Chapter 23 The first debate method, the officials in the debate court are speechless
The Great Qin Dynasty today.
Belongs to Yingcheng!
"Your Majesty, Young Master Cheng is your eldest grandson. He should be cautious in his words and deeds, restrain himself and return to etiquette, and he should set an example for the world."
"But he blatantly said something treacherous and unethical."
"There is no law in Daqin that criminalizes minors. This kind of bill has long been used to convict minors."
"The crimes committed by minors should be borne by their teachers, parents, etc."
"Young Master Cheng has not yet become a teacher, and the mistakes made should be borne by Young Master Fusu!"
Li Si convicted Ying Cheng at the beginning.
Today, for Li Si, there is absolutely no reason to give in.
Anyone who despises Qin's laws will be punished without mercy.
After hearing Li Si's confession, many courtiers in the court began to whisper among themselves.
Legalism occupied half of the Qin Dynasty.
In an instant.
The wind above the entire court surged overwhelmingly towards Young Master Fusu.
"Your Majesty, we, the Qin Dynasty, have strengthened our country with laws. Qin's laws have been tested for hundreds of years. It is obvious to all that strengthening our country, Qin, can't be a method of subjugating the country. I hope your majesty will think twice."
"Your Majesty, I second my opinion, if Qin's law is the method of subjugating the country, how can we, the Qin Dynasty, rule the world?"
"Your Majesty, I second my opinion. The majesty of Qin's laws cannot be violated. Even if Gongzi Cheng is the eldest grandson, he cannot be exempted from sin."
"Your Majesty, this is not only an insult to Qin Fa, but also a denial of His Majesty's eternal achievements, Your Majesty."
…
In an instant.
There was a commotion in the court hall.
This is a war about Legalism.
No one in Legalism can be alone.
And all these contradictions naturally point to the young master Fusu.
Young Master Fusu looked at it this way.
One after another, not only the civil servants on the left supported it, but also the military generals on the right.
Suddenly there was a wail in my heart.
"Father, my son and I have been wronged. Father, it is clear to me that Cheng'er was just in a hurry and had no other intentions."
Fusu was in a state of desolation. Seeing this scene, how could you dare to make any more noise? He hurriedly admitted his mistake.
And in admitting the mistake.
Don’t forget to drag Ying Cheng along with you.
"Cheng'er, why don't you admit your mistake quickly? You just made a slip of the tongue for a moment and had absolutely no other meaning."
Young Master Fusu was currently in the court hall, struggling to move.
In the civil and military circles of the entire dynasty, no one could be found to speak for him.
Top.
The First Emperor on the dragon throne stared indifferently at everything below him.
No matter how the young master Fusu seeks help in the court.
He also ignored it indifferently.
There was no intention to interrupt at all.
Let the courtiers make noise.
Because he knows that the protagonist today is not him.
And in the midst of this commotion.
Ying Cheng, whose feet were shackled, stood up helplessly and walked to the front, only facing the Yulong Bridge.
Facing his father's pull, he took a step forward without even looking at it.
"I am not wrong!"
"The fault lies with everyone present."
"Including, Your Majesty!"
Ying Cheng glanced at everyone mercilessly, and even finally set his sights on the First Emperor sitting in the deepest place.
Guji.
Ying Cheng's words have not yet finished.
The sound of swallowing could even be heard above the court, and some people were frightened.
For a while.
No one refuted what Ying Cheng said.
Instead, all the civil servants and generals including Li Si, Feng Quji, and Shangqing Mengyi fell to their knees.
Dare not speak.
horrible.
horrible.
The courtiers who had not personally experienced Ying Cheng's arrogance in the Prime Minister's Mansion, now truly understood how outspoken Ying Cheng was.
"Ying Cheng, you are brave."
"Ying Cheng, don't be rude."
"Ying Cheng, you are so brave. You dare to speak ill of His Majesty."
Words of loyalty followed one after another, rushing towards Yingcheng like mountains and rivers upending.
Even Young Master Fusu was so frightened that his legs became weak and he roared angrily.
"You bastard, why don't you shut up."
He reprimanded the First Emperor in front of all the courtiers.
This is not something you can do if you are brave, it is just stupid and ignorant.
He really couldn't figure out why he gave birth to such a son.
"hiss!"
"call!"
Even the First Emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne in the deepest place, could not help but twitch his face.
If in normal times.
At this time, the person who said this has been pulled out.
but now.
The First Emperor, whose face twitched, tried hard to suppress his anger.
