Chapter 6 The confused First Emperor?
Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and was the first emperor of China.
Let us, Hua Xia Shu, be on the same track as Wen Chao.
The influence on us can be said to have a long history.
Until now we are all benefiting from the First Emperor.
You can say this without exaggeration.
Without Qin Shihuang, China might not be what it is now.
So is it possible that Qin Shihuang was a stupid and brainless person?
Will you be deceived by the rhetoric of these alchemists? If it were another emperor, maybe it would be possible.
But the First Emperor was definitely not that kind of person.
"Although Qin Shihuang was the only emperor of the ages, he was not very smart."
"Do you believe in things like immortality?"
"Sure enough, the thinking of the ancients was narrow-minded."
A father saw his children watching popular science programs.
He also came over casually to look at his children.
I saw Ye Zhen talking about Qin Shihuang sending people to find the elixir.
He told his children the story of Xu Fu going overseas to search for the elixir of immortality.
The father smiled and said, "Qin Shihuang spent countless money back then."
"Whatever Xu Fu wants, Qin Shihuang will give it to him."
"We will solve any difficulties we encounter."
"In order to obtain the elixir of life, Qin Shihuang made three eastward tours."
"During the first eastward tour, Xu Fu and other alchemists wrote a letter saying that there were three fairy mountains overseas."
"There are immortals in the fairy mountains, and there is the elixir in them."
"Then Qin Shihuang gave people a boat and asked Xu Fu to go out and search."
"During my second eastward tour, I went to Xu Fu for the elixir, but Xu Fu couldn't find it."
"Xu Fu argued that he encountered a big storm at sea."
"It takes three thousand boys and girls and some craftsmen as sacrifices to find the fairy mountain."
"Then Qin Shihuang approved it again."
"On my third tour to the east, I went to Xu Fu to ask for the elixir."
"Xu Fu came back from overseas. Of course he didn't find any magic medicine."
"I can only quibble again and say that I have already found the fairy mountain and am ready to go up there to collect the fairy medicine."
"But there are giant dragons guarding the fairy mountain, so we can't go up."
"Then it turned out that Qin Shihuang followed him in person, wanting to see where this fairy mountain was."
"I encountered a giant dragon along the way and shot the so-called giant dragon."
"It is said that what Qin Shihuang and the others saw may have been a whale."
When children listen to this story, it seems like a legend.
But this is history, what happened.
Return to Ye Zhen.
"Why did Qin Shihuang, the wise and mighty emperor of the ages, finally believe in these alchemists?"
"Will the whole country support these alchemists without any reservation?"
Ye Zhen showed a mysterious smile, like a beacon in the fog.
"Because Qin Shihuang might have actually seen the so-called immortal."
As soon as Ye Zhen said these words, the entire recording room exploded.
Because these staff members were also attracted to Ye Zhen unknowingly.
They were also immersed in Ye Zhen's popular science.
The audience was immediately shocked.
"Qin Shihuang has seen an immortal? What nonsense!"
"Isn't the Immortal a fabrication!? How can it exist?"
"But if Qin Shihuang hadn't seen an immortal, how could we explain that Qin Shihuang believed so much in the existence of the elixir?"
Xiao Ming watched Ye Zhen's science popularization attentively.
Xiao Ming's father, who had just finished telling Xiao Ming the story of Qin Shihuang's search for the elixir, heard Ye Zhen's words.
"It's nonsense. Immortals are fake and don't exist at all."
"How could Qin Shihuang have seen any immortals!" Xiao Ming's father was popularization should be rigorous and interesting.
Ye Zhen's nonsense now is simply unreasonable!
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "During the Jin Dynasty, there were ancient books recording this matter."
"This book is called "The Supplementary Notes"." Ye Zhen erased the previous ancient text on the small blackboard behind him.
Re-write the name of "Collection of Relics".
Some viewers have never heard of the name of this book.
Don't talk about such unpopular ancient books.
Even if it is the Four Books and Five Classics, you want people today to name the Four Books and Five Classics.
It would be good if one out of ten people could tell it in full.
The Four Books refer to: "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects" and "Mencius".
The Five Classics refers to the Book of Songs, the Book of Documents, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Ye Zhen's face showed excitement again.
"The First Emperor is fond of immortal things.
Some people from Wanqu came by snail boat.
The boat is shaped like a snail and sinks to the bottom of the sea without being soaked by water. It is called a "low wave boat".
The people of his country are ten feet long and weave the feathers of birds and beasts to cover their shapes.
The First Emperor's words to him were as clear as seeing them in person when the heaven and earth first opened.
Said: "When I was young, I traveled on tiptoe and traveled thousands of miles in a day.
He is too old and decrepit to sit and see things beyond the world.
The subject's country is ninety thousand miles away from the sun in Xianchi, and its long life is one day.
At night, burn stones to keep up the stone comes from the Burning Mountain. The earth and rocks are all clear from the light. When pressed, they break into pieces. They look like millet, and each grain reflects the whole hall.
The First Emperor of the past said: "This is a divine man." He believed in the magic of immortality.
Let me translate what is said here.
This is what is recorded in "The Supplementary Records". Qin Shihuang met a man from Wanqu Kingdom.
This man was sitting on an unknown thing, which the people at that time named "Lunbo Boat"
This Lunbo boat looks like a spiral. The ancients have never seen anything like this that can travel in the sea.
If you look at it from the current perspective, this is simply a submarine! "Ye Zhen said jokingly.
A spiral submarine? Of course the ancients had never seen a submarine, so they could only use their existing knowledge to describe it.
However, the description of Lunbo Zhou was very specific, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a classic science fiction novel written by the famous science fiction writer (French) Jules Verne in 1866.
At that time, there were still 100 years before the advent of submarines.
Some even say that modern submarines were created based on this science fiction novel.
But Qin Shihuang had already seen submarines at that time.
How long before they were?A full 2000 years! If this is really the fantasy of the ancients, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the earliest science fiction novel.
However, in the show, Ye Zhen said that Qin Shihuang had seen submarines.
The audience couldn't accept it and just thought Ye Zhen was joking.
"Then Qin Shihuang chatted with the people from Wanqu State.
I found that this man was very knowledgeable and knew about the creation of the world.
And it came from a place as far away as [-] miles overseas.
You can travel thousands of miles in a day.
In the eyes of Qin Shihuang, isn't such magical power the same as that of an immortal?
Soaring into the clouds and riding on the mist, he flew out with a whoosh.
Then the Wanqu people continued to say that they had a lighting tool.
It's called a burning stone, and a small one can light up an entire room.
After seeing this, Qin Shihuang thought that the Wanqu man was an immortal.
So I believe that there really are so-called immortals in the world. "
After Ye Zhen finished explaining, everyone finally understood.
Why did Qin Shihuang believe in alchemists like Xu Fu so much?
I think there really is some fairy mountain overseas with the elixir of life inside.
Because Qin Shihuang really saw the so-called immortal! (End of this chapter)