Qin Shi HuangDied at the age of year, suspected to be related to the love of drinking Yuan Shui, what is Yuan Shui?
History Revealed Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, the first feudal emperor in Chinese history to rule the world. His great achievements transcend time and space and are passed down through the ages; His life experience is magnificent and majestic.
He recruited capable ministers, recruited wise men, and gathered wise strategists such as Zhang Yi and Fan Sui, laying a solid foundation for the prosperity of Great Qin; He worshiped the generals and trained the army, and had famous generals such as Wang Jian and Meng Tian who were brave and good at fighting, helping him to open up his territory and have a vast territory.
Qin Shi Huang, with extraordinary talents and great ambitions, his great achievements, whether it is conquest or governance, are a glorious chapter in history. He adopted the strategy of long-distance and close attack, broke the six countries, swept through China, and no one was invincible; He unified writing, currency, and weights and measures, established counties, appointed virtuous people, enacted strict laws, and built the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu, achieving long-term peace and stability in the country.
He called himself "Emperor", taken from the Chinese legend of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", symbolizing supreme power and pride, fully demonstrating his boundless ambition and unbeatable pride.
Ying Zheng once imagined that the Qin Dynasty would last for thousands of years, not only him, the first emperor, but also countless descendants such as the second and third generations to inherit the endless rivers and mountains.
However, fate made people, and even heroes like Qin Shi Huang could not resist their fate, and suddenly fell at the peak of his glorious life at the age of 49. The Qin Dynasty also quickly collapsed after his death, falling in just two generations.
Why did the great founding emperor die young? Is his death related to a mysterious "Yuan Shui"? What is this Yuanshui, and how many secrets are hidden behind it?
In 221 BC, King Yingzheng of Qin single-handedly unified the six kingdoms and established the first centralized feudal state in Chinese history.
After unifying China and becoming the sole ruler of the land of China, Qin Shi Huang's desire for power and ambition swelled more and more. In order to achieve the rule of longevity, he began to search for the art of immortality.
At this time, he met a charlatan named Xu Fu. Xu Fu was well-versed in celestial phenomena, nautical surveying, and Kanyu geography, claiming that there were three immortal mountains in Bohai Bay, namely Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, and that the elixir on them could make people immortal.
Only he can reach the Immortal Mountain safely, and he also knows the immortals on the Immortal Mountain. Through his connections and a certain amount of worship, the immortals could be accommodating and give the refined elixir to Xu Fu.
Qin Shi Huang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered someone to bring Xu Fu into the palace and inquire in detail about the method of obtaining the elixir.
Xu Fu asked Qin Shi Huang to go to Sanxian Island to obtain the elixir, and only hoped that Qin Shi Huang would provide ships and supplies for worship. Qin Shi Huang gladly agreed, not only providing a large amount of treasure and 500 boys and girls, but also personally touring Langya to inquire about Xu Fu's progress.
However, Xu Fu went to sea twice to no avail, the first time because of the monstrous waves, and the second time because of the giant fish stirring the sea, which was full of dangers. Despite this, Xu Fu did not give up, but chose to rest in Langya and wait for the next opportunity to sail.
When Qin Shi Huang heard this fallacy, he sent a capable man with lofty ideals to draw a bow and shoot a fish, successfully killing the demon fish and quelling the shipwreck. For this reason, the Yantai Mountain Scenic Area in Yantai, Shandong Province has set up a giant stone sculpture called "Qin Shi Huang Fish Shooting Platform".
After quelling the shipwreck, Xu Fu went to sea again at the urging and coercion of Qin Shi Huang, but he and his fleet mysteriously disappeared into the sea and have not been heard from since.
Regarding the specific whereabouts of Xu Fu's last voyage to sea, there are still different opinions. A more reliable explanation is that Xu Fu went to sea for many years and did not find Xianshan, which made Qin Shi Huang dissatisfied, and in order to avoid the pursuers, he had no choice but to stop the boat and go ashore in today's Laoshan Mountain, Qingdao, and live in seclusion here and leave descendants.
Another theory is that Xu Fu discovered the route to Japan through surveying and observing the stars, and took the opportunity of the east wind to reach Japan all the way east, covering Kyushu-Shikoku, Honshu Island and other places.
He and his descendants, as well as the boys and girls who accompanied him on board, became the ancestors of today's Japanese people.
Although in different ways, there is always a unique ending. Xu Fu never returned to Qin Shi Huang's territory, and the elixir of immortality that Qin Shi Huang longed for was no more. This defeat did not make Qin Shi Huang give up, but made him more fanatical in his pursuit of medicine, attracting more and more charlatans to offer advice.
