Jiang Yi didn't know the controversy among the audience at this time, so he only continued to say to Kong Shengren:

"During the period of the First Emperor, although Legalism occupied a dominant position, Confucian scholars were still a very important group. Confucian thought also penetrated into all aspects of the Qin Dynasty's rule and social life."

"The First Emperor also used the etiquette and music culture represented by Confucianism to adopt an attitude of absorption. He once summoned many scholars in literature and art to try to create a peaceful world."

"During his reign, he not only inherited the tradition of the Six Kingdoms and set up doctorate officers, but also named Confucius' eighth grandson Kong Yu as 'Wentong Lord'. This was a treatment that other schools of thought, not even the most respected Legalist school at the time, had!"

"In some major political affairs and court debates in the Qin Dynasty, Confucian scholars and doctors participated. The Confucian thought of self-cultivation was also mentioned in the Qin bamboo slips "The Way of Being an Official" unearthed in later generations."

Sage Kong nodded while listening, but some of the audience were stunned by these things.

"Good guy, is there anything else that our First Emperor has not done?"

"I am completely convinced. Now even if someone tells me that the First Emperor has traveled through time, I will believe it!"

"I used to think that Wang Mang was the one who traveled through time, but now it seems that the First Emperor is more like the hero of a time-travel drama!"

"By the way, I don't think I dare write about the life of the First Emperor. Is there anyone who agrees with me?!"

The audience expressed their opinions in the barrage.

Jiang Yi said again: "Although the First Emperor once burned books and harassed Confucian scholars, most of the people he trapped were alchemists who violated the ban."

"On the one hand, he burned some Confucian books, and on the other hand, he allowed the court, such as doctorate officials, to preserve Confucian classics. On the one hand, he killed Confucian scholars who violated the ban, and on the other hand, he also reused Confucian students who did not violate the ban. He did not deny Confucianism because of some people."

Kong Shengren listened carefully to these, and his attitude towards those who violated the prohibition was calm, and he did not feel that the First Emperor should not do this.

If you are benevolent, you should be benevolent. If you are not benevolent, a saint will kill someone.

What's more, an emperor who can unify six countries?

Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you.

Even if it were him in that situation, he might not be able to do as well as the First Emperor.

"After something like this happened, the First Emperor was still able to reuse Confucian scholars, which shows his broad mind."

"He's so sober!"

Sage Kong praised: "I think the reason why the First Emperor left these behind is to leave them to your future generations."

"Perhaps the Qin Dynasty at that time was afraid that some alchemists with ulterior motives would use the topic to exploit it, so it temporarily kept it in the royal family. When the policies he implemented can truly unite the hearts of the six countries, these classics will be brought back to the world."

Kong Shengren tried to analyze his motives from the perspective of the First Emperor: "But I don't think he will fool the people."

"If I were an official of the Qin Dynasty, I would definitely come up with this idea. The world has just been unified. If the nobles of the six countries with ulterior motives are allowed to use far-reaching Confucian classics to spread rumors and misinterpret the essence of Confucianism to incite the people, it will definitely cause extremely bad consequences for the new dynasty.

Influence!"

Jiang Yi replied without hesitation: "Yes, the First Emperor never thought about fooling the people!"

"When he collected these books, he gave an order: 'If you want to learn the law, use the officials as your teachers!'"

"As an emperor, to be able to do this, I have to say that he is a wise king."

Saint Kong longed for the Tao. He couldn't help but imagine, what would happen if he could meet such a monarch in this era?

Judging from some methods, he should be much more ruthless than I thought...

Then will he have to continue traveling around the six countries because of his political disagreement with the emperor, or will he be reused like those Confucian students?

The saint smiled and found that he could not get the answer. It seemed that the two were not the same people after all, so he had to ask: "Have these classics ever been left?"

Jiang Yi shook his head: "Many Confucian classics have disappeared..."

"Why?"

Kong Shengren frowned.

"Because of the death of Emperor Qin II, Xiang Yu, who overthrew the dynasty, burned his palace. The fire almost burned away all the books originally hidden in the palace of the Qin Dynasty."

"well……"

Saint Kong suddenly didn't know what to say, and his mood suddenly became much heavier: "If those classics can be passed down to future generations, the civilization of future generations will definitely be able to reach a higher level!"

His eyes suddenly lit up, he grabbed Jiang Yi's hand and walked towards his yard.

Soon, he took Jiang Yi to the study room in the courtyard.

"Young man, you can choose any of these classics!"

Kong Shengren pointed to his bookshelf and said.

Jiang Yi looked around and found that there were thousands of bamboo slips stacked on all sides.

This reminded him of a saying: Confucius moved - full of books!

Good guy, now children will have books to memorize, and a bunch of scholars will have new jobs!

Jiang Yi's eyes lit up. If he could really bring some ancient books that had been lost to later generations, then China's civilization would be directly from the ceiling to the atmosphere!

Why is Chinese civilization recognized worldwide?

Isn’t that why these classics and monuments exist?

Frankly speaking, many people who have never seen these two will doubt the authenticity of Chinese civilization, because these periods of history are too bright and long!

It is precisely because of this that it further illustrates the necessity of inheritance!

However, he needs to think carefully about what to bring.

What he is most interested in right now is the Yongle Book from the era of Emperor Yongle. This book has been lost, but its value is immeasurable.

However, because Patriarch Zhu gave too many edicts to his fourth son, Jiang Yi never talked to him before, for fear that he would accidentally end up in the crematorium.

After all, Patriarch Zhu in that time and space would have lived longer than in history. Who knows if he would have a sudden impulse and write in his will: "This is the inspiration we learned from the later generation Jiang Yi. One day he will

If we go to talk to you, you must be prepared for us!"

"By the way, this is a secret and must not be leaked!"

Jiang Yi could even imagine that one day he appeared in front of Emperor Yongle. Instead of being surprised at all, the emperor said to him coldly:

"Are you the descendant that my father mentioned?"

"Did you ask him to write those edicts for me?!"

"I thought being the emperor would be a little easier, but do you know how I felt when I saw these boxes?!"

"Do you know how the prince and I have been living these past few years?!"

Then, Emperor Yongle asked Jin Yiwei to bring out several large boxes of posthumous edicts for him...

When he thought of this, Jiang Yi felt a little scared!
Chapter completed!