During the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall was being built, and all the young and strong men in the world were drafted away. The minister of embankment construction supervision tried his best to find many capable people. Later, they had no choice but to force hard-core people, old and young, and women, and forced them to the Yellow River.
When construction started, it was the severe cold of winter. Years of war have left the people impoverished. They were all wearing thin clothes, cold and hungry. Coupled with the heavy workload, many people fell down "cuckoo" and "dong dong".
The Minister of Work Supervision looked at the people and felt pity for them, so he let the migrant workers work slowly. One winter and one spring passed, and the levee did not grow much.
Qin Shihuang heard that the embankment was being repaired very slowly, so he ordered the death of the minister of supervision and replaced him with a new one. This minister saw his predecessor being killed, and his neck felt numb as soon as he took office. He thinks about it during the day and at night, and he must deliver the work as scheduled.
He posted notices in prefectures, counties, villages and towns, requiring every household to send someone to repair the golden embankment. If they didn't, they would be arrested. As a result, the gray-haired old people, the patients moaning in bed, the urchins going to school, and the women who had just given birth were all arrested to build embankments.
On the embankment construction site, digging soil, carrying baskets, and tamping are very heavy tasks. Some people die from exhaustion every day. The superintendent of work was urging us to do it quickly day and night! Do it quickly! The embankment is getting longer and higher day by day. The men who built the embankment grew darker and thinner day by day.
The flood season is coming, and Qin Shihuang issued another imperial edict that all the work must be completed within ten days. When the edict arrived, he frightened the supervising minister. Not to mention ten days, it will be difficult to finish if it is delayed for another month! He thought he would die sooner or later, so he risked his life to send a memorial. It is said that it is difficult to repair the golden embankment in ten days.
After Qin Shihuang read the memorial, he wanted to kill the minister of supervision again, but then he thought that killing him alone was not an option. People in the world would still accuse him of being cruel. But he still did not change the deadline and said that he would come to inspect the embankment in ten days.
This has caused even more harm to the people who built the embankment. We worked day and night without any rest; within a few days, there were piles of exhausted people on the embankment.
When the ten-day deadline came, Qin Shihuang came on horseback and asked the minister of supervision: "Is the Golden Embankment completed?" "Fill it in."
Qin Shihuang said: "I will ride from west to east to see how the embankment is being repaired. When my horse comes back, the golden embankment must be completely repaired. Otherwise, be careful about your head." Qin Shihuang finished speaking to the minister of supervision, mounted his horse, whipped it, and the horse whizzed eastward.
The Minister of Oversight thought about it and finally came up with a solution. He ordered the dead to be filled in the uneven place and covered with some soil, thus saving more soil. After filling in the corpses, the embankment is still not level.
The Minister of Labor Supervision also ordered that migrant workers who were sick and unable to move should also be filled in. Suddenly there was a lot of crying and shouting on the embankment, and no one among the people wanted to take action. The minister of supervision ordered the soldiers to take action. People were crying and shouting on the embankment. The soldiers dragged and dragged many living people into the embankment and covered them with soil.
Qin Shi Huang quickly ran back on horseback. The flat and smooth golden embankment stretches as far as the eye can see. As soon as he passed by, the people gnashed their teeth and cursed non-stop. Therefore, the people also called this embankment "Qinhuang Embankment."
Extended information:
Qin Shihuang Yingzheng annexed the six countries, ended the separatist situation of the Warring States Period, and unified China. He felt that his achievements were greater than those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient legends, and he could no longer use the title of "King". He should use a more noble title to match his achievements, so he decided to use the title of "Emperor". /p>
He was the first emperor of China, so he called himself the First Emperor. He also stipulated that the descendants who succeeded him should be arranged in order. The second generation would be called the Second Emperor, and the third generation would be called the Third Emperor, and so on from generation to generation. It has been passed down to thousands of generations.
Qin Shihuang Yingzheng is a famous politician, strategist, and reformer in Chinese history. He was the first emperor to complete the unification of China, the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, and was thirteen years old. He ascended the throne at the age of thirty-nine and became emperor at the age of thirty-nine. He reigned for thirty-seven years.
Qin Shihuang established the emperor system. The central government implemented the three ministers and nine officials. The local government abolished the feudal system and replaced it with the county system. The book was written in the same text. The vehicles moved on the same track, unified weights and measures, attacked the Huns in the north, conquered Baiyue in the south, and built the Great Wall.
Pushing China into the era of great unification created a new situation for the establishment of a centralized authoritarian system and had a profound impact on China. He had a profound impact on the history of the world and established the basic pattern of China's political system for more than two thousand years. He was hailed as "one emperor through the ages" by the Ming Dynasty thinker Li Zhi.
Historical achievements:
1. Established a centralized system;
2. Unified the written language and made it the foundation of a nation, which is still in use today. ;
3. The abolition of feudalism and the establishment of counties and counties became the standard model for management after the unification of China, which lasted for thousands of years;
4. Unification of currency and weights and measures, in commerce It greatly facilitates domestic exchanges;
5. Cars and cars are on the same track and roads are at the same distance. The construction of Qinzhi Road greatly facilitates domestic transportation;
6. The construction of Ling Canal strengthens the access to the Pearl River Basin. control and make this area forever China's territory;
7. Build the Great Wall to resist the invasion of the Hu people in the north. The Great Wall has long been a national border; Conquered South Vietnam and incorporated Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong and Guangxi into Chinese territory.
9. Attack the Xiongnu in the north, recapture the Hetao area, and make this area a Chinese territory forever. This established the basic pattern of China's unified multi-ethnic centralized state.
10. The Zhengguo Canal was built to divert the Jingshui River from the west to the Luoshui River in the east. It was more than 300 miles long and transformed more than 40,000 hectares of saline-alkali land, making the Guanzhong area with barren land rapidly prosperous.
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