Chapter 1 The Emperor
Early in the morning, the Qinian Palace Conference Hall.
King Zheng of Qin was above the throne, and the colorful golden dragon on the black rolling dragon robe on his body shone with great majesty.
The squads of the palace were sitting in high spirits. Since this was the first gathering of officials of more than 2,000 stones after Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, it was very formal and everyone had changed into brand new court uniforms! Wu'an Jun Fusu, Prime Minister Wang Wan, Guowei Weiliao, Tingwei Feng Jie, and Censor Feng Quji arranged the front of the civil and military officials.
Because Qin advocates black, and the ceremonial guards and official costumes are mostly black, the scene seems heavy and solemn!
King Zheng of Qin was already thirty-seven years old, which was the most mature years of his life. He seemed more mature and majestic, and even had a few traces of lingering spirit!
King Zheng of Qin glanced at a minister with confidence and said proudly: "By relying on the power of his ancestors and the ancestral temples, all the six kingdoms have surrendered and the world has been completely pacified. This is the beginning of a new era, and the new era must have a new atmosphere! If you do not change your name, you will not be able to show your success, nor will you distinguish it from your previous generations, and you will not let your descendants understand: I and the nobles' great achievements to Chinese civilization. Therefore, today we must first agree on the title of the king!"
When Fusu heard this, he smiled in his heart: "This is not simple, let me tell you!" Just as he was about to get up, he saw that the old and steadfast old prime minister Wang Wan had already left work, so he sat down again.
Then Wang Wan said respectfully: "King, I believe that a saint king like Shang Tang is only a king, so I think the title of "king" is the best. Moreover, I also suggest that the remote areas be divided and the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty can be restored, so that the princes can jointly protect the central government!"
King Zheng of Qin said unhappy when he heard this: "The Prime Minister is a little confused. Can't you see that the Shang and Zhou feudalism is the root of the world's wars? How can we repeat the same mistakes? Let's talk about this later, let's discuss the king's affairs first!"
When Wang Wan heard the accusation from King Zheng of Qin, he was stunned. He swallowed all his words back. He thought to himself: The original King of Qin always wanted the ministers to speak. Regardless of right or wrong, he always listened first and finally concluded. But now, the King of Qin can no longer hear the a little unpleasant words, otherwise he would not accuse him of a 70-year-old minister in front of the ministers! He has changed!
Suddenly, Wang Wan thought: "The world is settled, the world is stable, and the King of Qin no longer needs the unpleasant words of us old ministers!" Wang Wan smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt the idea of retreating in her heart, lowered her head and retreated.
At this time, Li Si smiled and said, "King, in the past, the Five Emperors governed areas thousands of miles away. Some of them paid tribute to the marquis and barbarians outside this area, and some did not pay tribute, and the emperor could not control it. Now Your Majesty dispatched rebels to punish violent thieves, pacify the world, set up counties and counties within the four seas, and unify laws. This is something that has never been seen since ancient times, and the Five Emperors are beyond the reach of the world. I believe that there were Emperors, Emperors of Earth, Emperors of Thailand, and Emperors of Thailand in ancient times. We risk our lives to offer honorary titles and call the king the "Emperor of Thailand"!"
When King Zheng of Qin thought about it after hearing this, he had no conclusion for a moment and asked the ministers: "Li Si wanted everyone to be called the 'Emperor of Thailand', what do the ministers think?"
Fusu thought, "It's time for me to appear!" He stood up and said, "Father, the name of 'Thai Emperor' is extremely inappropriate. Li Si is limited in talent and knowledge. This title cannot show that the father's achievements have been passed down through the ages!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Fusu took a peek and Li Si's face suddenly turned red like a monkey's butt!
When Qin Wang Zheng heard this, he was very interested and said, "What suggestions do you have?"
Fusu was in a good mood and said, "Although the three emperors and five emperors were combined, it was not as good as the three emperors and five emperors. Therefore, according to my son, the three emperors and five emperors were called "Emperor" to best match the father's merits, so as to show that the father's merits are greater than the three emperors, and his merits are greater than the greatness of the five emperors! I wonder what the father's wishes?"
