Although the old man was not entering Xianyang City for the first time, he still got off the bullock cart and casually grabbed a big man passing by and said, "Mighty man, I'm sorry to be delayed for a moment, but I wonder if you know where Li Sinai is?"

In the past, when the old man asked this question, others would have to think about it for a moment. After all, although Xianyang City is not very big, there are not a few dignitaries in it, but there are as many as ants. Who knows who he is, just Li Si?

?However, recently Li Si has been in charge of settling the people from various countries who have come to seek refuge. Even everyone in Xianyang City knows Li Si's name. After hearing the old man's question, the big man who was pulled stopped immediately and looked at him.

The old man glanced at him, and although he didn't know who he was, just looking at his demeanor and his age, the big man still couldn't help but show respect. He bowed his hands to the old man politely and said, "The old man was originally asking Mr. Li, Mr. Li."

Your Excellency lives in the street on the southeast side, and there are the most people there now. There is also a row of desks outside the house. If you go and take a look, you will know!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he glanced at the smiling old man again, and immediately patted his head: "Now Mr. Li may have gone out and not returned, but the old man knows Mr. Li? If so, there is nothing wrong with the left and right, so why not take the old man with you?

Let's go!" After the man said this, the old man responded with a smile: "This will help the strong man to work." When the big man heard what he said, he couldn't help laughing twice, and simply helped the old man get into the car and declined.

The old man invited him to get on the cart and talk together, so he followed the cart next to him and talked to the old man in the cart.

"I dare to ask the brave man, why are there so many people in Xianyang now? Has the King of Qin properly arranged these people now?" Once the old man spoke, the man looked back at him and saw that the old man was already an old man, and his hair and beard were all gone.

He is white, but his eyes are clear and his face is rosy. Although he is wearing an extremely ordinary gray linen clothes, he is not bent or hunched, and he speaks very clearly. Although his hair is simply fixed with a wooden hairpin, he always smiles.

The look in his eyes made people easily fall in love with such a kind-hearted old man. This big man had nothing to hide, so he immediately laughed twice: "I'll tell you the truth, old man. Now the king is announcing to the world that the common people like us can

Studying. It is a great honor to be admitted to school. Although those who are admitted must be young, it also makes us happy. With such a good thing, guests from all over the world will naturally come. What's more, the king once said that as long as there is a teacher

Once there are enough people, schools will be established in various places. For generations of commoners like us, none of our ancestors can read or write. We never expected that there would be such an opportunity. There is no reason for everyone not to follow suit. According to my father-in-law,

, is this true?”

The big man had a loud voice, and he could tell that he had practiced several moves, and his eyes were gleaming when he spoke. Although like him, I am afraid that his ancestors may not even know what hyphens look like for generations, so this does not hinder their understanding of literacy.

With yearning and longing, the old man's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look. He chuckled twice and did not answer. The man kept walking and continued: "What's more, Your Majesty's benevolence has already arranged for me to be properly accommodated."

Waiting for commoners, so although there are many people in Xianyang these days, there is no chaos. My father-in-law has also witnessed it with his own eyes. Do you think what I said is true?" After the man finished speaking, he glanced at the old man and pointed at the people on the street.

Endless crowds.

The old man nodded, and naturally saw the orderly scene. In fact, when he came all the way into the city, although he queued for a long time, but because of this, everything seemed more orderly. Although the crowd was large, it was not

There was no chaos. On the contrary, everyone voluntarily obeyed the queue, and no strange queue-jumping occurred. To be honest, this is especially rare for people who only believe in respecting the strong at this time. Generally, those who queue up are

Whoever has the strength will push to the front, and everything will be determined by fists. It is extremely rare to see a large number of people but no chaos like Xianyang in Qin State. The old man's face showed a manly look, stretched out his hand to twist his beard, and suddenly smiled

Up:

"Since the good man highly values ​​reading, the King of Qin has announced to the world that readers should pay half a tael to enter the school, instead of allowing them to enter the school for free. In this regard, the good man also thinks that this is appropriate?"

