Bc, the first emperor in history, the "Qin Shi Huang", was born. As the first emperor in history, he was undoubtedly very successful. The unification of the Six Kingdoms ended the era of war and turmoil in China; the southern peace and hundreds of Yue, the northern attack on the Xiongnu; the construction of the Great Wall to protect millions of people; the unification of weights and measures, writing, and rails, all of which belonged to him. Although he also made things that were hated by posterity such as burning books and pit Confucianism, building Afang Palace, and Lishan Tomb, he was still a successful emperor. In order to highlight the great image of Qin Shi Huang and let future generations remember it, lishan tomb was built in a big way. In order to keep his body from decaying in the future and to protect the precious jewels he buried with him from being stolen by future generations, Qin Shi Huang, who was obsessed with visiting xianlian, injected millions of tons of mercury into his mausoleum.
But when we asked where did these million tons of mercury come from in an era when technology was backward and it was extremely difficult to extract minerals? A woman's name appeared, and she was Ba Qing.
The birth of the Dansha Empire
From the historical records, we can see that Ba Qingben was only a woman who married into the Ba family, and then gradually took over the family property - Dan Cave Industry because there were many feudal and superstitious nobles of the Six Kingdoms at that time, who were addicted to alchemy, and inherited and improved the unique mining and smelting technology of the older generation of the family, so the sales of Dansha were unimaginably good, and Ba Qing's business once reached the point of monopoly in the Warring States Era.
In this way, Ba Qing has developed a shrewd business acumen in one business after another.
Later, in an accident, Ba Qing found mercury, or mercury, in dansha. Since then, mercury has basically been monopolized by the Dansha Empire of Baqing.
The family property not only declined after the death of Ba Qing's husband, but also flourished, and the Dansha Empire was born.
Qin Shi Huang's dedication to alchemy and immortality
Later generations always believed that Qin Shi Huang's alchemy was only for immortality, but in fact, it was due to many complex reasons.
First of all, in the era when medical conditions were extremely backward at that time, Fang Shu was equivalent to medicine in people's minds, and even more important than medical technology. Therefore, when people have headaches and brain fever, major illnesses and small diseases, they will always find a magician to heal themselves.
Qin Shi Huang was of course no exception, and Qin Shi Huang could be said to have great trust in Fang Warlocks at the beginning, such as Xu Fu, Lu Sheng and others who were deeply valued by Qin Shi Huang.
Second, Qin Shi Huang's pursuit of immortality and fear of death were beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
As the first emperor in history, Qin Shi Huang was arrogant and arrogant, and he felt that he was entitled to live with heaven. He first sent Xu Fu with three thousand boys and girls to search for Penglai, the abbot, and the three islands of Yingzhou, but he could not find them, and then he sent Lu Sheng, Han Zhong, and others to find the envy gate and the two immortals, and the result was naturally nothing. The average life expectancy in ancient times was very short,
However, the average life expectancy of Qin Shi Huang's family was even shorter, which made Qin Shi Huang think that he was also very short-lived and had an incomparable fear of death.
The warlocks' long search for immortal medicine could not make Qin Shi Huang more restless. Qin Shi Huang scolded the warlocks, but the warlocks shirked that there were small ghosts and big fish obstructing them from finding medicine, hoping that Qin Shi Huang could go around to deter the little ghosts and big fish. Qin Shi Huang panicked and believed it to be true. As a result, the overnight running and fatigue made Qin Shi Huang's health worse, and he eventually died in the sand dunes. Some people say that if Qin Shi Huang had not listened to the words of the warlocks and honestly stayed in the capital, he might not have died so quickly.
Finally, at that time, the custom of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms seeking immortals and refining Dan was at its peak, and after Qin Shi Huang broke the Six Kingdoms again, he obtained many records of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms searching for immortals, including many clues to find immortals and Dan Fang, and the nobles of the Six Kingdoms exaggerated the effect of their own refining dan when communicating with others and made up stories about their encounters with immortals.
After hearing this, Qin Shi Huang believed it to be true, and he strengthened his determination to seek immortals and refine Dan.
An anecdote about the legend of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin
The orientation of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin has been discussed since ancient times.
Qin Shi Huang mausoleum sits west to east, some people say that it is because Qin Shi Huang sent people to the east to find the immortals and did not get it, so after death, the tomb will face the east, can get the gods and immortals to lead into the kingdom of god, and some people say that because of the customs of the Qin people, most of the Qin tombs excavated by modern archaeologists are sitting west to east.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang also followed the ancestors of the Qin people and built a mausoleum. In general, the latter argument is more convincing.
There is also the story of the underground palace flying swallow. After Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, entered Xianyang Pass, in order to solve the problem of military pay, he sent people to steal the treasure in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.
In the process of excavating the tomb, suddenly a golden swallow flew out of the tomb, and people at that time did not know why the golden swallow was in the tomb and where it flew.
Hundreds of years later, during the Three Kingdoms period, a Taishou was able to obtain a golden swallow, and Taishou judged through the writing on the golden swallow that this golden swallow came from the mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin.
There is also the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is modeled on the Capital city of the Qin Dynasty Xianyang manufactured, it is rumored that the top of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is a mountain and river sun and moon map, special materials draw the sun and moon, and mercury is the size of the river in the map.
The origin of Qin Shi Huang and Ba Qing
Dansha is the main material of alchemy, and Ba Qing, as the leader of the Dansha Empire, has many contacts with Qin Shi Huang, who is obsessed with alchemy.
Of course, in addition to Dansha and mercury, Qin Shi Huang, as emperor, wanted more from BaQing. The land of Bashu has always been a place where soldiers must fight, "Shu Road Difficulty" has been known since ancient times, inconvenient transportation, information blockage, making it difficult for Qin Shi Huang to fully control Bashu, and Baqing because of the need for mining Dansha is extremely large,
Therefore, most of the people of Bashu were workers of Baqing, and in order to better control his country, Qin Shi Huang was sure to have peaceful relations with Baqing. Qin Shi Huang even allowed Ba Qing to have a private army to protect his property
There is also Ba Qing, after the death of her husband, did not remarry others, but wholeheartedly managed the family property, on the contrary, qin shi huang's mother, she was for personal sexual pleasure, and had an affair with Lü Buwei's doorman, and this doorman created a rebellion, and the Qin state almost perished because of it.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang attached great importance to the loyalty of the female Taoist family, and Qin Shi Huang praised Ba Qing as a "virgin woman" and built a daughter Huai Qingtai for her.
It can be said that Ba Qing was very important to Qin Shi Huang. Most of the mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was offered by Ba Qing.
epilogue
As a businesswoman, Ba Qing was undoubtedly very successful
She explained to people who said that women are inferior to men, and that women can even do better things that men can do, setting a good example for women in ancient times.
As a wife, Ba Qing is also very successful
Not only did she not remarry after her husband's death, but she even developed the family industry better, and her chastity earned herself the title of "virgin".
Therefore, Ba Qing's life was very successful and great.