Chapter 189: Flourishing Guanzhong
As Li Si said in his last letter to Hu Hai, Li Si, who had served Qin for 38 years, was conscientiously planning for Daqin, whether in the process of Daqin's unification of the world, or after Daqin unified the world.
Abolish the division of the county and the county, the level of Baiyue, the fixed measurement, the currency system, the car with the track, the book with the text. And so on, these are just some of the traces left by Li Si in Daqin. The construction of Zheng Guoqu, the Great Wall, and the galloping road to the world are also indispensable to Li Si's strategy.
If there was no Li Si, even if Daqin could finally dominate the world, it would be a few years or more than ten years late. Without Li Si, it would be impossible for Great Qin to quickly establish a complete and effective order to rule the entire world after its unification.
Similarly, if there were no Li Si, there would be no Huhai today.
Although Li Si also has too many weaknesses in his surname, greedy for power, jealousy of the virtuous, black-bellied, etc., this cannot hide his contribution to Daqin and the entire Huaxia clan.
The county system has influenced thousands of years of Chinese history. Even in later generations, the system founded by Lees was still used.
At this moment, looking at Li Si, who looked serene and like an old man next door lying quietly on the ice bed, Hu Hai's heart was unprecedentedly complicated.
It stands to reason that no matter what, he should hate this old thing for almost killing Concubine Li, so that his unborn heir died like this. However, when the truth of the matter really appeared in front of Hu Hai's eyes, Hu Hai suddenly found that he had anger and anger in his heart, and he had everything that should not have been, but he didn't have that hatred.
"Alas!"
Hu Hai was silent for a while, and let out a sigh. Then, Hu Hai straightened his clothes and silently slammed Li Si who was lying on the ice bed to the ground.
The dead are greater.
Let him pass the past. Hu Hai said silently in his heart.
The emperor had never made such a big salute to people in front of people, and the ministers of the court and the central government who gathered outside the hall all had tears in their eyes when they saw Hu Hai's movements. Li Si really deserves this worship.
After a long time, Hu Hai straightened up, and suddenly shouted with a thunderous tongue: "Li Aiqing, go all the way!" In the next life, you and I will be kings and ministers again! ”
In the empty lobby, "Li Aiqing, go all the way!" In the next life, you and I will be kings and ministers again! The words echoed slightly, penetrating the lobby, through the inner courtyard, and echoing over the entire Xianyang, lasting for a long time.
"Prime Minister, it's easy to go all the way!"
Under the leadership of Meng Tian, a group of important ministers in the court shook the body of Li Si, who was lying peacefully, to the ground, and shouted in unison!
Li Si also deserves everyone's worship.
Happiness is contagious. Sadness, in fact, is also contagious.
With the cry of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the people who came from all over Xianyang burst into tears.
The whole Xianyang is shrouded in endless sadness.
…… On the night of July 24 in the first year of Great Qin II, Li Si, the prime minister of Great Qin, died of illness in the prime minister's mansion at the age of sixty!
Subsequently, Emperor Daqin II issued a series of edicts.
Li Sigong, the prime minister of the Great Qin, is in Sheji, and he is specially given to Li Si Qin Marquis, hereditary replacement, and the place of Li Si's tomb is selected on the side of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Lishan, and Li Si, who has worked hard for the Great Qin all his life, will sleep on the side of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor and accompany the First Emperor!
Feng Quai, the right prime minister of Great Qin, was moved to the left prime minister after hard work. Sanchuan County Shou Li You is known as a virtuous person and promoted to the right prime minister. The Sanchuan County Guard was transferred from Lieutenant Fang Youcong. After the post-canonization ceremony, the 7749th day was postponed, and then the zodiac auspicious day was selected.
The postponement of the post-book ceremony was proposed by Li Yan. And this is more in line with Hu Hai's mind. After all, if the father is lost in the family, according to the system, no happy events such as marriage are allowed within 7749. And if Li Si's body is kept with ice bricks all the time, it will inevitably decay in this hot summer.
On the first day of August in the first year of Great Qin II.
The sadness that enveloped the entire Xianyang for seven days reached its peak on this day. Today, it is the funeral of Qin Hou Li Si.
The endless white flags drown the whole of Xianyang!
Countless ordinary people and nobles from Longxi, Jiuyuan, Beidi, Bashu and other counties rushed to see off Li Si. The surging and endless flow of people filled the huge Xianyang City.
Out of Xianyang, the surging flow of people crowded on both sides of the avenue, and the endless white flags continued to the sky.
There are more than 40 miles from Xianyang to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Lishan, and Meng Tian and Feng Quji personally supported Li Si's coffin, and the honor guard of Emperor Daqin II opened the way for Li Si, and the honor was unparalleled.
Guns are like forests, gorusen, armor is strong! Surrounded by more than one million soldiers and civilians, Li Si, a generation of powerful ministers, has won countless times more glory than the original history, and he must be able to live in Jiuquan in peace.
The funeral has ended, the drought has been resolved, and the surging flow of people has gradually begun to leave Xianyang and return to their hometown to prepare for a new round of farming.
At this time, Xianyang once again issued an edict that shocked the whole world.
On the second day of the eighth month of the first year of Great Qin II.
