At the court meeting, Feng Jie, the imperial censor, said: "This incident is a conspiracy carried out by the old aristocrats of Chu State who are unwilling to fail. From this, it seems that the influence of the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms in Shandong must be completely eliminated!"
Li Sidao: "When we unified the world, we just moved all the royal families to remote places. Now it seems that although the nobles of the six countries are not royal families, they are still trying to restore their former prominent status. Moreover, they have been operating in the old places for a long time, and they also have very powerful influence." Appeal!”
Wang Wan said: "I suggest that all the old aristocrats and local lords of the six Shandong countries be moved to Guanzhong based on the method of dealing with the royal family. At the same time, Yan, Qi, Chu and other places are remote and difficult to get news. I hope that your majesty will be crowned king there. , seal His Majesty’s sons there and manage them nearby.”
The First Emperor asked: "What do you think of the Prime Minister's suggestion?"
Zhao Ying, the fifth doctor, said: "What the Prime Minister said is true! It has always been like this throughout the ages. If you do not enfeoff kings, you are afraid that the world will be unsafe! Only by enfeoffing your Majesty's sons to guard them in various places can we ensure that the local areas do not rebel and defend the central government." Everyone. The ministers all nodded in agreement.
The First Emperor looked at the ministers and nodded in agreement, sitting there without saying a word.
After the peace of the Six Kingdoms, Wang Wan and others repeatedly proposed enfeoffing princes and heroes. Although the First Emperor did not agree, he did not make an immediate conclusion in view of the fact that there were many ministers in the court who recognized the enfeoffment.
Li Si figured out the First Emperor's thoughts and stood up and said: "Kings Wen and Wu of Zhou had many children with the same surname. They were very close at first. However, as time went by, the clan members became estranged and did not even know each other. Small gains can lead to big fights, attacking each other like enemies. The emperor of Zhou is weak and unable to stop them, which leads to chaos in the world.
Now we rely on your majesty’s wisdom and force to unify the world, divide the world into counties and counties, rely on officials appointed by the state to govern the local areas, and all government orders depend on the emperor alone! The whole world uses the same laws, and the governors govern the counties one by one. In this way, the world will be easy to govern and there will be no mutual attacks. If the emperor's children and meritorious officials are heavily rewarded with state taxes, then the world will not have two minds. This is the way to stabilize the country. It is not appropriate to establish feudal lords as it will only lead to the recurrence of the disputes of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period or the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. "
Wang Wan said: "They are all feuding princes with the same surname. How can we trust the appointed governor?"
Li Si retorted: "The princes have too much power and rely on their royal status to ignore the emperor. Nowadays, there are county guards, county lieutenants, and county magistrates in the counties, and county magistrates, county lieutenants, and county magistrates in the counties, each performing their own duties." , are not subordinate to each other, they are directly responsible to the higher-level government, and the appointment power of all officials is returned to the central government. Only the local security forces are left, and the excess weapons are returned to Xianyang. This can effectively prevent the local area from getting bigger! The world can have long-term peace and stability! "
The First Emperor said: "Since King Ping moved eastward, the world has been suffering from endless wars, which were all caused by the struggle for hegemony among the princes. Now that the world has been peaceful by relying on the protection of the ancestral temple, if the princes are further divided and enfeoffed, it will be tantamount to making enemies of oneself, and the world will be restored again. In the midst of wars and disputes between princes. If you want long-term peace and stability, you must establish counties and unify the world's political orders. Tingwei's suggestion is correct."
Therefore, under the edict of the First Emperor, the country was divided into thirty-six counties. Each county had a county governor, a county lieutenant, and a county magistrate, who were respectively responsible for local administration, security, and prisons. Each county governor and county lieutenant had a salary of two thousand stone. , the county magistrate has a salary of six hundred stones. There are counties under the counties, and townships, pavilions, and li under the counties. Each township has three elders, who are responsible for tax collection and land distribution.
