sjar Chapter 344: The Qin Emperor in History
Chapter 344: The Qin Emperor in History
"Your Majesty, do you still remember that in order to seek immortality, you listened to the slander of the sorcerer Xu Fu and sent three thousand boys and girls out to sea?"
Qin Shihuang was slightly stunned when he heard this. Judging from the other party's tone, it seemed that this matter was related to his pursuit of immortality.
"My dear Zhang, what do you mean?" The First Emperor asked hurriedly, anxious to verify it.
Zhang Haoran nodded slightly and opened another section that specifically explained that period of history.
When Qin Shihuang looked at it, he saw the scene of himself sitting on the throne, awe-inspiring.
Below him was kneeling a guy wearing a square hat. Although his appearance had changed, Emperor Qin recognized him at a glance as Xu Fu.
The scenes all demonstrate the grandeur and the mighty spirit of Qin Shihuang that shook the world.
Then the scene changed and the narration's voice sounded.
"In 217 AD, King Ying Zheng of Qin swept across the six kingdoms, ending the endless wars of the Warring States Period and achieving true unification of the world.
As the country became more stable, the Qin Emperor was busy with various state affairs every day, and gradually he began to feel overwhelmed.
He then heard that there was a sorcerer in the world who could make elixirs to prolong life, so he ordered all the sorcerers in the world to make him an elixir of immortality.
In order to obtain the elixir of immortality, Qin Shi Huang sent the alchemist Xu Fu with three thousand boys and girls to the fairy mountain to seek the elixir.
However, they did not find the so-called elixir on this trip and were worried that they would not be able to complete their mission when they returned, so they traveled all the way to the island of Japan, settled there, and later established a country - Yamato.
Therefore, there is a saying that today’s Japanese people are the descendants of Xu Fu and his party.”
"Xu Fu was ordered by Qin Shi Huang to sail eastward twice to seek elixirs."
In 219 BC, the th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign, Xu Fu wrote to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, saying that there were three immortal mountains in the sea, namely Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou. Immortals lived on these three mountains and there must be elixirs on them.
Qin Shi Huang believed it to be true, so he asked him to take thousands of boys and girls, prepare food, clothing, medicine, farm tools and other items, and started on the journey to the sea to look for medicine.
However, Xu Fu knew very well that there were no gods in the world. He was just catering to the emperor's dream of immortality and taking public money to travel around the sea! So he naturally gained nothing after several years of this trip!
In 219 BC, after Xu Fu returned empty-handed after his first voyage, Qin Shi Huang wanted to punish him. However, as an alchemist, Xu Fu naturally tried to fool Qin Shi Huang by saying: The reason why he failed to obtain the elixir was because there were "mermaids" causing trouble in the sea. If the Emperor could arrange for someone who is good at archery to get rid of the mermaids, then he would definitely be able to retrieve the elixir!
At this time, Qin Shihuang's health was not as good as before, and he was obsessed with immortality, so he simply believed Xu Fu again.
This time, Qin Shi Huang specially ordered craftsmen to build giant crossbows and shoot the "shark" in the sea. But in fact, the "shark" here is just the whale we know today.
After that, Qin Shi Huang gave Xu Fu a large amount of money and asked him to go out to sea again to seek the elixir. But this time, Xu Fu never came back! So where did he go?
The answer is naturally self-evident.
When Qin Shihuang saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Zhang Haoran added: "Your Majesty, I believe you have guessed Xu Fu's final destination.
It's just that when he went there, the people living there were just some uncivilized and short savages, while Xu Fu brought with him 3,000 elites of our Great Qin, as well as all kinds of our Chinese technology.
The savages, who originally had no chance of rising, have now begun their journey towards civilization. "
"And that Wa Island was the Japanese barbarians who invaded our Chinese territory in later generations. What's ridiculous is that our Chinese were completely powerless to resist at first.
If it weren’t for the Chinese people’s deep-rooted national values and the countless sacrifices of their ancestors for this cause, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
As he spoke, the screen showed the various crimes committed by the Japanese army and the shocking numbers.
"How could this be! How hateful~" Qin Huang looked at the crowds of people falling down in the picture, his eyes red.
His fist was clenched tightly, and a hint of bright red oozes out.
The same was true for the three people standing behind him. They were known for their killing spree, and they exuded a terrifying murderous aura.
"All this is my fault. I wish I could go back to that period and kill Xu Fu with my own hands. Now that things have come to this, I feel ashamed of the respect that the younger generations have for me! I don't deserve it!" The First Emperor shed two lines of tears as he spoke.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. Things have already happened and no one can change them. Although the incident with Xu Fu was something you did at the beginning, it was also an unintentional act on your part. After all, no one can predict the future."
"And your achievements will be remembered for all eternity!"
Then Zhang Haoran made an indelible contribution to the concept of China as one nation by describing the life of Qin Shihuang, the construction of the Great Wall, and the standardization of writing and wheel gauge.
When Qin Shihuang saw this, his face turned slightly red, he felt a little ashamed and even a little embarrassed.
"Grandfather, your achievements are real. You may not know how many people in later generations wish you could really live forever."
"If that were the case, future generations wouldn't have experienced so many hardships. The Five Barbarians' Invasion of China during the Wei and Jin Dynasties almost wiped out the entire Han ethnic group. And we wouldn't have fallen to the point of being wantonly oppressed by a tiny country, as you've seen before."
"Every time I think about it, it's a shame for our Chinese nation!" Zhang Haoran said, with indignation in his eyes.
"Ah~" Qin Shihuang didn't know what to say, and all his words turned into a helpless sigh.
The long river of time flows unceasingly, all things have long become the past, and nothing can be changed.
"Forget it. Since things are irreversible, it would be useless to sigh here. It would be better to solve the problems of that era first."
After Qin Shihuang finished speaking, he actually became a little confused.
He came to such an afterlife, which made him feel a little confused.
This world is already prosperous, while that world is dark and desolate.
He thought, since the afterlife is so prosperous, is there any need for him to save that world? After all, everything is moving in the same direction.
Seeing this, Zhang Haoran knew that the old ancestor's mentality was confused, so he said: "Old ancestor, although that world will eventually develop into the appearance of this world, it is still different after all."
"There are no ghosts or monsters in this world, but there are monsters and demons in that world, so we should stick to the original idea. After all, only by restoring order in that world can we achieve stable development."