The man was a little startled when he heard what he said: "I must know that there is no such thing as benefiting others for no reason! Even if they are biological parents, they still have each other. Your Majesty has already spent a lot of money to open a school. What's more, please

Great sage, you need money to build a school and distribute books and other things. If you can't pay for it, is it possible for the king to do it? It is a great opportunity for the king to give us the opportunity to become literate. If we are greedy and not enough, we will have trouble with the villain.

What's the difference? It should be like this if you can use money to study. What's more, the king does not collect money in large quantities, but collects it from a certain class of families according to their ability. It is not plundering. We are grateful for this. How dare we think of this?

Isn't it appropriate?" After the man said this, he looked at the old man as if he was a little wary: "Don't mention this, old man. If someone with ulterior motives listens to it, it will cause a disaster and prevent the great kingdom from being opened.

No matter how old the old man is, I can’t rest with him!"

When he said this, the man's face showed a vigilant look. He thought that the old man was looking for trouble, and his eyes became sharp. The recent changes in Qin State, coupled with the large number of people in Wei, Chu and other countries,

The loss of people made Wei and other countries start to panic. There were many unfavorable rumors against Qin behind their backs. Fortunately, Yingzheng now has enough reputation, and the people of Qin have no confidence in Yingzheng.

Otherwise, if the people from other countries who had just arrived in Xianyang heard this, they might really have a big mess! Regarding these rumors, Yingzheng is still stable. So far, there has been no change in the palace or Xianyang.

When the article appeared on the list, it was some common people in the Qin State who hated this kind of rumors the most. Generally speaking, when someone said something like this, they would rush forward and beat the person who put such rumors away. After all,

If Ying Zheng was really influenced and stopped opening Chinese studies, the people who would suffer the most would be the common people. Now that you have money, you can still buy a literate person. Maybe in the future, if smoke rises from the ancestral graves, future generations will still have the opportunity to contribute.

Official, get rid of your commoner status, and if you cultivate the fields like this all your life, then I am afraid that your descendants will not be able to make a difference for thousands of years to come. Even if there is thick smoke coming out of the ancestral graves, I am afraid that what you can get in exchange will be limited!

Now there is an opportunity to spend money to become literate. The common people are happy and happy in their hearts. But once this matter is revealed, they will regret it in the future. After spending money, I am afraid that after this point, there will never be such a good thing again.

After all, people at this time regarded reading and writing as extremely honorable and regarded it as a symbol of superiority. Who didn’t want to live a better life? Who was willing to work for others all his life? They all wanted to get ahead. Therefore, the people of Qin State were very concerned about such things.

Of course, rumors are the most hated thing. Fortunately, the person who said this today was an old man, otherwise this man would have been able to hold up his fist and beat him up.

In response to the change in the man's expression, the old man chuckled a few times and waved his hand: "Heroes don't need to be nervous. Even if the old man is old and confused, it is impossible for him to do such a wicked thing. A good man should be relaxed!"

Of course, you could see the dissatisfied look on the man's face, and immediately comforted him. I don't know if the old man's expression really didn't look like a bad person, or if the man's temperament was really simple, so he immediately believed his words. The old man walked with him all the way.

While the man was talking, he arrived at Li Si's house not long after. The man thought that the old man's words were interesting all the way. When he saw him arriving, Li Si's door was full of people, so he stepped forward to open a passage for him. The old man looked at him

After thanking him, he stepped forward and said a few words to the concierge. Soon he was welcomed in. The man smiled, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Li Si is leading people to divide the land here. He has done all these things himself recently. He must make Ying Zheng value him more. Therefore, he has been working extremely hard these days, and he has also gained some good reputation. Walking on the road

From time to time, people joked and greeted him. When Li Si was wandering around, the people who came to see him arrived! When he heard that his master Xun Qing had arrived an hour ago, Li Si was so happy that he almost lost his temper and laughed on the spot.

He got up, and now he didn't care about doing things himself. He quickly explained the things properly and arranged them for everyone. Then he packed up his belongings and got on the carriage back home with the guests.