The state allocates all available land to the people for farming. The people pay a certain amount of taxes to the state every year, and the remaining grain can be at their own disposal. The enthusiasm of the people for growing grain has been widely mobilized. Because the people's hair was wrapped in black cloth, it was renamed "Qianshou".
The cultivated land policy implemented in Qin State began to be promoted nationwide.
Soon after, the First Emperor ordered that all excess weapons in various counties be turned over.
The world has been in chaos for a long time, and weapons are scattered. Almost every household in the six Shandong countries has weapons. Once someone calls for rebellion, the head of Guizhou may respond with weapons. This is a great threat to Qin's rule. Tingwei Li Si ordered all counties and counties to hand over all weapons within one month, otherwise they would be punished for treason.
The people in Jiujiang County, the hometown of the Chu State, were fierce and fierce. Many people made a living by hunting and were unwilling to hand over their weapons. They hid their weapons outside and praised them from the outside world as having no weapons. Even if the government searches for it, they can lie and claim it is not theirs and escape punishment.
Before collecting weapons, Li Si had sent people to check the number of weapons in each county. Therefore, when ordering the collection of weapons, he also issued the quantity quota of weapons to be collected. If he failed to meet the requirement, he would be punished.
At this time, Jiujiang County Governor Xiong Jian was like an ant on a hot pot, not knowing what to do. He hurriedly approached the county captain Wang Fucheng to discuss countermeasures: "Now the leaders of Guizhou are unwilling to hand over their weapons and are hiding themselves. What should we do?"
Wang Fucheng rolled his eyes and said: "Our dynasty rules the world by law. Although it has issued a decree that if you do not turn it in for more than ten days, you can be punished. But every household is scrambling to hide it. The soldiers do not understand the situation and it is difficult to find evidence. There is no evidence. Evidence will not incriminate.”
Xiong Jian was impatient and asked hurriedly: "I also know this, otherwise I wouldn't be so anxious. Is there any other way that Commander Wang can do?"
"Don't be impatient, Lord Sheriff. I have recently studied the methods of Shang Jun. Among them, there is a method of 'reporting and sitting down' that can solve the current predicament. The soldiers are not familiar with each household, but the neighbors of the Guizhou leaders It is the most familiar, and it is also the most effective for neighbors to monitor each other.”
Xiong Jian said with great joy: "Haha, what do you mean by the county lieutenant to let the neighbors expose each other?"
"Not only that, we will also reward those who report and severely punish those who hide it. We will make regulations. If the report is true, all their property will be confiscated. Half of the property will be rewarded to the person who reported it, and the rest will be kept secret. Xiang Lin, who did not report the secret but did not report it, will be imprisoned, including Li Dian and Wu Lao, who will also be imprisoned for negligence."
"Everyone will be afraid of this and will hand over all the weapons they have! Li Dian and Wu Lao will also urge the villagers because they are worried about being held responsible."
"Exactly!"
So Jiujiang County took the lead in implementing the method of "reporting and arresting people". Everyone in Guizhou was in danger. In less than ten days, all weapons were handed over, overfulfilling the tasks assigned by the central government.
The First Emperor was very happy to learn that Jiujiang County had adopted the method of "reporting and sitting together" and completed the task ahead of schedule, and ordered all counties to follow suit. And ordered the promotion of Jiujiang County Sheriff and County Lieutenant to serve in the central government!
All counties were sending government soldiers to search every house, but with little success. After adopting the method of "reporting and seizing", the head of Guizhou quickly turned over all the weapons he had hidden, and the First Emperor quickly collected all the weapons in the world!
The First Emperor gathered all the weapons collected from all over the world and brought them to Xianyang, where they were cast into bells. The remaining weapons were cast into twelve bronze figures, each weighing a thousand stones, and placed in the palace.
From then on, civilians were prohibited from making weapons, and were only allowed to make hoes and other production tools for farming. Once any family is found to have weapons, all of them will be put to death, and the neighbors will be dealt with according to the law. Li Dian and Wu Lao will also be held accountable for their negligence. The First Emperor believed that the world would not rebel without weapons, and Qin's army would be invincible! Only then can the foundation of eternity be stabilized.
