Zhangtai Palace.

The ground is paved with dark red ridges, and the columns supporting the dome are also of the same color, with lifelike black carvings of climbing dragons and phoenixes.

Zou Yan, a Yin-Yang scholar, said: "The Five Virtues are invincible: Yu Earth, Xia Mu, Yin Jin, and Zhou Huo."

Wood defeats earth, metal defeats wood, fire defeats metal, water defeats fire, and earth defeats water.

The First Emperor adopted the Yin-Yang family Zou Yan's theory of the Five Elements' mutual restraint: Qin destroyed Zhou and Zhou was fire, while Qin was water and worshiped black.

It is strange to say that from the time when the Yu Dynasty was established on earth to when the Qin Dynasty destroyed Zhou Fengshui, the five elements have completely turned around.

China also ended the era of division and separatism during the First Emperor's reign, and ushered in a new era of unification with the system of prefectures and counties.

The palaces of the Qin Dynasty, which followed the virtue of water and advocated black, were all in dark tones, just like beasts dormant in the shadows waiting for opportunities to move to preserve their strength.

The sky is bright and bright.

But Zhangtai Palace still needs to hold a lamp to make it appear bright, otherwise it will end up being a little dark.

The First Emperor wore a black satin crown embroidered with a soaring black bird, and a sky-reaching crown with eighteen East China Sea clam beads on the front and back of his head.

He threw away the lamb's hair and made a brush. He felt a little uncomfortable due to the dark environment.

"Just to catch a Gan Luo, you exposed the building. It really doesn't give me any peace of mind."

The First Emperor closed his eyes and gently rubbed the temples on both sides of his head, whispered to himself, and raised his voice.

"Zhao Gao."

"I'm here."

Zhao Gao, who had just arrived at Xianyang Palace yesterday and took office today, put on a eunuch's uniform, held his chest and lowered his head. He walked towards the First Emperor in a soft voice and waited for the king's wishes.

Genie, who was standing behind the First Emperor, quietly moved to the side, leaving room for Zhao Gao.

"How about over there at Qidi?"

The First Emperor's question was confusing, and Genie would have replied with an expressionless expression: "Your Majesty, please speak more clearly."

Zhao Gao was not surprised and said humbly: "Your Majesty's kindness is like the East Sea. All the people of Qi are happy to become Qin people."

Licking the dog.

Gai Daxia thought to himself, and moved his steps back, his iron bones repulsing Zhao Gao.

"There may be a few remnants of the Six Kingdoms, but Your Majesty is far-sighted and has entrusted the heroes of Great Qin to all four directions to guard the Eight Extremes. In less than two years, these remnants of the Six Kingdoms will be dug out of their foundations and surrendered to our Great Qin Empire."

The First Emperor nodded slightly, rubbed his fingers less vigorously, and said, "How is the implementation of simplified Chinese characters effective?"

"Official documents in Qi have been written in simplified Chinese characters. Most of the people in Qi are illiterate and do not know that Qi's writing has changed. It was not until I returned to Chen County that I heard that the local people wrote in simplified characters. The closer we are to Hangu Pass, the more people we see written in simplified characters."

Zhao Gao's words were within the expectations of the First Emperor and were similar to the First Emperor's idea.

The simplified Chinese characters are radiated to the whole country with Xianyang as the benchmark, and Qidi, the farthest place, is naturally the last to be changed.

The First Emperor was very satisfied when he heard that all official documents in Qi were written in simplified Chinese characters.

"The reputation of Jixia Academy is spread all over the world, and the style of students in Qi is particularly strong. The world's books have the same text, and there are no complaints from Qi."

Che Tongwen's move is not a big problem for the big nobles. No matter what words are used, their interests will not be greatly affected at present.

The real influence is on those disciples of various schools of thought, who read, understand reason, and possess knowledge.

There will be hatred between the country and the family, and they will know that the purpose behind the book is to destroy the foundation of a country, to completely occupy a country from the cultural level and devour it.

Zhao Gao lowered his head and said, "There are indeed some inappropriate remarks..."

"What did they say about me?"

"I dare not speak."

"explain."

Plop~

Zhao Gao knelt on his knees and said in a trembling voice: "...To say that His Majesty is immoral is because of Xia Jie and Shang Zhou."

Xia fell to Jie, and Shang fell to Zhou.

Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, the two subjugated kings, are generally recognized as faint kings.

The First Emperor rubbed his fingers and stopped.

