What kind of person was Qin Shihuang?

Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng must be familiar to everyone. In people's impression, Qin Shihuang was a tyrant, and he was labeled as ruthless, burning books and burying Confucianism. But is this the case? The answer, of course, is not, but that later generations discredited Qin Shihuang with ulterior motives!

From 230 BC to 22 BC1year, it took Qin Shihuang ten years to annex six countries successively, abolished the system of enfeoffment, and established a multi-level management grass-roots structure such as county, county, township, pavilion and Li directly managed by the central government. This structure lasted for more than 2000 years and has been in use ever since. It was the first emperor in the history of China who really created centralization. Since then, writing, currency and units of measurement have been forcibly unified. A series of policies formulated by Qin Shihuang have a far-reaching impact on later generations, which can be described as great achievements, even if they are highly praised.

Such an outstanding emperor was criticized by later generations. What evidence is there? Confucian scholars called him a tyrant, but he didn't kill a minister during his 37 years in office. He was reprimanded for his harsh laws, but he was the first person to make laws to protect prisoners. Criminals have 40 days' holiday during the busy farming season. Confucian scholars scolded him for spending 600 thousand coolies to build Epang Palace for his own selfish desires, which wasted people's money and made people miserable. Legend has it that Xiang Yu burned Epang Palace and the fire will not go out in March! However, according to archaeological research, Epang Palace was not built at all, but just a foundation, which shows that Epang Palace was built with 600,000 coolies, which is not true.

In the long history of China for thousands of years, Confucianism has been pursued. It is obviously the most favorable slander to label Qin Shihuang as burying Confucian books. This alone can nail him to the shame of history. But what is the truth? Burning books and burying Confucianism are two things, not happening at the same time. As the name implies, burning books means burning books, so why did Qin Shihuang do it?

At that time, a hundred schools of thought contended and unified currency, politics, law and weights and measures, but how to unify people's thoughts has not been solved. Li Si, the Prime Minister, suggested burning the history books of other countries except Ji Qin, and only books on medicine, divination and planting were allowed among the people. Qin Shihuang adopted this suggestion and ordered it to be burned. Objectively unified thinking, avoiding the country's division due to historical issues. Moreover, all the burned books have manuscripts, even if they are gone, as long as the Qin dynasty has been there, these books will continue to be passed down.

Let's talk about cheating Confucianism. At that time, after Qin Shihuang became famous, he wanted to live forever and sent people out to look for elixir. The alchemist Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng were among them. They know that there is no such thing as elixir of life, and it is impossible to get rid of immortals according to the law. The more they thought about it, the more annoyed they became, and they began to complain and discuss the character of Qin Shihuang. They ran away with huge sums of money. After Qin Shihuang knew it, Yan Long was furious and ordered the search and interrogation of alchemists in the capital. All 460 people were caught at once and dragged to the deep valley of Lishan Mountain and buried alive. The pit here was buried by warlocks, and later it was changed to pit Confucianism.

These events found the entrance of writing criticism for Confucian scholars. If, as recorded in the history books, China culture has been broken since the Qin Dynasty, the fact is no. Therefore, Confucian scholars exaggerated the facts and fabricated many false things in many places for the sake of black Qin Shihuang.

During the reign of Qin Shihuang, the Great Wall and the Equator were built. Regarding these, there are many subsequent documents denouncing the numerous deaths and injuries caused by the project, which belong to national defense construction and infrastructure construction. Even if more manpower and material resources are invested, it is understandable. These measures have more advantages than disadvantages. The Great Wall is to stop the invasion of Huns, and its activities are very extensive. If there is no Great Wall, many troops will be needed to defend it, which will add a lot of burden to the people. If you want to get rich, build roads first. Chidao built at that time made great contributions to economic and trade exchanges.

The Great Wall of Wan Li still exists today, but I didn't see Qin Shihuang that year. He set many precedents. His descendants, all emperors, made achievements in governing the country under his system. Without pioneers, how many years will it take to complete these measures? Only 1 1 year has passed since Qin Shihuang annexed six countries. It can be seen that Qin Shihuang is not only an emperor through the ages, but also an efficient leader.