My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 785 Why didn't you say it earlier...

This text is concise and would certainly be very useful if one were writing a classic on psychology.

For example, the word "Yi" in "The Book of Changes" is just a word written in the title of the book, but it can make people feel a lot of meanings. It expresses the two core characteristics of the book "The Book of Changes" with just one word.

First, it makes it clear that the core of the Book of Changes is to change at any time and according to the circumstances. Yi means change.

Second, the Yijing is very easy to learn. The principles of the Yijing are very simple and easy to understand, not profound.

For example, when writing historical records, the more concise the writing style such as classical Chinese is used, the more it tests one's ability.

Therefore, most of the people who wrote classics in history were big names.

But in the Pre-Qin period, knowledgeable and cultured people had long been immersed in this atmosphere. Whenever they wrote a book, the first sentence would definitely be four words.

I don’t know if the people who write books are annoyed, but the people who read books are very annoyed.

The funny thing is that the name of the Book of Changes is simple, but the content is highly condensed. It is so condensed that unless the original author can clearly understand what he wrote, later generations can understand it in any way they want.

This writing pattern had a long-term impact on the Chinese people's recording of scientific knowledge such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, and thus caused serious gaps.

In other words, the physical, chemical and astronomical knowledge recorded by the Chinese is difficult or even impossible to translate and disseminate to the public, or even to pass on to the next generation.

The original author can only admire himself.

In this situation, let alone developing mathematics, physics and chemistry, it would be good enough to pass on the theories to the next generation and be able to cope with this generation.

After realizing the difference between the two, Xiang Li Cha also told Fusu his thoughts.

"Your Majesty's intention is that, starting today, writings on machine technology should abandon the narrative style of our ancestors, abandon brevity and focus on being detailed and complex. The more detailed, the more intuitive, the clearer, and the more thorough the better."

"That's right. In the past, there were restrictions on writing materials. Now there is so much paper. Isn't it enough for you to write more?"

"I heard that painters are always worried about drawing lines. The ink produced by the brush is too thick and it is impossible to draw fine lines."

"I know that in the past we Chinese were used to soft brush calligraphy, and all paintings were just for the purpose of expressing the meaning."

"I want you to form another team to study hard pen making. I have taught you to use lead blocks to make pen strokes in the past. Now it seems that it is not enough. You still need to find more materials. It would be best if you could invent more pens with different colors and thicknesses."

Fusu's words made perfect sense, and Xiangli Che just nodded in agreement.

Fusu had almost finished reading the notebook, but he found that the thing he wanted to see most was not in the notebook.

"The assembly line process is currently the most efficient production model in all countries, counties and regions. Why didn't you abstract this production model and list the key points?"

Xiang Liche was sweating profusely, "Your Majesty, you didn't say that before."

"If I have to tell you everything, then what else do I want you to do?"

After being scolded, Xiang Li Che had to go back and do it all again.

Before leaving, he was still worried and nervously repeated the current situation outside.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of death."

"For your majesty, I tried to be a hero and said such words. Now the whole city is in an uproar. Everyone knows that your majesty has reorganized the Mohist School and sent Mohists to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Now that's great, I'm afraid that many people will ask about entering the underground palace in the future..." The Second Emperor just smiled softly.

Chen Ping stood up and said, "Your Majesty will not do anything without preparation. In fact, before considering letting Xiangli Dafu lead the Mohists to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, Your Majesty had already decided with the Shaofu that in the future, according to the plan of the former Prime Minister Li Si, a river should be dug in the palace and filled with cinnabar."

Xiang Liche exclaimed, "Cinnabar? Isn't that poison? If you smell it too much, you will die."

"This is exactly the effect we want. When the underground palace is sealed, we will open the gate at a specific location and put the coffin of the First Emperor in. In this way, the coffin of the First Emperor will be able to flow into the inner palace along with the mercury."

"The only passage will be destroyed and completely sealed off. If someone dares to break into the tomb of the First Emperor, he will die."

"Your Majesty has long thought that if the Mozhao entered the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, there might be a leak in the future."

"In fact, even before the planning of the First Emperor's mausoleum, because it would involve more than 200,000 palace servants, they considered that leaks would definitely occur."

"So the ministers have already thought of this method. Since they can't prevent the secret from being spread, they have to find another way to prevent people from robbing the tomb."

"The so-called safest method is the most dangerous method. Pour a large amount of cinnabar into the underground palace and form a river. This will not only satisfy the emperor's wish to sleep on a boat after his death, but also make all those who want to enter the underground palace give up the idea."

After hearing this, Xiang Li Che was so angry that he stamped his feet.

It’s such a big thing, why didn’t you tell me earlier?

And how come Chen Ping knew so much about this matter? How could he, a doctor who was born and raised in Xianyang, not know about this?

Now there is one more task in Fusu's plan, he has to carry out the task of pouring mercury into the underground palace.

This led to Fusu meeting an important person next - Ba Qing.

Xiangli Chebai was anxious for a while, and then he and the clerk returned the same way with the documents to compile the book again.

Xiangli drove out of the house, breathed in the refreshing air after the autumn rain, and felt relieved.

"Alas, it was a false alarm."

As a result, after turning a corner, he saw seven royal ministers headed by Feng Quji beside the stone railing.

Xiang Li Che hurried to meet him.

However, Feng Quji did not give him a good look. Because of his arrogant words, the disciples of the Legalist school were making a fuss in the study room. Not only that, he was careless in his work, and now the whole Xianyang city knew that the technology in the underground palace had leaked out.

Xiangliche left in a hurry.

The seven ministers waited for a long time, thinking that the emperor was dealing with some important matter, but it turned out that he was meeting with Xiang Liche.

One by one, they began to doubt whether their status as elders was useless. His Majesty was so arrogant that he would rather let seven of them, high-ranking officials, bask in the sun for so long than release this prime minister's car.

Anyway, they could see that the only people who liked Qin II were the vast majority of officials and common people in the world.

However, Qin II was disdainful of these powerful relatives.

The purpose of their visit today was to take advantage of the incident of Xiangli Che's boasting to have a good talk with Qin II about the future distribution of interests between the Mohists and the Legalists.

(End of this chapter)