Chapter 135: Not punishing evil encourages the world to do evil?
The copper river was blocked not long before the eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly and carefully picked out all the bamboo slips.
The river water was so clear that you could see the brass color through the clear water.
It was briefly dyed black by ink, remained black for a while, and then returned to its original appearance.
Bottles of fine wine flow along the clear river water.
Plates of delicious food were floating in the air with the sound of rustling.
But for a long time no Qin official took it to drink or eat.
They were busy hiding behind Wucheng Hou Wang Jian, speaking nonsense, expressing their thoughts, and expressing their patriotic feelings and other noble things, and they had no time to fill their stomachs and enjoy delicious food, which were physical desires.
When the delicacy in Qushui was picked up by a scholar who had just written a letter to block the river, the First Emperor finally spoke under Ying Chengjiao's long gaze.
"Please hold off for now, gentlemen."
Gently brushing off the non-existent dust on his knees, the First Emperor stopped the boiling scene in the field.
No matter it was Qin Chen who had just finished speaking or Qin Chen who had just started speaking.
His subsequent words were like the non-existent dust on the First Emperor's knees, which were gently brushed away by the First Emperor.
The ministers bowed slightly to the First Emperor and sat down to wait for his closing remarks.
"I have listened to your words and kept them in mind. Since you have strong opinions on the simplified characters, we can still issue the large seal characters in the Qin territory."
The current font of the Qin State is Large Seal Script, which conforms to the aesthetic taste of people of that time and is familiar to everyone.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
All the officials sat and shouted, all of them were very happy.
We all thought to ourselves that His Majesty has become more and more concerned about our ideas in recent days.
Only Ying Chengjiao knew that things would not be so simple. In most cases, his royal brother would not be intimidated but would only be persuaded.
The First Emperor picked up the bamboo slips and pointed at the simplified characters that his ministers thought were not characters at all.
"From today on, this character will be called Da Zhuan, and it will be the only common writing system in Qin."
Before the ministers stopped saying "Your Majesty is wise", the Qin ministers sitting in the front row saw the First Emperor change his simplified Chinese name into large seal characters in front of them.
Your Majesty, that's not what we meant. We just lack a name?
If you change the name of this character to "Da Zhuan", won't the character still be like this?
Your Majesty, you are replacing the prince with a cat.
As the Qin officials in the front row conveyed the First Emperor's intentions to those behind them, the voices of "Your Majesty is wise" gradually faded away.
"Your Majesty, if this word is to be passed on, I am afraid that the students in various places will not cooperate."
"Yes, Your Majesty, these texts are to be spread throughout the world, not just in Xianyang. We must always consider the wishes of the scholars in the world."
"The lands of Qi and Lu are full of literary culture, and the lands of Yan and Zhao are full of martial arts. Their characters all have their own unique forms. If I use the large seal script, they may be able to recognize it with pinched noses, but if I use this simplified character..."
Simplified Chinese characters are not in line with the mainstream aesthetic of the time.
Although what the ministers said were excuses, they were not made up randomly. Instead, they were correct, pertinent, and would surely come true.
The First Emperor had already mentioned this to Ying Chengjiao in the study of Chang'an Junfu.
The solution proposed by Ying Chengjiao was 50,000 elite Qin soldiers who knew simplified Chinese characters.
"If scholars from all over the country cooperate, then what use will I have for you?"
The First Emperor pointed to the first bamboo slip that was taken out, which had the names of each person’s fiefdoms written on it.
"After the land is divided, your fiefs and salaries will be increased, but don't you want your responsibilities to be increased? Who said that the students from all over the country would not cooperate? Stand up and give your fief to someone who can make the students in the country cooperate."
Qin Chen would naturally not stand up when someone spoke.
The text has been passed down for thousands of years, so this is indeed a big deal.
But that is a matter that affects all of China and has little to do with him personally, but the fiefdom truly belongs to his family.
Giving up the fiefdom for the sake of writing is equivalent to giving away all the family wealth for the sake of all mankind. Some people will do such a thing, but not many, at least the Qin minister who said this is not one of them.
The Qin minister shrank his head and lowered his body among the other ministers, not wanting to say another word.
Suddenly, a big hand grabbed his collar and pulled him up.
Qin Chen turned around and glared to see who was so naughty, and saw that it was Wang Ben with a stern look on his face.
The second person with the most military merit in the Qin Dynasty said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have seen clearly that it was Zhang Youcheng who said it!"
The First Emperor looked at Zhang Youcheng, who had a bitter face, and lowered his head to find the fiefdom that should have been allocated to Zhang Youcheng on the bamboo slip.
"Wang Ben, can you please let everyone in your fiefdom use simplified Chinese characters?"
"Can!"
"Don't brag. Your fiefdom is not small. It has seven cities within a hundred miles."
"I would like to ask your Majesty, how easy is it to implement simplified Chinese characters in the 100-li and 7-city area compared to destroying Qi, Yan, and Wei?"
