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Chapter 442 Qin State Changes Prince Fusu
Richard's words made Ying Zheng fall into deep thought. Yes, even the old Qin people are unwilling to fight for the Qin State, so what hope is there for the Qin State?

With the remaining strength of six generations, he swept across the world, unified the country, and then died in the second generation?

No! This is not the Qin I want! Ying Zheng's eyes showed a resolute look. When he was a four-year-old child, he was wandering on the streets of Handan, fighting with wild dogs for food, but he did not give up. When he first ascended the throne, his stepmother and Lao Ai joined forces to frame him, but he did not give up. Even his uncle was killed by him.

He had walked step by step from a discarded child in Handan to where he is today, and his character had long been extremely tough. Although he had witnessed the burning of Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, and the great imperial foundation he had established was destroyed in an instant.

After coming to his senses, Ying Zheng suppressed the endless anger in his heart and said respectfully to Richard, "Thank you for your guidance, Immortal. Where do you live?"

"I just came to Daqin and have no place to live."

"If the Immortal Master doesn't mind, then you can live in Ganquan Palace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Richard said.

"Master, I want to appoint you as the national teacher. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"

"Okay." Richard waved his hand and didn't care about it.

"Your Majesty, I would like to read the literature and books of various countries. Is that possible?" Richard said. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was a period of great explosion of various thoughts for Chinese civilization.

During this period, various schools of thought and doctrines of the pre-Qin period continued to emerge, and many of them have been completely lost in later generations. In addition, there were books such as the Tao Te Ching left by the Taoist ancestor that had not been tampered with by later generations.

Richard was very interested in these books, and the man was the Taoist Patriarch. Richard really wanted to learn something from him. If he could learn even a little bit from him, it would be of great benefit to him.

"Hahaha, Immortal, you can read it at will. I will order the official historian to send all the books over." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

"Thank you very much!"

"My Lord, I still have some things to deal with. I am sorry for neglecting you. You may walk around the palace freely." Ying Zheng's illness was completely cured, and he also received the guiding technique bestowed by Richard. He was full of energy.

When he thought that his Great Qin would collapse in less than ten years, he immediately began to adjust various policies. Richard did not go around the palace, but picked up the bamboo slips next to him and read them.

At the same time, the palace servants returned to work. They had no idea what had just happened, and didn't even react to Richard.

This greatly surprised Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, don't be surprised. They will not have any memory of what happened just now." Richard said with a smile.

After hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded and began to modify the national policy.

In the future scene just now, he clearly saw the situation in the world. Although Ying Zheng was concerned about the people before, he did not go to the people to check it out in person.

He ruled the world with Qin law, but under such circumstances, he made a fatal mistake, that is, the people of the six states were not used to the strict Qin law. Another reason was the number of officials.

The Qin Dynasty unified the country, but there were not enough officials. You know, in this era, reading and writing were almost completely irrelevant to ordinary people. There were very few qualified officials.

Since Qin State conquered the six kingdoms, it naturally could not use the officials of the six kingdoms anymore, otherwise it would be unclear whether those places were Qin’s territory.

This has led to a serious problem: insufficient number of officials. The basic qualities of many officials simply cannot enable them to govern the local areas reasonably.

The territory of Qin State has expanded several times, the population has increased five times, and the number of officials needed has increased at least five times. Qin State simply cannot train so many qualified officials in a short period of time. As for the lower-level officials, there are even fewer.

In order to make the country run normally, the Qin State could only send many unqualified officials and use many original officials from various countries.

There is still a big question mark as to who these officials are loyal to.

No matter how rigorous and perfect the Qin Law was, it still needed people to implement it. This led to a serious problem, and the Qin Law eventually became a tool in the hands of those people.

In fact, after the First Emperor began to conscript laborers across the country on a large scale, public security in various places deteriorated, and the court's control over the local areas became increasingly weak.

Otherwise, Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang could have gathered 800 Jiangdong men in their hometown without being discovered by Qin Shi Huang. Zhang Liang sent a strong man to assassinate the first emperor with a big club, but he hit the secondary carriage by mistake and was not caught by the officials.

The root cause was that there were problems with the Qin State’s grassroots power organs.

