As the first unified centralized feudal dynasty in Chinese history, although this dynasty was only a flash in the pan in the long river of history, it has immeasurable significance for The history of China, and it was during the Qin Dynasty period that one of the greatest wonders of ancient architecture in the world, the Great Wall, was born.
These Great Walls have been restored many times in later dynasties, used to resist the nomadic peoples in the north, after thousands of years of wind and rain, it can still maintain its current appearance, ancient and not too developed science and technology, this building reflects the wisdom of the ancient Chinese.
When Qin Shi Huang built these great walls, he also adopted many measures and means to make these ancient walls withstand the test of history.
The first is the material, the main material of the Great Wall is rock, marble, fired green bricks and rammed earth, the location of the Great Wall is located in the lofty mountains, these things are moved to the mountain from the foot of the mountain a little bit by basket using manpower,
But in ancient times, there was no cement and other materials, what did the Great Wall use to glue it? The Qin people took glutinous rice for bonding, they added glutinous rice with water in a large pot to boil into a paste, and then with lime, the effect of this material is very significant, the stones are superimposed, and this fixative agent is added in the middle, and the sun is as stable as a rock as soon as it dries.
However, behind these strong buildings, buried is a deep cruelty, during the reign of the Qin Dynasty, many ordinary people could not eat enough, were captured to work hard, and the food treatment was very small, but the Qin people took out a large amount of glutinous rice as a material. Even now, glutinous rice is worth a few tens of dollars to buy a pound, and it is not willing to waste it as a building material.
The expensive cost of the Great Wall can only be exploited and squeezed from these poor laborers, many people died under the Great Wall because of very little rest, poor environment and a small amount of food, tens of thousands of miles of the Great Wall was built, and the white bones buried in the surrounding areas were countless.
In order to prevent the Great Wall from cutting corners, the Qin government adopted a rather harsh supervision system, and the bricks and stones of the Great Wall weighed thirty pounds. The supervising officer randomly took three bricks from the bricks, placed two flat on the ground at a certain distance apart, and placed the other one on top, then let the brick burner lie in its crevice, and then took another brick to freely fall from the place where the person's shoulders were level.
If the bricks on the mat are smashed, the workers below are also killed, this punishment system makes the workers have to devote themselves to the production, in order to complete it as soon as possible, Qin Shi Huang also formulated a strict construction period, if it cannot be completed within the deadline, the officials responsible for supervision will be jointly and severally liable.
As a result, many regulators desperately whipped laborers with whips to prevent them from resting and instead to perform intense labor. To facilitate the completion of the construction period within the specified time.
The effect of this was very perfect in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang. In just a few years, Qin Shi Huang built the Endless Great Wall on the basis of the walls of the Warring States princes in the Spring and Autumn Period. This gave him a great sigh of relief, and the Xiongnu, whom he regarded as the only confidant who was in serious trouble, could no longer interfere with the continuation of Great Qin.
However, what he never expected was that the collapse of the Qin Dynasty began to disintegrate internally, qin had to forcibly levy 400,000 people every year to build the city wall, countless deaths and injuries, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, after the death of Qin Shi Huang, in just a few years, the intolerable people rose up, and rebel armies everywhere united to overthrow the Qin Dynasty.
Qin's fate provided a good experience for future generations of rulers: no one could ignore the role of the common people. Therefore, the later feudal dynasties no longer dared to treat the people with brutal means like the Qin, and the Great Wall was the pride of China, but at the same time it also witnessed a bitter history of blood and tears.