Chapter 64 Qin Shihuang's East Tour Seeking Immortals

But all successful rulers, for the sake of Qin Shihuang, would invariably think about one thing - how to live forever and enjoy glory forever. Since sending Xu Fu into the sea to seek immortality in 219 BC, Qin Shihuang had dealt with all kinds of alchemists, hoping that they would bring the medicine of immortality, but the result was disappointment again and again. Over time, Qin Shihuang naturally had doubts, not whether there were any immortal medicines in the world, but doubts about the abilities of the fighters. One day when he finally complained to the alchemist Lu Sheng with a little displeasure, Lu Sheng immediately realized the danger coming, so he argued: "The reason why we have not been able to find the immortal and the medicine of immortality is mainly because Some kind of disturbance."

According to Lu Sheng's explanation, immortals don't get wet when they enter water, and don't burn when they enter fire. They can ride clouds and fog, and coexist with heaven and earth, but they like quiet places and don't like to be disturbed by others.However, Qin Shihuang was very busy governing the world and could not be pure-hearted, so he always sought immortality but failed. "I hope that where Your Majesty will live in the future, don't let others know, and then it is possible to get the medicine of immortality." Qin Shihuang actually believed such a cheap lie, and from then on he no longer called himself "Zhen", but called himself "True Man".They also built corridors to connect more than 270 palaces near Xianyang. They lived in different places every night, and only a few of Zhao Gao and other cronies knew about them.Anyone who revealed the emperor's whereabouts would be executed.

Once, Qin Shihuang was in the Liangshan Palace and saw the huge motorcade of Prime Minister Li Si from a distance, with an unhappy expression on his face, he said casually: "The prime minister is very majestic!" Someone in the palace told this to Li Si.Li Si was very frightened and reduced his attendants from then on.When Qin Shihuang found out, Longyan was furious: "Someone in the palace must have leaked my words!" He tortured the people around him, but no one admitted, so he ordered all the people present at that time to be killed.Since then, no one knows the whereabouts of Qin Shihuang.

Besides, Lu Sheng, the alchemist, bluffed Qin Shihuang with a lie, but he also knew that it would not last long, so he discussed with his accomplice Hou Sheng and said: "The emperor is self-willed. He thinks that no one can compare to him, and he never trusts anyone. He has people around him. There are 70 doctors, but in fact they are all decorations. Even a minister like the prime minister is just following orders without any autonomy. Regardless of the country's affairs, he alone has the final say. Waiting every day There are so many memorials reviewed by the emperor that they have to be weighed by scales, and he will not sleep until a certain amount is fulfilled every night. How can a person who is so greedy for power find the elixir of immortality?"

The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, and they took their apprentice and ran away secretly. This incident should have been enough to wake up Qin Shihuang.But unexpectedly, Qin Shihuang became angry and took all his temper on the scholars, saying: "I have burned all those useless books, and the reason why I recruited some alchemists is because they claim to be able to make the country peaceful." .I value Lu Sheng enough, they dare to slander me and speak ill of me everywhere. I heard that there are many scholars in Xianyang City who are also deceiving people with lies, and they deserve death!" So he ordered Yushi All the scholars were arrested for interrogation, and finally 460 people were delineated, all of them were buried alive in Xianyang, and they were announced to the world as an example.

Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, was a loyal young man. He found it difficult to accept Qin Shihuang's actions. He advised him: "The world is now settled, and the people in distant places are not yet convinced. These scholars read the books of sages and sages. Very influential, now you use severe punishments to punish them, I am worried that the world will be uneasy because of this, please learn from me." How could Qin Shihuang listen to Jin Fusu's opinion? In a rage, he sent Fusu to Shangjun to serve as a supervisor in Mengtian's army. After finishing these things, he ordered the alchemist Xu Fu to continue searching for the elixir at sea.Xu Fu had no choice but to bite the bullet and take another 500 virgin boys and 500 virgin girls out to sea.

Xu Fu went there and never came back, so he probably lost his way and disappeared into the vast sea.But there is also a saying that Xu Fu traveled all the way east, drifted to the Japanese islands, settled there, and became the ancestor of the Japanese. This is somewhat obscene.