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Chapter 489 – City Siege

Translator: Mr Voltaire

Editor: Modlawls123

Zhao Fu didn’t like literati because he felt that they only had academic skills and no life skills Moreover, because this was a period of war and chaos, they weren’t very useful

However, since ancient times, the literati weren’t to be offended Back then, in order to unify thinking, the First E to riculture, and a few other fields

He had also ordered for the Confucian scholars to be buried alive, but that had been incited by alchemists When Great Qin had established its e the e States Period, how could the First Ereed forhim to bury the Confucians However, most of those who had been buried alive were alcheed in In total, there had only been 400 people

Moreover, 400 wasn’t much co had established the Ming Dynasty, in order to solidify the foundation of his rule, he had killed many meritorioushundreds of thousands of people And yet, very few people thought that he was a tyrant

In fact, es’ had killed many more people, yet they were still considered virtuous rulers

As for the First Eh what he had done wasn’t as bad, it had been firmly recorded in history because he had offended the literati and scholars After all, history ritten by such people

If they spoke badly about you, no matter what you did, your reputation would be tarnished for thousands of years Those who didn’t know the full story would only hear about the idiom ‘burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars,’ and they would think that the First Emperor of Qin had burned every book and killed all of the Confucian scholars

As such, literati and scholars weren’t to be lightly offended, and every Dynasty did its best to treat these people well

However, it wasn’t good for there to be tooDynasty Even though there were all sorts of different ideas and the quality of life and the econo period in China’s history The Qing Dynasty had only given up land, but the Song Dynasty’s Emperor’s princesses and imperial concubines were made slaves or killed Without a doubt, it was theperiod of China’s history

As such, what use was there in having so many literati and scholars? So what if the quality of life and the economy were excellent? If the military was too weak, a nation would still suffer humiliation and despair After all, one established one’s place in the world with one’s ht, not one’s mouth

Because of the various reasons, Zhao Fu felt quite wary towards Li Muqing Of course, Zhao Fu didn’t despise literati and scholars – after all, they were the ones who passed down culture and history

“I want to personallysaid as she sht about this before replying, “That’s not possible Right now, the Legatee isn’t willing toyou would like me to pass on, I can do that for you Also, why do you want to , “It’s not much I just want to see what sort of person he is Also, please don’tan imperial concubine If he can establish a powerful nation, he should also ensure the continuation of literature and the arts, so I want to have a look at the Great Qin City”

Zhao Fu knew that things would be as simple, so he replied, “But of course – literature is the foundation of a nation The Legatee will definitely ensure its continuation”