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You say there was money and grain distributed for these huge projects?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddy, how old are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you naive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in modern society, there are projects where money is exploited layer by layer, and a 1 billion project budget ends up with only 1 million in the hands of the contractor, resulting in shoddy construction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone in ancient times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do you think ancient times were so clean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qin Law is harsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... no matter how harsh the Qin Law is, it needs someone to supervise its execution!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I haven't heard much about corruption cases in the Qin Dynasty; it's not that there weren't any, but they weren't exposed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, they weren't discovered at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren't discovered, how could they be executed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su could imagine that when the money and grain reached the people, less than one-tenth remained, or even none at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this time, public resentment had already begun to accumulate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to the pressure of the First Emperor, no one dared to rebel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when the First Emperor died, with no one to suppress them, wouldn't they rebel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do you think the Dazexiang Uprising came about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you really think Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were full and had nothing to do, so they chose to rebel for fun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this level of taxes, huge projects, and personal survival pressure, very few people would choose not to rebel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from this perspective, the saying \"The Great Qin flourished under the First Emperor and perished under the First Emperor\" is not wrong at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the First Emperor Ying Zheng realize this problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, did he think of these problems?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su felt that he should have discovered and realized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, was he crazy, unifying the world for eleven years and touring five times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five tours, seven detours to look at the Great Wall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you really think touring the world is a good job?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just bumping around in a carriage for a year is not something an ordinary person can bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he had to visit and handle various government affairs in the carriage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is really not something an ordinary person can bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is even less the toil that an emperor should bear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tour of the world was, firstly, to intimidate those in the six states who were not submissive, and secondly, to warn those who were corrupt and lawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To tell those people, don't think that heaven is high and the emperor is far away, and that I don't know anything; the emperor is always by your side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for stopping these projects, or slowing them down? Or perhaps, being stricter, catching those who privately took money and grain, and punishing them directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su felt that it wouldn't work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since things were done, they must be done in one step; dragging them out would only lead to trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the Great Wall, the Epang Palace, water conservancy, etc., would be unlikely to continue construction!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, punishing them severely wouldn't work, because of that saying, \"Water that is too clear has no fish\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you get rid of all the corrupt officials, who will do the work for you if there's no profit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their supervision, although the people were in deep water, the quality of the project could be guaranteed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without their supervision, haha... the Great Wall standing for five thousand years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm afraid that if Meng Jiangnu cried a little longer, the Xianyanggong would collapse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for when to change these?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su, based on the national situation he mastered, the actions taken by the First Emperor, and even the speculations of some people in later generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He personally felt that the First Emperor's plan should be to wait until the Great Wall, the Epang Palace, and the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum were all completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, changes should be made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, the people should not be allowed to suffer like this anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>",1209,"2026-06-16T15:53:55.937Z","2026-06-16T16:02:52.546Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","58e54b0eb50352f5299a74e3270675e9b764dc4cbf1561c837a44330ff1476c8","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-20","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-18",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-cover.jpg"]