My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 805: The Way of Being an Official
The disciples sat in their seats, reciting these words one after another, their eyes flashing with admiration for Qin II.

These young adults have admired Fusu since they were young, because Fusu has achieved great success at a young age. When young men in the Qin Dynasty chased stars, they naturally liked those who were young and as handsome as themselves.

In this long journey of life, being able to gain a sense of joy without making any substantial effort is liking, worshipping, respecting, and even loving.

It stands to reason that although these disciples' worship of the emperor was simple and seemed to be just some pure psychological worship, because they did not pay any real price, it seemed like a whim.

This was the previous opinion of the school supervisor. Today's purpose was just to make the disciples happy.

However, after seeing the disciples hear the emperor's answer, looking at these excited disciples suddenly quieted down one by one, with serious expressions like mature adults, he realized that he seemed to have underestimated the disciples' inner desire for Qin II.

These disciples had indeed admired Qin II for a long time and admired his abilities.

In a man's world, strength is what matters most.

When they heard that they could meet the emperor today, they were so excited that they wanted to fly to the classroom.

After seeing the emperor himself, not only did their expectations not get disappointed, but the emperor's performance made them admire the young emperor even more.

When judging people, the most important thing is the first impression.

There is a saying that success or failure is determined by the first word you open.

These young disciples knew that the emperor was powerful. They knew everything about the emperor, even things that the emperor didn’t know.

They came here today just to fulfill their fantasies of many years. They all knew that today this young and talented emperor would start to give some instructions such as "golden rules".

So they made certain psychological assumptions before coming, waiting for certain expectations to be met.

How many people dream of meeting Qin Ershi, the god in the eyes of the Qin people!
Although they did not understand what inner expectations meant, they had subconsciously imagined today's meeting with Qin Ershi, and they all believed that what Qin Ershi would say would definitely be different from others, or at least more sophisticated than what the school supervisor said.

Everyone has various expectations for Qin II in their hearts. After all, Qin II is a person that countless people fanatically worship.

Human life is too short to have a few exciting moments.

Aren't these disciples coming to the academy to serve the supreme ruler of the empire one day?
My brain is numb from attending classes in the classroom every day; every morning before class, all the disciples have to recite "The Way of Being an Official" aloud in unison.

How to put it, "The Way of Being an Official" is well written, but they can't do anything about it.

They kept repeating it every day until they felt like vomiting.

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In short, most of the disciples are bored with study life.

By the time Qin II ascended the throne, the Qin Empire had lasted for more than a hundred years, and the remaining professors and lawyers were basically empty shells.

The so-called Lingshi has been passed down for four or five generations, but he himself does not seem to have much integrity, and he still twirls his beard all day long and goes to guide others. These disciples are just young, not blind or stupid.

All the disciples saw that the lawyers, doctors, and professors were intentionally targeting Lin Yannian, but they could only choose to stand by and watch.

No one dared to help Lin Yannian.

In short, although the disciples are young, they have already learned the ways of the world and understood the rules of how society works in the Imperial Academy.

The people of this empire, from top to bottom, are very dissatisfied with the environment or current situation within the empire.

However, whenever they thought that the future successor would be Hengyang Jun, they felt hopeful; and when Qin II ascended the throne, everyone expected him to do something drastic.

Because in the eyes of the people, he is the one who can do such great things.

God gave such a great task to our Qin II.

In such an empire that developed from a group of vassal states, there are too many accumulated old problems within it, and everyone hopes that an innovator will come out to change the current redundant environment.

Especially the young disciples, they are always the first to step forward.

Throughout China’s history, whenever China encountered danger or was crushed, young people who were studying were often the first to step forward.

Often when a crisis brews within a country, it is these young people who are the first to discover the problem and the first to want to change the status quo.

Taixue is just a microcosm of the Qin Empire era.

In the Imperial Academy, everything that happens in the empire is played out.

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And Imperial College often retains the title of being the safest and cleanest. Why is that?

Because there was a huge age gap and experience gap between those lawyers and their disciples.

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Especially when the legal historian group gradually developed to the point where the entire group no longer pursued the realization of personal life value ideals and broke free from social moral constraints, legal historians became a profession, and the interests of disciples became increasingly difficult to protect.

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Because people need to eat to survive, and morality, in the final analysis, affects whether you can get food easily and whether the food is delicious... But the most fundamental issue in life is whether you have food to eat. So in the face of the empire's cultural heritage, the most important question to think about is, where should this group of young people go in the future? Should the law historians, doctors and ministers bear this responsibility, or should the students themselves bear this responsibility, or should their parents bear this responsibility?
Why is it that when disciples (4-18) need help and assistance in their lives, they have to go through the tug of war between three parties: one is their parents, the other is the law historian, and the other is themselves?

The disciples of the Qin Empire may not be greeted with earnest teachings from lawyers and historians after they enter school; nor may they be greeted with loving care from their parents after they become children; and their own weak strength and insufficient understanding of the world may not bring them a youthful and exuberant life.

On the contrary, they are faced with the fate of "ball", kicked by their parents today, kicked by school tomorrow, and when they grow up they will kick others.

It was not until the moment the disciples went to study in Wancheng that they finally felt free.

