"Stop talking about them. The more you talk about them, the more annoying they become!"
The First Emperor took a sip of hot tea and asked Li Si and Wang Wan, "What is the biggest problem in the empire at the moment?"
"Your Majesty, the biggest problem in the empire right now is cultural identity!"
Li Si took a sip of tea and said in a faint tone: "Shandong and Guizhou have already formed their own unique culture and beliefs over hundreds of years, almost a thousand years.
"The Confucian culture of Qilu in Shandong is the culture of witches and ghosts in Chu."
"They have already formed special characters, just like Wei, Chu, Qi..."
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"And the empire is like a ferocious beast, tearing apart the comfort zones of the nobles, nobles, and families of the Six Nations. The sudden loss of the comfort zone naturally makes the survivors of the Six Nations feel extremely uncomfortable."
"The entire Central Plains is like a huge cake that has always been divided up by people. Especially after the Zhou Dynasty, there were even more participants."
"In the Warring States Period, seven kingdoms coexisted. Under the seven royal families, countless families and nobles existed, relying on each other and constantly sharing the cake."
"And when Da Qin unified the six kingdoms, it only wiped out the six royal families who shared the cake one by one, and became the sole owner of the cake on the surface."
"But under the illusion that the six royal families were destroyed, the six kingdoms of Shandong are still in the hands of the major families and nobles."
"Great Qin's control over various places is too weak!"
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"The unification of Great Qin was carried out by force from beginning to end. The biggest drawback of such a merger is that it is a top-down merger."
"In fact, the Great Qin Empire never completed the "downward" and only completed the annexation of the upper levels. This resulted in the entire Great Qin being unified in name only. "
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Li Si's words made the First Emperor completely silent.
At this moment, the First Emperor thought of a lot.
Although Li Si's words were shocking, they also made him discover too many shortcomings of the Qin Empire, which were dangerous and almost shocking.
"Your Majesty, the situation is improving now, so there is no need to worry!"
Wang Wan's voice was calm and confident, and she said: "Now, with the various measures taken by the Lord, the empire's control over scholars and old families is getting deeper and deeper!"
"The complete implementation of the same text of books, along with the academy and the national examination, will allow the empire to gradually control the grammarians. In addition, the emperor has abolished the three elders and added the township order and the township prime minister!"
"There is also the establishment of the Sikou General Administration. Once they go deep into the countryside, the empire will further control the place!"
"Um."
Nodding, the First Emperor's eyes were deep, he knocked on the tea cup on the long table, turned to Wang Wan, and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, today's empire is in crisis. I and you are walking on thin ice. ."
"Remember, don't hide anything that happens in any county in the empire. Tell me everything."
"If the empire cannot completely control the countryside, it will cause an information gap!"
"Once it falls into my hands, it can be said that it is as good as a thousand miles away!"
"promise!"
Nodding in agreement, Wang Wan's eyes flashed with light, and she turned towards the First Emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the empire must rest and recuperate, and the corvee should stop when it needs to!"
As the left prime minister of the empire, Wang Wan once obtained a set of data. In recent years, the Great Qin Empire had exhausted the old Qin people in order to build Ling Canal, Lishan Mausoleum, and fight in the north and south.
This means that the entire Great Qin Empire is in dire straits.
It can be said that, looking around, the majestic empire is almost in ruins.
"Corvee?"
Hearing this, the First Emperor was stunned and couldn't help but look at Li Si.
He naturally knows that there are many various projects in the Qin Dynasty at present, such as the Lishan Mausoleum, Ling Canal, war conquests, the construction of cities in various places, the construction of academic palaces, etc.
It has already overwhelmed the heads of Guizhou in the world!
However, the First Emperor could not listen to their advice. I can only watch the situation become more and more corrupt, but I have something to say but can't say it out.
Now Wang Wan mentioned that the First Emperor asked, which gave Li Si a hope.
The super tank of the Great Qin Empire is too fast and needs to slow down.
In the past, when the First Emperor did not nod, no one in the entire Qin Dynasty dared to raise objections, but now the First Emperor reacted on his own.
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At this moment, Li Si also answered the call and said: "Your Majesty, the empire needs to rest and recuperate, and corvee work in various places is indeed quite frequent!"
"After all, the current empire does not have that much foundation and is still recuperating!"
"In these years, your Majesty has been spending money to build the academy, so even though the empire has complaints, it still hasn't exploded!"
"But this situation cannot continue forever!"
"Your money and food do not belong to the empire after all!"
"It is impossible to use it indefinitely. This is something that both ministers and Your Majesty must be aware of!"
"The empire must ensure that everyone's taxes can support the empire's expenditures, rather than excessive expenditures. Otherwise, once the emperor is unable to make money every day, the empire will be in a huge crisis!"
Li Si had long been aware of this, but it was during a war at that time, and Great Qin regarded unification as its top priority, and everything had to make way for unification.
Therefore, he remained silent.
The empire was allowed to grow rapidly by relying on the money and food earned from winning skills.
However, things are different now. The empire has been unified. It is time to strip away these things and then bring the empire's balance of payments into balance so that it can operate healthily!
Hearing this, the First Emperor and Wang Wan were also stunned, and then their eyes were full of solemnity. They both knew that Li Si was right and this matter was very important.
"What Prime Minister Li said is true. We must start deploying this matter. The empire must rely on itself after all!"
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At this moment, the First Emperor felt solemn.
Just from his exchanges with Li Si and Wang Wan, it can be seen that today's Great Qin Empire is riddled with holes. It seems to have unlimited vitality, but it is hopeless.
At this moment, the Great Qin Empire was like a seriously injured and dying young man.
It was already full of vitality, but repeated illnesses had broken this originally young body into pieces, and it had reached a point where it was difficult to recover.
At this time, even as the First Emperor of Qin, he felt troubled.
After all, if you want to recuperate a body that is riddled with holes, not only can you not use tiger and wolf medicine, but you also need to be cautious even if it is a mild medicine.
If you are not careful, today's Great Qin will fall apart.
He personally sat in Xianyang, with Xianyang as the center, radiating to the land of Guanzhong. In this way, he could change the Qin land first and establish himself in an invincible position.
Only by establishing an invincible position can the entire Great Qin be changed, and he believed he could do it.
