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Chapter 443: The Qin Dynasty's County System and the Enfeoffment Order

"Father, your Majesty, I have been ordered to return to the capital to report." Fusu respectfully returned the imperial edict.

"Get up." Ying Zheng said.

"Thank you, father." Fusu stood up and said.

"Tell me what you have seen at the Great Wall in the past few years. Have you figured it out?" Ying Zheng said calmly.

"Father, I think that we should temporarily suspend the conscription of corvée labor, allow the people to recuperate, and implement benevolent policies throughout the world," Fusu said.

"Benevolent rule, benevolent rule, will those Huns recognize your benevolent rule? They only recognize swords!"

"Are you going to implement benevolent policies on them?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but say.

"Isn't your Majesty implementing benevolent policies now? When I came back, I heard that your Majesty has stopped all corvée labor and released all prisoners back home. This is benevolent policies!"

Seeing Fusu's dusty appearance, and thinking of his suicide in the future, Ying Zheng sighed in his heart and said nothing more. He was going to ask the immortal master for advice on how to educate his eldest son.

"You should go back to the palace and rest first!" Ying Zheng said.

After seeing Fusu return safely, Ying Zheng immediately ordered the Black Ice Platform to arrest Hu Hai, using the name of disobedience and unfilial piety. He had been holding back his temper before and had not lost his temper immediately. Now that Fusu was back, he no longer had this concern.

For the things Hu Hai would do in the future, Ying Zheng did not directly order him to be torn into pieces by five horses, which was a sign of his good self-cultivation. But Hu Hai had not done those things yet, so he could not kill Hu Hai for no reason. Therefore, Ying Zheng planned to imprison him and keep him in prison until his death.

He has ordered the construction of a high wall in Yongcheng to imprison him, making him live behind the walls for the rest of his life.

After dealing with all this, Ying Zheng hurried to find Richard.

"Immortal chief."

"Your Majesty is here." Richard said with a smile.

"My Lord, I am a little confused. Please help me solve this puzzle." Ying Zheng said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to ask?"

"My Lord, is there something wrong with the Qin State's implementation of the county system?" Seeing that the whole world would rebel in the future, Ying Zheng began to have some doubts about the county system.

Richard smiled and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the county system."

Richard knew very well that there were no problems with many of the systems established by Qin Shihuang, otherwise there would not be a saying that the Qin laws were followed by all generations in later generations. It is said that the Qin laws were harsh, but were they really harsh? You should know that the Han laws of the Han Dynasty were almost copied from the Qin laws, except that the penalties were reduced.

The county system appeared in the Qin Dynasty and was implemented for thousands of years. Even in the later republic, the shadow of the county system could be seen.

But why did the Qin Dynasty implement these systems, but eventually they collapsed? It was because they were too eager.

"However, Your Majesty is too eager to implement the county system."

"Too hasty?" Ying Zheng asked in surprise.

"Yes." Richard nodded and said, "Since the implementation of the county system, the imperial court's control over Guandong has declined. The imperial court lacked a large number of officials in a short period of time, and the forced implementation of the county system led to this result."

"I think your majesty already knows."

Ying Zheng nodded. He discovered this from the report from Heibingtai. The imperial court had very weak control over the counties in Guandong.

"Your Majesty, the court has been engaged in wars for years and has also conscripted a large number of laborers, which has caused great damage to production throughout the country and has affected the operation of the court."

"Moreover, the counties in remote areas are almost like the emperor is far away, and they have become local tyrants in reality."

"Master, what should we do?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The county system can be implemented now, but only in places that the court can control. For places with inconvenient transportation or long distances, we can divide them into states."

"For those areas that are far away, difficult to travel, and where the imperial court is weak, we can divide them into states and then send princes to take charge of them."

"Those princes will go there with an army, and then form their own team to rule the state. In this way, with the princes and the army in charge, these places will naturally be stable."

"But what if after a few generations, those states become too powerful and threaten the imperial power?"

"It's very simple. We can redivide those states in advance!" Richard said with a smile.

"Divide again?"

"Yes, after the court divides the states, the princes will go there. After those princes give birth to sons, Your Majesty can order the rulers of each state to divide the states among several sons for inheritance."

