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However, according to modern archaeological research, Xu Fu did find the fairy mountain.Surprisingly, it was Japan.

Depressed.

The more depressing thing came again, the so-called elixir of life is very likely to be wild kiwi fruit!

Is this what Qin Shihuang was looking for with all his strength? !

In view of Qin Shihuang's hometown, the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province is one of the producing areas of wild kiwifruit. I am afraid that the emperor often used it to appetize. No wonder Xu Fu found the "elixir of life" and dared not return to China.

Therefore, Xu Fu's seeking medicine incident is very likely to be the biggest oolong incident in history.

In 219 B.C., Qin Shihuang led 70 civil and military ministers and Confucian doctors to Mount Tai to hold the ceremony of enshrining Zen.Fengchan is a ceremony for ancient rulers to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.The so-called "sealing" refers to building an earthen altar to worship the sky.The so-called "Zen" refers to offering sacrifices to the ground, that is, offering sacrifices to the ground on the flat ground of the hill under Mount Tai.Since this kind of activity had not been held for a long time, the ministers did not know how the ceremony should be carried out, so Qin Shihuang summoned Confucian scholars to ask.Confucian scholars have different opinions.After hearing this, Qin Shihuang found it difficult to implement, so he repelled the Confucian scholars, opened a road according to his own ideas, erected a monument on the top of Mount Tai, and held a sealing ceremony.After that, he went to the nearby Liangfu Mountain to perform Zen rituals.

After that, many emperors or leaders in history went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, which is of great significance.

One of the more interesting things that Ji Qing remembered was that Liu Bei named his two sons Liu Feng and Liu Chan respectively.

No one who has achieved success in history is a fool, and he is very clear in his heart.

Ambitious, but unfortunately, bad luck.

As for what A Dou couldn't support, from Fatty's point of view, it was somewhat subjective.Liu Chan's reluctance to miss Shu is likely to protect himself and the unity of the country.His disagreement with Brother Pig is not necessarily due to his bad head.In short, history is a very complicated thing.

Because Qin Shihuang promoted the legalist theory of "ruling the country by law", and subsequent rulers of all dynasties in China have promoted the Confucianism with benevolence and love as the core.Therefore, Qin Shihuang often appears in various prose and historical books as a negative model.Such as Jia Yi's "On the Passing of Qin Dynasty" and so on.

"Historical Records Qinshihuang Benji" quotes Jia Yi's "On the Passing of Qin": 1 Qin Wang has a greedy heart, self-improvement wisdom, does not believe in heroes, is not close to scholars and people, abolishes kingship, establishes private rights, bans documents and tortures laws, and cheats first Strength followed by benevolence and righteousness, and the world began with tyranny. 2 One man is in trouble, but the seven temples are ruined, his body is dead, his hands are laughing at the world, why?If benevolence and righteousness are not applied, the offensive and defensive momentum will be different.Qin Shihuang is regarded by many historians as a tyrant who would do anything for power.

Enforce strict laws.What is strict law?It is a relative concept in itself.The United States does not have caning, so it accuses the Commonwealth of Singapore that the caning is cruel; the Commonwealth does not have the death penalty, and it will accuse China of being cruel; China has no religious laws, and people have heard that Arab countries punish thieves with "stoning to death" Religious laws, feel that Arab countries enforce torture.

At that time, the national philosophy believed by the empire—the legalist theory believed that "strict laws are used to rule troubled times", and the empire formulated laws that were stricter than those of the six countries based on the national philosophy. Laws penetrated into every corner of society like spider webs, and even every household There are strict regulations on the possession of several (military and civilian) knives. At the same time, the original community system was established by relying on the Baojia system, and the first national census in Chinese history was carried out through the Lianzuo law; Decrease in crime incidents, stabilization of each empire base unit.The simplest example is Liu Bang, the head of the imperial pavilion at that time (equivalent to the current head of the police station or the director of the street office). The people revolted.

Therefore, the empire's punishment for officials who were drunk at work was quite severe (in contrast, officials in a certain county now have to drink if they want to do business).It can be said that the laws of the empire are rigorous, and their implementation is also strict. It is to achieve "there are laws to follow, laws must be followed, violations must be investigated, and law enforcement must be strict."Now people are often confused by the imperfection of the law and judicial corruption, and have always advocated the fairness and strictness of the law. How can we blame China's first emperor who advocated a perfect judicial system to govern the country 00 years ago?While accusing him, should we be ashamed?

