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