Emperor II of Great Qin issued an edict to abolish all private slaves in Great Qin and pardon all private slaves as commoners, and the edict spread throughout the world at a whirlwind speed.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
The places in Guanzhong, which had just passed Li Si's death and had not yet quieted down, bore the brunt. However, to the surprise of all those who were secretly happy that Guanzhong was about to be in chaos, with the edict of the Second Emperor, the nobles of the family from all over Guanzhong took the lead in releasing all the private slaves in the mansion and sending all the slave documents to the Shangji Mansion.
Following the actions of these Guanzhong families were many courtiers in the Great Qin Dynasty, from the three princes and nine secretaries to the officials and officials, as long as there were private slaves in the palace, they all rushed to send all the private slaves to the Shangji Mansion for the record when the emperor's edict was issued.
In less than three days, more than one million private slaves from all over Guanzhong were dedicated to the innocent people of Daqin.
For the first time, enjoying the taste of freedom, countless people who had just become commoners to get rid of their private slave status spontaneously gathered in the Xianyang Palace Square, and kowtowed to the high Xianyang Palace over and over again.
Those who have never been slaves will never be able to understand the sadness and sorrow in their hearts. One is said to be a slave, a slave for life, and a slave for generations, this is an iron law in the pre-Qin era, and no one can change it. They are not people, but slaves. Even a slave who is inferior to a pig or a dog!
Hu Hai's edict saved not only them, but also the descendants of the more than one million of countless private slaves in the whole world. Let them get rid of the status of slaves and walk on the road with ease, and get rid of the slave marks engraved on their necks, arms or thighs. Let them enjoy the joy of family, so that they can marry and have children...... Let them be able to say confidently, I am a Qin person!
The hearts of the people were silently condensed in the second emperor! Now I am afraid that if anyone dares to say a bad word about the emperor today, I am afraid that if Long Wei does not go out, countless people will immediately pounce on them and tear them to pieces.
"Long live Your Majesty!" The cry enveloped the entire Xianyang City!
After the second emperor Hu Hai personally appeared to appease him, all the private slaves who had just become Qin people spontaneously went to the Shangji Mansion to register and receive identity plates. At the same time, they also received a piece of land, an iron farm implement, a commonly used pots and pans, etc.! And, of course, the most important things, grain, seeds, and salt!
Everything, the emperor is ready for them!
All they need to do is to get to their share of the land as soon as possible, reclaim the land, plant seeds, and build houses.
What else are they not satisfied with?
What else could they not be satisfied with?
Soon after the surging abolition order, on August 11 of the first year of Great Qin II, Emperor Great Qin II issued another edict.
All the officials of the court and the central government went up to the three dukes and nine kings, and went down to the ordinary officials of the township pavilion, and they were replaced by the copper coins minted by Shangfang, and at the same time, the edict stipulated that all the currencies used in the trading were settled by the gold and copper coins minted by Shangfang. It is forbidden to buy cloth coins, shellfish coins and other money! Ban the copper and iron coins of the Six Nations! Once discovered, the family will be wiped out!
The gold and copper coins minted by Shangfang are the only currency of Daqin! Anyone who dares to privately open a workshop to imitate coins or mint coins privately will find out that the Nine Clans will be destroyed! If each family has coins, they can be exchanged for coins minted by Shangfang at their discretion in the upper house. If there is a person who uses coins that are not minted by Shangfang, he will be convicted according to the number of coins!
At the same time, all parts of Guanzhong, the official grain mills, iron mills, cloth mills, salt mills and other shops under the Shangji Prefecture are all open for business on August 11! Everything is settled in Shangfang gold and copper coins!
All merchants in each county and county are required to register and make a register from the prefecture when the edict is issued, so as to be proof of tax payment. Merchants from all over the country only need to register and record in the local counties and counties, and they do not need to pay taxes when they walk around Daqin with special road guides made by the Shangji Prefecture.
If you find that there are private road guides and businessmen who evade taxes, they will be distributed!
The counties of Guanzhong, which had just passed the order of abolition, once again ushered in the second wave of strong impact from the Second Emperor!
At the beginning of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, although Li Si set the currency system, it was only a form in all parts of Great Qin, not to mention that the currency system of all counties in Guanzhong was extremely chaotic.
Because the First Emperor moved more than 100,000 wealthy families from all over the world to Xianyang, it also directly led to these wealthy families from the Six Kingdoms each bringing a lot of currencies that originally belonged to the Six Kingdoms, such as gold coins, iron coins, and even cloth coins.
Now, this series of edicts from Hu Hai means that all kinds of coins stored in the homes of those rich families can no longer be used, and they must go to the Shangji Mansion to exchange for the universal gold and copper coins minted by Shangfang!
As those who were still waiting and watching, it was also a large number of nobles of the Guanzhong family who took the lead in taking action, and they took the gold and iron and other currencies stored in their respective mansions to the Shangji Mansion and began to exchange them.
Then the exchange trend began to spread to all counties in Guanzhong!
In less than ten days, the coins in Guanzhong have been filled with gold and silver coins minted by Shangfang, and the rest of the coins have no place to stand.
At the same time, near Xianyang, more than a dozen government-run schools quietly began to recruit students. And many schools in Neishi County, where Xianyang is located, are also in intensive preparation.
In the scorching summer, after the great drought, people can be seen everywhere in Guanzhong sweating and working hard, although tired, but everyone's face is filled with a happy smile from the heart, and the sound of Lang reading began to appear in Xianyang for the first time!
Guanzhong, where the foundation of Daqin is located, shows the only vigorous scene that has never been seen before!
(To be continued)