After destroying the weapons of the world, the First Emperor adopted Wang Wan's suggestion and ordered all the old aristocrats of the six countries as well as the wealthy people with great influence in the local areas to migrate to Xianyang. to weaken their local influence.
The family properties of the old aristocrats and wealthy families were only preserved in the old places. Once they moved to Xianyang, their foundations were completely lost. Not only could their wealth and wealth be preserved, but their lives were also in danger. Faced with an uncertain future, the wealthy families in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong have been reluctant to move.
The resistance of the wealthy families in Shandong to relocation angered the First Emperor. The First Emperor ordered that all wealthy families listed in the statistics within the twenty-sixth year of the First Emperor must move to Xianyang. If anyone dares to neglect, the three tribes will be killed! At the same time, in order to prevent the nobles of the six countries from taking the opportunity to plot evil, the First Emperor ordered Feng Jie to send people to monitor every move of the Migration Home.
So Feng Jie quickly sent supervisory censors to various counties and counties, and together with the captains of each county and county, monitored and escorted the relocation of wealthy families. Although the families who were forced to move still had complaints in their hearts, they obeyed the Emperor's high-handed policies and all moved to Xianyang.
This year, as many as 120,000 households migrated to Xianyang.
All the land left behind by the old aristocrats and wealthy people after their migration was redistributed to the displaced Guizhou people. After the Guizhou people had farmland for farming, they wandered around and made trouble.
The First Emperor was very proud of his actions and showed off to his son Fusu: "Now that I have moved the wealthy family of Shandong to Xianyang, I have not only eliminated the huge influence of the old aristocrats in their hometown of Shandong, but also completely cut off the old aristocrats' dreams of returning to the country. Distributing the land of the old aristocrats to the wandering Guizhou people for farming has solved the livelihood of the refugees and increased the revenue of the treasury!"
Fusu had long heard that this matter was causing an uproar in the hometown of the Six Kingdoms, and the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were complaining, so he took the opportunity to advise: "I think it is beneficial to move the old nobles, but the old nobles are unwilling to accept it. I heard that during the migration, There are many people who are unwilling to surrender and choose to hide in the mountains. Even if they obey and come to Xianyang, their money has basically been exhausted and they need to make a living again. I think that now that the six countries have just been peaceful, we should cultivate ourselves with the people and not cause too many troubles."
When the First Emperor heard that Fusu did not agree with his approach, he was very unhappy and said: "It is worth exchanging temporary resentment for long-term peace! Don't just remember the 'benevolent government' taught by those Confucian scholars and forget what is needed to govern the country. The magic power! If you have time, read more of Han Fei’s articles!”
Seeing that the First Emperor was angry, Fusu did not dare to say anything more, but only agreed.
Since the unification of the world, the First Emperor no longer allowed the princes to study together, but instead arranged a teacher for each prince. Fusu's teacher was the general Meng Tian. The First Emperor thought that Fusu was too cowardly and needed to learn virility from the generals.
Since the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, Feng Jie, the imperial censor, has successively received novel reports from many places.
One of the reports was that Zou Qi, a businessman from Qi, came to Qin to do business. Due to an emergency, he did not go to the government in time to exchange the sword coins he brought with him into half a tael used by Qin. When he checked out at the hotel, the shop did not accept the sword coins. , and Zou Qi had no other currency on him, so the two had a quarrel and ended up fighting. In the end, the matter reached the government, and the government could not decide who was right and who was wrong.
There was also a report saying that a wealthy family from Chu came to Xianyang to buy a house. The people of Qin wanted to settle the bill at half a tael, but the people of Chu didn't know how much half a tael was. It was only after they found the government that they determined the amount of an ant nose. Exchange two and a half taels. After finally negotiating a price, the Chu people didn't recognize the land deed written by the Qin people, because the entire contract was written in Qin's language, and the Chu people could only recognize 23/10 of the words in it. In the end, they had to ask the land protector to come forward and write it in two copies. , one with Qin characters and one with Chu characters, this is considered a deal.
