Chapter 101 First Emperor

At this point in the story, if Mr. Andersen continued to write it, I believe he would end the full text with the sentence "From then on, King Yingzheng and his subjects lived happily together".However, the real history will never be so happy. The so-called good show is behind and the story has just begun. As the British poet William Blake said in a poem: "The sword sings the song of death, but he cannot sing the harvest of the sickle." Peerless martial arts can be used to conquer the world, but it cannot be used to govern the world.The new empire, like a blank sheet of paper, is full of infinite possibilities and temptations, challenging Yingzheng and Li Si, waiting for their final answer.

Fortunately, Ying Zheng and Li Si do not need to face complex issues such as energy crisis, greenhouse effect, nuclear arms race, terrorism, global economic integration, etc. like today's rulers.Unfortunately, what they are taking is an unprecedented road. There is no precedent to refer to, no predecessors to guide, and they can only cross the river by feeling the stones.The newly built Empire State Building is testing their political wisdom and historical vision. Yingzheng was undoubtedly prepared for this. At the beginning of the reunification, he unleashed a series of skillful combination punches, which made people dazzled and dizzy.

So where will his first punch land? Once, Zilu asked Confucius, "The king of Wei treats his son and governs, what will the son put first?" Confucius replied, "It must be corrected! If the name is not correct, the words will not be right; if the words are not smooth, the things will not be done. "Yingzheng's idea coincides with that of Confucius.His first punch was to justify his name—since I have achieved miraculous and great achievements, surpassing all the kings in the past and present, then all the old titles of kings can no longer match me, and I must find another one. Draft a new emperor title, make it worthy of this unprecedented empire, worthy of this unprecedented me.

Therefore, Ying Zheng issued an imperial edict to solicit a new emperor title.And this imperial edict was also carefully written. Although it was only issued to the level of the prime minister, the censor and other ministers, Ying Zheng made it play the role of a letter to the people of the entire empire. At the beginning of the edict, it says: "The king of South Korea accepts the land and imitates the seal. Please be a minister. He broke the contract and joined forces with Zhao and Wei to rebel against Qin. Therefore, he raised troops to punish him and captured his king. The widows thought it was good, and the concubine stopped fighting for a while. The king of Zhao sent his prime minister Li Mu to come to make an alliance, so he returned to his hostage. He had already betrayed the alliance and turned against us in Taiyuan, so he raised troops to punish him and won his king. Jia, the son of Zhao, made himself the acting king, so he raised his troops to destroy him. Wei Wang Shi made an agreement to enter Qin, and then he conspired with Han and Zhao to attack Qin, and the Qin soldiers punished them, so they broke it. King Jing offered to the west of Qingyang, and he rebelled, and attacked our southern county, so he sent troops to punish him, won his king, and decided The land of Jing. The king of Yan was confused, and his crown prince Dan Naiyin ordered Jing Ke to be a thief, and the soldiers punished him to destroy his country. Qi ground."

This is to list the crimes of the six countries (except for Yan, the rest are suspected of being imposed), seal the mouth of the world, and emphasize the justice of Qin's taking the world, and the demise of the six countries is purely their own fault-why do you want to destroy the six countries? In the country, the widow is innocent, and the widow is forced. After this, I just stepped into the topic and said, "The widow, with a humble body, launched an army to punish the riots. The spirit of Lai Zongmiao, the six kings will subdue their innocents, and the world will be settled. Now the name will not be changed. There is no way to call it a success. Pass it on. Later generations. Its Yidi title."

Naturally, the officials did not dare to neglect the imperial edict.Prime Minister Wang Wan, Yushi doctor Feng Jie, Ting Wei Li Si and others discussed for a long time, and then jointly wrote a letter to answer. This book is also written with great attention. The opening chapter says, "In the past, the five emperors lived thousands of miles away, but the princes could rule or not, and the emperor could not control them. Now your majesty raises righteous soldiers, punishes remnant thieves, pacifies the world, and the sea is a county. Counties, laws and regulations have been unified, which has never happened since ancient times, and the five emperors can't do it."

The implication in the words is to praise Ying Zheng's incomparable achievements.The implication is that it affirms that Yingzheng's request to recreate the emperor's title is timely and necessary. It is not only for the dignity of Yingzheng alone, but also conducive to boosting the morale of the whole people and enhancing the pride of the empire. Then he said, "I would like to discuss with the doctor: 'In ancient Qin mythology, there are emperors of heaven, emperors of land, and emperors of Thailand, and the emperor of Thailand is the most expensive." It is a 'system', an order is an 'imperial order', and the Son of Heaven calls himself 'Zhen'."

The word "Taihuang" is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of Li Si and others. They have compared Yingzheng with gods, but they still haven't satisfied Yingzheng.With a swipe of a pen, Yingzheng removed the word "Tai" and added the word "Emperor", calling himself "Emperor". Others were as suggested by Li Si and others, and will not be changed. Yingzheng's second punch, abolishing the long-standing posthumous posthumous system, fully demonstrated his conceit and arrogance that look down on the ages.Among the emperors of all dynasties, this move is not only unprecedented, but also unprecedented, but Yingzheng has his own sufficient reasons, and ordered: "I heard that there are names in ancient times, but not posthumous names. Discussing the father, the ministers discussing the emperor, it is very meaningless, I can't take it. Since now, the posthumous law has been eliminated. I am the first emperor. The future generations will be counted, the second generation, the third generation, and even the ten thousand generations, and it will be passed on endlessly."

In Ying Zheng's view, the emperor should go his own way, and no one is allowed to say anything.As for making the great Qin Dynasty "as far as the world is concerned, it will be passed on endlessly", perhaps it was just Yingzheng's rhetoric for a while, and I may not really believe it, but refer to the first three dynasties Xia (about 2205-1766 BC), Shang (about 1766 BC) ——1122 BC) and Zhou (approximately 1122 BC—256 BC), Yingzheng should be full of confidence: Even if it cannot be passed on forever, it will be easy to maintain for 1800 years, what do you think? , Cao San?