It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified China at the age of 22, he ordered a large-scale mausoleum to be built for him. Because of the beautiful scenery of Mount Li and the jade produced in Yang Shan, the mountain is full of precious jade, which is in line with his superstitious thoughts, so he chose the cemetery at the northern foot of Mount Li. He not only transferred more than 700,000 "prisoners" from all over the country, but also recruited a large number of civilian workers from Shandong and Henan. During the construction period, Qin Shihuang also ordered Li Qi to collect thousands of boys and girls in advance to prepare for his martyrdom. Reese was dumbfounded when he saw the imperial edict. He thought that recruiting so many people to die would be strongly opposed by the people. Once the people rise up, the Qin Dynasty will never have peace. But if you don't do this, you will offend Shi Chun and you will die. After careful consideration, I had to write a letter, which said, "I, Reese, risked my life to tell you the truth." You recruit so many boys and girls to be martyred, which is bound to cause riots all over the world. It is better to use the Tao to be martyred to protect the security of Daqin Jiangshan. " Qin Shihuang thought it was reasonable, so he changed his mind and immediately ordered Reese to recruit skilled craftsmen from all over the country, thus firing a patrol guard of honor on a large scale. Moreover, he asked that the fired pottery horse should be as big as a real horse.
A few days later, Reese selected hundreds of bricklayers from migrant workers, read them the imperial edict, and ordered them to burn Ren Tao and Ma Tao on schedule. Otherwise, you will be killed.
But these craftsmen can only burn bricks and tiles, and no one has ever burned Ren Tao Ma Tao. They tried to burn them many times, but all failed. More than 100 craftsmen were beheaded for this. Among the killed craftsmen, an old craftsman came up with a way to tell his son before he died that he should burn them in a single kiln. After the son buried his father in tears, according to his father's instructions before his death, the single kiln and single figurine were fired in sections and then assembled. After adopting this method, Ren Tao Ma Tao was finally successfully fired.
After the success of the experiment, the craftsman Qi Xin worked hard day and night, and finally fired thousands of pottery figurines and war horses as scheduled, and arranged them neatly according to the requirements of Li Si.
After the death of Qin Shihuang, Qin Ershi Hu Hai succeeded to the throne. He was afraid that craftsmen would reveal the secrets in the tomb, so he secretly transported the spiritual pivot of Qin Shihuang into the tomb, and then ordered all the people involved in the construction of the tomb to go to the tomb to watch the play and receive a reward. Poor craftsmen, civilian workers and torturers who shed blood and sweat to build the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor were cheated by Qin Ershi. As soon as they entered the mausoleum, they were sealed alive in the tomb and became martyrs. Legend has it that only one young man escaped. He was the first person to burn clay figurines. Because he built a waterway in Qin Shihuang's tomb and saw that the situation was not good, he got into the waterway and didn't escape until dark. Later, I wandered in Guanzhong and made a living by firing clay pots and crocks (the utensils for putting noodles in Guanzhong). Until now, these pottery products are still very popular in the rural areas of Guanzhong.