Qilu has always been the place where the Qin Dynasty's national policy has been the slowest to spread, because it is far away from Guanzhong, and it is often delayed by half a year to a year.

But this year is different, Qin Shi Huang 31 years of August and September, Qin Shi Huang patrolled to Qilu, Feng Zen Taishan, during this time, has always felt that the emperor is far away Qilu people, really feel the great impact of the Son of Heaven's moodiness on his life.

Qin Shi Huang sealed Zen Mount Tai, but the result was very stiff with the Confucian students, the Confucians were left under the mountain, not allowed to participate in the Zen, and finally broke up unhappily, after returning home, many people were resentful, and began to satirize the court through the "poem" and "book", bold, and even directly said that Qin Shi Huang sealed Zen in the rain, it must be the anger of God, which means that Qin Shi Huang is not the real Son of Heaven!

The rumors were cool for a while, the whole family went to the court, and within a few days, public opinion reached the ears of the emperor, this is not a master who does not remember the villain, he ordered the court lieutenant to investigate strictly, and within half a month, dozens of Confucian scholars who slandered the court were arrested and imprisoned in Linzi, Jibei, and Xue County, and hundreds of Qianshou were implicated for spreading rumors.

At the same time, the Qin officials in each county announced that in the future, it would be a big crime to "use the past instead of the present", and it was forbidden to use historical stories to satirize the imperial court, and it was not allowed to discuss "poems" and "books".

This is not counting, at the end of September, the world's first printing workshop opened in the Linzi Palace, the first to print, is the new decree called "the law of the book", no longer need to be copied by the pen and knife, but a one-time printing of thousands of pieces of yellow paper, the post commissioner quickly whipped the horse, passed to the counties, and the local postman stuffed it into the back basket, a county and a township to pass.

Soon, this decree was posted all over Qilu County, and even sent to Lu County, Xue County, in front of Confucius's house......

The seventh grandson of Confucius, who was in Confucian costumes, was holding this thin decree, but he felt that it weighed as much as a thousand catties, and his hands trembled slightly!

The Qin official who came to the door stood in the courtyard with the soldiers, glanced at the not very spacious Confucian mansion, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Kong, Your Majesty's edict is clear: non-doctor's office, all those who have a collection of "poems", "books", "Spring and Autumn" and hundred languages in the world are handed over to the captain and sent to Xianyang, His Majesty toured the east, saw the prosperity of the Kanto literary style, and was quite appreciative, so he decided to rebuild the "History of the Country", involving the five emperors and three generations, down to the Spring and Autumn Six Kingdoms. The hundreds of miscellaneous books will be compiled into a dictionary and entered into the literature to make it perpetuate. ”

"The whole Lu County, the whole Xue County knows that the Kong family is after Confucius, the poetry and books are passed down, and this is a family study, although your family's money is not the most in the county, but the collection of books is the most numerous, since Your Majesty wants the county to donate books, please hand it over!"

Kong Kuncai suffered a belly of anger in Mount Tai Fengzen, and although he was warned by his apprentice uncle and grandson after he came back, he did not criticize this matter. But he was completely disappointed with Qin Shi Huang and the Qin Dynasty, and now he heard that the government was arresting people and defending the people, but it was unusual, and wanted to accept the book of the world to compile it, and he was immediately vigilant.

"I'm afraid that the book repair is fake, and the book burning is real, similar things, Wei Ying has not done it!"

Under Mount Tai, Kong Kun has clearly seen the true face of the court calling them to come and go as soon as they are called, and in the same way, he will not go a second time!

So, Kong Kun returned the edict to the officials, and said without humility or arrogance: "Everyone knows that borrowing books requires the permission of the master, otherwise it is not borrowing books, but robbing books. Also, when can I pay it back after I borrow it? ”

"Returning the book?"

When Qin officials heard this, they immediately laughed happily: "Mr. Kong, Mr. Kong, you read a lot of books, you are stupid to read your head, although I am a small official, but I also know that there is a saying, called 'the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers', this whole world is His Majesty's private property, we are all His Majesty's concubines, he said in the edict that he wants to ask for books, whoever dares not to do it is a crime!" ”

The little official was no longer polite, and said with a straight face: "The law of the book is clearly written, and the order is to be handed over to the county on ten days, and on the twentieth, to the county, those who still do not hand it over on the thirty days will be punished with four years of hard labor for the construction of the Great Wall!" Mr. Kong, I respect you as a famous man in Lu County, and after the sage, I hope that within 30 days, you will hand over the book quickly, don't embarrass me! ”

The implication is that if he doesn't pay it when the time comes, he will come to rob it!

"What books do you want to turn in?" Kong Kui's son asked.

Qin said: "Except for medicine, divination, and the book of planting trees in the farm, everything else must be delivered!" ”

Kong Kun's son shook his head: "All I have in my family are books of ritual music, poetry and books, the Book of Changes in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there are no books of these farm villains!" ”

"Then hand them all over, and don't keep a single one!"

