After the Qin state destroyed Zhao and Chu, the only remaining State of Qi had no chance to survive, and when the world was unified, Yingzheng was truly standing at the peak of the empire, and at this moment, what waited for Yingzheng was not peace, on the contrary, the exhaustion after the external situation would evolve into internal struggle. And this struggle has run through history, which is nothing more than the confrontation between monarchy and power, whether it is a spiritual leader or an actual ruler.
The beginning of this struggle was the famous decision on whether the feudal system or the county system was made, when the courtiers discussed the matter in front of Yingzheng, and the then King Of Qi, who suggested that the counties and feudalities should be implemented together, such as Yan, Qi, Chu and other areas far from the center of the Qin state, and the sub-feudal system should be adopted, so that the children of Qin Shi Huang could go to establish a feudal state, so as to alleviate the administrative pressure of the central government. There was a person who scoffed at this, this person was not as high as Wang Qi, but the power was really controlled, and this person was Li Si.
Li Si believes that the division of the seal is the beginning of the chaos in the past five hundred years, if it were not for the system of dividing the seals, how could there be the unification of the world by Qin Shi Huang, and the chaos between the princes would be endless?
But what does all this have to do with the monarchy? What is a county system? The county system is only a way to centralize power, and the reason why the county system is abandoned in favor of the division of the feudal seal is also to let the local area be directly controlled by the emperor. The chiefs of the local sheriffs were no longer nobles and offices, but officials personally selected and appointed by the emperor, so that these officials had only one thing, that is, to take care of their own jobs and be responsible to the emperor alone. How the local fiscal revenue is not much related to the officials, they only need to obey the orders of one person and maintain local stability.
The sub-fief is equivalent to establishing a lord in the country, and the lord is not only related to the emperor, but also needs to pay direct attention to the people's livelihood. After all, the state does not care about food, and can only rely on local development to enhance its property. In this way, each lord will try his best to develop, so this is also a measure that can save the pressure of the central administration. However, the opposite is that the emperor cannot directly grasp the movements of the local princes, nor can he make restrictions.
But the choice of the county system raises the next problem, and there is a saying in history that goes with problems, that is, when solving a problem, it often brings new problems. For example, the county system blocks the drawbacks of the sub-feudal system, but the county system relatively brings bureaucratic power to one person, that is, the prime minister. The chancellor was the head of the hundred officials, so that he would have the right to appoint the chancellor, which also brought about a threat from the bureaucracy to the emperor.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang did not want either of them, but chose the county system, plus the separation of powers. That is to say, the original Xiangguo was divided into two, and two left and right xiang were set up, of which the left and right ministers had a large official position but a small power, and no one may know the name, that is, Feng Toji. The right chancellor is a smaller official position than the left chancellor, but the power is higher than that of the left chancellor, so this completes another layer of restriction.
In addition, the origin of the emperor's title is also not just about the name, at that time, Yingzheng thought that he had ruled the world and no longer applied to the title of king, so he discussed a new title. At this time, Li Si and others suggested the name of The Thai Emperor for two reasons, one is that the Thai Emperor is the leader of the mythical world, and is the most honorable, and the second is because the Thai Emperor is actually the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, a god believed in by the Chu people. Moreover, the Chu people believe in this, and over time it will be conducive to the rule of the Chu people.
It can be said that whether in style or momentum, the Emperor of Thailand already has it, so why did Qin Shi Huang refuse? This also reflects the mentality of Qin Shi Huang, who wants the world to be big and self-respecting. This means that when I think of the emperor, it is not about the gods, not about anyone, but about me. For a long time, the Thai emperor could indeed be a good name, but behind it would be associated with the ancient royal thought, that is, the old system, which was a fact that was unacceptable to the creation of a new empire. Therefore, Qin Shi Huang made a plan, and had both three emperors and five emperors, and named him emperor.
Returning to the controversy between counties and sub-feudal systems, counties and counties are not necessarily better than the sub-feudal system, and it is irresponsible to discuss right and wrong alone, but should be adapted to local conditions and timely. For the newly established Qin Empire, the advantage of counties and counties was to centralize power, but the world was unified, and in the face of a suddenly growing territory, the benefits of sub-feudalism would be greater than that of counties. The concept of the division was to send members of the royal family to take over the place, and with it a leader plus an army, so that the situation could be quickly stabilized. Counties, on the other hand, mean a large bureaucracy and enough officials, otherwise who will be appointed as the sheriff? Where did these county sheriffs come from? Therefore, these must be achieved only after the county guards and county orders reach the locality, which means that they can deal with the turbulent areas alone, even if they are not in office, but their heads are hanging around their waists.
However, in any case, Qin Shi Huang determined the county system, but he did not think that this system also caused many subsequent problems because of the discomfort of the matter.