What Ying Zheng could think of, Liu Che and others could naturally think of as well. When they thought that their Han Dynasty might be divided into the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, everyone was very panicked. What exactly happened that led to their division into the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties?
Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che: [Western Han Dynasty? Could it be that my Han Dynasty also has an Eastern Han Dynasty?]
Liu Che's handwriting was golden, just like that of other emperors. Seeing Liu Che asking, Zhou Jia said, "Yes, there was an Eastern Han Dynasty. We'll talk about it later.
Back to the topic, Ying Zheng had thus completed the first basic task of his eternal hegemony - unifying the world. There had been hundreds of years of war during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but Ying Zheng ended the war in just ten years, creating a relatively stable environment for the people of the world.
Why do we say it was relatively stable? Well, we should ask the remaining nobles of the six kingdoms after the Qin Dynasty unified China, and the Xiongnu outside the Great Wall who were eyeing the Central Plains covetously.
At this point, Zhou Jia's eyes instantly turned colder.
"Okay, let's take a break first. I think I'll be a little irritable later. After all, I get really angry sometimes."
Zhou Jia stood up from her seat to get a glass of water. She drank it down quickly and rested for a while before taking a deep breath and sitting back in her seat, smiling again.
"As we all know, after unifying the country, Ying Zheng not only established the imperial system but also promulgated a series of reform measures, such as the implementation of the county system, the standardization of the written language, which led to the so-called book burning and burying of scholars, and the construction of the Great Wall. We will discuss whether these measures were necessary to be implemented on a trial basis later.
Now let's do a small survey. Which of the following measures do you think should be implemented, the feudal system or the county system? Let's briefly talk about the differences between these two systems.
Taking the Zhou Dynasty as an example, the feudal system is to let the relatives and meritorious officials of the King of Zhou manage their own fiefdoms and assist the King of Zhou. Within their fiefdoms, these princes can continue to enfeoff, layer by layer, but they all need to pay tribute to their superiors, obey the orders of the King of Zhou and protect the King of Zhou. It depends purely on the relationship between you and me and whether it is voluntary.
The county system is a system where the central government manages the localities vertically, with local officials appointed and dismissed directly by the emperor, strengthening central control and power. If you were Ying Zheng, what would you choose?
Zhou Jia looked like she was enjoying the fun.
In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng sat at the head of the table, Fusu and his companions still knelt, and Meng Tian and his companions stood to the side. Upon hearing this choice, Ying Zheng glanced at the ministers below with a half-smile, "Since you've said it, then choose. I'm also curious about how future generations will view these two systems."
Ying Zheng was the first to comment after he finished speaking.
Qin Shi Huangdi: [County system.]
Li Si, Meng Tian and others quickly followed up with comments.
In contrast, Chunyu Yue is unique.
Chunyu Yue: [The feudal system.]
Subsequent Confucian scholars followed.
Seeing that the Qin Dynasty was so excited, other dynasties were not in a hurry to comment and just watched the show.
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Liu Che laughed, "I guess Ying Zheng is now having a headache about dividing the counties."
At last he sighed again, "Counties, how can it be so easy to implement it?"
Since Emperor Gaozu established the parallel system of counties and kingdoms, successive ancestors have been trying their best to develop the foundation and recuperate, weakening the power of the princes and bringing them back to the central government. The Enfeoffment Order he implemented was an evolution of the counties and was also intended to further strengthen central control. The county system sounds simple, but it is indeed difficult to implement.
He was lost in thought when he heard Zhou Jia chuckle in his ear. "I thought the split between counties and fiefdoms was about 50-50 at best. I didn't expect so many people would choose fiefdoms."
The key point is that all she can see now are comments from some kings, generals and people with great merit, and the feudal system accounts for about 60%!
But it makes sense. It was the emperor and others who firmly implemented the county system, while others, for their own interests, naturally chose the more operational feudal system.
Liu Che heard her tone seemed to be very regretful about this, so he asked: [Did the county system also be implemented in later generations?]
Seeing Liu Che's question, Li Si and Chunyu Yue looked at Zhou Jia nervously at the same time, waiting for her reply.
"We are now implementing the provincial system, which is an evolution of the county system. You can also think of it as implementing the county system, but there are actually some differences."
Li Si was happy, but Chunyu Yue felt like the sky was falling. It was obvious that the feudal system was better, so why did the county system still be implemented in later generations?
The Confucian scholars were like eggplants hit by frost.
Ying Zheng glanced at them, then turned his attention to the provincial system that Zhou Jia mentioned. He was curious about how the provincial system worked.
"Well, if you want to maintain national stability, then the county system is more reliable. The longer the feudal system lasts, the greater the power of the princes... Please refer to the princes' position at the weekend. Finally, I want to say to Chunyu Yue and others, if you want to implement the feudal system, please return to being ministers of the Zhou Dynasty and don't interfere with Ying Zheng's county system, okay? He doesn't need so many disobedient Confucian scholars like you. Thank you."
Chunyu Yue and the Confucian doctor looked unhappy.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
What the little girl said was quite good.
Zhou Jia didn't elaborate on this question. "Next, let's talk about Ying Zheng's unified writing system. It's said that he burned many books. The most familiar of these four phrases should be "burning books and burying scholars."
This was the second time that Ying Zheng heard the words "burning books and burying scholars", but he could not remember when he had buried scholars alive. Books had indeed been burned, but he denied burying scholars alive.
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Zhu Yuanzhang angrily said, "He burned books, buried scholars, and built massive projects. How many innocent people died at his hands? How could future generations hold this tyrant in such high esteem? He is truly a woman with limited knowledge."
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