Chapter 973

So? What was Ying Zheng doing?

Ying Zheng had already begun to climb Mount Taishan.

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

Also because of the lack of some storms, 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 toward the top of the mountain from the southern foot of Mount Taishan.

Seeing that the Emperor did not adopt his proposal to wrap the wheels of the carriage with reeds to climb the mountain, some old Confucian scholars felt very uncomfortable.

You must know that the holy emperors of ancient times all came to perform the Fengshan sacrifice with a heart of benevolence. Since the Emperor of Qin imitated the ancient holy emperors to perform the Fengshan sacrifice, he should naturally come to perform the Fengshan sacrifice 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 sacrifice etiquette proposed by Xun Zi.

You must know that the point of wrapping the wheels of the carriage with reeds was found after he read many classics.

But once he thought that the person who proposed the Fengshan sacrifice etiquette was Xun Zi, the old Confucian scholar 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 this day was a day chosen for the Fengshan sacrifice a long time ago, so it was not easy for him to say that the weather was bad today and it was not suitable for the Fengshan sacrifice.

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 if it had been chiseled 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 at the mountainside.

The sky became even gloomier.

Until—

Boom!!

A thunderclap exploded, and one could vaguely 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 instance.

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

Immediately afterward, many Confucian scholars were happy again.

They could not help but whisper.

"This is Heaven's punishment! Because the Emperor did not listen to my advice and did not wrap the wheels with reeds, he hurt the grass and trees on the mountain and did not show a heart of benevolence, so 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 is gloomy today and not suitable for the Fengshan sacrifice! In my opinion, we should go down the mountain immediately and find another auspicious day!" Some Confucian scholars expressed other views and found 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. Doing big things without great virtue, in my opinion, this is something that Heaven's principles cannot tolerate!"

These people, one word, one sentence.

When Ying Zheng asked them to formulate the Fengshan sacrifice etiquette earlier, 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 Xun Zi, and Xun Zi's sentence "lowly Confucians" directly threw them all into the mud. The Fengshan sacrifice etiquette they spent so much effort to read ancient books and formulate was directly abolished.

If the Fengshan sacrifice etiquette formulated by Xun Zi was strictly forbidden, it would be fine, but the Fengshan sacrifice etiquette formulated by 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 Xun Zi, they could not say anything in the end.

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

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

After all, there was such a heavy rain, accompanied by 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 a few eunuchs immediately held up large umbrellas to block the top of Ying Zheng's head.

Ying Zheng looked at the dark clouds and raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat unhappy.

He did not believe in fate, nor did he believe in Heaven, but on the day of the Fengshan sacrifice, 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 the Fengshan sacrifice?"

Ying Zheng whispered to himself.

The reason for this thought was that Su Xuan told him about the mystery of the Fengshan sacrifice that day. Through the Fengshan sacrifice, one could obtain the seal of heaven and earth and the recognition of heaven and earth, and then could 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 has its constant ways; it does not exist for Yao, and it does not perish for Jie. Respond to it with governance, and it will be auspicious; respond to it with chaos, and it will be disastrous."

"It is just an ordinary heavy rain, what is there to fear?" ===== CHAPTER 975 =====