Standing in front of the palace gate, I looked at the quaint Qin Palace in front of me. Although it was constantly being repaired, it could be seen that this palace was already a bit old.
As for the Epang Palace, although it is famous, it was only built after the founding of the Qin Dynasty, and now there is no trace of it.
Moreover, according to Zhao Wenji, it seems that the construction of Epang Palace was never completed, and Qin Shihuang never lived in it.
Qin Shihuang planned an extremely majestic palace when he was alive, but it was so majestic that it was not completed until his death.
Five years after the death of Qin Shihuang, he was directly burned by Xiang Yu, a prodigal son.
But this is the original history. Now that we have ourselves, such things will naturally not happen, so Afang Palace still needs to be built.
Yingzheng has no chance to live there, but he may not have a chance.
Just when Zhao Wen was imagining that he was playing with the beauties of the Six Kingdoms in Afang Palace, a burst of neat footsteps came, and the gate of Qin Palace was slowly opened.
Passing through a row of soldiers wearing black armor and holding halberds, the faint aura of murder coming from both sides made everyone's expressions suddenly become serious.
Today is the first court meeting after the founding of the Great Qin Empire. It can be said that it will decide the future direction of this newly established empire. Many things will be decided today. Everyone has a look of contemplation on their faces.
"Welcome to the Emperor of Qin!"
With a loud shout, the huge palace fell silent for an instant.
Following the voice, Ying Zheng, who looked domineering and self-confident, wearing a crown and a black dragon robe, strode out with a middle-aged eunuch, and sat down on the dragon chair at the top very naturally.
The ministers bowed and saluted, but did not kneel down.
Now that the Qin Dynasty has just been established, many etiquettes have not yet been finalized, but the atmosphere has instantly become solemn.
"Although Great Qin has wiped out the six kingdoms, there are Huns peeping outside and there are remnants of the six kingdoms inside. How should we govern it so that the world can return to its center and make the country of Great Qin never easy to change? All the ministers are ministers of the court, so there is a good strategy!"
The voice of Yingzheng above was extremely calm, even a little humble, and a look of surprise suddenly flashed in Zhao Wen's eyes.
Now, the Qin Dynasty has just defeated the Six Kingdoms, but from Yingzheng's tone just now, there is no trace of pride or arrogance. Instead, he is more peaceful and humble than in his memory. Only on this point, the emperor of the ages is definitely worthy of his reputation.
As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, Li Si, who was standing second in front, stepped forward, took out a bamboo slip and began to read.
Although it was written in classical Chinese, Zhao Wen could also hear that the statistics of the population in various places were written in the same text, the carriages were in the same track, and the travels were in the same way, and the Qin law was promoted throughout the world. Obviously, this had been discussed long ago, and it may even have been discussed for a long time.
The time was set.
When Li Sinian thought about dividing the world into thirty-six counties, with counties under the counties, townships under the counties, leys in the countryside, and pavilions below the leys, many people in the palace suddenly raised their heads and looked upward, which made Zhao Wen feel moved.
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If he remembered correctly, this was the most controversial point when the Qin Dynasty was founded.
Now that the Six Kingdoms have been defeated, countless ministers who have made great achievements naturally want to implement the enfeoffment system and enjoy the fruits of victory.
But now Li Sinian's county system is to centralize all the power in the country and make all the enfeoffed titles nominal. For this reason, countless people in the palace may want to eat Li Si alive.
"I don't agree with what Tingwei said!"
Just as Li Si finished reading, Prime Minister Wang Wan stepped forward and said loudly: "Although our country Qin has conquered the world, Yan, Qi, Chu and other places are too remote, and it often takes several months to go back and forth."
"How to govern by relying on the county system? I believe that implementing a feudal system in remote areas is the only way to govern the world today!"
"I agree!" As soon as Prime Minister Wang Wan finished speaking, more than half of the ministers in the hall stepped forward and spoke.
"In addition to the enfeoffment system and the system of prefectures and counties, what other suggestions do you have?"
Yingzheng's expression remained unchanged. These two systems had been debated countless times before the founding of the country. However, in the past, he only discussed it with a few people. Now that there are so many ministers in the hall, they naturally want to listen to see if there is a better way.
Zhao Wen turned his head slightly and looked around. All the ministers bowed their heads, and none of the princes spoke. He immediately took a step forward and said, "I believe that the most important thing for Da Qin right now is to establish a system that can be used throughout the world."
Qin Fa!"
"The twentieth prince thinks there is something wrong with the current Qin law?" Prime Minister Wang Wan objected. Li Si had known it for a long time and he didn't care. However, as a great Qin court official and a descendant of the Legal family, some people had opinions about Qin law. Li Si's expression
Suddenly it changed.
"Nonsense, our Great Qin's method has swept across the six countries. The twenty princes are still young, so they can just listen on the sidelines!" Another Legalist minister also stood up and glared at Zhao Wendao.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on the faces of all the Legalist ministers, and even the princes around him naturally stayed away from him, Zhao Wen smiled in his heart.
He is only the 20th prince, and he is inconspicuous among the princes. If he wants to fight for the throne, he must at least let people know about him. Today, all the powerful ministers of Great Qin have gathered in this palace, which is definitely his best chance.
Looking up at Ying Zheng, whose face had not changed at all, Zhao Wendao said: "The laws of our Great Qin Dynasty began with the Lord Shang, who used military laws to rule the people. But now that the country is unified, we should recuperate with the people and use strict military laws. What will happen to the people of the six countries?"
You can return to our great Qin!"
"Which one of the twenty princes specifically thinks it is not suitable? If it can really benefit Qin Fa, our Legal family will be very grateful!" Li Si had a smile on his lips. In his opinion, the twenty princes were just children and did not know how to listen.
Whoever said a few words about the severity of Qin's laws actually dared to mention it at the court meeting.
He didn't believe that at his age, he could still put forward opinions on specific laws.
"corporal punishment!"
Before Zhao Wen traveled through time, he had read many debates about the Qin Dynasty, and one of them mentioned the Qin method of corporal punishment.
"In Qin's law, corporal punishment will be imposed for minor offenses. A strong commoner will be ostracized from the countryside after being subjected to corporal punishment. Many people will even lose their lives without medicine. How can the people of the six countries in the world accept this!"
"Then how do the twenty princes think corporal punishment should be changed?" Li Si's voice was cold, and many ministers in the hall looked at Zhao Wen with worried looks on their faces. Changes in the law cannot be proposed overnight.
, Li Si asked this, already making things difficult for others.
If Zhao Wen was just an ordinary prince, he would definitely not be able to come up with any solution for this kind of decree involving specific clauses, but Zhao Wen is a time traveler, how could he be stumped by such a thing.
"The purpose of laws involving the common people is to prevent them from breaking the law. If they make small mistakes, they can't be whipped with whips. For more serious ones, they can be directly punished with hard labor. There are projects that require labor in every place. Let these people do it, and education can also be achieved.