Qin Shihuang's emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business has also been criticized.

The leading collectives of successive dynasties in New China have always emphasized the "three rural issues".Looking back at history, Chinese emperors of all dynasties have also emphasized agricultural issues. The Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth in Beijing are places where emperors pray for the prosperity of agriculture.Of course, the head of the Qin Empire was no exception.Some people say that it is wrong for the Qin Empire to focus on "cultivation and war". This kind of accusation is simply ridiculous.In ancient times, "farming" was the lifeline of the country's economy, and "war" was the military guarantee for the country's stability. Moreover, "farming" was placed before "war", which is enough to show how much the empire attached importance to the country's economy.

After hundreds of years of chaotic wars in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, the empire's greatest guarantee to its people is that everyone has food to eat, which is also a guarantee of the most basic human rights.But in the case of limited national power, it is inevitable to choose "farming" instead of "business".

From the perspective of social structure, "farming" is more enough for people to avoid survival crises and live with peace of mind; advocating "business" is to make people take risks for possible benefits and increase social instability.

From an institutional point of view, "cultivation" is a kind of reclamation, which allows people to keep their own land, instead of running around like "businessmen".The purpose of the Qin Empire to promote agriculture and suppress business was to maintain the stability of the empire to the greatest extent and maintain the steady development of society.

We cannot criticize the economic policies of the Qin Empire because of the criticism of China's "land complex" by some scholars now, and separate from the social situation of the century ago.On the contrary, we should be grateful for the empire's policy of emphasizing agriculture and land, which has gradually produced a great Chinese nation, a vast territory, and a Chinese culture that is full of vitality today.

The biggest "criminal evidence" of the military aggression against the Qin Empire is the unification by force, the Northern Expedition to the Huns, and the Southern Expedition to Guangdong and Guangxi.But will all this stand?the answer is negative.

The choice to unify China by force is inevitable. At that time, the six countries were clearly unwilling to merge with Qin, just like the Taiwan authorities now refuse peaceful reunification, so any Chinese people will choose to unify by force.The Northern Expedition to the Huns, in the late Warring States period, the threat of the northern nomadic Huns to the Central Plains is unimaginable today. Perhaps only the situation of the Soviet Union with millions of troops on the Sino-Mongolian border in the 60s can be compared.At that time, the sphere of power of the Xiongnu had reached the south bank of the Yellow River, and today's Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Ningxia, Shanxi, and Hebei were all within the sphere of influence of the Huns.Then the empire must go to war with the Huns for the safety of the country.

The empire attached great importance to the war against the Huns, and appointed Meng Tian, ​​the most outstanding army commander of the empire, and Prince Fusu to command the war against the Huns.The result of the war was to drive the strength of the Huns to Mobei, and the Imperial Army garrisoned the Great Wall defense line.Judging from the results of the war alone, it can be concluded that the war against the Huns was not a war of expansion, but a war to maintain national unity. Otherwise, how could 30 troops be stationed on the Great Wall after victory and when there was no domestic chaos?

As for the war of the Southern Expedition to Guangdong and Guangxi, it was a continuation of the Unification War.At that time, Chu was the strongest among the six countries, and its sphere of influence included the current Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guizhou and other regions. After the fall of Chu, some troops pointed to Lingnan to resist. After the imperial army pursued and defeated it, they discovered that the natives of South Vietnam posed no less threat to the southern border of the empire than the Xiongnu, so the empire launched a unification war against the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. After the completion of Lingqu, the 40 troops quickly got supplies and defeated the enemy.So far, the territory of the Qin Empire has been fully formed, and it has also established the embryonic form of the territory of China for later generations.

The magnificent empire, the Great Qin Dynasty.Some people may ask, since Qin Shihuang was so wise, how could it lead to the rapid demise of the empire?

