171. Chapter 171: Sweep away the six kingdoms and unify China (additional updates, please give me a monthly vote!)

Author: Jingl

Chapter 171: Sweeping out the six kingdoms and unifying China (additional updates, please give me a monthly vote!)

[A capable person can enjoy any position. Li Si has worked in the position of chief secretary for four years, and his achievements are also outstanding.

After several years of polishing, Li Si successfully stood firm in the court, and Ying Zheng was very satisfied with his ability.

In order to better balance Lu Buwei and Lao Ai, Ying Zheng promoted Li Si to become a guest minister.

In the past, the prime ministers of Qin, such as Cai Ze, Zhang Yi, etc., were promoted through guest officials, which shows that Ying Zheng was very optimistic about Li Si at this time.

Li Si naturally understood Ying Zheng’s expectations for him, so he worked harder and showed his abilities to the fullest.]

[On the day when Ying Zheng held the ceremony at the age of 22, Lao Ai raised an army to rebel.

Needless to say, Lao Ai was defeated and was captured alive. After being castrated, he was sentenced to death by a car split!

After Ying Zheng performed the ceremony, Lu Buwei also left the stage because he was implicated by Lao Ai.

Lao Ai was recommended by Lu Buwei to the Empress Dowager. After getting a fake eunuch to commit adultery, how could Ying Zheng bear such a thing?

Lu Buwei was dismissed from office and transferred from Xianyang, and was poisoned to death soon after.

With Lu Buwei's fall, Ying Zheng and Li Si were finally no longer hindered and could let go!

Logically speaking, without Lu Buwei's suppression, Li Si's power position should have been taken to a higher level, but reality gave him a blow.

Just when Li Si was in a state of pride, Zheng State's conspiracy to send people to Qin State to build a canal was exposed.

Zheng came to Qin to build canals for Qin, but in fact he was a spy for South Korea.

They wanted to use the construction of irrigation canals to conspire to consume the national strength of Qin, so some people took the opportunity to advise the King of Qin, asking him to order all the guest officials to expel.

And Li Si is also on the list of expelled!]

[At the moment he was about to reach the peak of power, Li Si naturally couldn't surrender.

In order to maintain his hard-won official position and status, he submitted a very famous memorial to King Ying Zheng of Qin - the book "Remonstrance and Exile of Guests".

In the book, Li Si talked about history, taking the four kings, Duke Mu, Duke Xiao, King Hui and King Zhao, summoned talents as an example, and emphasized the importance of paying attention to guest officials.

Next, Li Si talked about reality and listed the interests of the King of Qin, such as the jade in Kunshan, the treasure of easy-goingness, the pearl of the bright moon, the sword he wore, the horse he wore, etc. These all came from the princes and countries.

Finally, Li Si also pointed out what kind of harm will expel talents from the six Eastern countries cause to Qin?

"Those who are not Qin left and those who are visiting the guests are chased. This is not the reason why they cross the sea and control the princes." "Now, they expel the guests to invest in the enemy country, harm the people to increase the enemy, and they are empty inside and have resentment from the princes outside. They seek the country without danger, and they cannot be obtained." and so on.

Li Si explained from all aspects what harm would expel talents bring to Qin State. King Ying Zheng of Qin was an ambition and ideal king. He listened to it and realized the importance of talents to Qin State.

In the end, King Ying Zheng of Qin was moved by Li Si's letter and took back the order to expel the guest.

Li Si's behavior not only preserved his power and status, but also promoted him to become a Tingwei.

Whether Li Si's behavior was just out of selfishness or public or private affairs, he did leave behind talents for Qin State successfully, and also laid a solid talent foundation for Qin State to wipe out the six countries and unify China in the future.]

[After the Qin State's internal worries were resolved, Ying Zheng began to sharpen his sword and go to the six countries.

That year was the seventeenth year of Ying Zheng. The weakest South Korea was the first to be chopped over to the ground by Qin, followed by Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Yan.

Finally, in the 26th year of Yingzheng, Qin destroyed the last country, Qi, and completed an unprecedented unification.

