In the study room, Qin Yiren was kneeling on his desk, handling official duties. The brief case in front of him was piled with bamboo slips, waiting for Qin Yiren to deal with it.
There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and under the command of Wei Liao, several Iron Eagle warriors came in carrying several large bundles of bamboo slips.
Qin Yiren was very worried at first sight. After the unification of the world, there were so many affairs. There were countless memorials and speeches from various places. Qin Yiren was so busy that he had no time to eat or sleep.
"Put it down." Qin Yiren waved his hand.
The Iron Eagle warrior put down the bamboo slips and bowed out.
"Come in." Wei Liao rushed to the door and ordered a dozen scholars to come in quickly. They greeted Qin Yiren and said, "I have seen you, Your Majesty."
"You are" Qin Yiren looked at these dozen scholars and found no one he recognized.
"Your Majesty, they are well-educated people who can read many languages." Wei Liao stroked his forehead, feeling a little headache, and said: "Among the memorials I have received now, many of them are Zhao, Wen, Qi, Wen, Chu, Wei, Han, and Yan. I wrote it because I was afraid that your Majesty might not understand it, so I came to them. If your Majesty has any doubts, you can ask them."
Qin Yiren wanted to say a few words, but he didn't know where to get up. He slapped his forehead heavily with his right hand and said, "Wei Liao, you did a good job."
Qin Yiren stood up and rummaged through the bamboo slips he had just brought in, his eyes almost falling to the ground.
"As Wei Liao said, these bamboo slips come from all over the country and use a variety of characters, including Qiwen, Weiwen, Zhaowen, Chuwen, Korean and Yanwen.
"It's a big joke that there are so many words in one country!" Qin Yiren stroked his forehead and felt a headache.
"Your Majesty, the world has just been unified, and the characters in various places are still being practiced. For example, a
¡°The word ¡®horse¡¯ can be written in nearly ten ways, and the word ¡®dare¡¯ can be written in more than twenty ways. "A scholar stepped forward and saluted Qin Yiren, feeling quite emotional.
"What's your name?" Qin Yiren looked at the scholar and saw that he was of medium height, but very energetic.
"My name is Zhou Qingchen." The man replied hurriedly. He was very honored and held his head high.
Qin Yiren was the first to ask his name, and he was very proud.
"Zhou Qingchen?" Qin Yiren's eyes flashed, he looked at him, and said secretly: "The person who leads to burning books and humiliating scholars? He will be infamous in later generations. In fact, he is telling the truth and he is very discerning."
"Yes". Zhou Qingchen said hurriedly.
"A 'horse' can be written in nearly ten ways. A 'dare' can be written in more than twenty ways. It's shocking. The writing must be unified." Qin Yiren frowned and said in a deep voice.
Needless to say, the resulting confusion in writing is the inevitable result of the disunity of the world and the efforts of the princes to conquer it. In the past, I didn't feel that I was competing with the princes. Now that the world is unified, it is so inconvenient to put these memorials written in various languages ??together.
This is just one of the long-standing disadvantages Qin Yiren encountered. With the return of Wang Jian and others, Qin Yiren encountered more and more problems. Which one is not a long-standing disadvantage?
Wang Jian, Li Mu, Sima Shang, Li Si, Huang Shigong, Wang Wan, Fan Zeng, Zheng Guo, and Li Bing rushed to Xianyang one after another, and Qin Yiren called them together to discuss.
"While you are rushing back, the government affairs here have increased more than ten times. With the expansion of governance, there will be more government affairs." Qin Yiren stroked his forehead and chuckled: "Not the same. The world doesn¡¯t know that things are like this.¡±
Originally, Qin Yiren had thought enough about the affairs of governance, but when the trouble came, he realized that it was far beyond his imagination.
"No matter how much you take, you have to hold on." Fan Sui rubbed his red eyes, feeling very sleepy.
Fan Sui is an energetic person. For all the years he has been in the Qin Dynasty, he has rarely been seen tired. Now he is so tired, which shows how heavy government affairs are.
"Fortunately, you all came back and can share some of the burden." Qin Yiren looked at Li Si and the others and said.
Li Si, Huang Shigong, Wang Wan, and Fan Zengzheng are all extraordinary talents. With their help, I believe things will be much better.
"The next governance is the top priority. It is a major event that affects whether the great cause of unification can survive. We must not take it lightly. For this reason, I have specially ordered officials from all over the country to come to Xianyang to participate in the imperial meeting and discuss important matters together." Qin Yiren frowned. He picked it up and said, "Of course, before holding the big meeting, we have to discuss it carefully and come up with a charter."
The main purpose of the meeting is to give officials from all over the country a unified understanding and clarify how to govern the matter. Before the great meeting, Qin Yiren and other high-level officials must reach a consensus and come up with a program on how to govern.?Otherwise, everything is just talk.
"Of course the first thing to solve is the accumulated disadvantages." Qin Yiren raised his eyebrows and said with a headache: "These accumulated disadvantages are terrible. Many of them are accumulated for thousands of years and have existed for thousands of years. What problems have you encountered when you come from all over the country? , let¡¯s talk about it.¡±
"Your Majesty, I will lead my army to march eastward, first to conquer Han, then to destroy Wei and Qi, and then to destroy Chu. We will go deep into the land east of the Yangtze River and have our footprints all over China. What I feel most deeply about is the inconvenience of transportation." Wang Jian stroked his forehead and said, A speech with emotion on his face said: "The inconvenience of transportation is not only the different terrains, but also the roads are difficult to travel and the width is different. From Xianyang to Linzi, you have to pass through Wei, and the vehicles traveling in Han are not suitable for Wei. The road of Wei, the road of Wei is suitable for the road of Qi, but it is too difficult to walk, it is too difficult to walk."
