On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Cheng Qiao received news from people below that the various schools of thought had sent the classics of their respective schools as agreed, and all the relevant teachers were in place.

After receiving the news, Cheng Qiao immediately entered the palace and sent someone to invite Lu Buwei.

After entering the palace, Cheng Qiao sent someone to inform Zhao Ji to come to the side hall of Yong Palace to discuss matters. However, Zhao Ji was not interested in participating and let them discuss it themselves.

Cheng Qiao didn't force it, so it was just right that Zhao Ji didn't participate, so as not to cause any trouble.

Two quarters of an hour later, Lu Buwei came to the side hall, bowed his hands and said: "Meet the king."

Ying Zheng stopped chatting with Cheng Qiao, with a faint smile on his face. He seemed to be in a good mood, and said in a deep voice: "No need to be polite, Prime Minister, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Buwei then smiled and returned the favor to Cheng Qiao. Originally, he thought that Cheng Qiao would be scornful of him because he held the handle in his hand, but it turned out not to be the case and he remained respectful as always.

Even superficial respect is quite rare.

"Brother Wang, the Prime Minister has arrived. Is there anything you can say now?"

Ying Zheng looked at Cheng Qiao sitting on the left with a smile, with some curiosity in his eyes. Lu Buwei sitting on the right also looked at Cheng Qiao opposite, secretly guessing in his heart.

Cheng Qiao didn't mean to show off, and stated his purpose directly.

"Didn't you mention to Brother Wang and the Prime Minister that the remaining balance of the world's wealthy businessmen has been paid in full?"

"Now that various schools of thought have sent all their classics and teachers, I think the preparation for the establishment of the academy can be put on the agenda."

Lu Buwei stroked his long beard and said calmly: "I wonder what your Majesty has in mind?"

Cheng Qiao was very satisfied with Lu Buwei's statement.

With these words, Lu Buwei skipped the question of whether to build a school palace or not, and went directly to the question of how to build it. Sure enough, it is useful to have a handle, otherwise the money that has been put into the national treasury may not be so easy to get out...

"That's what I think. If there are any omissions, Brother Wang and Xiang Guo can just add them."

"First of all, we must prepare to build a school palace in Xianyang. Since Xianyang is the capital of Qin, this school must be the best in Qin and even in the world."

Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei nodded slightly. This statement was reasonable and reasonable. There was no reason why a foreign school should surpass the capital school. The face of the capital still had to be maintained.

"In addition, the first academy is also convenient for management and adjustment. It is an attempt, because in my imagination, the academy of Qin is fundamentally different from the academy of the Six Kingdoms."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Ying Zheng became more curious and said with a smile.

Lu Buwei was also very curious, because there was more than one academy in the world, and the most famous one was Jixia Academy located in Linzi, the capital of Qi State. However, the essence of all the academy was similar.

"All the schools in the world, including Jixia Academy, focus on academics, but the academy I am planning to build is essentially a method of selecting officials."

"Nowadays, the official selection system is mainly based on recommendation. Brother Wang and the Prime Minister should know the pros and cons of such a system better than me, so I won't go into details here."

"The academy I am planning to build is mainly to teach how to become a qualified official, supplemented by academic discussions. For example, if you are interested in becoming a law judge, you will mainly learn various laws of Qin and other types of laws in the academy.

The officials are similar."

"After graduation, depending on the evaluation of their academic performance, they will be assigned to relevant government agencies for one and a half years as internships. After passing the exam, they will be directly awarded official positions. For example, the worse ones will be assigned to counties and counties, and the best ones will be assigned to central government agencies."

"Our Qin State has the ambition and strength to swallow up the world. With future expansion, there will definitely not be enough officials.

"The number of officials from the Qin State may be sufficient for important positions, but there are definitely not enough for the middle and lower levels. Then it is inevitable to use a large number of officials from the six countries."

"The style of these people is incompatible with the style of Qin officials. I'm afraid they can't even understand Qin's laws. Even if they understand it, it's easy for a country to change its nature, and it's hard to change its nature. I'm afraid the emperor of Shan Gao will always do evil things."

"They have done evil things, but the people of the six countries will blame most of them on our country, Qin."

"And these people are not allowed to contact the surviving remnants of the Six Kingdoms. How will such a large group of officials be able to distinguish clearly?"

"The hidden dangers are too great."

"In my opinion, the officials of the Six Kingdoms can be used, but they must be given some openings, otherwise they will cause trouble and cause chaos. Guizhou heads who are illiterate will be easily instigated."

"But the officials of the Six Kingdoms must not be the main ones, but the officials of our Qin country should be the main ones."

Today's officials in the Qin State have not yet degenerated, and their quality and efficiency are much better than those in the Six Kingdoms.

Although some officials will definitely degenerate under unification, as long as appropriate measures are taken to ensure that most officials can fulfill their duties, the problem will not be big. It is better than using a large number of officials from the Six Kingdoms.

There are too few people who can read in this era. No matter how you select them in the Six Kingdoms, the relationships are always complicated.

"Brother Wang is right. I don't believe those officials from the Six Kingdoms. What does the Prime Minister think?"

The smile on Ying Zheng's face disappeared, and he was full of seriousness. The importance of the matter in the Academy has been raised to a considerable height.

