In the underground palace.
Ying Zheng expressed that he had truly learned something today!
In the past, the First Emperor had only one attitude towards corrupt officials, and that was to punish them severely according to the law!
In the end, Yin Shang gave him a consumable method of using it as a white-glove corrupt official!
It was to push out a corrupt official to do something that was not presentable.
Harvest money and sell official positions!
All the dirty water and reputation would be borne by the corrupt officials!
His Majesty the Emperor was forever wise and mighty!
However, it could still achieve the goal of filling the national treasury!
"I…I'm a little enlightened!"
Ying Zheng's eyes shone brightly!
From this moment onwards.
Qin Shi Huang's way of controlling his subjects was clearly on a higher level!
As for Meng Yi and Zhao Gao, they cleverly lowered their heads and pretended not to hear anything.
It was obviously not something they should hear about the art of the Emperor.
……
In front of the bamboo house.
Fu Su felt that his worldview had been further reconstructed.
The Confucian teachings he had received so far were all for him to be a benevolent gentleman.
As the saying goes: to govern with virtue, just like the North Star, in its place and all the stars together.
The core of the Confucian Way of the King was that if the ruler implemented the rule of virtue, the officials and people would automatically revolve around the ruler.
That is, the virtue of a king is the foundation of a kingdom.
The virtue of the common people was the embodiment of the king's enlightenment.
However…
But now, Yin Shang had bluntly asked Fu Su to be a cunning and loyal official.
Fu Su expressed that it was difficult for him to change his mind.
"Little scholar, you are a talented young man, but there are too many talented people in the world," Yin Shang explained gently.”
"This kind of person is usually only suitable to write poems or write books to teach, but they should never mix into officialdom. Qu Yuan is the best example.”
"Qu Yuan is the son of Xiong Tong, King Wu of Chu. Qu Xia's descendants were trusted by King Huai of Chu in their early years. They served as Zuo Tu and Sanlu Dafu, managing internal affairs and foreign affairs, advocating good politics.”
"But in the end? In the end, Qu Yuan was ostracized and slandered by nobles such as Qu Yuan, Jing Yuan and Zhao Yuan, and was exiled to the north of Han Dynasty and the Yuan and Xiang River basins. After Ying Du of Chu was defeated by the Qin army, Qu Yuan sank into the Miluo River and died for Chu.”
"In terms of talent, Qu Yuan can definitely be called the ancestor of Chu Ci. His works,'Li Sao,''Nine Songs,''Nine Chapters,' and 'Heaven Asking,' are all outstanding works!”
……
Yin Shang highly praised Qu Yuan's achievements in literature and poetry.
Unfortunately.
People like Qu Yuan were destined to be a tragedy in Chu.
Yin Shang didn't want to see a similar ending happening to the little scholar in front of him.
Therefore…
He had to focus on the other party!
"Little scholar, remember this!"
"You can study and read the books of the saints, but you must remember not to blindly follow the dead principles," Yin Shang said in a low voice.”
"When you officially enter the royal court in the future, when you really need to do something, you will understand that the books of saints…are useless!”
"Of course, this old man is not teaching you to be a great evil person. You still have to distinguish between right and wrong!”
……
After interacting with him for so many days, Yin Shang could clearly see that this little scholar in front of him was a pure and innocent person.
After receiving the enlightenment of the Confucians.
The little scholar gradually began to cultivate in the direction of a gentleman.
This was correct.
The principles of the scholarly faction could be used to build a foundation for a young man.
The king was moralized.
It was a truth that had never changed since ancient times!
But…
The reason why the truth was the truth was because it was too correct.
That was why Yin Shang had told the little scholar about the way of doing things.
For example, his views on corrupt officials!
Should corrupt officials be killed?
Naturally, he should be killed!
Then, were corrupt officials useful?
It would definitely be useful to those in power!
In this way.
The little scholar had to understand that there were some reasonable existences that did not conform to the words of the Sage.
Only in this way could he grow as quickly as possible.
It was not like he would have to suffer a setback in the officialdom in the future and suffer a bloody defeat to learn his lesson.
"I will remember your teachings and reflect on myself.”
Fu Su bowed seriously. He understood that Duke Yin was definitely doing this for his own good.
He would adhere to the concept of benevolence and virtue in the words of the sage, which meant that he could not be vague about the great right, the great wrong, and the great righteousness.
However, he would also listen to the Headmaster's words and try his best to be a cunning and loyal official. He would learn to use more varied ways and methods to do things!
At the same time.
In the underground palace, the First Emperor Ying Zheng felt extremely relieved. No one wanted more than him to change the old ideas of his eldest son, Fusu, as a Confucian gentleman.
In Ying Zheng's eyes, it was absolutely not a problem for an ordinary person to be determined to be a pure gentleman.
However, as the eldest son of the empire, Fu Su could not.
The reason was simple…
From the perspective of the Son of Heaven, the so-called saints were just one of the tools to rule the Nine Provinces.
The Son of Heaven must be above the Saints!
On the contrary!
The people will not be the people, the country will not be the country!
Of course, Ying Zheng could not actually give an example of the specific consequences of believing in saints. He was only telling himself instinctively.
The sovereign's power could not be shaken.
Not even the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period!
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