Si Water County was the capital, and Pei County was like this. In the tens of counties, hundreds of counties, and thousands of villages under the Great Qin Empire, how many of these things happened?
It was simply appalling and incomparably vicious.
How can the people of the world not hate the Qin Dynasty when it implements laws like this?
Li Si's laws were all personally reviewed by him, removing the extremely harsh laws.
The laws left behind were still very strict, but in Ying Zheng's eyes, they were very meticulous and detailed, big and small, and they covered every detail.
Every law and every possibility was taken into consideration, and a case was specially made for the judicial officials to refer to.
For example, if a thief sneaks into the house and shouts for help, but the neighbors do not hear him and are not at home, there is no need to punish him.
Local officials, whether they heard the news or not, whether they were at home or not, had to be punished according to the law.
The system of corvee was even more reviled by later generations. In fact, in Ying Zheng's view, the government not only provided food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation, but also paid wages.
As for the corvee, there was a special Qin law to protect those who served. The ignorant were the most pitiful.
However, there were indeed drawbacks to Qin's laws. The local highest administrative officials had too much power, and the supervisory censors were easily corrupted, thus becoming accomplices of these black sheep.
If We didn't reform and took their lives, then these people would slowly devour Great Qin and take their own lives.
"Your Majesty is wise. I told Your Majesty this matter to remind Your Majesty that it is too late to go too far.”
Liu Ji said with a solemn expression.
"Your chance to make a contribution has come. I hereby confer upon you the title of Imperial Censor Buhai. Immediately return to Pei County to clear the injustice of this case.”
Ying Zheng stared at Liu Ji and said with a fierce look.
"Your Majesty, what should we do with the officials involved?”
Liu Ji was overjoyed. Was he going to return home in glory so soon?
"All officials involved, regardless of their official positions, are to be detained and brought back to Xianyang.”
"We want to use their blood to tell the world that Great Qin's laws cannot be trampled upon, and anyone who touches them will die.”
After saying that, Ying Zheng flicked his sleeves and left.
"Farewell, Your Majesty."
Liu Ji bowed.
Watching the Emperor's back as he left, Liu Ji's eyes flickered with admiration.
The height that this man stood at was something that even Qiongqi could not reach in its entire life.
The Zhou Dynasty claimed that the entire world was the land of the king, and the shores of the land were the subjects of the king. In fact, it was just a loud slogan.
In the thousands of years since the Three Royals and Five Emperors, only this man was truly worthy of this sentence.
Before the First Emperor, the Divine Prefecture was only unified in name, but in reality, it was divided. Every noble had absolute control over the territory.
The past emperors were only nominal leaders. Only the Qin Empire not only abolished the enfeoffment system, but also took back the rights of the nobles in the world, allowing the imperial power to rule the world.
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Xianyang Palace was built along the Jingwei River. It stretched dozens of miles from east to west. There were hundreds of palaces and countless pavilions.
Ganquan Palace was built on the south bank of Weishui River, with a corridor built inside to connect the palaces north of Weishui River.
Ever since the Empress Dowager passed away, Ganquan Palace had almost become a cold palace.
Other than some unwelcome maids who stayed here to keep the palace clean, no one else came here.
However, today, a group of uninvited guests had arrived and broken the peace that had existed for many years.
Ten Iron Eagle Guards and a middle-aged chamberlain came to the outside of Ganquan Palace. The Palace Master in charge of Ganquan Palace welcomed them with a smile.
"This is the place where you will do your work in the future.”
The captain of the Iron Eagle Guard said coldly to the middle-aged servant.
"Thank you for your trouble, General. Zhao Gao feels deeply guilty for making you come all the way here.”
The middle-aged chamberlain was the demoted Zhao Gao. He said with a smile.
"Alright, I still have to go back and report. I'll take my leave.”
After the commander finished speaking, he left with his subordinates in a hurry.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Isn't this the favorite person in front of His Majesty, the commander of the Zhongche Prefecture and the commander of the seal, Zhao Lingshi?”
The Palace Master in charge of managing Ganquan Palace sneered when he saw that it was Zhao Gao.
"It's you?"
The smile on Zhao Gao's face immediately froze.
"You have a good memory. It's all thanks to you that we were banished to this Cold Palace!”
The Palace Master of Ganquan Palace said to Zhao Gaoliang with a strange smile.
"Palace Master, Zhao Gao is only an ordinary servant now.”
Having been in a high position for a long time, even if Zhao Gao wanted to put down his pride, he could not afford to lose face in front of the Palace Master who he had once suppressed and pushed away. He could only say this in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
"Zhao Gao! Looks like you're not stupid!"
"You came to my house to do business. Based on what you did to my house back then, if I don't treat you well, I really can't swallow this resentment in my chest.”
The Palace Master sized up Zhao Gao with ill intentions and smiled brightly.
"You?"
"Are you even worthy?"
"I, Zhao Gao, may have lost my official position, but I've been in charge of the seal for so many years.”
"In Xianyang Palace, I, Zhao Gao, have single-handedly pulled up countless people.”
"I, Zhao Gao, want you to die in this palace tonight. You will never live to see the sunrise tomorrow.”
Zhao Gao's eyes were fierce like a hungry wolf, and his voice was bone-chilling.
"You…Stop scaring us."
The Palace Master of Ganquan Palace stuttered.
When Zhao Gao was favored, who dared to disrespect him in Xianyang Palace?
Even if the official saw Zhao Gao, he had to show some respect.
"I can give it a try."
Zhao Gao showed a disdainful expression, then smiled sinisterly and walked straight to the gate of Ganquan Palace.
The Palace Master of Ganquan Palace looked at Zhao Gao's back with an unpredictable and gloomy expression.
In this short confrontation, he understood that he had already been utterly defeated.
Not only did he lose face in front of his subordinates, but he also left a seed of fear in the hearts of the people of Ganquan Palace.
Even if he lost his official position, Zhao Gao was still Zhao Gao!
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