The chance of history leads to the destruction of the empire.If Qin Shihuang lived for a few more years, history would definitely be rewritten.From the above analysis, it can be seen that Qin Shihuang’s talent is roughly unmatched in ancient and modern times. He not only completed the unification of China, but also carried out large-scale reforms on China in terms of ideology, culture, political law, economic system, and military construction.However, military unification and reform will inevitably mobilize the interests of some conservative vested interest groups, and their backlash will inevitably occur.

Qin Shihuang made a plan to move, on the one hand to crack down on the reactionary forces, and on the other hand to promote the economic and cultural development of various places.He also knew the great difficulties he was facing, and even his life was in danger--had Zhang Liang, the son of the bereaved family of the Six Kingdoms, created the "Bolang Cone" incident in Bolang not long ago in an attempt to murder Qin Shihuang?

Facing the dangerous situation, Qin Shihuang responded by arranging Prince Fusu to participate in the war against the Xiongnu, increasing Fusu's prestige in the army, and asking the spiritual leader of the Qin army, Meng Tian, ​​​​and the Meng family to be loyal to Fusu (this is also the time when Hu Hai succeeded to the throne. At the same time, Mengtian and Fusu were ordered to carry out the strategy of not allowing pursuit on the Great Wall after the victory of the war against the Huns, but deterring the Central Plains, and supporting Guanzhong on a mobile basis.

Perhaps in Qin Shihuang's strategy, the future empire is an empire with strict laws, strong military power, prosperous national power, advanced science, and prosperous officials.But while he was executing the ideal construction, life ended.What Qin Shihuang didn't expect was that under the conspiracy of Zhao Gao and Li Si, Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, forcing Fusu and Meng Tian to death, the empire was in chaos, and the army refused to be loyal.Whoops, the Empire State Building is collapsing.

Judging from the views of the above family, Qin Shihuang was not a brutal monarch, but on the contrary, he was a great man with great wisdom and great ambition.The current stigma is purely unwarranted by some scholars and politicians with ulterior motives in later generations.

Thousands of ancient romantic figures still look at the present.

Taizu commented on Qin Shihuang:

1 Qin Shihuang is an expert who cares more about the present than the past

2 Once, he said to Zhang Shizhao: You said that ** is equal to Qin Shihuang, no, it is more than a hundred times.

3 Confucius and Mencius are idealists, Xunzi is materialism, and they are the leftists of Confucianism.Confucius represents slave owners and nobles.Xunzi represents the landlord class.He also said: In Chinese history, it was Qin Shihuang who really did something, and Confucius only talked empty words.For thousands of years, it was Confucian in form, but in fact it acted according to Qin Shihuang.Qin Shihuang used Li Si, Li Si was a legalist and a student of Xunzi.

4 Confucianism has some advantages, but it is not very good.We should be fair.Qin Shihuang is much greater than Confucius.Confucius was talking empty words.Qin Shihuang was the first figure to unify China.It not only unified China politically, but also unified Chinese writing and various Chinese systems, such as weights and measures, and some systems have been used since then.There is no second feudal monarch in China who surpassed him, but he has been scolded for thousands of years.

5 Advise the emperor to scold Qin Shihuang less, and discuss the cause of burning the pit.The soul of the ancestor dragon died and Qin still lives, and the scientific name of Confucius is Gao Shichaan.Qin political law has been practiced for a hundred generations, and the "Ten Batches" is not a good article.Familiar with Tang Dynasty "On Feudalism", Mo Cong Zihou returned to King Wen.The successful politicians of the past dynasties were all legalists in the early feudal society.These people advocate the rule of law, and those who break the law will be beheaded, and they advocate favoring the present and despising the past.Confucianism is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and full of male robbers and female prostitutes, all of which advocate favoring the past and devaluing the present.

6 Qin Shihuang was the first famous emperor in China's feudal society. I am also Qin Shihuang. Lin Biao called me Qin Shihuang. China has always been divided into two factions, one group says Qin Shihuang is good, and the other thinks Qin Shihuang is bad.I agree with Qin Shihuang, not Confucius.Because Qin Shihuang was the first to unify China, unify the language, build broad roads, and not build a country within a country, but use a centralized system, where the central government sends people to various places, and changes every few years, without using the hereditary system.

Qin Huang Han Wu, slightly lost literary talent - Mao Zedong also believed that Qin Shihuang lacked literary talent. . .

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