Chapter 36: Next Month's Control Book [Jinjiang Authentic Edition Exclusive Release·The Fourth Treasure...
For the entire morning, when Qin Ying was tortured to death by Old Li's dawdling task progress bar that was only "0.01% away" in the mansion, and even crawling on the wooden floor for exercise felt a little bit off, the court meeting in the outer hall of Zhangtai Palace was extremely lively under the scorching June sun.
All the officials watched as the Grand Court Judge proudly held a scroll of brown bamboo slips in his hands, his face filled with emotion as he read aloud the "Four-Step Book Control Order" proposed by His Royal Highness the Grand Prince to His Majesty the Emperor in the Zhangtai Palace yesterday afternoon, aiming to control books among the people and unify their thoughts. Even though they knew that this brilliant method was taught to the Grand Prince by Xuanniao, when they thought of the Grand Prince's age, who was less than a year old, the entire court widened their eyes in astonishment and fell silent. The entire cool hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The Confucian officials who had been planning to continue criticizing Li Si with righteous words and harsh language after he finished speaking were all stunned after listening carefully to what Li Si read out. Even some of the Confucian officials who usually only studied hard could not help but frown and look at each other. They really could not slander this "Book Control Order" against their conscience.
The old Prime Minister Wang Wan, who was the leader of the old Qin nobles, was so shocked that he widened his dim and yellow eyes. Chunyu Yue couldn't believe it and pulled out a few gray beards on his chin with his hands. He really didn't expect that such a young child like the emperor's eldest grandson could package and optimize Li Si's brutal "Book Burning Order" which was doomed to be infamous for a thousand years once implemented, into such a noble appearance!
After catching a glimpse of Li Si respectfully handing the bamboo scroll in his hand to the black-robed eunuch, he grinned and twirled his beard, and his smile was so bright that it almost wrinkled into an old face with a blooming chrysanthemum, which really frightened Chunyu Yue, and he couldn't help feeling a little sour in his heart.
It was obvious that Chunyu Yue was the teacher of the eldest prince Fusu, while Li Si was the eldest prince's political enemy! However, the emperor's eldest grandson, as the eldest son of the eldest son, was secretly bewitched by the cunning old man Li Si, and devoted himself to helping Li Si instead of helping him!
Dr. Chunyu, feeling depressed, could not help but criticize Li Si's smug face in his heart:
[Old Li Si really made a killing this time! After the book control order was officially implemented, libraries sprang up one after another. Countless people who wanted to learn to read and write benefited from this order! I wonder how much better the reputation of His Majesty and Li Si will be! His Majesty's reputation is well-deserved, but what merits and abilities does old Li Si have to deserve it?]
When Chunyu Yue thought about Li Si being immortalized for his great contribution that would go down in history, he felt envious, jealous, and filled with hatred!
Chunyu Yue was not the only Confucian official who envied Li Si's good luck. The old Prime Minister Wang also couldn't help but glance at Li Si, thinking that his successor was truly very capable. However, he was already very old after all, and didn't have much energy left.
Thinking of the status of Xiao'an Guojun's eldest son and grandson, Prime Minister Wang, who was very supportive of the emperor's eldest son's status, quickly leaned over to the First Emperor in surprise and praised him:
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Changsun is truly a gifted genius! This order is logically clear, interconnected, and highly practical, with good results. In my opinion, it is truly a brilliant plan among brilliant ones! I wholeheartedly agree with the order proposed by Lord Xiaoan!"
Upon hearing Prime Minister Wang's words, the other Confucian officials who supported the system of primogeniture seemed to come to their senses. They hurriedly bowed to the leader and said in unison:
"Your Majesty, the indictment proposed by His Royal Highness Changsun is truly brilliant, and we agree with it."
Seeing that the Confucian officials who had been speaking fiercely in the court some time ago and wanted to bang their heads against the pillars to strongly oppose Li Si's "Book Burning Order" some time ago were now vying with each other to express their praise after hearing the "Book Control Order" proposed by his grandson, Qin Shi Huang breathed a sigh of relief, and a deep sense of pride emerged in the depths of his narrow and long eyes.
He held the brown bamboo slips that Li Si had written last night, which the eunuch had presented to him, and laughed out loud at his own court official:
"Since all the nobles have no objection to the 'Complaint Order' proposed by Changsun Ying, I will leave the matter of the complaint to the Supreme Court."
"Sir, I hope to announce to all the counties at the beginning of next month that the imperial court is preparing to collect the classics of the Seven Heroes to compile the 'Great Qin Knowledge Collection'. I also call on the common people to take the initiative to find the village head to donate books. Do you have any difficulties?"
Upon hearing this, Li Si leaned forward excitedly and replied:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."
"Your Majesty, I am not facing any difficulties at the moment. I will definitely complete all preparations by the beginning of next month. I will do my utmost to handle the complaint perfectly and live up to the reputation of Xuanniao and the royal family."
"good!"
The First Emperor smiled with joy and clapped his hands in admiration.
"well!"
Tired of crawling on the wooden floor, Qin Ying rolled over and lay down on the seat to call up the system task panel again. She wanted to see if the "99.99%" task progress bar for conquering Old Man Li had turned to "100%" after a whole morning.