Go on, keep silent.
If the emperor's eldest son and his grandson are so exhausted that they can't even pass the test of the ministers in the court, there is no need to pass his test.
below.
Face the accountability of the ministers in the court.
Ying Cheng smiled faintly, untied the shackles on his arms, and said in a loud voice:
"Wei fell and was destroyed by Qin, which was still weak in the past."
"The soldiers of Wei who once dominated the world seem to have disappeared in the long river of history, and not even the sediment has emerged."
"Faced with our great Qin cavalry, the declining Wei state collapsed in an instant."
"Once upon a time, the Wei State was so glorious. Wei Wenhou implemented reforms to become stronger. He appointed Zhai Huang as the prime minister to reform the bad government; he used Le Yang as the general to attack Zhongshan State; he used Li Kui to teach the Dharma Scriptures and govern the country according to the law."
"What a splendor it was. The plundering of our land west of Hexi was considered a national humiliation by our people."
"Such a powerful country was defeated by Qi in the east, lost more than 700 miles to Qin in the west, and was humiliated by Chu in the south. From then on, it began its path of decline."
"No one woke up until the country was destroyed."
"Our Great Qin is not the fallen Wei State, but the laws are adapted to the circumstances of the moment and are by no means applicable for thousands of years, let alone unchangeable."
"I am the sixth generation of the Great Qin Dynasty. The Qin Law is based on the Shang Lord's Law, with deletions, deletions, modifications and revisions. I dare to ask you, Your Majesty."
"Has the current Qin law ever remained unchanged compared to the Shang king's law?"
Ying Cheng has already been thinking about everything.
There were problems with Qin's laws, big problems, and it is not an exaggeration to attribute them to one of the main reasons for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.
But this matter, he who traveled through time knew that the Second Emperor of Qin Dynasty died.
But others don't know.
Even if you say it, no one will believe it.
And he wants to change the fate of Qin and his father.
You have to face the princes in the court and convince these people.
How to persuade.
This is the most troublesome issue.
below.
Hear what Ying Cheng said.
Many courtiers whispered to each other one by one and started discussing.
Ying Cheng used Wei as an example and discussed Qin's laws to express his argument that Qin's laws were not immutable.
This, they must admit.
In fact, in everyone's mind, there is a fact that no one wants to mention.
‘Marry her to be with Qin’, this was said by Lord Shang, and is also the origin of Qin Fa.
That is, more than half of the Qin laws established by Shang Jun during his political reform were copied without any changes.
The Dharma Scripture is the result of Li Kui's reform in the Wei state during the period of Wei Wenhou.
He took the commercial law and established it as orthodoxy.
But this cannot change the fact that Qin's law originated from Wei's law.
For a moment, many courtiers in the court looked at each other. Ying Cheng's words were not unreasonable, but they could not find any reason to refute Ying Cheng.
"Nonsense, the reforms in the State of Wei were stronger than ever. After all, they were the fruits of a generation of wise kings. Marquis Wu of Wei succeeded to the throne with great joy. King Huiwen of Wei succeeded to the throne. He appointed nepotism but did not recognize the talents. Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Gongsun Yan, and Fan Ju all followed the State of Wei.
Run away.
King Xiang of Wei and King Zhao of Wei are even more mediocre in qualifications. It is natural law that the Kingdom of Wei should not be destroyed.
And we, the Qin Dynasty, have had six generations of wise kings, and have accumulated up to His Majesty the First Emperor, seven generations of wise kings. Our country, the Qin Dynasty, is as vast as the sun and the moon, how can it be compared to the mere state of Wei."
There were many people in the court who clearly discerned the truth and had strategies in mind, and they refuted Ying Chengdao on the spot:
"Moreover, the Dharma Scripture only contains half of the laws of the Shang Dynasty. Now our Qin Dynasty's Dharma has increased and decreased in a certain way, and the Dharma Scripture has long disappeared. The young man in the city questioned our Qin Dharma based on the Dharma Scriptures of the past Wei State. It would be too much to take a guess.
It’s one-sided.”
"Cai!" As soon as this person finished speaking, there were cheers from Dharma.
This perfectly refutes Ying Cheng's point of view.
Ying Cheng used the one-sided subjugation of Wei to prove the mistake of Qin's law.
But the essential reason for the fall of the Wei State was that the Wei State had only one generation of wise kings, and it was the later generations of Wei kings who were faint kings, which led to the fall of the Wei State.
