Chapter 11: The Battle to Destroy Qi
[“Wu Qie loves me”, said the King of Qin himself.]
[A group of people watched their king fleeing around the pillar, anxious and helpless. Just thinking about that scene is hilarious.]
[The two people who were the busiest in the whole scene were Jing Ke who was assassinating and the King of Qin who was circling the pillar.]
[…The guards took action only at the very end, so it’s hard to judge.]
[To be honest, I want to see the King of Qin walk around the pillar.]
[During the Qin and Han dynasties, people wore leggings, which were open-crotch pants. When I think of Jing Ke sitting in the hall with his legs stretched out and cursing, is my brother Zheng's eyes still okay?]
[I couldn't hold it in any longer. Thinking of my brother Zheng wearing open-crotch pants, I suddenly lost my dignity.]
[Ah——My Han Xin, for the first time I felt that the humiliation under the crotch was quite humiliating. Raising your head is just that.]
Ying Zheng's mind went blank. This is too...

Also, the historian recorded it in too much detail, which brought shame to future generations.

Xia Wuqie: If it's obviously normal, why does it change when Tianmu mentions it?
Han Xin's face twisted, and he asked why the First Emperor had mentioned him? Now the whole world knew about this matter.

People after the Qin and Han Dynasties: ...Please don’t talk about this anymore.

[Qin conquered the six kingdoms and only Qi remained.]

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi was the most powerful country among the vassal states.

With the assistance of Guan Zhong, Duke Huan of Qi implemented reforms to enrich the people and strengthen the country. At the same time, Duke Huan of Qi "respected the king and repelled the barbarians", becoming the leader of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

During the Warring States Period, Qi was also a great power in the East.

During the reign of King Wei of Qi, Qi defeated the Wei army in the battles of Guiling and Maling, reversing the situation of Qi being repeatedly invaded. At the same time, with the assistance of Zou Ji, Sun Bin, Tian Ji and others, he implemented social reforms and rectified the administration of officials.

During the reign of King Xuan of Qi, Qi was at its most powerful state, and the Jixia Academy was filled with famous figures and scholars from all over the world.

During the reign of King Min of Qi, the territory of Qi expanded, but his aggressive policy exhausted the people's strength. At the same time, he killed talented and capable people, which led to the decline of Qi's national strength and internal and external turmoil.

During the reign of King Xiang of Qi, King Zhao of Yan united with five other countries to attack Qi during the reign of King Min of Qi, which severely damaged Qi's national strength and made it unable to recover.

After King Xiang of Qi died, King Jian of Qi ascended the throne and also adopted a policy of befriending Qin, not daring to support the other five countries in their fight against Qin.

However, when Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu and Yan were all destroyed, Qi also came to an end.

In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang ordered Wang Ben to march south to attack Qi. Wang Ben met almost no resistance when he marched south to attack Qi. Wang Ben led his army straight into Linzi, where Wang Jian and Hou Sheng surrendered to Qin. Qi was destroyed.

[A counselor told King Jian of Qi that he should improve military preparations, promote national prestige, and protect the country. Tian Jian ignored this advice.]
[It was useless to listen to it. King Jian of Qi was an incompetent monarch, and Qin was too powerful to stop him.]
All dynasties: Are these people from later generations? They seem to be literate and sensible. Are they all children of the nobility?
[From 230 BC to 221 BC, it took a total of ten years for Qin to conquer the six kingdoms, ending the situation of warring states that had lasted for more than 500 years since the Spring and Autumn Period in China and completing the unification.

King Zheng of Qin established the first monarchical centralized state in history - the Qin Dynasty, and ushered in a new era.

He was thirty-nine years old.

[The next one will be called Qin Shi Huang!]
[“Destroy the feudal lords, establish the empire, and unify the world.”]
The princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had complicated feelings, feeling a little envious and a little jealous of the Qin State.

Other people's descendants destroyed the six kingdoms and established hegemony, but their descendants were destroyed.

Why is there such a big gap between people?

As for his immediate superior, Emperor Zhou, his feelings might be even more complicated, but unfortunately no one cares.

[After destroying the six kingdoms, the Qin army did not stop conquering. ]

[After Shang Yang's reforms, the Qin State established a system of twenty ranks of military merit. Those with military merit could be granted titles, which opened up a channel for the promotion of lower-level people. For the Qin soldiers, having wars to fight was, to some extent, beneficial.]
[So after the unification, the channels for the lower classes to rise up were gone again.]
[First, the south.]

After destroying the State of Chu, the State of Qin sent troops to the Baiyue region, first conquering Minyue and then marching towards Nanyue.

In order to transport food and money, two canals, the North and South, were opened. The North Canal diverted 70% of water to the Xiang River, and the South Canal diverted 30% of water to the Li River. This is the world-famous Lingqu Canal. The opening of the Lingqu Canal connected the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and played a major role in the economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south.

There was a ballad at the time that went: "Xing'an is ten thousand feet high, and water flows in both directions."

We have to admire the ability of the ancients. This artificial canal can be said to be a work of ingenuity and has the title of "the pearl of ancient water conservancy architecture in the world."

The construction of the Lingqu Canal was inseparable from the strategy of Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, and of course, it was even more inseparable from the hard-working soldiers and people who dug the canal.

Qin Shihuang conquered the Baiyue people and laid the foundation for the southern territory of my country.

[The Lingqu Canal built during the reign of Qin Shihuang is still in use today, more than 2,000 years ago. It is truly miraculous.]
The rulers of dynasties after the Qin Dynasty knew whether the Lingqu Canal was good or not.

[The second is the Southwestern Yi region.]

There are many ethnic groups here, the terrain is complex and transportation is inconvenient.

Qin Shihuang ordered his soldiers to cut through mountains and fill up valleys to open up a "five-foot-wide road" and to post officials in places where the roads were convenient.

The administration of the Southwestern Yi promoted exchanges between the Central Plains and the Southwestern Yi region as well as economic and cultural exchanges.

[I think I learned this history book, but I returned it to the school.]

【Then came the North.】

Qin Shihuang ordered Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 to drive out the Huns who had invaded the Hetao area.

The Great Wall was also built, stretching from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east, to resist the Xiongnu invasion from the south.

[This time it’s my turn to be embarrassed. I was arguing with Zhengge’s haters online before, saying that I wanted to send him to build the Great Wall, but the other party said that your ID would be the Huns who were blocked in the Qin Dynasty.]
[Haha, when I was learning "Man Jiang Hong" before, I was so excited that I wanted to fight against the Jin Dynasty with Yue Fei. But my grandfather told me that my ancestor was a Jin man, and I was the clown (crying).]
[Same, I am from Mongolia, but I like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing. It was so exciting to see them fighting against the Xiongnu (laughing and crying)]
[Hundreds of years ago, they fought to the death, but hundreds of years later, they love each other (dog head)]

[A loving family (applause)]

Yue Fei, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing looked at the sky, and a question mark slowly appeared above their heads. Did they fight to the death but become a loving family in the end?

The Xiongnu and the Jin people were silent. They wanted to attack their ancestors? How filial!

[We have almost finished talking about Qin's wars. Let's take a break and then look at what happened after Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains. ]

[Great!]

(Han-××hong: Can you tell me why we use the Gregorian calendar?)

(Ming-××Qi: I want to know too, please tell me.)
……

Ancient calendar makers such as Luoyang Hong of the Han Dynasty and Xu Guangqi of the Ming Dynasty finally could not wait any longer and asked the question.

(End of this chapter)