Among them, Lu Sheng was the second person to enter the palace. Lu Sheng, a scholar, originally from Yan State, "Historical Records of Qin Shi Huang Benji" recorded: "In the thirty-second year, the first emperor went to Jieshi and sent Yan Lu Sheng to find Xianmen and swear an oath.
They carved words on the stone gates, demolished the walls, and dredged the embankments. Lu Sheng also helped Qin Shi Huang find the immortal mountain in the sea, hoping to obtain the elixir of immortality, but he went to sea many times to no avail.
However, by chance, Lu Sheng brought back a "Recorded Book" from overseas and claimed that it was a book that could lead to the future. There is such a sentence recorded in the book: "Those who died in Qin, Hu Ye".
Qin Shi Huang was a man who was deeply influenced by feudal superstition. He firmly believed that the "five elements of mutual restraint" could lead to the change of dynasty, so he believed that the Qin Dynasty was a virtue of water, the Zhou Dynasty was a virtue of fire, and that water could restrain fire, so that the Qin Dynasty was able to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty and unify the whole country.
After he read the book, he believed that the Hu people in the north would be the greatest threat to the Qin dynasty. He ordered the general Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 troops north to resist the Xiongnu and build the Great Wall to defend against their attacks.
In addition, Lu Sheng was also one of the reasons for Qin Shi Huang's book burning and Confucianism. He privately ridiculed and satirized Qin Shi Huang's governance and conduct in the world. When he was discovered by Qin Shi Huang, he immediately fled, which made Qin Shi Huang very angry.
He said: "Lu Sheng, I treat him well, but he slanders me. All scholars in Xianyang were to be interrogated to see if there were any of Lu Sheng's associates. After torture, 400 scholars confessed their guilt, and Qin Shi Huang ordered them all to be buried alive.
Qin Shi Huang, the famous monarch who once single-handedly built the Great Wall and initiated the burning of books and Confucianism, was infamous for his brutal rule in his legendary life because of two major events.
Although he sought the elixir of life several times, he was ultimately unable to fulfill his wish. In the face of such a powerful emperor, even with the wealth of the world, he would feel tired and powerless.
As a result, Qin Shi Huang decided to change his strategy and no longer look for elixirs, but to refine the elixir himself. On this stage of history, a small person surfaced, he was Han Tong, who was originally a Korean.
Under the orders of Qin Shi Huang, he was responsible for refining the elixir of life for Qin Shi Huang. However, this Han Tong was actually just an ordinary Jianghu alchemist, and he knew almost nothing about the elixir of life.
In the face of the emperor's order, Han Tong could only bite the bullet and refine this mysterious elixir. This kind of helplessness and contradiction made Han Tong endure tremendous pressure and suffering in the process of refining the elixir.
But no matter what, he didn't dare to disobey the emperor's order, otherwise he would face the cruel consequences of falling to the ground and splitting the car. This is the life of Qin Shi Huang, full of glory and setbacks, but also full of helplessness and tragedy.
Han Tong uses bloodstone as raw material, and collects the evaporated water vapor through a unique distillation and purification technology, and names it "Yuanshui". This technology was later widely used in the chemical industry.
However, the "yuan water" distilled by Han Tong is actually a mercury-containing compound - mercury. Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal element, which is very mysterious in the era when chemical technology was not developed at that time.
Despite this, Han Tong still firmly believed that this was the "elixir of life" that Qin Shi Huang had requested, and conducted experiments to verify its effect.
He found the remains of some people after death, soaked them in a liquid called "Yuan Shui", and upon careful observation, he was surprised to find that the bodies soaked in "Yuan Shui" did not decompose.
This convinced him that he had really found a drug that would make people immortal. So he presented his discovery to Qin Shi Huang and told him that he had succeeded in refining the medicine.
Qin Shi Huang was initially skeptical of this mysterious liquid, but when he saw the miraculous antiseptic effect of "Yuan Shui" with his own eyes, he believed Han Tong's words.
He believed that if even the corpse could be preserved in the "Yuan Shui" for a long time, then it would definitely make his face eternal and immortal. The elixir of life that Qin Shi Huang had been longing for and dreaming of day and night had finally been successfully refined.
Without a detailed investigation, Qin Shi Huang followed Han Tong's advice to take the liquid called "mercury" at regular intervals every day.
Even though Qin Shi Huang's body was once strong and strong, it was difficult to resist under the ravages of highly toxic mercury. He died suddenly in the Xingtai sand dunes in 210 BC at the age of 49 during his eastern tour.
It is deeply regrettable that this great monarch in Chinese history has left us in this way.