Qin Shihuang: Why build the Great Wall?

Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, was in high spirits after he unified the world. He thinks that his achievements have surpassed those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so he calls himself "the emperor".

He hoped that the Daqin Empire would last forever, so he called himself "the first emperor". The titles of later emperors were all expressed by numbers, from the second emperor, the third emperor to the eternal emperor.

In order to achieve his grand goal, Qin Shihuang needed to solve two major problems: first, how to ensure the stability of the empire and make it last for generations; The second is whether you can never die and live forever. For the first question, Qin Shihuang played five moves in a row.

The first move is to "repair the equator", that is, to build a national "expressway network" centered on Xianyang.

The second measure is to "clear the obstacles", that is, to dismantle the Great Wall Graben and Guo Cheng Fort built by the six countries in dangerous places.

The third measure is "breaking the river", that is, breaking through the six countries to build dikes to block waterways, dredge gaps and dig canals.

The fourth measure is to "sell weapons", that is, confiscate weapons from all over the country and transport them to Xianyang to be cast into big clocks and bronze statues.

The fifth measure is "great migration", that is, moving the richest people in the world to Xianyang, with a number of120,000.

Obviously, these measures are quite effective. But besides these, Qin Shihuang also wanted to pursue immortality. According to Records of Historical Records, Han Zhong, Hou Gong, Shi Sheng and others were ordered to go out to sea to find the elixir of immortality.

In 2 15 BC, when Qin Shihuang visited the northern border, Lu Sheng, a Yan man who went out to sea to look for medicine, came back. Although he didn't get the elixir of life, he brought a fairy book to Qin Shihuang.

Qin Shihuang was surprised when he opened it, because there were five big characters written on the book, "Hu Ye died in Qin".

It turns out that the real threat of the empire is not the remnants of the six countries at home, but the conference semifinals in the north. At this time, the conference semifinals took advantage of the Warring States rebellion to rise strongly and invaded the border of Daqin. The purpose of this patrol is to understand the situation in the north.

Qin Shihuang thought about it and thought that these five words were very reasonable and worthy of being called fairy books.

Therefore, Qin Shihuang ordered Meng Tian to lead 300,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu in the north, capture the Hetao area, and drive the Xiongnu to the north of the desert.

At the same time, in order to maintain long-term stability, Qin Shihuang also ordered the restoration of the Great Wall of Qin, Yan and Zhao during the Warring States Period, and established the Great Wall of Wan Li, which started from Lintao in the west and ended in Liaodong in the east, and became an important barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the nomadic people in the north for more than 2,000 years.

What Qin Shihuang did not expect was that "dying in Qin" was true, but this "Hu" was not another "Hu". After his death, Hu Hai acceded to the throne for Qin Ershi. In just three years, the Daqin Empire fell.

Lotus said:

All the above are superficial and not credible.

If the Qin empire, why did it collapse?

That is, Qin Shihuang did not know how to love the people, only knew how to conquer the world, but did not know how to rule the world; Qin Shihuang was a pioneer and a martyr. At that time, the monarchy was in its infancy, and it was still very fragile. Once something goes wrong, the system crashes. However, Qin Shihuang died on the way to study abroad, which was purely accidental.

Well, learning from Qin Shihuang, sharing the interest with the people and the people's livelihood is the only way for future generations (the rule of Wenjing).