However, when he skillfully poked into the taskbar, he found that the top part was not moving but the bottom part was moving.
The progress of the task of conquering Old Man Li was still stuck at the number "99.99%", but the blue ongoing task progress bar below was moving.
Ying·Little Fatty then zoomed in on the panel and took a closer look, only to discover that the progress of the task "I am the Master of Public Opinion in Daqin" had risen from "20%" to "25%".
Considering the current court meeting time, he couldn't help but touch his soft chin with his little hand, secretly guessing that it was his grandfather who mentioned the "Four-Step Book Control Order" at today's court meeting.
Li Si's idea of "burning books" would arouse fierce opposition from Confucian officials and would also bring him endless criticism.
However, the method he proposed of controlling books, collecting books, and displaying them in different levels not only did not destroy the books, but also protected them well. If the Confucian officials continued to object, it would be unacceptable.
Qin Ying, who had lost her appetite due to Old Li's nagging temper, finally felt a little comforted. Seeing her mother coming to have lunch with him, Qin Ying immediately grinned and crawled over using her hands and feet.
The mother and son sat in a side hall to have lunch. Wang Ling looked at her son and touched his belly while waiting for the wet nurse to feed him.
Thinking of what the wet nurse had said about the emperor's eldest grandson eating half as much as usual for breakfast, she couldn't help but feel a little worried as she reached out her right hand and touched her son's forehead with her soft palm. After finding that the little chubby boy's temperature was normal, she felt relieved and looked at the little guy in confusion and asked:
"Ying, what's wrong with you? Why did you eat so little for breakfast today?"
Qin Ying blinked at his mother and babbled a few words back in a baby voice, looking rather distressed. Could he say that his little obsessive-compulsive disorder had kicked in during breakfast?
Whenever he saw Li Si's task progress bar, which was only at "0.01%" and would not move, he felt itchy all over. If the system had stated the reason, he would still have hope, but there was no reason at all, and he couldn't guess what Old Li was thinking. Seeing a task that was about to be completed, but was hanging there just a little bit, making it impossible for him to remove the task from his heartstrings completely, he felt uncomfortable and unwell all over.
Watching his son waving his hands and talking and gesturing for a long time, Wang Ling, who did not understand baby talk, could only sigh and comfort him:
"Ying, please bear with it for a while. You are too young to use too much ice."
"Xianyang is very hot in the summer. After a month or so, when autumn comes, the temperature will become comfortable."
Qin Ying nodded his furry little head listlessly. He was indeed hot, but not physically, but in his heart.
Li Si!
Li Si!
This nagging old man! Don't let him see him today! Otherwise, he'll charm him to death in a matter of minutes and completely conquer him!
Qin Ying was half full after eating and half angry, but after taking a comfortable warm bath in the bathroom and listening to the noisy cicadas outside the window, the little guy fell into a sweet sleep in a short while.
The bright sun at the zenith slid a little to the west as time went by.
In the afternoon, at the beginning of the evening hour, when Qin Ying woke up from a nap in the rosewood bed in a daze, she got up shaking her head and saw the familiar face of Zhao Gao again.
Familiar time, familiar scene, Zhao Gao's familiar leaning gesture, and the familiar opening words spoken from his mouth, with a smile yet respectful tone:
"Lord Xiao'an, you've finally woken up! His Majesty, thinking of you, specially sent this humble servant to bring you into the palace to accompany him!"
Qin Ying yawned and nodded her furry little head. She had made an agreement with her grandfather before leaving the palace yesterday that she would continue to offer the third and fourth treasures this afternoon.
Thinking of the huge influence of the fourth treasure and what she was going to say after entering the palace, Qin Ying did not dare to delay. She hurriedly stretched out her two short arms and was quickly carried to the bathroom by wet nurse Xia to be washed and taken care of. After changing into a clean diaper, she said goodbye to her mother and was held by Zhao Gao and hurried to the palace with wet nurse Xia.
About a quarter of an hour later.
He was carried by Zhao Gao to the door of the inner hall of Zhangtai Palace. Through the black jade curtain and the map screen, he could hear the relaxed discussion inside. It seemed that there were many people in the inner hall today.
Qin Ying, full of curiosity, called out "Grandpa" cheerfully in a baby voice.
As soon as Zhao Gao carried him into the inner hall and saw the scene clearly, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly in surprise:
One old man, two old men, three old men...
Eh——What is this for?
A gathering of elite old men
Just as Qin Ying was looking at the strange old men sitting in the inner hall who were staring at him with surprise, he saw Old Li rushing up to him like a gust of wind, bowing to him with joy and saying:
"Thank you, young prince, for teaching me the accusation letter yesterday!"
Seeing the bright smile on Old Li's face, the fat boy, who wanted to win over the old man 100%, immediately stared at Old Li with sparkling eyes and grinned. Sure enough, Old Li's eyes lit up and his smile became even brighter.
Qin Ying immediately used her mind to call up the system panel and clicked on the taskbar. Under the little fat boy's expectation, she saw that the progress bar of the task "I am the most handsome guy on this street" jumped from [99.99%] to [99.999%].
Ying, the little fat boy, smiled brightly and cheerfully, thinking that he would definitely charm Old Li to death, but the smile on his face froze in an instant.
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