Did Qin Shihuang do more good than others? debate competition

I am also a debating contest, but ours is the opposing side, and you can have the affirmative. . .

Merit is greater than that of Qin Shihuang.

I. Politics

1. Improve the dignity of the emperor: Ying Zheng thought that he had gained merits and demerits from "Huang San" and "Five Emperors", so he adopted the honorific title of the ancient * * * Lord and merged it into "Emperor" as the exclusive title of the emperor. From then on, the monarch in the history of China was called "Emperor" and the winner was called Qin Shihuang. In addition, a series of special names are used to express the supreme authority of the supreme ruler of the country. For example, the emperor calls himself "I", his orders are called "Zhi" or "Zhao", and his seal is called "Xi".

2. Strict centralization: the prime minister and others are responsible to the emperor respectively, and everything is subject to the emperor. In addition, the Shi Qing Shilu system was abolished, and officials from the central government to local governments were appointed and removed by the emperor, and they had no inheritance rights.

3. Enforcement of severe punishments: On the basis of the original laws of Qin State, the Qin Dynasty revised a set of severe punishments and promulgated them throughout the country.

Second, the military.

1. Building the Great Wall: Qin Shihuang connected the Great Wall built by Beiyan, Zhao and Qin during the Warring States Period. "Building the Great Wall, because of the terrain, stretches from Lintao to Liaodong, stretching to Vandory."

Third, the economy

1. unified currency: it is forbidden to use the respective currencies of six countries, such as tortoise, shellfish and jade. It is stipulated that gold and copper are used uniformly throughout the country, with gold as the upper currency and copper as the lower currency.

2. Unified measurement: the length, size and weight of national struggle are calculated based on the degree, quantity and weights of Shang Yang and Qin State.

3. Private land: Since Shang Yang abandoned the mine and started construction, Qin gradually allowed private land to be traded freely. After the reunification of the whole country, Qin paid more attention to agricultural production, allowing people who occupied land to declare the number of fields they occupied and pay taxes, and formally recognized the legitimacy of private ownership of land.

Fourth, traffic.

1. Construction of Chidao: On the basis of the original six-country chariots and horses lanes, Qin built a wide and unified Chidao with Xianyang as the center.

2. Communication Waterway: As a waterway hub, the dredging gorge in Qin Dynasty was built in 2 14 BC, with a length of more than 60 miles, connecting Hunan and Lishui.

Verb (short for verb) culture

1. Unified writing: During the Warring States Period, Qin Shihuang ordered Li Si to simplify the original big seal script of Qin State into small seal script, which became popular all over the country. Later, seal script was simplified to official script, which was also popular in the whole country in the Qin Dynasty.

2. Control ideology: In order to prevent people from rebelling, Qin Shihuang also exercised strict ideological control, such as banning books, collecting books and burning them, and killing more than 400 Confucian scholars who criticized state affairs, which is known as "burning books to bury Confucianism" in history.

Sixth, external.

After Qin Shihuang annexed the six countries and unified the world, he resumed the Northern Expedition to Xiongnu and Nanping Baiyue, which made China's territory big, starting from Dragon Tree in the west, east to Liaodong, north to the desert and south to the South China Sea, and formed the foundation of China's territory later.

1. Northern Expedition of Huns: Since the end of the Warring States Period, Huns have frequently invaded the south, threatening the lives and property of the people of Yan, Zhao and Qin. In 2 15 BC, it was built on the basis of the old Great Wall of Yan, Zhao and Qin, and became a so-called "Great Wall of Wan Li" with a length of more than 5,000 miles. It is one of the greatest architectural projects in ancient China and even in the world.

2. Running for Baiyue: Baiyue is the floorboard of the ancient southern Yue nationality in China. Before the reunification of the country, Qin had gradually conquered Ouyue and other places.

◎ The tyranny of Qin Shihuang

1. Impose heavy taxes: In order to maintain the huge military expenditure and engineering construction and satisfy the extravagant life, the first emperor did not hesitate to levy heavy taxes on the people, and there was a serious situation in the whole country that "it is difficult for men to plow the fields, but women are short of wages and weaving, and the wealth of the world is exhausted", so that the people were in dire straits and ate dogs.

2. Overjoyed, abusing people's power: Qin Shihuang was eager for quick success and instant benefit, and had no sympathy for people's feelings. He built Epang Palace and the tomb of Mount Li near the capital for his own luxury, consuming more than 700,000 civilian workers. It is estimated that at that time, the number of people performing military service far exceeded 2 million, accounting for more than one third of men in their prime. Such heavy taxes and heavy labor are really unbearable for the people.

3. Heavy punishment and heavy law, boiling public resentment: Since Shang Yang's political reform in Qin Dynasty, laws and regulations have been very strict. One person has been punished to death for three families, one family has sat next door, and the people are often subjected to hard labor or torture.

4. Restrain thoughts, burn books and bury Confucianism: Qin Shihuang also imposed harsh laws on the ideological field, wantonly controlling thoughts and imprisoning freedom of thought.

Conclusion: Qin Shihuang made great contributions in politics, military and culture, but his brutal personality made the people miserable. Perhaps this is a major factor in the demise of the Qin Dynasty!

Therefore, Qin Shihuang's contribution is greater than his own.

Not bad. . .