Chapter 320: Enfeoffment and the Conflict over Counties
"Did he suffer any loss?"
Ziying frowned, confused, "It seems there really isn't one!"
Zhao Yuanxi didn't notice that Fusu was in a bad mood recently. Crying was normal for him at his age and it wasn't a bad habit. After all, he didn't suffer any loss, so he just let him be.
However, she still sent someone else to keep an eye on Fusu's daily situation so that if anything unusual happened, it could be discovered in time.
At this moment, Fusu was feeling proud of the victories he had achieved in the past few days, but unexpectedly he was caught by Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng's expression was sullen and gloomy. "I heard that you've been throwing tantrums and crying in the classroom these days. How disgraceful!"
He almost pointed at Fusu's nose and scolded him, "Look at what you look like."
Fusu lowered his head in grievance, "Teacher, if I retort when you rebuke me, whether I am right or wrong, it would be disrespectful to the teacher. But I feel I am not wrong. If I do not respond with tears, then I will be punished."
Ying Zheng was so angry at Fusu's reason that he laughed. "Can you continue to cry and play the victim for the rest of your life? If people knew that the prince of Qin was a coward who only knew how to cry, how would others view you?"
"No! I didn't cry all the time!" Fusu was a little proud. "In the past, when the teacher taught us the truth, he never listened to my ideas. But now he has become much kinder. He listens to my opinions and doesn't scold me too much. I don't need to cry so often anymore!"
Ying Zheng: ...
Teaching children was indeed not something he was good at. He just wanted to grab Fusu and give him a good beating. What kind of crooked way was this?
"Who gave you this bad idea?"
"No one gives me advice, I learn from my father!"
"When did I teach you this?"
"Isn't that what father did? When you coaxed General Wang Jian and Grandmother, although you didn't cry, you pretended to be pitiful!"
Ying Zheng's eyelids twitched, feeling embarrassed as if he had been exposed. If he had known earlier, he would not have brought this little guy with him when he went to meet Wang Jian!
He coughed lightly, his expression somewhat unnatural. "Next time, don't do this again. As a prince of Qin, you shouldn't cry easily."
"Oh, I understand!"
It's not that you shouldn't cry easily, but it's also not that you can't cry. That's right, if you cry too much, people will get used to it and won't take it seriously. I really need to be more careful next time.
Fusu naturally understood the logical relationship.
Autumn goes and spring comes——
Qin State received frequent news of victory and captured most of Chu territory. After fighting for almost a year, Qin State's military strength not only did not decrease, but increased with each battle, and the number of Chu people surrendering to the Qin army continued to increase.
At the beginning of spring, Wang Jian successfully captured the capital of Chu and captured the King of Chu. Xiang Yan was defeated and retreated to the old land of Wu and Yue in Jiangdong, where he supported another King of Chu.
Under the city of Guangling, the Qin army had surrounded Xiang Yan.
At night, the sound of Chu songs was heard outside the city, and the morale of the soldiers inside the city was in turmoil. The remaining Chu soldiers were aware of the fact that the Chu State had been destroyed and had no desire to fight again.
Three days later, Guangling City was captured, Xiang Yan committed suicide, and the State of Chu was completely destroyed.
When the news of the demise of the Chu State reached Xianyang, everyone in the court was excited.
Ying Zheng was overjoyed and announced it to the world, and the whole country celebrated for a day.
Zhao Yuanxi was also very happy when he heard the news. The destruction of the Chu State and the unification of the world were the most crucial victory.
In the same year, Wang Ben led his troops north and captured Liaodong, the last piece of land of Yan State, thus destroying Yan State.
Of the seven major powers in the Warring States Period, only Qi remains.
The following year, Meng Tian led his troops to confront the 200,000-strong Qi army near Gaotang. Wang Ben led his troops south, crossed the Ji River, and approached Linzi, the capital of Qi.
Wang Ben used 50,000 men to counter the 100,000 men in Linzi City.
The King of Qi was persuaded by the envoys sent by the State of Qin and, at the instigation of his court officials, chose to open the city gates and surrender.
Qi was destroyed——
In the 15th year of King Zheng of Qin, the Qin State successfully destroyed the six states, ending the 500-year history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The first unified country on this land of China - Qin, was born.
Then, more problems arose.
How to stabilize this new country became the first thing to do.
The first thing Ying Zheng did was to standardize the writing system, the wheel gauge, the weights and measures, and the currency.
He ordered Li Si, Wang Wan, Mi Qi and others to develop a standard font, based on the small seal script, integrating the currently used Qin Li to form a more standardized Qin Li.
There is also a story about Qin Li and Zhao Yuanxi. Ying Zheng originally planned to use small seal script as the official font, but Zhao Yuanxi suggested that it would be more appropriate to use the current Qin Li on the grounds that small seal script was too complicated and inconvenient to write. Small seal script can be used in formal occasions, but Qin Li should be the main font for correspondence and daily books.
Regarding the standardization of vehicle tracks, the distance between the two wheels of all vehicles is stipulated to be six feet, so that vehicles can travel smoothly on the track.
As for the unification of weights and measures, the weights and measures of the other six countries were abolished, and the units of length, capacity, and weight were unified using Qin as the standard.
At the same time, he abolished all the currencies in circulation in the six countries, and recalled all the currencies of various forms issued by the six countries. He stipulated that only two types of currencies could be used in the country, one was round copper coins with square holes, and the other was gold.
The world was initially stabilized, and some people with ideas began to put forward their opinions on how to govern the world.
The retrogressive faction, led by Wang Wan and Chunyu Yue, wrote to the King of Qin, asking him to maintain the feudal system, enfeoff the princes, and order them to govern the local areas for Qin.
"Before unifying the country, Qin was small, and the county system was manageable. But now, Qin's territory has expanded several times. Some counties take more than a month to receive official documents, making it difficult for Qin to control the local areas."
"I implore the king to wait until the princes reach adulthood and then enfeoff them. Send them to distant lands to become princes and rule the empire on your behalf. This will also deter the remaining remnants of the six kingdoms."
Ying Zheng sat at the top, listening to the suggestions of his subordinates. He did not directly reject their ideas. Instead, he looked at Li Si and others and asked, "What do you think, Tingwei?"
Li Si bowed his hands and said, "In the past, many of the sons and nephews enfeoffed by Emperors Wen and Wu of Zhou shared the same surname, but they became estranged from each other and attacked each other like enemies. The princes even attacked each other, and the Zhou emperor was unable to stop them." (Excerpt from "Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Qin Shi Huang")
There were many who supported feudal fiefdoms, and quite a few who opposed them, and both sides could not help but blame each other, each with their own reasons.
Ying Zheng did not make a direct decision, but asked them to go back and write a memorial and submit it.
After the court meeting, Ying Zheng sat on the throne with a little tiredness.
Little Fusu is now nine years old. He is no longer the ignorant child he used to be. He can understand the advice of the ministers in the court.
Ying Zheng lowered his eyes, looking at Fusu who was sitting obediently beside him, and suddenly asked, "Do you think the county system is better, or the feudal system?"
Realizing his father was questioning him, Fusu looked embarrassed. "Teacher Chunyu believes that the feudal system is good, while Teacher Han Fei believes that the county system is the right answer. I, your son, cannot make a final decision yet, but Grandmother supports the county system!"
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