Chapter 234: Changing the Entire Archaeological World

Everyone was stunned.

Then there was a loud bang and everyone exclaimed.

Yes, according to the murals, in order to hide the alien mineral, Qin Shihuang actually slaughtered all the livestock and humans within a hundred miles radius, which shows that this man was a cruel and ruthless person. Of course, in their impression, Qin Shihuang has never been a kind-hearted person.

So, could it be that the vigorous burning of books and burying of scholars he carried out back then was also intended to hide something?
In other words, to cover up a certain period of history!
The fat man looked at Xu Feng in horror: "Young Master Xu, your imagination is really too big. I can hardly keep up."

"Oh, by the way, what exactly is the burning of books and burying of scholars? I have only heard of this term and know that it is related to Qin Shi Huang, but I don't know what it is specifically about."

The fat man said.

Lao Hu: "The so-called burning of books and burying of scholars refers to burning ancient books and burying Confucian scholars alive. It is about the fact that after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he implemented a tyrannical rule, which aroused criticism. Qin Shihuang was furious, so he burned ancient books and buried Confucian scholars who criticized him alive, hoping to silence the people in the world."

The fat man was surprised: "Did Qin Shi Huang do such a stupid thing?"

Old Hu shook his head: "In fact, there is no such thing as burning books and burying scholars in history. This is all fabricated by later generations to vilify Qin Shihuang's tyranny."

"The real reason for the burning of books and burying of scholars was Qin Shihuang's reform of the political system."

"At the beginning of the unification of the six kingdoms, a group of officials headed by Prime Minister Wang Wan requested that Qin Shihuang enfeoff his sons as kings in the former territories of Yan, Qi and Chu, which had been recently conquered, believing that this would help consolidate Qin's rule."

"But Li Si, the court judge, insisted on opposing it. He believed that the disputes among the princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were entirely the result of the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Only by abolishing the feudal system could the disaster be avoided."

"Qin Shi Huang adopted Li Si's opinion and believed that enfeoffment would split the country, so he established the county system throughout the country."

"In the thirty-fourth year of the First Emperor's reign, that is, eight years later."

"A new debate arose over whether to learn from the past or the present, and the book burning was sparked by this."

"At the banquet, another minister proposed to restore the feudal system."

"Qin Shi Huang was displeased and hinted to Li Si to refute. Li Si not only rebuked those ministers, but also made three suggestions to Qin Shi Huang to burn ancient books."

"First, except for the Qin Chronicles, medical books, divination books, agricultural classics, various philosophers and other historical books, all of them must be handed over to the government for destruction within a specified period of time. If they are not handed over within 30 days after the order is issued, they will be punished with tattooing and four years of hard labor."

"Second, anyone who discusses the Book of Songs and the Book of History shall be put to death, anyone who criticizes the present by comparing it to the past shall be exterminated, and officials who know of this but fail to report it shall be punished with the same crime."

"Third, those who wish to learn the laws should take the officials as their teachers."

"Qin Shi Huang approved Li Si's proposal. The day after the banquet, book burnings were set off all over the country. In less than 30 days, all the classics before the Qin Dynasty were destroyed.

All the documents were reduced to ashes, and only a set of books in the Royal Library remained.

"In the second year after the book burning, the massacre of scholars occurred again."

"After he had seized enormous power and enjoyed great wealth and splendor, Qin Shi Huang was very afraid of death. After unifying the world, he had the wild idea of seeking the elixir of immortality."

"Many alchemists agreed to find the elixir of life for the emperor in order to covet the reward promised by Qin Shi Huang. However, they knew very well that there was no elixir of life in the world, so they took the reward and ran away. Then they spread the word that Qin Shi Huang was cruel and self-willed by nature, that he only appointed jailers, and that he alone made decisions on all matters, big or small."

"When Qin Shi Huang found out, he was furious and thought the alchemists were playing tricks on him. He ordered an investigation and personally selected more than 460 people and buried them alive in Xianyang."

“This is the so-called Confucian scholar slaughter incident.”

The fat man suddenly understood, "So, the so-called burning of books and burying of scholars means burning some banned books and killing some charlatans?"

Old Hu looked at the fat man in surprise. His comprehension ability was quite good.

"According to what is written in the history books, this is indeed the case."

"But now..."

He looked at Xu Feng and said, "I don't dare to believe what is written in these history books."

"Perhaps, there is a huge secret hidden behind the burning of books and burying of scholars."

"It's just that I don't know if we can find out this secret."

Xu Feng looked at the murals. The one he just saw was the last one, and there were no more after that.

"Old Hu, try to see if there are any murals on other walls?" "Okay!"

Lao Hu took the gourd and started experimenting in other places.

The fat man was idle, so he asked, "Master Xu, you just looked at the murals and they said there is a big secret in the murals! They also said that once this secret is made public, it will be like an atomic bomb and completely change the entire archaeological world!"

"What is the secret?!"

Xu Feng glanced at him, then pointed at one of the murals and said, "Didn't you pay attention to this place just now?"

The fat man looked at the mural.

It was a scene in which Qin Shi Huang was standing by the window late at night, gazing into the distance. On the table behind him was an open scroll.

“What happened to this mural?”

"Isn't it just that Qin Shi Huang couldn't sleep at night and came here to see the night view?"

Xu Feng: “…….”

He really wanted to open the fat man's head and see what was inside his mind.

"Didn't you see these two words?"

The fat man came forward to take a look and said, "I see, but I don't recognize this kind of ancient characters."

Xu Feng: "...I just said that these two words are pronounced Wuqi."

"Wuqi? And then?"

"Do you know what Wuqi stands for?"

"represents what?"

Forget it, Xu Feng gave up.

You can't be too subtle when talking to this fat guy. With his knowledge, it's difficult for him to follow your thoughts.

"The two characters on this scroll are Wuqi. If I'm not mistaken, it should refer to Wuqi Mountain."

The fat man murmured: Wuqishan?
He mumbled a few words, and suddenly, his expression changed slightly: "Why do I seem to have heard of this name somewhere?"

Xu Feng was speechless.

"It's not as if, it's that you actually heard it."

"The tombs we visited along the way, the many strange beasts we encountered, and the many natural treasures we discovered actually all came from Wuqi Mountain."

"For example, the signature of the Crescent Moon Hotel, the matchmaker red string, can be worn on two people's hands to make them feel each other's feelings. In fact, it is made of silk spun by a pair of red silkworms, and this pair of red silkworms actually comes from Wuqi Mountain."

"This Wuqi Mountain is actually the overseas fairy mountain mentioned by the ancients."

"And the scroll that Xu Fu presented, I guess, should be the sea map to Wuqi Mountain."

The fat man's eyes suddenly widened.

"You mean, Xu Fu went out to sea for several years, found this Wuqi Mountain, and brought back the natural treasures and medicinal materials for making the immortal elixir?!"

"You mean, Xu Fu found this Wuqi Mountain?"

"And the natural treasures and medicinal materials he used to refine the immortality elixir for Qin Shi Huang were also obtained from Wuqi Mountain?!"

The fat man's eyes widened: "Is there really a fairy mountain overseas?!"

Xu Feng: "For this, you have to ask our Director Zhang." As he said that, he looked at Zhang Rishan.

(End of this chapter)

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