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Kong Kun's apprentice uncle and grandson rushed to hear about it and admonished him before letting the little official return temporarily.

"Official, there are a lot of books in the Confucian house, and I can't clean it up for a while, and I hope to be lenient for a few days, and within twenty days, it will definitely be delivered to the county government!"

"This doctor understands our suffering, but there is no way to forgive it any longer, just ten days! If we don't give it up for ten days, when we come again, we will take the rope with us! ”

"Definitely, definitely."

Uncle Sun Tong sent the person away with a smile, and then asked the servant to close the door, and hurriedly pulled Kong Kun and said:

"Master, this time the emperor is really moving, I heard that there are a few Confucian scholars in Jibei who refuse to hand over their books, and they have been arrested and imprisoned, and they have been punished with a bearded hair and a black face, and they are going to be arrested and sent to serve hard labor......"

"Killing soldiers, it's really insulting!" Kong Kun was heartbroken, but he couldn't do it, how could he fight with the brutal court as a scholar?

"Alas, I only now understand what it means to be harsh and fierce! Knowing this, you should learn from those people, take the pole to float in the sea, and go to the sea! ”

He looked up to the sky and sighed, it seemed that if he didn't hand over the book, the Kong clan would be wiped out, but he couldn't bear to watch the classics that his ancestors had worked hard to collect and compile for generations be destroyed.

So, Kong Kun looked at his uncle and grandson: "I want what you are looking for, but can you find it?" ”

"Master, rest assured! I've brought it! ”

It was the end of autumn now, and Uncle Sun Tong was wearing a very thick dress, he smiled, and untied his clothes, and there was a stack of yellow hemp paper inside!

It turned out that Kong Kun was also self-aware, and he felt that his uncle and grandson "could see the changes of the times", and he could only do some "learning that he didn't need", which was far less improvisable than his disciples. Therefore, the Qin Dynasty recruited him to go to Xianyang to be a doctor, but Kong Kun refused, and instead recommended Shusun Tong, although he was stubborn, he was not confused, and there was a person in the court, who could also take care of the Kong family.

This is the case this time, the uncle and grandson are well-informed, and they informed Kong Kun early that Qin will accept the book of the first king, called Xiushu, which is actually a book destruction, and Kong is the master of books, which is dangerous!

So the master and apprentice came up with a solution: Didn't the imperial court require the book to be handed over within ten days? So they secretly copied part of it and kept it, and only gave it to the original, so that they could keep some of it.

The matter was urgent, and Kong Kun couldn't take care of the old habit of only using bamboo slips for writing, so he asked his uncle and grandson to get some paper for the convenience of his position.

Shusun Tong took out all the papers and sighed: "The imperial court not only accepts the books of the people, but even the paper that is not much on the market is also prohibited. ”

"The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan."

Kong Kun shook his head, and immediately closed the door, and everyone did not go out, so that a few trustworthy family members and uncles and grandsons began to copy books for several days, because there were people sent by Qin officials to monitor them, they did not dare to work at night, and could only take time to do it during the day, but even if the whole family went into battle together, the hands were about to break, the pen was broken many times, and all the ink in the house was dry, so it could only be replaced by charcoal, and before the deadline of the last day, only the "Analects", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn" and other chapters were copied......

Kong Kun was desperate, he had already memorized the parts he could memorize, and only copied what he couldn't remember, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

On the eve of Qin Official's arrival again, Kong Kun dismantled the wall of his mansion, put a few thick stacks of paper loaded with small wooden boxes into it, and watched it be sealed little by little, Kong Kun could only sigh:

"I don't know if there will be a day when the bad wall will publish a book?"

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The next day, when Qin officials came to the door again with a group of soldiers, they saw an extremely spectacular scene: outside the door of the Confucian house, the technique of bamboo slips and wooden slabs was piled up!

Although he knew that the Kong family had a lot of books, the little official's eyes widened: "It will take more than ten carriages to transport it." ”

Kong Kun said with some pride: "Confucius learned to be rich in five cars, and the ancestors of the following dynasties had a habit of collecting books, and the family house was ten acres, and many houses were used to hold books. “”

Speaking of this, Kong Kun felt a burst of sadness.

Other people's property is about fields, houses, and gold beads, but the wealth left by their ancestors is only these books......

Relying on this knowledge and relying on the disciples and protégés who have been taught from generation to generation, the Kong family can live longer than those short-lived princes, and can be respected by the people of Qilu for a long time.

Now without them, the Kong clan will be hit hard!

