... fought with increasing bloodshed followed by catastrophic famine. This fact, despite the emperor personal attributes, strikes modern historians and politicians as having a positive impact on Chinese history [Citation]. Although his tyrannical tendencies are still criticized, the first emperor is portrayed as a farsighted ruler who destroyed the forces of division and established the first unified, centralized state ... , each provided with an administrative governor who were officially appointed with fixed salaries. The province was then subdivided into smaller countries administered aga...

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