King Qin swept Liuhe, and the tiger looked at He Xiongya! Swing the sword to fight the clouds, and the princes come to the west. - Li Bai
The greatest achievement of the reign of the Qin state was the unification of the six kingdoms, ending the division of the country caused by the struggle for hegemony among the princes of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, and establishing the first centralized unified state in the history of the mainland.
After assuming the throne as the monarch of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng thought that he was very capable of "virtue and three emperors, meritorious to the five emperors", so he adopted the words "emperor" and "emperor" and called himself "emperor". Because he was the first emperor in the history of the mainland, he was also called "First Emperor", which is what we now call Qin Shi Huang.
However, such a Qin Shi Huang who unified the six countries? And why did he die in the prime of life? Today, let's talk about the legendary life of Qin Shi Huang.
Four-way aspirations, show your strength
Yingzheng's adolescence was not smooth, and the reason was first and foremost in his father's generation. His father was not favored by An Guojun, and he was sent to another country as a hostage when he was a teenager, and his life was very difficult.
Until he met a businessman named Lü Buwei, the stranger's life gradually improved with the help of Lü Buwei, and later, after Lü Buwei's secret operation, the stranger recognized An Guojun's favorite concubine Lady Huayang as his mother and changed her name to Zichu.
Mrs. Huayang has never had children, and regards Zichu as her own child, so that Zichu's life is better. Later, when Lady Huayang was empress, she often tried to make An Guojun his son Chu the crown prince.
The concubine was fortunate to fill the harem, but unfortunately had no children, and was willing to get the son Chu Li as a suitable heir to support the concubine.
When An Guojun died, Zi Chu became the king of Qin and was called King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. Zi Chu trusted Lü Buwei very much on the throne and gave him monstrous rights, and Ying Zheng was also born because Zi Chu favored Lü Buwei's favored concubine Zhao Ji.
It is precisely for this reason that after Yingzheng ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, he has not been able to go smoothly. Because his father trusted and favored Lü Buwei very much when he was alive, he made Lü Buwei the minister of state, resulting in Lü Buwei having a great say in the court.
The young Zhengzheng had no choice, so he had to temporarily compromise and let Lu Buwei control the entire court. However, when Yingzheng gradually grew up, the unwillingness and ambition in his heart grew like a weed, until it occupied his entire heart.
The crown prince was established as king, and Lü Buwei was honored as Xiangguo, known as "Zhongfather".
At the age of twenty-one, Yingzheng thought that it was time to take charge of the imperial government himself, and announced the news in the court. At the crown ceremony, Lü Buwei's consort took advantage of the Empress Dowager's favor and obtained the Great Seal of the Qin State to launch a rebellion.
Unexpectedly, the young Ying Zheng also had a group of his own henchmen and courtiers, and after only a short period of forced palace incident, the rebellion ended in failure, and Ying Zheng wantonly killed and banished the wings of Consort and Lu Buwei.
When Qin Shi Huang was ten years old, Lü Buwei, who was deposed as prime minister, was assigned to his fief. Lu Buwei, who had previously held the court and gained great power, now knows that he has cornered, and finally chose to commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine.
In October of the tenth year of the King of Qin, he was exempted from the state of Lü Buwei.
By this time, Qin Shi Huang could be regarded as truly grasping the power of the Qin State and becoming a real monarch. After the domestic situation stabilized, Qin Shi Huang continued the inheritance of his ancestors, maintained the decision of his ancestors to fight the main war, and continued to attack other countries.
He continued to deeply implement the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, making the army of the Qin State a true tiger and wolf division, and then in 221 BC, he fulfilled the Qin State's wish to dominate the world, and also realized his ambition to guide the rivers and mountains.
He became the first emperor. Later generations are counted, and the second and third generations are passed on to all generations.
Longing for eternal life, unable to extricate yourself
In the time after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang still diligently handled the imperial government, adopting the strategy of governing the country by the Legalists.
The laws of the Legalists were extremely cruel, and during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, although this policy received relatively efficient feedback, it achieved that "the road is not lost, and the house is not closed at night" in the territory of the Qin state.
