Chapter 23

And after Ying Su heard these words, he didn't blame him, because he also knew that Li Si was telling the truth!

And every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh!

Yes!

Although the Great Qin army is strong, in terms of people's livelihood and comprehensive national strength, it really cannot compare to the Great Zhou!

Even, saying it was not as good as half of the peak of the Great Zhou was an exaggeration by Li Si.

There was no way, under the governance of the Duke of Zhou, Ji Dan, the Great Zhou ushered in a peak period of nearly two hundred years!

And this two-hundred-year peak period allowed the nation, characters, culture, economy, and education to develop well!

At its peak, it even allowed everyone to reach the point where they could eat their fill!

Even, because of this, historians of later generations redefined the first great unified dynasty!

Yes!

The first great unified dynasty in Chinese history was not the Qin Dynasty!

But the Zhou Dynasty!

The Great Zhou was the first great unified dynasty in Chinese history!

Although they had an enfeoffment system!

But according to the control of the Zhou Emperor over the major vassal states during the peak of the Zhou Dynasty, it could be completely defined as a great unified dynasty!

However, Ying Su was not discouraged!

How many years did it take for the Great Zhou to have such a situation from defeating the Great Shang to the Duke of Zhou governing the country?

How many years has it been since the Qin King swept the six states?

Moreover, can the great unified dynasty truly established by the Qin Dynasty be the same as that kind of great unified dynasty mixed with water?

Completely different!

Therefore, Ying Su was not discouraged at all.

He would let the Great Qin usher in a period of rapid development after the First Emperor!

And speaking of the period of rapid development, Ying Su couldn't help but ask Li Si a question:

"Shang Yang's Reform and Lu's Spring and Autumn, which one do you think is the true path to a strong country?"

At that moment, Ying Su asked!

And speaking of Lu's Spring and Autumn, one must mention a figure who, in Ying Su's view, had a governance ability of at least SS-level, infinitely close to SSS-level.

A super fierce person who cleaned up the mess in the first time after three Qin kings died in three years in the Qin State, and made the Qin State's comprehensive national strength continue to increase for ten years, and also made the First Emperor Ying Zheng fear him for ten years!

The law of merit based on heads was abolished by him!

Even, Ying Zheng's capital for sweeping the six states had a part of him!

Without him, the Qin State would likely have fallen into endless civil strife after Ying Ying Yiren died!

He was Lu Buwei!

The author of Lu's Spring and Autumn!

And mentioning Lu's Spring and Autumn, Li Si's heart trembled slightly, because he had been a guest of Lu Buwei!

Likewise, it was precisely because of Lu Buwei that he had the opportunity to rise.

However... some of Lu Buwei's practices made him criticize him endlessly!

For example, not respecting the Qin King!

Not recognizing the situation, not distinguishing the essential difference between king and subject!

But likewise, Li Si also agreed with some of Lu Buwei's views!

He also admired this person's governance strategy very much!

After pondering for a long time, he said:

"The essence of Shang Yang's Reform lies in weakening the power of the nobles, and through harsh laws and military merit, transferring the power weakened from the nobles to the people, using the people to balance the nobles, thus making the Qin people warlike, making the Qin State extremely fierce during wartime!"

"My teacher Xunzi was a Confucian, but he believed that human nature is evil and needs to be restrained by harsh laws, so he highly praised governing the country by law!"

"Han Fei believed that law is the foundation of a country, but how to use it, and how to promote it so that everyone knows the law and obeys the law is the foundation! Otherwise, if the king makes laws and the people don't know the law, then the king's law is like a mere formality!"

"And Lu's Spring and Autumn is completely different from Legalism, not only different from Legalism, but also different from Taoism, Confucianism, and Mohism!"

"In my opinion, Lu's Spring and Autumn is more like a theory that combines the thoughts of Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism!"

"In the war of unifying the six states, Lu's Spring and Autumn believed that the six states should be nibbled away, not achieved in one go; such rapid expansion might make people's hearts unstable, trigger great chaos, and eventually backfire on the Qin State!"

"In terms of governing the country, Lu's Spring and Autumn advocated governing by doing nothing, the king should love the people like his own children, be lenient with criminal law, and return benevolence to the people!"

Li Si finished speaking and bowed to Ying Su.

And Ying Su didn't speak, just looked at Li Si: "Finished?"

"I..."

Li Si's body trembled slightly, his head lowered, not speaking.

Ying Su continued to look at him, he still didn't speak!

Finally, Ying Su nodded:

"I understand!"

"Emperor Your Majesty, I..."

Li Si opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, but this time, Ying Su didn't give him a chance:

"What you wanted to say, what you could say, you have all said!"

"What you wanted to say but didn't say for a long time means you are still hesitating!"

"Since you are hesitating, then don't say it for the time being!"

"Follow your heart!"

"I..."

Li Si cried and bowed to Ying Su:

"Li Si advocates governing by law. Li Si believes that law is the root of a country, law is the foundation of a country. No matter when or where, one should use the law to restrain the world, especially now that our Qin State has established a great unified dynasty, we should unify the law even more. If there is no legal restraint, then the original people will do their own things, and the country will not be a country? And where will the emperor's majesty come from?"

He shouted and bowed fiercely to Ying Su!

PS: Seeking flowers and evaluation tickets!!!!

022. Paper, replacing bamboo slips!

And hearing this, Ying Su smiled and bent down to help him up:

"Chancellor, get up quickly!"

"Your Majesty... I..."

Li Si opened his mouth, he still wanted to say something!

But... Ying Su waved his hand and interrupted him:

"I came here today because I have an important matter to find you!"

"Important matter?"

Li Si was shocked and became solemn immediately: "Your Majesty, please give your orders, Li Si will go through fire and water!"

Ying Su smiled, and then, took something out of his arms!

"This... what is this?"

Li Si was confused, and at the same time, took the rolled-up flax paper from Ying Su's hand!

But after looking at it again and again, he didn't understand!

Ying Su smiled without saying a word; he took out a sheet from the large roll of paper in Li Si's hand.

Then he picked up a brush and wrote a character on it:

"Paper!"

And pointing to this character, he read: "Paper!"

"Using it, you can replace bamboo slips!"

"What?"

"Replace bamboo slips?"

Once these words were spoken, Li Si was stunned!

You must know, that is bamboo slips!

Since the clumsy recording methods like oracle bone inscriptions were eliminated, the recording method of bamboo slips could not be shaken by anyone!