. I, Daqin, need an heir." Li Si said sadly. His Majesty's ideas are too advanced. He still can't accept it.
"It's true, I don't care about the aftermath, but each of you is more worried than I am. It is not necessary for me to have children or something. The clan is not short of people. If you need a prince, I will do it right now. You can issue an edict to select suitable children from the clan to train." Zhao Qingrui smiled lightly.
"Your Majesty, people in the clan are not orthodox." Feng Quji had a headache, why is this Majesty even more stubborn than the First Emperor.
"They are all members of the Ying family. This is Daqin, not the Zhou Dynasty. I don't want to obey the rituals of Zhou. I hope that the future heirs of Daqin can lead Daqin to a better future, and choose those who are capable and virtuous in the clan instead of My descendants."
"If one of my descendants appears to be a useless and foolish king, the incompetent will listen to slander and favor the treacherous, and the officials in the court will still follow the ridiculous system and let such a person sit on the throne. It is simply a disaster." Zhao Qingrui sighed.
Life is not just about getting married and having children. In the concept of these people, having no offspring is the greatest. If you want to change the thinking of these people, at least not yet.
Zhao Qingrui's words successfully silenced them.
They all came from the Warring States Period, and they are more aware of the importance of a wise monarch to the country.
If the Great Qin Dynasty did not have the First Emperor, it might take a longer road to unify.
There are also Daqin's opponents, those monarchs are either fatuous or mediocre, which gives Daqin a powerful opportunity.
"Your Majesty is so disrespectful to the world. If such words are spread, I'm afraid it will cause another wave of turmoil." Feng Quji sighed, forget it, he can't persuade him anymore.
These scholars, especially the Confucian scholars, yearned for and admired the rituals of Zhou very much, but they were regarded as dross by His Majesty. Although they were not discarded like worn-out shoes, His Majesty's attitude already represented many things.
After all, what is good at the top is effective at the bottom, and His Majesty does not like Zhou Li. As long as Daqin continues according to His Majesty's wishes, Zhou Li will be replaced in a short time.
The system and etiquette of the Great Qin in the future will be born according to His Majesty's will, and will be the most suitable system for the Great Qin.
After thinking about this, Feng Quji felt a little sad.
Although he is not a Confucian scholar, he also respects the rituals of Zhou. If the superior is Mr. Fusu, there is still some hope for the restoration of rituals of Zhou.
However, whether it is the first emperor or the current majesty, they are all people who have jumped out of the established framework. For them, Zhouli is already a backward system.
"So, the current Daqin is not stable enough, and these things are done in secret." Zhao Qingrui said with a smile.
"At present, many descendants of the clan have entered the officialdom. These people are within the scope of my investigation. I will choose the heir before death. Don't worry now. I wonder if you are satisfied with my answer?" Zhao Qing Rui drank a cup of tea leisurely.
Give them a vaccination so they don't worry.
Besides, she feels that with her current situation and the treasures in the system, it shouldn't be a big problem for her to live another two or three hundred years, and she should be able to survive a large number of heirs.
Of course, if there is an excellent heir, it is completely fine for her to take care of one or two.
When the emperor is so tired, if she has a child, she doesn't want the child to sit in this position.
The three of them were really shocked. They didn't expect His Majesty to start making plans now. It had never happened before to select the crown prince in this way.
However, those who can climb up from the bottom must have real skills. Such a person is not afraid of being dissatisfied as a prince.
There are many benefits to doing this, they couldn't help thinking about it, and felt that such a method was very feasible, at least it would not train the heir to look like Mr. Fusu.
Those who climb up from the bottom know the situation of the people, and there will be no situation of talking on paper.
"Your Majesty is wise." The three of them looked at each other and finally compromised.
Your Majesty has already made up his mind, and he still doesn't want to start a family, so he can only use this method.
Fortunately, today's clan is much more honest, no one dares to make any fools out of it, among the officials in the court, there are actually quite a few people from the clan.
After all, the clan has enjoyed the best education in Daqin. Even if Daqin's official selection system has changed, they can adapt to it immediately.
"Come on, now that this matter is out of the way, don't force me to get married in the future. Having a child is so terrible. If I don't make it through, it will be a huge loss for me, Daqin." Zhao Qingrui joked with a smile .
Of course, having a baby is really scary, which is why she has never planned to get married.
"Um, Your Majesty, this is a must for every woman." Meng Yi said with some embarrassment.
He watched Zhao Qingrui grow up, so he could say a few more words about Zhao Qingrui.
The most important thing is that they have never experienced a woman being an emperor, and they have no experience, so they can only grope slowly.
"I just hope that Daqin's technology will become more and more advanced in the future, and if I want to have a child in the future, I don't need a woman to conceive it myself." Zhao Qingrui said with emotion.
