In the twenty-sixth year of King Qin's reign, King Jian of Qi surrendered without a fight. After more than ten years of annihilation war, King Qin finally wiped out all the princes entrusted by Emperor Zhou and unified the world of Emperor Zhou!

The city of Xianyang was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and there was a joyous atmosphere. The old Qin people finally completed a great cause, which was something they could not even imagine when Qinzhuang was a public country. It took the Qin people six hundred years to complete this great cause! There is certainly enough reason at this moment.

Go celebrate, go party!

There was also peace in the palace, and all the courtiers and eunuchs put on their brightest clothes to celebrate this hard-won victory!

The King of Qin once again summoned the royal families of all the princes to the Xianyang Palace to hold a grand banquet. During the banquet, the princes from all over the world kept getting up to congratulate the King of Qin on his birthday, unaware that they were prisoners. Only Wang Jia of Zhao Dynasty sat alone in a corner.

Hiding his face and crying.

All this was seen by the King of Qin, and he thought that the reason why Qin was able to destroy the Six Kingdoms was mostly because the princes of the Six Kingdoms were incompetent, listened to slander, and had no shame. Only Wang Jia of Zhao Dynasty had great ideas, but he had no choice but to touch them.

King Qian of Zhao Dynasty was mediocre and unable to recover. King Qin felt that among the princes of the six countries, only Wang Jia of Zhao Dynasty could be regarded as a hero.

That night, the banquet ended late at night. Wang Jia of Zhao Dynasty returned to his residence and could not sleep peacefully. He recalled that Zhao's two hundred years of foundation had disappeared and was about to be submerged in the rolling dust. Today, the King of Qin hosted a banquet.

It was clearly a humiliation, but the princes of the six countries were completely unaware of it. The more Wang Jia of Zhao Dynasty thought about it, the more he became more and more sad and angry. He did not want to live in this world, so he committed suicide.

The next day, the King of Qin heard the news. He pitied him for serving the country all his life, and did not want to cut off his sacrifice, so he ordered Zhao Gong's son Zhao Gong to assist the lord Xirong and move to Tianshui West County in Longxi Province, where he established the Tianshui Zhao family lineage. All other princes moved there.

Go to a remote place, strip him of all his titles, and demote him to a commoner.

After denigrating the princes, King Qin Yingzheng sat high on the throne, looking at everything in front of him, feeling very proud. Now the whole world belongs to Qin! King Qin felt a little elated, looked at his ministers, and asked proudly:

"You all tell me why the Qin State was able to destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world?"

The courtiers were also immersed in joy at this moment. Prime Minister Wang Wan said: "I believe that the six kingdoms were destroyed because of their own misbehavior. They did not implement benevolent governance at home and listened to slander, which violated the intention of our great Qin Dynasty.

, I, the Qin Dynasty, will send out troops to wipe them all out just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves!" Wang Wan has always believed in Confucianism and believes that the country should be governed by benevolent government, so the demise of the princes is not caused by benevolent governance.

King Qin laughed and said: "What the Prime Minister said is true! The princes are all to blame for their own destruction. At the beginning, King Han handed over the land, presented the king's seal to the widow, and asked to become a vassal state, but soon he broke the agreement,

He joined forces with Zhao and Wei to betray our Qin state, so our great Qin raised troops to attack him and captured the King of Han;

I thought this was a good thing, and I probably didn't need to raise any more troops. At this time, King Zhao sent his prime minister Li Mu to sign the treaty, so I sent his son back as a hostage. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guo soon followed

He also betrayed the covenant and raised troops in Taiyuan to resist Qin, so I had no choice but to raise troops to attack again and captured King Zhao. Prince Jia of Zhao fled to Dai and proclaimed himself king, so I sent troops to destroy him again;

The King of Wei initially said that he would surrender to the Qin State, but soon he conspired with South Korea and Zhao to attack the Qin State, so he sent Qin officials to attack and destroyed the Wei State.

King Jing originally promised to donate the land west of Qingyang to Qin, but he soon broke the agreement and attacked Nanjun of our country, so we had no choice but to send troops to attack, captured the king of Jing, and pacified the land of Jing.

King Yan was a confused monarch, and his Crown Prince Dan secretly instigated Jing Ke to become a thief and assassinate the prince. He was completely out of his mind, so the prince sent Qin officials to attack and destroy his country.

The King of Qi adopted the strategy of victory later and did not allow the Qin envoys to enter the Qi State, intending to start an army to cause trouble. I sent officers and soldiers to attack the Qi State, captured the King of Qi State, and pacified the Qi State.

Now it seems that I really don’t know what these kings are thinking!” After saying this, King Qin burst into laughter!

All the courtiers laughed when they heard King Qin describe the thrilling war of annihilation of the country in such a simple and humorous way.