And the discussion of the Dharma Sutra cannot be used even more. Even if the Qin Dharma of today and the Dharma Sutra of the past are used, they are already very different and cannot be compared.
deepest.
The First Emperor also nodded, agreeing very much with this point of view.
If Ying Cheng wants to defeat the princes in this way, we can only say that Ying Cheng thinks that the people of this world are too stupid.
However.
Ying Cheng smiled, what he said was very good, but it was pretty much what he thought.
"well said."
"Jiujiu and Lao Qin fought against the national calamity together."
"But you, Your Majesty, have you forgotten why Wei State began to decline?"
"The Wei State in the past was the land of the Four Wars, with Qi, Yan, Zhongshan, Zhao, Han, Qin, Chu, Song, Lu and other neighboring countries."
"The battle with Qi State at Maling and the battle at Guiling is unavoidable without war. The battle with us at Qin Xihe is unavoidable without war. In the past, there were constant battles between Wei State and surrounding countries."
"The eternal foundation that Wei Wenhou worked so hard to govern was destroyed by the war."
"Our Great Qin has a national policy that has not changed from beginning to end, and it is the national policy of farming and war."
"Plunder land and feed war with war. The more you fight, the stronger you become. The people are not afraid of war. Everyone wants to get rich by going to battle and killing the enemy."
"The people see war as hungry wolves see meat."
"Today, the warriors of our Great Qin are overcoming thorns and thorns, and are invincible. How do they compare with the soldiers of Wei? The soldiers of Wei were defeated in four battles, but the people of our Great Qin are all eager for war."
"If this is the case, wouldn't it mean that we are going to follow the old path of the Wei Kingdom in the past, getting weaker and weaker with each war? When our Qin soldiers are overwhelmed, who will defend the world on our behalf?"
"Isn't this a way to subjugate a country?"
Ying Cheng's voice caused an uproar in the court.
The national policy of farming and war!
The confidence of the Qin Dynasty to become a truly powerful nation.
Now.
No one expected that Ying Cheng would take the lead and directly target the national policy of farming and war.
But.
All the ministers in the court, although angry, looked horrified.
During the heyday of the Wei soldiers, looking at the world, even today's Qin warriors, who were sealed by Wu Chenghou, could not guarantee a complete victory.
It was a frightening legend of the era.
Like the warriors of Great Qin who were regarded as tigers and wolves by the six nations.
but.
Wei Wuzu declined bit by bit, and finally walked off the stage of history lonely.
The most important reason is that the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty fought in the north and south. From the time they reached the top, they were either in the war or on the way to the war.
This.
Little by little, the secrets of Wei Wuzu were exhausted.
So sharp.
this moment.
The eyes of all the officials in the court changed slightly.
have to say.
Ying Cheng's unique vision and sharp words shocked even those who had been in court for a long time and made a living by arguing.
As long as you study the national policy of farming and war a little, you will understand.
This is a national policy that only serves the purpose of war.
Zhan Zhan will give you a first-level title, and those who want to become an official will receive fifty stones!
This is the national policy of farming and war.
Everyone is thirsty for war and not afraid of war. Every soldier is eager for war, and every citizen hopes to join the army and fight.
In the court, in order to cater to these soldiers, it is necessary to start a war.
Just a few days ago.
Your Majesty then ordered Meng Tian to lead his army to the north, and Tu Sui to lead his army to the south, with a total of 700,000 troops and 1.2 million civilians.
This is the national policy of farming and war. Without war, the Qin Empire would have no vitality.
The minister who had just refuted Ying Cheng could not find anything to say to refute Ying Cheng.
Many courtiers also frowned.
Debate.
I am definitely not giving you three days to think about countermeasures.
An immediate reply is required.
If there is no response, it is a failure.
same.
The defense must not be full of nonsense, but must be convincing enough to convince oneself, the opponent, and the bystanders.
Otherwise, it will give the opponent a chance to counterattack sharply.
But now.
No one dared to easily reply to Ying Cheng's remarks.
For a while.
There was no rebuttal from the courtiers. Li Zhan couldn't stand anymore and retorted:
"Sophistry, in the past the place where the Wei Kingdom had four wars was located, but now the Qin has unified the world and everyone in the world has surrendered. How can it be the place where the four wars took place?"
"The national policy of farming and war is even more nonsense. Now that the world has been settled and everyone wants to fight, but there is no chaos to fight, how can it tire our Qin soldiers?"
