However, Despite Jia Yi's criticism of Qin Shi Huang's harsh rules and ignorance of traditions, he still praised the emperor for ending the Warring states period and conquering all other states. Pan Piao, a Han politician also applauded Qin Shi Huang for his development of the bureaucratic governing system. He notably stated that the Han Dynasty would last for a very long time due to adapting the Qin's bureaucratic and administrative systems. Modern Chinese historians and politicians, however, review the first emperor differently than that of Sima Qian and Jia yi. Although the Chinese population still regard Qin Shi Huang as the source of their suffering when discussing China's monopoly government, however, many realizes that his deeds far surpassed his means. Despite his harsh rules and punishments, he ended the Warring Periods, to which some experts estimated 469 wars were 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 in Chinese history by rejecting the principles of the past. In general, both pre-modern and modern historians share the same believe that, although at a cost, Qin Shi Huang's unification benefited China politically, economically and culturally in the long run. .
Politically, Qin Shi Huang followed legalism believes, ruling the empire with strict laws and harsh punishments in order to have his subject behave in a proper manner. Under Li Si's suggestion, the emperor ordered all books related to Confucianism, other philosophies, and the history of the former Qin State to be burned, and possession of such book became illegal.