The three of them were silent again. Although the content in those books is very desirable, it is probably impossible to make it out, at least not now. Thinking about it, I feel that those things are really outrageous.
In the end, the three of them honestly agreed to Zhao Qingrui's request and stopped urging the marriage.
However, in addition to the marriage, there is also the matter of the mausoleum, which made the three of them chatter for a while.
Now that Emperor Shihuang's mausoleum has been built, it was possible to continue to build a larger one, but Emperor Shihuang and Zhao Qingrui both rejected these opinions, thinking that it is enough, and the world is just about to recuperate.
"According to the construction of the emperor's mausoleum, it usually starts about a year after ascending the throne. With my current physical condition, I will start to build my mausoleum from now on. Do you want to build it for 200 years?" Zhao Qingrui looked at it faintly. them.
Zhao Qingrui's words shocked the pupils of the three people, 200 years?What does this mean, Your Majesty?
"Practice more on the physical training method that I brought out, it won't hurt you." Zhao Qingrui said seriously.
With the examples of Emperor Shihuang and Wang Jian, she believed that Meng Yi and the others could listen to them.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will practice hard." Meng Yi said immediately.
"Well, you are all the ministers of Daqin, and I hope that you can have more time to shine in your current positions." Zhao Qingrui said with satisfaction.
The gymnastics training method has not yet begun to be popularized, except in the army, only people like Meng Yi know a little.
The current Daqin is not rich enough, and there is too little food. If you want to practice martial arts, you must eat a lot. Now it is not possible to promote it.
Coming out of the palace, the eyes of the three were still a little dazed, but they were more shocked.
They finally left, and Zhao Qingrui breathed a sigh of relief, not having to be urged to marry or build a mausoleum, it's great.
Let's promote cremation in the future, as burial is a waste of resources.
Just like the royal mausoleum of the father, it is so big and wide, and there are so many treasures in it, but what is the use of it, after death, there will be nothing, and those treasures will not be used anymore.
Thick burials are still popular now, and even the poor will be buried with some coins in the tomb.
This kind of custom has to be changed, take it slowly, don't be in a hurry, there are still many things that need to be done by her.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Dunwei said respectfully.
"Go and check the situation of the people who spread my rumors. If they have all kinds of dirty things, help them publicize them in the newspaper." Zhao Qingrui said lightly, she is not without temper.
Of course, at the court meeting, many officials were still not at ease. They did not expect that His Majesty's method of dispelling the rumors would be to release so many books again.
Although these books are also of high value, they are only scripts after all. What if people read these scripts and have nothing to do?
Zhao Qingrui listened to the advice of these people, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Now Daqin should have more entertainment items. How can people work continuously all the time? They should also stop and rest , Look at the scenery on the road of life.
In a few days, Li Sifeng Quji and Meng Yi came to Zhangtai Palace together.
"Why are you here? But what happened?" Zhao Qingrui sat up straight and asked.
These people are all important officials in the court, people whom Zhao Qingrui trusts very much.
"Does Your Majesty know what the outside world says about His Majesty?" Meng Yi stood up and asked seriously.
"Oh? What's the rumor?" Zhao Qingrui asked suspiciously. There were a lot of miscellaneous things in the court these days, and she didn't have time to pay more attention to the outside news.
"It is rumored outside that His Majesty is arbitrarily arbitrarily governing, and he does not listen to the advice of the censor, and allows various scripts to be spread, so that the heads of Guizhou are reading these scripts all day long, and even their own responsibilities and cultivation have been put aside." Meng Yi was more serious than ever.
Since His Majesty took office, he has been doing very well, and his Majesty is basically praised in various ways.
But this time, all kinds of remarks unfavorable to His Majesty emerged one after another, as if His Majesty was the sinner who harmed the entire Great Qin.
"Tsk tsk, you said that I was like a sinner in Daqin, but I didn't know that there are so many people who are dissatisfied with me in Daqin." Zhao Qingrui sneered.
"Your Majesty, you must not let these remarks continue, or it will be detrimental to Your Majesty." Li Si said seriously, and if he wanted to say it, he should arrest all those who spread these rumors.
"That's right, Your Majesty, don't encourage unhealthy tendencies." Feng Quji also persuaded earnestly.
Today's His Majesty is still very listenable, and he is also very kind to the officials. They feel that it is their good fortune to assist such a king.
Therefore, they did not want His Majesty to bear a stigma.
"Do you guys have any good ideas?" Zhao Qingrui asked gently. She was not angry and wanted to use public opinion to deal with her. Sorry, those people really thought wrong.
If it's just these remarks now, she can forgive those people's rudeness, after all, freedom of speech was proposed by herself.
Of course, if someone uses public opinion to make trouble, then don't blame her for being sharp.
