Chapter 362 History of Burning Books

Outside Chang'an City, it was already midnight, and logically it should be extremely dark.

Indeed, the city of Chang'an at this time was indeed pitch-dark and quiet, and on various streets, large and small, there were pairs of black armored Qin troops who were constantly patrolling.

The entire city of Chang'an has implemented a curfew policy, and anyone waiting in the middle of the night unless there is an official document or an order from the Qin army.

Otherwise, they are not allowed to go out. Once they are found, they will be severely punished. If the circumstances are serious, they can even be executed by Qin soldiers on the spot.

At this moment, a few miles away from Chang'an City, the sky was full of fire, and the orange-red light illuminated the entire night sky red.

It looks like the boundless flames swept in the dark night, giving people a feeling that the light is coming.

"Stop, you all give the old man's assistant."

"This is the cultural crystallization of my great Wei for hundreds of years. How can you be so savage? You actually burned all these books of civilization."

"How dare you call yourself an empire for your barbaric acts, and are you worthy of the word empire?"

This matter was several kilometers away from Chang'an City. Twenty or thirty huge pits had been dug around, and one of them was burning with orange-red flames.

And next to each big pit, there are more than a dozen carts of books, surrounded by Qin Jia soldiers.

And there are constantly Qin Jun soldiers carrying the books on the table and walking towards the burning pit.

All of a sudden, countless cultural achievements turned to ashes.

Looking closely, there are also twenty or thirty large pits around the Qin army who are constantly burning books.

And here, although there are nearly a thousand troops of the Qin army.

Under the blazing flames that seemed to burn up the sky, a faint orange-red light was reflected on the originally dark and bright Qin Army armor.

Although it does not look as good as the killing intent represented by the cold light reflected in the dark night, it does not have an aura of destruction.

At this time, an old man was scolding Qin Jun for his actions, and was heartbroken that so many books had been savagely burned.

Leaning on crutches, the old man angrily pointed at these soldiers, wanting to stop this and that.

But the old and rotten body seemed so powerless, which made the old man feel a sadness.

"Master Zong, don't be pissed off."

Looking at the old man who was blushing with anger and had a thick neck and trembling body, as if he was going to be angry at any time, a teenager behind him came up directly to support him.

Behind the young man, there are also hundreds of figures in various brocade costumes gathered here, they are all members of the major families in Chang'an City.

The family is not a clan. Although it is an official in the court and holds great power, it does not support private soldiers, does not occupy land on a large scale, does not form a large-scale group faction, and does not go against the imperial court. the difference.

Even in the empire, there are many families. For example, the Meng family and Wang family in the imperial capital Xianyang belong to the family category, not to mention Chang'an City. Therefore, these people naturally avoided the first wave of the empire's purge.

And not long ago, news came that Qin Huang left Chang'an City and his whereabouts were unknown.

When the news came, everyone in the family was very happy.

Some time ago, on the terrible day of bloodshed in Chang'an, the scene of tens of thousands of people's heads rolling to the ground is still vivid in their minds. These families do not want to follow in the footsteps of those aristocratic families.

It can be said to be anxious and anxious!

With Ying Ji's departure, these families finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But what many people did not expect was that before the Emperor Qin left Chang'an City, he suddenly issued an order, in addition to books on politics, agriculture, medicine, and divination books that were conducive to the development of civilization.

All the books on ideas and literature and art held by the major families in Chang'an City were handed in, and the imperial army was dispatched again to collect more than 100,000 books with lightning speed!

After collecting the books, Ying Ji officially issued an order that all the more than 100,000 ideological books should be burned, and no one should be left behind.

List all these books as banned books, and anyone who dares to hide banned books will be killed!

The emperor's order was conveyed, and Chang'an was mourning, denouncing this as a destruction of civilization.

But how could Ying Ji care so much, and directly ordered that anyone who blatantly made words and deeds against the Empire be immediately arrested and executed.

The imperial army was dispatched again, arresting and arresting more than a thousand people who started the riots, beheading them in the street, bloodshed in the streets of Chang'an.

The terrifying and bloody means once again suffocated the city of Chang'an, which had just begun to recover!

It is no wonder that Ying Ji is so cruel and ruthless this time, but Ying Ji knows a truth. The real unity of the empire must first be the unity of culture.

To achieve cultural unity, we must first eliminate these heretical cultures.

——If you want to perish your country, you must perish its history first!

In Ying Ji's view, anyone who opposes and opposes the cultural unity of the empire is even more hateful than corrupt officials, and can only be solved by ruthless means.

"Everyone is not allowed to move!"

Seeing that the books stored in these families are being burned one after another like firewood today, it is a heartache for the people of these families.

After all, these books are the resources originally used to cultivate the elite disciples of the family. Once they are burned out, it will be a huge blow to the future of all the families. How can these people still sit still?

But just when these people were about to make a move, a sudden shout came, and the words were full of sturdy killing intent.

Let everyone move for a while, not daring to react.

After taking a closer look, I saw a young general of the Qin army who was dressed in silver and white armor and had a strong bow and arrow on his back.

This person was personally arranged by Pei Xingjian to be in charge of the Chang'an Burning Books and Death History Project, the imperial commander Zhong Limei!

And the Qin army of a thousand-person team around here are all the soldiers of Zhong Limei originally in the Qin Dynasty Mingyue World.

The combat strength exceeds that of the Qin army's first-class army, but it is lower than the title army. Although the number is small, its strength cannot be ignored. Now it has become the leader of Pei Xingjian's fifth army!

In terms of strength, it is possible to hang up a thousand elite personal soldiers from the historical Tang Dynasty under Pei Xingjian's command, which can be called the trump card of the Fifth Legion.

"General Zhongli, these books can't be burned, can't be burned!"

Seeing Zhong Limei coming, the old man in the family just said to Zhong Limei with tears in his eyes, and there was a hint of pleading in his tone.

It is hard to imagine that this old man is willing to bow down to a young man for the sake of the family's future.

"Yes, General Zhongli, these books are the foundation of our family, and we must not burn them!"

"You can't burn it, General Zhongli!"

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Seeing the old man speak, the hundreds of clan members who followed the old man were all competing to say that they wanted to use their power to force Zhong Limei to stop burning books.

After all, now that Emperor Qin has left Chang'an, the people of these families are somewhat relieved.

If this person is Pei Xingjian, even if these people eat leopard guts, they would not dare.

But this person is Zhong Limei. In the eyes of these family members, Zhong Limei is just a young general of the Qin army, and he has never seen anything in the world.

There should be some background, so he was promoted to carry out the task of burning the book. Under the firm stand of the major families, he should choose to back down.

But these people forgot that, as the general of the wind, from the bright moon world of Qin Dynasty, Zhong Limei, who was loyal to the empire, who was in the Mingyue world of Qin Dynasty, and who was loyal to the empire, especially these miscellaneous fish can speculate.

It's naive to think about using power to overwhelm people.

PS: I'm thinking about the next plot jump, and I'll update it today. Let's talk to the little brothers and sisters, so that everyone won't wait.