Abolition of enfeoffment, the establishment of prefectures and counties, the establishment of thirty-six counties in the world, and the capital Xianyang. The books were written in the same language, the carriages were in the same track, the currency was unified, and weights and measures were unified. We continued to pursue the rule of law and implemented the system of three public officials and nine officials. We rewarded hundreds of 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. The word "king" means "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 after his death. It is a disguised warning to Xiang Shaolong if he wants to be this "Jin King" well, it is best not to

I thought about having a son and inheriting his title in the future.

Fortunately, Xiang Shaolong doesn't care very much about ending his life. 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. He put all his 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, he can only do it by himself.

Tell what you know, and naturally someone will distinguish the pros and cons for him. Moreover, he always adheres to the principle of conducting small-scale experiments first, 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 the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, 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 hundreds of people.

A place beyond.

Xiang Shaolong carried out infrastructure construction with great momentum, but he did not enslave the people, but relied on recruiting workers and paying them.

The Qin Dynasty has a vast territory, and there will be some famines, droughts, floods, or locust plagues every year, and the people are in poverty. Xiang Shaolong's disaster relief method is to use work for relief, recruiting a large number of migrant workers, and personally supervising all the money and food distributed. He is most afraid that there will be disasters here.

Corruption triggers 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 number one 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 their backwardness and barbarism, providing convenience for the Baiyue people to get out of the mountains, and abducting many Baiyue people to

Central Plains.

After recuperating for five years, in 224 BC, the First Emperor appointed Yang Duanhe as commander, general Tu Sui as deputy, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao as vanguard, and raised an army of 500,000 to attack Baiyue.

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 in the local "garrison" and immigrated to Lingnan in large numbers, implementing the ethnic policy of "harmonizing hundreds of Yues" and promoting 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 became the Left Prime Minister, 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 quite busy, too busy and not free. I am 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 talented people. 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 as 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 just walk around as I pleased."

The First Emperor thought for a while and said: "I have given you the Shangfang Sword, so you can walk among the people for me to see how the people are living, 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 position and was young. He took his darling wife and concubines out of Xianyang and began to travel around the mountains and rivers. As the king of Jin, he had a distinguished status. This trip was meant to patrol the sky for hunting, so he never

I exposed my identity and started conducting private interviews on private servers.

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 said to be a result of God's 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. People who grew up on this land have always been the smartest and most hard-working people in the world. I really hope that we can always be ahead.

Go down.

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 escape at all. Guan Zhongxie could only step forward to greet him, feeling uneasy in his heart for fear of some disaster.

Xiang Shaolong didn't expect to meet him either. He was accompanied by a young man. However, he was only slightly stunned. The guard Zhongxie stepped forward to salute him and called him "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 saw each other. How come you're fine? Why are you here? How are you, Mr. Lu? This is not a place for conversation. 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, but 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 with me and moved here. I don't know why His Highness the King of Jin came here...

…”

Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed: "We will never 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 from office, so I went out to play. I just got off the Jiankuang Mountain and I didn't expect to meet you.

"

Guan Zhongxie thought he had heard wrongly. The prime minister of the dynasty, the head of hundreds of officials, actually resigned. We people will do anything to climb up, but Xiang Shaolong gave up the power he had obtained. Could it be that he was dismissed?

Already?

The prime minister of the Qin Dynasty is not that easy to be, Lu Buwei is like this, Xiang Shaolong is probably the same way.

But looking at his expression, it is true that he is not lonely, he looks carefree and at ease, but these are not things that he can delve into. It is enough that he can save his life these years, and the lofty ideals he 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 accepted. I am practicing swordsmanship casually with me. My name is Xiang Ji."

Xiang Shaolong's heart was shocked: "The 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 would not be able to seduce people so far away if he stayed in Shu, so he quickly 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 teachings. The boy's uncle heard that I was here, so he sent him to me to learn the art. I think this

The child's qualifications are very good, so I accepted him."


Chapter completed!