After the King of Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms in the 26th year (22 1), the title of King was not enough to show his industry, so he was called Emperor. And continue to implement Shang Yang's legalist policy since the reform of Xiaozong, strengthen the absolute monarchy, weaken the old aristocratic forces, and promote the nobles who rose from military service.
The land ownership of the Qin Empire basically maintained the "Wang You" land system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but changed "Wang You" to "state-owned". In 2 16, Qin Shihuang ordered farmers all over the country to report the actual amount of land occupied in order to collect taxes. It is also practiced that even civilians can be awarded land and titles as long as they have military merits.
Degree certification system
During the Warring States period, the systems of weights and measures and monetary systems in various countries were very inconsistent. After the reunification of Qin dynasty, it was stipulated that the currency could be divided into gold and copper: gold was the upper currency and yi was the unit; Copper coins are called coins, which are unified into circular square holes, with half two as the unit. Gold coins are mainly for the emperor, and copper coins are the main circulation media.
Change the monetary system
Qin Shihuang unified the currency mainly in two ways: first, the state unified the coinage, severely punished private coinage, and held the right to manufacture the currency in the hands of the state. The second is to unify the two currencies, namely, the upper currency gold and the lower currency copper.
The change of gold is based on "Iraq", and one Iraq is 22 Liang. Copper coins take "half Liang" as the unit, and the word "half Liang" is obviously cast in gold coins. Copper coins are shaped like square holes, commonly known as "Qin Banliang".
Promote ethnic exchanges
Before Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he paid attention to the rule of ethnic minorities in southwest, southeast and northwest regions, thus strengthening the political and cultural ties of a multi-ethnic unified country dominated by the Chinese nation.
After reunification, officials were set up in the southwest minority areas, making them a part of Qin State. In order to strengthen the connection between the Central Plains and the southwest, Chang Li has opened a five-foot-wide plank road, which runs through the north and south.
Immortal journey
From the 28th year to the 31st year of Qin Shihuang (2 19-2 15), he toured the eastern coast, the Jianghuai valley and the north, and everywhere he went, he carved stones to praise his merits.
Later, Qin Shihuang was infatuated with the immortal Immortal Technique and believed in fate. It is also said that there are three islands in the sea, Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou, where immortals live, and there is an "elixir of life", which can be "immortal" after taking it. Qin Shihuang wants to be a fairy. Some strange pedantic adulterers, such as Lu Sheng, Han Zhong, Xu Fu and Hou Sheng, all defected to the Qin Dynasty.
burning books and burying Confucian scholars alive
In the thirty-second year of Qin Shihuang (2 15 BC), he asked Yan people Lu Sheng to worship the door and swear to be an immortal, and later asked Han Tong, Hougong and Shi Sheng to ask for immortal medicine. There are also Confucian scholars who advise on the behavior of Qin Shihuang. Dr. Qi Renchun suggested that the first emperor should still implement the policy of enfeoffment of imperial clan children as princes, and the first emperor handed it over to his lieutenants for discussion.
Prime Minister Reese objected. Li Si's memorial prompted Qin Shihuang to order the burning of books and ban them, stipulating that all history books in the Qin Dynasty should be burned. If you are not a doctor, anyone in the world who dares to collect poems and hundreds of papers will carefully keep them and burn them. Those who dare to talk about "poetry" and "books" will abandon the market; The past is not the present, family. Those officials are all guilty of the same crime if they don't mention it.
If it doesn't burn for the next 30 days, it will be a city. Quasi-preserver, the book of planting trees. If you are willing to study law, you should learn from officials.
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Although the Qin Dynasty only lasted 15 years, the ruling mode established by Qin Shihuang continued. Qin Shihuang was the main designer of centralized feudal monarchy in China for more than 2,000 years, and his influence was far-reaching and extensive, which was unmatched by any other emperor. In the history of the world, many emperors created a huge empire, but their actual influence could not be compared with that of Qin Shihuang.
In the west, people often compare Qin Shihuang with the Roman emperor Caesar. Generally speaking, there is not much difference in population and area between the Roman Empire and the Qin Dynasty. But it was shorter than the Roman Empire, which fell apart after Caesar's death.
The Qin dynasty was not, which is why Qin Shihuang had a unique influence. Therefore, in any list of outstanding emperors in the world, Qin Shihuang almost always ranks at or near the highest position.
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