Zhang Juzheng said in the Ming Dynasty: From the three dynasties to the Qin Dynasty, those who reinstated chaos created legislation that has been maintained to this day for profit. Because "On the shore of the land, it is the king's ministers", the concept of the common master of

If Zhou Gongdan established the development direction of Chinese culture, Confucius summarized, refined and completed the ideological and theoretical basis of Chinese civilization, then as the first monarch in Chinese history to use the title of "Emperor" - Qin Shihuang has laid the foundation for China’s superstructure for more than 2,000 years. Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty said: From the three dynasties to the Qin Dynasty, there were those who reinstated chaos. They created legislation and have maintained it to this day for their own benefit.

How much contribution did the First Emperor make? We have all benefited from it to this day:

1. Complete the unification of China:

The unification of and , broadly speaking, is to complete the unification of China again. Because "On the shore of the land, it is the king's ministers", the concept of the common master of the world has long existed. Since the feudal state of Zhou Dynasty, the concept of the world has been established. However, the Zhou royal family declined and the world began to enter turmoil. Spring and Autumn Period Fighting for hegemony, and annexation during the Warring States Period, it took hundreds of years to finally complete the unification and return to Qin. Praising the First Emperor's achievements: "Three generations of Qi have contributed to it".

2. Abolition of enfeoffment and the administration of counties and counties

Abolition of enfeoffment and administration of counties and counties was a brand-new reform of the political system. Zhou implemented the patriarchal bloodline enfeoffment system. The characteristic of the county system was that the emperor's orders could reach the people directly, and the county guards County magistrates and county magistrates are directly appointed and removed by the central government, breaking the patriarchal blood political relationship of enfeoffment . County chiefs have a certain term, breaking the hereditary system of official positions and establishing a bureaucratic system. The county system is conducive to political stability and economic development, is conducive to preventing local separatism and division, and effectively safeguards the unity of the country. Liu Zongyuan commented in " Feudal Theory " that "the beginning of the public world began in Qin". Our modern provinces, cities, and counties are all further evolutions of the county system, rather than subversion.

3. The law of unification

" book with the same text ": Language and characters must carry ideas and culture. Qin Shihuang unified Chinese characters, which is equivalent to establishing a universal code covering the land of China. Ancient history will no longer be obscured by no one to interpret it. This is one of the important reasons for the continuation of Chinese civilization.

" Unified Weights and Measures ": During the Warring States Period , the weights and measures systems of various countries were very inconsistent with the monetary systems . After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, it was stipulated that the currency was divided into two types: gold and copper: gold was called the upper coin, and the unit was yi (20 taels in the Qin system was yi); copper coins were called the lower coin, and they were unified into round square holes, and the unit was and half liang . . Gold coins were mainly used for rewards by the emperor, while copper coins were the main circulation medium.

Qin Shihuang used the original Qin measures, quantities, and measures as the unit standard, and eliminated systems that were inconsistent with this. The Qin court engraved imperial inscriptions on the original standard vessels issued by Shang Yang, or made new identical standard vessels with inscriptions and distributed them throughout the country. The use of measures, quantities and measures that are different from those of standard instruments is prohibited. In terms of land system, the Qin Dynasty stipulated that 6 steps (230 centimeters today) was a ruler and 240 steps was an acre. This acre system will be used for thousands of years without change.

" trains on the same track ": Qin Shihuang built a highway centered on the capital Xianyang and extending in all directions, similar to a modern expressway. The gallops and cars are on the same track, and they are all fifty paces wide. During the Warring States Period, vehicles in different countries had different shapes. After Qin Shihuang unified the country, the width of the vehicle was determined to be six feet, so that one vehicle could travel across the country.

Whether it is land, systems, or laws, they are all reflected in the "grand unification." On this basis, with culture as the foundation and language and writing as the link, Chinese civilization is constantly embracing the old and embracing the new. Under the community of "great unification", whether it is the Han Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties or Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties after Qin, they all belong to the historical memory called "China" ; regardless of the ancestry of the rulers is Han or Xianbei Jurchen, both can gain the legitimacy of governing under the conferment of this "unified" culture; no matter how different the customs of the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Tibetan ethnic groups are, they all converge under the same name: Chinese nation . And the source of all this is: Qin Shihuang.

Conclusion: Mao Zedong: Confucius has some advantages, but it is not very good. We should be fair. Qin Shihuang was much greater than Confucius. Confucius talks empty words.Qin Shihuang was the first person to unify China. It not only unified China politically, but also unified Chinese writing and various Chinese systems, such as weights and measures. Some systems have been used ever since. There is no second feudal monarch in China who has surpassed him, but he has been scolded for thousands of years. He has only two scoldings: he killed 460 intellectuals and burned some books.