Why did Qin Shi Huang die at the age of 49? Just because he eats "yuan shui", it is no wonder that the history books are not easy to record
"The King of Qin swept Liuhe, and the tiger looked at He Xiongya!" Swinging his sword to break the clouds, the princes came to the west. "Li Bai's poems are always leisurely and atmospheric, and the praise of Qin Shi Huang is also easy to understand, showing the imperial spirit of Qin Shi Huang to unify the world." As the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang changed the original title of The Son of Heaven and used the First Emperor to represent his domineering spirit of the ancients and the last, and in fact Qin Shi Huang did this.
He unified the six kingdoms, unified the writing, unified the weights and measures, and only during the period of Qin Shi Huang did he show the unity of the world and the supremacy of the emperor, and became the "founder" of centralized power. With his honorable status and status, there is no doubt that he cherishes life very much, we all know that Qin Shi Huang is afraid of death and has been seeking the secret recipe for immortality, so why did Qin Shi Huang die at the age of 49? It turned out that it was because he ate "Yuan Shui", what was this "Yuan Shui"?
Jing Ke stabbed Qin and was physically strong
Qin Shi Huang was a person who experienced great winds and waves when he was a child, his parents were taken care of by Lü Buwei in the Zhao Kingdom before giving birth to him, after which the family fled the Zhao Kingdom after nine deaths, Lü Buwei became the middle father of Qin Shi Huang because of the merit of fu long, and then his mother had an affair with Concubine Yi and gave birth to two younger brothers, Qin Shi Huang became the King of Qin when he was only a teenager, and the early human feelings made his thinking particularly mature, and he experienced these embarrassing things in the court, and if he wanted to win from it, he had to have a good body.
Later, when the Six Kingdoms were unified, it was under the strong pressure of being the enemy of the Six Kingdoms, and if the health was not good, it was impossible to support such a big "scene", the Six Kingdoms hated him to the bone, and assassinating the King of Qin became a common thing. One of the most famous plays in history is "Jing Ke Stabbing Qin", it is said that Jing Ke is a master of assassins, and Prince Dan of yan sent him to assassinate the King of Qin. Therefore, Jing Ke approached the King of Qin in the name of dedicating the country, and Tu Poor Dagger saw the King of Qin.
It is reasonable to say that a master like Jing Ke must be able to successfully assassinate, and as a result, he was evaded by the King of Qin, and friends who like to play games all know the saying that "the King of Qin took the throne", which is the reason why Qin King Qin Shi Huang survived. It can be seen from this that Qin Shi Huang's body is quite good, and he can survive under the sword of the famous assassin, which shows that he is physically strong and healthy, and may also be a martial arts master.
Send people to find immortals, the art of immortality
Qin Shi Huang later unified the world and called himself the First Emperor, and the monarch who was the first to be called emperor in the middle position experienced a sense of supreme dignity in the world. When a person enjoys extremely high power and status, he is particularly afraid of death, although life, old age, illness and death are the norm in life, but when some people have a certain degree of power, they will have the idea of competing with the laws of nature, that is, immortality, Qin Shi Huang is one of them.
In his later years, Qin Shi Huang began to be fascinated by the art of immortality, and this kind of high-strength "skill" is usually in the hands of "immortals", immortals are not ordinary people can find, Qin Shi Huang sent people around to find immortals, heard that there are three islands of Penglai, abbot, and Yingzhou on the sea, which are the places where immortals live, and some jianghu warlocks think that the time to get rich has arrived, and they have defected to Qin Shi Huang to serve.
The two more famous warlocks in history, one is Lu Sheng, the other is Xu Fu. Mr. Lu's bad idea for Qin Shi Huang was to let him keep his whereabouts secret, so that the immortals would not hide away; and Xu Fu took three thousand boys and girls, took a boat into the sea to seek the Immortal Mountain, and then did not know the end, in fact, these jianghu warlocks just wanted to take the opportunity to fool Qin Shi Huang and cheat him more money, Qin Shi Huang let these warlocks deceive, thinking that they could not run out of the palm of his hand, and Xu Fu gave him a profound lesson.
