At this moment, in Xianyang Palace Hall, there were some who were envious of the victory of the Marquis of Xianyang, but there were very few who were jealous or felt that it was unfair!
After all, most of the officials in the Great Qin Dynasty were reasonable. They knew that it was understandable for them to be conferred the title of Marquis for their contributions to the war and the invention of paper.
After all, Lao Ai did not have any meritorious service back then, but because he was favored by Empress Dowager Zhao, he was granted the title of Marquis Changxin!
Ying Zhan had the merits of his father and grandfather, and he was not inferior to Cangjie in creating characters. He was far more qualified than Lao Ai to be conferred the title of Marquis!
Of course, the only exception was the special title of Marquis of Xianyang, which they felt was not suitable.
However, those who were able to sit in the court were definitely the elites of this era. Although they felt that the title of Xianyang Marquis was not appropriate, they also knew that the First Emperor was a king that had not appeared in the past 800 years!
This great emperor was definitely not a brainless and muddleheaded ruler!
The First Emperor must have his own intentions for giving Yingzhan such a title!
Therefore, those ministers who didn't have any interest in it naturally wouldn't jump out and say that it was unreasonable to go against the will of the First Emperor.
Especially when they saw that Wang Jian and Wang Ben, the father and son of Marquis Wucheng and Marquis Tongwu, had never been dissatisfied with Yingzhan, who was a marquis of the younger generation, and even had a marquis title that was even more eye-catching than theirs.
Instead, he hid in a corner and looked like he was happy to see it happen. After that, he realized what was going on!
Could this be a test given by the First Emperor to his courtiers?
Wang Jian and Wang Ben must have already noticed the news!
Therefore, after the clever ministers reacted, they all looked down and fell silent.
There were also some quick-witted people who congratulated Ying Zhan on the spot, wanting to get closer to this newly promoted noble who was favored by the First Emperor.
Of course, there were exceptions.
Those were the Confucian scholars who were old-fashioned and self-righteous.
At this moment, the Confucian scholars, led by Professor Chunyu Yue, all had serious expressions on their faces as they shook their heads.
"To be conferred the title of Marquis in the name of the capital city, you are so willful and reckless.
Is this what an emperor should do?"
"Yeah, so what if he created paper? It was just a matter of craftsmen!
It was not the military merit of killing enemies and destroying countries, nor was it the merit of scheming and persuading the strategists of various countries!
How can I be a marquis?
Or the Marquis of Xianyang!"
Chunyu Yue and the other scholar said.
Although they said that the First Emperor didn't follow the rules, they were actually using this as an excuse to express their dissatisfaction with the First Emperor giving a marquis to a pavilion leader and not placing the Confucians in an important position!
If the First Emperor conferred the title of Marquis to a Confucian scholar like Chunyu Yue, then these Confucian scholars would never say anything that didn't follow the rules. Instead, they would think that it was only right!
In the end, this was a test by the Confucian scholars to gain influence and status in the imperial court!
On the Emperor's Throne, the First Emperor naturally heard Chunyu Yue and the others 'criticism. His eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed.
If a vassal who was familiar with the First Emperor saw this, he would know that this was the manifestation of the First Emperor's killing intent!
However, the First Emperor was still a mature Emperor. Now that Great Qin had just been unified, he still needed to keep the Confucians around so that they could serve wholeheartedly.
Therefore, even if he wanted to kill him, the First Emperor temporarily suppressed it.
At this moment, Ying Zhan looked at Chunyu Yue and the other Confucian scholars and smiled.
There were some things that the First Emperor couldn't do right now, but winning the battle was convenient!
Although this was his first time attending court, he could guess that these people were Confucian scholars from the pedantic aura they exuded.
Yingzhan could also see that these ignorant Confucians thought themselves to be noble. In order to fight for status and influence, they went against the First Emperor.
Not only was he disrespectful to the First Emperor, but he also looked down on Ying Zhan.
In this regard, Yingzhan naturally wouldn't indulge them.
At the same time, Yingzhan knew that the First Emperor had given him the title of Xianyang Marquis for a reason.
The First Emperor didn't like Confucian scholars!
If it wasn't for the Confucian scholar's hypocritical theory of benevolence and righteousness that fooled Fu Su.
In history, after the First Emperor passed away, Fusu, who had Meng Tian's support and held hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Great Wall, would not have killed himself after receiving a fake edict. This would have allowed Huhai to become the second Emperor, and Great Qin would not have fallen so quickly.
Of course, this did not mean that Great Qin would not perish just because Fu Su became the Emperor.
Compared to Huhai and Zhao Gao, Great Qin would be able to last longer under Fusu.
Therefore, the Confucian scholars were also responsible for the death of the second emperor of Great Qin in history!
Thinking of this, Ying Zhan snorted coldly and looked at Chunyu Yue and the other Confucian scholars."You Confucian scholars, boasting of your knowledge and wealth, in my opinion, are just ignorant!”
Chunyu Yue and the others were furious when they heard Ying Zhan's words!
For hundreds of years, Confucian scholars were not valued by the kings of the various countries. The only thing they were proud of was that there were many Confucian classics, including poetry, books, rites, music, archery, and other six arts.
Among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, the one with the most knowledge was the Confucians!
The Confucians were also recognized as the most knowledgeable among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.
Within the Scholarly Faction's headquarters, the Small Sage Manor, was a library that was a hundred feet tall!
And now, a young man whom they could not stand was saying that the Confucian scholars were ignorant!
Wouldn't this be slapping the Confucian scholars in the face?
"What do you mean?
Who in the world doesn't know that our scholarly faction is rich in knowledge!
You brat, how dare you criticize us Confucian scholars like this!”