"Is this a lot to say?"

"Donghai, Linzi, Langya...all have heard of it."

"Have they not heard that I collected letters from hundreds of schools in Xianyang and put them in the doctor's office? Anyone who wants to study more can do it for himself as long as he can be a doctor or a servant?"

"What your Majesty has said has reached every city and county in the land, but ignorant people and arrogant people have gathered in the land, bathing in God's grace without feeling any virtue."

The First Emperor was silent and gathered the bamboo slips on the table.

During this era, hundreds of schools of thought were extremely active outside the customs.

When the laws of Qin did not prevail over the world, when the country was unified but the thoughts were not unified, no theory would be willing to remain silent.

The collection of books with the same text from hundreds of schools was undoubtedly a devastating blow to hundreds of schools, so the First Emperor had no doubts about Zhao Gao's words.

In fact, ever since Ying Chengyu invented paper and could use carrier pigeons to transmit messages thousands of miles away, the First Emperor had placed spies all over the world.

Among the carrier pigeons that flew back from Qidi, the records were inseparable from what Zhao Gao said. The First Emperor asked Zhao Gao to verify it on both sides.

The error of one or two points made the First Emperor's alignment more and more certain.

Zhao Gao sent Wei Liao to the fiefdom and hurried back all the way. Everything he said was said in a hurry, and naturally it would not be the same as what Anzi, who was deeply cultivating the land, said.

"kill."

The First Emperor said softly.

He stood up slowly while holding on to the black, striped and undecorated table, which contained only pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and stacks of memorials.

"The proposed decree is: Anyone who talks about things in the streets and alleys will be killed, anyone who preaches and accepts karma to resolve doubts will be killed, and anyone who openly writes old Chinese characters will be killed."

No one can stop the unification of the Qin Dynasty. Anyone who dares to stop me is a traitor.

"only."

Zhao Gao responded simply. His body seemed to be trembling more and more obviously because he was afraid of the power of the First Emperor.

"What are you rejoicing about?"

A question suddenly broke in without any warning.

The emperor and his ministers were both surprised when they asked and answered the question. The First Emperor looked back at Gai Nie, and Zhao Gao looked up at Gai Nie in confusion.

Despite the oppressive and displeased look of the First Emperor, Genie showed no fear.

He took a step forward and walked to Zhao Gao, expressionless, and asked again.

"What are you rejoicing about?"

The First Emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Happy?"

Ge Nie did not move his gaze, staring closely into Zhao Gao's eyes, moving his mouth slightly, trying to explain the First Emperor's doubts without emotion.

"After Your Majesty just said the word 'kill', Zhao Chefu made people feel very happy. Nie didn't understand the reason."

The First Emperor followed Ge Nie's gaze and looked at Zhao Gao with squinted eyes.

I saw that Zhao Gao's expression was still so humble. After seeing the Emperor's gaze, he said: "Gao Gao doesn't like people who don't respect your Majesty. I heard that Your Majesty wants to kill people who don't like him, so he is happy."

"oh."

Gai Nie nodded, and at some point the hand on the sword on his waist naturally took it down, took a step back and stood in his original position.

When the First Emperor heard what had happened, he turned back as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Gao stood up and walked to a small table, spread out a bamboo slip, picked up a brush and began to write the imperial edict.

While writing, he concentrated his inner strength on his back.

Because the inner placket of his eunuch's uniform was a little damp, which made him very uncomfortable.

The First Emperor gently shook his sore shoulders, and suddenly thought that the seven northwest counties had been assigned to his eldest son as a place for experiments. A few days ago, he also received news from the Han Dynasty about the Chang'an Academy.

Then he added: "This edict will not be sent to the northwest or Korea."

Zhao Gao had no time to put down his pen, and hurriedly knelt down and turned around to face the First Emperor, lowered his head slightly and said: "Wei."

The ink dripped on his body, and it seemed as if he had never seen it before.

Paused for two breaths.

Hearing that the First Emperor was speechless, he turned around and continued to write the imperial edict.

Already cautious, the maids and eunuchs who served the First Emperor were even more cautious.

They all breathed more lightly, fearing that the three words "kill" from the First Emperor's mouth would fall on their heads.

…

"The land of the Xiongnu is vast and sparsely populated, making it unsuitable for farming, and their people have no fixed place to live. If you go to this place like this, even if you have the support of your Majesty, you will not survive the second month."
To be continued...