Quick Wear: The scumbag is on the prowl, beware

After a while, when Ying Zheng turned around again, he could no longer see anything.

He sneered: "I probably know why the history books say that I am a tyrant. Is it because the decrees I issued offended the scholars?"

Qi An nodded: "That's right. One of the evidences in history books that you are a tyrant is the burning of books and burying of scholars alive."

Ying Zheng shook his head: "What I ordered to be burned were the historical records of the six kingdoms, as well as poems, books and various schools of thought. These books cannot be privately owned by anyone in the world and can only be kept in the palace. As for agricultural books and medical books, I did not touch a single one."

"However, those I killed were not Confucian scholars, but sorcerers who deceived people."

Qi An suddenly realized: "What was burned were history and poetry. No wonder scholars hate you so much, but I think you did the right thing."

Qi An was also used to being a leader, and she understood Ying Zheng's approach very well.

As the saying goes, "If you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history."

The six kingdoms had been unified under the Qin Dynasty. If the historical records of the past were still kept, the Confucian scholars would have certainly discussed the Qin Dynasty's legal system and missed their homeland.

Over time, factions will inevitably emerge.

The most important thing for national unity is cultural unity and unification of daily needs, so that integration can be achieved smoothly.

If a country's internal laws have no dignity, how can it establish national laws?

If the writing system, measurement, currency and other daily necessities are not standardized, how can we win the hearts of the people?

Otherwise, if you speak Zhao dialect, I learn Yan characters, and he uses Chu money, how can this be managed?

Therefore, his conservative "book burning" was a necessary step for the world to go from disintegration to unification, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The one who really caused the cultural gap was King Xiang who burned down the Qin Palace.

As for the harsh torture laws promulgated by Ying Zheng, they were even more necessary.

After being affirmed, Ying Zheng relaxed and continued:

"The reason why I use harsh laws and torture is because I have long understood that what can truly protect peace is not kindness or human feelings, but fear."

Qi An nodded again, that’s absolutely right.

Only when the cost of committing a crime is high will people who want to do bad things be fearful and dare not indulge in their evil thoughts.

But in fact, what most offended scholars about Ying Zheng was not these, but his proposal of equality between men and women.

Sure enough, Ying Zheng continued: "If it were just that, it wouldn't have come to this. The thing that those scholars are most dissatisfied with me for is that I proposed equality between men and women."

This is what really angers the vested interests.

Qi An was truly surprised.

Ying Zheng said the four words "equality between men and women" so casually, as if it should be so.

Is this the kind of ideological awareness that the ancients could have thousands of years ago?

Qi An couldn't help but ask the question that the youngsters in later generations often speculated: "You really didn't travel back in time?"

Ying Zheng frowned: "...What is time travel?"

Qi An: “…” Okay, it’s confirmed, a natural born boss.

For thousands of years, the idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority has been deeply rooted, and women have never been respected or treated well.

Status, resources, etiquette and various treatments, all these things are tacitly attributed to men.

It is a refined thing for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and is called romantic.

Women must be faithful to their husbands. If they make the slightest mistake, they will be humiliated as a slut and thrown into a pond or a pig cage.

They can only exist as vassals or even as trading objects, living without dignity.

Confucius even said, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise."

Therefore, great men are completely intolerant.

The woman who has always been at their feet and can be abused at will will one day have her status elevated and become equal to them.

Scholars believe that this is a humiliation to them.

Because of this, the sour Confucianists who inherited Confucianism have been scolding him for more than two thousand years, and have firmly pinned the blame of being a tyrant on him.

Qi An sighed in his heart again, this brother is really awesome.

The idea of ​​gender equality would have been a fantasy and jaw-dropping idea two thousand years ago.

As the most powerful man at the time, he clearly enjoyed the most supreme wealth and resources and was so high up.

But he can look down and see the difficulties faced by women, and then speak up for them and want to give them respect.

This is no longer rare, it should be called explosive.

Unfortunately, he passed away before he could implement it.

Since then, the term gender equality has become a joke, and no one speaks up for women anymore.

Even after more than two thousand years, the slogan of gender equality has been shouted so loudly that it seems to have been achieved.

But in fact, its essence remains unchanged.

Qi An looked at Ying Zheng in front of him. The two contradictory qualities of dominance and compassion coexisted harmoniously in him, making him full of charm.

She suddenly felt that Xu Xiaoxiao might not be daydreaming.

This man is a natural born king.

If he could gain eternal life, the world might really be different.

Qi An felt a little regretful: "You killed all sorcerers, not a single scholar?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "I am actually annoyed by those sour Confucian scholars. They always take Confucius' nonsense as their guiding principle. They are full of hypocrisy and pedantry. But they haven't made any big mistakes, so I tolerate them."

Although he was said to be cruel, he never killed any loyal ministers or good generals.

He didn't even kill any of those sour Confucian scholars who pointed their fingers at him and cursed him.

Ata sighed, no wonder people say that scholars are the most petty and vengeful.

Look at who is being blamed, he feels sorry for the old ancestor.

With just a stroke of the pen in the history books, Ying Zheng was branded as a tyrant for more than two thousand years.

Qi An said disappointedly: "In fact, if you kill all those Confucian scholars and completely eliminate the Confucian bullshit ideas, those little brats in the future will love you more."

Ying Zheng: "...Why?"

After Qi An took on this task, he learned a lot about the basic situation of Xu Xiaoxiao's world.

Therefore, I know a lot about the plight and resentment of young people.

Qi An laughed and said, "You don't know, that old man was later elevated to a saint. His bullshit ideas have influenced later generations for more than 2,000 years, and are still poisoning people today. What about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, respect, frugality, and modesty?

The kids have been influenced by these things since they were young, and have become little idiots, with their brains wrapped up in all those "zhihuzheya". They have been learning these things since they were young, and when they grow up, they find that society is a society where the strong prey on the weak, and there is no martial ethics at all.

Their strong sense of morality puts them in a dilemma, and they can only embarrass themselves. On the contrary, they can't live as freely as hypocrites, and they must be cursed."

Ying Zheng frowned, as if thinking about something.

Is it so difficult for children?

Make a note of this and change it later. At least we can’t let one idea dominate.

All schools of thought have their own advantages and disadvantages. He advocates coexistence, and then taking the essence and discarding the dross.

Ying Zheng thought again of the major projects he had built over the years. Even now, many censors still accused him of tyranny and harsh rule, which wasted people's time and money.

He asked: "Is the long mountain road I ordered to be built to defend against foreign enemies useful? Does it still exist?"