When he went to court the next day, Wang Juan played again: "Your Majesty, the Qin State is unified, and it is thousands of miles away. However, the three kingdoms of Yan, Qi and Chu are the farthest away from the pass, and the imperial court is not easy to manage. In this way, the prince will be rewarded and the remote land will be safe, which is the best of both worlds. The ministers listened to Prime Minister Wang's suggestion and agreed. However, there was one person who objected, and this person was Tingwei Lis. Li Si is sixty-two years old this year, and because of his outstanding literary talent, Yingzheng is very important. At this time, seeing that everyone persuaded the First Emperor to divide the prince, he objected: "Your Majesty, you must not implement the feudal system again!" Think about the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, there were many princes named by the king of Zhou, but later, these princes attacked each other, and the Son of Heaven could not control them, so that there was a situation of domestic strife. Now that the Qin State has just been established, it is enough to implement the county system throughout the country, and the sub-feudal system should no longer be implemented! ”

As soon as Li Si's words were finished, Wang Juan retorted: "King Wu of Zhou succeeded in defeating the Zhou Dynasty, and the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty was a great hero. Now that His Majesty has re-pacified the sea, the heroes have made great contributions in the war to unify the six countries, and if they do not receive a reward, they will violate the ancient system. Your Majesty has many princes, and what will you reward them with? Li said calmly: "This is easy to do." The princes and heroes should be rewarded with Fenglu and officials, and it would be very inappropriate to put the king and marquis again! Kui also thinks that it is not okay not to be rewarded. The First Emperor was silent for a long time, and said: "The six kingdoms have been unified, and they are all the land of Qin no matter how far or near they are. On the shore of the land, it is not the king'. In the future, they can no longer be called countries, only so-and-so. Whether it is better for the country to implement the feudal system or the county system is related to the safety and prosperity of the Qin State, and it is not possible to draw hasty conclusions. Zhong Aiqing will go down and discuss it again, and discuss it tomorrow morning. The ministers claimed that it was.

The next day, the ministers still agreed with the feudal system. Lees still adheres to the county system. The First Emperor was silent for a long time, he raised his head, scanned the hundred officials under the steps with that wise gaze, and then said very confidently: "From the five hegemons to the chaos of the seven kingdoms, the countries use troops against each other, the war is endless, the war disaster continues, and the living beings in the world are miserable. Later, Zhou Tianzi almost existed in name only, this is because of the existence of King Hou! When the filial piety public merchant martingale changed the law, he had already advocated the county system. Fortunately, with the wisdom of the previous king, I was able to unify Liuhe. Now, if you make a king and a marquis again, you will make your own enemies, and it will never be feasible. Captain Ting's suggestion is very correct! However, the generals pacified the Six Kingdoms and made outstanding achievements. Especially my beloved general, General Wang Qian, how can I forget him? In the past, Shang Ying was named Shang Jun, Zhang Yi was named Wu Xinjun, Cai Ze was named Gang Chengjun, Wei Ran was named Marquis of Sui, Fan Ju was named Marquis Ying, and Lü Buwei was named Marquis of Wenxin, but they only enjoyed the taxes on the fiefdom, not the country, which was very different from the division of the Zhou Dynasty. I am now also following the example of the ancient system and being a great hero. So it was agreed with the doctors that General Wang Jian was named the Marquis of Wucheng, Wang Ben was the Marquis of Tongwu, and the father and son were the Marquis of Che. Zhao Hai became the Marquis of Jiancheng, the general became the Marquis of Changwu, Feng Wuxuan was the Marquis of Wuxin, and the Marquis of Lun was the Marquis of Jinjue. The First Emperor also said, "You Aiqing and I govern the country together. For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country, I will no longer reward the princes, which is not a violation of the ancient system, right? After listening to the words of the First Emperor, the ministers had no choice but to praise and say: "Your Majesty is wise, now abolish the old feudal system and implement the county bureau, which will be a grand event for a thousand years!" ”

The First Emperor listened to everyone's praise and said with joy: "Tingwei Li Si suggested the implementation of the county system, which is very in line with the national conditions of the Qin State, and now Li Si is also made the Marquis of Tongwu." Li Si was overjoyed when he heard this. The first emperor said: "The county system has a long history, it appeared with the strength of our country, and it is also the old system of the Qin State. In the past, King Hui set up Hanzhong County, King Zhaoxiang set up Nan County, Qianzhong County, and Nanyang County, and King Zhuangxiang set up Sanchuan County and Taiyuan County, so that talented people served as county guards. I am the first emperor since the beginning of the world, and I should also follow the ancient system and implement the bureau of counties throughout the country, dividing the world into counties. The county guard is in charge of the affairs of a county, and the county commander and the county lieutenant are in charge of civil and military affairs. The Imperial Governor inspected the officials of the county. The county is the county, and the affairs of the county are in charge of the county order, and the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are in charge of the same things as the county magistrate and the county lieutenant. In addition, I must not forget the merits of the previous kings, and the officials built the ancestral temple and the Zhangtai Palace on the south bank of Weishui, and I wanted to worship the ancestors. I also want to build the palace of the Six Kingdoms in Beihan, Xianyang, extend the palace group to the east, and fill in all the beautiful women, bells and drums, beautiful stones, different trees and other treasures captured by the Six Kingdoms, so that Qin will become a veritable number one power in the world! His high-pitched voice echoed in the empty Xianyang Hall, and the sound shook every corner. According to the decision of the First Emperor, the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to the world: the Qin State abolished the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty and implemented the county system, dividing the country into 36 counties.

