Chapter 288: Xianyang Storm (Part 1)

Books are the ladder of human progress. The upper class in the feudal era relied on the monopoly of knowledge to ensure their high status. There is a saying in later generations that there are no poor scholars in the upper class and no aristocrats in the lower class, which is very suitable to describe this era.

This is an era where there are truly no poor scholars in the upper class. All the big names with names and surnames are from wealthy families. As for the upward channels of ordinary people, even the Qin Dynasty’s system of military merit is only a slight improvement.

Not to mention in this era of books, even if he invented paper now, if he doesn’t show up, believe it or not, those aristocratic families will drive up the price of paper to be more expensive than bamboo slips.

Shen Fei absolutely does not allow such a thing to happen, so he suggested that Ying Zheng monopolize paper from the beginning, unify the pricing, and will not open up papermaking for the time being.

Monopolizing knowledge, not to mention in this era, even in modern society, there will be some weirdos who think that this is the right thing to do. It must be said that some of the concepts in it make Shen Fei feel like he has opened the door to a new world.

The reason why these people think that monopolizing knowledge is reasonable is that it will not cause waste of resources. For example, if you put a gold coin a hundred meters away and let a hundred people grab it, it is destined that only one person can grab it, and the others are just running with you. In this case, why should the ninety-nine people run and sweat, and still get nothing in the end? It is better to let the champions and outstanding people of the 100-meter race participate directly, so that the manpower of others can be saved.

From this, it is extended that those who are destined not to become scientists, cannot be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and can only go to Lanxiang, why should they waste resources by studying? These resources can be saved and reduce the burden on the country.

His brain is so clear and strange that it is even better than a guy who can kill viruses by drinking disinfectant.

Such a view makes Shen Fei very concerned about how to select those champions, outstanding people, and those who can go to Tsinghua University and Peking University in the beginning, and whether it depends on selecting soldiers and generals.

In Shen Fei's view, only through continuous learning can we see the outstanding ones among them. As long as the base is large enough, there will always be some geniuses.

And the most amazing thing about human beings is that you never know whether there will be people with better talents in the future. In Demon Slayer, Tsugumi Yuichi once said this to his elder brother.

On the day when the library officially opened, the square at the entrance was empty. People in Xianyang City, outside Xianyang City, and other cities near Xianyang City, in short, most of those who heard the news and were interested in learning rushed to the library.

This is just that the news did not spread quickly enough. I believe that in time, more and more people will come to the library. After all, the threshold here is much lower than that of the library in the Confucian Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

"Today, I really admire you. I toast you a glass." On the balcony on the eighth floor of the library, Shen Fei, Han Fei, and Zi Nu stood quietly on the railing, overlooking the huge square in front of the entire library, and those who couldn't wait to learn after borrowing books.

Land in this era is the least valuable, so there is a quiet park square in front of the library, with a large number of tables, chairs, and pavilions, all prepared for those who come to study.

This kind of grand occasion can be said to be something that cannot be seen in the Confucian Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

"It is such an honor to be able to let the Ninth Master say this." Shen Fei said with a smile and drank the wine in front of him.

"I really didn't expect that the state teacher would have such attainments in medical skills." Zi Nu rarely filled Shen Fei's glass with wine. Generally speaking, only Han Fei can enjoy this treatment, even Wei Zhuang seems to have not enjoyed this treatment.

Shen Fei can be treated like this by Zi Nu, naturally because Shen Fei's advice to Ying Zheng a few days ago made Ying Zheng issue a royal decree, that is, women under the age of sixteen cannot get married.

To be honest, there are too many problems in this era in Shen Fei's view. Shen Fei can only think of something and slowly improve it. The reason why Shen Fei asked Ying Zheng to issue this royal order is because of a funeral procession he met two days ago. A girl of about fourteen years old was pregnant and gave birth to a child, resulting in two deaths.

This situation immediately made Shen Fei go to find Ying Zheng, and then there was this royal order. With the royal order, it was publicized everywhere why this royal order was issued.

