"Good heavens, this newly promoted Marquis of Xianyang has such a sharp tongue. Even the eloquent Confucian scholars are thoroughly refuted!
I admire you!"
"That's right, he really has a glib tongue. If he were to lobby the countries with this kind of tongue when the countries were still around, he would at least be a figure like Su Qin and Zhang Yi!”
"His Majesty the Emperor has discerning eyes. No wonder he was conferred the title of Marquis of Xianyang. Other than the contribution of the paper, he must have seen through his talent!”
"From today onwards, the name of Marquis of Xianyang will truly shake the world and spread throughout the Hundred Schools of Philosophy!”
In the Xianyang Palace, the ministers who had just watched the good show spoke one after another. They all revealed their admiration for Ying Zhan, who had defeated more than 70 Confucian scholars with his own strength!
One had to know that many officials did not like Confucian scholars.
Although Confucian scholars didn't have a high status, they were too powerful in terms of speaking!
There were many Confucians, and they would usually swarm over once they provoked one. People like Chunyu Yue, who thought they were virtuous, would even dare to refute the First Emperor's face when they became stubborn.
Many of the officials in the court had been picked on by the Confucian scholars.
But because they couldn't win against the Confucianists, many of them had suffered the loss of words.
As for the person who could make the Confucians suffer, Ying Zhan was still the first!
This made many ministers feel both admiration and relief.
Wang Ben, who was sitting in the corner, almost laughed out loud.
Wang Ben was the first to experience the sharpness of Ying Zhan's words!
That time, Wang Ben was only trying to show off in front of the First Emperor, and he was almost scolded by Ying Zhan as a sinner who had shaken Qin Fa!
Wang Ben was delighted to see the Confucians being defeated.
Besides the fact that Wang Ben disliked the Confucianists, there was also a shameful sense of balance.
Wang Ben felt much better when he saw the Confucianists being scolded by Ying Zhan.
As for the First Emperor on the throne, his face was filled with gratification and he was laughing loudly in his heart!
His eldest son had outspoken the Confucians, and he had outspoken them, suppressing their arrogance. The First Emperor felt both pleased and gratified!
He was happy that he had endured the Confucians for a long time and finally saw them suffer.
He was gratified that Yingzhan had displayed his erudition, clear logic, and talent for military strategy!
Compared to Fu Su, who only knew how to get close to rotten scholars and whose mind was filled with Confucian theories, he was much stronger!
The First Emperor looked at his long-lost Zhang Ze, and the more he looked at him, the more satisfied he became!
"Ding! User has defeated the Confucians, protected Great Qin's dignity, and consolidated Qin Fa's foundation. Reward Points 233!”
At the same time, the system's voice sounded in Ying Zhan's mind.
This made Ying Zhan smile inwardly. He hadn't expected that rebuking these Confucian scholars would actually attract the system's attention and earn him over 200 points.
However, thinking about it, it was normal. After all, Great Qin was based on the laws of Qin, and if the Confucians expanded their influence, they would definitely shake the foundations of the laws of Qin.
Thus, by winning the war of words and suppressing the Confucians, he had consolidated the Qin method!
To be honest, it wasn't that Ying Zhan hated the Confucians, but rather that the Confucians were actually doing more harm than good.
In Ying Zhan's view, although the scholarly faction had some merits in guiding people to do good, they also had many shortcomings.
It was unrealistic to advocate superficial etiquette, and it was self-styled and separated from the lower class of people.
As a result, during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, the Legalism School, the Military School, the Political School, the Gongshu School, and other schools of thought were constantly valued by the various countries, while Confucianism was never liked by the kings of the various countries.
Because it was not practical, it was useless for governing the country and strengthening the army!
Even in the original history, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, it was the same.
Because the Confucianism that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected was Dong Zhongshu's theory of the interaction between Heaven and man, and the theory of the divine bestowment of monarchical power, which was to shape the orthodoxy and sacredness of the Han Dynasty in terms of legal principles.
As for the rule of the Han Dynasty, it was still based on the law. This was the Han Dynasty inheriting the Qin system, Confucianism outside and law inside!
Emperor Xuan of Han, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, had clearly expressed this point!
At that time, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty valued the law and ruled the world with tyranny and kingcraft, causing the Han Dynasty to become strong again.
On the other hand, the Crown Prince of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Shi, was gentle and benevolent. Seeing that Emperor Xuan of Han was using Legalism, the Crown Prince advised that His Majesty was going too far in using Legalism and should use Confucian scholars.
Emperor Xuan of Han was furious on the spot and said sternly,"The Han family has its own laws and regulations. It is originally a combination of kingly way and tyranny. How can it be like the Zhou Dynasty that the pedantic scholars praise and purely use benevolent government?
Moreover, those vulgar scholars could not see the changes in the world. They only blindly praised the ancient times and belittled the present. They could not even distinguish the difference between name and reality. How could they be entrusted with the important task of governing the country?”
Seeing the Crown Prince so reverent of Confucianism, Emperor Xuan of Han sighed and said,""The one who messed with my Han family must be the Crown Prince!”
