The sages who unified the six countries read history and know wisdom. Looking at the wheel of history as a whole, as long as there is war, all walks of life will wither and people will be displaced, making it difficult to maintain food and clothing. Such a thing is inevitable no matter which king rules, so is Qin Shiwang's unification of the six countries. Let's just say that success comes at a price. Comparatively speaking, Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries was also the first emperor in China since ancient times, which was different from the situation that all fiefs in the Zhou Dynasty jointly respected Zhou as a great country. Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries can be said to be quite bloody. It is the result of fighting from generation to generation, the fighting between countries, and the blood of the affected ordinary people who participated in the fighting. Only in a relatively short period of time, people seem to be shocked by relatively many wars, but objectively speaking, Qin Shihuang unified the world, which also reduced the number of wars that have been going on for years, which is also a very good and decisive approach. From this perspective, the unification of the six countries is undoubtedly a progress and a wise way, but it seems a bit cruel.
After Qin Shihuang, the tyrant who burned books and buried Confucianism and built the Great Wall unified the six countries in order to unify their thinking and change the thinking of people in other countries. Burning books of other countries and sects cruelly killed those who resisted and fled, and killed those who hid and spread the knowledge and ideas of other books. This is undoubtedly the behavior of a tyrant. In order to resist foreign invasion, Qin Shihuang recruited people to build the Great Wall on the border with good intentions, but it was also a tyrant's act to speed up the construction regardless of the birth, illness and death of the people. The general trend is to requisition civilian workers, regardless of common sense, and it is also the name of Qin Shihuang's tyrant.
It is wise for future generations to read history, and the wheel of history is irreversible, which cannot be changed and stopped by one person. For the descendants of Qin Shihuang, it is impossible to define him as a monarch or a tyrant just by one point. Throughout Qin Shihuang's life, he was taken hostage in Zhao in his early years and returned to Qin after suffering. He succeeded to the throne at a young age, vigorously rectified the Korean platform, developed national strength, strictly observed military discipline, made good use of people, and unified the six countries. These practices are naturally those of the Ming emperor. In his later years, Qin Shihuang began to indulge in elixir of life, unifying books and thoughts by coercive means to entrap literati. After the war, he wasted manpower and material resources to build palaces, causing numerous deaths and injuries to farmers. This practice is undoubtedly a tyrant, and historical events cannot be changed. Qin Shihuang's merits and demerits cannot be changed. It can only be for the benefit of future generations, so that future generations can be vigilant and reflect.