What system did the Qin Dynasty implement?

In 22 1 BC, after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in order to consolidate his rule over the whole country, he set out to establish and improve autocratic centralization. Since then, this political system has continued in China for more than 2,000 years.

Centralized, feudal society generally practiced absolute monarchy. With the development of society, the absolute monarchy will be eliminated and the central government will continue to exist. China is currently implementing a centralized administrative system, but it is not a monarchy.

After Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, unified the whole country, he thought he was highly respected in Huang San, and his achievements surpassed those of the Five Emperors. The title of king can no longer show his supreme power and status, so he changed his name and combined the titles of Huang Sanhe and the five emperors in ancient legends into one, called "emperor" From then on, the emperor became the title of the supreme ruler of feudal countries.

In addition, it is also stipulated that the emperor calls himself "I", "Zhi", makes him "Zhao" and seals it. Abolish the "posthumous law" that children discuss their fathers and ministers discuss their princes, and stipulate that emperors should be arranged according to their seniority. The first generation was called the first emperor, and the descendants were counted by the second and third generations, and even "circulated endlessly".

These regulations show the sacred status and supreme power of the emperor. It also enabled the emperor to monopolize the judicial, legislative, administrative and military power of the country.

The establishment of the official system and administrative institutions from the central government to the local government, that is, the system of three public officials and nine ministers, has nothing to do with each other, and the emperor has the final say.

Sangong: prime minister (assisting the emperor in handling national political affairs), Qiu (in charge of military affairs) and imperial envoys (in charge of ministers' memorials, issuing imperial edicts and managing state supervision affairs).

Jiuqing: Wei (in charge of palace security), Lang (in charge of security affairs), Taifu (in charge of palace chariots and horses), Ting Wei (in charge of judicial proceedings), Dianke (in charge of foreign affairs), Feng Chang (in charge of ancestral temple etiquette), Zong Zheng (in charge of internal affairs of the royal family), Shaofu (in charge of taxation and making mountains, rivers, lakes and seas) and Su Neishi (in charge of taxation).

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