Chapter 324: The Same Language
Qin Sheng's mouth twitched, and he handed her the pen: "You come."
Chu Yian: ...
Chu Yian took the pen. She could draw line drawings, but she couldn't color them. Besides, that kind of drawings didn't conform to the aesthetics of this world.
Throwing away the brush, she took out the charcoal pencil Qin Huaishu had prepared for her from her bag: "I'll draw a rough outline, and you can just follow this feeling."
As he spoke, he began to draw, and Qin Sheng watched with interest.
Chu Yian's hands were very steady, and he drew the lines without any shaking. In just a few breaths, he had drawn the rough outline.
Qin Sheng watched carefully. This was the first time he saw Chu Yian paint, and also the first time he saw paintings from another world. It was quite novel and different from anything he had seen before.
Simple lines can outline a complete painting, concise and clear. Qin Sheng instantly grasped the feeling that Chu Yian wanted.
He poured a glass of water and smudged the ink. He did not use any other colors, just black and white ink painting, which was enough to present the majestic and sacred feeling that Chu Yian wanted.
When he finished painting, Chu Yian's eyes were almost covered with the painting. He couldn't let it go and was very excited: "Xiao Shengzi, this is the feeling. You understand me too well."
"It's beautiful, so beautiful. Draw me another one. I want to take it home and hang it above my bed to admire it every day."
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Sheng was really helpless, but he still obediently drew another one for her. This one had some slight changes, and it looked even more domineering than the first one.
Chu Yian felt that the best one should be shown to everyone, so after some hesitation, he contributed his favorite last one.
Patting Qin Sheng's shoulder, he reminded him worriedly, "Xiao Shengzi, when the secret guard delivers it, tell the shopkeeper to put this painting in the book for me."
"It's okay to go slowly, but make sure you do it right. Don't make it look ugly, or I'll be angry."
Qin Sheng smiled and nodded slightly.
He had already read the latest content a long time ago, and he understood why Chu Yian liked Ying Zheng so much. So many people had skipped it before, but he insisted on painting a picture of Ying Zheng.
He really deserves it.
The first emperor, the title of emperor was given because of him, what a boldness!
Qin Sheng couldn't wait to know what the outside world's reaction would be when they saw it, and asked expectantly: "Are you going to write a book today?"
Qin Sheng hadn't written a book to her for a long time, and he missed her very much, even feeling a little strange.
It was a great pity that the most exciting parts were all written by Qin Huaishu, and he was not the first person to see it.
Chu Yian was silent for two seconds: "You just returned to Beijing, are you tired? Do you want to rest for two days?"
Qin Sheng shook his head: "Not tired."
Since he said so, Chu Yian did not refuse: "Okay, but not too late."
It didn't matter when she was in Fuhua Courtyard, but here, she still had to go back to her own courtyard early. It was not good to stay with Qin Sheng all the time.
Qin Sheng nodded slightly, and first arranged for someone to send the previously written manuscript paper and the newly drawn painting to Qingshan Bookstore, and then he picked up the pen and dipped it in ink.
Last time, Ying Zheng confirmed his title as "Emperor", and the emperor called himself "I".
After the ceremony of enthroning him as emperor, he discussed the future strategies for governing the country with his court officials.
The main point of their dispute was whether to continue to govern the country with Shang Yang's laws or to use Lü Buwei's "Lüshi Chunqiu" to govern the country.
His Majesty the Emperor wiped out the six kingdoms, and his power spread throughout the country. His virtues matched those of the Three Sovereigns, and his achievements surpass those of the Five Emperors. He is undoubtedly the greatest emperor of all time.
It is easy to pacify the world, but it is difficult to keep it. Many people advocate using "Lüshi Chunqiu" to govern the country, and to govern according to local conditions, so that the world can be at peace.
Shang Yang's law advocated the system of prefectures and counties.
Lüshi Chunqiu advocated the implementation of the county system while widely establishing the feudal system (feudal system). This is the biggest difference between the two in their strategies for governing the country.
Ying Zheng quickly made a decision to completely abolish the feudal system and implement the county system.
