Make Xiaozhuan the national standard script.
In 221 BC, the Qin Dynasty was established and its capital was Xianyang. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. Unify writing, currency, weights and measures, and achieve the unification of politics, economy, ideology and culture. In terms of writing, Xiaozhuan was made the national standard writing and the original writing of the six countries was abolished. Later, official script with simpler strokes was promoted.
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In 361 BC, Qin Xiaogong succeeded to the throne and reused Shang Yang's two reforms, which enabled Qin's economy to develop, its army's combat effectiveness continued to increase, and it developed into the most powerful military force in the late Warring States period. A prosperous vassal state. Qin Wangzheng successively destroyed Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, completing the great cause of unification. In 221 BC, King Qin proclaimed himself emperor and was known as "Qin Shihuang" in history.
The Qin Dynasty established three officials and nine ministers in the central government to manage national affairs; it abolished the enfeoffment system at the local level and replaced it with the county and county system; They attacked the Xiongnu in the north, conquered Baiyue in the south, built the Great Wall to repel foreign enemies, and dug the Ling Canal to connect the water system.
The establishment of a centralized system established the basic pattern of China's political system for more than 2,000 years and laid the foundation for the rule of China's unified dynasty, so it is called "Qin's political law for a hundred generations." The Qin Dynasty ended the five hundred years of division and separatism among princes since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and became the first multi-ethnic centralized state in Chinese history.
It has had a profound impact on Chinese history. In 210 BC, Qin Shihuang died of illness in a sand dune during a tour. His son Hu Hai ascended the throne and became the second emperor of Qin. Although the Qin Dynasty had a huge influence in history, it abused the people's power and unified the country for only more than ten years. In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang cut down trees as soldiers and rose up. The world responded. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu raised troops in the Jianghuai River to fight against Qin.