"Since then, it is easy to follow the simplified Chinese characters."
"In this case, I can destroy Qi, Yan, and Wei. What's the difficulty in using the simplified Chinese characters in my fiefdom? Your Majesty, why don't you trust me?"
"Okay, then I'll ask you another question. Zhang Youcheng's fiefdom is a city, and it's said that it's difficult to practice Chinese characters in the territory. I'll give you this city. Can you, Wang Ben, do it?"
"Your Majesty, if you give me ten more cities, I can do it!"
"General, you are so great! I will give you eleven cities!"
Zhang Youcheng never expected that he would lose the fiefdom that he was supposed to have obtained just by saying one sentence.
He struggled in Wang Ben's hands, waving his arms, kicking his legs, and staring, trying to tell the First Emperor that he could do it.
Isn't it just to implement simplified Chinese characters in the fiefdom? I can do it!
Helplessly, Wang Ben’s big hand like a broadsword covered his mouth tightly, preventing him from making any sound.
The conspiracy has even reached my father's head. Do you think I, Wang Ben, understand the righteousness of the matter?
Zhang Youcheng looked around and asked for help from the many civil officials who had just stood with him.
As Zhang Youcheng expected, the civil officials were either drinking, eating meat, or chatting, and they all avoided his gaze intentionally or unintentionally.
If the person asking for help now was not him, Zhang Youcheng, but Li Youcheng, Wang Youcheng, Zhang Youcheng would do the same.
If the Wang family wants to vent their anger, they must not attack everyone.
Since you, Zhang Youcheng, have been chosen, just consider yourself unlucky.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wang Ben said something and returned to Wang Jian.
Zhang Youcheng was freed and shouted: "Your Majesty, I can do it! I can use simplified Chinese characters in my fiefdom!"
The First Emperor sighed and said with regret: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have already given your fief to General Wang Ben. Your words are not joking."
"Just now Wang Ben covered my mouth with his hand. I am speechless, Your Majesty!"
For the sake of his own fiefdom, Zhang Youcheng didn't care whether he would offend the Wang family.
Wang Jian and Wang Ben looked unusual.
They stared at Zhang Youcheng with murderous intent.
But facing this murderous intent, Zhang Youcheng straightened his chest without fear, pointed at the father and son and expressed his grievances with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Youcheng said dozens of sentences.
If you write down all these dozens of sentences, you can see that there are actually only four words between the lines - I want a fiefdom.
"Wang Ben, is this true?"
"Your Majesty! This man first borrowed Jian's words, and my son then covered his mouth. Is this not right?"
Originally, Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, only had Wucheng as his fief.
Now there is another piece for no reason, how could Wang Jian let it go? He asked to directly lift up the cover to reveal the inside.
The First Emperor nodded and agreed with Wang Jian's opinion.
"That makes sense. But don't be impatient, Zhang Yi. There are so many officials who said it's difficult to implement simplified Chinese characters. I will choose another city for you."
The First Emperor appeased Zhang Youcheng with a word and asked the ministers, "Who among you still has difficulty in using simplified Chinese characters in your fiefdom? Stand up, and I will grant your land to Zhang Yi."
The ministers, who had just looked unhappy, immediately swore that it was completely fine to issue simplified Chinese characters in their own territory and there was no problem at all.
"Although I am old, I am willing to do my best to unify the Qin Dynasty!"
"If my fiefdom has a hundred cities, I can use simplified Chinese characters in all of them!"
"Simplified Chinese characters are concise, easy to understand, and easy to issue."
The ministers who originally looked at Ying Chengjiao with contempt, now looked at him with astonishment.
"It is a blessing for all people in the world that the Qin Dynasty can have such writing!"
"The peddlers, farmers and merchants should be extremely happy. From today on, learning to write will be as easy as bowing your head."
"Chang'an Jun is a man of great virtue! I wonder how Chang'an Jun created such a beautiful text?"
Ying Chengjiao cursed in his heart, but laughed loudly on the surface. He pointed at his nose and said, "Am I that amazing? Hahaha ! Just average, third in the world. I just created it with a casual smear."
No one in the palace said anything bad about simplified Chinese characters.
The First Emperor said to Zhang Youcheng with regret: "You have seen it too. It is not that I do not give you the city, but that they do not give it to you."
Zhang Youcheng's face was pale and his lips were trembling. In the end, he said nothing and drank alone in dejection.
Now he only regretted why he had gone against His Majesty and why he spoke so quickly.
After thanking the officials, Ying Chengjiao said to his eldest nephew who was restrained beside him, "Uncle can let you go, but don't move or talk nonsense, okay? But don't even blink a hundred times."
Ying Fusu: ...
The eldest son of the Qin dynasty, blinking like crazy
"Ha ha."
Less than twenty blinks later, Ying Fusu felt that he could run, move and jump, and his body was back under his control.
"Uncle, the teacher..."
"The Queen's sister-in-law told you about this a long time ago. It was you who came late. You can't blame others. Your teacher died for you and because of you."
