After the Warring States Period the Qin came out victorious. The Qin king didn’t think that emperor was enough so named himself Shihuangdi, or First Emperor. Some of the benefits under his reign was the standardization of weights, measurements, coinage and carts axle lengths. He had the Great Wall and thousands of miles of roads built. Some of the repercussions of his rule, was the outlawing of private possession of arms and in order to protect his interests, he ordered nobles to leave their land and move to the capital. He also burned all books except manuals on topics such as agriculture, medicine and divination.
After the Warring States Period the Qin came out victorious. The Qin king didn’t think that emperor was enough so named himself Shihuangdi, or First Emperor. Some of the benefits under his reign was the standardization of weights, measurements, coinage and carts axle lengths. He had the Great Wall and thousands of miles of roads built. Some of the repercussions of his rule, was the outlawing of private possession of arms and in order to protect his interests, he ordered nobles to leave their land and move to the capital. He also burned all books except manuals on topics such as agriculture, medicine and divination.