Qin Shihuang's name is Ying Zheng. He used to be the king of Qin State, and later became the emperor of Qin Dynasty. /kloc-ascended the throne at the age of 0/3 and proclaimed himself emperor at the age of 39.
At the end of the Warring States Period BC, there were seven countries, namely Qin, Han, Wei, Chu, Yan, Zhao and Qi, which were collectively called the Seven Heroes, among which Qin was the strongest. After Qin Shihuang ascended the throne as the king of Qin State, he successively destroyed the six countries of Korea, Wei, Chu, Yan, Zhao and Qi, and established the first unified country in the history of China-the Qin Dynasty.
After Qin Shihuang became emperor, he did some good things and some bad things.
On the basis of the original laws of Qin, he absorbed some provisions of other six laws, formulated and promulgated unified laws of Qin, and established the centralization of feudal autocracy. He carried out the policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining business, fostered feudal private ownership of land and promoted the development of agriculture. He carried out Shang Yang's political reform, unified the national weights and measures system and the monetary system with the weights and measures formulated by Shang Yang as the standard, and also formulated a unified text. He built roads and dug rivers all over the country to develop land and water transportation. He sent people to dig canals to connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River. In particular, he also built the Great Wall of Wan Li from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east, which protected the northern frontier of China and prevented the invasion of Xiongnu.
At the same time, Qin Shihuang also made many cruel laws to cruelly suppress the people. He ordered the destruction of books collected by the people, killing more than 400 literate people, which was called "burning books to bury Confucianism" in history, and hindered the inheritance and development of China culture. He built the luxurious Epang Palace and the tomb of Mount Li, and made five large-scale cruises. In order to live forever, he sent thousands of children and men to the East China Sea to seek immortality, which consumed huge financial and human resources and deepened people's suffering.
Therefore, Qin Shihuang was both an emperor and a tyrant.
After the death of Qin Shihuang, his son Qin Ershi Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, and then a peasant uprising led by Chen Sheng and Guangwu broke out, which led to the demise of the Qin Dynasty.