Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 19 First Meeting King Qin ([-])

Li Si is a well-known innovative politician in Chinese history. The abolition of the enfeoffment system and the establishment of the prefecture and county system certainly had the foresight of Qin Shihuang, and Li Si's contribution to realizing the problem of the enfeoffment system.It was he who resisted all opinions and stated the disadvantages of the enfeoffment system, and the prefecture and county system was finally established. (Note: There are actually other secrets in this, but the end result is good.)
In addition, Li Si's contribution to Chinese culture is not small. Although the famous "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests" discusses current affairs, because the article is very well written and has a wide influence, it has played a positive role in the development of ancient Chinese literature.

At the same time, Li Si is also a very good calligrapher, good at seal script.After Qin Shihuang unified the country, he ordered him and Zhao Gao to reform the characters together, and changed the big seal script to the small seal script, which has been popular for hundreds of years, and the small seal script is still used today, which is all thanks to Li Si.He is a popular person under Lu Buwei, and Lu Buwei was naturally impressed by his handwriting, and King Qin thought of him when he mentioned it.

Li Si squeezed out from the crowd, and saluted: "I have seen the Queen Mother, the King, and Father Zhong."

He was calm and composed, as if he was not facing the king of Qin who was inquiring, but the king of Qin who was in a good mood. He didn't panic at all, and he looked confident.Zeng Shuyao cheered and greeted him, if Zeng Shufa hadn't held her back, she would have rushed to hug him.

"A person like him has that kind of virtue. When he has no way out, he will fight to the death, and his performance is admirable. In the "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests", he has no way to retreat. He wrote a book and became famous However, after Qin Shihuang unified the country, he was promoted to a high position and became famous, so he began to think about how to keep his high position, and his fighting spirit no longer existed. They are different people before and after the trip." Zhou Chong lamented Li Si's different performance in his heart.

King Qin seemed very satisfied with Li Si's composure, and after looking at him for a while, he said, "You are Li Si?"

"Go back to the king, Li Si, a grassroots." Li Si replied neither humble nor overbearing.

The King of Qin pointed to the pair of couplets and said, "You wrote this, right? People like you think that you have read some sage books and know a little about Zhou Gongli, so you think it's great, and you don't know right from wrong. To actually write a biography for such a traitor who endangers the country and harms the people, and to say good things, this is the virtue of you scholars."

"If it's as you said, aren't all the oil plant manufacturers in modern society all traitors? That's a bit too much." Zhou Chong couldn't agree with King Qin's accusation in his heart.

Li Si still looked calm, and said: "Your Majesty's reproach is right, and the grassroots also think that many scholars don't know right from wrong, they only know the past and the present, and think that everything is good for sages and sages, and what is right is also good and wrong. Still good."

Although Li Si learned from a generation of Confucianism Xunzi, but looking at his speeches throughout his life, he is actually an innovative figure who knows the current affairs and adapts to the changes of the times, not the kind of pedantic person who only knows the words of sages.King Qin's words reached his heart, and his words were also a heartfelt approval, not to cater to King Qin.

"You still have some vision." King Qin said in an approving tone, then changed the subject and blamed him: "Since you know the harm, why do you still speak well of a traitor like him?" Pointing at Zhou Chong, he looked serious. Zhou Chong seemed like a heinous sinner.

Li Si was a man of eloquence, so he naturally knew how to speak in such a situation, and said, "Your Majesty is a wise man! After hearing what your Majesty said, Li Simao suddenly understood what is a good person and what is a bad person."

There was something in his words, Qin Wang was very interested, and said: "Say what you haven't finished."

Li Si went on to say: "Good man, the king knows everything, and the grassroots don't tell the king. The bad man, such as this Zhou Chong, is one of them."

"You..." Zeng Shuyao never thought that the person she liked would betray Zhou Chong at this time, and her pretty face was so angry that it turned into Guan Gong's face. If Zeng Shufa hadn't pulled her hard, she must have questioned Li Si face to face .Zeng Shufa didn't take it seriously in his heart, but he just forbeared and kept silent because he was mature and prudent.

Zhou Chong knew that Li Si was an eloquent lobbyist, and he was well-versed in the way of a political strategist. He must be behind the scenes when he said this.

Sure enough, what Li Si said next was: "Your Majesty does not know that the invention of tofu and oil came from a dutiful son. This dutiful son served the elders with meticulous care. However, the elders lacked teeth, and the daily diet of beans and rice was very bad." It is convenient, this filial son grinds the beans and makes tofu for the two elders to eat."

"People should have a heart of filial piety, good people." Qin Wang greatly agreed: "You are old and have few teeth. This bean rice is really not that delicious. This is a good idea."

Li Si bowed slightly and said: "What the king said is very true. However, although the filial son is filial, the two elders are greedy people."

"What do you mean by that?" King Qin asked, pointing at Li Si.

Li Si replied: "Your Majesty, the two elders enjoyed eating tofu on a daily basis. After a few days, the elders became greedy and said, 'There is no oil in the food'. Your Majesty, it is also convenient to eat, and it is very good to be able to eat enough." It is an unforgivable sin for them to be so greedy."

"Otherwise!" King Qin resolutely vetoed it, saying, "You are a scholar, so you don't even understand the truth. Besides food, there are also oil and meat. These are the most basic living requirements of ordinary people, and they cannot be dismissed as greedy." , you have to remember."

Li Si said with a respectful attitude of being taught, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching."

The King of Qin went on to say: "If a widow does not eat meat for a day, his taste will be tasteless, and the people will not even have a little oil. It is really hard to live this day. This is all a war of heroes, all nations are fighting, the world is in turmoil, and the people either die on the battlefield or The roads are poor, the levies and miscellaneous taxes are as numerous as cow hairs, there are many customs and markets, and the exchange of goods is blocked, so the people suffer unspeakably."

As the King of Qin said, during the Warring States Period, the common people could not bear the hardships and lived in dire straits.In order to meet the needs of the war, countries spared no effort to catch fish, set up checkpoints, and collected heavy taxes, so it was difficult to exchange goods from various places.It was not until Qin Shihuang unified the country that he ordered the destruction of all these checkpoints. This was actually an enlightened political move, but it was worthless for posterity to ridicule. Absurd also.

The King of Qin sighed, and then said: "So, this filial son tried every means to meet the requirements of the two elders, and made Shi Zhongyou. Is that so?"

Li Si's words were half true and half false, but in this case, it was not important anymore. The important thing was to arouse King Qin's interest, and that was enough.

"Back to the king, that's right." Li Si replied.

The King of Qin's tone was very relaxed, and he said: "Since you know about this, you must know this filial son who is filial to the world. I want to see this filial son. Can you make arrangements for me?"

"This filial son is far away in the sky, and right in front of us, it is this Zhou Chong!" Li Si replied very reassuringly.

The King of Qin has already called Li Si Mr., and the problem is basically solved, but what is unexpected is that the King of Qin suddenly looked at Zhou Chong, and said in a rather hostile tone: "You are a traitor?"

(End of this chapter)