King Zheng of Qin was overjoyed and said, "What Wang'er said is right. From now on, my kingly title will be called the emperor!" "The king of kings and wise!" When the ministers saw that the King of Qin had decided, they quickly flattered!
Fusu smiled and said, "Father, changing one king's title is not enough to show my immense majesty of the vast Qin Dynasty. My son wants to start from today that my father will no longer call me, but "I". The rest shall not use it well, and those who violate it will die! At the same time, the "edict" is changed to "the imperial edict" to show the supreme meaning! And the ministers no longer call my father the "king" and change it to "Your Majesty" or "Emperor" to show the high status of the father! My son, I don't know what the father thinks of these false arguments?"
King Zheng of Qin was so dizzy by Fusu's flattery that he said happily: "What Wang'er said is very good, and we will make a conclusion based on this from today!"
"Your Majesty is wise and has no understanding of me!" All the civil and military officials are very active, learn and use it now, and flatter you!
At this time, Li Si didn't dare to say anything again, so he had to blush and retreat to the shift!
The King of Qin smiled majesticly and said proudly: "From today, I will be the First Emperor of the Great Qin! There will be two and three generations behind you until thousands of generations!"
"Your Majesty is wise, the Qin Dynasty will last forever!" If you don't flatter at this time, then when will you wait!
Secret room in Li Si’s mansion!
The lights shook, making Li Si's already a little unlucky face even more pale. However, Zhao Gao still looked sinister and obscene!
Li Si said angrily: "Fusu's son is really hateful. He dares to humiliate me in front of His Majesty and his ministers. How can he eliminate the hatred in my heart if he doesn't eliminate it!"
Zhao Gao snorted after hearing this and said sarcastically: "Mr. Li is really a fool. Fusu fought in Guandong and made outstanding achievements. Not only did the general return to his heart, but the civil servants supported him, but even His Majesty also leaned on his arm. How could he easily get rid of it?"
Li Si was speechless for a moment and suddenly sneered: "Even so, I, Li Si, will be incompatible with Fusu's child! Zhao Gaoren is usually resourceful, but I don't know if there is a good idea?"
Zhao Gao shook his head and said, "Fusu is currently in a strong holy family and is the eldest son of the Lord. It is not a shocking moment, so the Lord will never touch him easily. Especially when he holds the military talisman in his hands, the 15,000 new army of the 15,000 new army suddenly rises, and the combat power can be as high as 100,000 elite soldiers. Even the Lord has to consider it again and again! How easy is it!"
Li Si frowned, suddenly laughed, and said sinisterly: "Have you ever seen Wang Wan being refuted by the Lord today?" Zhao Gao nodded and suddenly said: "What do you mean?"
Li Si smiled and said, "The Lord is no longer the Lord of the past. No matter how ugly the words are, and he has become more happy and enjoyable, isn't this the best opportunity for me to come!"
Zhao Gao suddenly realized, and a hint of excitement appeared on his vulgar face: "Mr. Li is right. The former master was wise, diligent, frugal, and listened at the same time. We have no chance to seize power. If the master really becomes like what you say, then as long as we like, we will be valued. Moreover, with Fusu and others' self-righteous and self-proclaimed benevolent and righteous, we may have many conflicts with the master. This is the opportunity for us to kill with a knife!"
"Hahaha!" The two of them smiled sinisterly as if their plan had already succeeded!
A few days later, Qin Shihuang summoned the Prime Minister, the National Guard and other important officials to convene a state meeting. Everyone with the congress carefully prepared, quoted classics or expressed their unique views at the meeting, fully demonstrated their talents, and finally made decisions by the First Emperor.
The discussion is as follows:
1: The First Emperor believed that the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty led to the independence of the princes and the country could not control it, and the world was in chaos in the end, and Qin could no longer follow its mistakes, so the Qin State was no longer feudal in the future. Fusu did not object to this because of his special identity, but instead fully agreed with it. Therefore, under the decision of the two strongest figures of the dynasty, Qin State finally decided not to feudal!
