Qin Dynasty: Your Majesty, I really am a time traveler.

The Confucianists are incredibly audacious! What they've done is simply outrageous!

Since the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, or even earlier, there had already been many schools of thought and scholars who split and divided the country.

Although each school of thought has its own doctrines and principles, they also criticize each other's ideas and shortcomings.

But all of that was just for rational discussion and common progress, so that each school of thought could find a completely new path!

A hundred schools of thought contend, and various philosophers offer their critiques.

Each of these different schools of thought has its own philosophy and representative figures, making them an immortal peak in the history of Chinese civilization!

Even though they have different beliefs, they would never regard each other as enemies, much less do something so excessive.

For example, Li Si, despite being the leader of the Legalist school, was always at odds with the Confucian school.

However, he would never target Confucianism in the imperial court for his own selfish reasons.

However, the current Confucianism is completely contrary to its original ideals and is also betraying other schools of thought!

"This...this...is this real? This is terrifying!"

"He said it himself, and judging from his arrogant manner, it can't be fake."

"The Confucian school truly knows a person's face but not their heart!"

"They always claim to be kind-hearted scholars, talking about respecting teachers and honoring elders... But if I looked into their true thoughts, they'd be even more ruthless than military strategists!"

As soon as this person said this, everyone else couldn't help but nod in agreement.

After all, the most powerful military strategist in the Qin state was none other than Lord Wu'an, Bai Qi!

Even under those circumstances, Bai Qi still maintained his own kindness and bottom line.

The people he killed were all for the better development and future of Qin. But now, the Confucianists are doing something even more ruthless than Lord Wu'an!

Compared to severing its foundation, harming its life is utterly insignificant!

In an instant, the other officials in the court all behaved in unison.

They all looked at the Confucian scholars with extreme disgust, and then silently distanced themselves.

Many officials who had just felt that Tang Yu had gone too far now had a different opinion.

The Imperial Advisor went too far; why didn't he kill these bastards?

Today, even the imperial physicians were brought along to court.

As a physician, he was naturally indifferent to worldly affairs!

Basically nothing could affect him, but the ideas and practices of Confucianism and other schools of thought completely enraged him!

If even physicians who have always been indifferent to worldly affairs are like this, one can only imagine how others are.

Especially those skilled in befriending distant states while attacking nearby ones, strategists who planned for the future, military strategists who conquered the world with a strategy of obstruction, and Legalists who governed the country by law...

Everyone stared at the Confucian scholars with eyes full of anger, as if they wanted to devour them.

At this moment, Tang Yu saw that the atmosphere was just right, so he took the initiative to explain the whole story.

"First of all, this case is strongly related to the previous case of our national advisor betraying Prince Fusu!"

"The person who hired assassins to kill me and Prince Fusu was none other than Kong Rong, the third-generation descendant of Confucius, a Confucian disciple!"

"Wow—"

The entire Xianyang Palace was in an uproar.

The officials' gazes toward Confucianism were no longer filled with surprise, but with disbelief!

They knew about the Confucian scholars' bold actions.

But they didn't know that Confucianists were so audacious!

You should know that assassinating the Imperial Preceptor and assassinating the Crown Prince are both capital offenses punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family!

Moreover, the difficulty involved was so great that even the remnants of the six states dared not attempt it, yet this Confucian scholar actually did it!

Xiang Yu, who was watching the spectacle from the crowd, looked at the Confucian scholars with admiration in his eyes.

"You were truly a group of warriors, what a pity."

"If I had met you all earlier, perhaps I would have been able to achieve great things in the future!"

Xiang Yu never expected that the people who assassinated Tang Yu and Fusu were actually members of the Confucian school.

Even Xiang Yu, the King of Chu, dared not confront Qin Shi Huang head-on, yet these Confucian scholars dared!

He is truly a man of great courage!

After reading out this message, Tang Yu continued his story.

"The Confucian scholars committed the crimes committed two years ago. Among them, the mastermind was Dr. Chunyu Yue, and the others were all involved in devising strategies and dealing with the matter together!"

"They are attempting to overthrow the foundation of my Great Qin Kingdom and monopolize the future path of the other hundred schools!"

"At the same time, Confucian knowledge was disseminated through private schools, ostensibly to recruit disciples, but in reality to amass wealth!"

"This also means that the people of my Great Qin, unless they have connections or considerable wealth, do not even have the opportunity to learn!"

"These actions are all jeopardizing the future of our Great Qin Dynasty; this is an unforgivable crime!"

Some of the other members of the Hundred Schools of Thought originally wanted to plead for the Confucianists, but after considering what the Confucians had done, they all swallowed their words.

There's really no need to save such a Confucian school. If they were to become the dominant force in the future, and the other schools of thought were to be wiped out in the long river of history, how could they be willing to accept that?

Tang Yu, who had initially expected some resistance, realized that he had underestimated the value of Confucianism in this era of intellectual ferment.

Outside the Xianyang Palace, many Qin citizens heard these words and were indignant.

“One of my neighbors is a Confucian scholar. If you want to become his student, you need to offer him a lot of money and food, otherwise he won’t accept you!”

"However, there was a Legalist who said my child had great potential and wanted to send him there to try. That's the difference!"

"Exactly, does it mean that if our old flame's family doesn't have enough money or food, we can't even learn some principles?"

Is Confucianism truly superior to the other schools of thought?

"Well done! Well done, Grand Preceptor!"

Many of the people from Qin who cheered didn't really understand what was going on, but they knew that the Grand Preceptor was someone who was good for their Qin state.

Therefore, the Grand Preceptor's enemies are the enemies of the Qin people! They don't care what the Confucianists have done; as long as someone is an enemy of the Grand Preceptor, they are an enemy of the Qin people!

Seeing that none of the officials on the field stepped forward to speak, Tang Yu let out a long sigh.

"Chunyu Yue, if Confucius were to be resurrected and see the Confucianism of today, would he be disappointed? Have you done right by him?"

"Confucius did indeed travel around the states, and when he was accepting disciples, he required them to provide meat as tuition."

"The purpose is to ensure that students do not place too much burden on their families while pursuing their studies. This is true filial piety, and this is true benevolence!"

"What are you doing? Using the name of spreading Confucianism to satisfy your own selfish desires? Do you even deserve to be called Confucianists?"

These words struck a nerve with Chunyu Yue, who immediately jumped up, soaring three feet high.

"You...you're talking complete nonsense!"

"What difference is there between Confucius demanding meat as tuition and us demanding money as tuition?"

"Ah!"

Tang Yu was so angry he laughed. He looked at the Confucian scholars on the field, his eyes filled with disappointment.

"In that case, let me explain the differences to you!"