The enfeoffment was abolished and counties were established. Thirty-six counties were established in the world, with Xianyang as the capital. Make books share the same text, cars run on the same track, unify currency, and unify weights and measures. Continue to pursue the rule of law and implement the system of three public officials and nine ministers. Great rewards for civil and military officials.
Xiang Shaolong's contribution was so great that the First Emperor considered it over and over again and granted Xiang Shaolong the title of King of Jin.
Xiang Shaolong was very surprised. A king is a prince, and "Jin, Qin, Qi, Chu" are the most noble. He is not from the royal family, how can he get this honor?
The First Emperor told Xiang Shaolong very cryptically that from the time he rescued him and returned to Qin, to the pacification of the Huns and the destruction of the six kingdoms, Xiang Shaolong's contribution was too great and there was no reward for it. He made him king because Xiang Shaolong had no heirs. , no one will be qualified to inherit his title in the future, which means that this "Jin King" will no longer exist until he dies. It is a disguised warning to Xiang Shaolong that if he wants to be the "Jin King", he had better not think about having a son and inheriting his title in the future.
Fortunately, Xiang Shaolong doesn't care much about the issue of being extinct. If he did, he would be forty-two years old now and would have adopted a child long ago.
After being named the Queen of Jin, Xiang Shaolong stopped participating in the army and focused on being his own prime minister. Put all the energy into developing the economy and reforming the official system.
In fact, Xiang Shaolong is not a capable civil servant. He knows many things about the system but does not know why. If he is allowed to do it by himself, it will be a mess. Fortunately, with more than two thousand years of experience, as long as he tells what he knows, someone will naturally distinguish the pros and cons for him. Moreover, he always adheres to the principle of first conducting small-scale experiments, doing research, using data to speak, discovering problems, solving problems, and then promoting them on a large scale after improvement.
Xiang Shaolong, the prime minister, was not very clever. He only knew that "if you want to be rich, build roads first", so he engaged in infrastructure construction, built roads everywhere, and built a spiritual canal to connect the Xiang River and the Li River for the southern expedition to Baiyue. Li Bing, who built Dujiangyan, has died, but Zheng Guo, the chief architect of the Zhengguo Canal, is still alive. The Zhengguo Canal has been built for many years and has also trained many water conservancy engineering experts. The construction of the Ling Canal was very smooth, the channel was 10%, and materials could be continuously delivered to the land of Baiyue.
Xiang Shaolong is engaged in infrastructure construction with great momentum, but he does not enslave the people, but relies on recruiting workers and paying them.
The Qin Dynasty has a vast territory, and there will be some famines every year, such as drought, floods, or locust plagues, making the people miserable. Xiang Shaolong's method of disaster relief is to provide relief through work, recruiting a large number of migrant workers, and personally supervising all the money and food distributed. He is most afraid of corruption here and triggering civil unrest.
Fortunately, after many years of management, the imperial court was wealthy and the country was developing smoothly.
Wang Jian fought for many years. Because of his military achievements, he was granted the title of Marquis of Wu Cheng. After the world was unified, he began to live in seclusion and paid little attention to the affairs of the court.
As Xiang Shaolong turned to civil service and Wang Jian ignored government affairs, Meng Tian gradually became the No. 1 brother in the army.
Xiang Shaolong has been strengthening trade with the Baiyue land, passing on the culture and prosperity of the Central Plains to the Baiyue people, letting them know about their backwardness and barbarism, providing convenience for the Baiyue people to leave the mountains, and abducting many Baiyue people to Central Plains.
After recuperating for five years, in 224 BC, the First Emperor raised 500,000 troops to attack Baiyue, with Yang Duanhe as commander, General Tu Sui as deputy, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao as vanguards.
With sufficient supplies, sophisticated equipment, and well-trained soldiers, Baiyue was pacified in one fell swoop, and three counties were established: Nanhai County, Guilin County, and Xiang County.
The First Emperor ordered the soldiers who marched into Lingnan to stay and "garrison" there, and immigrated to Lingnan in large numbers, implementing the ethnic policy of "harmonizing hundreds of Yues" to promote the integration of Han and Yue.
Meng Tian led his younger brother Meng Yi, Wang Jian's son Wang Bi, and junior general Li Xin to send troops to the northwest, open up the Hexi Corridor, destroy Yueshi, Wusun, Loulan and other countries, and expand their territory to the Western Regions.
In 221 BC, Xiang Shaolong was fifty years old. He felt that he had said all he could about his knowledge, and the Prime Minister was a little boring, so he resigned from the First Emperor.
The First Emperor was very surprised. Over the years, Xiang Shaolong had abided by his duties and never overstepped his authority. He also had no suspicion. The Qin Dynasty's national power was booming. Xiang Shaolong, the prime minister, was quite good at his job. Why did he suddenly want to resign?
The First Emperor asked: "Prime Minister, you are in the prime of life and I have never doubted you. Why do you want to resign?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Your Majesty, you also know me. Ever since I was the Prime Minister of the Left, I have never been very competent and a diligent and good official. Now I have said everything I can think of. As for the specific implementation, I I'm not even good at it. I always feel like I'm living a simple life, and I'm sorry for the salary I get. Moreover, this prime minister is too busy with his body and doesn't have freedom. I'm so rich, I should enjoy my life and don't want to be so tired. The world is so big, I want to see it .”
The First Emperor was confused, and this reason was very strong, and he wanted to stay, but Xiang Shaolong insisted on resigning, and finally asked: "Then who do you think is the best to succeed you?"
