The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1111 Unification [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

Yan Yan nodded in approval. Soldiers needed to know why they were fighting and who they were fighting for. When everything was won, they naturally hoped to see their king.

I just don’t know what types of soldiers and military equipment the Qin State will have.

"Will you also bring out your decisive battle troops?" Yan Yan asked curiously.

The most well-known branch of the Qin Dynasty's decisive battle army is its Sharp Warriors Battalion, the Iron Eagle Sharp Warriors.

Bingzhou already knew this, but according to the Qin tradition, there must be some hidden arms.

For example, Wang Jian and Wang Ben's battle-hardened armored soldiers, the most elite Lishan Guards of the Qin Dynasty, and the golden fire cavalry of Meng Wu, who disappeared for a long time, etc.

"The Emperor will see it!" Xiong Qi smiled mysteriously but did not reveal any details.

The military parade is not only to build up the morale of the soldiers and let them know who they are fighting for, but also to show the style of the Qin Dynasty to those villains with ulterior motives.

"Then I'll wait and see!" Yan Yan nodded with a smile.

In the next few days, Yan Yan brought his family to pick up Xiao Yun'e, and then took a tour around Xianyang.

The Qin Dynasty's unification ceremony was finally held as scheduled.

All the gates of the Qin Palace were opened, and from the central avenue, one could see the Qinnian Palace, which represented the highest decision-making body of the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng, wearing a black ceremonial dress with a black bird pattern, stood in front of the Qinian Palace ceremony. On both sides, ceremonial guards were lined up all the way, one of which stretched all the way to the outside of the entire central street.

All the civil and military officials in the court also walked slowly towards the Qinian Palace in an orderly manner under the leadership of their respective chief officers.

"This is the momentum that an empire should have!"

Yan Yan said with emotion that compared with the Qin State, the number of officials in Bingzhou was still too small.

The Qin State had a total of thirty-six counties, but Bingzhou had only a few, so it was inferior to the Qin State in terms of numbers, and naturally inferior in momentum.

"There are 36 counties in the Qin Dynasty. There are 108 county magistrates and county supervisors. Even if not all of them are here, at least half of them are here. Together with the generals from various places, there are no less than 300 or 400 people."

Yan Lingji began to enumerate them one by one. What they saw were only half of the top officials of the Qin State, not to mention the officials of the Nine Ministers above the county magistrates, as well as the officers of the army.

"Yes!" Yan Yan nodded. Bingzhou is vast and sparsely populated, so there is no need for so many officials.

This is the foundation of the Qin Dynasty, and it is also the reason why Bingzhou would never take the initiative to go to war with Qin.

A large number of people also means that they are difficult to discipline, and these people are at least at the level of county governors, and they all need to be managed directly by Ying Zheng himself, with careful consideration of balance.

When Ying Zheng was alive, emperors like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who were praised by later generations, had to bow their heads and dare not say a word.

This is enough to show how much pressure Ying Zheng brought to the world and how strong his control over local counties was.

Yan Yan asked himself if he could be as thorough as Ying Zheng.

Bingzhou only has a few counties, while Qin has thirty-six!

"The six kings are gone, the four seas are one, and the world belongs to Qin!"

Ying Zheng spoke, and his voice was spread by the soldiers one by one, spreading to the entire Xianyang area.

The Qin people were also shocked by Ying Zheng's words and their blood boiled. After so many years of persistence from generation to generation, their generation finally saw the unification of the world and the rule of Qin!

The blood of the old Qin people was not shed in vain.

"From now on, the world belongs to Qin. There will no longer be Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi and other vassal states. South of the Great Wall, there is only one country, and that is our Great Qin!"

Ying Zheng continued to speak passionately.

"Long live the Great Qin, long live your Majesty!" All the civil and military officials of the Great Qin knelt down and cheered. Even the people of Xianyang spontaneously knelt down in the direction of the Qinian Palace.

This made Yan Yan and the others stand out from the crowd, fortunately they were standing far away from the home court.

However, Yan Yan was also sharp-eyed enough to notice the group of people who also did not kneel.

Bingzhou envoys!
Although Yan Chunjun's Later Yan also sent an envoy delegation, Baiyue, Dian Kingdom, and Yelang also sent people, they all knelt down.

“Should we kneel or not?” The Thirty-Six Western Regions also had envoys in Qin, but they were now under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou, so they were a little confused.

"Let's look at the Foreign Minister. If he tells us to kneel, we will kneel!" said a wise man.

Yan Yan was actually also observing their attitudes.

Gongsun Linglong looked towards Yan Yan awkwardly, not knowing how to respond to the representatives of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

"Should they kneel?" Yan Lingji asked curiously.

"If they admit that they are Bingzhou's vassal state, they don't need to kneel down to the Qin Emperor. If they don't admit it, then there is no need for them to exist. It doesn't matter whether they kneel or not!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

Nanyue knew Yan Yan's attitude and sent a message to Gongsun Linglong to convey Yan Yan's intentions.

As a vassal state of Bingzhou, it is unacceptable to kneel down and worship the king of another country!

Bingzhou is not dead yet!

This is like a family where the head of the family is still alive and they kneel down to worship the head of another family and acknowledge him as their father.

Therefore, as a vassal state of Bingzhou, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions did not need to kneel to the kings of other countries except to Yan Yan.

After receiving the reply, the envoys representing the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions also felt for the first time the glory of having a powerful suzerain state.

At least small countries like Yelang and Dian Kingdom needed to kneel, but they didn't.

In Bingzhou, you can call them Bingzhou dogs, but outside Bingzhou, what will you call us?
Ying Zheng also noticed this little thing, but seeing that these people were all related to the Bingzhou envoys, he guessed their identities, so he didn't care or get angry.

Bingzhou and Daqin are both empires, so there is no need to perform the kneeling ceremony.

"From today on, I will abandon my title of king and become the First Emperor, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty!"

Ying Zheng continued to speak and swear, but his eyes looked through the imperial gaze at Yan Yan.

You are the Emperor Xuanwu, so what? I am the emperor, the First Emperor, an emperor whose merits surpass those of the Three Sovereigns and whose virtues surpass those of the Five Emperors!
"..." Yan Yan was speechless. Damn this man's desire to win. Does he want to compete with himself?

Yan Yan smiled and bowed, "Forget it, you are the boss today, I'll give you face!"

The corners of Ying Zheng's mouth curled up slightly, and he continued the ceremony of the unification ceremony under the chairmanship of Yan Lu.

On the five-colored altar, I report to the heavens and to the earth; the heavens and the earth are all witnesses.

No one found the tedious ceremony boring because it was not a long speech. Instead, it was accompanied by war dances and music, which provided everyone with a break.

This is the greatness of Chinese etiquette. Although it is complicated and lengthy, it is not boring.

What's more, the host and director of this event is Yan Lu, the second in command from Xiaoshengxianzhuang, and he is assisted by the Qin Taimiao Ling and many great Confucian scholars.

There was no disrespect or inappropriateness during the entire ceremony.

The people of Xianyang also witnessed this historic moment together.

There are not many things they can remember. First, the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms; second, their king was called the First Emperor; third, from then on, there was only one nation in the world, the Chinese, and the rest were barbarians!
(End of this chapter)