171.Chapter 171 Wipe out the six kingdoms and unify China
171. Chapter 171: Destroy the Six Kingdoms and Unify China (Additional update, please vote for me!)
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 171: Destroy the Six Kingdoms and Unify China (Additional update, please vote for me!)
[A capable person can succeed in any position. Li Si has been in the position of Chang Shi for four full years, and his achievements are also very outstanding.
After several years of hard work, Li Si successfully established a foothold in the court, and Ying Zheng was very satisfied with his abilities.
In order to better check and balance Lu Buwei and Lao Ai, Ying Zheng promoted Li Si to guest minister.
In the past, the prime ministers of Qin State, such as Cai Ze, Zhang Yi, etc., were promoted through guest ministers. It can be seen that Ying Zheng at this time was very optimistic about Li Si.
Li Si naturally understood what Ying Zheng expected of him, so he worked harder and showed his abilities to the fullest.】
[On the day when Ying Zheng was twenty-two years old and his crown ceremony was held, Lao Ai rebelled.
Needless to say, Lao Ai was defeated miserably and was captured alive. After being executed by castration, he was tortured by being broken into pieces by a chariot!
After Ying Zheng performed the crowning ceremony, Lu Buwei also left the show because he was implicated by Lao Ai.
Lao Ai was recommended to the Queen Mother by Lu Buwei. After setting up a fake eunuch to have sex with her, how could Ying Zheng endure such a thing?
Lu Buwei was dismissed from office and transferred away from Xianyang, and soon after he was given poisonous wine and poisoned to death.
With Lu Buwei's downfall, Ying Zheng and Li Si were finally no longer tied up and could start working freely!
It stands to reason that without Lu Buwei's suppression, Li Si's power and status should have reached a higher level, but reality gave him a blow in the head.
Just when Li Si was enjoying his success, Zheng Guo's conspiracy to send people to Qin to build canals was exposed.
Zheng Guo came to Qin to build aqueducts for Qin, but he was actually a spy for South Korea.
They wanted to use the construction of irrigation canals to conspire to consume Qin's national power, so some people took the opportunity to petition the King of Qin and asked him to order the expulsion of all guests.
And Li Si is also on the list of deportees!】
[Seeing that he was about to reach the pinnacle of power, Li Si naturally couldn't just surrender.
In order to keep his hard-won official position and status, he wrote a very famous memorial to King Yingzheng of Qin - "Admonition and Expulsion of Guests".
In the book, Li Si talked about history and took the four kings of Mu Gong, Xiao Gong, Hui Wang, and Zhao Wang as examples to recruit scholars and recruit talents, and emphasized the importance of reusing guest officials.
Then, Li Si talked about reality and listed the hobbies of King Qin, such as the jade from Kunshan, the treasure of Suihe, the pearl of the bright moon, the Tai'a sword he wore, the slender horse he rode on, etc., all of which came from the princes and countries.
Finally, Li Si also pointed out what harm would be caused to Qin by expelling talents from the six eastern countries.
"Go away those who are not from Qin and drive away those who are guests. This is not the art of crossing the sea to control the princes."
There is no danger, it is impossible to obtain." etc.
Li Si explained from various aspects the harm that expelling talents would bring to Qin. King Qin Yingzheng was an ambitious and ideal king. He listened and realized the importance of talents to Qin.
In the end, King Yingzheng of Qin was moved by Li Si's petition and withdrew the expulsion order.
With this behavior, Li Si not only retained his power and status, but also was promoted to the rank of Tingwei.
Regardless of whether Li Si's behavior was just selfish or public or private, he did successfully retain talents for the Qin State, and also laid a solid talent foundation for the Qin State to wipe out the six countries and unify China in the future.】
[After Qin's domestic worries were resolved, Ying Zheng began to sharpen his sword and attack the six countries.
That year was the seventeenth year of Yingzheng's reign. Korea, the weakest country, was the first to be cut down by Qin, followed closely by Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Yan.
Finally, in the twenty-sixth year of Yingzheng's reign, Qin destroyed the last country, Qi, and completed a great unification unprecedented in ancient times.