Instead of comforting his nephew, Ying Chengjiao tore Ying Fusu's wound twice as wide and poured several bags of refined salt into it.
Ying Fusu had a sad look on his face. The sharpness in him had been worn away again and again in the Xuanniao Palace and was now completely gone.
"Okay, if you don't want this to happen again in the future, then learn from your father. Do you understand your father's methods?"
Ying Chengjiao's reminder made Ying Fusu's inner thoughts, which he had not grasped just now, rise again.
Ying Fusu calmed his mind and temporarily suppressed all his sorrow. He looked at the Qin officials in the hall who were praising the First Emperor, and thought about the voices of opposition in the Xuanniao Hall just now.
“The kingly way.
"Oh my god, nephew, you finally got it. Come on, have a drink!"
Ying Chengjiao personally poured a bottle of wine, raised it with one hand and handed it to Ying Fusu's mouth. Ying Fusu's blood-stained clothes stained Ying Chengjiao's cuffs red.
"Uncle, this is against etiquette, Fusu..."
As Ying Fusu spoke, he reached out to take the wine jar with both hands.
Before he finished speaking, with his hands raised halfway, Ying Fusu remained silent.
The eldest son of the Qin Dynasty bit the rim of the wine bottle, tilted his head back, and drank all the unfinished words along with the wine that Ying Chengjiao fed him.
After drinking the bottle of wine, Ying Fusu was still not satisfied.
He simply picked up a jug of wine on the table and started drinking it from the spout.
After finishing the pot of wine on Ying Chengjiao's desk, he looked at the pot of wine on Qin Chen's table next to him.
Ying Fusu, who was still unsatisfied, only had eyes for the wine jug. He held onto the table and scooped up the wine jug from the next table, and drank it again.
Ying Jianglu, who had been watching from the side, frowned, snatched the wine jug from Ying Fusu's hand, and started to swear as well.
My stupid elder brother is no longer stupid. My uncle even told others about my kidney deficiency. I am so sad...
"Burp, this wine is not as strong as the one at my uncle's house!" Ying Fusu burped and said with a silly smile.
"Nonsense, my family has distilled it. If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. Don't learn from me, learn from your father."
As expected, Ying Fusu did not smile. Tears gradually welled up in his eyes. He said, "Uncle, why did you and the emperor choose me? If you hadn't chosen me, my teacher wouldn't have died, right?"
Ying Jianglu stopped drinking.
My brother seems to be stupid again...
"When Zhang Yi was the prime minister of Qin, he promised to give Chu 800 li of land, and asked Chu to break off diplomatic relations with Qi. The King of Chu agreed, but Zhang Yi regretted it and said that he had never promised 800 li. He only gave 8 li of land. The King of Chu was angry, but Qi and Chu had already broken off, and it was difficult to mend a broken mirror."
"Zhang Yi used his deceitful words and tactics to make Qin develop rapidly, and he made great contributions to Qin. But why did King Wuxian dismiss Zhang Yi? Because Zhang Yi broke his promise to the six countries. Zhang Yi broke his promise to the six countries, which meant that Qin broke its promise to the six countries. Only by dismissing Zhang Yi can Qin regain its reputation in the world."
"But can you say Zhang Yi was wrong? No, he was right. In that era, no one could do better than him. In that era, someone had to stand up and do these things."
Ying Chengjiao wiped away the tears from his nephew's eyes, and smiled with relief when he saw that there was no longer "li" engraved in his left eye, nor "ren" engraved in his right eye.
"Our generation of the Qin Dynasty is ruthless and unpopular. There is nothing we can do about it. There will always be someone to fight. China must be unified and no one can stop it. Whoever tries to stop us will be killed."
"When our generation dies, all the sins committed by the Qin against the six nations will also die with us. Your hands will no longer be stained with so much blood. Your generation must live in harmony with the people and truly conquer the world. You must show kindness to the world and let everyone in the world call themselves Qin people."
"Killing is easy, loving is hard. The tears in your eyes are why we chose you. To make this world a better place is what my brother and uncle expect of you."
The Third Young Master had originally put down the wine jug, but he raised it up again following Ying Chengjiao's long and earnest teaching.
Tons of tons of tons
Uncle, father and emperor are both decisive in killing people, but they are looking for their lover. It is unreasonable! It is unreasonable! I am the most stupid one!
"Is that really the case? Fusu previously..."
"You are the second emperor of Qin. You should love the whole, not the individual. You can love the prisoners. You can rewrite the laws, reduce the sentences for good behavior, and let them make up for their crimes. If you really want to show your benevolence, you can also release a thousand death row prisoners and let them go home to celebrate the New Year."
"Those who come back to die after the New Year will be released on the spot, and those who don't come back will be barbaric. This is also a benchmark for the world to abide by the law, right?"
"What's the point of releasing them all? Doing so without punishment encourages the whole world to do evil? You are loving the prisoners, making the people suffer, and destroying the Qin State."