Thanks to Shang Yang's Tu Mu Li Xin, the official credibility of Qin is very high. In addition, this time, Ying Zheng and Shen Fei, the national teacher, took the blame, and the royal order was quickly spread to all parts of Qin.

Thanks to this royal order, many marriages that were originally planned were postponed. Whether it was for the life of the woman or the safety of the life of the heirs, most people seriously implemented this order.

Although there were some objections in the court, they were all refuted by Shen Fei. Shen Fei's rebuttal was only one sentence, that is, this issue, go back and ask your mother before talking, which immediately made everyone speechless.

The lives of women in this era were really not guaranteed. Even among the princes and nobles, there were countless women who died of dystocia, including Ying Zheng's concubines.

After the king's order, Shen Fei printed some modern concepts of childbirth into books, which have now been distributed throughout Qin. It can be said that after this, Shen Fei's reputation among Qin women has skyrocketed.

Zinv has been helping poor women all the time, so Shen Fei's actions are of course respected by her.

"Miss Ziv is too polite. This is just what I should do." In this era, it can be said that the Chinese people have too many regrets. Since there is a chance to change, he will certainly not do nothing.

"Let's go and take a look at the books here." After a brief conversation, Han Fei took Ziv to the library. This time, Shen Fei put a lot of effort into the library, and even asked for a 3D printer to print books. The books inside are all-encompassing.

From the East to the West, as long as Shen Fei thinks that the books are useful, they are basically placed in it, and there are even chemistry, basic mathematics, etc.

Basically, except for the books on military and political studies, there are all other books. There are a total of 400,000 books. The library of the Confucian Xiaoshengxianzhuang cannot compare with the library.

It's also thanks to his red queen, otherwise it would be very difficult to print these books and convert them into the text of this era.

And all these books are printed in vernacular Chinese. The reason why classical Chinese is popular in this era is that it is passed down from generation to generation, and secondly, it is written on bamboo slips. They are all as elite as possible, and there is no possibility of water filling. Water filling is simply trying to tire yourself to death. Paper is different. You can fill it with water at will. In fact, the reason why Shen Fei printed so many of the 400,000 books is that most of them are water filling.

If it is simplified, it may not be as good as the library of the Confucian Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

Shen Fei naturally doesn't care about this, anyway, it is all printed.

For books in classical Chinese, let alone this era, even in modern society, there are not many books that can be understood without looking for annotations. This must be taught by someone. For example, Shen Fei read the Book of Songs in this era, and then found that he seemed to fail in Chinese, because he didn't know many words in the Book of Songs.

The same is true for the content of Jiuge. Those words, let alone knowing them, are dizzy to look at, and he doesn't need to learn the four ways to write the word "Hui".

"Brother Fu Nian." In the Xiaoshengxian Manor in Sanghai City, Qi State, Yan Lu walked into the study room and bowed to Fu Nian, who was sitting at the top seat with his eyes closed. Then he spoke.

"What you have in your hand is paper." Fu Nian opened his eyes and saw the object in Yan Lu's hand, and slowly spoke.

"Yes, someone brought it from Qin State." Yan Lu said and placed several paper books in his hand in front of Fu Nian's desk, one by one.

From left to right, the names of the books are Analects, Book of Songs, Three Character Classic, Disciple Rules, Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand Character Classic, which are the three types of the three hundred thousand thousand in later generations. The Thousand Family Poems must not appear in this era, and even the Thousand Character Classic has been modified by it. For example, the one hundred counties returned to Qin must not be used now.

The first thing Fu Nian picked up was naturally the Analects, which is the foundation of Confucianism. It is a thin booklet that records all the more than 10,000 words of the Analects, and there are also a lot of annotations.

It can be said that as long as you know the characters and get this Analects, you can learn the knowledge in it without the need for a special teacher to teach. Of course, Shen Fei naturally has his own water filling in it. Well, it is not water filling, but according to the annotations of modern society in later generations.

As we all know, the classics of Confucianism will continue to change with the changes of the times. Why is there a seven-line Confucianism in this era? It is not because each has a different understanding of Confucianism.

Even Taoism is not immune to the differences in concepts. Taoism has three concepts: Tianzong, Renzong, Yinyang School, and Legalism.

