Chapter 53: The Great Qin Empire III
Li Si stood below Qin Shi Huang
Glancing around the courtiers and doctors
And then he said
Now the world is settled
Laws and regulations have also been enacted
The common people should plant their own one-third of an acre of land
Readers should not only read well
It is also necessary to study the new legal system
There are a few people who read books
Always unable to keep up with the pace of the times
I like to use some things from old books
to attack the current system
Not only is this stupid
And bad for the country
It should be strictly prohibited
After speaking
Lees turned his head
Against Qin Shi Huang
Your Majesty
I recommend
Books from the National Collection
Anything that has nothing to do with the history of the Qin State
They should all be burned
Not a state-licensed collection
For example, "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs" and so on
Reservations are not allowed among the people
It should be burned invariably
such
to get to the root
Put an end to the old ideas
Li Si's words
It all spoke to Qin Shi Huang's heart
Qin Shi Huang understood
If you let those who have old ideas be left to themselves
The benefits of the Ancien Régime are preached everywhere
It is likely to jeopardize their position
thereupon
Qin Shi Huang ordered
Book burning
The specific implementation is as follows
Out of consideration for the national economy and people's livelihood
medicine
divination
Plant trees
These are the books that remain
other
Any historical book that is not recorded by the historians of the Qin State
All those that are not official collections of the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, and the Hundred Schools of Thought
Burn them all
After the order is given
Within thirty days
All the books that should be burned
and all of them will turn me to ashes
In addition to burning books
Qin Shi Huang also issued several orders
Thirty days later
Books that should be burned are not burned
Tattoos on the face of the parties
I went to the Great Wall construction site to do hard labor for four years
From now on
Whoever talks about the contents of ancient books
execute
Whoever comments on the present by the events of the past
execute
Those who are in charge do not report their knowledge
execute
In the future, if you want to learn knowledge and laws
Go and learn from the officials
Don't sneak around and learn from the ancients
This commands
And the errand men of the counties and counties got busy
They went door to door searching for books
soon
Fires are everywhere across the country
It's really
Hundreds of years of hard work
A fire burned out
Qin Shi Huang lit a book-burning fire
Not only did he grieve his own heart
It also burned the hearts of the world's readers
From now on
Not only those with old ideas hated Qin Shi Huang even more
Even those
A reader who originally had a neutral attitude
And the doctors in the imperial court
They all had an aversion to Qin Shi Huang
They don't say it on the surface
Secretly it's all talking
It is too immoral to say that Qin Shi Huang did this
In the second year of book burning
Something happened
then
Qin Shi Huang asked a few warlocks to find him the elixir of immortality
Two of the warlocks were Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng
These two brothers don't know if it's not enough mana
I tossed for a long time and didn't get the elixir
The two brothers pondered
This Qin Shi Huang was a point of national stability
I burned so many books in the world
Now we've messed up his immortality
He certainly won't spare us
Simply
Let's slip away
That's it
The two brothers ran away with the public money for the elixir
Such a big deal
It soon alarmed Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was not a fool
He inquired about the reason
It turned out to be related to burning books by himself
Investigate it carefully
What the
Many people in the world are still talking about me
It's worth it
Qin Shi Huang ordered
Track down all the readers who slander themselves
Find out the two warlocks for me again
That's good
Some of the scholars were arrested and tortured
They exonerate themselves
and indiscriminately confessed to many of his comrades
equally
There were also quite a few warlocks who were arrested
It is said that more than 400 people were arrested at that time
Qin Shi Huang took a look
Lao Tzu worked hard to build the country
There are so many of you who are stumbling on me
In the heat of the moment
Nor was it verified
He asked someone to dig a big pit in Xianyang
They were all buried alive
It shouldn't be
It shouldn't be
The purpose of Qin Shi Huang's book burning and Confucianism
It is to unify the mind
Nip in the bud the signs of opposition to the state
But what he did was too extreme and too much
Book burning
It destroyed the cultural wealth that had been accumulated for a long time before the Qin Dynasty
Confucianism
and killed the creator of the spiritual wealth of the country
From now on
Everyone in the Qin court feared Qin Shi Huang
Truly learned people are suppressed
Those flattering villains raised their heads
The Qin Dynasty had just begun
It's already going downhill
Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism
It's a bit of a bit for the sake of the country
But there were a few other things he did
It's purely for yourself
Back in the process of exterminating the Six Nations
Qin Shi Huang ordered
After the capture of the capitals of each country
and thou shalt draw a pattern of the palace of their capital
He's going to use that as a template
Build more and better palaces in Xianyang
212 BC
Qin Shi Huang ordered
The palace was built in Shanglin Yuan on the south bank of Weishui
The scale of this palace is quite large
It is five hundred paces wide from east to west
It is fifty zhang long from north to south
It can accommodate more than 10,000 people
A five-foot high flagpole should be erected around it
You think that's big enough, right?
