The next day, Xianyang Palace, Qilin Palace.
The civil and military officials stood in two rows.
The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, sat on the throne, looking dignified without anger.
In the court, all the officials were silent.
Doctor Chunyu Yue was speaking with assurance.
"Your Majesty, the world is peaceful now.”
"Continuing the enfeoffment system is in line with etiquette!"
"In ancient times, there was a beautiful saying about the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty enfeoffing the world.”
"Recently, there are vassals and kingdoms that have been enfeoffed for a long time!”
"Compared to the county system."
"The enfeoffment system is beneficial to uniting the clan, preventing internal disputes, strengthening the royal power, and closely linking the country and the family.”
"Moreover, this is also in line with the ancient etiquette."
"The system of enfeoffment has existed since ancient times. Up to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, down to the Spring and Autumn Period, the governance of rites and music came from the enfeoffment!”
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The professor Chunyu Yue was explaining his point of view.
The court was full of civil officials.
They all nodded in agreement.
After all, scholar-bureaucrats came from Confucianism.
Professor Chunyu Yue was no exception.
Confucian poetry, books, rites and music, since ancient times, respected the rule of enfeoffment and respected ancient rites.
It was not strange to have such a view.
Bang!
"Bastard!"
In the main hall, the First Emperor was sitting upright. He slammed his hand on the table and clenched his fist tightly.
His tiger eyes were wide open, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
A wave of anger was stuck in his chest.
"What a pedantic scholar!"
At this moment, when the First Emperor saw the civil and military officials, all of them praised Chunyu Yue, but he had a different opinion.
Seeing the First Emperor's angry face, Chunyu Yue rushed forward.
"My words are the heartfelt words of all the Confucian scholars in the world!”
"My Emperor, please reconsider!"
Then, the officials below the stage sang in unison.
"Emperor, please reconsider!"
The First Emperor slapped the table and stood up.
"The matter of enfeoffment will be put on hold today!”
"I will make a decision after thinking twice!”
"Retreat!"
Shaking his sleeves, the First Emperor turned around and returned to the back hall.
These Confucian scholars were full of etiquette and rules, completely ignoring the actual situation.
To expect them to decide on national affairs was simply to harm the country and the people.
"How infuriating. He actually forced the abdication in the imperial court!”
"It's better to go out of the palace for a walk and relax. Otherwise, I'll be angered to death by these Confucian scholars!”
The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, disguised himself and went out of the palace alone to relax.
Unconsciously, they had arrived at the outskirts of Xianyang.
A bamboo forest appeared in front of him.
Wasn't this Qin Xiao's residence?
He didn't know if this expert was at home, so he could visit and relax.
Ying Zheng dismounted and tied the horse to the leash.
They entered the small courtyard.
There were bamboo tables and benches in the courtyard.
There were also a few cages with little rabbits.
Ying Zheng walked to the door and knocked.
She waited and waited, but no one answered.
"I'm afraid Qin Xiao is not in the residence at the moment!”
"Looks like I came at the wrong time!”
Ying Zheng muttered to himself in a low voice.
Just as he was about to return to Xianyang Palace, Qin Xiao walked in.
Qin Xiao was holding a fishing rod in his hand, and there were five or six big white diao in the fish basket.
Upon seeing Ying Zheng, Qin Xiao immediately frowned.
Could this big guy be here to freeload again?
Last time, you drank my bamboo wine, and this time, you're here to eat my fish.
When the First Emperor Ying Zheng saw Qin Xiao walk in, his brows immediately relaxed.
"Sir, you came back at the right time. I haven't waited long!”
"It's still early today. I was just about to have a drink with Sir!”
Qin Xiao did not think much of this.
If he wanted to freeload, he could freeload. What did he mean by drinking and chatting? He said it in such a high-class manner. He was giving out wine and meat.
However, seeing that Ying Zheng had already arrived, he could not refuse.
Qin Xiao raised the fish pot in his hand and said loudly.
"Brother Zheng came at the right time. There's a good big white Diao today, so we made it to go with the wine!”
After saying that, Qin Xiao let Ying Zheng into the house, and walked into the kitchen himself, rolling up his sleeves and starting to cook the fish.
There was refined salt in Qin Xiao's kitchen.
These were all crude salt he had collected from the commoners and purified them.
After a while, the fish in the kitchen was fragrant.
In the time it took to turn around, the fish and wine were placed on the table.
Ying Zheng and Qin Xiao were sitting at the table, eating fish while tasting bamboo wine.
"I wonder what Brother Zheng thinks of the taste of my roasted fish?”
Qin Xiao's roasted fish with refined salt was a hundred times better than the coarse salt and mussels in Xianyang Palace.
However, Ying Zheng had no taste at all.
He had many things on his mind at the moment and was pondering over the matter of enfeoffment and the governance of the prefectures and counties in the morning court.
Seeing Qin Xiao standing right in front of him, Ying Zheng asked in a low voice.
"Sir, there is something I don't understand. Please enlighten me!”
Hearing this, Qin Xiao said loudly.
"Is there anything that can't be said between us? If you have anything to say, just say it!"
Ying Zheng continued.
"In today's world, is it governed by enfeoffment or by counties?”
"There are people who support both methods, but there are also people who oppose them.”
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Qin Xiao did not think much of it.
"From the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the various countries.
All of them are in chaos because of the enfeoffment."
Qin Xiao ate a mouthful of food and drank a mouthful of wine before continuing.
"If the Son of Heaven commands, then the rites and music of conquest will come from the Son of Heaven.
When the vassals were in command, the rites and music of conquest came from the vassals.
When a great officer commands, the ceremony and music of conquest come from the great officer.
The five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period and the seven heroes of the Warring States Period were all born from enfeoffment.
The flames of war lasted for hundreds of years, and the people were in dire straits. In the chaos of war, how could there be tens of thousands of casualties?
Now sweep the six directions to unify the world, if you follow in the footsteps of the former, then the hearts of the people will be lost.”
Upon hearing Qin Xiao's words, Ying Zheng fell into deep thought.
Qin Xiao glanced at Ying Zheng and added.
"If we implement the prefecture and county system, then the power will be greatly strengthened by the central emperor!”
"This is a great thing for the people of the world and the country!”
These words directly struck Ying Zheng's heart.
Indeed, if power was not brought back to the center, where would the stability of the country come from?
Then, Qin Xiao looked at Ying Zheng with a smile.
"Those Confucian theories are just fishing for fame. There's no need to pay attention to them!”
"After all, the more kings they enfeoffed, the more positions they would have!”
"Who doesn't think about their jobs these days?”
After hearing Qin Xiao's explanation, Ying Zheng raised his wine cup and drank to his heart's content.
"Well said, sir!”
"I've been enlightened!”
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