2: Establish the absolute authority of the supreme ruler, and the supreme ruler of the country is the emperor.
3: Improve the centralized organization. The emperor has a central government organization, which is under the jurisdiction of the "Three Dukes" (the three Dukes are: Prime Minister, Taiwei, and Censor). The Prime Minister is divided into left and right prime ministers, the head of all officials, and assists the emperor in handling national government affairs; the Taiwei is the head of military officers, and is in charge of the military affairs of the whole country. The Censor, the Chief Censor, assists the Prime Minister, manages the book, memorials, and supervises officials at all levels.
The following of the three dukes are the nine ministers: Fengchang, who is in charge of the etiquette of the ancestral temple; the doctor order is responsible for conveying the emperor's orders and the emperor's guards; the guard is the chief guard of the palace, responsible for the daily guards of the emperor's residence; the Taifu is mainly responsible for serving the emperor and taking charge of the emperor's chariots and horses; the Tingwei is in charge of the judicial affairs of the country and handling major cases; the dictionary is responsible for the diplomatic affairs of the country and also responsible for the affairs of the internal ethnic minorities; Zong Zheng is an official who specializes in the management of royal affairs; governing the inner history of the millet, managing the central finance, and being responsible for the tax work of the country; Shaofu is the emperor's personal financial official, managing the mountains, lakes and palace handicrafts that belong to the emperor's private ownership.
The three dukes and nine ministers were directly responsible to the emperor, and the emperor made a final judgment on major matters.
4: Improve local administrative agencies at all levels. Improve local government agencies with two-level systems of county and county. They are divided into 36 counties in the country: Sanchuan, Hedong, Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiujiang, Zhengjun, Kuaiji, Yingchuan, Dangjun, Sishui, Xuejun, Dongjun, Langya, Qijun, Shanggu, Shanggu, Shanggu, and Inner History (the headquarters of Guanzhong, Qin State).
The county has a county magistrate, a county magistrate, and a supervisor.
The county magistrate is the highest commander of a county and is in charge of the government affairs of a county.
County Magistrate: The army in charge of a county.
The History of the Supervisor: Responsible for inspecting the officials and people of a county.
There are counties under the county, townships, pavilions and lis under the county.
The officials in the government agencies from the central government to counties were appointed and removed by the emperor and the salary system was implemented. The emperor's authority could go directly to the local area and rule the whole country from top to bottom.
5: Strengthen military construction. The army is the main component of the state power. The army is divided into infantry and sailors. The movement of the army is based on the tiger talisman, and the tiger talisman is in the hands of the emperor.
6: Unified laws. A series of laws on political, economic, military and cultural aspects were formulated to maintain hierarchy and order.
7: Use the "Five Virtues Theory of End and End" to establish the orthodox status of Qin and deify the imperial power. Instill the mysterious concept of the divine empowerment of imperial power into the subjects. The clothes, flags, and flags of the Qin royal family are all black, and the numbers are calculated based on six, military talismans, six talismans, and magic crowns are all six inches, and the chariots are six feet long, six feet as a step, and the emperor's carriage and phoenix use six horses.
8: Destroy weapons: Confiscate all the people's weapons in the world, gather in Xianyang, cast them into bells and other practical tools. They also cast them into twelve large "jin" people weighing 240,000 jin each, and place them in the Xianyang palace as a symbol of this action.
9: Destroy the Great Wall and military fortresses built by the former princes in China, and only Yan was left. Zhao was to defend against the Great Wall invaded by the Hu people, so as to prevent the rioters from rebelling and to eliminate traffic obstacles.
10: Dig through Sichuan defense built by various countries for military needs, and dredge them for water transportation and farmland irrigation and water conservancy.
11: Move 120,000 wealthy households in the world to Xianyang, and on the one hand, they will monitor them so that they will no longer have differentiation effects in the local area, and on the other hand, they can also enrich the capital's wealth and prosperity.
The above resolutions shall be handed over to the Prime Minister and supervised all officials to implement them one by one.
Chapter completed!