How could two courtiers compete for favor with the emperor, how could such an ordinary thing lead to such a far-reaching event as book burning?
The origin and extinction of book burning:
In 213 B.C., after a series of achievements, Qin Shi Huang held a banquet in Xianyang Palace and drank and enjoyed himself with his ministers.
In the banquet, there was a ** named Zhou Qingchen, who wanted to please the emperor, so he slapped his horse and said as much as possible how good the county system was, touting how wise and powerful the emperor was, and eliminating the possibility of the princes shaking the court.
When the emperor heard this, he was very happy, but Chun Yuyue, who was a doctor, popped out from the side, and rebuked Zhou Qingchen angrily, saying that he was a traitor and villain, who only knew how to flatter the emperor, but showed the emperor's mistakes.
And he also looked back at history, with the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty adopting a feudal system, and the dynasty lasted for a long time, thinking that the Qin Dynasty should also divide the clan and the prince.
Chun Yuyue originally wanted to please the emperor, and his words also stepped on Zhou Qingchen, not only offended Zhou Qingchen, but also patted the horse's legs, which made the emperor angry, but the banquet could not be ruined, so he let some happy opinions be discussed by the minister.
Let the First Emperor and Zhou Qingchen be angry, and the matter will end here, but Chun Yuyue's opinion touched Li Si's nerves and made him angry.
You must know that in the early years, he advocated the county system, and vigorously criticized his political opponent Wang Wan, the prime minister who advocated the feudal system, and after some efforts, Qin Shi Huang finally adopted Li Si's county system proposal, plus he would please the first emperor, so Li Si naturally became the prime minister.
Li Si knew that the county system was not only the foundation of the Qin Dynasty's rule, but also the cornerstone of his foothold in the imperial court.
Unexpectedly, there was a nerd Chun Yuyue who came opposite the emperor, although he knew that Chun Yuyue was in order to please the emperor, and changed to a different kind of sycophant in Zhou Qingchen, after all, the feudal system can also play a role in consolidating the territory, strengthening local rule, and ensuring the immortality of Great Qin.
But Li Si is worried that nerds like Chun Yuyue will jump out and criticize the decree under his auspices in the future, which will inevitably hinder his own governance.
So Li Si thought about clearing this hidden danger, and after the banquet, he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss with a group of staff, and decided to strike hard at people like Chun Yuyue.
He immediately played Qin Shi Huang, saying that the feudal system was worthless, and also said that it was a great evil to shake the rule, and strongly recommended that the first emperor order that the former poetry books and popular books of the hundred schools of thought be regarded as heresy, and ordered all localities to confiscate and burn them, and severely punish those who discussed these works in private.
The First Emperor himself had no ill feelings towards the Hundred Schools of Thought, after all, a group of Confucian scholars raised by the court were praised and praised in the Six Kingdoms of Ping.
However, the first emperor who unified the six countries still had a strong sense of politics, and agreed with Prime Minister Li Si's performance without much thought.
But he didn't expect that this time the edict of burning books would become a stain on his history.
The burning of books does not make people think deeply:
Zhou Qingchen patted the fart, attracting Chun Yu to kill the scenery, Chun Yu to kill the scenery and attract Li Si's murderous intent, and Li Si's murderous intent led to the book burning, this series of events is like a butterfly effect, the butterfly's small wings wave, but it may cause a storm in the distance. And in today's Internet, the butterfly effect has been amplified, and the seemingly insignificant remarks we type out on the keyboard may bring great harm to others and ourselves, soInternet rhetoric, please be kind!
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