"Your Majesty, those who spread false statements should be arrested and investigated. Although Your Majesty says freedom of speech, it also stipulates that random rumors are not allowed to guide public opinion." Meng Yi said seriously.
He watched His Majesty grow up since he was a child, and now His Majesty has done so many things for the whole of Daqin, isn't it just a few scriptures, how can those people pour dirty water on His Majesty, those people are simply damned.
"Don't be reckless. Doesn't doing so show that His Majesty is guilty and forbids any remarks that are not conducive to His Majesty?" Feng Quji quickly stopped Meng Yi's dangerous thoughts.
"Then what is Master Feng's opinion?" Meng Yi looked at Feng Quji unwillingly. He knew that what Feng Quji said was correct. Harm Your Majesty.
"If you want to let these public opinions pass, the best way is to create a bigger public opinion." Feng Quji stroked his beard. Over the past year, he has also been working hard to make himself better and no longer rest on his laurels. These are also things he learned from Zhao Wen.
Zhao Qingrui looked at Feng Quji with interest, "Tell Feng Qing carefully."
Feng Quji has changed a lot. Although he is still stable, his style of acting has become sharper day by day.
Although she doesn't like extremes, she still advocates progress in thinking and not to rest on her laurels.
Zhao Qingrui was very satisfied that Feng Quji could still accept this kind of thinking, and even took the initiative to change it.
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to start a family. The country cannot live without reserves." Feng Quji looked at Zhao Qingrui with a smile.
The corner of Zhao Qingrui's mouth twitched, is this your idea?It's just a bad idea, right?
Don't even think about getting married, how happy you are to be single.
"Ahem, Feng Qing, I'm still young." Zhao Qingrui said helplessly.
It is indeed possible to use marriage to divert everyone's attention, but Zhao Qingrui thinks it is unnecessary. For such a trivial matter, he will pay for the rest of his life. This deal is not worth it.
"Your Majesty is not young anymore, just taking advantage of the hustle and bustle of this incident, no one will not mention this incident again." Feng Quji said seriously.
"Your Majesty, what Master Feng said is that you really should start a family." Meng Yi felt that Feng Quji's method was very good, and his eyes lit up immediately.
Although His Majesty is still young, he still has to think about Daqin's next generation. It is imperative to marry a royal husband.
"It's fine to get married. I don't think about it for the time being. Since I want to divert everyone's attention, I don't have to do this. I will ask Dunwei to collect black information about those people who spread rumors, and publish them in the newspaper to publicize them." Zhao Qingrui said calmly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you want to think about marriage? Your marriage is not just about you alone, it's about the whole of Daqin. I, Daqin, need an heir." Li Si said sadly. His Majesty's ideas are too advanced. He still can't accept it.
"It's true, I don't care about the aftermath, but each of you is more worried than I am. It is not necessary for me to have children or something. The clan is not short of people. If you need a prince, I will do it right now. You can issue an edict to select suitable children from the clan to train." Zhao Qingrui smiled lightly.
"Your Majesty, people in the clan are not orthodox." Feng Quji had a headache, why is this Majesty even more stubborn than the First Emperor.
"They are all members of the Ying family. This is Daqin, not the Zhou Dynasty. I don't want to obey the rituals of Zhou. I hope that the future heirs of Daqin can lead Daqin to a better future, and choose those who are capable and virtuous in the clan instead of My descendants."
"If one of my descendants appears to be a useless and foolish king, the incompetent will listen to slander and favor the treacherous, and the officials in the court will still follow the ridiculous system and let such a person sit on the throne. It is simply a disaster." Zhao Qingrui sighed.
Life is not just about getting married and having children. In the concept of these people, having no offspring is the greatest. If you want to change the thinking of these people, at least not yet.
Zhao Qingrui's words successfully silenced them.
They all came from the Warring States Period, and they are more aware of the importance of a wise monarch to the country.
If the Great Qin Dynasty did not have the First Emperor, it might take a longer road to unify.
There are also Daqin's opponents, those monarchs are either fatuous or mediocre, which gives Daqin a powerful opportunity.
"Your Majesty is so disrespectful to the world. If such words are spread, I'm afraid it will cause another wave of turmoil." Feng Quji sighed, forget it, he can't persuade him anymore.
These scholars, especially the Confucian scholars, yearned for and admired the rituals of Zhou very much, but they were regarded as dross by His Majesty. Although they were not discarded like worn-out shoes, His Majesty's attitude already represented many things.
After all, what is good at the top is effective at the bottom, and His Majesty does not like Zhou Li. As long as Daqin continues according to His Majesty's wishes, Zhou Li will be replaced in a short time.
The system and etiquette of the Great Qin in the future will be born according to His Majesty's will, and will be the most suitable system for the Great Qin.
After thinking about this, Feng Quji felt a little sad.
Although he is not a Confucian scholar, he also respects the rituals of Zhou. If the superior is Mr. Fusu, there is still some hope for the restoration of rituals of Zhou.
