"Great Qin's Library, Mister Su is always able to surprise people!
Your Majesty, Minister Li had once proposed to destroy all non-Qin books in the six states. It was only because of the protests of the Confucian scholars that he had no choice but to cancel it!”
"However, if Mister Su can establish this library and spread the new books written in the Qin language to all the counties of Great Qin, the original languages of the six dynasties will naturally be ignored. This subject feels that it will be more appropriate than Minister Li's radical strategy!”
Meng Yi muttered to himself for a long time.
"Yes!"
The First Emperor nodded slowly.
Even though Great Qin had already started to implement a new policy of having the same language, the Six Nations had only been destroyed not long ago, and their territories and population were many times that of Old Qin's. It was incredibly difficult to make everyone accept it.
Especially the Confucian scholars, who made up more than half of the world's scholars, with nearly a million of them, had the strongest reaction.
The reason was not hard to understand:
Although the seven languages had the same root and origin, after hundreds of years of evolution, there were already differences.
If Great Qin only had the Qin language left, those Confucians who only knew the languages of the six dynasties would become illiterate overnight. Their high and mighty statuses would be gone, so how could they be willing to accept this?
In addition, the remnants of the six states, who were afraid that the people would be assimilated by the Qin country, added fuel to the fire. Hundreds of thousands of Confucian scholars began to cause trouble together, and the county governors everywhere could not bear to be disturbed.
Even in the royal court, Chunyu Yue and the other Confucian scholars had banded together to argue with Li Si many times. If it wasn't for the First Emperor, they would have fought.
In order to stabilize the internal situation and focus on pacifying the foreign enemies of the Yue and Xiongnu, the First Emperor returned Li Si's proposal to burn the books of the six countries, but it was only postponed.
After all, if there were many languages in a country, government decrees would not be able to flow smoothly, and there would not be the recognition of true Qin people.
However, Su Han's plan to build the Great Qin Library and replace the old books with new books that were more convenient to read was clearly better than Li Si's radical plan. The tension in the First Emperor's heart finally eased.
"It's just that it's quite difficult to print, store, and transport bamboo slips. I wonder when the new, cheaper writing materials that Mister Su mentioned will appear in Great Qin!”
Meng Yi said with anticipation.
After many tests, they had no doubts about the future 'technologies' that Su Han had mentioned. However, Great Qin's foundations were simply too weak, and many things that could have been better had yet to appear, making them feel incredibly uncomfortable.
"There's already some progress, but it can still be better!”
"Besides quality, quantity is also very important!”
"Just the manuscripts that we have collected so far can be printed into hundreds of thousands of new books. We need tens of millions of pages, and this is only the minimum requirement for a library!”
"Moreover, Great Qin has dozens of Commanderies and nearly 1,000 counties, so it's not easy to promote new things!”
Su Han said with a smile.
Even though he wasn't particularly proficient in making paper, he knew that it was made from wood and bamboo, and with the hard work of Great Qin's craftsmen, there were already quite a few batches of finished products.
Compared to the fine and glossy white paper of the later generations, these yellowed and slightly rough papers were definitely far inferior. However, compared to the cumbersome bamboo slips, they were already a considerable improvement.
As for engraving and movable type printing, it wasn't difficult in terms of technology. The biggest problem now was that he needed time to build enough paper workshops, as well as to proofread and translate all the books into Qin language.
"With Mister Su in charge of this matter, Zhen can rest assured!”
The First Emperor nodded in satisfaction.
Although Su Han was sometimes lazy, he was still quite reliable when he was serious.
Moreover, Great Qin's main focus was to pacify the Yue and promote the salt policy to win back the hearts of the people. It was indeed not easy to start a war with the Confucian Sect and the families behind it.
At this moment,
"Your Majesty, great joy!"
"According to General Tu Sui's report, ever since the new rule that killing a person can be included in the assessment of military merits and titles was promoted, the morale of the originally timid surrendered soldiers has been greatly boosted. In just half a month, they have already conquered more than half of Dongyue and Minyue!”
"Even some of the captured Yue leaders are asking if they can use the new order. If they can, they're willing to be Great Qin's vanguard!”
Wang Jian said with a face full of joy.
As the Grand Commandant of Great Qin, Wang Jian knew that the most difficult part of the Yue War was not the strength of the army.
Even though the Baiyue Land had once given birth to a vassal state like Wuyue, it had declined for a long time, and its people only numbered around a million. The number of young and strong people it could use was at most 200,000 to 300,000, which was less than half of Great Qin's army.
What truly troubled Great Qin's Southern Expedition Army was the dense forests and mountains of the Baiyue Country, and there were countless places to set up ambushes. The reason why the Southern Expedition Army had been progressing so slowly was not only because of the surrendered soldiers, but also because they were not familiar with the terrain.
If they could buy over some of the Yue leaders to work for Great Qin, they would be able to gain the same geographical advantage. With the new order, if Tu Sui could still lose in the war against the Yue, then he would be a famous general of Great Qin in vain.
"Sir, you have once again done a great service for Great Qin!”
Ying Zheng chuckled and said," According to what you said, the people of the Yue are of the same origin as the people of the Central Plains. As long as they are willing to serve the Great Qin with sincerity, they will be the people of the Great Qin. How can I be stingy with a few titles?”
He wasn't someone who liked to be killed. The reason why he had been ignoring all kinds of casualties and forcefully promoting all kinds of construction battles was mainly because he lacked an heir and the huge pressure brought by the lack of time.
Now that Su Han was here, not to mention the fact that Ying Zheng's lifespan had been increased by consuming less poison pills, just the fact that Su Han was about the same age as Fu Su was enough to make Ying Zheng feel much more assured about his future.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"I also have good news!”
"Ever since the convicts made it clear that those who performed well in the labor reform could have their sentences reduced, their enthusiasm has increased greatly. Now, the reconstruction of Dang County has been greatly accelerated, and there are fewer complaints about Great Qin!”
"Knowing that they can go home once the river is dredged, and that they won't have to do corvee again for three years, coupled with the salt policy that has been promoted to Dang County, the people's enthusiasm has increased a lot!”
The project, which was originally expected to take a year, could be completed in three months at most!”
Meng Yi also praised.
"It seems that I have to prepare a new reward for Teacher Su!”
The First Emperor chuckled as he looked at Su Han. At the same time, he secretly added in his heart, He had to give this lazy guy more missions.
Su Han blinked.
Looking at the strange smile on His Majesty's face, could it be that he was going to give her another beauty?
Though beauty is good,
But if there were more of them,
He wondered how effective Great Qin's wolfberries were!
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