believes that many viewers have watched the "Miyue Biography" which has been popular in the past few years. This drama tells the story of a legendary woman. The plot design is very clever and can resonate with many audiences. And does everyone know that Miyue, the heroine in the play, is the great grandmother of Qin Shihuang? Miyue is a very legendary figure in history, as is Qin Shihuang. Because of Qin Shihuang's life experience, there are many different versions of theories circulating among the people, and some of them have even been filmed into TV series. And this emperor has unified the six nations and made great achievements. Such a scheming and talented emperor logically, historians should give a high evaluation, But why is Qin Shihuang a controversial emperor in history? Come and have a look with Xiaobian!
The emperor Qin Shihuang
Qin Shihuang’s life experience is a mystery
When it comes to Qin Shihuang, I will not tell him about his early experience. Qin Shihuang’s mother is actually a concubine of Lu Buwei, but Qin Shihuang’s father is also King Qin Zhuangxiang After meeting Zhao Ji, she fell in love with this beautiful woman at first sight, so Zhao Ji gave birth to Qin Shihuang Yingzheng. However, due to the tense situation at the time, Yingzheng basically survived with his mother hiding in Tibet during his childhood. After experienced the Qin coup, Ying Zheng returned to Qin with great hardships. After returning to Qin, his father became king of Qin Zhuangxiang. At this time, his mother also grew up from a young age. Concubine Ji became the Queen Mother Xia.
"Historical Records·Volume Eighty-Five·Lü Buwei Biography 25" has a record: Zi Chu is the proton of Qin Yu Zhao. Qin Shu attacked Zhao, but Zhao didn't give a gift to Chu. Zi Chu, the grandson of Qin's concubines, is a host to the princes. "This also shows that King Qin Zhuangxiang was not favored. However, in fact, Qin Shihuang’s father was a short-lived emperor. He died of illness shortly after he succeeded to the throne. At this time, Ying Zheng was only 13 years old. Under the support of the ministers, he became the emperor, but such an emperor has no real power. The government is basically controlled by Lu Buwei. When
Yingzheng was 21 years old, he began to want to transfer all the power in the court In his own hands, after a series of court coups, Ying Zheng finally seized power and began his real ruling career. Z3z
Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall
Although Qin Shihuang is known as the first emperor in history, The six kingdoms were unified, but because Qin had already annexed many small countries when Qin Shihuang succeeded to the throne, Qin was already a country with relatively strong overall national strength. Qin Shihuang was not satisfied with the status quo, so he began to make big efforts. Invaded the Kingdom of Zhao and then annexed Korea. After years of warfare, Qin Shihuang finally established his own empire, unified the chaotic situation, and became the emperor of the ages.
The Afang Palace
, who is a great construction engineer, has no sympathy for the people
. After the unification of the six countries, the currency and the measurement scale were also unified. After that, Qin Shihuang actually began to build civil engineering, not only built the Afang Palace, but also built the Great Wall. The people were miserable because of the heavy labor. The peasants were unable to live well before the long-term oppression, and some peasants began to revolt. This is why Qin Shihuang was quite controversial in history. Z1z was not sympathetic to the people because of his great efforts to build civil engineering after the unification of the six countries. Qin Shihuang is a tyrant.
Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum
Summary
In fact, the real reason why Qin Shihuang built these things was not purely for pleasure. He wanted to consolidate his imperial power and stabilize the world that was difficult to maintain, so he could only resist foreign enemies through large-scale construction. But his timing was not so good. It is understandable that the hall was built in a dynasty of Huang Wenrong. However, the world had just been unified at that time, and many people suffered from years of war. Originally, people wanted peace. A stable life, but Qin Shihuang still did not realize how important it is to be sympathetic to the people. So this is why Qin Shihuang is so controversial. In everyone’s eyes, what kind of emperor is Qin Shihuang?
References: "Historical Records"