However, whether it is the first emperor or the current majesty, they are all people who have jumped out of the established framework. For them, Zhouli is already a backward system.
"So, the current Daqin is not stable enough, and these things are done in secret." Zhao Qingrui said with a smile.
"At present, many descendants of the clan have entered the officialdom. These people are within the scope of my investigation. I will choose the heir before death. Don't worry now. I wonder if you are satisfied with my answer?" Zhao Qing Rui drank a cup of tea leisurely.
Give them a vaccination so they don't worry.
Besides, she feels that with her current situation and the treasures in the system, it shouldn't be a big problem for her to live another two or three hundred years, and she should be able to survive a large number of heirs.
Of course, if there is an excellent heir, it is completely fine for her to take care of one or two.
When the emperor is so tired, if she has a child, she doesn't want the child to sit in this position.
The three of them were really shocked. They didn't expect His Majesty to start making plans now. It had never happened before to select the crown prince in this way.
However, those who can climb up from the bottom must have real skills. Such a person is not afraid of being dissatisfied as a prince.
There are many benefits to doing this, they couldn't help thinking about it, and felt that such a method was very feasible, at least it would not train the heir to look like Mr. Fusu.
Those who climb up from the bottom know the situation of the people, and there will be no situation of talking on paper.
"Your Majesty is wise." The three of them looked at each other and finally compromised.
Your Majesty has already made up his mind, and he still doesn't want to start a family, so he can only use this method.
Fortunately, today's clan is much more honest, no one dares to make any fools out of it, among the officials in the court, there are actually quite a few people from the clan.
After all, the clan has enjoyed the best education in Daqin. Even if Daqin's official selection system has changed, they can adapt to it immediately.
"Come on, now that this matter is out of the way, don't force me to get married in the future. Having a child is so terrible. If I don't make it through, it will be a huge loss for me, Daqin." Zhao Qingrui joked with a smile .
Of course, having a baby is really scary, which is why she has never planned to get married.
"Um, Your Majesty, this is a must for every woman." Meng Yi said with some embarrassment.
He watched Zhao Qingrui grow up, so he could say a few more words about Zhao Qingrui.
The most important thing is that they have never experienced a woman being an emperor, and they have no experience, so they can only grope slowly.
"I just hope that Daqin's technology will become more and more advanced in the future, and if I want to have a child in the future, I don't need a woman to conceive it myself." Zhao Qingrui said with emotion.
The three of them were silent again. Although the content in those books is very desirable, it is probably impossible to make it out, at least not now. Thinking about it, I feel that those things are really outrageous.
In the end, the three of them honestly agreed to Zhao Qingrui's request and stopped urging the marriage.
However, in addition to the marriage, there is also the matter of the mausoleum, which made the three of them chatter for a while.
Now that Emperor Shihuang's mausoleum has been built, it was possible to continue to build a larger one, but Emperor Shihuang and Zhao Qingrui both rejected these opinions, thinking that it is enough, and the world is just about to recuperate.
"According to the construction of the emperor's mausoleum, it usually starts about a year after ascending the throne. With my current physical condition, I will start to build my mausoleum from now on. Do you want to build it for 200 years?" Zhao Qingrui looked at it faintly. them.
Zhao Qingrui's words shocked the pupils of the three people, 200 years?What does this mean, Your Majesty?
"Practice more on the physical training method that I brought out, it won't hurt you." Zhao Qingrui said seriously.
With the examples of Emperor Shihuang and Wang Jian, she believed that Meng Yi and the others could listen to them.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will practice hard." Meng Yi said immediately.
"Well, you are all the ministers of Daqin, and I hope that you can have more time to shine in your current positions." Zhao Qingrui said with satisfaction.
The gymnastics training method has not yet begun to be popularized, except in the army, only people like Meng Yi know a little.
The current Daqin is not rich enough, and there is too little food. If you want to practice martial arts, you must eat a lot. Now it is not possible to promote it.
Coming out of the palace, the eyes of the three were still a little dazed, but they were more shocked.
They finally left, and Zhao Qingrui breathed a sigh of relief, not having to be urged to marry or build a mausoleum, it's great.
Let's promote cremation in the future, as burial is a waste of resources.
Just like the royal mausoleum of the father, it is so big and wide, and there are so many treasures in it, but what is the use of it, after death, there will be nothing, and those treasures will not be used anymore.
Thick burials are still popular now, and even the poor will be buried with some coins in the tomb.
This kind of custom has to be changed, take it slowly, don't be in a hurry, there are still many things that need to be done by her.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Dunwei said respectfully.
"Go and check the situation of the people who spread my rumors. If they have all kinds of dirty things, help them publicize them in the newspaper." Zhao Qingrui said lightly, she is not without temper.
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