Chunyu Yue was so angry that his beard was about to stand up. The other Confucian scholars were also angrily rebuking him.
Ying Zhan laughed coldly,"I said you are ignorant, but you are still not convinced."
Your Confucian school has always claimed that self-restraint and the restoration of the rites of Zhou are the goals.
Confucius, the Confucian teacher, even used the Sage Duke of Zhou as a model.
Don't you know that back then, King Cheng of Zhou played with his younger brother Tang Shuyu and cut a paulownia leaf into the shape of a jade scepter. He said to Tang Shuyu,"With this paulownia leaf as a keepsake, I'll make you a duke."
When the Duke of Zhou heard this, he came to congratulate him and asked about the date of Tang Shuyu's enfeoffment.
King Cheng of Zhou said,"I'm just playing with my younger brother. I can't be serious."
The Duke of Zhou said to King Cheng,"The Son of Heaven's word is nine tripods, and the monarch is not joking!"
The emperor's words are like gold and jade. Once a word is spoken, it will be recorded in history books, etiquette will be completed, and music will be sung!
Therefore, King Cheng of Zhou made Tang Shuyu a vassal, and the Kingdom of Jin was where Tang Shuyu was granted the title!”
Speaking up to this point, Ying Zhan smiled meaningfully."King Cheng of Zhou joked, but the Duke of Zhou said that the ruler was not joking and protected the dignity of the Son of Heaven, which led to Tong Ye being granted the title of brother.
Yet, you Confucian scholars, you keep on saying that you respect the Duke of Zhou's etiquette, yet you are so opposed to the Emperor's Golden Words and Jade Words. You question the Emperor's dignity and violate the Duke of Zhou's etiquette!
He didn't even know his own ancestor's words and deeds. If he didn't follow them, wouldn't he be ignorant?”
Chunyu Yue never expected Yingzhan to use this example.
Using the Duke of Zhou to deal with Chunyu Yue and the other Confucians was like using the spear of a son to attack the shield of a son. Chunyu Yue and the others were instantly rendered speechless and unable to refute.
After all, they couldn't possibly say that the Duke of Zhou, whom Confucius respected, had done something wrong, right?
Wouldn't that shake the foundations of the scholarly faction?
"Even if His Majesty conferred you the title of Marquis, he could have used another title. How could he confer you the title of Xianyang?
Since ancient times, there had never been such a thing as giving a capital to a duke!”
Seeing that he couldn't refute the fact that Ying Zhan was conferred the title of Marquis, Chunyu Yue used the title of Marquis of Xianyang to make a fuss.
When Ying Zhan heard this, he laughed again.
Didn't you hear that in the end, the Emperor of Zhou had no more land to enfeoffe, so he could only divide the capital region of Chengzhou into two parts and enfeoffed the Duke of Western Zhou and the Duke of Eastern Zhou respectively?
Even the capital city of the Zhou Emperor, Luoyi, was given to the Duke of East Zhou. The Zhou Emperor was even living under someone else's roof, in the Duke of East Zhou's fief, Luoyi!
Moreover, His Majesty conferred the title of Marquis of Xianyang on me, but it was different from the pedantic Emperor of Zhou. He only conferred the title of Marquis of Xianyang with the ten-mile Xianyang Pavilion, not the capital city of Xianyang.
"The titles and fiefs of Great Qin are not inherited from generation to generation. It's different from the system of enfeoffment. It's more of a food city, so my Xianyang Marquis is only a fief of ten miles. In terms of the size of the fief, it's much smaller than those of the Baili Marquis.
How did it violate etiquette?
The First Emperor of the Great Qin Empire is at least ten thousand times more wise than the pedantic Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, right?”
Yingzhan's words of being incompetent and embarrassing, as well as using the Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment as an example, instantly made Chunyu Yue tremble as if he had been struck by lightning!
However, Chunyu Yue couldn't refute it because what Ying Zhan said was true. He even understood the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty and the Confucian doctrine better than many Confucian scholars!
This made Chunyu Yue seem incompetent and ignorant, and contradicted himself!
At this moment, a Confucian scholar who thought he was smart spoke up,""His Majesty's words of gold and jade, granting you the title of Marquis of Xianyang, is no joke and cannot be taken back.
But what did you do to win the battle? How dare you accept such a position?
Creating paper is just a matter of craftsmen. How can you accept the title of Marquis with such a humble matter?
Hurry up and take the initiative to resign!
His Majesty the Emperor treats you well, but you can't be ungrateful!”
Ying Zhan looked at the scholar who thought he was smart and sighed."Confucian scholars nowadays are really a disgrace to Confucius.
Confucius once said: When I was young, I was humble, so I could do many despicable things!
Even when Confucius was young and poor, he learned many skills to make a living.
There was no lack of craftsmen among them.
And you actually look down on the matter of craftsmen. Doesn't that mean that you also look down on Confucius, the ancestor of the scholarly faction?
How can a person like you who deceives your master and forgets your ancestors have the face to call yourself a Confucian scholar and be ranked in the Imperial Court?
If I were you, I'd find a pillar and kill myself. It's better than living to embarrass myself!”
As soon as Ying Zhan finished speaking, the Confucian scholar's face immediately turned red. His face was filled with fear, and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly!
How could he dare to say anything when the label of deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors was placed on him?
As for Chunyu Yue, the head of the Confucian scholars, he was so stifled that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
The 70 plus scholars present wanted to use their tongues to argue with Ying Zhan, but they were actually refuted by Ying Zhan until they were completely injured and shut up on the spot…
In the court, the rest of the officials were also shocked and dumbfounded when they saw this exciting scene…
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