At the beginning, the world had been at war for hundreds of years. Qin was able to unify the world, and the people did not want to fight anymore. The war that lasted for hundreds of years caused great harm to the people of all countries in the world.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, if it had given the people time to recuperate, the world would not have fallen apart.

As a result, before the people who thought the world was at peace had a chance to enjoy a few years of peace, the imperial court began to conscript people for forced labor. The decades-long forced labor was unbearable for the people.

After learning about the future, the First Emperor immediately ordered that the construction of the Afang Palace and the Mausoleum of the Emperor Li in Mount Li be stopped. At the same time, all conscriptions for labor were stopped, and all the people were given food and returned to their hometowns.

At the same time, he issued a general amnesty, pardoning all criminal laws except for serious crimes. Then he issued an imperial decree that officials in all regions should not seek immortals anymore and that all officials should rectify local government affairs.

When the First Emperor's edict was delivered to the Prime Minister's Office, Li Si saw the edict in his hand and began to doubt whether it was fake.

Although the First Emperor had been deceived many times in the name of seeking immortals, seeking immortals had always been a priority for officials in various places. Now the First Emperor had even revoked the order to seek immortals, which meant that something big must have happened.

Did those Confucian scholars convince His Majesty? Otherwise, why would His Majesty issue such an edict?
Li Si thought for a moment, then asked, "Eunuch, did His Majesty meet anyone today?"

"Prime Minister, I don't know." The eunuch bowed.

"Then thank you for your trouble, eunuch." Li Si did not get an answer, but was still very polite.

After delivering the imperial edict, the eunuch did not stay and went straight back to the palace.

Although the First Emperor knew what Li Si did later, he did not directly remove Li Si from his official position or imprison him, but continued to employ him.

Li Si was very talented, and the First Emperor now needed him to assist in handling state affairs. Moreover, he was not worried that Li Si would cause any trouble in his hands. As long as he wanted, he could kill him at any time.

Li Si didn't know what happened in the palace, but since the edict had been issued, it had to be carried out. So the officials of the Prime Minister's Office issued the court's order to the 36 counties of the country. The first order was to suspend all labor conscription, and the second was to grant amnesty to the whole country, pardoning all crimes except serious crimes. The third was to distribute food to the prisoners in Mount Li and the Afang Palace and allow them to return home. The fourth was to prohibit officials from all over the country from seeking immortals.

After the four edicts were issued, there was an uproar everywhere, and those who had been drafted to do forced labor cried in excitement. You know, in ancient times, forced labor was so heavy that many people died in it.

Now that they heard that the court had stopped conscription for labor, people all over the country were as happy as if it were New Year. Then the court pardoned crimes, and many people who had fled to various places returned home.

In fact, many bandits are unwilling to continue being bandits. The main reason why these people gather in the mountains is to avoid taxes and labor.

After learning that the imperial court had stopped conscripting people to work and pardoned their crimes, many of the bandits began to return home. At its peak, the number of prisoners in Mount Li and the Afang Palace exceeded 700,000, and even now there are still hundreds of thousands.

All of these people were pardoned, and the First Emperor ordered them to be given food and cloth and allowed to return home. When the order was issued, the huge construction site was filled with cheers.

Hundreds of thousands of people began distributing supplies and returning to their hometowns.

On the other hand, the survivors of the six kingdoms who were hiding under the waters of Daqin also discovered that something was wrong.

"What happened? Why did the tyrant suddenly change his temper? He even stopped conscripting people for labor."

"I don't know, but this is a good thing. At least we can relax a little! We don't have to spend money to find people to prepare for labor."

"Do you think it is possible that the tyrant is dead?"

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"possible!"

"Should we just take action?"

"Wait, we can't be the first to act, what if he's not dead?"

"Yes, wait for others to make the first move!"

The imperial court's decree was quickly implemented, and the long-standing resentment in various places suddenly settled down. Seeing this situation, the remnants of the six countries who had been secretly agitating could only temporarily stop their movements.

In the past, the imperial court had oppressed people too much, and people from all over the country were dissatisfied, so their agitation was very successful. Now that the imperial court has changed the edict, it will be easy for them to be discovered if they continue to agitate.

