Chapter 104 Section 4 Other Policies

Policies such as discussing the emperor's name, abolishing posthumous posthumous titles, Congshuide, and establishing prefectures and counties were put on the agenda after the unification.The following policies, however, had already been conceived and matured long before the reunification, and they will be put into practice immediately after the reunification becomes a fact. These policies have the same keyword: unity. First of all, unify the weights and measures, and the empire adopts a unified measurement standard.To this end, the central government issued uniformly produced standard measuring instruments to all counties and counties, and engraved the full text of the emperor's imperial edict on them (there are a few measuring instruments that have been handed down to this day fortunately).At the same time, it is also stipulated in the law that anyone who is inaccurate in measurement, such as short catty and short tael, or big fights in and small fights out, will be punished accordingly to ensure the implementation of this policy.

Second, unify the currency. "The currency of a country in China is second-class. The gold is the upper currency because of its reputation; the copper coin is known as half-liang, which is as heavy as its text, and is the lower currency. Pearls, jade, tortoise shells, and silver tin are treasures of utensils and treasures, not coins. The right to mint currency is all under the control of the state, and private minting of money is strictly prohibited.Even if the money minted by the state is poor in quality or excessively worn, no unit or individual can reject it for any reason. Third, unify the vehicle gauge, that is, the vehicles are on the same track.The idiom builds a car behind closed doors, which is a metaphor for doing things only subjectively, without asking whether it conforms to objective reality. The resulting car is not suitable for running on the road at all.Now that the car is built, why can't it run on the road?It may be a little difficult for modern people to understand this.But in ancient times, there were no concrete roads, not even asphalt roads, most of them were dirt roads, and the cars at that time were not equipped with tires, so the pressure on the roads can be imagined.Therefore, in some road sections, due to the soft soil, wind and rain erosion, and the horse-drawn carriage running back and forth, two deep ruts will appear on the road. It is difficult for vehicles with a gauge width that does not meet the requirements to drive on such roads.After the car is on the same track, it is naturally good news for the driver, and it is also good news for the car builder. From then on, they can safely build the car behind closed doors and go out naturally.

Fourth, unify the text.Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the scripts of various countries have gradually separated, and there are many cases where the same characters disagree and different characters agree.After the unification, government orders and documents were inconvenient, so Li Si took the lead to use the big seal script as the basis, delete the complex ones, choose the combination, and join them as the small seal script.Li Si wrote seven chapters of "Cangjie Pian", Zhao Gao wrote six chapters of "Yan Li Pian", and Hu Wujing wrote seven chapters of "Bo Xue Pian", which were promulgated as official standard calligraphy books for the teaching of schoolchildren and the public. Check out.China can be unified for a long time instead of being split into independent small countries. Qin's unified writing is almost certainly the most influential factor.Referring to Europe, we can see what China will look like today if the languages ​​of various countries are allowed to evolve on their own.

Since then, there have been two issues of selling troops and building a new Xianyang. In the Warring States Period for more than two hundred years, I suffered from the military revolution.Ideological circles such as the Mohists strongly advocate the theory of both love and non-attack, make love, not war.As for the people, they have been weary of soldiers for a long time.So the soldiers from all over the world were collected, gathered in Xianyang, and sold as Zhongji, twelve golden men, each weighing 240,000 catties, and put them in the palace to show the world that they would never fight again.There are twelve golden men here, and the Han Dynasty still exists. Later, Dong Zhuo, a wealthy man, destroyed ten of them and used them to make money. The two surviving ones were also destroyed by Fu Jian during the Jin Dynasty.It's a pity that if the twelve golden men can keep one, how can the statues of Sphinx and Venus be unique in the history of sculpture?

Since Xianyang has become the capital of the world, it should have the layout and atmosphere of the capital of the best, so as to gather the world's audio-visual and inspire the people.As early as in the process of unifying the world, every time Qin broke a country, he would refer to the palace design of that country and copy it on Xianyang Beiban.After the reunification, Xianyang, from the east of Yongmen to Jing and Wei, is 800 miles east and west.He also filled it with bells and drums from princes and beauties. Then move 120,000 wealthy households from all over the world to Xianyang.This is the so-called strategy of strong stems and weak branches.This kind of rich people dominates one side and wins the popularity of the people. They are all enemies of unity and unstable factors of the empire.If they were moved away from their former residences, their power would disappear, and they would be placed in Xianyang, under the watchful eye of the central government, and monitored, so naturally there would be no danger.However, within the borders of the six countries in the past, the rich and powerful will disappear, the local power will no longer exist, and the system of prefectures and counties will be implemented smoothly.

In the twenty-six years of Yingzheng, major events in the world are roughly as above.