At this time, Xun Qing was already waiting in Li Si Hall and looked around. It could be seen that this apprentice had done quite well in the past few years. Although there were not many furnishings in the room, everything was exquisite. As soon as the old man explained

When he showed his identity, someone had already introduced him into the hall. There were several bamboo slips placed on the table in the hall. The old man had a look of approval on his face and picked up one of them. He originally had a look on his face.

With a careless expression, after taking a look at it, he gradually became serious and serious, holding a bamboo slip in one hand and stroking his long beard with the other. From time to time, he nodded many times, occasionally frowned, widened his eyes and sighed, and occasionally he felt happy.

He couldn't help but laugh. When Li Si came back, he happened to see an old man wearing ordinary cloth with his back straight and holding a roll of bamboo slips. He was looking at it intently. Most of the bamboo slips had been read. When he heard someone coming in, the old man kept saying:

He never frowned, nor did his eyes drift this way.

Li Si did not dare to neglect him. Even if the old man did not see him, he still straightened his clothes respectfully. After a while, he knelt down casually. The old man calmly read the bamboo slips in his hand and sighed.

He made a sound and put down the bamboo slip solemnly. After a while, he twirled his beard and smiled at Li Si: "Tongyou, are you the one who wrote this slip?"

The old man's words immediately reminded Li Si of the time when he was still under Xun Qing's disciples and had not yet learned any skills before becoming a monk. With just one sentence, the unfamiliarity between master and disciple disappeared a lot. Li Si nodded respectfully.

, while saying: "No, I don't dare to hide anything from the master. This slip was negotiated with the ministers in the court. It was first proposed by the king and jointly proposed by the elders. It was just written by the disciples." The old man.

Hearing what he said, a look of manyness appeared on his face. When Li Si said this, he was not only not disappointed, but nodded and said happily: "I haven't seen you for many years, but Tong You is sincere! With your qualifications, even if you don't

Not bad, but if you want to write down this policy, I will probably need more decades of experience. Now that you can admit it frankly, it is really good." When the old man praised him like this, Li Si did not dare to say that it was not the case, and nodded quickly.

Even if he wanted to take credit for this achievement, he didn't dare. These ideas were almost proposed by Ying Zheng, and everyone just added embellishments. He didn't have the courage to do this.

He took it over his head. What was written in this bamboo slip was the outline of the establishment of Chinese studies. It should not have been seen by others, but Xun Qing was not an outsider. He was Li Si's elder and was personally invited by Ying Zheng to take up the post of Confucian scholar.

Master, it was nothing to him. Li Si's honesty obviously pleased Xun Qing. The two masters and apprentices had not seen each other again for more than ten years and nearly twenty years. Li Si originally felt a little unfamiliar, but when he lectured like this, he seemed to be like

It's like going back to the time when I was studying under Xun Qing. At that time, I was only thinking about getting ahead after I finished my studies and didn't care about anything else. Now many years have passed and I still find it interesting when I think about those days. Even when I was in trouble with Han Fei, now

Thinking back on it, I can't help but smile.

Li Si didn't feel too bad about being taught a lesson. He had been taken by Wei Zhe's side all day long for more than ten years, although there was no master-disciple relationship with the old Wei leader.

But in fact, there is a relationship between master and disciple. Xun Qing preached to him like this. Li Si always accepted the previous one, so he didn't take it seriously. When Xun Qing saw his apprentice like this, he couldn't help but feel happy. Li Si was with him that year

When he was studying under his disciple, although he was quite talented, he was a bit narrow-minded and not very tolerant of others. He also looked down upon people who were smarter than him. To put it nicely, this was called ambition and he did not bother to flatter himself.

To put it in a harsher way is to be disrespectful to others and jealous of the talented. Originally, Xunqing thought that Li Si was getting older and his temperament would have been deeply ingrained. Unexpectedly, when he taught him a lesson in public like this, he saw that he did not

Instead of refuting, he nodded in agreement. Over the past few decades, this self-cultivation has really been developed!

Now Xun Qing was really curious. He knew the temperament of his apprentice best. It is said that a country is easy to change, but a nature is hard to change. Li Si's temperament was already fixed when he was young. Unexpectedly, it changed a lot after he reached middle age.