Seeing that Kong Kun was arrogant, Qin Yi was unhappy in his heart, and pouted: "These bamboo scrolls and slips, don't look at the large number, I'm afraid there are not many words in them, Mr. Kong, it's not me who blows, just the paper legal documents in the county government, they add up to no less than them!" ”

"Fish eyes are very similar to pearls, but the same amount of fish eyes, which is more expensive than pearls?" Kong Kun thought so, but his disciple Uncle Sun Tong shook his head at him, but he still didn't say anything.

Finally, more than a dozen cars arrived, and when those five big and three thick soldiers began to move books, Kong Kun felt distressed.

"Don't wear it out, this is a legacy from the time of Confucius!"

"Lighter, this book is the only one!"

Kong Kui's voice was like a pleading, during which the soldiers accidentally dropped a few books between their elbows and fell into the soil, he walked over, picked them up carefully, wiped them clean on his clothes, and felt distressed as if his own child had fallen......

When everything was over and the mountain of books in front of Kong's house was emptied, Kong Kun was stunned and looked at the carriage in the distance for a long time. The seventh grandson of Confucius, who loved books like his life, burst into tears, because he knew that he might never see those "treasures".

After half a ring, his two lines of tears were dry, and he suddenly said to his uncle and grandson: "As a teacher, I suddenly envy you, as a doctor, you can also read poetry and books, and even participate in the compilation of the so-called "National History" and "Hundred Classics......"

Shusun Tong hurriedly said: "If the master wants to be a doctor, it's not a matter of words?" ”

He was right, there were also many people who were convicted for their words in this doctorate, and some people left with crowns and seals, and most of the positions were vacant, and the emperor was ready to recruit another group of people who were willing to cooperate with the imperial court.

But Kong Kun shook his head, let his uncle and grandson Tong follow him into the inner room of the house, and said to him:

"Moshi often said that although I love to argue with Confucianism for useless learning, in fact, I also understand that in this world, the poetry, books, rituals and pleasures I govern are not liked by meat eaters, and it is indeed useless learning. And those who understand these knowledge, only my friends, thought that in this way, I could be alone in this season, holding the book and studying until I died, and this court, the well water does not interfere with the river water. Even if they saw the mountains of books in my house and found out that I was teaching loyalty and filial piety, they would not regard them as a flood of beasts, but now it seems that I was wrong......"

Before Kong Kun quoted the scriptures, he habitually wanted to look for books, but when he looked up, he found that the study room that was originally full of sweat and cattle was now empty, and there was no book left.

"Confucius once said, the monarch, the minister, the father, the son. The king regards the ministers as courtesy, and the ministers regard the monarch as loyalty, and I have always thought so. ”

"But now, I appreciate Mencius's words even more......"

Kong Kun looked at his uncle and grandson: "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman! ”

"The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy!"

Shusun Tong picked up this sentence, took a deep breath, looked back at the closed door, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping, before returning to Kong Kun, and said with some excitement: "Master, do you agree with me doing that?" ”

Although Shusun Tong was committed to Qin, he saw that the actions of the imperial court were inconsistent with Confucianism, so he always had his own ideas. He had secret contacts with anti-Qin people, such as Zhang Er and Chen Yu, and this time Qin Shi Huang took the opportunity to reconnect with him on his eastern tour.

As for why he met Chen Yu? Because Chen Yu was also a Confucian scholar, after the death of Zhao Guo, he came to live in Kong Kun's house for a long time. Now that Zhang and Chen have become fugitives, the Kong family has also secretly funded a little property......

But despite the contact, Kong Kun and Shusun Tong's master and apprentice did nothing, as he said, it is better to "not interfere with the river water". Until Kong Kun was completely disappointed in this court because of the two things of sealing Zen and coercing the law of calligraphy!

Now, if someone rises up, he will definitely not hesitate to go with the ritual weapon!

Why did the scholars rebel! It's not because this world makes him unable to read!

Kong Kun seemed to have woken up, and resolutely said: "Mencius also said that those who destroy benevolence are called 'thieves', those who destroy righteousness are called 'remnants', and those who destroy benevolence and harm righteousness are called 'Yifu'!" ”

"Ji Xuan is such a husband and a single husband, killing Ji Xuan, but I have heard of a single husband, and I have not heard of killing the king!"

This is Mencius's most radical remarks, and he found a good friend for his courtiers and scholars to make a faint monarch and tyrant.

Kong Kun said in a low voice: "In the city of ten rooms, there will be loyal soldiers, I believe that with the size of the six countries, there must be something willing to follow Jing Ke and Gao gradually leave, and punish the only husband!" ”

"Master, don't worry."

Uncle Sun Tong said goodbye and told him a confidential message:

"I don't know how many people in the world want to kill the First Emperor, but the doctors and scholars beside the imperial driver, who know the emperor's daily whereabouts and are willing to reveal the news to them, are definitely not the only ones! This time on the eastern tour, the vigilance is far less than that of Guanzhong, so the master will wait and see! I think it won't be long before someone will be in trouble! ”

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