The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 689 A Peaceful Year

Although the name of the Qin Dynasty remains the same, its interior has been completely renewed.

Standing on a high place and looking into the distance, the whole city exudes vigorous vitality under the sunshine, and the streets and alleys are bustling with people and traffic, making it extremely lively.

Looking back at the original history, the name of the Great Qin was once synonymous with the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, and the name of the King of Qin was also labeled as cruel. In the past, the world was conquered by force and killing. Such a way of ruling was doomed to be unsustainable.

Violence and killing are never the goal, but only the means to achieve the goal, just a "weapon". If the results brought by this weapon are more harmful than beneficial, then it means that it has been done wrong.

The most fundamental need of all living things in the world is survival. Everyone seeks a stable life. People will instinctively seek a more stable order. A high-pressure society built with violence and killing will never last long. People's ability to bear it has its limits.

The conversion strategy is converted in time.

Conquering the world requires force, but ruling the world is completely different; the more important means of ruling should be subtle guidance and clever deception.

Just like today, the Great Qin has become a country that everyone in the world yearns for, and the name of the King of Qin is a holy monarch favored by heaven, blessed by destiny, and his name of benevolence, righteousness and holiness is known to everyone, and respected by everyone.

Ying Zheng not only had the title of emperor, but also the power of emperor, which was crucial for the conquest and rule of the empire.

As for Xianyang today, it is undoubtedly the world's largest city and the most prosperous and flourishing place.

As high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the world settled in Xianyang, the scale of Xianyang became much larger than it was twenty years ago.

Ying Zheng was also foresighted. At the beginning of his reign, he instructed the planning of Xianyang's development. The entire expansion of Xianyang was planned. With the abilities of Mohists and Gongshujia, Xianyang is now even more prosperous than Chang'an in later generations.

It is roughly divided into the palace city, the royal city, and the outer city. The palace city is the Xianyang Palace, which is the administrative office and residence of Ying Zheng.

The Royal City is Xianyang City, adjacent to the Palace City, and is where the administrative offices of various departments of the central government are located. In recent years, Ying Zheng's Palace City has not been built on a large scale, but the Royal City has been expanded extensively, all for the future major changes in the official system.

The Outer City surrounds the palace city and the royal city, and is a residential and commercial area. In addition, the government department of Xianyang City, namely Jingzhao Prefecture, is also in the Outer City, but it is closer to the royal city.

The outer city also separates commercial and residential areas into four cities in the east, south, west and north, which is convenient for the people and for management.

The residential areas are arranged vertically and horizontally in a chessboard-like network. The eight avenues of Xianyang run in all directions, and all neighborhoods are interconnected by wide roads, like chessboard lines, which is very convenient.

A complete drainage and water supply system has also been built. The water system around Xianyang is well developed. The Weishui River, Jingshui River, Fengshui River, Laoshui River, Yushui River, Heshui River, Chanshui River, and Bashui River surround Xianyang, so there is no shortage of water. Four ditches have been built in the southeast, northwest, and northeast directions to ensure water demand. As for drainage, there are also underground channels for water drainage, and there are also specific rules and regulations for management.

The entire Xianyang city is so prosperous that anyone who comes to Xianyang now will be amazed and will definitely not want to leave. This is a prosperity that ordinary people cannot imagine.

Compared with Xianyang, ordinary counties and towns are like two different worlds.

However, this also leads to the fact that every inch of land in Xianyang is worth a lot of money, and the land price here is extremely high.

When Ying Zheng first ascended the throne, those who served the Qin Dynasty received not only houses and land, but also many financial rewards. Today, let alone other things, the price of the land alone is a figure that ordinary people cannot imagine.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight Chu Mo's base used to be outside the city, but within two years, it was inside the city, giving the Six-Fingered Black Knight a feeling of being in another world.

Originally, he was given a piece of land and simply built some houses, but the price later became so high that even the Six-Fingered Black Knight was shocked. Of course, he would never sell it.

There is no way. There were no high-rise buildings in this era. Except for some entertainment and dining places, most of the houses were flat. The floor area ratio could be said to be extremely low, so naturally every inch of land was valuable.

Now Xianyang is the center of the world. Every time a country is annexed, all the high-ranking officials and nobles and their families of the annexed country must move to Xianyang.

In addition to the wealthy families and big merchants from all over the country, as well as the hostages from various countries and tribes, and the royal families of small countries who moved to Xianyang, each of them brought their families and countless slaves. Xianyang expanded too fast.

The kings of the small countries in the Western Regions and the chiefs of the various Hu tribes had to come to the Qin Dynasty in person to pay tribute every few years, and basically they didn't want to leave once they came.

The gap is too big.

Many of them made a lot of money in the local area, passed on power to their children and grandchildren when they were old, and then came directly to Xianyang to retire and enjoy wealth.

Ying Zheng was also happy to see this happen, as there would be no more threats around the Qin Dynasty. He did not care how the kings and chiefs of these small countries exploited their local people, but rather made the Qin Dynasty look good, as long as it did not affect the Qin Dynasty's management system.