The city of Xianyang seems peaceful, but beneath the calm surface, undercurrents are surging.

The Black Ice Platform of the First Emperor was constantly dispatched to gather all kinds of information and then send it to the palace. A large amount of intelligence was collected from all over the place and transported to the palace.

The First Emperor looked at the various intelligence sent by the Black Ice Platform and soon discovered that things were very similar to what he had seen in the future, although the intelligence was far less serious than in the future.

But if he continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before he could reach the future he had envisioned. The world was indeed as the Immortal Master had said, and there was already something wrong. Adjusting national policy was urgent.

At the same time, the First Emperor also discovered that many local officials were breaking the law, which made him look very unhappy.

"Your Majesty, the chickens and ducks you asked people to feed are all dead." At this moment, a palace servant hurried over to report.

"Dead?" Ying Zheng's face suddenly turned gloomy. The things he had people feed were the elixirs made by those alchemists. In just five or six days, all the chickens and ducks died.

Ying Zheng immediately went there in person to see what was going on.

Sure enough, when Ying Zheng arrived at an open space, he saw more than a dozen chickens and ducks lying on the ground without any life. Even those that survived were dying.

Seeing this situation, Ying Zheng's face became even gloomier. At the beginning, although Richard showed many magical methods, he did not believe them all.

Although Richard did look like an immortal, Ying Zheng had been deceived many times and still had doubts in his heart. Now seeing this scene, he completely believed Richard's words.

These so-called elixirs will not make you immortal if you take them, but will kill you instead!
"Someone come here!" Ying Zheng said coldly.

"Your Majesty, I'm here!" Several guards stepped forward and said.

"Go and arrest all the alchemists who made the elixir, including their families, and interrogate them!"

"I want to know if they are plotting to murder me!"

Following Qin Shi Huang's order, the Black Ice Platform was quickly dispatched. The alchemists who originally enjoyed a special status in the palace were directly dragged away by the soldiers for interrogation like pigs and dogs.

All of Heibingtai's troops were mobilized at once, and the officials who had experienced this scene were frightened and trembling.

A large number of alchemists were arrested and interrogated. At the same time, the imperial army began to suspend the construction of various large-scale projects. Even the construction of the Great Wall was reduced. The court released a large number of laborers. The Huns outside the Great Wall are now very honest. When Meng Tian led his army to fight against the Huns, the Huns were beaten badly by the Qin State's crossbow formation.

There are now 300,000 troops stationed in the Great Wall area, and the Huns dare not go south at all.

At this time, the Great Wall had been almost completed, and most of the highways in various places had also been completed. After stopping the construction, the First Emperor had already ordered people to extend the construction period, reduce the number of laborers, and no longer required it to be completed in a short time.

With this decree, officials from all over the country also breathed a sigh of relief.

Under such circumstances, Prince Fusu returned from the Great Wall. Seeing this scene, many officials were puzzled. Some even secretly speculated that the first emperor was in poor health and wanted to recall Fusu to the throne.

When Ying Zheng saw Fusu rushing back, exhausted, and bowing respectfully to him, he felt much better. A few years ago, he drove away all of Fusu's teachers and exiled him to the Great Wall in order to hone him.

His eldest son was kind and intelligent, and treated his brothers very well, but the only thing about him was that he was not like his father.

As the first emperor, he was cold and majestic, and believed in the Legalists. He implemented Qin laws throughout the country and established a unique county system. However, his eldest son Fusu did not approve of the county system and even wrote a letter to promote the feudal system.

This is simply ridiculous! In promoting feudal fiefdom, didn't he know the lessons of the Zhou Dynasty?
King Wu divided the world among the princes, but what was the final result? The princes fought each other, and the world was in turmoil for hundreds of years. In the end, the Qin people unified the world. If they divide the world again, wouldn’t that be a repeat of the Zhou Dynasty’s old path?

Then what is the meaning of unifying the world?
He implemented the Qin laws, but his son re-introduced the Confucian way of governing the country. If Confucianism was really capable of governing a country, then why did no prince use Confucius's way for hundreds of years during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?
I have read so much that I have become stupid. I don’t know how I am doing now after spending several years at the Great Wall.

(End of this chapter)