Later on, just as Emperor Xuan of Han had said, after the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne, it was Emperor Yuan of Han. Emperor Yuan valued Confucian scholars, and during the period of Emperor Yuan, the annexation of powerful landlords flourished. The concentration of power gradually weakened, and the social crisis deepened. It began to decline from prosperity!
The lesson of Emperor Hanyuan had taught Yingzhan that Confucian scholars could only be held high and held up as mascots. They could not be allowed to actually wield power!
Otherwise, there would be endless trouble!
Therefore, Ying Zhan secretly made up his mind that he would start from him to curb Confucianism and even transform it so that Confucianism could truly become practical!
He could not let the pedantic scholars harm Great Qin or even harm the future generations!
"Your Majesty, I have something to say!
Although the paper was cheap and easy to use, it was good enough to be used for the official documents of the court and for the ministers and nobles to write books.
But it can't be spread among the people and obtained by the common people.
Once the commoners obtained paper that was a hundred times cheaper than bamboo slips and silk, they would have the opportunity to understand words and learn knowledge.
When the time came, if the commoners had knowledge and thoughts, it would not be easy for the officials to manage them. They would even criticize the emperor and the court in words.
"If we are used by the remnants of the six countries to bewitch the people, it will endanger Great Qin's rule!”
Right at this moment, the Right Prime Minister, Huai Zhuang, stood out and suddenly spoke.
When Ying Zhan heard this, he laughed coldly in his heart. The imperial court was indeed full of smart people. There was a smart person who reacted.
Right Prime Minister Huai Zhuang said that the paper would shake Great Qin's rule, but that was just a high-sounding excuse!
The real reason why the scholar tree wanted to limit the circulation of the paper was that once the paper was widely circulated, it would definitely spread knowledge and make talented people appear among the lower class people and scholars. This would shake the cake and interests of these nobles.
After all, there was no paper in the beginning. Everyone used bamboo slips to write books and pass on knowledge. This made learning knowledge a privilege for the few nobles and those with inheritances. The lower class scholars and commoners had no chance to learn.
In this way, knowledge would be passed down from generation to generation among the nobles and aristocratic families. Their descendants would also be officials for generations, and they could be rich and noble for generations to come!
Once paper became widespread, the chances of ordinary people obtaining learning opportunities would increase, and they would take away their official positions, shaking the cake and interests of these nobles!
It was also because the chances of the lower class commoners obtaining learning opportunities were extremely low that after the Qin country's reform and the military's military achievements, the Qin country's commoners were so brave!
This was because the only chance for the people at the bottom was to be conferred a title of nobility with military merit and to fight for wealth with their lives!
Now that the world was unified, there were fewer opportunities to obtain military merits. As those who had already gained benefits, these officials and nobles wanted to seal off the ladder for the people at the bottom to rise, leaving only opportunities for their descendants!
Right Prime Minister Huai Zhuang's words caused many of the officials present to react.
Left Prime Minister Wang Wan, Imperial Censor Feng Quji and other people, one after another opened their mouths to agree!
These ministers who spoke were almost all the ones who had tried to persuade the First Emperor to endow the princes and meritorious officials. They were all conservative in their bones!
Even the First Emperor's expression changed when he saw so many important officials speaking.
He could guess that if he were to promote paper, there would definitely be some resistance, just like how the old Qin clan strongly opposed Shang Yang's reform.
But the First Emperor didn't expect the resistance to be so great!
Almost half of the imperial court stood out.
Even if the First Emperor was the emperor, he couldn't force things when the ministers opposed him.
This was because things needed to be done by the people below. If the ministers were to disobey and not cooperate, then it would be very difficult for the Emperor to do what he wanted.
Just like the powerful Chu Country back then, they also wanted to imitate the Qin Country's reform and abolish the title of monarch to emphasize military merit.
However, due to the power of the Chu Country's nobles, the opposition was too strong, so the Chu Country's reform did not succeed and was eventually destroyed by the Qin Country!
Just as the First Emperor was thinking of a countermeasure, Ying Zhan suddenly said,""Milords, there is no need to worry. Although the cost of this paper is a hundred times cheaper than bamboo slips and silk, it is only because the material is cheap and can be seen everywhere.
As for the success rate and efficiency of making paper, it was not high, and the production was not much.
Most of the time, it was a failure. The product was like mud and could not be used.
Only a very small number of people would succeed in making this kind of pure white paper.
Therefore, the production of paper could barely be used by the imperial court for official documents.
And there are very few extra ones that can be circulated to the market for sale…"
After Ying Zhan said that, a meaningful smile appeared in his eyes.
In fact, the production rate and success rate of paper were not as low as Yingzhan had said.
After all, this was the perfect paper-making technique that he had exchanged from the system with 100 reward points!
When making paper, there was almost no chance of failure.
The reason why Yingzhan said this was because after seeing so many important officials oppose it, he had a plan in mind to change the method to promote paper.
At the same time, he would teach these selfish and greedy ministers a lesson!
The name of this lesson was called Xianyang paper!
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