Apart from anything else, Tian Jian was quite happy with Qi. After cooperating with Lü Buwei to sort out and reorganize Qi and put it on the right track, he left Lü Buwei and Hou Sheng behind and returned to Xianyang without stopping.

Office? What the hell!

To put it bluntly, he didn't want to work when he was the King of Qi, and now that he is no longer the King of Qi, he is even less willing to work.

He is already fifty years old this year. Can't he just relax and enjoy himself?

The new palace built for him by Ying Zheng on the Wei River had not yet been completed, but he was not short of money and bought several more luxurious mansions in Xianyang. After he returned to Xianyang, Ying Zheng gave him another one.

He lived a life of drunkenness and dreams every day, without having to think about anything or worry about anything. Those government affairs and various checks and balances that used to give him the most headaches no longer required him to pay attention to them.

The main point is to have fun as much as you can. His attitude made Ying Zheng feel relieved and happy, so he treated him well and took him with him to all entertainment activities.

Occasionally, he would go out hunting, enjoy singing and dancing, appreciate the scenery and have a feast.

Nowadays, there are many entertainment activities in the Qin Dynasty, not to mention mahjong, leaf cards, chuiwan, etc., there is also cuju, and Ying Zheng also invented polo.

There are too many nobles. We cannot let them sit idle. It is easy for people to cause trouble when they are idle. It is better to provide them with more entertainment activities. It is better for them to indulge in sensual pleasures than to think about fighting for power and eyeing the treasure.

Moreover, the nobles' money has to go somewhere. Keeping it at home is not conducive to economic circulation. Given the spending power of high-ranking nobles, daily consumption alone is too weak to boost the economy. We need to find ways to make them spend it.

The most important thing is that the money flows.

Not only Tian Jian, Han An is also a person who can take things easy. The world is like this now, so why bother thinking so much?
Anyway, my grandson has been promised to be the King of Han, so let him do whatever makes him happy.

Before Tian Jian came to Xianyang, Han An was quite bored, mainly because it was difficult to find playmates.

Zhao Qian was too young to play with him. The State of Yan had been completely destroyed, and now that Tian Jian was here, he was his best choice.

Both of them took the initiative to submit. They were not too far apart in age and both loved music and sex. In particular, the two countries had never had any enmity, so the two of them immediately went out to play together.

As for Wei Zeng, it was not that the two did not want to play with him, but Wei Zeng was too ashamed to go out. In addition, he was depressed and ill. He had been lying in bed since the demise of the Wei Kingdom. After coming to Xianyang, he stayed indoors and was bedridden. It was feared that he would not live long.

Ying Zheng also sent imperial doctors to treat him, but the doctors did not have any good solution. Heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine.

Ying Zheng didn't care about this. He just needed to save face. Anyway, with Ying Zheng's current reputation, no one would think that Ying Zheng wanted to kill him.

Just die, it doesn’t matter.

Wei Zeng is no longer important.

Everything is going well and steadily this year. Everything is booming. Although the people have had a hard time, they are able to live and work in peace and contentment. After all, they no longer need to worry about the war that may come at any time.

The people only need to cultivate their own land and perform their own labor service, and they don’t need to worry about anything else.

Many newly promoted high-yield crops and cash crops have greatly improved the quality of life.

Land is distributed free of charge, seeds are given free of charge, and farm tools and livestock can be rented from the government.

The Qin Dynasty's perfect bureaucratic system and laws also meant that the people did not have to worry about being oppressed or manipulated at will.

We have also been working hard to promote and educate the law.

The talent gap in education and medical care will not be saturated for decades, and efforts are being made to fill it.

In the fields of thought, morality, culture, and belief, although there was not a hundred schools of thought, there was a flourishing of various schools of thought under the guidance of Ying Zheng, which promoted the theory of human nature and focused on educating people with high morality, benevolence, loyalty, and righteousness.

The unprecedentedly huge empire, coupled with a reasonable system, can generate incremental benefits that can satisfy the vast majority of people and allow everyone to strive for success with hope.

Everything is new and the people have been through wars for a long time and their minds are stable. Officials have not had time to become corrupt during the peace. This is the best of times.

In addition, the old nobility will suffer.

Those ancient nobles with noble blood and long heritage are doomed to become remnants of the old era and be completely crushed if they cannot change in time.

They can no longer rely on a noble surname to enjoy the benefits for generations.

Only with hard work can one survive in the Qin Dynasty, and only with merit can one enjoy wealth and glory in the Qin Dynasty.

Even if there is a legacy left by ancestors, if the descendants are not good, they will not be able to enjoy the wealth and glory for too long.

Ying Zheng was not in a hurry to start large-scale construction. There was no need to rush now as it was not the right time. He would have to wait for a few years of recuperation after unification. Then he would need to expand and renovate the Xianyang Palace.

The majestic and imposing palace complex is an important weapon to embody the royal majesty.

Respect the clothes first and then respect the person. This is what everyone in the world does.

In order to maintain dignity, many rituals and etiquette systems, as well as construction projects, are also necessary.

Many times, appearance determines substance.

(End of this chapter)