In the pre-Qin period, since Qin Mugong tried to become strong, the national fortune has become increasingly prosperous. Later, through the hard work of the Qin monarchs of the past dynasties, especially the appointment of Shang Yang by Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State became the most powerful country among the Seven Kingdoms. By the time of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, the power of Qin had risen again. King Zhuangxiang's name is Yiren, who once lived in Zhao as a hostage, and is a cowardly and incompetent person. The wealthy businessman Lü Buwei took a fancy to him: that is, he could use him to realize his great wish to become a businessman and a politician, so he married his love to him. Later, he gave birth to a son, because he was born on the first day of the first month of the forty-eighth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, he was named Zheng. Later, Yiren returned to Qin with the help of Lü Buwei and ascended to the throne, which was King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. King Zhuangxiang appointed Lü Buwei's Aiji as the queen and Yingzheng as the crown prince. When Ying Zheng was thirteen years old, King Zhuang Xiang died of a sudden illness, and Ying Zheng became the king of Qin on behalf of his father. At that time, the territory of Qin already had Bashu, Hanzhong, Wan, Yue, Ying, Nanjun, Hedong, Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Xingyang in the east. At this time, Lü Buwei served as the prime minister and was known as the Marquis of Wenxin. Ying Zheng was young, respected Lü Buwei as his middle father, and state affairs were handled by him. At that time, there was a student named Li Si who came to serve in Western Qin and was appreciated by Lü Buwei. At this time, Meng Fu, Wang Qi, Qi Gong and others successively served as generals.

After King Yingzheng of Qin ascended the throne, the country used troops for many years, and the war continued. During this period, King Qin's younger brother Cheng Chan rebelled and was killed after his defeat. The following year, Yingzheng held a coronation ceremony and began to govern himself. After he took power, his mother's lover Chang Yu launched a rebellion again, and Yingzheng immediately made a decision and sent troops to exterminate him and kill all his comrades. Lü Buwei was implicated in the Chang Yu incident, and his mother was exiled to Yongdi. South Korea also sent Zheng Guo, a water conservancy expert, to Qin to build the Zheng Guo Canal. It was later revealed that this move was actually aimed at depleting Qin's national strength. The king of Qin was furious, so he issued an expulsion order to expel all foreigners. Lees was also among those expelled.

When Li Si saw that he was expelled, he wrote a "Letter of Expulsion to the Guest" to the King of Qin, explaining that to drive out the foreigners in one fell swoop was to drive the talented people to other countries, so that it would be difficult for the Qin State to control the princes. King Qin read this article and was very happy, so he canceled the eviction order and let Li Si stay. In this year, a man named Yu Yu also came to Qin, and he offered a series of schemes to the king of Qin, all of which were adopted by the king of Qin. However, Wei Yu said that King Qin was a mean and unkind person, who could only share hardships and hardships, and could not share wealth and prosperity, so he was long-minded. When the king of Qin found out, he forcibly worshipped him as a national lieutenant and let him take charge of military affairs. Subsequently, the Qin State continued to use troops to the east, and Wang Jian contributed the most. In the thirteenth year of Yingzheng, Huan Qi led the army to attack Zhao State, and then broke the Zhao army a year later. In this year, Han Fei, a Korean wizard, came to Qin. Han Fei and Li Si were classmates, Han Fei wanted to stop Qin from attacking Korea, and Li Si wanted to destroy Han, so he killed Han Fei in prison. Immediately afterwards, the state of Qin attacked the three kingdoms of Zhao, Han and Wei. The Zhao army was defeated, and Nanyang in Korea was taken by the Qin state. Seeing that Qin was aggressive, Wei also offered land to ask for peace. As a result of Qin's successive victories in the wars in the East, the Great War to unify the Six Kingdoms began. It was also the longest war of unification in ancient China.

The war of Qin to unify the six kingdoms began in the seventeenth year of Yingzheng, that is, in 230 BC. Qin's Nei Shi Teng attacked Korea, defeated the Han army, captured Han Wang'an, and included Korea in Qin's territory. In the nineteenth year, Wang Jian and Qiang Qi pacified the Zhao State and captured Zhao Wangqian in Pingyang. In the twenty-second year, Wang Ben attacked Wei and dug a ditch to flood Daliang, the capital of Wei, and the king of Wei asked for surrender. In the twenty-fourth year, Wang Jian and Meng Wu led an army to attack Jingchu, defeated the Chu army, Changping Jun died in battle, and the commander Xiang Yan committed suicide, and the Chu State perished. In the twenty-fifth year, the Qin State asked Wang Ben to lead a large army to attack Liaodong of the Yan State and subdue the Yan Wang Xi. In the twenty-sixth year, the Qin state sent the general Wang Ben to attack the state of Qi from the south of the Yan state, and the state of Qi also perished. It took nearly ten years for the Qin State to destroy Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, and complete the great cause of unifying the world.