After striving for the sixth generation, he swallowed two Zhou and destroyed the princes. This great achievement of unifying China was really accomplished by Ying Zheng and Li Si!]

"That's true no one can match!"

"Only the First Emperor and Li Si are the first to go, and later generations are just imitating and surpassing them."

"The most rare thing about Li Si is that while seeking personal gain, he will also do business extremely well!"

"So why should we only take the lead!"

[To conquer the country, we naturally need to reward you according to your merits.

But with the lessons of the Zhou Dynasty, Ying Zheng was worried that Qin would repeat the same mistake again, so he did not want to enfeoff the princes.

At this time, Li Si proposed to abolish the feudal system and realize the county system.

The county system was naturally deeply loved by Ying Zheng, and also showed his political loyalty and outstanding vision, so he trusted him more.

The county system strengthened the central government's control over the local area, promoted the formation of a unified multi-ethnic centralized state, and strengthened the unified feudal dynasty, making the feudal system deeply rooted in the country's rule and maintaining the feudal social structure for more than two thousand years.]

[However, someone will definitely jump out to oppose this kind of thing.

In the 34th year of the Qin King, Qin Shihuang placed wine in Xianyang Palace, and doctor Zhou Qingchen and others praised the power of the First Emperor. As a result, Chunyu Yue, a native of Qi, made an advice and advocated the enfeoffment of the children of the royal family.

Qin Shihuang handed Chunyu Yue's memorial to Li Si for handling, and Li Si thought Chunyu Yue's idea was very absurd.

In addition, Li Si also reported to Emperor Qin Shihuang, believing that Chunyu was slandering the imperial system and denying the centralized system. It was a praise of the past and the present, and rumors confusing the public, praising his own private schools, and slandering the country's achievements. It was to criticize the emperor to increase their reputation, to innovate, inspire the lower classes, and slander the government.

It is recommended that all books from "Poems" and "Books" and various schools of thought will be destroyed, and only medical treatment, fortune-telling and related books will be retained. Moreover, those who want to learn this knowledge must also become officials as teachers.

Qin Shihuang adopted Li Si's suggestion, destroyed the "Poems" and "Books" and books of various schools of thought, and killed a group of alchemists. The purpose was to end the chaotic thoughts, eliminate those unstable factors, and lay a solid foundation for various "unification" later.

At the same time, this action also condensed ideas to a certain extent, laying the foundation for Emperor Wu of Han to "demolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone."

After that, under the leadership of Li Si, the Qin government began to strictly enforce laws, formulate laws and regulations, carriages and books and texts, unify currency, etc. The Qin State began to slowly integrate the six countries and consolidate the originally divided China into a whole.

Some people even said, "In fact, Qin Shihuang had backups of these hundreds of cultural books. Unfortunately, after Xiang Yu arrived in Xianyang, he burned a large number of books, which caused a large number of books to disappear completely."]

"My God! This is a bit too much!"

"But you can't deny that Xiang Yu really did the stupid thing of burning Xianyang City!"

"Xiang Yu robbed, slaughtered the city, and set fire in Xianyang City! The fire lasted for three months and the once magnificent Qin Emperor Palace has become a scorched earth, and human life is not as good as grass!"

"So, Emperor Gaozu defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty to follow the will of heaven and respond to the will of the people!"

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Xiang Yu really released the fire. As for whether it really burned down the classics of hundreds of schools, it cannot be verified.

[When Li Si was sixty-four years old, he finally became prime minister and reached the top of his career. His dream came true.

The eldest son Li You became the governor of Sanchuan County, in charge of Xingyang, Luoyang, and Kaifeng, and was the gateway of Xianyang. His status was extraordinary. His sons all took princesses, and his daughters were all married to the princes of Qin, and they were deeply trusted. The Li family had definitely become the top powerful people in Qin!

From Yi Jie to the prime minister of the dynasty, Li Si proved that poor families can produce noble sons, which is also an inspirational model in history.]

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