But that's not all
At the back of the Imperial Palace
A harem will also be built
This harem is much larger
It is said to be
Five steps to the first floor
Ten steps and one pavilion
That room is
One next to the other
One after the other
Look far away
It's like a honeycomb
Weishui and Fanshui pass through the palace walls
Twists and turns between pavilions and pavilions
Long bridges lie on their backs over the river
It's like a dragon drinking water
From the palace to the top of Nanshan Mountain, the sky bridge is erected
It hangs in the air like a rainbow
This piece of architecture
The radius is more than 300 miles
There are more than 700 palaces in total
Because of the huge footprint
And between the mountains and rivers
So
Within a day
The climate of the various palaces
It's not the same
This is the legendary Afang Palace
Qin Shi Huang occupied so much of the world
And built such a good house
In order to be able to enjoy more days
So he sent people around looking for the elixir of immortality
We talked about Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng before
It was for Qin Shi Huang to handle this business
Of course
It's not just the two of them who do the job
They also have a well-known colleague
His name is Xu Fu
Xu Fu told Qin Shi Huang
There are three immortal mountains in the East China Sea
It is called Penglai Abbot and Yingzhou
The mountains are inhabited by gods
There is an immortal elixir there for the immortals
thereupon
Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu
Lead thousands of boys and girls across the sea in search of elixir
I don't know
This Xu Fu ate the elixir and ascended to heaven by himself
It's still not enough
was cut off by the Sea Dragon King halfway
Anyway, after that
There was no news
Qin Shi Huang was unwilling
Several times he sent people to find the elixir
There was no result
Qin Shi Huang couldn't ask for the elixir when he saw it
Nor do I expect immortality
Yes
Die and die
I want to die in style
So it was ordered
Build me a grave
Qin Shi Huang pondered
I live in such a big house
After death
You can't do yourself badly
He chose a tomb site for himself at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain
Then work began to repair the tomb
This tomb
That's pretty magnificent, too
There are more than 50 battles in the depths
The radius is also as much as five miles
Buried deep in the ground in a burial chamber
All kinds of palaces were built
The palace is home to Qin Shi Huang's favorite treasures
Use pearls to make the sun, moon and stars
to symbolize celestial bodies
Rivers, lakes and seas are made with mercury
to represent the earth
In order to prevent people from coming in and robbing the tomb
A number of information agencies were also set up inside the cemetery
As long as someone enters the cemetery
The bow and crossbow will be fired automatically
Shoot the thief to death
Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall
Xiu Afang Palace
Xiuli Mountain Mausoleum
A large number of migrant workers were recruited for each of them
Countless belongings are spent
Qin Shi Huang would not do these jobs
The ministers won't do it
Of course
They won't pay either
It's all the people who are contributing money and efforts
As a result, the lives of ordinary people are becoming more and more difficult
The people's will is becoming more and more unstable
The river made waves
The person sitting on the boat must have felt it
Qin Shi Huang was aware of the movement of the people
Just in case
He went on a tour of the people five times
210 BC
Qin Shi Huang began his fifth parade
He went with him
There is Prime Minister Lis
His favorite youngest son, Hu Hai
There was also a eunuch in charge of chariots and horses
Zhao Gao
Let's talk about Qin Shi Huang's team
Mighty
Go on tour of the South
Go all the way
It's safe, too
It's on the way back and forth
Something went wrong
It was dog days
When it's hottest
Qin Shi Huang did not pay attention
Heat stroke
It's not a light summer
The old man was faint
I feel like I can't do it
Anyway, the mausoleum is almost finished
I've worked hard for half my life
Qin Shi Huang also planned to rest
He didn't think he would be able to survive Xianyang
Just write a will
Let Zhao Gao go and hand it over to his eldest son Fusu