"Then after the sons of these princes are granted fiefs, they will be granted fiefs again when their sons grow up."

"After a few times, a powerful state will eventually become a dozen or even more states. These states will become a loose sand, and the imperial court will be able to decide their life and death."

"Those states simply couldn't resist. After several divisions, they no longer posed any threat. If the emperor at that time is not stupid, he can slowly take back these lands."

After those states had managed the original barbarian lands for decades or even hundreds of years, the imperial court could almost re-implement the county system.

"Sir, you are so talented. You made me suddenly enlightened!" Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly with a gleam in his eyes.

In fact, this system of combining prefectures and counties with the feudal system was exactly the system implemented by the Han Dynasty, and the subsequent feudal system was the famous Enfeoffment Order. With the Enfeoffment Order, those states could not resist the central court at all. At that time, the states could be dealt with and the prefecture and county system could be implemented throughout the country.

Ying Zheng felt that this system was very suitable for the current Qin State. You know, although the Qin State unified the world, its ruling power in many remote areas was very low, and it was indeed a good idea to implement the feudal system now.

"By the way, Master, do you know about the incident of Mars guarding the heart and meteorites falling from the sky?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The Dongjun meteorite? Naturally I know that." Richard said.

"So is this meteorite really a warning from heaven?" Ying Zheng asked.

"It can be said that it is a warning from the sky, but the words on the meteorite are fake." Richard said: "The words on the meteorite were carved by someone else. The seven words are in Qin Dynasty seal script and cinnabar. It is obvious that they were man-made."

"It is true!" Ying Zheng said with a gloomy face.

"What is your majesty going to do?" Richard asked. "I am going to order everyone within a radius of fifty miles to be arrested and tortured. We must find that person!" Ying Zheng said.

Richard shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the person who carved the words on it may have already escaped. Even if you arrest those people, you won't be able to get anything out of them."

"If you arrest or kill those people, those with ulterior motives will only spread the news everywhere. Just let them go."

"Just do as you say, Immortal, and release all those people!" Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.

"My Lord, Fusu has returned to the capital today, but I think he is still going to promote Confucius' ideas!" Ying Zheng said dissatisfiedly.

"If that stuff is useful, the princes and nations would not stop using it, but he treats it as a treasure. What can we do?"

Richard smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you can bring Fusu here and I will teach him a lesson."

Ying Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said, "Thank you very much, Immortal."

"Your Majesty, you still have one important thing to do." Richard suddenly said.

"Please help me solve this doubt, Immortal Master!" Ying Zheng asked respectfully.

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"Your Majesty, you conquered the six kingdoms and swept across the world, but does this world really belong to Qin?" Richard asked.

Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it?"

"Haha, it's not that easy!" Richard said with a smile: "Although the six countries were destroyed, the nobles of the six countries were not destroyed!"

"Which of the nobles of the six countries is not a local overlord? They have lived in that land for hundreds of years, and their families are prosperous. They occupy a large amount of land, control a large population, and even many local officials are served by them. They are completely local emperors. The imperial court's decrees are not as important as their words."

"How can the imperial court control this place? How does this place belong to the imperial court?" Richard's words were like the sound of a huge bell, instantly waking up Ying Zheng.

"The nobles of the six kingdoms? No wonder in the future scenes, those six kingdoms could easily make a comeback. The six kingdoms in Guandong were instantly filled with smoke and the whole world was in rebellion. In a short period of time, they became so powerful. So that's how it is!" Ying Zheng murmured.

"These damn nobles of the six kingdoms, when I swept across the six kingdoms and moved their royal families to Xianyang, I was not harsh on them. Is this how they thank me now?"

Ying Zheng said with a grim expression.

"Your Majesty, if you don't deal with the nobles of the six countries, Qin's county system will not be implemented at all and can only remain superficial."

"It seems that I have been too kind to them!" Ying Zheng said coldly.

"Master, I plan to move all the nobles of the six countries to Guanzhong. What do you think?"

"Of course it's possible!" Richard nodded. Migrating the nobles of the six countries to Guanzhong was naturally a very good idea.