King Qin was very happy at this time and went on to say: "It is indeed not an easy task for me to send troops to attack the violent monarch and eliminate all rebellions with the power of just one person. I relied on the power of the ancestral temple to succeed.

To destroy the six kingdoms and make all their kings guilty."

Tingwei Li Sidao said: "What the king said is true. Now that the world is at peace, if everything remains as usual, it will be difficult to praise the achievements of the new founding. I suggest that we change the current customs and pass on the current achievements to future generations, so that future generations will always remember today!"

King Qin was overjoyed after hearing this and said: "What Tingwei said is in line with everyone's wishes. Please discuss the title of the emperor first!"

Seeing that the King of Qin was very happy, Li Si continued: "In the past, the five emperors could directly govern only a thousand miles away. Outside of this area, the emperor had no control over whether the princes paid tribute or respected the emperor.

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Now your Majesty is dispatching rebels to punish thieves, pacify the world, set up county offices, and unify laws within the four seas. This is a great achievement that has never been achieved since ancient times! Even the Five Emperors are beyond his reach. Therefore, I think that the title of Your Majesty should be included.

Pass the Five Emperors!"

Prime Minister Wang Wan said: "To be cautious, I have discussed it with the doctors, and they all said, 'In ancient times, there were emperors of heaven, emperors of earth, and emperors of Thailand, and the emperor of Thailand was the most noble.' We all felt that the 'Emperor of Thailand' could barely be the king."

I deserve to be called Your Majesty."

Feng Jie, the imperial censor, continued: "What the Prime Minister said is true. The emperor should be called the 'Taihuang'; the system established by the emperor should be called 'zhi'; the orders issued by the emperor are called 'chao', and the emperor calls himself

'I', no one else is allowed to call themselves 'I'."

After King Qin heard this, he felt that being called 'Emperor Tai' was still difficult to describe his achievements, so he said: "Remove the word 'Tai', leave the word 'huang', and use the ancient word 'emperor' to express status and title. Together,

Called 'Emperor', this is what I will be called from now on. In addition, my father should be posthumously honored as the Supreme Emperor! For the rest, please follow your opinions!"

The ministers shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

On the second day, the emperor led hundreds of officials to worship the Ancestral Temple and burned an edict in front of the Ancestral Temple, telling the ancestors of Qin that the emperor had carried forward Qin's 500-year-old foundation and unified the world. The emperor read in front of the Ancestral Temple: "The Great Qin's

My ancestors, I have lived up to the entrustment of the late king. After more than twenty years of struggle, I

, killed all the tyrants and rebels in the world, and restored the world to unity. Now, we have established counties and counties in the hometowns of various countries, and set up county guards, and the world is peaceful. After discussing with the ministers, it was decided to call me the emperor, the emperor's title.

My father calls me the Supreme Emperor! I hereby pay homage to the heroic spirits of our ancestors!"

During the worship ceremony, the posthumous names of the late kings in the Taimiao attracted the emperor's attention. After paying homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the emperor said to Wang Wan: "While worshiping just now, I saw the posthumous names of the late kings. Does the Prime Minister know the posthumous names?

How did it come about?"

"I heard that people before the Zhou Dynasty did not have posthumous titles. Only after the Zhou Dynasty did posthumous titles come into being. Later generations evaluated a person based on what he did during his lifetime, thus forming a posthumous title!"

"In this way, the origin of the posthumous title is the result of future generations' evaluation of their predecessors! This is tantamount to encouraging sons to talk about their father and ministers to talk about the king. It will make the king lose his dignity and prestige! I don't want to take this approach."

"Then how should I address the late king from now on?"

"I am the first emperor, so I will be called the First Emperor. My descendants will be counted according to the order of becoming emperors. My son will be called the Second Emperor, and my grandson will be called the Third Emperor, and so on for eternity!"

Very proud of his idea, he paused and continued: "Wang Wan, pass on my creation, from now on abolish the law of adding posthumous titles, and tell the world what I mean!"

"The emperor is wise!" So Wang Wan drafted an edict, and after the emperor approved it, it was announced to the world!

From then on, the emperor became the highest administrator of the empire, and a new era was about to begin!

With the restoration of the Yuan Dynasty, everything is renewed. Changing the title of the First Emperor is just the beginning. The trend of unifying the world cannot be changed.

Li Si realized that the First Emperor was definitely not just satisfied with changing a title. What he wanted was to change the past and create an unprecedented situation. At home, Li Si's eldest son Li You asked: "Father, now that the king rules the world, everything can be done."

There is no change, but it is just a change of title. I think your Majesty's move is very exaggerated and does not create any substantial innovation."

"Don't talk nonsense. Your Majesty's holy will is actually something you and I can guess?"

