After determining the title of emperor and a series of measures to show that the emperor's rule was a divine gift of monarchy, Qin Shi Huang and his ministers began to organize and formulate a series of policies and systems. After all, to govern such an unprecedented country, it is not enough to just let the people believe in God, there must be a set of rules for people to enforce.
First of all, politically, Qin Shi Huang learned from the specific experience of setting up official positions in previous countries, and established a complete set of centralized power system and institutions for the exercise of political power. **There is a prime minister to manage government affairs, a lieutenant to manage the military, and a royal historian to supervise hundreds of officials. Below the three of them are the secretaries who are specifically responsible for various affairs. All major decisions are discussed by the three ministers and the secretaries, and finally decided by the emperor. In this way, the imperial power is greatly strengthened, and the situation of strong ministers and weak kings is avoided, and the following crimes are committed, there are too many such things in the Warring States Period, and the lesson is in front of you!
In terms of local administration, before the unification of Qin Shi Huang, the sub-feudal system was the mainstream of the Chinese land, escorting the authority of the first place. But the local rights of the feudal system are too great, and they are completely maintained by clan affection, and everyone is still relatives and friends at the beginning, and brothers and brothers can't see the problem, and after several generations of reproduction, basically no one knows anyone anymore, and the strength of the vassal states is constantly growing, and the ambition is constantly strengthening. Slowly, it will become less harmonious and obey the orders of **. This is not how the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were formed. As a great monarch who had just come to the end of this troubled era, Qin Shi Huang would never allow this to happen again.
At this time, Li Si wrote to Qin Shi Huang, hoping to implement the county system, and the state implements two levels of county and county management for the local government, and the local ** of the county is directly appointed by **, cannot be hereditary, and must be frequently transferred, so as to avoid the county magistrate cultivating his own power in the local area, and also facilitate the appointment, recall, inspection and monitoring of a certain **. This has great benefits for the centralization of power, and this county system was not the first of its kind by Li Si, and it has been partially formed in the Warring States Period.
However, a group of ministers represented by Wang Juan opposed the implementation of the county system, they still suggested that Qin Shi Huang implement the sub-feudal system, so that the descendants of the Ying family to protect the great Qin of the country, it is obvious that Qin Shi Huang will not choose the sub-feudal system, although the county system is undoubtedly correct from our current perspective, but in the current situation, it is undoubtedly the best choice to seal a few princes to consolidate **, but Qin Shi Huang's thinking and vision are too advanced. It led to the great chaos in the world in the later period, and the court had no help from the clan, so it was isolated and could only wait for destruction.
In terms of culture, Qin Shi Huang ordered Li Si to unify the written language, during the Warring States Period, the writing of the Seven Kingdoms was already very different, which formed a huge obstacle in management and cultural exchanges, Li Si based on the Great Seal of the Qin State, and then absorbed the characteristics of the Qilu script, to create a new calligraphy style with a neat shape, that is, the Qin Seal, or the small seal. Later, Qin Shi Huang issued an edict to make the small seal the official script, and all other scripts were abolished.
In terms of economy, Qin Shi Huang ordered Li Si to unify weights and measures, and in the former Warring States Period, seven countries and seven different weighing standards brought a lot of inconvenience to economic exchanges. As a result, the measuring instruments of the other six countries were abolished, and a uniform standard of measuring instruments was promulgated. And at the same time, the currencies of the six countries were abolished, and the Qin ones were used uniformly.
In terms of transportation, the width of the carriages in the seven countries was different in the past, which brought great inconvenience to the construction of the road, some were wide and some were narrow, you must know that the wooden wheels in the past relied on the rut marks pressed out by the previous carriages on the road to drive safely. Road construction is an extremely money-burning thing at any time, so the width and narrowness should be unified across the country, which can save a lot of costs.
These unifications in all aspects of political and economic life have eliminated the sense of separation brought by the long-term leadership to the whole world, and have made the people on the land of China closely united. In the future, no matter how it is, it can be finally unified in the end.
These measures of Qin Shi Huang had practical effects, and the later Great Unification Dynasty was based on the Qin system no matter how it was changed. Qin Shi Huang's great cause through the ages has made this land closely linked, and it has appeared in front of the world as a whole at any time.