Chapter 241 Gathering All Weapons Under Heaven

"Tuan? What kind of country is that?" Lin Tian was not familiar with Tuan. By the time the Tuan kingdom was destroyed, Lin Tian had not yet joined the army. However, Ying Zheng was still very knowledgeable about Qin matters. As soon as Tuan was mentioned, he could immediately explain its origin. "This Tuan was a small country near Qin before. Because it did not obey Qin, it once tried to create chaos within Qin and take the opportunity to expand Tuan!" "However, their plan failed later, and the Tuan kingdom was destroyed by Qin!" "I never thought that after so many years, someone would still mention this Tuan country!!" Ying Zheng had almost forgotten about the existence of Tuan. If someone hadn't mentioned it at this time, he wouldn't have remembered such a country. Therefore, Ying Zheng was very surprised by Tuan's sudden desire to restore the country. Seeing Ying Zheng's surprised expression, Lin Tian immediately knew that this matter was not simple. "The second imperial examination is about to be held, and at this very moment, a Tuan country wants to restore itself!" "I think these people are intentionally trying to disrupt our imperial examination!" "You mean they are using the excuse of Tuan's restoration to disrupt our imperial examination? Who would do that?" "We don't know for sure yet, but their goal is likely to disrupt the imperial examination, so they will definitely have their people cause trouble during the examination!!" Hearing Lin Tian's words, killing intent surged in Ying Zheng's heart. The second imperial examination was very important to Great Qin. Its importance was no less than that of the first imperial examination. This was because the second imperial examination was the imperial examination for the entire world, the selection of talents for the entire world, and the means to truly make those talents belong to Great Qin. Only by selecting more talents through the imperial examination could Great Qin be managed. If the second imperial examination were to be disrupted at this time, it would have a significant impact on the entire Great Qin. "Damn remnants, daring to come out and disrupt our Great Qin at this time!!" "I will send a hundred thousand troops to guard all parts of the country. If any disruptors appear, our Great Qin soldiers will surely crush them!!" Ying Zheng gritted his teeth in hatred for those remnants. If he knew their hiding places, Ying Zheng would have directly dispatched his army to annihilate them! However, those people were like mice, very good at hiding, and Ying Zheng had no idea of their location. Therefore, it was impossible to annihilate them all at once. As for sending a hundred thousand troops, it was out of necessity, a precautionary measure. Whether it would cause any harm to those mice, Ying Zheng did not know. Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Lin Tian also fell into deep thought. A hundred thousand troops seemed like a lot, but when distributed across the country, the numbers would not be that significant. Even in one place, it might not be a thousand people. It would not be easy for a thousand soldiers to suppress an anti-Qin army. It was even possible that those thousand soldiers would be defeated, causing losses to the Great Qin army. Therefore, Ying Zheng's method was not the best solution. A different approach was still needed to prevent this incident. Soon, Lin Tian thought of another event that had occurred in Qin: Qin collected gold from across the land and cast twelve bronze statues. The so-called gold was actually bronze, which was also a weapon of that era. In this era, everyone used bronze ware. What Ying Zheng did was essentially to confiscate weapons from people across the land, preventing them from committing violent acts. This method also existed in later generations. In later generations, weapons were also prohibited, and even small fruit knives were sometimes listed as dangerous items. However, what Great Qin did was not as thorough as in later generations. Ordinary people no longer had weapons in their hands, but those who opposed Great Qin still held weapons. Thus, the anti-Qin forces grew like a snowball. If Great Qin could be more decisive, ensuring that all weapons in the hands of the common people were confiscated, and that no one entering or leaving cities carried weapons, then even if those who resisted Great Qin had many people, they would be powerless without resources. Therefore, after thinking for a while, Lin Tian spoke. "If we only rely on a hundred thousand troops to ensure that the imperial examinations nationwide proceed without incident, it will undoubtedly be very difficult to achieve!" "However, I have thought of a way to greatly prevent them from causing trouble!" "Oh? What way? Tell your father quickly!!" Hearing that Lin Tian had an idea, Ying Zheng's interest was clearly piqued. At this moment, he listened very attentively. "My son's method is a bit of a grand undertaking, but it has an excellent effect!" "And what I want to do is confiscate all weapons across the land before holding the second imperial examination!" "At the same time, all citizens entering and leaving cities must be inspected, and they must be strictly prohibited from carrying weapons in and out of cities!" "If any are found, they will be confiscated on the spot, and the source of the weapons will be investigated!" "Even hunters must be registered, and their bows and arrows must be recorded!" "This way, those who want to resist Great Qin, even if they have the will to resist, will not have the power." "Confiscate weapons from all over the land?" Hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up. In the past, he had never considered weakening the strength of those who resisted Qin in this way. He had been worrying about this issue before and had asked many officials, but none of them had provided any effective solutions. But when Lin Tian proposed confiscating weapons from all over the land, Ying Zheng immediately felt that this method was feasible. In the next moment, he even discussed the details with Lin Tian. "I think this method is viable. Tell me more about how to do it!" "Confiscate weapons from all over the land, melt them down, forge them into currency, and let them slowly enter the market!" "Let our Qin currency replace the currencies of other countries, becoming the sole currency! Let all currencies be unified!" "Then, use Qin laws and Qin etiquette to restrain all the people of the world!" "Achieve unified writing, unified chariot tracks, unified weights and measures, unified ethics, and unified regions. In this way, why would we fear that the people of the world would resist Qin? Why would we fear that the people of the world would not recognize our Qin!!" What Lin Tian said were all things that Ying Zheng had done in history. However, he had advanced the timeline a little. This slight advancement had brought about earth-shattering changes for the entire Great Qin. After listening to Lin Tian's explanation, Ying Zheng's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his vision for the future of Great Qin became clearer and clearer. The next day, Ying Zheng issued his first decree as the First Emperor: Confiscate weapons from all over the land.