Right now, the world tour is coming to an end...
Except for the occasional assassination, the entire Great Qin seemed to be calm.
But the First Emperor knew clearly that all peace was only based on the fact that he was still alive.
He could clearly feel the undercurrents surging in the world.
Up to the court, there is the conflict between the old military nobles and the new military nobles. Down to the six kingdoms that seem to have been conquered, the people still do not understand the Qin law. The old nobles of the six kingdoms seem to have been deprived of their titles, but in fact they still control of local economic politics.
This is inevitable.
With the unification of the world, political and economic resources that can be divided through war have been exhausted.
The plate is so big, and those who control the top resources must not want the situation to change.
The newly promoted military nobles, those small nobles who have not obtained upper-class tickets, those who have obtained tickets but cannot go further, will inevitably be eager to continue to expand outwards, and in fact this group of talents is the majority.
This large group of nobles, generally concentrated in the middle and lower classes, had a great political conflict with the old military nobles.
In the past, the national policy of the Qin Dynasty was still in place and the six kingdoms were not destroyed. The Qin Dynasty, which had a farming and warfare system, would inevitably not stop its pace of conquest. Therefore, the small nobles had the upper hand and the big nobles sought change.
Now, with the world cut off from all directions, and limited by natural conditions, the top nobles began to gradually take advantage.
No matter how much you want to fight and get credit, what will happen?
Breaking through the sky and defeating the Northern Di and Southern Barbarians is what Da Qin is doing now.
Then what? The richest land known has been completely conquered.
And there are also turmoil in the world.
The regression of the official administration of the Great Qin Dynasty was inevitable. The First Emperor was assassinated almost every time he traveled. Seven years ago, he passed through Bolangsha and was assassinated. So far, the murderer has not been found.
The First Emperor knew that there must be a problem at the grassroots level and in the Six Kingdoms.
Officials, nobles...the scope is too large to be investigated.
Many of the appointments of officials in the Six Kingdoms came directly from the old aristocratic groups of the Six Kingdoms.
Ding Po Tian means that he is not allowed to take office in his place of origin. He can take office in another place, but it still treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
Of course, the First Emperor also wanted to use old Qin people, but there was no way. There were not so many officials, let alone that many official reserves. Moreover, it is also a question of whether the old Qin people will become corrupted when they go to the hometown of the Six Nations with a relaxed political environment.
Da Qin's civil service system required a large number of officials to maintain it. Reducing the number of officials would inevitably result in the return of government to local governments. In order to maintain a large scale of officials and allow local officials to implement local government, it was necessary to use the old aristocratic personnel of the Six Kingdoms.
It seems that I am trapped in a strange circle...
As for the common people, they are also full of contradictions.
Cars run on the same track, books share the same text, weights and measures are unified, and currency is unified.
Let’s not mention the same text as the car on the track, it may not have much impact on the people. After all, the real people in this era are illiterate and do not have cars.
However, the compulsory unification of weights, measures and currency left the people without much time to adapt, and there were too many hands and feet to move.
With the reform of weights, measures and currency, coupled with the not-so-loyal officials in the old lands of the Six Kingdoms and the old aristocrats who controlled the local economy, one can imagine what would happen.
It is a traditional skill to blame the monarch for the bad governance caused by officials.
In order to further destroy the imprint left by the Six Kingdoms, the First Emperor banned obscene sacrifices throughout the world.
What is obscene sacrifice?
To put it bluntly, they are festivals and sacrifices to gods that are not recognized by the Qin State.
Although Li Si and the First Emperor took into account the local incompatibility, they did not simply impose Qin's festivals and customs and beliefs on the Six Kingdoms.
Instead, after deliberation and based on the current situation, Daqin was the main one and the Six Kingdoms were the supplementary ones.
For example, the First Emperor did not prohibit Qu Yuan's sacrifice.
In fact, the First Emperor basically did not ban sacrifices to local celebrities and ministers, as long as they did not fight to the death against the Qin faction.
