Chapter 17 The tour is not over yet, the First Emperor wants to return!

Author: March

Chapter 17 The tour is not over yet, the First Emperor wants to return!

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 aristocrats and the newly promoted military aristocrats. Down to the six kingdoms that seem to have been conquered, the people still do not understand the Qin law. The old aristocrats of the six kingdoms seem to have been deprived of their titles, but in fact they still control them.

Depends on local economic politics.

This is inevitable.

With the unification of the world, political and economic resources that could be divided up 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 four directions cut off from all obstacles, and limited by natural conditions, the top nobles have gradually begun to take advantage.

No matter how much you want to fight and get credit, what will happen?

Breaking the heavens and defeating the Northern Di and Southern Barbarians, Da Qin is doing this now.

What then? The most fertile land known has been completely conquered.

And there are also turmoil in the world.

The regression of the official administration of the 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 and takes office in another place, but it still treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Of course, the First Emperor also wanted to use people from the Old Qin Dynasty, but there was no way. There were not that many officials, and there was not that much reserve of officials. Moreover, there was also the question of whether the People of the Old Qin Dynasty would become corrupted when they came to the homeland of the Six Kingdoms 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 book on the same rails as a car. It may not have much impact on the people. After all, the real people in this era are illiterate and have no cars.

However, the compulsory unification of weights, measures and currency left the people with little time to adapt, and there were too many hands and feet that could be used in this regard.

With the reform of weights and 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 bad governance caused by officials on the monarch.

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 prohibit 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 caused 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 Qin Emperor, the Great Wall, Afang Palace, traveling all over the country, expanding South Vietnam, advancing in Longxi...

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.

Forcible 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.

But, 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 it go now.

Like the Emperor of Zhou, he enjoyed the destiny of the country for eight hundred years.

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 continue the royal family for five hundred years.

The First Emperor wanted more!

The shame of the Zhou royal family being bare-chested and wearing 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.

From the east! To unify!

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 was more willing to 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 Wall, Xiongnu, Nanyue, Chidao, unification of weights and measures, unification of currency, unification of written language, and unification of customs have all 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 the small number of countries on the small land.

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.

Where does the future of Da Qin lie? Who does it belong to? He doesn't even know who to choose as his successor.

Pride and confusion are not in conflict.

Everything in the Qin Dynasty seemed complicated and 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 what he saw was more fog.

As his body became increasingly tired, 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 down.

The First Emperor felt deeply tired and knew that the carriage and horses were tiring. Given his recent physical condition, he was afraid that he would not be able to complete this grand tour of the world.

However... now that the trip has passed a lot, it's not a big problem to turn back now.

We can just make up for the places we haven’t left 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, we should have almost harvested the three new grains." The First Emperor murmured softly.
Chapter completed!