There are countless similar cases, with people quarreling over the purchase of cloth, and fights over the purchase of rice...
Feng Jie already realized that this was a serious problem. So the court reported to the First Emperor: "Today, the lower areas are unified, but the customs left by the six kingdoms have not changed. The people of the six kingdoms still use the currency issued by the previous officials, Qi Yan uses knife coins, the three Jins use cloth coins, and Chu uses Ant-nosed money, while Da Qin uses half a tael of money. The exchange of various currencies is cumbersome and complicated, and the heads of Guizhou in different regions only recognize their own currencies, so Wei Chen thinks that all currencies should be unified!"
As soon as these words came out, there were whispers in the court, and everyone believed that everything Feng Jie said was true. This was indeed an urgent problem that needed to be solved.
The First Emperor said: "What the imperial censor said makes sense, what else do you think?"
Prime Minister Wei Zhuang said: "Your Majesty, among the six countries, there are not only huge differences in currencies, but also different weights and measures. When the court collects taxes, it must state different specifications to each place. The procedures are complicated and easy to make mistakes."
Li Sidao: "Not only the currency and weights and measures, but also the writing of the six countries are not uniform. Every time a minister issues a decree, it must be written in six versions, and it can be issued after proofreading one by one. Once, the official made a mistake between Qi and Chu. The two versions of the document have delayed the issuance of the document in both places. All kinds of inconveniences are unbearable! I hope Your Majesty will consider this matter carefully."
The First Emperor said: "All the ministers are the pillars of the country, and what they say makes sense. I now order Feng Jie to come up with specific measures to unify the language, currency, and weights and measures within ten days without delay!"
Feng Jie bowed his head and said: "I accept the decree and will definitely live up to the holy hope!"
A few days later at the court meeting, Feng Jie reported: "I compared and measured the currencies, writings, weights and measures of various places: the currency is easy to carry. Our half-liang coin of Da Qin has a round square hole, beautiful appearance, easy to carry and use, which is better than The coins of the six countries, therefore, I suggest that you exchange half a tael for other currencies in the world, one cloth coin for one and a half taels, one dollar for three and a half taels, one ant nose coin for two and a half taels, and ordered Qian Shou to go there within a time limit. If the government exchanges it, all coins will be invalidated. From now on, private coinage in various places will be prohibited. All coins will be minted by the central government. Those who mint coins privately will be severely punished.
Weights and measures have been stipulated in the Qin Dynasty since the Shang Yang Reform. After that, Shang Yang measurements could be directly used to collect taxes and other matters. Standard Shang Yang measurements were distributed in various places for proofreading, and other measurement methods in various places were gradually abolished;
The characters of various countries are the most complicated. Although the strokes are similar in general, there are differences in details. Qin characters are also inferior to the characters of the Six Kingdoms. However, in order to unify writing, it is still recommended to use Da Qin characters and promote them throughout the country. "
The First Emperor pondered for a moment and said: "The evaluation and practice of currency and weights and measures are appropriate. The currency should be unified in a short period of time, while the replacement of weights and measures will take some time. It is not advisable to rush for success. These two things will be done according to your wishes. manage!
I think the new dynasty should use new words to promote virtue! Li Si obeys. I order you to create a more beautiful and generous writing font within half a year based on the characters currently used. Name it 'Xiao Zhuan' and issue it to the world after production! "
Li Sidao: "I accept the decree."
Since then, the national culture has become unified.
Qin Shihuang unified the writing system, which promoted the political, economic and cultural development of the Qin State, which was conducive to the unification of the six countries. It also promoted the historical development process, the integration of the country, and improved people's understanding.
Culturally, it is conducive to cultural dissemination.
Politically, it is conducive to national unity.
Economic theory is conducive to economic development.
It can be said to be a hundred benefits without any harm.
