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Chapter 10 The Essence of the Rule of Law

In fact, he is so awesome that he is too bragging?

It's just so crazy!

This is also a blessing for Li Yang to be a shameless person, otherwise most people would not have the courage to say that Shang Yang and Zhang Yi were both his nephews.

"It turns out that the gentleman's senior brother is actually Guiguzi!"

"call……"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng stood up and walked down with a loud noise. He came to Li Yang a few steps and bowed deeply: "Why didn't you say your identity as a sir? If I have any negligence, I hope you can forgive me!"

"Your Majesty is so serious, I'm afraid!"

Seeing Ying Zheng running down to apologize, Li Yang was a little overwhelmed and quickly bowed.

In fact, he was the first person who could make Qin Shihuang treat him so politely.

"Sir, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Ying Zheng stepped forward and grabbed Li Yang's hand, his face flushed with excitement.

Li Yang frowned: "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Ying Zheng said excitedly: "It's true that before I was ill a year ago, Xu Fu calculated a hexagram for me, saying that I will have a great disaster this year, and then God will send auspicious stars to the world to save me. As expected, when the gentleman comes, I offer fairy medicine to save me from danger. Now, if you listen to your life experience, isn't all this as mentioned in the hexagram?"

Li Yang was stunned.

It turns out that his appearance actually coincided with his hexagram by accident?

Li Yang felt incredible. His appearance was not really God's arrangement, right?

These words surprised the civil and military officials in the palace.

At this time, even if anyone has doubts about Li Yang, he would not dare to question any more.

There was a fairy medicine that cured the serious illness of the First Emperor, and now there are hexagrams as signs. Who the hell dares to stand up and question Li Yang’s bragging?

Questioning Li Yang now means questioning the First Emperor, questioning the hexagram, and even questioning the will of God.

Suddenly, the civil and military officials in the court looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone knew in their hearts that Li Yang was going to be valued.

Let’s talk about Li Yang, although he felt that the hexagram was incredible, he was very happy, because this made up the lies he had made up before, so he quickly said, “It seems that there is indeed a God’s will to make arrangements in this dark!”

"Mr. said it right, this is really God's will!"

Ying Zheng nodded, turned to Li Yang, and smiled and said, "Now I have the help of my husband, why worry about the Qin Dynasty forever!"

Li Yang knew that the big thing had been done and it was a foregone conclusion that he had been given a reward, so he hurriedly said, "I wish to do my best for my Daqin!"

"good!"

Ying Zheng laughed loudly, then turned back to the throne and said, "Sir, you and Guiguzi have said before, but what you learned is different. I wonder what Mr. said?"

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the hall looked at Li Yang together.

Everyone wants to hear what kind of skills did this man who dares to claim to be as famous as Guiguzi learn?

At this time, Li Yang couldn't help but become serious, because this topic directly related to the two concepts of governing the country in Qin.

Over the past ten years, the Qin State has continuously used the people's power to build the Great Wall, build the Chi Dao, guard the Five Ridges, build the Afang Palace, build the Lishan Tomb, etc., and requisition millions of laborers. The man was not in enough, so he recruited women to take on hard labor for transfer. The Qin Dynasty had many names and severe punishments. One person violated the law, and his relatives and neighbors had to take charge of them.

It can be said that the levy and taxation of the Qin rulers far exceeded the limits that society could bear.

Li Yang knew very well that if Daqin did not seize the time to change, the world would soon be in chaos.

Moreover, the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising in history will happen next year.

The only way to change all this is to change, abolish tyranny, and let the people recuperate.

However, it is very difficult to get the people to rest and recuperate.

Because no one can persuade Ying Zheng to give up those national projects.

Building the Great Wall, building the Chidao, garrisoning the Five Ridges, building the Afang Palace, building the Lishan Tomb, etc. These are things that Ying Zheng has been determined to achieve in his life. Whoever stops it will be against him.

Don’t say that the ministers advised him, even his son’s advice was not bad.

The reason why Prince Fusu was exiled to the border was actually because his political opinion was inconsistent with the governance of the First Emperor. Fusu believed that he should govern the country with benevolence, and he did not understand the forbearance, and repeatedly contradicted the majesty of the First Emperor, so that when he faced the wrong nature of accusing the First Emperor of burning books and burying scholars, he was exiled to the border in anger by Qin Shihuang.

Even if his son advises him, he will be exiled to the border. Who else in the world dares to rebel against the Dragon Scale of the First Emperor?

For Li Yang, this is a difficult problem!

However, although it is a difficult problem, it must be solved.

