Chapter 857: Effect

"Medical school?"

Everyone was full of confusion upon hearing this; the status of the Medical school among the Hundred Schools of Thought was not high, which was related to the Medical school's low-key nature.

In addition, the disciples of the Medical school were very few.

"Could it be Bian Que?"

Someone put forward an idea.

However, it was vetoed by Dayu: "Bian Que is not in the Jiuzhou, and Fuxi, the Heavenly Sovereign, and our group deduced that the person is still in the Jiuzhou."

Dayu naturally knew Bian Que; after the Hundred Schools of Thought, the other party entered the Fire Cloud Cave and became a subordinate god of Shennong.

However, later, he left the Fire Cloud Cave and headed to the major wilderness areas of the Earth Immortal World to find various herbs and perfect his scriptures.

Dayu also specifically went to find him and knew it was not him.

"Hmm! Li Si, do you have any discoveries?"

When everyone was full of confusion, Lü Buwei suddenly discovered that Li Si's expression was a bit wrong.

Li Si had now become one of the Nine Ministers and was also in a high position of power.

And he was also a disciple of the Legalist school; although he was a disciple of Xunzi, he practiced the path of the Legalist school, and the Legalist school was the strongest in the upper echelons of Great Qin.

Originally, Li Si was also recommended to the court by Lü Buwei, and later, relying on his own talent, he was promoted by the First Emperor.

He became one of the high-level officials of Great Qin today.

"Prime Minister Lü, this subordinate also does not know if it is..."

"Some time ago, one of this subordinate's aides brought back a book from the land of Qilu?"

Li Si hurriedly took out a paper version, about the thickness of a thumb.

"This is a paper book."

Papermaking had been invented, but it was very scarce; however, as high-level officials of Great Qin, Lü Buwei and the others were not strangers to paper.

However, they saw at a glance that the quality of this paper seemed to be quite good.

And they saw at a glance that the ink on this paper was different, especially the characters on it, which seemed to be arranged very neatly.

"This is?"

"Not copied?"

Lü Buwei instantly saw the difference.

"That's right! This is a kind of printing technique invented over in Qilu that can print a large number of various books."

Li Si hurriedly said.

"Printing technique."

Lü Buwei only thought for three breaths before thinking of the benefits of this new papermaking and printing technique; paper was light and convenient for carrying.

If the imperial court wanted to pass down various requirements, paper would be much easier, and passing down various decrees in the future would also be much more convenient.

Compared to silk and bamboo slips, it was not known how much better it was.

Lü Buwei first thought of this aspect, and then it was the appearance of paper and printing technology; the spread of knowledge could not be stopped.

Unless all parties stopped paper and printing technology, otherwise, the spread of knowledge was a general trend that could not be stopped.

"Confucian school."

Lü Buwei soon thought of the Confucian school; the path of education, the land of Qilu, happened to be the base camp of the Confucian school.

Lü Buwei was also wary of the Confucian school.

The bewitchment of the Confucian school was truly too strong, much stronger than the Mohist school.

Don't look at Great Qin ruling by law now, but in reality, the Legalist school was no longer pure; at least compared to the Legalist school during the Shang Yang period, the current Qin law was much weaker.

"Punishment does not extend to the great officials"—this was absolutely impossible during the Shang Yang period.

The Qin law of Great Qin back then, even if the Ying clan imperial family broke the law, they still had to accept punishment according to Qin law; of course, back then, it was not absolute either.

People who broke the law could use their titles to offset it.

But no matter what, involving anyone, except the emperor, everyone had to accept punishment.

And the current Qin law was a bit different; the great officials could not be punished, and aristocrats were very difficult to be punished.

And among some of the high-level officials of the current Qin law, there were already some Confucian thoughts, which made the situation of the Legalist school in Great Qin increasingly serious.

Even the Legalist school of the future would have to merge with parts of Confucian thought.

Lü Buwei could see that in the future Great Qin, the Confucian school would likely sweep in, especially the successor of Great Qin, the eldest son of Great Qin, who actually believed in the Confucian path.

Of course, Lü Buwei was not hostile to the Confucian school; some of the Confucian thoughts were indeed beneficial for governing the country.

But Great Qin had always been governed by the Legalist school; once the Confucian school came up, the Legalist school would collapse, and at that time, the imperial court would inevitably be chaotic.

If it were a peaceful era, then if the Legalist school collapsed, it would collapse; replacing it with the Confucian school would not be impossible.

But what was the situation of Great Qin now? Great Qin had to face the behemoth of the Heavenly Court, so the high-level officials must not be chaotic.

So the rise of the Confucian school was fine, but it could not reach the center; this was Lü Buwei's decision. As long as he was in power for one day, the Confucian school could not reach into Xianyang City.

Of course, if Great Qin truly defeated the Heavenly Court and won this calamity, he would not care if the Confucian school entered the center in the future.

In reality, over these years, the Qin law had been harsh and needed to be modified; there were so many people rebelling in the world, especially in the lands of the Six States, which was actually inseparable from the harsh Qin law.

The old Qin people did not feel that the Qin law was harsh because they were already used to it; after all, after thousands or tens of thousands of years of high pressure, they had long been used to it.

But the people of the Six States were very unaccustomed to it at the beginning.

Great Qin used the military merit title system and Qin law to make Great Qin extremely powerful, but after Great Qin unified the world, the military merit title system almost collapsed; without the military merit title system, for the harsh Qin law, the latter also made many people unable to bear it.

After all, in the past, with the military merit title system, if you broke the law, you could use your title to offset it; now that the military merit title system was gone, titles could not be promoted, and once many people broke the law, they were finished.

Lü Buwei naturally perceived the danger within.

So he knew that the Qin law of the future either had to change or introduce the Confucian school, forming a new path of governing the country by combining Confucianism and Legalism.

Otherwise, Great Qin would collapse from top to bottom.

Even now, the interior was a bit unstable, relying entirely on the First Emperor's pressure and the strength of the Great Qin military.

Lü Buwei had many thoughts in his mind.

However, at this time, Dayu did not care about the thoughts in Lü Buwei's heart, and he was also a bit happy about the appearance of paper and printing technology.

The appearance of these things, as a former emperor, naturally allowed him to see the benefits, which was the spread of knowledge.

As an emperor, he understood very well that the more knowledge was spread, the more benefits it would naturally have for the human race.

In ancient times, there was no spread of knowledge; after all, most people were ignorant, and although characters were created back then, they were very scarce.

The spread of knowledge relied on the older generation passing it down by word of mouth; once the older generation in a tribe suddenly died, it often meant a break in the inheritance.

This tribe was also about finished.

Later, the Heavenly Sovereign appeared, forming a situation of unification, but in reality, it was still based on tribes.

However, at that time, there were also main cities, which made tribes closer and closer.

Later, knowledge gradually gathered and was passed down uniformly.

Of course, compared to now, the spread of knowledge back then was even more difficult. ===== CHAPTER 858 =====