The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

"Although Spartacus was a berserker who had lost all reason, he sensed the purpose with his bestial instincts."

“The enemy is probably using the Shadow Border as a shield. If you dare to resist, the very thing you are trying to protect will be completely destroyed... This is a common tactic used by oppressors!”

"He said viciously."

“This situation is truly terrible…” Jing Ke frowned.

"The First Emperor, can you hear me?" Ritsuka raised his head and shouted.

The First Emperor said: "Of course. After all, the entire land is my garden. Even if I don't want to hear the noise, I will hear it."

"This goes against our agreement," Ritsuka complained as calmly as possible.

"Exactly. If I were a god, I would obey my every word and become a shackle that binds me. But I am a human being, a ruler. It is natural that I value the country more than the agreement."

“Therefore, I will seize Shadow Border and annihilate you, for I have determined that you are a scourge threatening the people.”

"The First Emperor's cold voice was filled with hostility."

"Why? Did we do anything to the villagers?" Mashu asked, puzzled. "They clearly didn't do anything bad!"

The First Emperor: "They have no self-awareness... The most terrifying thing about evildoers is that they are completely unaware of their evil deeds. Have you taught the villagers how to write and write poetry?"

"Eh?" Mashu was confused. Why would teaching people to write be a bad thing?

"Why...?" Confucius was confused.

In his eyes, the First Emperor, who had achieved almost the same achievements as a saint, actually prohibited the people from learning writing and knowledge?

Isn't this right? !

Shouldn't we educate the people and let them understand what is right, what is wrong, and what is moral?

And... Confucianism was specifically mentioned.

Confucius' face twitched slightly. Could it be that he had done something bad that made the First Emperor extremely disgusted with Confucianism?

"Are we wrong and he is actually a tyrant?" Zilu asked in a low voice.

He himself thought the question was too stupid.

Which tyrant allows the people to live so well?

If tyrants are like this, then are all those guys who claim to be benevolent rulers useless?!

"That's unlikely! How could a tyrant create such a harmonious world?" Confucius shook his head. "There must be some hidden secret."

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"Knowledge is a malignant infectious disease, and you are the lesions. They must be excised as soon as possible," the First Emperor said calmly.

"Are you so morbidly afraid of the people acquiring knowledge, tyrant?" Spartacus scoffed.

"I do not wish to waste my time debating with you, fools, but... well, let me tell you why I died."

"I once witnessed an era known as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when a hundred schools of thought contended. Countless sages and wise men produced brilliant ideas."

“That must have been the most intellectually brilliant era in human history!”

"But...are people's lives happy? Some military strategists and diplomats take pleasure in stirring up wars, because the battlefield is where they demonstrate their prowess!"

“There are Confucianists who advocate for education over punishment… but the wicked people they educate are few and far between. Precisely because the punishments are so lenient, those who commit crimes are bound to do it again! After all, the punishment is just that, isn’t it?”

"The Mohists advocated universal love and non-aggression, but the various weapons they created only heightened the intensity of the battlefield!"

"There's much more to it than that. No matter how brilliant the thoughts of the various schools of thought are, what do they have to do with the happiness of the people?"

"On the contrary, in order to prove that their ideas are correct, they are unconsciously pushing the war to escalate."

"I have also witnessed the Crusades. They shouted that their faith was the right one and slaughtered infidels at will!"

"It is precisely because they think, precisely because they believe their 'thoughts' are superior to others, that they commit such abject acts!"

"After witnessing so much, I have concluded that knowledge is the original sin! Thought is the original sin!"

“Once people begin to think, once they begin to acquire knowledge, they will no longer be satisfied with the status quo. They will resort to deception, robbery, oppression, exploitation, and even massacre of the rest of humanity to obtain more resources for survival!”

“Even though they don’t need that much!”

"Ritsuka, answer me, in your world, is there war? Is there exploitation? Is there oppression? Is there deception?"

"Knowledge is original sin...Thought is original sin..."

Mozi was shocked for a moment.

He had never considered it from this perspective.

"In order to prove that their own ideas are correct, they unconsciously promote war... Yes, if it weren't for proving that their own ideas are correct, why would there be a hundred schools of thought?"

But... no matter how many wars there are, no matter how much killing there is, no matter how beautiful the world is under the rule of the First Emperor.

He still has to say it!

"Qi Huangdi, you are wrong! Because if people don't think, they are no different from animals!"

…………

"It turns out that he has considered so much."

Confucius finally understood why the First Emperor behaved this way.

“Once people start thinking, they will no longer be satisfied with the status quo… Well said, very well said.”

"Rumor has it that in ancient times, people had no private property at all. Everyone worked together, shared food together, and lived together. There was no distinction between high and low."

"Until one day, someone thought that I had spent unnecessary effort and obtained more prey, and I should get more... not as something for everyone, but as something for myself!"

“Thus, private property was born.”

"With private property came theft, plunder, and oppression... The once perfect ancient times were quickly filled with human evil."

"But... even so, First Emperor, I will not agree with your concept."

"Humans can be educated! It is precisely because human nature is full of evil that we need education to eliminate the evil in our hearts!"

Zilu added, "But, Master, the First Emperor said that your teachings failed to enlighten a few people... Of course, I must be one of them."

"This is a problem..." Confucius frowned and pondered.

Why were those people so difficult to educate, but Zilu was able to be educated?

Could it be because he beat Zilu up?

When we think about what the First Emperor said, “emphasis on education and light on criminal law”, it won’t work.

Confucius gradually understood.

Beat them first and then talk about educating them!

Knock down the villain and make him unable to get up, and the power of your mouth-to-mouth tactics will naturally increase exponentially!