If the land of the seven countries were divided into feudal lords, I wonder how many princes would be given the land.
In history, there are many countries that were destroyed by the princes. The princes had autonomy in their own fiefdoms, and power would foster their ambitions. Gradually, they would become alienated from the government, and then disputes would arise again.
Therefore, the implementation of the county system is the general trend.
The world was originally divided into 36 counties, with unified laws, unified official system, and centralized power.
Chu Yian stopped and waited for Qin Sheng to finish writing.
All of this is actually empty talk. The biggest reason for continuing to implement the county system is that Ying Zheng was a die-hard fan of Shang Yang.
Lüshi Chunqiu advocates the idea of benevolence and the importance of the people over the king, which conflicts with the Legalist thought and Qin Shihuang's philosophy of governing the country.
Taking into account the incident of Lao Ai, he absolutely disagreed with the implementation of the feudal system.
After establishing the governing system, the new empire also built a complete governance system from top to bottom.
The order is roughly: emperor, three dukes and nine ministers, counties, and township officials.
The rural official system is divided into townships, pavilions, and villages. Ten miles form a pavilion, and there is a pavilion chief.
The Qin officials were only establishing and implementing a relatively complete system, and had no idea that in the near future, a village headman named Liu Bang would emerge and cause a stir, but that's a story for later.
Chu Yian couldn't remember many of the official names because they were too complicated, so he had to ask Qin Sheng to make them up himself.
But there is one thing she is very clear about: this system of governing the country formed during the Warring States Period is really magical, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a miracle.
After all, even from the perspective of future generations more than two thousand years later, one can still see the system management thinking displayed in it.
Especially the divisions such as country, county, township, etc., which are not only used by China, but by the entire human society. Isn’t this enough to demonstrate the wisdom of the ancients?
Compare them with other countries during the same period, what were they doing?
Ancient Greece was still a city-state system, and the Roman Empire was still in its infancy. Let alone such a complete official system, even a country of the size of Qin did not have it.
Chu Yian's tail was about to reach the sky, and he looked at Qin Sheng with burning eyes.
Qin Sheng combined historical texts with the current official system to compile a new system and wrote it into the book, which is also very impressive.
After finishing writing, I heard Chu Yian say: "Xiao Shengzi, although this world has a cultural gap, we must work hard. Whether it is my world or this world, we must leave them far behind."
"We must develop our culture, develop our military, and even more so our weapons!"
Qin Sheng raised his eyebrows: "They?"
Chu Yian: "Foreigners, oh, let's not talk about them for now, it makes me angry just talking about them, let's continue."
After the official system was established, some things happened. The people who wrote the documents submitted by officials even made mistakes in the characters, which led to confusion in the handling of government affairs.
This is certainly not because the people above are illiterate, but because there are too many forms of characters and too many ways of writing them.
Why not let the people of the world unify their language and unify their writing first? Otherwise, if we can't even communicate, how can we govern the country?
So Ying Zheng asked people to gather a group of people to reform the writing system.
There is only one requirement, which is to be able to see the strokes of the characters clearly.
In later generations, the reform of writing system was generally referred to as three words: writing the same text.
But this is actually a very large and complex project.
Counting the number of commonly used characters in various countries, investigating the origins of characters, and sorting out the historical context of characters... It is not simply choosing a character to promote, but organizing, upgrading, and modifying it on the basis of the original one.
How can three words fully summarize the hardships and difficulties involved?
The reason why "writing in the same script" became the first emperor's unparalleled achievement is that its significance far exceeds the standardization of writing itself.
It is not only the foundation for the Qin Dynasty to consolidate its rule, but also an important core element for the continuation of Chinese civilization.
Political integration, cultural identity, and economic interconnection, this feat can be said to be the most successful and greatest standardization project in ancient times, without a doubt.
Without a common written language, cultural inheritance and communication will be hindered, national unity will be hindered, and national identity will be very low.
Economic and social development will be hampered, and national cohesion will be weakened...
It is precisely because of the common writing system that we have the long and profound history of China today, and that there are so many wonderful records.
The achievements of Qin Shi Huang will benefit all people for thousands of years.
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