Young Master, it seems that Ying Zheng really has his own merits. Just this little way of managing people has already made Xun Qing feel many things in his heart.

"Get up! I haven't seen you for almost twenty years. You are still able to abide by your filial piety without being disrespectful. I am very happy to be my teacher." Xun Qing sighed, but Li Si couldn't help but twitch his eyes. He was like this

Rules and etiquette are practiced at Wei Zhe's place every day. Can you forget them? When I saw Xun Qing before, my reaction was both genuine awe in my heart and an instinctive reaction in my body. Now when I heard Xun Qing praise him like this, I don't know.

Should I cry or laugh?

"Master, please take a seat. This disciple did not expect that the master would arrive in Xianyang so quickly. Otherwise, he would have been outside the city gate long ago, waiting for the master with his senior brother."

Li Si bowed his hands respectfully and knelt on the ground without getting up. He just raised his head and looked at Xun Qing. Xun Qing is already over eighty years old this year, but he does not look old. Instead, he gives people a sense of age.

The gentleness and delicacy at the end make people feel good after seeing it. As soon as Li Si finished speaking, Xun Qing had already waved his hand: "No need, I am old now. What I like most is to walk and watch by myself, without anyone to greet me.

If you and Zifei can regain their old friendship, I think it will be comforting to my teacher. In this case, you should be grateful to the King of Qin." Speaking of what happened back then, Li Si couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and he cupped his hands and said: "

I was young and energetic back then, and I didn’t know how high the sky was. I offended my senior brothers a lot, and yet I still worry about my master. This is really not what I should do!"

"Confucians can be taught!" Xun Qing praised Li Si, and then tested some of Li Si's lessons. Under Wei Zhe's training over the years, even if Li Si did not actually hold an official position in the Qin State, what he had learned in daily life was not

Yiyang is missing, but now he not only has the so-called emperor's skills he learned from Xun Qing, but also some military theories he learned from Wei Zhe. Combining the two, Xun Qing and Li Si had a conversation

When he came down, he felt that this apprentice had made great progress, and even his eyes lit up. The two of them talked and concluded, and then Li Si carefully stated the purpose of Xun Qing's visit this time: "Master, this time the king invites you,

I would like to invite Master to serve as the teacher of Confucianism."

After Li Si said this, as if he was deeply afraid of Xun Qing's dissatisfaction, he quickly said: "It's just that the master is old now. The king naturally understands in his heart and is very considerate, so he only gives the master the title, not the title."

I need more work from you, Master, so please rest assured." After Li Si said this, Xunqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although I am old, I have not reached the point where I can't move. Your thoughts will naturally come to me.

Understand, now that the king has Senior Yu, and Senior Wang is willing to help, I naturally believe in the sincerity of the King and will not think too much about it. Although I have a bad reputation, I am incomparable to Senior Wang. Now I am lucky enough to be with Senior Wang.

It is a great honor to work with my predecessors. I came all the way from Xianyang City today and saw the people in the city. Your Majesty is indeed a wise king. It is my honor to work for you, not to mention Mr. Wang is so old.

If someone is above someone and can share the worries of the king, naturally he will not just enjoy and do nothing during his lifetime, so this Confucian lineage will be left to someone."

After what Xun Qing said, Li Si couldn't help being surprised and happy. In fact, Ying Zheng originally wanted to use Xun Qing's reputation. Even Li Si had such an idea, but now if Guiguzi Wang Chan comes,

This point naturally does not exist. What Li Si said before is naturally true, but I did not expect that Xun Qing would say what he was willing to teach in person. This would naturally be better. Guiguzi's reputation is too high and his seniority is also high.

, if he were a teacher, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to teach for a long time. It would be a great blessing to do it occasionally. How could he stay in the academy all the time? Xun Qing's words now would probably make Ying Zheng feel sad.

I'm very happy. After all, Xun Qing is also famous. Among Confucianists in the world, he is probably the most famous. Once Chinese Studies begins, two of the teachers have extraordinary backgrounds. It is conceivable that Chinese Studies will gain momentum in the future.
To be continued...