Li You quickly admitted his mistake and said: "Father, please don't blame me. I just feel something strange. Your Majesty's temperament has always been to focus on hard work rather than fame. My current behavior makes me very puzzled."

"You can make this observation, which means you have grown up! As a minister, you must be good at figuring out the thoughts of the Holy One, so that you can gain a firm foothold in the court. Now that His Majesty has changed his title, I think it is just the beginning. This is just a release to the world.

He has sent a signal that what he is going to do is a great cause that has never been seen in history. We all have to break out of the hoops that have existed since ancient times, so that we can comply with His Majesty’s wishes!”

Li You nodded in agreement.

At the court meeting, Li Si suggested that the First Emperor change all the old customs and said: "Your Majesty, although we, the Qin Dynasty, have inherited the world of the Zhou Dynasty, we are better than the old. It is not appropriate to inherit the rules and regulations of the previous dynasty. Everything must be updated as soon as possible.

Perfect the laws and regulations to inform the world and make the four directions bow their heads!"

The First Emperor also came in and had been thinking about this issue, saying: "I have also thought about what Tingwei said. If we don't change our tune, we will not be able to demonstrate the achievements of our Great Qin, let alone make the Great Qin world stable! What do you think of it, dear ministers?"

Fengchang Yang Xi said: "According to the evolution of the five virtues, the Zhou Dynasty was a fire virtue, and our Qin Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty should be a water virtue! Now is the beginning of the water virtue. The water virtue is still black, and clothes, banners, and festival flags should all be black.

, to demonstrate the virtues of Great Qin!"

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The First Emperor was very happy and said with a haha: "I offer sacrifices to the shopkeeper Chang. I know the evolution of the Five Virtues by heart, so I will do it according to your orders! According to my decree, from now on all the cloth flags used in the palace must be black!" The First Emperor coughed.

After a while, he thought deeply: "Since it is the virtue of water, let's change the name of the river to virtue water from now on. This way, the virtue of water can be demonstrated to the world!"

The little eunuch next to him quickly said: "I obey the order!"

Feng Jie, the imperial censor, said: "Your Majesty, we completed the unification of the Qin Dynasty in September, setting an unprecedented precedent in the ages. It is indeed a memorable event. I suggest that the first day of October be the beginning of the year. This will surely make this a good story.

Spread for eternity!”

After hearing this, the First Emperor was overjoyed and said: "My love for you is very much in line with my wishes, and I have ordered the world that from this year onwards, October will be the first day of the year, and the first day of October will be renamed 'Yuan Day'. At that time, all ministers will be ordered to come to the court to celebrate."

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After unifying the world, the First Emperor was in a happy mood and was very happy.

However, one night, the First Emperor had a strange dream. He dreamed that the late Empress Dowager Huayang came with Mi Hong to congratulate him, congratulating him for finally destroying the Chu Kingdom and unifying the world. Even so.

, but when I heard that tone, I didn’t know whether it was a mockery or a congratulation! The First Emperor suddenly woke up, and he thought to himself that he had only been celebrating these days, but he had forgotten to worship at the mausoleum in Lishan Mountain.

So the next day, the First Emperor led his eldest son Fusu and other princes to Lishan Mountain to worship. They worshiped King Zhuang Xiang, the Queen Mother Huayang and the Queen Mother Xia respectively. As they were about to leave after worshiping, the eldest son Fusu said: "

Since my father is here, I want to pay my respects to my mother."

The First Emperor sighed and said, "Let's go, I'll go with you and take a look at the Lishan Mausoleum that is being built."

Arriving at the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Fusu paid homage to his mother. Seeing the prisoners in ragged clothes and working hard in front of the mausoleum, Fusu felt pity for them and said: "Father, when the Supreme Emperor came to the throne, he once granted amnesty to the world, but today the world has been unified.

Should the Five Emperors also pardon those criminal prisoners and give them a chance to be reborn?"

The First Emperor knew that Fusu was too weak-minded and needed to be tempered at this time, so he said sternly: "The Qin Dynasty rules the world by law. If you commit a crime and do not accept punishment, where is the majesty of the law? How to govern the world? If you commit a serious crime, you must bear the corresponding punishment.

In this way, future generations will not dare to commit the crime again! You must learn more about the laws of the Qin Dynasty, and you cannot just talk about amnesty for the world!"

After being taught a lesson, Fusu did not dare to argue and bowed his head in agreement.

Soon it will be the first day of October, Yuan Day.

The city of Xianyang was decorated with new decorations. All the trees were wrapped with black ribbons, and the streets were lined with various flowers and plants. With the strong encouragement of local officials, the people also followed the ceremony of the wax sacrifice to welcome the New Year. Every household
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