"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense. I traveled all over the six countries when I was doing business in my early years. Most of the officials are corrupt, greedy, incompetent, and they are the first to squeeze money."

"Our officials in the Qin State are exactly the opposite. Most of them are good and can shoulder the responsibility of fulfilling their duties loyally."

Lu Buwei recalled that in his early days when doing business, he had to take money to clear the way wherever he went. Sometimes he would not do things even after taking the money, which made him feel a little unhappy. Therefore, he severely criticized the officials of the Six Kingdoms and praised the officials of Qin.

When Ying Zheng heard that Lu Buwei praised the Qin officials, he felt happy.

"The officials of our Qin State are indeed very good. Some of them are really honest and capable, but in my opinion, more of them are because Qin's laws are relatively complete and strict, and the Qin State is on the rise."

"Due to the majesty of Qin's law and their own future, they did not dare to test the law with their own bodies."

"Once the four seas are unified, I am afraid that a considerable number of officials will fall."

"The great work has been accomplished, why not enjoy it?"

"I think this is what most corrupt officials think."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes sharpened a lot, his cold voice sounded, and his words contained endless blood.

"If anyone dares to pervert, he will be killed as many as he finds out!"

"Depraved officials deserve to be killed, and supervision and legal binding should be strengthened so that officials feel like there is a sharp sword hanging over their heads at all times and dare not violate them easily."

"What the Prime Minister said makes sense. Human nature is like this. Supervision and the binding force of the law should indeed be strengthened."

Cheng Qiao smiled helplessly when he heard this. Qin's law is now quite binding. It is terrifying to the people of the Six Nations. If you are not careful, you will be beheaded. There are also all kinds of brutal tortures, let alone torture.

It's scary to hear that.

Since the law was mentioned, Cheng Qiao also planned to talk about it as a foreshadowing and to give Ying Zheng a warning.

"Brother Wang, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. I also think that supervision and legal restrictions should be strengthened, but we may have some subtle differences in our specific ideas."

"Your Majesty, do you have any advice?"

"It's not about having high opinions, it's just about thinking from someone else's perspective."

"In troubled times, heavy laws should be used. Today is in troubled times, so I have no objection to the current Qin law."

"However, the Qin Law at this time was formulated for troubled times. If we wait until the four seas are unified and the world is unified, I am afraid it will not be applicable."

"The system should keep pace with the times and never stick to the past. This is also an important reason why our country Qin can rise and become the most powerful country in the world."

"For example, what would the Qin State be like today without Shang Yang's reforms?"

"Let alone becoming the most powerful country in the world, I'm afraid it's not certain whether it will survive or not, right?"

"What do Brother Wang and the Prime Minister think?"

Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei were listening carefully to Cheng Qiao's opinions, with thoughtful expressions on their faces. When they heard Cheng Qiao's inquiry, they nodded in agreement.

Both Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei are very practical people. They don't care about anything else. As long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, they will never let go of the ancient system.

"You know much better than me about what Qin Fa's situation is now."

"Changing your identity and thinking from the perspective of the middle and lower class, the punishment is a bit too harsh."

"Actually, if there is no unification, Qin State alone will have nothing. After all, the people of Qin State have basically become accustomed to it over the years. Even if there is dissatisfaction, it will not be serious."

"But the people of the Six Kingdoms are not accustomed to it. The scope of Qin's law is very large and the punishment is so severe that the people of the Six Kingdoms cannot adapt to it in a short time. This will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction."

"Brother Wang, Prime Minister, never underestimate any dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction is accumulated bit by bit. When the accumulation reaches the limit, the anger that bursts out will be unquenchable!"

"Don't talk about soaring anger, just a spark can start a prairie fire."

"I very much agree with the words of the Confucian Xunzi in "The King System": The king is like a boat; the common people are like water; water carries the boat, and water overturns the boat."

"Brother Wang, it is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to sit on it."

"The unification of the sky was the most glorious time for the Qin State, but how could it not be the most dangerous time?"

"Before reunification, the enemy was in the open. After reunification, they are in the dark. It is said that it is easy to hide from the open guns and difficult to defend against the hidden arrows. A thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant nest."

"In my opinion, external enemies cannot defeat Qin, only we ourselves can defeat ourselves."

"If you want the country to be stable after the unification of Qin and be passed on to generations, then you must think about and deal with problems from the perspective of the common people."

"As long as the people are stabilized, no matter how many people have ulterior motives, what will happen?"

"The unified Qin State is like a big chun tree. The people are the root system. If there are problems with the branches, they are pruned and replaced. The root system that absorbs nutrients must not rot."

"Once it rots, there will probably be countless people who say something like, 'Princes and generals should rather have the right to live in peace.' If so, the big chun will only end up collapsing."

"Brother Wang, these are my words from the bottom of my heart. Please be careful and trustworthy!"

After Cheng Qiao finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply towards Ying Zheng. He did not get up for a long time, and he also used the title of minister brother that he had never used before. The seriousness and solemnity in it made Ying Zheng change his face and was extremely impressed.

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Ying Zheng quickly got up and left the shore, went down the steps, helped him up and held Cheng Qiao's hands tightly. He looked into Cheng Qiao's eyes, his face was full of seriousness, and he solemnly said: "Brother Wang will take your words to heart, and you will definitely do so."

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To be continued...