Live broadcast of the old ancestor gossip: Feeding the black moonlight to Qin Shi Huang

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 there is an Eastern Han Dynasty in our Han Dynasty? ]

Liu Che's handwriting was golden 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 has now completed the first basic task of his eternal hegemony - unifying the world. There were 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 people all over the world.

Why do we say it is relatively stable? We should ask the nobles of the six kingdoms that remained 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 suddenly became much 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, drank it down quickly, rested for a while, then took a deep breath, sat back in her seat, and smiled again.

"As we all know, after Qin Shi Huang unified the country, in addition to establishing the imperial system, he also promulgated a series of reform measures, such as the implementation of the county system, such as the unification of writing, which led to the so-called book burning and burying of scholars, and the construction of the Great Wall. Whether these measures are necessary to be tried out, we will talk about them one by one later.

Now let's do a small survey. Which one 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 was to let the relatives and meritorious officials of the King of Zhou manage their own fiefdoms and assist the King. Within their fiefdoms, these princes could continue to enfeoff, layer by layer downwards, but they all needed to pay tribute to their superiors, obey the orders of the King of Zhou and protect him. It all depended on the relationship between you and me and whether it was voluntary.

The county system is a system where the central government manages the local areas vertically, and local officials are directly appointed and dismissed by the emperor, strengthening the central government's control and centralization. If you were Ying Zheng, what would you choose? "

Zhou Jia looked like he was watching the fun and was not afraid of getting involved.

In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng sat at the top, Fusu and his men were still kneeling, Meng Tian and his men were standing on the side. When Ying Zheng heard this choice, he looked at the ministers below with a 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.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng: [County system.]

Li Si, Meng Tian and others quickly followed up with comments.

In contrast, Chunyu Yue is unique.

Chunyu Yue: [The feudal system.]

Later Confucian scholars followed.

Seeing how excited the Qin Dynasty was, other dynasties were not in a hurry to comment and just watched the show.

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Liu Che smiled, "I guess Ying Zheng is now having a headache about the division of counties."

At last he sighed again, "It's not so easy to implement in the counties."

Since Emperor Gaozu established counties and kingdoms in parallel, 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 really difficult to implement.

He was just thinking, when he heard Zhou Jia's chuckle, "I thought the split between counties and fiefdoms was 50-50 at best, but I didn't expect so many people would choose fiefdoms."

The key point is that all she can see now are comments from kings, princes, generals and people with great merit, and the feudal system accounts for about 60% of them!

But it makes sense that the emperor was the one who firmly implemented the county system, while others, out of their own interests, naturally chose the more operational feudal system.

Liu Che heard her tone and felt that she was very regretful about this, so he asked: [Does the county system also apply 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 in fact there is still a little difference."

Li Si was happy, but Chunyu Yue felt like the sky had fallen. It was obvious that the feudal system was better, so why did the county system still be implemented in later generations?

The Confucian scholars are like eggplants hit by frost.

Ying Zheng glanced at them, and then turned his attention to the provincial system that Zhou Jia mentioned. He was curious about how the provincial system worked.

"How should I put it? 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 will be... Please refer to the princes' stand at the weekend. Finally, I want to say to Chunyu Yue and others, if you want to implement the feudal system, please go back to be a minister of the Zhou Dynasty, and don't affect 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 did not elaborate on this question. "Next, let's talk about Qin Shi Huang's unification of Chinese characters. It is said that he burned a lot of books. The most familiar phrase among them 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 said angrily: "He burned books, buried scholars and built massive projects. How many innocent people died at his hands? How can future generations admire this tyrant so much? You are really a woman with shallow knowledge."

Queen Ma glanced over and said, "I am also a woman."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Sister, how can the future generations compare with you?"

Zhu Biao smiled helplessly at the side. Compared to Zhu Yuanzhang who cared about Zhou Jia's identity as a woman, he cared more about Zhou Jia. He was very curious. How could Zhou Jia, a woman, talk so much about these things? And except for being more frank with Ying Zheng, other emperors seemed to have only respect but no awe. Are emperors of later generations so open-minded?

Of course, Ying Zheng and others also thought deeply about the matter as Zhu Biao did, but what they knew now was limited, so they could only suppress their curiosity and ask again when they had the chance in the future.

"Before I start, I want to say sorry to Your Majesty. I was young and ignorant and thought it was your fault for the burning of books and burying of scholars, as well as Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall and Ha You returning the jade intact to Zhao. I'm sorry, sorry."

Zhou Jia stood up from his seat and bowed solemnly.

"Why is Meng Jiangnu crying?"

In a certain dimension, Meng Tian, ​​who was inspecting the Great Wall, repeated it in disbelief.

"The Great Wall?"

A minor official who was following him stammered.

Meng Tian looked at the Great Wall being built with a complicated expression, then looked in the direction of Xianyang Palace from afar and said coldly, "Go and check if there are any women crying here."

He must find out what happened to this so-called story of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall and clear His Majesty's name!

Ying Zheng, who was sitting in the Xianyang Palace, was now calm and waited calmly for Zhou Jia's next words.

I just feel that the four words she said later, "Return the jade intact to Zhao," sound a bit familiar.

Zhou Jia on the screen had returned to his seat and continued his lecture.