This was really not a test, but he had never thought that Xiang Shaolong would resign, and he was really caught off guard.
Xiang Shaolong said: "Your Majesty, our country in Qin is full of talents, and there are many people who can succeed me. As for who to choose, it depends on Your Majesty's wishes." He refused to give his own opinion.
Finally, Li Si took over the position of prime minister.
The First Emperor asked Xiang Shaolong: "What is King Jin's next plan?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "The vastness of our Daqin territory and the majesty of the mountains and rivers are unprecedented. I would like to visit some places first. Although I have been to many places before, it was mostly due to official duties and I did not wander around as I pleased."
The First Emperor thought for a while and said: "I give you the Shangfang Sword. You can walk among the people for me to see how the people live, how the officials are doing, and see if there are any problems. I don't care where you go or how long you go. , come back and talk to me. Alas, I am a little envious of your freedom."
Influenced by Xiang Shaolong, the First Emperor attached great importance to the people and paid attention to people's livelihood.
Xiang Shaolong had no official title and was young. He took his lovely wife and concubine out of Xianyang and began to travel around the mountains and rivers. As the King of Jin, he has a distinguished status. This trip was meant to patrol the sky, so he never revealed his identity and went on a private visit incognito.
Nature without industrial pollution is extremely beautiful. Xiang Shaolong's love for this beauty puzzles people around him because they have never seen what "haze" is and how can they understand what environmental pollution is.
Xiang Shaolong and his group walked in and out, walking very slowly and aimlessly.
On this day, I walked to Shu County and came to the world-famous Dujiangyan.
Xiang Shaolong visited Dujiangyan in the 21st century, but it was not called Dujiangyan at that time. It was called Jianyi, and it was far less spectacular than later generations. However, in this era, it was also the first-class project in the world. With the productivity at this time The level can be regarded as a masterpiece of creation and miraculous craftsmanship.
Xiang Shaolong stood on the dam and admired the wisdom of the ancients. At this time, we should be leading the world. The people who grew up on this land have always been the smartest and most hard-working people in the world. I really hope that they can continue to lead.
Xiang Shaolong accidentally met a person he had forgotten in Shu County, Lu Buwei's son-in-law-Guan Zhongxie.
Both of them have outstanding figures and stand out in the crowd. No one can ignore the other.
Guan Zhongxie was also shocked when he saw Xiang Shaolong. They met on the street and couldn't avoid him at all. Guan Zhongxie could only come forward to greet him, but he was worried, fearing some disaster.
Xiang Shaolong didn't expect to meet him. There was a young man beside him. However, he was only slightly stunned. The guard Zhongxie stepped forward to salute him, saying "Prince Jin" before bowing down.
Xiang Shaolong stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "Brother Guan, there's no need to be too polite. It's been almost twenty years since we last met. How come you're okay? Why are you here? How are you, Mr. Lu? This is not a place to talk. Let's find a place. Let’s sit down and talk.”
In a restaurant, after the two of them sat down, Guan Zhongxie said: "I really didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet His Highness Prince Jin. My father-in-law has been dead for many years."
Xiang Shaolong had expected this, so he was not surprised. He asked, "I remember you went to Henan, right? Why did you come to Shu?"
Guan Zhongxie said: "Later the emperor issued an order for us to go to Shu. My father-in-law was old and did not want the bumpy journey, so he drank poison and committed suicide. I took my wife and family and moved here. I don't know why His Highness the King of Jin came here... …”
Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed: "We will not stop until we die!"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Don't be nervous. I didn't know you were here, and I didn't come here for you. I rarely had freedom after resigning, so I went out to play. I just got off the Miankuang Mountain and I didn't expect to meet you. "
Guan Zhongxie thought that he had heard wrongly, and the prime minister of the dynasty, the head of all officials, actually resigned. We people will do anything to climb up, but Xiang Shaolong gave up the power he had. Could he be dismissed?
The prime minister of Great Qin is not that easy to be, Lu Buwei is like this, Xiang Shaolong is probably the same.
But looking at his expression, he was indeed not lonely, he looked carefree and at ease, but this was not something he could delve into. It's enough for me to be able to save my life all these years. The lofty ambitions I had back then are long gone.
Only then did Xiang Shaolong notice that the boy next to him was in his teens, but he was much taller and stronger than his peers. The most important thing was that he had double pupils.
Xiang Shaolong's heart was moved, but he remained calm and asked calmly: "Is this your son?"
Guan Zhongxie said: "No, this is a disciple I just took in. I am practicing swordsmanship casually with me. My name is Xiang Ji."
Xiang Shaolong's heart was shocked: "Overlord of Western Chu!"
But he still asked the child calmly: "Oh, where are you from? How long have you been studying with your master?"
Xiang Ji stared at Xiang Shaolong with piercing eyes and said, "I come from Kuaiji and have just studied with the master for more than a year."
Xiang Shaolong said: "Kuiji is far away from here. How can you learn skills in such a far place?"
Guan Zhongxie was afraid that Xiang Shaolong would think too much, thinking that he was not being honest in Shu and could seduce people so far away, so he hurriedly said: "It's just relying on my master's reputation. My master Zhao Jianzhai At that time, he was as famous as the Sword Master Cao Qiudao. Cao Qiudao was beheaded by His Highness the King of Jin. His disciples did not get any true inheritance. When the uncle of this child heard that I was here, he sent him to me to learn the art. I think this The child’s qualifications are very good, so I accepted him.”
