The Qin Dynasty was the first unified dynasty in Chinese history. The founding emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng, was known as Qin Shihuang. However, the establishment of the Qin Dynasty was not just the work of Qin Shihuang alone, but the Qin Dynasty's efforts for nearly hu

The Qin Dynasty was the first unified dynasty in Chinese history. The founding emperor of the Qin Dynasty Ying Zheng was known as Qin Shihuang. However, the establishment of the Qin Dynasty was not just the work of Qin Shihuang alone, but the Qin Dynasty's efforts for nearly hundreds of years. From Spring and Autumn Qin Mugong to Warring States Qin Xiaogong , they were all working hard for the Qin Dynasty. So why is it said that it was more difficult for the Qin Dynasty to unify the world than any other dynasty in history?

Unify the world, the remaining heroes of the Sixth Generation

As I said at the beginning, the Qin Dynasty could become a unified dynasty not because of Qin Shihuang alone. Let's take a look at How the Qin Kingdom destroyed the six countries.

The Qin Dynasty adopted Fan Ju 's strategy of distant friendship and close attack to win over Yan and Qi, stabilize Chu and Wei, and destroy Han and Zhao first. However, the Six Kingdoms have a long history, especially Han, Zhao, and Wei, which were three countries separated from the original superpower Jin Kingdom . Qi State was the first big country to dominate as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. Chu State had a vast territory, and it was not easy to destroy Chu State. But Qin has achieved it!

In 230 BC, the Qin State destroyed South Korea first. South Korea's national power was relatively weak, so there was little pressure to destroy South Korea, and it sent the least amount of troops.

followed Qin State and began to deal with and Zhao State ! The State of Zhao passed through King Wuling of Zhao 's Hufu riding and shooting, and its national power was booming. Qin's Bai Qi fought a famous Changping Battle with Zhao, wiping out 400,000 of Zhao's elite soldiers. As a result, Zhao State was able to unite with Wei State Chu State to fight a beautiful Handan defense battle, and Zhao State's two famous generals Li Mu and Lian Po were able to defend Zhao State. In the end, Qin was forced to use to counterattack to kill Li Mu and Lian Po. In 228 BC, Qin finally destroyed Zhao. It took so much energy to defeat the Zhao Kingdom, and there were other five heroes of the Warring States Period who were even more difficult to destroy.

After the fall of Zhao State, Yan State sent assassins to assassinate Qin Shihuang. This is the famous story of Jing Ke assassinating King Qin . However, after the assassins failed, Qin Shihuang sent an army to finally destroy the Yan Kingdom in 226 BC.

After the destruction of the Yan State, Qin Shihuang targeted the Wei State again. The Wei State had a world-famous Lord Xinling , one of the four princes of the Warring States Period. With him, the Wei State could survive for a long time. However, Qin had no choice but to use counterintuitive tactics to create a gap between King Wei and Lord Xinling. Lord Xinling finally died of drunkenness. After the death of Lord Xinling, Qin Shihuang sent a large army to attack Wei and destroyed Wei in 225 BC.

After the Kingdom of Wei was destroyed, Qin Shihuang targeted the Kingdom of Chu, which was a large country with a vast territory. Qin Shihuang began to mobilize Li Xin to attack Chu, but was tortured by the Chu army. Later, under the leadership of the famous general Wang Jian, he eroded the territory of Chu State step by step, and finally Chu State was destroyed bit by bit. Finally, in 223 BC, the Chu State was destroyed. However, there were sequelae later, leaving behind the prophecy that "although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die".

Five of the six kingdoms were destroyed. Qi was unable to compete with Qin and chose to surrender. In 221 BC, the Qin State destroyed the Qi State and unified the world!

As can be seen from the above, it is extremely difficult for Qin to unify the world, which is unmatched by other dynasties.

The establishment of the Qin Dynasty was an epoch-making event.

Before the Qin Dynasty, there was the era of great division of Zhou Dynasty , which was also the era of Spring and Autumn and Warring States . However, there is a primitive or traditional system in this era, which is enfeoffment and ! The enfeoffment system means that the countries in each region are relatives or heroes of the emperor of Zhou . In other words, the world belongs to the same family!

But after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the proposal of adopting the name and prime minister Li Si adopted the county system . This system made the world no longer a family world, but a world of common people! This system was an epoch-making system, and later dynasties followed the Qin Dynasty one after another.In other words, the Qin Dynasty created a precedent for an era. It made a beginning. It did things that the previous Spring and Autumn and Warring States countries wanted to do but did not dare to do or could not do! And done so beautifully! The era promoted the unification of the Qin Dynasty, and the unification of the Qin Dynasty also brought an end to the old era.

The territory of the Qin Dynasty was the basis of subsequent dynasties

This is lighter than the above two reasons. The territory of the Qin Dynasty was relatively large, starting from Liaodong in the east, to the plateau in the west, to Lingnan in the south, and to the Yinshan Mountains in the north. The subsequent Han Dynasty , Jin Dynasty , Sui, Tang, , Song Dynasty, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties all started to expand their territory based on the territory of the Qin Dynasty. This was the result of the efforts of dozens of generations of the Qin Dynasty, and it also contributed to the development of the Qin Dynasty. Later generations have left indelible contributions!

Of course, there are many reasons why it was more difficult for the Qin Dynasty to unify the world than other dynasties. I will list three important reasons here!