It was as if they had been locked in a cage for many years and were finally released.

At that moment, they felt finally liberated.

This result is the result of the combined effect of the power of habit and traditional Confucian teacher-student relationship.

Such a thing actually happened in the training hall of the Legalist disciples. Are the Legalists and Confucians really clearly distinguished?

Many people regard disciples as a group without thoughts. Or, the historians always arrogantly imagine disciples as a group of lambs who have no ability to resist and cannot think.

When Qin II arrived, the disciples were all excited. Was this also the result of the long-accumulated impatience towards the Imperial Academy's Internal Supervisor and the Law Historian?
Because they have had enough of the hypocritical claims of the lawyers, historians, doctors, and professors that they themselves cannot fulfill.

The disciples all knew very well that these elites of the empire gradually shaped their own values ​​and outlook on life from the behaviors of the lawyers, historians, and professors.

Originally, everyone has the opportunity to be a good person who stands up for the people, but what their parents, lawyers, doctors, and professors teach them and what they do for them are two different things.

Having seen the struggles between teachers in the Imperial Academy and the inconsistency between words and deeds among the historians, and having witnessed the times in which an unprecedented empire was being established, some people quickly became corrupted by money and interests, and remained forever in the old era, while others set their sights on the new era that Qin II promised to create for them.

Too few people understand this group of disciples.

Only by understanding their situation, what they think, what they see and hear, can we understand the expectations of these disciples for Qin II.

Among the disciples, only Qin II was left as a torch in the darkness.

No matter how much other lawyers, historians, doctors, ministers, and professors boast about themselves, they cannot be relied upon at the critical moment.

In other words, Qin II was the only reliable person in their minds.

The arrival of Qin II was like opening a window for these students who had been in a dark classroom for a long time.

Suddenly, light came in.

Fusu has long had such influence in the minds of the Chinese people.

After the emperor looked at Lin Yannian in a daze for a long time, he said these words to his disciples and assigned them tasks. The school supervisors were also surprised and the legal historians felt it was abrupt.

Because what Qin II did was somewhat unreasonable.

He did not regard his disciples as ignorant, but respected them instead.

This was almost unimaginable in the world two thousand years ago.

There are so many huge mountains pressing down on the disciples. The king, parents, school supervisors, and law historians, the disciples have no right to speak out. If they rashly express their opinions before they have completed their studies, this disciple will have almost no future.

Logically speaking, Qin II should have consulted these lawyers, historians, or doctors about government affairs, but the young emperor did the opposite and asked these disciples to write articles.

Therefore, the moment Qin II opened his mouth and finished speaking, his image as a leader was completely established in the minds of his disciples.

Asking disciples to write advice to him has been the first priority since ancient times.

In addition to this, there is the statement that some people are dead but still alive, and some people are alive but already dead, which is very much in line with the disciples' wishes.

The beauty of this statement is that it seems to say nothing, yet it seems to say everything.

Therefore, the disciples all sighed that Qin II was Qin II after all.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone felt that he was eloquent and had lofty aspirations. Moreover, his actions were in line with his spirit of not wanting to be corrupted and striving for innovation in the eyes of the world.

Of course, the most important thing is to realize the image of Qin II as a man of erudition and good at writing.

This is a school. Being proficient in law does not mean being knowledgeable and good at writing. Except for the academic supervisor and the clerk, who have heard the saying "the yes and no of a thousand people are not as good as the disapproval of one scholar", the other students present have hardly heard of these words.

A hundred years ago, Shang Yang was extremely popular in the Imperial Academy.

But after Shang Yang was liquidated, people all over the country and even teachers and students in the Imperial Academy gave Shang Yang a new definition.

Shang Yang has been evaluated from two sides.

The Imperial Academy no longer taught anything specifically related to Shang Yang.

"The hides of a thousand sheep are not as good as the armpit of a fox; the obedience of a thousand men is not as good as the outspokenness of one scholar."

"Your Majesty is very knowledgeable and you can even remember the sentences in Shangjun's book for a long time. I bow down to you, I bow down to you." The school supervisor bowed again and again.

The disciples looked at Qin II, their eyes burning with light, but they did not seem that excited.

Because they felt some pressure, the emperor actually asked them to write a memorial.

Isn't that something that only the doctors in the Censorate can write?
Times have changed. There are fewer civil servant positions, and as the empire becomes unified, their power and status in the Qin officialdom become higher and higher, while there are more and more military generals, who seem less noble and powerful.

As the bureaucratic system became more and more perfect, the position of doctor had become an official position that these students in the academy could not even imagine.

Because the disciples also began to be "mass-produced", their future was almost all planned. In the future, they would be sent out to popularize the law in border areas and handle grassroots litigation for the people of the six countries.

Therefore, for them, the best outcome would be to rely on their excellent grades or their family’s connections to become a legal information consultant to the emperor, or to be assigned to work as an official beside a prince.

They could never have imagined that they, a mere disciple, would have the opportunity to write a memorial.

From then on, all the disciples of this generation remembered Qin Ershi firmly.

The disciples felt that apart from his identity as Emperor Qin II, this young man was actually very special.

(End of this chapter)