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Chapter 7: The First Emperor
"My dear, thank you for your reminder today. I am not a god. I have always regarded the unification of China as my mission. When this goal was finally achieved, I may have been a little slack, but more of me was confused. I wanted to create an unprecedented Qin Dynasty, which means that I have to make changes in all aspects, and I may even make enemies with the world." Zhao Zheng sighed, his eyes slowly turning from confusion to determination.
Zhao Zheng looked at Xiao Meiman with rare tenderness, "Child, you told me the history before. On behalf of the Great Qin, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you. Because of your reminder, hundreds of thousands of the people of the Great Qin were saved, and the unification of the Great Qin was advanced by five years compared to the history you told. I am very happy to have a blood relative like you."
"Thank God for giving me such a smart, lovely goddess who loves me wholeheartedly and trusts me. God loves me, and my daughter loves me." Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng curled up the corners of his mouth unconsciously.
Thinking of his previous retreat, he slowly put on a serious face and said, "I have never asked you what you did after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, which caused the Qin Dynasty, which the Zhao family of the Ying surname had unified for six generations, to collapse in less than twenty years."
"I have been trying to avoid the destiny of death in the second generation, but I have forgotten that the fate of my Great Qin has changed since I learned about the so-called history."
Zhao Zheng looked at Ximan solemnly: "Xi'er, on behalf of the Great Qin, I ask you to give me some advice on how to rectify the pros and cons of the Great Qin. If I have done anything wrong, I hope you can point it out."
Looking at Qin Shi Huang, little Yiman couldn't help but praise in her heart, "My charming ancestor is worthy of being the first emperor of China. He is still remembered by people after more than two thousand years. Although I don't have any special skills, I will use the knowledge I know to help the First Emperor, help China stand on top of the world, and let the whole world speak Chinese." Of course, the last point is little Yiman's selfish desire, and I believe it is also the common expectation of all students.
"Father, do you want to know how future generations will evaluate your merits and demerits?"
"So I do not dare to ask for what I wish for."
"Father, your achievements have been summarized by many people in later generations. Whether they call you a tyrant or praise you as the greatest emperor of all time, none of them have denied your achievements: you unified the six kingdoms, ended the division during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and established the first unified centralized state in Chinese history."
"The feudal system was abolished and the county system was established, which strengthened the central government's management of local areas. This local administrative system has been used for more than 2,000 years."
"The unification of weights and measures, currency, and writing promoted economic and cultural exchanges among different regions and truly established the concept of great unification. Since you, everyone has wanted to be emperor and everyone has wanted to unify the country, so that our Chinese heritage has never been cut off."
"We defeated the Huns in the north, built the Great Wall, and protected the security of the country's borders." Xiao Meiman pursed her lips after saying this.
"The excavation of the Lingqu Canal connected the two major water systems of the Pearl River and the Yangtze River, making it easier for the central government to control the south. It is also because of your southern expedition to the Baiyue that the area south of our country as far as Hainan has been Chinese territory since ancient times."
After listening to this, Zhao Zheng nodded calmly and asked, "What about my fault?"
Little Yiman looked at her father's calm expression and thought to herself, "As expected of the First Emperor, he is so domineering. He can brag about what others can do, but he has achieved so many unprecedented achievements and he thinks it is natural."
"Father, although your faults are not as great as your achievements, they are also one of the sources of the Qin Dynasty's demise. During your reign, you implemented many large-scale projects, including the construction of the Great Wall, the excavation of the Lingqu Canal, the construction of the Mausoleum of Mount Li, the excavation of the Zhengguo Canal, and the construction of the Apang Palace. Other emperors completed one or two of these projects in their lifetime, which would have caused the treasury to be empty and the country to be in chaos. However, you built them when the world was not yet settled. For this reason, you imposed heavy taxes and corvée labor, which increased the burden on the people. In particular, your brother Hu Hai was even more brutal during his reign, which eventually forced the people to rebel."
"The implementation of harsh criminal laws, such as beheading and dismemberment by five horses, created a terrifying atmosphere in society. After all, the common people of the six states were not used to the laws of Shang Yang. In addition, the nobles of the six states fanned the flames everywhere in order to restore their country, which made the local areas not recognize the Great Qin, and the people's hearts were divided, which was a disaster."
You were criticized the most for burning books and burying scholars. After all, Confucianism has become the orthodoxy since Emperor Wu of Han. Your actions did destroy cultural heritage and caused the loss of a large number of precious books. But compared to you, I think Xiang Yu, who burned Xianyang, is the biggest sinner. "
Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time after hearing this. What Xiao Ai'er said was indeed what he was going to do. Even now, he did not deny that he would continue to do these things, but he would not be as anxious as Qin Shihuang in history and take such big steps. After all, although he could not live forever, with the ginseng fruit given by Xiao Ai'er, it would not be a problem for him to live to be a hundred years old.
"My son Zichen, what kind of name is this Hu Hai that I just mentioned? I don't think I would give such a name to a son who I have high hopes for. Was he very good before he ascended to the throne? The heir I have always wanted should have a gentle and kind temperament, but also have the ability to kill and be decisive. How could he be cruel?"
Xiao Meiman said: "There is such an heir, but it is not yours, but the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's."
"Father, you passed away so suddenly that you didn't have time to formally appoint a crown prince. Before you died, you just wrote an edict to your elder brother Fusu, asking him to go to Xianyang to handle your funeral and inherit the throne."
"It was just that villains like Zhao Gao took advantage of the situation. You didn't formally appoint a crown prince during your lifetime, and no one in the world knew who the successor was. That's why they dared to support Hu Hai and forged an imperial edict to execute my eldest brother, which led to the demise of the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty."
"Also, my brother has been taught too much by those Confucian scholars. General Meng Tian didn't believe you would issue such an edict. I don't know if my brother has been scolded by you too much that he actually believed it without hesitation. You clearly have 30 troops, but you don't even dare to resist or investigate. You really played a good hand badly. You must keep my brother away from those corrupt Confucian scholars to prevent them from corrupting him."
Zhao Zheng had always thought that his descendants would inherit his decisiveness in killing and ruthlessness, and that if he packaged it with Confucianism, it would definitely convince the people of the world. However, he did not expect this result.
"If Fusu is useless, who should be chosen as the successor? No, from now on, Zi Chen'er must be taught well. Her lazy nature must be corrected. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. And that Hu Hai, it's better not to be born, so as not to lower the status of my offspring."
"Zi Chen..."
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