The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

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Li Si has not yet been involved in the vortex of Han Fei's death, and is still one of the most outstanding disciples of Xunzi.

Therefore, Xunzi was very happy when he heard someone praising his disciple and saying that he looked like a prime minister.

"You mean, I should pay more attention to Li Si and give him more attention and help?" Xunzi also heard the subtext in Yan Yan's words.

Yan Yan smiled noncommittally, Xunzi really didn't understand the way of being an official.

Li Si was destined not to become the right prime minister of Qin.

Even if Ying Zheng favors Li Si again, the right prime minister of Qin will only be born from the nobles of Qin, and Li Si's origin destined him to be the left prime minister at best.

But because of Ying Zheng's favor, the power of this left prime minister may be comparable to that of the right prime minister to a certain extent.

But Li Si still needs Confucian help. How much voice can he get in the court? In addition to the favor of the king, there are also positions that his subordinates can occupy.

If Confucianism fully supports Li Si, then Li Si can also stuff many Confucian disciples into the Qin court to fight for his right to speak. Although there are only nine Jiuqing, there are many who are higher than Jiuqing.

In the end, political struggle is about the number of people under one's control and the power one has.

As for the left phase or the right phase, it depends on whose wrist is stronger!
Although Li Si was responsible for burning books and entrapping Confucians, if Li Si was close to Confucianism, this matter might not be left to the Confucianists themselves to take the lead.

After all, the fundamental purpose of burning books and entrapping Confucianism is to share the same text, and it is actually most suitable for Confucianism to take the lead.

"Master, don't you think you are partial to Han Fei?" Yan Yan asked with a smile.

As the ninth son of Korea, it is normal for Han Fei to be loved by Xunzi, but he should not ignore Li Si.

When Li Si left the army, if Xunzi had asked about it, he would not have known that Han Fei had to fund Li Si's travel expenses to Qin.

With Xunzi's status in the literary world, when Li Si entered the Qin Dynasty, as long as Xunzi recommended him, Li Si would not have to risk his life to find Lu Buwei as a retainer.

Therefore, Xunzi may have high literary achievements, but there are still some who don't know how to handle the master-disciple relationship, or in other words, they still judge people by their appearance.

Xunzi thought about it, and it seemed that he did love Han Fei more, and paid much less attention to Li Si.

"Han Fei actually doesn't need too much favor from my wife. No matter how much you invest in Han Fei, his identity is already determined. He cannot hold great power in any country other than South Korea." Yan Yan continued.

As a Confucian leader, Xunzi was undoubtedly unqualified.

He invested too many resources in Han Fei, but Han Fei could not use these resources to help Confucianism.

On the contrary, if a person with a humble background like Li Si can get help from Confucianism, even if Li Si is really a cold-hearted person, for the sake of his future, he must accept the Confucian sentiment, otherwise no king will be willing to reuse an ungrateful person. people.

"I've learned a lesson!" Xunzi was not angry because of Yan Yan's words.

He did pay too much attention to Han Fei and neglected Li Si, and over the years, Han Fei had indeed given too little feedback to Confucianism.

At first, they were interested in Han Fei's identity and believed that Han Fei could bring some benefits to Confucianism after returning to Korea. However, Han Fei followed the legalist way and did not reuse any Confucian people.

As for Li Si, he is just a subordinate of Ying Zheng. He does not have the ability to give back to the Confucian family, especially since the Confucian family has not helped Li Si in the slightest.

"Did you push for Han Fei to merge with the state?" Xunzi suddenly asked again.

There was actually one thing Han Fei wanted when he came to Bingzhou. Han Fei did not want to come to Bingzhou, or in other words, Han Fei wanted to join the Qin Dynasty to buy time for Korean reforms, so even if he was unwilling, he had to ask Xunzi for help.

Yan Yan looked at Xunzi. No wonder Han Fei hadn't been to Bingzhou until now. It turned out that he went to seek help from Xunzi.

After all, Xunzi was the leader of Confucianism. If Xunzi opened his mouth, Yan Yan, as a Confucian disciple, would not be able to refuse.

"Han Fei will die if he enters Qin!" Yan Yan looked at Xunzi and said solemnly.

"A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The road ahead is long and arduous." Xunzi said leisurely.

Wouldn't he know that Han Fei would die if he joined the Qin Dynasty? But this was Han Fei's choice, and as a teacher, he could only choose to support it.

"Then what?" Yan Yan asked.

"Even if Han Fei joins the Qin Dynasty, let alone other things, even if his plan succeeds and Korea's reform succeeds, will there be no war? What will be the consequences of Korea's rise?"

"As South Korea rises, what will it face? Fighting Qin, Wei, Zhao, and Chu. Is this fair to the people of South Korea?"

"Why should they sacrifice themselves for Han Fei and those top nobles?"

"The rise of South Korea will only destroy the Three Jin Dynasties and make wars more frequent. Other than that, there will be nothing!"

Xunzi frowned and looked at Yan Yan. He almost forgot that this man was unwilling to participate in the dispute in the Central Plains. Although this man was born in the Yan family, he was a person with no country and no sense of family.

In other words, under Yan Ao's teachings, this person only has China in his heart, and does not have the countries of Qin, Zhao, Han, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi.

"If it had been a few decades or a hundred years earlier, when the situation in the world was still uncertain, I would not have prevented the rise of reforms in various countries. That would be determined by the great struggle."

"But Master, times have changed now!"

"The world has entered the end of annexation, and what is needed is a hero who can end hundreds of years of war!"

"What do you think of Qin?" Xunzi was silent for a long time before he slowly asked.

"It's not that I'm optimistic about the state of Qin, but I'm optimistic about the government of Qin!" Yan Yan said seriously.

The so-called remaining heroes of Fen Sixth Life are just to belittle Ying Zheng's personal style.

If this is really the case, after King Zhao Wuling, doesn’t King Zhao Xiaocheng also have a huge basic base, which is unparalleled in the world? King Wei Wen even dominated the Central Plains and even defeated Qin until it was almost destroyed! Didn’t the son of King Yan Zhao almost destroy Qi?
In the entire Warring States Period, among the remaining seven countries, which family was not rich?
But who can seize the opportunity to unify?

If it weren't for Ying Zheng, even if the Qin State had six generations of Mingjuns to lay the foundation, if it were replaced by the monarchs of Yan, Zhao, Han and Wei, would it be possible to complete the unification?
"Zhao Zheng?" Xunzi was surprised.

Now that Ying Zheng has not shown up, everyone thinks that he is a puppet King of Qin who has been ignored by Lu Buwei, but they did not expect that Yan Yan would value Ying Zheng so much.

However, if you think about the fact that the powerless Qi Zi returned to Qin, and then succeeded to the throne, and then eliminated the rebellions of Lao Ai and Cheng Xi, he could also ensure that Qin was not unable to expand due to civil strife. This ability is indeed not weak.

Even the latest intelligence said that Lu Buwei was already delegating power and smoothly transitioning his power back to Ying Zheng.

This means we have to admit that Yingzheng's methods are terrible.

If it were any other king, he might have directly broken with Lu Buwei and regained the monarchy. However, Ying Zheng now asked Lu Buwei to voluntarily hand over power to ensure the internal stability of the Qin State.

(End of this chapter)