Encounter Qin Shihuang on a deserted island

Chapter 44 Qin Shihuang is not a tyrant.

After Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne, a total of four projects were drawn up.

Great Qin Road, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Great Wall, Afang Palace.

Chidao was first put into construction, followed by the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Great Wall.

Epang Palace was the last one to start construction and was planned to be the political center of the Qin Empire in the future.

Since it will be used as a political center, it must be done with the highest requirements in terms of site selection and layout design.

It took more than half a year to find someone to design, let alone when to start construction in the preparatory stage.

The outside world has not yet confirmed when the construction will start. Chang Yu, who has been trapped on a deserted island for several years and has no communication with the outside world, first said that the Efang Palace will be destroyed?
What does it sound like, the remnants of the Chu Kingdom were set on fire? !

Hahahaha!

The First Emperor laughed outrageously.

This is absolutely impossible!

The laughter woke up Wang Ben who was dozing off.

Even the drunk Chang Yu woke up in a flash.

Looking at the serious face of the First Emperor, a chill came from behind, a sense of fear?

The other party is just a poor man pretending to be crazy and acting stupid, why does he have a bit of domineering spirit at this moment?

I don't know what that feeling of dread is, since his identity is the first emperor, he has the aura of domineering.

After the chills broke out, the cold sweat broke out, and the alcohol evaporated by the way, and the dizzy thinking immediately turned.

Is he really a mean-mouthed person?

Chang Yu wished he could slap himself.

People are fools!

The role I assumed was Emperor Shi Huangdi!
If you say something bad about others, you will definitely be angry!
You know, Afang Palace was the hard work of the First Emperor when he was still alive!
What is living time?
It was not until the sudden death that the Efang Palace was not completed.

The original intention of building Afang Palace was to replace Xianyang Qin Palace as the new political center of the Great Qin Empire.

Just for this gimmick, could it not be the long-cherished wish of the first emperor?
However, at this moment, I heard that the dream I had was going to be burned by the remnants of Chu State.

The First Emperor didn't chop off Chang Yu's head immediately because he was able to control his temper.

Li Si was also afraid that the first emperor would be impulsive, so he made a subtle gesture to stop him.

Fortunately, although the First Emperor was angry, he didn't do anything to Chang Yu.

Taking a few deep breaths, Emperor Shihuang asked in a cold voice: "I ask you, if you were Emperor Shihuang, how would you deal with the prisoners in those projects."

The very first topic was raised from the captives, and he wanted to see what Chang Yu could say.

Looking at the obviously angry Emperor Shi Huang, Chang Yu asked back with some uncertainty: "Do you really want me to say it?"

Li Si wanted to say something to dissuade him, but was held back by Shihuang's stare.

"Say it, I won't embarrass you."

Now that he has said so, Chang Yu is not polite.

Anyway, he is not the real Emperor Shihuang, and he is obviously acting as a character when he is angry at the moment.

Since the initial topic was caused by captives, you must make your own ideas and understandings.

It is true that Legalist thought made Great Qin a powerful country, but many places are too cruel in the eyes of scholars of later generations.

Although the first emperor was not a tyrant, the existence of tyranny in the country's politics and laws cannot be questioned.

What later generations said about the tyranny of the First Emperor was just following the decrees.

That was the Legalist thought that laid the foundation for the existence of the Qin Dynasty. From the perspective of the First Emperor, he would not question it and would have strict requirements.

Although they are all talking about the tyranny of the first emperor, in order to pursue immortality, he searched for immortals everywhere or made large-scale construction projects.

Compared with many emperors in later generations, the First Emperor should be considered the most normal one.

From Ying Zheng presiding over the Qin State to claiming the throne as Qin Shihuang, he established the powerful Qin Empire.

Have you ever heard that Emperor Shi Huang killed that hero?

Cao Cao, Liu Bang, etc., and even Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations killed how many people and how many heroes of the founding of the country?
The fundamental difference is that Daqin's legalist ideology and those emperors of later generations are not limited to legalist ideology.

In fact, the most troublesome question for the first emperor was how to treat the captives of the six kingdoms.

You know, if you let them work, Da Qin will have to support them.

Daqin claims to have more than 2000 million people, and the army alone is nearly 500 million, not to mention that there are more than one million prisoners.

They are all supported by farmers who can't get enough to eat!

This concept is equivalent to building a tower.

Although it looks spectacular from a distance, when you get closer, you can see that the foundation is full of sores and would rather collapse at any time.

This kind of comparison is morbid, superficially powerful, but in fact it will collapse at any time.

The First Emperor also had a headache!
But there is no way to solve it.

There are nearly a million captives, and if they are released, it is undoubtedly a hidden danger to let the tiger go back to the mountain.

But raising them will consume a lot of food and grass, making the Daqin farmers even less able to eat.

How to solve this situation?
The First Emperor asked with some urgency.

"It's simple."

"Eliminate certain people and reduce the number of prisoners."

The First Emperor laughed angrily when he heard this.

It's easy to say, what if you let him go and kill him one day!

"Then you plan to burn books and bury scholars again?" Chang Yu snapped back unceremoniously.

"Burning books and burying scholars, that's" Li Si wanted to explain something from the sidelines.

"Don't interrupt us!" the First Emperor scolded Li Si angrily.

Li Si had never seen Emperor Shi Huang so angry before, and Li Si couldn't say anything more.

From just now, he has been at the disadvantage in the argument between the First Emperor and Chang Yu.

No matter what he said, he would be reprimanded by Chang Yu from a positive and tricky perspective.

Although he was very angry, he didn't refute it, because it was true.

"Stop interrupting, right? Can I go on?"

Chang Yu's mind was completely clear at the moment. Since this topic was brought up, he wanted to talk about it carefully.

The first emperor waved his hand to signal to continue, so Chang Yu continued without hesitation.

"When I say we eliminate certain people, I don't mean to eliminate them casually."

"Set a threshold, and those who have wives and children at home will go."

"If I remember correctly, the laws of the Qin Dynasty are relatively strict, and the joint sitting system is implemented. If one person offends the whole family and suffers disaster, it can be said to be extremely ruthless."

"Although it will not happen within the Qin Kingdom, the Great Qin brought together people from the other five dynasties."

"They will definitely not be used to it at first. You can kill chickens and scare monkeys a few times to form a deterrent effect."

"I believe that those who have wives and children at home will not rebel again, and must not bear to see their wives and children suffer because of their own choices."

Isn't Shang Yang's reform theory very clear?
Rewards and punishments are clear, and those who have merit can exchange for anything they want.

On the contrary, the wrongdoer will be severely punished, and even his relatives and friends will suffer.

If any accident happens, if the insider comes out to report and identify, he will be rewarded.

Conversely, those who knew the truth and did not report it, and even the officials in charge of that area, would also be punished.

(End of this chapter)