The remaining heroes of Fen Sixth Generation swallowed up the princes for two weeks. This great achievement of unifying China was actually accomplished by Ying Zheng and Li Si!】
"Such an achievement is truly unmatched by anyone!"
"Only the First Emperor and Li Si were the first to do it, and later generations are just imitating and surpassing them."
"The most rare thing about Li Si is that while he seeks personal gain for himself, he also does an excellent job in public affairs!"
“So why should meritocracy work!”
【To conquer a country, it is natural to reward one based on merit.
However, after learning from the Zhou Dynasty, Ying Zheng was worried that Qin would repeat the same mistakes again, so he did not want to enfeoff the princes.
At this time, Li Si proposed the idea of abolishing feudalism and realizing the system of counties and counties.
The move of establishing a system of counties and counties naturally won Ying Zheng's heart, and it also demonstrated his political loyalty of putting public before private and his outstanding foresight, so he had more trust in him.
The county system strengthened the central government's control over local areas and promoted the formation of a unified multi-ethnic centralized state. It also strengthened the unified feudal dynasty, making the feudal system's rule deeply entrenched in the country and maintaining it for the next two thousand years.
Years of feudal social structure.]
[However, some people will definitely jump out to object to this kind of thing.
In the thirty-fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang served wine in Xianyang Palace. Dr. Zhou Qingchen and others praised the might of the first emperor. As a result, Chunyu Yue, a Qi man, came to remonstrate and advocated enfeoffment of the clan's children.
Qin Shihuang handed Chun Yuyue's memorial to Li Si. Li Si thought Chun Yuyue's idea was very ridiculous.
Moreover, Li Si also reported to Qin Shihuang, believing that Chunyu Yue was slandering the monarchy and denying centralization. He was praising the past but not the present, confusing the public with rumors, touting his private education, and slandering the country's achievements. He was criticizing the emperor to improve their reputation.
It is unconventional, instigates the lower classes, and slanders the government.
It is recommended that all "Poems", "Books" and books of various schools of thought be destroyed, and only books on medical treatment, fortune-telling and planting should be retained. Moreover, those who want to learn this knowledge must worship officials as their teachers.
Qin Shihuang adopted Li Si's suggestion and destroyed the "Poems", "Books" and the books of various schools of thought, and also killed a group of alchemists. The purpose was to end chaotic thoughts, eliminate those unstable factors, and create a better environment for all kinds of future problems.
"Unification" lays a solid foundation.
At the same time, this move also condensed thoughts to a certain extent and laid the foundation for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to "depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism".
After that, under the auspices of Li Si, the Qin government began to strictly enforce laws, compile laws and regulations, use the same text on the same track, and unify the currency, etc. The Qin State began to slowly integrate the six countries and consolidate the originally fragmented China into a whole.
Some people even said, "In fact, Qin Shihuang had backup copies of these hundreds of cultural books. Unfortunately, after Xiang Yu arrived in Xianyang, he burned a large number of books, causing a large number of books to disappear completely."]
"Oh my god! This pot is a lot to carry!"
"But you can't deny that Xiang Yu did the stupid thing of burning down Xianyang City!"
"Xiang Yu robbed, massacred, and set fire to the city of Xianyang! The fire burned for three months without extinguishment. The once magnificent Qin Palace became a piece of scorched earth, and the human lives were nothing compared to the grass and mustard!"
"Therefore, when Emperor Gaozu defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty, he followed the will of God and the people's will!"
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Xiang Yu really set off the fire, but whether he really burned down hundreds of classics cannot be verified.
[When Li Si was sixty-four years old, he finally reached the rank of prime minister and reached the pinnacle of his official career. His dream came true.
The eldest son Li was appointed as the governor of Sanchuan County and was in charge of Xingyang, Luoyang and Kaifeng. He was the gatekeeper of Xianyang and his status was very important. His sons were all married to princesses, and his daughters were all married to the princes of Qin. They were deeply trusted. The Li family had definitely become the leader of the Qin Dynasty.
Top dignitaries!
From a commoner to the prime minister of the dynasty, Li Si proved that a poor family can produce a noble son, and he can be regarded as an inspirational example in history.]