The reason why the nobles of the six countries were able to stir up trouble in the local area was that they were local tyrants with a huge network of relationships, land, and clans. Once they were forcibly relocated to Guanzhong, everything they relied on would eventually disappear.

When they arrived in Guanzhong, they were unfamiliar with the place and could only let others do whatever they wanted.

Moreover, although the land of Guanzhong has been cultivated by the Qin State for hundreds of years, there are still many places that have not been reclaimed. You must know that during the Han Dynasty, the world's population was more than 60 million at its peak, and now the total population of the Qin State is less than 40 million.

There are too many wastelands all over the world. Migrating those nobles to Guanzhong can, on the one hand, solve the problem of their local power and on the other hand, enrich Guanzhong. Besides, Guanzhong is under the feet of the emperor, and these people dare not commit any violations of law and order in Guanzhong.

As long as they committed any crime, Ying Zheng had plenty of ways to deal with them. As long as he wanted, these nobles would soon fall into decline.

"Your Majesty, the nobles of the six countries can be used to fill the population of Hetao. The lands of Longyou and Hexi are also very important to Guanzhong. Your Majesty can also use their power to open up the lands of Longxi and Hexi."

Richard said this and waved his hand gently. A flash of light appeared in front of his eyes, and a three-dimensional real-life map appeared before his eyes.

Seeing these lands, the First Emperor was stunned for a moment. He quickly recognized that the image in front of him was actually a map of the Qin State. And compared to the maps collected by the Qin State, the map in front of him was exquisite and ingenious.

"This is a map of the Qin State. This is Hexi, this is Longyou, Hetao, and these are the countries in the Western Regions!" Richard enlarged the map. Qin Shihuang's eyes widened. He could actually see the mountains and rivers clearly, and even a tree on the map.

"Master, are the people above real?" Ying Zheng suddenly said.

"Of course it's real!" Richard said with a smile, "This map is the result of me using my magic power to reflect the world and show the current areas here."

As Richard said this, he waved his hand gently, and the map instantly shifted to Xianyang City. Then the map enlarged, and Ying Zheng actually saw the people walking on the streets of Xianyang City.

"The immortal's magic is truly exquisite!" Ying Zheng said enviously.

"If Your Majesty can be deified by the Heavenly Court after your death, you will be able to master these little tricks." Richard said with a smile.

Ying Zheng took a deep breath and made up his mind that he must govern the world well and then be canonized as a god after his death.

"Your Majesty, the Qin army swept across the world and unified the country, but after pacifying the world, you did not distribute too many benefits to them. This is also one of the reasons why the old Qin people were unwilling to fight for the country later."

"Now is the perfect opportunity to move some of the Qin people to the six states of Shandong and give them some of the land of the nobles of the six states. After seeing such a reward, the Qin people will naturally become the invincible army again!"

"My Lord, I understand. I will ask people to prepare!" After Richard's narration, Ying Zheng understood the current problems of the Qin State and also had a solution.

After Ying Zheng left here, he immediately went back to prepare to draft an edict. He planned to enfeoff his adult sons to various places to establish states, and at the same time he also planned to enfeoff some meritorious officials who had made great contributions.

He planned to divide up the wild lands such as Lingnan, Wuyue, and Jingnan, while the Central Plains would continue to be used to implement the county system.

Next, Ying Zheng began to order Heibingtai to go to various places to collect information about the nobles of the six countries and prepare for the forced migration of the nobles of the six countries. He had already planned that some of the nobles of the six countries would migrate to Guanzhong, and some would migrate to Hetao and Hexi.

With the help of the nobles of these six countries, he opened up Hexi and Longyou.

After seeing Richard's map today, he suddenly had a new goal, which was to open up the Western Regions. From the map, it seemed that there was still a vast land in the Western Regions, which was very rich. Moreover, there was a close relationship between the Western Regions and the Huns in the north. He wanted to cut off the connection between the Western Regions and the Huns.

The climate in the Western Regions at that time was much more humid than it is today, the land was fertile, and the products were abundant. Now that he had already seen it, how could Ying Zheng let it go?

What's more, this is also a strategy to encircle the Huns.

The First Emperor had made up his mind to continue expanding the world, but he could not be too hasty in this expansion. He wanted the Qin Dynasty to continue.

(End of this chapter)