No matter in what field, the easiest person to remember is always the first person, for example, when we mention the first emperor in Chinese history, the first thing that comes to mind is Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang was not only the first emperor, but also the most controversial emperor, because he had done too many things in his life.
Qin Shi Huang was born in 259 BC and was the son of King Xiang of Qin zhuang and Zhao Ji. Three years after the death of King Xiang of Qinzhuang (247 BC), the 13-year-old Yingzheng was appointed as the King of Qin, perhaps king Xiang of Qinzhuang still had many worries on his deathbed, since the ancient emperor was young and strong, could the 13-year-old Yingzheng be able to suppress the Qunchen to provoke a big responsibility?
In fact, until the age of 21, the power of the Qin state fell into the hands of Lü Buwei, but when Yingzheng was 21 years old, Lü Buwei finally returned the power to Yingzheng. Qin Shi Huang's fangs were finally revealed, and instead of thanking Lü Buwei, he deposed Lü Buwei from his post, exiled Lü Buwei to Bashu, and let Lü Buwei commit suicide by drinking poisonous wine.
After Yingzheng came to power, he began his plan to annex the Six Kingdoms, training soldiers and reusing Li Si, Wang Qi, and others. Finally, from 230 BC to 221 BC, the six kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi were destroyed successively, completing the great cause of unifying China and establishing the Qin Dynasty.
Just this one thing, Qin Shi Huang has been able to cover the merits of the ages, but he is not satisfied, he will continue to do more things to highlight his merits, the later "Qin Shi Huang Four Major Projects" were completed after he unified the Six Kingdoms, these four major projects are Afang Palace, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, Qin Zhi Dao, the Great Wall.
In the eyes of many people, these "four major projects" have almost become the "four major crimes", because each project is very huge, and it is only completed by labor and finances that it takes.
Afang Palace is known as the "first palace under the world", which is incomparably vast. The "Three Auxiliary Yellow Maps" records: "The Xianyang Palace, because of the Beiling Camp Hall, the End Gate Is reached, the Purple Palace, the Elephant Emperor Residence".
Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin in Chinese history is the first large-scale and well-designed imperial mausoleum. Among them is the Terracotta Pit, the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the core of which has not yet been excavated, and I don't know how luxurious it is.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, in order to prevent and prevent the invasion of the Xiongnu nobles in the northern kingdom, the general Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 to build a military passage of more than 700 kilometers in two years.
The Great Wall is one of the most massive projects, "Wanli" is not an exaggerated word, but a real number, the Great Wall built by Qin Shi Huang, from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east, winding for more than 10,000 miles.
The Great Wall is also one of the most controversial projects, because this project is really too big, according to historical records that Qin Shi Huang used nearly a million laborers to build the Great Wall during the construction of the Great Wall, to know how many people at that time? At least one-twentieth of the country's population was built to build the Great Wall.
The entire Great Wall is made up of workers who carry stones to the walls one by one, and then paste made from millet. It is conceivable how much material and labor was used in the "winding for more than 10,000 miles", and the number of laborers who died of exhaustion and illness during the construction of the Great Wall can be described as innumerable.
So in the Republic of China, there was also a story that meng Jiangnu and her husband Wan Xiliang suddenly broke into several servants on the day of their new marriage, and these servants were all people sent by Qin Shi Huang to recruit people's husbands throughout the country, and as soon as they broke in, they arrested Meng Jiangnu's new husband, Wan Xiliang. There was no news of this trip, Meng Jiangnu thought day and night, and finally in a cold winter, she probed all the way to the foot of the Great Wall, but heard the people of the Great Wall say that her husband had already died, and even the body did not know where to bury it.
When Meng Jiangnu learned the news that her husband had died, she cried day and night, crying in the dark, the autumn wind followed the mournful cry, and the Great Wall collapsed one by one, collapsing for eight hundred miles, and a pile of poet bones was exposed from below. At this time, Qin Shi Huang's parade happened to see this scene.
Qin Shi Huang lamented that there was such a beautiful woman at this time, such as flowers like jade can no longer simply describe the beauty of Meng Jiangnu, Qin Shi Huang also had the heart of hegemony. Meng Jiang Nu pretended to agree to Qin Shi Huang, and on the day of sacrificing her husband, Meng Jiang's weeping blood and tears blurred and jumped into the sea, fulfilling her name of chastity. Even the Sea Dragon King took pity on Meng Jiangnu's suffering and rescued her.
Later, "Meng Jiang Girl Crying Down the Great Wall" became one of the most widely circulated folklore in China, and for more than 2,000 years it has been taught by mouth, written in classics, and performed in dramas. And Qin Shi Huang also carried the black cauldron for more than 2,000 years, and was scolded by people who watched "Meng Jiang Girl" for more than 2,000 years.
If it is said that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and the Afang Palace were built by Qin Shi Huang for personal enjoyment, it is still said that this is the past, but the Qin Zhidao, especially the Great Wall, are military projects that have played a huge role, and it is precisely because of the existence of the Great Wall that they resisted the invasion of the Xiongnu and defended the stable and prosperous development of the Central Plains. The "Treatise on Passing the Qin Dynasty" said: "But for more than seven hundred miles of the Xiongnu, the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows and complain." Therefore, in the construction of the Great Wall, Qin Shi Huang's contribution was far greater than ever.