But it is precisely because of the tyranny of the Qin State that eventually led to the tragic fate of the death of Qin II, of course, Qin Shi Huang will not care about future generations, he only knows that he has completed the great cause of unifying the world, and this unprecedented achievement makes him triumphant.
From this time until 215 BC, Qin Shi Huang repeatedly toured various places to admire the great rivers and mountains he had laid down. In the later period of Qin Shi Huang's reign, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
The world is so magnificent, but people who do not know what will die, can no longer see, can not help but feel sad.
Perhaps for this reason, he decided to pursue the art of immortality. Some people began to move, they took advantage of Qin Shi Huang's thoughts, hoping to get glory and wealth, and groups of Taoist priests came and went in the palace of the Qin Dynasty.
Among them, there was a Taoist priest named Han Tong, who used something called Yuanshui to stand out among many Taoist priests and became Qin Shi Huang's new favorite.
He is not simply eager for glory and wealth, but more importantly, everyone in the world cannot stand the tyranny of the Qin State, and Han Tong is the one who came to end the life of Qin Shi Huang.
The death of the First Emperor
After Han Tong entered the palace, he shouldered the hopes of a group of people behind the scenes, and at first he just gave Qin Shi Huang some big supplements of pills, which made Qin Shi Huang think that his body gradually improved after taking the pills.
In this case, he gained Qin Shi Huang's trust and respect, and later Han Tong often invited Qin Shi Huang to refine pills with him, saying that alchemy required both his skills and Qin Shi Huang's sincerity.
In order to live forever for himself, Qin Shi Huang listened to this Han Tong's words very much, and often did not even go to the early dynasty, soaking in the alchemy room all day, praying for heaven's mercy to let him live forever.
The first emperor has been peaceful in the six kingdoms, and all the aspirations of life are fulfilled, but those who must not win the will, Shou'er.
As time passed, Han Tong saw that the time was almost right, and told Qin Shi Huang:
I have recently developed a new formula, that is, drinking yuan water every day, not only will the body become healthier, but it is even possible to become an immortal, so that you will naturally live forever.
At this time, Qin Shi Huang had already gone crazy in order to be able to live forever, and there was no doubt, every day he took the so-called yuan water that Han Tong took over, and after drinking it, he felt as if he was much younger.
While praising Han Tong, he also gave him a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and Han Tong took this opportunity to say to Qin Shi Huang:
Yuan water is still relatively effective, as long as you drink it every day, it will have a miraculous effect.
I know that you (Qin Shi Huang) are sending people to find Penglai Pavilion, and I am willing to go to great lengths to find Penglai Immortal Island and continue to pursue the path of immortality for you.
As soon as Qin Shi Huang was happy, he agreed to his request, and Han Tong left the palace.
On this side, Qin Shi Huang drank Yuan Water every day, but on the other side, his body was deteriorating, and the imperial doctor had secretly dissuaded Qin Shi Huang from saying that he hoped that he would give up Yuan Water and his body might improve.
However, Qin Shi Huang's heart was very entangled, but in the end, the desire for immortality overwhelmed other advice. Unexpectedly, not long after, Han Tong retired, and a generation of monarchs, Qin Shi Huang, died like this.
So what is Yuanshui? Yuan water is actually water containing mercury, that is, mercury water. At that time, Qin Shi Huang saw that Han Tong dropped this mercury water on the corpse, and was able to keep the corpse from decaying, and he thought that drinking it by a living person would definitely have a greater effect.
Under the guidance of this thought, he believed that Han Tong drank a large amount of yuan water, so much so that he died on the way back to the palace at the end of the southern tour. It can be said that Ying Zheng died not only under the temptation of Yuanshui, but also died in his own greed.
To the plains and sickness
In general, we cannot deny the achievements of Qin Shi Huang's life, but his blind pursuit of immortality's wish is really unacceptable, and his fate of eventually dying in another country is also embarrassing.
Everyone's life expectancy is limited, the mood is open, and insisting on exercise may be able to live a few more years, but greedy to want to live and Tianqi, it is really a bit delusional.
What do you think differently about this?