Li Zhan's words are very meaningful.
It was also recognized by many courtiers.
But Li Zhan hadn't finished speaking yet.
Ying Cheng made a snap sound, swung the shackle board and slapped the Yulong Bridge before shouting angrily:
"Since our Daqin is not the place where the Four Wars are now."
"Since our Great Qin now has no chaos to fight against."
"Since we, the people of Great Qin, want to participate in the battle, there is no battle to participate in."
"Then, the Qin Law takes up twenty-four chapters to reiterate the method of tillage warfare. Isn't it like scrap and can be discarded?"
"Then, doesn't it mean that the method of farming and warfare has long been useless and can be discarded and replaced with a more suitable Qin method."
"Lord Tingwei, is this so?"
It's so refreshing.
Ying Cheng originally wanted to argue for three more rounds, but unexpectedly, Li Zhan actually gave him this opportunity.
The severity of Qin's laws can still be sustained.
But if the law of farming and warfare is to be reformed, the first thing to do is to abolish the law of farming and warfare.
Because the method of farming and fighting is indeed a burden.
Rumble!
Ying Cheng's eloquent voice resounded throughout Xianyang Palace.
Let the officials be shocked.
Everyone stared at Li Zhan in disbelief!
Lost.
Lost.
Lost.
The smart legal scholars sighed inwardly. If Li Zhan were not the son of Li Si, the representative of Legalism today would be in charge of Tingwei.
They even wondered whether Li Zhan was a spy sent by Ying Cheng.
It actually left such a big gap for Ying Cheng.
And Yingcheng.
In such a noisy environment, he was extremely keen to seize this gap.
The final word without leaving any chance.
Li Zhan also noticed this, and his whole body trembled.
Look around.
His face lowered in shame.
I couldn't see the elders of the Legalist family again, especially my father.
"Damn it, damn it!"
Li Zhan had scolded Ying Cheng a hundred times in his heart.
This Ying Cheng is so cunning.
In an instant, the situation was turned around.
Now.
Because of his words, the national policy of farming and war was questioned, but there was no way to refute it.
Infuriating.
The First Emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair in the depths, also shook his head with a half-smile.
Sit and watch the show.
I can see it clearly.
In this case, after all, Li Zhan was eager for quick success.
It is also clear.
Li Zhan was born as a noble son of the Qin Dynasty, and he had already served as a Tingwei at a young age. Although he was indeed talented and learned, he had a smooth journey and achieved a high position. Without training, he lacked experience.
It can still be used to great effect when the situation is favorable, but the shortcomings of the situation against the wind are infinitely magnified.
And this is the emperor's eldest grandson.
I have to admit that he is calm, smart, knowledgeable, and extremely decisive.
Quite a great talent.
Compared to Fusu, who could not speak a complete sentence until now, he was more than a hundred times stronger.
but.
continue!
The First Emperor found it very interesting to listen to the debate in the court.
As for opinions.
Let's argue!
"Everyone, Your Majesty, today's Great Qin has long been overwhelmed by the methods of farming and warfare!"
However, Ying Cheng showed no mercy and continued to intensify his attacks.
Facing Ying Cheng's life-threatening attack.
Many courtiers below were questioned and their faces turned red.
At this moment.
Li Si, who had been watching the show, finally stood up.
"I'm afraid what Mr. Cheng said is exaggerated. How can this method of farming and warfare make our Great Qin overwhelmed?"
Li Si changed his strategy directly.
Not only did he not argue, but he agreed and asked Ying Cheng to talk about the shortcomings of the farming and warfare method.
Suddenly.
Many courtiers who were initially uneasy felt at ease.
When everyone looked at Li Si.
I couldn't help but praise him in my heart.
He is indeed a wily and scheming Prime Minister.
They didn't expect this.
As the saying goes, if you talk too much, you will miss something.
Facing the aggressive Ying Cheng, he couldn't win completely with direct arguments, so he resorted to direct arguments.
As long as there is the slightest mistake in Ying Cheng's discussion of the deficiencies in farming and warfare, it will be an opportunity for them to turn their defense into an attack.
but!
Everyone saw it.
Ying Cheng stood at the head of the Yulong Bridge and smiled.
Not only laughed.
Instead, he sat on the steps of Yulong Bridge.
"Your Majesty, my grandson is thirsty as you said. Please give me a gift to quench my thirst!"
Of course, it was impossible for Ying Cheng to directly say something like, "Come here, I'm thirsty, please serve some tea." He was so obviously complacent.