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"Yes, the general's words deeply touched my heart." A chorus of echoes came from everyone's mouths.
"I am also very emotional about this matter." Qin Yiren knew very well how difficult the road in the Warring States Period was, not only because of the natural environment, but also because of man-made factors.
"Also, there are so many checkpoints." Wang Wan sighed with emotion. He counted them on his fingers and said, "When I was in Han, I just found a direction to travel in. Don't go too far, just walk a hundred and eighty miles. You will encounter three to five levels. If you walk a thousand miles, you will encounter as many as forty or fifty levels."
"Hey!" A sigh sounded, and everyone shook their heads with emotion on their faces.
There are forty or fifty checkpoints in a land thousands of miles away. On average, there is one checkpoint within twenty or thirty miles.
The reason why there are so many checkpoints is that the land of Han implements a feudal system. The king of Han wants to divide his ministers, and the ministers also divide their retainers, and their retainers and retainers The feuds are divided layer by layer, and each time there is another feud, there is an additional checkpoint. Everyone has the right to set up checkpoints and collect taxes on his own fiefdom.
"Han Di is pretty good, Chu Di is even more shocking." Wei Liao shook his head and said: "In the fiefdoms of big aristocratic families, it's pretty good. The fiefdoms of big aristocratic families are big, and the number of checkpoints is smaller. In those small ones, On the fiefdom of aristocratic families, that¡¯s shocking. I once saw that there were only four checkpoints in an area of ??ten miles. Calculating carefully, there is one checkpoint in an area of ??three or two miles."
"These checkpoints cannot be kept, they must be abolished." Qin Yiren has seen with his own eyes how terrifying the checkpoints in Shandong are.
"I have been in Wei for several years and have seen with my own eyes how rampant the powerful families are." Li Si shook his head and said angrily: "The powerful families are deeply rooted in Shandong. Although they have restrained themselves after the implementation of the Qin Law, they are still It should not be underestimated. Those wealthy families and their retainers, ranging from three to five to hundreds or thousands, have done many illegal things as their minions."
During the Warring States Period, keeping retainers became a common practice. The so-called retainers are actually idle people who rely on wealthy and powerful families to work as a scheming agent, oppressing good people and taking advantage of others.
The most famous disciples are Mengchang Jun Tianwen, Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Xinling Jun Wei Wuji and Chunshen Jun Huang Xie, who are known as the "Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period". These four people have a rich net worth and have thousands of followers. They brag about them and make them look like flowers, and their "virtuous reputations" are all over the world.
In fact, these four people are doing some shady things behind their backs. They have nothing to do with the word "virtuous". They are just people who are seeking fame and reputation.
Lord Chun Shen actually engaged in the act of usurping the country. Can this be regarded as a "virtuous" character?
In the implementation of Qin law in Shandong, although these powerful families have restrained themselves, their roots are still there, and they will do bad things from time to time.
You must know that during the Warring States Period, there were as many knights as dogs, and assassins were everywhere. If they disagreed, they would draw their swords and kill people to vent their anger. It is unrealistic to eradicate these powerful people in a short time. Therefore, even though Han, Wei, and Qi have been in war for several years, the powerful are still rampant.
"The old nobles, aristocratic families, and tycoons of the six countries must be uprooted. Otherwise, Shandong will be unrest and the people of the country will not have a good life." Qin Yiren has fought many times with Lord Pingyuan, Lord Xinling, and Lord Chunshen, and he knows these things well. How arrogant people are.
In the past, when the world was not united, the Qin State was unable to deal with them. Now it is time to punish these people.
"The different currencies make it inconvenient for merchants to trade." Fan Zeng said.
Each of the seven warring states has its own currency, and Qi Dao and Zhao coins are used in their own places. The Qin State is busy unifying the world and has not yet rectified the economic order. The currencies of the various warring states are still in circulation. If rectification is not carried out, it will be inconvenient for economic development. If the economy does not develop, it will be difficult for the people of the country to live a good life.
"The currency must be unified." Qin Yiren nodded heavily.
There is no need to explain the importance of currency, everyone can understand it.??There is no room for negotiation.
"What I saw and heard on the road is that most of the people in the country are troubled by different scales and weighing instruments. There are even some bad and powerful families who use this to commit fraud." Li Mu clenched his right hand into a fist with an angry look on his face.
During the Warring States Period, the world was in chaos. There were so many weights and measures that every country had one or even several kinds of weights and measures. It was such a mess that unscrupulous merchants and powerful families profited from it and made huge profits.
Some countries have ten or even dozens of weights and measures. This is most obvious in Chu State. Because the Chu State implemented a divided rule, there were many aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families were very powerful. Even the king of Chu found it difficult to control them. They did whatever they wanted. How to formulate weights and measures was not something they could say.
"Weights and measures must be unified." Of course Qin Yiren knew the terrible consequences of chaos in weights and measures.
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