Appoint Da Liangzao, Confer Supreme General! Victorious Return!

Furthermore, with the formidable prestige of Zhao Cheng, the remaining five states would fear him like a tiger after this battle.

The King would also hold him in the highest regard!

Facing such a titan, many ministers had already begun to consider how to curry favor with him once he returned to the capital.

Ying Zheng waved his hand, "Appoint him Da Liangzao and confer upon him the title of Supreme General."

A sense of pride surged within his heart.

There was no need for him to break protocol; the military merits Zhao Cheng had carved out himself were sufficient to warrant the rank of Da Liangzao.

The highest rank beneath the royal family!

Next, the ministers began their deliberations.

"Your Majesty, now that the Han lands are settled, we should follow the 'Destroy the State, Establish the Commandery' system. We shall establish Yingchuan Commandery in the former Han territory, with the administrative seat at Yangdi. I have surveyed the Han borders, extending north to Gongluo and south to the Ying River; it can be divided into seventeen counties..."

This was the first state destroyed during the reign of King Zheng of Qin, and with no prior template to follow, the ministers debated the governance of the Han lands with great intensity.

A Doctoral Official spoke up, "In the past, the Zhou enfeoffed their kin, and their state enjoyed eight hundred years of prosperity. Now that the Han lands are newly pacified, could we not enfeoff princes of the royal clan as marquises to pacify and govern the people?"

Li Si immediately retorted, "I believe this is unacceptable! Lord Shang once said that if power flows from a single source, the state will be invincible.

If we return to feudal enfeoffment, we are granting local authorities military power, sowing the