Qin and the Six Kingdoms, the whole country rejoices, and Kyoto Xianyang is surrounded by a peaceful, happy and peaceful atmosphere. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, for more than 500 years, almost all ethnic groups in Huayi have spent time in continuous wars, and the working people, accompanied by hunger and death, have paid an extremely heavy price for the progress and development of history, and more than 200,000 days and nights of torment have made the broad masses of the people have to yearn for peace and reunification. Therefore, except for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, the people of the whole country supported the unification war of the Qin State. Everyone hopes to live a good life where father and son get together, husband and wife stay together, and family reunion. Now this kind of good day has finally arrived, and Yingzheng has since reigned in the world and started a new era. This is exactly what it is: the auspicious clouds and the jade pavilion, the king of the world to open the image; Ruiqi covers the golden building, and the guest clothes are changed in all directions.

In March of the twenty-sixth year of King Qin, the warm spring breeze blew all over the land of Guanzhong, and the morning glow in the sky reflected thousands of households. On this day, the capital of Qin was very lively, and Xianyang Palace was even more lively. People wake up early and start their day. King Qin also got up very early, and after some preparations for the court, he summoned his ministers in the Xianyang Palace. The minister of civil and military affairs held a wat board in his hand, standing under the Danqi in high spirits, and looked at the King of Qin without squinting.

Chinese New Year's Eve The eight-year-old King of Qin looked heroic at the time, but his appearance was indeed peculiar, on his white face, with two curved and upturned beards, and the bridge of his nose was narrow and high, which was truly a hooked nose. In addition, he had a pair of very striking squinted eyes, which were thin and long, like two sharp swords forged by a swordsmith in a deep cave in the deep mountain, and from time to time they shot out two chilling rays of light. When the eyes are wide, it is just like the water of the two bays under the autumn shade, which is cold and unfathomable. Therefore, it is impossible to understand what kind of scheming and heart this king had. King Qin's body is also very peculiar, his front chest is narrow and protruding, shaped like an ostrich, and it looks particularly obvious from the side. Because of this, the lieutenant was very dissatisfied with his appearance.

I saw that the king of Qin opened his lips lightly and said slowly: "In the past, the king of Han donated his land to our country and presented a jade seal, asking to be a vassal of the Qin state, but soon he broke his promise and united with Zhao and Wei to rebel against the Qin state, so the few people sent troops to fight and captured the king of Han. The widow thought that this matter had been satisfactorily resolved and that the war would stop, but the king of Zhao sent his prime minister Li Mu to form an alliance, and the widow returned the son of the king of Zhao who was a hostage in our country. However, later Zhao was treacherous and rebelled against Qin in Taiyuan, and the widow had to send troops to fight and capture the king of Zhao. Zhao Gongzijia was not self-sufficient, and set himself up as the king, and the widow also sent troops to destroy him. At first, the king of Wei made a covenant to submit to our Qin state, but soon he conspired with Han, Zhao and other countries to rebel, and also attacked our country, and Qin sent troops to defeat them again. At the beginning, the state of Chu also sacrificed the land west of Qingyang, and soon broke the covenant and attacked the southern county of our country, so the widows also sent troops to conscript, captured the king of Chu, and leveled Jing Chu in one fell swoop. King Yan is mediocre and tyrannical, and his crown prince Dan is an abominable fellow, who dares to secretly instigate Jing Ke to assassinate the widow, and wants to put the widow to death, which is really a great crime, so as soon as the widow's male soldiers arrive, his country will be finished. The State of Qi on the seashore was also immeasurable, and the King of Qi actually listened to the treacherous plan of Xiangguo Housheng and severed diplomatic relations with our country, and the Qin army had to take advantage of the victory to go south to destroy them. When the king of Qi was captured and the state of Qi was pacified, the great achievement was completed. Relying on their insignificant bodies and relying on the wisdom of their ancestors, the widows raised troops to crusade against the chaotic Six Kingdoms, and their monarchs had to bow down to their vassals, and the world was completely pacified at this point! King Qin's voice was sharp and explosive, like a wolf's voice, which frightened the ministers. The ministers shouted in unison: "Long live the king!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