According to the county system, the county guard is the supreme administrator of a county, the county guard assists the county guard in managing the administrative affairs and prisons of the county, the county lieutenant is responsible for the military and public security of the county, and the county imperial history is responsible for inspecting the officials of the county and closely monitoring the implementation of the imperial decrees by officials at all levels. The administrative organs below the county level are counties and provinces, the inland areas are called counties, and remote areas are called provinces, and the counties and provinces are at the same level, and the official system is slightly the same. It is also stipulated that the county order is the head of a county, and he enjoys more than 10,000 households, and those with less than 10,000 households are called county magistrates. The county has township, li, pavilion and other institutions, the township and li are administrative organs, and the pavilion is the public security organization. The township also set up officials such as the three elders, the husband, and the tour. The three elders were responsible for proclaiming the laws and educating the people, the squirrels were responsible for collecting taxes and hearing lawsuits, and the yufu was in charge of patrolling and policing. The countryside is set up, and Li is responsible for organizing production. The pavilion has no subordinate relationship with the township or li, and is a grassroots organization of the public security system, and belongs to the dispatch agency of the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant. The pavilion has a pavilion chief, whose main responsibility is to manage law and order. In this way, the county system was strengthened, so that the rights of local officials were mutually controlled, and none of them could seize power, and the power of the imperial court to manage the localities was greatly strengthened.

In the imperial court, the emperor held the power alone, and all the appointment and dismissal of officials were decided by him. In order to maintain the rule of the Ying family and prevent the power from falling, the first emperor also used the ruling strategy of separation of powers and checks and balances to control the ministers, that is, the establishment of the three dukes and the nine kings. The three princes refer to the prime minister, the national lieutenant, and the imperial history. Jiuqing is Fengchang, Taifu, Shaofu, Lang Zhongling, Zhisu Neishi, Dianke, Weiwei, Tingwei, and Zongzheng. The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, divided into left and right, and is one official and two systems, which restricts each other. The power of the prime minister was also controlled by the imperial historian, and the military power of the prime minister was divided by the state lieutenants, and the important officials were in a state of mutual restraint in terms of status, duties, and rights, which changed the previous tradition of ruling ministers governing the people in peacetime, leading troops in wartime, and joining the prime minister, and systematically prevented the situation of arbitrariness of the ministers, so that the military and political power was concentrated in the hands of the emperor alone.

A few months later, the emperor issued several more edicts: changing the name of the common people to Qianshou or Li Min; Agree on a unified legal system, with the "Qin Law" as the national law; Stipulates the standards for length, weight, and capacity; The country's currency is divided into two grades, gold is the upper currency, measured by eridium, twenty taels of gold is one eridium, and copper coins are lower coins, each piece is half a tael, the shape is a square hole round, and it is determined to be used as a coin in circulation throughout the country. At the same time, the old coins of various shapes, such as the knife-shaped, cloth-shaped, and ant-nosed coins of the Six Kingdoms, were abolished. The genera of pearls, turtles, and silver and tin, as ornamental treasures, are no longer circulated as currency; It also unified the text, and the small seal was used throughout the country, and the "Cangjie Chapter" written by Li Si and Hu Wujing's "Erudite Chapter" were promulgated throughout the country as a text template, and the script of the Six Kingdoms was abolished at the same time; The officials of all counties and counties in the world checked the household registration in various places. All nobles, wealthy families and local celebrities were ordered to move to Xianyang for nearby supervision; He also razed the fortresses of the dangerous places in the world and the fortresses of the big counties, and opened up all the passages. A series of edicts were promulgated and implemented after consultation between the First Emperor and his ministers, and the people of the whole country responded positively, and the country achieved true unity. History refers to the First Emperor as Qin Shi Huang. Recounting the merits of Qin Shi Huang, Li Si said:

Remembering the troubled times, dividing the land and building the state, in order to open up disputes. Attacking the Japanese army, bleeding in the wilderness, since Taigu.

There are no tens of thousands in the world, and if you give it to the five emperors, you can't prohibit it. It is the emperor today, the whole world, and the army will not come back.

The disaster is eliminated, the head of Qianshou Kangding, and the benefit is long-lasting.