Five east tours, died of illness in the dunes
In order to find immortals, Qin Shi Huang has made five eastern tours, each trip is to consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, others think that Qin Shi Huang is to inspect the people's feelings, but in fact, Qin Shi Huang's main purpose is to find immortals, looking for the elixir of immortality, and this kind of thing does not exist at all, Qin Shi Huang stubbornly believes that he will find the medicine of immortality.
It was just that his originally muscular body finally died on the road during the fifth eastern tour, and the "History of The First Emperor of Qin" recorded: "In July, the First Emperor collapsed on the platform of the dunes." "Qin Shi Huang died of illness in the sand dunes, originally wanted to find the medicine of immortality, but suddenly died in advance, which made people feel strange.
Because Qin Shi Huang died unexpectedly, the aftermath was not arranged, and was usurped by Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, killing the crown prince Fu Su and the general Meng Tian, Hu Hai, the tyrant who ascended the throne, led to great chaos in the world, and finally the second Qin Dynasty died. Qin Shi Huang was only 49 years old when he died, so why did he die so early with his originally strong body?
Obsessed with elixirs, it is actually yuanshui
It is reasonable to say that Qin Shi Huang should have a detailed record when such a large figure died in history, and should not "collapse on the sand dune platform" and pass by, in fact, Qin Shi Huang died at the age of 49 because he ate "Yuan Shui". So what is "Yuanshui" and where does it come from? This matter is still inseparable from Qin Shi Huang's immortal medicine.
Qin Shi Huang had many warlocks in his hands, in addition to Lu Sheng, who was mysterious and vain, xu Fu, who cheated away money, and there was also a Han Tong who was good at alchemy. Alchemy has existed since ancient times, which is one of the reasons why Qin Shi Huang firmly believes that there is an immortal medicine, many Taoists are good at alchemy, and modern fantasy novels often have this thing, which is a skill with information to query.
After Han Tong gained trust here with Qin Shi Huang, he received a large amount of money and financial support, he wanted to run away with the money, but Qin Shi Huang was particularly strict, and under the severe persecution of Qin Shi Huang, he had to find a way to fool Qin Shi Huang. Once Han Tong discovered the cinnabar mine, he mined a large amount of "chicken blood stone" in it, and he refined the Dan with great care, and the result was that he really refined something.
He smashed the sand ore, put the furnace into the air, or added charcoal and iron, heated distillation, and then filtered to obtain a liquid, he called "Yuan Shui", through his experiments proved that "Yuan Shui" can ensure that the body does not decay, in order to show that "Yuan Shui" is the medicine of immortality, Qin Shi Huang believed that it was true, and began to take it for a long time.
However, Qin Shi Huang's physical health situation is getting worse and worse, and the reason is to eat "Yuan Shui", and this "Yuan Shui" now has its scientific name, that is, "mercury", also known as "mercury". In terms of medicine: mercury has a corrosive effect on the digestive tract, damage to the kidneys, capillaries, Qin Shi Huang long-term use, 49 years old death are considered late, it is estimated that Han Tong is afraid of poisoning Qin Shi Huang at once reduced the dose.
"Yuanshui" in ancient times did not have much reasonable explanation, Sima Qian in writing the "History", even if he was erudite, he could not be proficient in everything, not to mention that in that era, the alchemy of this thing itself was also a god's professional skill, no wonder the history books are not easy to record, which is also the reason why Sima Qian has taken it in one stroke.
brief summary
Qin Shi Huang I's great achievements have played a positive role in promoting the development of Chinese history, but he was confused for a while and became obsessed with the art of immortality, and finally the more afraid he was of death, the sooner he died, he died in the hands of the immortal medicine "Yuan Shui", really he did not do it and would not die. If he did not eat "Yuan Shui", the fate of the Qin Dynasty would be rewritten later, at least with Fu Su's benevolent nature not perishing early.
History has no ifs, only results, Qin Shi Huang died suddenly at the age of 49 on the road to the east, after death is still secretly mourned, the corpses are smelly, Hu Hai used the fishy smell of abalone to cover up the smell of corpses, completely without the majesty of the King's Landing, which is also something that Qin Shi Huang did not expect.
Reference: Chronicle of History