King Qin looked around at the ministers with a sharp gaze, and then said in a loud voice again: "All the ministers are flat!" The ministers stood up again. King Qin said: "The widow has a little merit, if you don't change your name now, you really can't carry forward my great Qin's achievements, I hope you will discuss the title of emperor." According to the meritorious lord system, the Qin State is on the right, so the highly respected right prime minister Wang Juan came out of the class and said: "Great King, in the past, the five emperors had thousands of miles of land, and the outside was marquis and yi, some of the princes surrendered, some did not surrender, and the Son of Heaven could not control it. Now the king has raised the army of justice, crusaded against the riots, pacified the six countries, and divided the country into a number of counties, which is an unprecedented achievement since ancient times, and even the five emperors can't catch up with the king! The ministers have already discussed with the doctors: in ancient times, there were three emperors of heaven, earth and Thailand, among which the emperor of Thailand was the most noble, the three emperors of the great king Degao, and the five emperors. The ministers risked their lives to offer their honorific titles, and the king was called the Emperor of Thailand, and the decree of the Son of Heaven was called the edict, and the Son of Heaven called himself I, and his subordinates called His Majesty to the Son of Heaven. After Wang Wan's words were finished, the ministers echoed and said: "The ministers will risk their lives to offer their honorific titles, and the king will be called the emperor of Thailand." ”

The King of Qin listened to Wang Xuan's words, pondered for a moment, and said: "Take the word 'emperor' in the Three Emperors and the word 'emperor' in the Five Emperors, and call it 'Emperor', and the rest will be according to your suggestions." The ministers immediately changed their words and said, "The emperor is the best." King Qin went on to say: "I am the first emperor since the opening of the heavens and the earth, and I am called the first emperor, and my descendants will be counted by numbers, from the second and third generations to tens of millions of generations. The ministers immediately bowed and shouted: "Long live the First Emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! After the First Emperor asked the minister to level down, he continued: "I heard that the emperors of ancient times only had names, not names. In the Middle Ages, emperors were given nicknames based on their deeds during their lifetimes. In this way, it is really not appropriate to be a son's criticism of his father and a courtier's discussion of the king, and I will now respect King Zhuang Xiang as the emperor. In addition, the He's bi is carved into the jade seal of the country, which is responsible for Li Si, and is engraved with the eight words of 'ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity', which has been passed down from generation to generation. ”

Dr. Chun Yuyue, who was in his fifties, walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, the rule of each dynasty must match the five virtues of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with fire virtue, and Qin extinguished the Zhou Dynasty to extinguish the fire with water, and now the world should be governed by water virtue. Winter is water, October is the first month of winter, October should be set as the beginning of the year, and the ministers should enter the court in October to celebrate. In the gossip, the north belongs to water, and its color is mainly black, and clothes, festivals, festival flags, national flags, and military flags should all be black as expensive. The number of kans is six, Fu Xin and the crown are changed to six inches, the width of the car is six feet, the horses are six, and the world is on the same track. The largest river in the north is the Great River, and the Great River should be changed to the 'De Shui' of the state. More importantly, governing the country should be matched with the five virtues. Water is feminine, the main torture is killed, the Qin State should use the Legalist idea to govern the subjects, that is, no matter how many prisoners there are, they should not use 'benevolence' to tolerate, which is very attached to the virtue of water. The First Emperor nodded in agreement.

Prime Minister Zuo listened to Chun Yuyue's words, and went out to play: "Your Majesty, the world has just been unified, and the subjects of the six countries have not yet been attached. The First Emperor asked, "What about the Prime Minister's opinion?" Kui replied: "The minister thinks: The war has just ended, and the common people want to live a stable life." The state of Qin should mobilize the magistrates to adopt a policy of appeasement and appease the people in various places, and when the people are stable, the country will be stable. The Confucian doctrine of benevolence is not bad for the common people, so why use it to intimidate them? The First Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "It's not intimidation, but the garrison of the Qin State in various places. If it is added with charity, the people will despise the law. Since the reform of the Shang Dynasty, the Qin State has advocated strict punishment and completion of the law in all dynasties, so the Qin State has completed the unification of the country. The theory of water and virtue is in line with the current reality, and the governance of the country should be based on the 'law', supplemented by 'punishment', mixed with Confucianism, Taoism, yin and yang, and other hundred schools of thought, so that the country can naturally maintain long-term peace and stability. After listening to the words of the First Emperor, everyone shouted long live again.