But even so, it still dealt a huge blow to local customs and beliefs.
For example, the customs and customs of wild gatherings in some areas were explicitly prohibited because of the First Emperor's reforms.
However, the people were ignorant, and all unfavorable corvee services and policies were attributed to Qin.
Therefore, the people's hearts are boiling!
In addition, this is the most critical point.
Corvee!
There were too many corvees during the Qin Dynasty!
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, the Great Wall, Afang Palace, everywhere, South Vietnam is expanding, Longxi is advancing...
The annual corvee amount is an astronomical figure.
Each of these is an extremely huge project, and each of them cannot be completed in a short time. Even in the original history, it was not completed until the death of the First Emperor.
For the people of the six countries, the weights, measures and currency reform are a bit painful, but they can be tolerated.
Forced changes in customs can force adaptation.
Severe corvee labor and high taxes have made them miserable.
The First Emperor knew it and could see it.
However, he can suppress it.
He knew very well that there were many contradictions in Da Qin from top to bottom, and it was all because of him.
He also sought change, which led to the struggle between Chunyu Yue and Li Si.
In the end, he chose Li Si!
Choosing Chun Yuyue, he can let go now.
Like the Emperor of Zhou, he enjoys eight hundred years of national destiny.
Taking history as a guide, no matter how bad the Qin Dynasty was, it was very possible to follow the example of Emperor Zhou and extend the royal family for five hundred years.
The First Emperor wanted more!
The shame of the Zhou royal family being shirtless and holding jade is still vivid in my mind, because the First Emperor was the one who experienced it and was also the instigator.
Da Qin reached its peak in his hands, and he lived up to expectations and fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the old Qin people of all generations.
Come out from the east! To unification!
He has enough qualifications to be proud!
His Great Qin was far from being measurable in five or eight hundred years.
So, he chose Li Si!
Rather than following the mistakes of the Zhou royal family, he would rather take an unprecedented path!
Unification is unprecedented!
And every step after that, there is no one to imitate!
Even wrong lessons cannot be drawn from history.
Every step, whether it is right or wrong, is full of unknowns.
The great policies made by the First Emperor, including the Great Wall, the Xiongnu, Nanyue, Chidao, unification of weights and measures, unification of currency, unification of writing, and unification of customs, have been proven by time.
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses built for personal gain have also become historical treasures in later generations.
There is no doubt about the county system...
Perhaps, since the Zhou Dynasty, since the great unification, no dynasty has lasted as long as the Zhou Dynasty for eight hundred years.
However, since the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties have aspired to unification, so that the land of China is not torn apart, let alone a small land with numerous countries.
But, where should we go?
The First Emperor didn't know much about the world. He looked at the world map and tapped it with his fingers.
What is the future of Da Qin? And on whose body? He didn't even know who to choose as his successor.
Pride and confusion are not mutually exclusive.
Everything in Da Qin seemed confusing, and the First Emperor's chest felt tight when he thought about it.
The heavy government affairs, the confusing future, his pride and arrogance, combined to continuously squeeze his body and become a burden to him.
He peeled away a corner of the fog and saw more fog.
As his body became more and more exhausted, the First Emperor frowned, skillfully opened the small bottle on the side of the case, poured out a colorful elixir and took it into his mouth.
The veins on his forehead jumped, his lips slowly turned white, his closed eyelids kept trembling, and sweat streaked across his face. After a long time, the First Emperor seemed to be relieved, and he took a long breath and leaned back.
The First Emperor felt deeply tired and knew that the carriage and horses were tiring. With his recent physical condition, he was afraid that he would not be able to complete this grand tour of the world.
But... now that the trip has passed a lot, turning back is not a big problem now.
The places that have not been taken away can be made up for next year...
He needs to show up from time to time to tell the world that he is still alive!
He knows that everyone is afraid of him!
But he also knows that no one is afraid of him enough!
"Well, including the time it takes to return, the three new grains should be harvested by now." The First Emperor murmured softly.