It doesn't matter whether you kneel down to beg or not.
This rhetoric must be in place.
"Give tea to all the gentlemen!"
Ever since, the First Emperor finally said the first sentence after the debate.
But that's it.
"Your Majesty ordered me to give you tea!"
Zhao Gao's sharp voice echoed above the court.
After being hit several times, Zhao Gao is now extremely honest.
The tea seemed to have been prepared a long time ago.
The desk, teapot, and teacups were all quickly placed in the main hall, and several important ministers had eunuchs serving tea.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
The courtiers also expressed their gratitude to the First Emperor one by one.
Yingcheng Gulu filled his mouth with two gulps, touched the sweat on his back, stood up again and started a stronger offensive.
Let him say it's not enough.
Okay, let’s talk to you old stubborns today.
"The method of farming and war, all serve war. Farming, the rewards for people to farm, all belong to the needs of the war. In war, soldiers beheaded in exchange for the title of farming, and the rewards for continuing to farm will continue to be used for the needs of the war."
"In this way, if the cycle does not stop, we, the Qin Dynasty, will move forward bravely like a war machine."
"But once we fail to gain enough benefits from the war, the soldiers will no longer have the courage to move forward, and the people will not be able to bear the heavy devastation."
"I dare to ask you, Your Majesty, you keep claiming that I have millions of soldiers!"
"These millions of soldiers are fighting in the north and south. Each soldier will be beheaded at least one level and rewarded with a field, a house and a courtyard, and a servant. Can all these millions of fertile fields be distributed to the soldiers?"
"I dare to ask your majesties, since the Qin Dynasty abolished the feudal system, have all the titles of the millions of soldiers been awarded to the soldiers?"
"I dare to ask you, Your Majesty, now that the Qin Dynasty has unified the world, should we make the world peaceful and the people rich, or should we continue to collect food from people's homes for military use."
"I dare to ask, now that the world is the territory of our Great Qin, and the old honors of the six countries are all the people of our Great Qin, do we still want to let our officers and soldiers of the Great Qin plunder it?"
"I dare to ask you, Your Majesty, now that the war has ceased, the countless merchants, workshops, etc. who have served our army of Great Qin will stop work and strike."
"Today, our Great Qin is no longer the Great Qin of a hundred years ago. It has become a dynasty with a territory of thousands of miles. It has been completely transformed and has undergone fundamental changes."
"But we are still using the old Qin laws to control ourselves and the world. Is this possible?"
"The princes also said that the Dharma Scriptures became the laws of the kings of Shang, and the laws of the kings of Shang became the laws of Qin today."
"But now we are just like using the Dharma Scriptures to govern the Qin State before His Majesty unified the world. Is this feasible?"
"This is not the destruction of the country because of one law. I, Yingcheng, have never denied that the Qin Law laid the supreme foundation for our great Qin to unify the world."
"But we need to make progress."
"We need to keep changing to adapt to today's world."
"It's like your Majesty, the princes, and every minister in the court, including me, are constantly reading to enrich their knowledge and make up for their own shortcomings."
Ying Cheng kept talking.
The chatter has never stopped since he started talking.
The roar of every word and every word resounded throughout the entire hall.
But no one could interrupt Ying Cheng.
It's not that they can't.
But them.
I can't find anything wrong with Ying Cheng's words.
Every word and every word is aimed at the fatal point and stabbed into it.
They couldn't refute it.
"I dare to ask you, Your Majesty!"
Just six words.
It made them feel distressed.
But.
Every problem makes them extremely distressed, extremely irritated, and worried every day.
because.
What Ying Cheng asked.
No one can solve it, and there is no way to solve it.
The land cannot be rewarded, the titles cannot be rewarded, the old heroes of the six countries cannot be killed, and military industry and armaments are piled up like mountains.
not to mention.
Putting themselves in their shoes, if someone mentioned bringing the Dharma Sutra to the present Qin Dynasty for practical use, all of them would abandon the Dharma Sutra like worn out shoes.
What Ying Cheng said is absolutely correct.
The Great Qin of today and the Qin State of the past have completed earth-shaking transformations.
As the highest rulers of the Qin Dynasty, they can clearly feel these changes.
now.
Ying Cheng said it so bluntly.
Leave them speechless!
"How to refute, how to refute, there is no way to refute!"
Li Si sighed in his heart.
He had to admit it.
He was defeated.
He was defeated by a ten-year-old child in the field he was best at.
