Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

There was silence in the Qilin Hall.

Ying Wei was even calmer.

If he were a simple person, he would probably be angry at this time, and would want to kill the officials who were causing trouble for him.

But if he did this, he would not be a qualified emperor.

A qualified emperor should not show his emotions, and should not change his expression when facing a huge event.

Even if he faces a big event or an angry event, he should not change his expression, and even his emotions should not fluctuate too much.

Otherwise, if you are emotional, your ministers will find your weakness, and then you, the emperor, may be sidelined, and your ministers may use various methods to take advantage of your humanity.

These are all part of the Legalist doctrine, which is the true study of the emperor.

Ying Wei did not speak, and the officials were also worried.

They recognized that Ying Wei was an emperor who was willing to follow the rules. In fact, this was Ying Wei's only weakness as an emperor.

He was not a tyrant and would not break the rules without scruples.

Ying Wei had the ability to break the rules, but the rules were the ropes that bound others.

If he broke the rules himself, it would be fine once or twice, but if he did it too many times, the 587 credit of the entire empire would fall apart.

And within the rules, it was actually a struggle between the emperor and his ministers. A weak emperor might not be able to defeat his ministers, but Ying Wei was not a weak emperor.

As the saying goes, fighting with others is endless fun.

The officials in the court looked at each other.

Some officials who had nothing to do with the matter looked at these people who resigned and shook their heads secretly.

These resigners were naturally representatives of the great nobles of the Qin State. In the past, they were all retainers of those nobles.

It was with the recommendation of these nobles that they became officials.

These people represent the interests of the nobles of Qin.

Ying Wei's behavior of the imperial examination undoubtedly put him and all the nobles of Qin on the opposite side.

Fortunately, Qin is different from Chu. There are nobles in Qin, but the power of these nobles is not as strong as imagined.

Since Shang Yang's reform, the kings of Qin have eliminated a large number of nobles.

Ying Wei thinks that he may be the emperor who uprooted all the nobles of Qin.

The aristocratic system ends here!

After the court was quiet for a while, Ying Wei slowly said: "Since several of you want to resign, I allow it."

Several officials breathed a sigh of relief.

It was really being stared at by Ying Wei that made their heartbeats faster and they felt genuine fear.

Although the imperial power of this era was not as awe-inspiring as in later generations.

But the First Emperor set an example, and now the successor to the throne, Ying Wei, is also a strong emperor, and the power of the emperor has gradually been demonstrated.

The officials knelt down hurriedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty"

Ying Wei ignored them, but looked at other civil and military officials and said, "Who else wants to resign? Just say it, I agree."

Some officials hesitated for a while, timid and cowardly.

But some officials gritted their teeth, stepped forward and bowed to the bottom: "I want to resign."

"Okay, I agree!"

There are not many people who resign in this court.

After all, officials who can participate in the Qin court have a high status, and they will not give up their official positions easily.

Ying Wei didn't know that the real wave of resignation would come later, at the middle and grassroots levels.

After those who resigned left the hall, Ying Wei listened to some reports on national affairs in the court.

As usual, after listening to the report, the court meeting ended.

In fact, the court meeting is like the modern conference that is open to all media. .

The really important things have been discussed in private long ago. The Nine Ministers Meeting decided the national affairs, which had nothing to do with the court meeting.

The so-called court meeting was actually a place for the emperor to report and summarize the things he had discussed with the real important ministers.

After the court meeting was over, the officials left the Qilin Hall.

Walking on the road, everyone was whispering and discussing what happened today.

"Those nobles are powerful, and many families have been passed down for hundreds of years. Today's incident is to force Your Majesty to give up the imperial examination system."

"Hehe, I think those nobles are really stupid. Your Majesty is not someone who will compromise casually. Who knows what those people will do in the end."

"You can't say that. By then, the state machine will not be able to operate, and the whole country will be in chaos. Your Majesty is likely to compromise with them in order to stabilize the situation. ”

“After all, you and I both know that your majesty is not a tyrant. He treats the people well and has Confucian ideas on this point. Your majesty will not watch the country fall into chaos.”

“Those people saw this point and dared to force your majesty.”

“But aren’t they afraid that your majesty will get angry and chop off their heads regardless of the consequences?”

“Ha, that’s none of our business. Wouldn’t it be better to chop off the heads of those nobles? Only when they are all dead can we make room for them. ”

Several officials looked at each other and smiled.

In the next few days, Ying Wei received memorials from all over the country in the Chang'an Palace.

Many officials submitted their resignations to him and started working directly at their posts.

If it were in modern times, under a strict system, even if the leader was gone, the state machinery could continue to operate in a short period of time.

But in this ancient time, it was very dangerous to have no grassroots officials, and it would easily cause unrest at the bottom.

Ying Wei knew that this was the secret weapon of the nobles.

They wanted to use the stagnation of the state machinery to threaten him and make him give up the imperial examination.

Looking at these memorials, Ying Wei looked strange, he was not angryInstead, he found it somewhat funny.

The young eunuch beside him was a little uneasy. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

As Ying Wei's personal eunuch, he had of course read all these memorials. After hesitating for a long time, the young eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to have lunch."

The eunuch spoke carefully, fearing that Ying Wei would implicate him.

"Are you scared?"

Ying Wei looked at the young eunuch and said.

The young eunuch knelt down quickly: "I dare not."

"Get up, I'm not angry, such a small matter is not worth my anger, I just think these people are really good people."

"I was still worried about not being able to find a job, so many of them resigned, so many grassroots positions were vacant, I was very happy."

Ying Wei laughed heartily.

The young eunuch didn't understand what Ying Wei meant, so he stood up and smiled.

"Do these people really think I dare not kill them? Indeed, I will not kill them by force, because that would be meaningless and would make me appear too incompetent."

Ying Wei thought for a while, then he shouted: "Zi Liao!"

Wei Zi Liao, who had become the leader of the Shadow Secret Guard and completely controlled the Shadow Secret Guard, appeared behind Ying Wei: "What do you want, Your Majesty?"