There was no literature in the Qin Dynasty, and the only one was Li Si's "The Book of Exhortation", which established his position in the history of literature.
He is an outstanding calligrapher, and his calligraphy and stone carvings, such as Mount Tai's mountain closure, Langya stone carving, Yishan stone carving and Huiji stone carving, are immortal.
The most remarkable thing is his political talent. He not only sent spies to different countries to alienate the ministers of the six countries in the process of the reunification of the Qin Dynasty, so as to achieve the goal of divide and conquer. More importantly, after the unification of Qin, Lisi did several fruitful things that benefited the ages: unified writing, unified unified measurement, unified cars and tracks, and implemented the county system.
Without unified writing and weights and measures, there would be several languages in China. As long as the written language is used separately, it is equivalent to different countries, just like Europe today. Even if the territory is forcibly unified, the country will split sooner or later.
If there is no unified track, it will bring great trouble to travel. As we all know, to get rich, build roads first. The different wheel tracks obviously limit the development.
Implement the county system. This article is particularly commendable. Reese's vision is ahead. He can do this and is definitely a breakthrough figure. After Xiang Yu established the Western Chu, he abolished the county system and changed it to the enfeoffment system. Soon, Xiang Yu tasted the bitter fruit and the country fell apart. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang enfeoffed half the counties, but enfeoffment eventually led to the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, and the bitter fruit was not lifted until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pushed for mercy.
However, several evils of Reese are very obvious. The first thing is to kill Han Fei. Han Fei was originally his classmate, and his talent was no less than his. As a result, he encouraged Qin Shihuang to kill Han Fei as a spy.
The second thing is to burn books. As a great intellectual, he naturally knew the importance of books to the country and the nation, but he also suggested Qin Shihuang to do so.
Third, tamper with the imperial edict. Obviously, he understood that Qin Shihuang pinned all his hopes on Fuxi, sent Fuxi to the border to exercise, and finally made Fuxi the heir to the throne with a testament before his death. But he colluded with Zhao Gao, tampered with the imperial edict, made Hu Hai, a dude, emperor, and the imperial edict killed Fu Su.
Why did Reese do these three evils? To put it bluntly, he is nothing more than a? Private? Words. Afraid that Han Fei would take his place, he did not hesitate to extend a black hand to his classmates. He was afraid that the world would change his ways, so he encouraged Qin Shihuang to kill all the Confucian scholars and alchemists in the world. He was afraid that Fu Su would no longer be trusted when he became emperor, so he wanted to support a puppet.
However, when Reese used self-interest, he didn't expect Zhao Gao's self-interest to be heavier and his malice more thorough. Finally, Zhao Gao used his way to deal with Han Fei, and dealt with him as he deals with you, killing him.
Reese is a tragedy, and what he did is worth pondering.