"Young Emperor, this lowly subject's next words might not be pleasant to hear.”
Kong Qiu had some political wisdom, so he informed Ying Zilie beforehand.
Ying Zilie waved his hand and said,"I promise you are innocent.”
After getting permission, Kong Qiu bowed again and said,""The Young Empress 'Three Character Classic is indeed a great advantage in terms of enlightenment. However, this lowly subject has just listened to it. Some of the arguments in the Three Character Classic contain a lot of Confucian essence!”
"What the Young Emperor doesn't know is that the prerequisite for the Great Qin Empire to obtain knowledge is that one must have a noble title. Those without a noble title, even if they only hide bamboo slips, are already considered to have committed a serious crime, let alone stealing the essence of Confucianism.”
"If the Young Empress insists on using the Three Character Classic, then wouldn't it be unfair to those soldiers who had sacrificed their lives on the battlefield?”
"You have to know that there are many soldiers who willingly become the first to ascend because as long as they ascend first, their children will definitely become students!”
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The first to reach the top of the city walls were the elite soldiers who had to be the first to charge up the city walls in order to kill the enemies and achieve great achievements!
Regardless of whether these people could behead their enemies or not, their descendants would be given the opportunity to enter the school room and undergo enlightenment.
If the Three Character Classic was directly promoted to the world.
It was indeed equivalent to weakening the rewards of the first to ascend.
Moreover, Kong Qiu of Qufu clearly did not want to spread the essence of Confucianism to the poor and lowly.
Kong Qiu had the taste of scholars despising each other!
Self-confident!
He had the pride and bones of a Confucian scholar.
Therefore, deep down in his bones, he believed that the true essence of Confucianism should only be passed down to the sons of princes and generals!
If it was stolen by the lower-class people, it would not be very beneficial to Great Qin's rule, and it would also lower the high and mighty status of Confucianism in the hearts of the people.
At this moment.
The officials and relatives immediately changed their tone.
"What Professor Kong said makes sense! It was true that the Young Emperor's Three-Character Classic could be said to have appeared out of nowhere, but if it were to spread to the world, would it have a negative impact on Great Qin's military merits and nobility system?”
"From Kong Qiu's words, it seems like he's leaning towards a strategy to fool the people! He obviously doesn't want to enlighten the people!"
"But previously, the Young Empress had just whipped Shang Yang because of the foolish people. Kong Qiu probably wouldn't dare to use the foolish people again!”
"I think what Professor Kong said makes sense. Throughout the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and three hundred years of Spring and Autumn, the spread of knowledge has always been in the hands of us nobles. Why should we let those ignorant people develop their wisdom? What if they were too smart to farm?”
"I heard that the Young Empress had previously given 3,000 catties of divine sweet potatoes per mu. With sufficient food, a considerable number of poor farmers can indeed do other things!”
"What else can the poor do if they don't farm? Could it be that he wanted them to do nothing and mess with the law?”
"This…"
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The moment Kong Qiu spoke, the attitudes of the officials and clan relatives changed drastically.
The Three-Character Classic can enlighten the people of Jiuzhou.
However, for the nobles in the imperial court, it seemed that the enlightenment of the people of the Nine Provinces would not benefit them at all. It might even take away their iron rice bowls. It would be a ghost if they could support it.
On the throne of the emperor.
"Young Emperor, do you want to accept Professor Kong's remonstrance?" Qin Shi Huang grinned.”
It seemed like the only thing Shi Huang enjoyed right now was seeing Ying Zilie in a difficult position.
It was a little funny.
However, every time Qin Shi Huang thought of Ying Zilie's helpless appearance, he would be inexplicably happy.
Of course.
If the Young Emperor was really put in a spot by the officials, the First Emperor would definitely speak up to defend her while gloating.
After all, he was counting on Ying Zilie to take over the empire!
If Ying Zilie was embarrassed by the officials, he, as the Retired Emperor, would not be able to keep his face.
"Imperial Father, I do not intend to accept Kong Qiu's advice!”
Ying Zilie organized his words and said,"The achievements of those who ascended first in exchange for their bravery, I am extremely appreciative. The appearance of the Three-Character Classic had indeed weakened the reward for the first person to a certain extent.”
"This matter is very easy to resolve. Wouldn't it be fine if we give the first person a reward in other ways? Money, meat, cattle, servants…All of these resources were given to the first to ascend!”
"As for those without titles, they can't hide bamboo slips and can't know the essence of Confucianism.”
"Kong Qiu, what I wrote is just a Three Character Classic to enlighten young people and children. Aren't you a little too much?”
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Ying Zilie immediately stopped Kong Qiu from talking too much!
The reason why he had pushed out the Three Character Classic in today's Grand Court Meeting was to kill the scholarly faction's spirit, so as to pave the way for the subsequent division and suppression of the scholarly faction.
He didn't want to waste his breath on the factions of the great clans.
Moreover…
Previously, he had used the crime of being a fool to whip Shang Yang's name!
Now that he had pushed out the Three Character Classic, he had the upper hand!
Even though Kong Qiu's words had incited a portion of the officials and relatives!
However, if he wanted Ying Zilie to take back his order, Kong Qiu's few words were far from enough!
The new Emperor of Great Qin wanted to see what other brilliant ideas this Sage Kong would have!!
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