Chapter 601

At the foot of Mount Taishan, many soldiers in armor surrounded the huge Mount Taishan. From the foot of the mountain to the top, it was filled with soldiers to prevent any accidents from occurring. Even if there were accidents, all variables had to be nipped in the bud.

With the spread of the Fengshan ceremony, Mount Taishan was strictly forbidden for any ordinary person to enter.

Even so, when they learned that the Emperor had arrived at Mount Taishan, many ordinary people gathered near Mount Taishan, crowding the periphery, just to witness the majestic appearance of the Emperor.

For many people, the people of Xianyang might be better off, at least they had seen the Emperor a few times. For the people of the land of Qi and Lu, they had only heard the name of the Emperor but had never seen the Emperor in person. This time, knowing that the Emperor was at Mount Taishan, they naturally did not want to miss this opportunity.

However, the reality was that wanting to witness the appearance of the Emperor seemed to be an extravagant hope.

They could not get close to Mount Taishan at all. When they arrived in this vicinity, they were blocked by soldiers in armor. Many soldiers hung sharp blades at their waists and held spears and halberds. The spears and halberds flashed with cold light in the sun. Many people had no doubt that if they dared to trespass on Mount Taishan, these people would immediately pierce their bodies with spears and halberds.

Also because many soldiers were guarding near Mount Taishan, ordinary people could not see the Emperor, and they did not know what the Emperor was doing at this moment.

So? What was Ying Zheng doing?

Ying Zheng had already started to climb Mount Taishan.

Because of the appearance of Does Xun Zi, a Confucian Grandmaster and senior critic, many Confucian scholars no longer argued endlessly. In the end, they all "agreed" with the Fengshan etiquette proposed by Does Xun Zi, which saved a lot of trouble.

Also because some trouble was saved, Ying Zheng did not stay at the foot of Mount Taishan for long. After looking at Mount Taishan from a distance on the mountain rock, he took the carriage again and headed from the southern foot of Mount Taishan to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that the Emperor did not adopt his proposal to wrap the carriage wheels with cattails to climb the mountain, this made some old Confucians very uncomfortable.

You know, since ancient times, all holy emperors had come to perform Fengshan with a heart of benevolence. Since the Emperor of Qin was imitating the ancient holy emperors to perform Fengshan, he should naturally come to perform Fengshan with a heart of benevolence. As a result, he was unwilling to adopt his suggestion.

Moreover, he really could not see a trace of ancient etiquette in the Fengshan etiquette proposed by Does Xun Zi.

You know, the point of wrapping the carriage wheels with cattails was something he found after flipping through many classics.

But thinking that the person who proposed the Fengshan etiquette was Does Xun Zi, the old Confucian finally suppressed the discomfort in his heart and did not express it in person.

Some people also noticed the weather.

Today's sky was gloomy, with dark clouds, and it did not look like a good day.

But it couldn't be helped that this day was a Fengshan day chosen long ago, so he could not say that the weather today was bad and not suitable for Fengshan.

When setting off, Su Xuan also looked at the sky, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he did not say much.

The carriage set off from the southern foot of Mount Taishan. Because it was a mountain road, even though it had been excavated by laborers and soldiers in advance, it was still difficult to walk, so the process of climbing the mountain seemed somewhat slow.

Just when Ying Zheng's carriage arrived halfway up the mountain.

The sky became more and more gloomy.

Until—

Boom!!

A thunderclap exploded, and faintly, one could see silver-white electric light jumping out of the dark clouds.

With the jumping of the electric light, soon, a torrential rain fell from the sky.

Except for Ying Zheng and some people who were in the carriage, many Confucian scholars did not have this treatment. They were all walking up the mountain. With the falling of the heavy rain, they were drenched into drowned rats in the first time.

Because of the heavy rain, they had to find large trees nearby to take shelter from the rain under the trees.

Immediately after, many Confucian scholars became happy again.

They could not help but whisper.

"This is a punishment from Heaven! Because the Emperor did not listen to my advice and did not wrap the carriage wheels with cattails, hurting the grass and trees on the mountain and not showing a heart of benevolence, Heaven sent down heavy rain to stop the Emperor from climbing the mountain!"

"What does this have to do with not having a heart of benevolence? It is clearly that the weather today is gloomy and not suitable for Fengshan! In my opinion, we should go down the mountain immediately and find another auspicious day!" Other Confucian scholars also expressed other views, finding a reason for this heavy rain.

More Confucian scholars showed sarcasm on their faces, "Bringing tens of thousands of troops to Mount Taishan, everything done is arbitrary and dictatorial. Without great virtue, one does great things. In my opinion, this is something that Heaven and Earth cannot tolerate!"

These people said one word after another.

Earlier, when Ying Zheng asked them to formulate the Fengshan etiquette, they argued endlessly. They originally thought they could take the opportunity to become famous and justify the school they belonged to. As a result, they did not expect that Ying Zheng invited Does Xun Zi, and Does Xun Zi's sentence "lowly Confucians" directly threw them all into the mud. The Fengshan etiquette they painstakingly flipped through ancient books to formulate was directly abolished.

If the Fengshan etiquette formulated by Does Xun Zi was strict, it would be fine, but the Fengshan etiquette formulated by Does Xun Zi was clearly improved from the etiquette of the Qin State for worshipping the Heavenly Emperor.

This made many Confucian scholars dissatisfied.

But because of Does Xun Zi, they could not say anything in the end.

At this moment, seeing the heavy rain and the mountain climbing journey being blocked, they immediately gloated 453.

Also because they were worried that the Emperor of Qin would punish them for their words, they spoke in very small voices, and they did not think that what they said would be heard by anyone.

After all, there was such a heavy rain, and there was the sound of wind and thunder.

While talking, they looked at the carriage that stopped in front.

It seemed that because of this rain, the Emperor of Qin had to stop.

Ying Zheng got off the carriage, and immediately several eunuchs held large umbrellas to block the top of Ying Zheng's head.

Ying Zheng looked at the gloomy sky, his eyebrows raised slightly, somewhat unhappy.

He did not believe in fate, nor did he believe in Heaven, but on the day of Fengshan, he encountered such a heavy rain, and his mood was still somewhat bad.

"Could it be that even Heaven does not want me to perform Fengshan?"

Ying Zheng whispered to himself.

The reason for this thought was that Su Xuan told him about the mystery of Fengshan that day. Through Fengshan, one could obtain the seal of Heaven and Earth and the recognition of Heaven and Earth, and then be able to condense more luck.

So he would associate many things because of this heavy rain.

Just at this time, Su Xuan's voice sounded suddenly: "Heaven's way has its constancy; it does not exist because of Yao, and it does not disappear because of Jie. If you respond to it with governance, it will be auspicious; if you treat it with chaos, it will be disastrous."

"It's just an ordinary heavy rain, what is there to fear?"