Mohism is now divided into two factions, Yan State Mohism and Qin State Mohism. Qin Mo is too weak, and Qin State has the Gongshu family. Its existence is not high, even Shen Fei did not go to Qin Mo for help.

There is no way Qin Mo's power is too weak. Sword casting is okay. As for other aspects, Qin Mo did not inherit the four spirits of Mohism.

"The Qin State Master." After flipping through the Analects, Fu Nian flipped through several other books, then sighed deeply and said, "I know, let's do this for now."

It is impossible for Confucianists not to be jealous of the emergence of papermaking, but unfortunately the place where papermaking is now is Qin, where Confucianism is the weakest.

"It turns out that for so many years, we have wrongly blamed Bao Si." In a restaurant in Qin, a group of people argued about the beacon fire trick.

"How can it be said that it was wrongly blamed? If it weren't for her, how could King You of Zhou do such a foolish thing." Some people agree, and naturally some people oppose.

Whether Bao Si is a beauty or not has caused many debates in Xianyang City recently. The cause of the debate is a book in the library.

Confucian records have already made a final judgment on Bao Si, just like Qin Shihuang was later defined as a tyrant. However, in fact, what Qin Shihuang did was normal in this era. Strictly speaking, what Qin Shihuang did was not as absurd as some emperors.

In this era, Confucianism did not have the later Confucianism as the only doctrine, and it was the easiest time to defeat it from above. How to defeat Confucianism? It is very simple, just find the weaknesses in its books.

No one could do it before because they had the right to speak, but now it is different. Shen Fei is now in control of the right to speak.

There are laws to follow, and they must be followed. Discipline must be strict, and violations must be investigated.

At the headquarters of the Six Gates in Xianyang City, there is a huge stone tablet at the entrance of the courtyard. Sixteen large characters written by Ying Zheng are engraved on it.

Since the Six Gates were established, they need a concept, such as a clear mirror hanging high on it. Shen Fei also thought about it, and finally Shen Fei chose these sixteen characters that represent the modern rule of law concept.

For the Qin State, which has been ruled by law since Shang Yang's reform, these sixteen characters can be said to complement each other.

As the person who proposed the concept of the Six Gates, in order to better operate the Six Gates, Shen Fei temporarily led the Six Gates as a national teacher.

Shen Fei was not willing to waste time here. After briefly explaining to Mo Ya, he handed over the Six Gates to Mo Ya and made Mo Ya the chief constable of the Six Gates.

After returning to Xinzheng, South Korea, Mo Ya soon brought a group of people to Xianyang again. With the national master token all the way, Mo Ya had a smooth journey.

Thanks to some members of the Hundred Birds brought by Mo Ya, the Six Gates are not without people now. You know, investigating and solving cases is not a simple matter. Before, the city guards had been doing this, and it can be said that there are countless unjust and false cases.

Not everyone is as good at solving cases as Han Fei. Although Qin has Shadow Secret Guards who are very good at this, they are unlikely to be dispatched for ordinary cases.

Mo Ya and Hundred Birds can be said to be very good at investigating cases. The training of assassins makes it easier for them to find assassins than ordinary people.

Among the Hundred Birds personnel who came this time, Shen Fei also met the Yingge who had only heard of the name but never seen the person. The mysterious beauty is indeed well-deserved. Yingge is also a beautiful woman with both temperament and beauty, and both strength.

It’s a pity that this beauty has already been taken by Mo Ya.

"Hello, Master Imperial Master." After seeing Shen Fei, Yingge immediately stepped forward and half-knelt to salute.

"Get up, good, good, you two are really a perfect match, when are you going to get married?" Shen Fei's words immediately made Mo Ya and Yingge shy.

Although Mo Ya and Yingge love each other, as assassins of Bai Niao, they have never revealed their feelings, because no one knows whether there will be a chance to meet again in the next mission. Shen Fei's words just broke the thin window paper between the two.

"Mo Ya said before that he doesn't want you to do any dangerous work such as intelligence. It just so happens that I have some other things to do here, so I'll leave it to you."