Thinking of this, Li Yang said carefully: "My senior brother Guiguzi, most of the skills of fighting for hegemony are learned, but what he learned is the skills of governing the world. The skills of fighting for hegemony are good at strategy, and the purpose of fighting for hegemony are to annex the world. The skills of governing the world are good at governing the country, focusing on people's livelihood, and focusing on prosperity and strength in the world. This is the difference between the two!"

Li Si, who was standing aside, was already sneering in his heart. This guy is so bold that he is good at governing the country and attaches importance to people's livelihood. Isn't this advocating the governance of Confucianism with the study of benevolence and righteousness? This is contrary to Your Majesty's governance. He is really not afraid of death!

Not only did Li Si think so, but the civil and military ministers in the court all looked at Li Yang with strange eyes at this time.

Everyone knows that the First Emperor hates Confucian scholars the most, and even for this reason, he killed more than 400 Confucian scholars led by Fusu teacher Chunyu Yue in one breath, and even ordered all the poetry and books in the world to burn them. This shows that the First Emperor hated the depth of Confucianism.

Sure enough, Ying Zheng was displeased when he heard this and frowned slightly: "Mr. What sir said is to let Qin abandon the law and follow the benevolence?"

Li Yang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood that the art of governing the world mentioned below is not to abandon the law and follow the benevolence. Not only should we not abandon the law, but we should strengthen and improve the law to achieve the goal of governing the country according to law."

Ying Zheng was stunned: "Oh? So, sir, I also feel that the laws of the Qin Dynasty are important to the country?"

Li Yang nodded and said without questioning: "Law is the foundation of our great Qin establishment. Since Shang Yang's reforms, the national strength has grown and the country has become rich and the army has been strengthened. It can be said that it is precisely because of the great Qin that the great Qin has laws that laid the foundation for our great Qin to unify the world."

"Okay, okay!"

Ying Zheng laughed a few times, then sighed, "What a pity, I think my Qin method is the method of enriching the country and strengthening the army. But there are people in the world who slandered me Qin Rules, calling Qin Rules the violent rule, and calling my Qin Rules the violent rule! Sir, why do you think this is?"

Li Yang quickly said, "Your Majesty, this is the crux of the art of fighting for hegemony and the art of governing the world as mentioned before!"

"What's the crux of the matter? Tell me quickly!" Ying Zheng urged.

Li Yang said seriously: "As the saying goes, "Get on horses and fight off horses and govern the country. The art of fighting for hegemony is for war, and the art of governing the country is for peace. Shang Yang's law is for wartime, and the law is for strict laws. Only by regulating military discipline and increasing combat power can we strive to dominate the world. However, now that our Qin Dynasty unified the world, the people long for peace. If we govern the people with strict military laws during wartime, it will be too strict, so it is called violent law."

"Shang Yang's law is to punish misdemeanor severely. One person breaks the law, and relatives and neighbors must be held even, causing hundreds of thousands of people to become prisoners, and countless people are beheaded. If this continues, the people cannot be at peace, and the country is too few, which is not conducive to the country. If a minor crime is punished with severe crime, one person breaks the law and punishes one person alone, the law is in accordance with the law, and the people who abide by the law can be at peace, wouldn't it be fun?"

Li Yang remembers it very clearly that the reason why Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up was because it rained and died according to the Qin rules. Therefore, they were forced to have no way out and led about 900 servants to raise an uprising in Daze Township, Qi County, which was a change in Daze.

At that time, many gentry from counties killed the county magistrates and county magistrates in response to Chen Sheng, and then the source of sparks instantly exploded.

Ying Zheng did not speak, but began to ponder.

At this time, Li Si stood up and questioned: "Who will be afraid of this law? Wouldn't the world be even more chaotic?"

Li Yang retorted: "The law of governing the world is to protect the people who abide by the law, and to punish the offenders. If the officials in our hall are one army, one of them breaks the law, and all of us all want to sit together, then what is the point of our law-abiding officials abide by the law for nothing? If this continues, who will abide by the law? No one abides by the law, this is the root cause of chaos in the world."

"Therefore, the law of governing the world requires not only the purpose of punishing illegal offenders, but also the purpose of making the people strive to be good people in law-abiding. At that time, the people of the world understood that as long as they abide by the law, they could ensure peace and stability. How many people in the world would not abide by the law? Where did this chaos come from?"

Li Yang's view on the law was a righteous and passionate person.

As the driving force behind the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si didn't know how to refute Li Yang's theory for a while.

Because he suddenly realized that the theory Li Yang mentioned seemed to be the essence of the rule of law.
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