Qin Shihuang was a famous figure who unified the six countries and became the first real emperor in the history of China. However, many people's understanding of Qin Shihuang is limited to this, and even biased against Qin Shihuang. This mainly comes from Qin Shihuang's famous "burning books to bury Confucianism" incident, which made many people mistakenly think that Qin Shihuang was a tyrant.

First of all, we must affirm Qin Shihuang's political means. As an emperor, Qin Shihuang is undoubtedly the best among the emperors in China. Unify the six countries and unified measurement, unify the writing, resist foreign aggression, and set up the system of "three officials and nine ministers". None of these achievements was simple, but Qin Shihuang did it.

And Qin Shihuang's "burning books to bury Confucianism" also has a reason. At that time, although the country looked very photogenic on the surface, it was very rough in secret. People of all countries didn't want to be worse than others, but they all wanted to restore their country. At this time, it was suggested that the county system should be changed to the enfeoffment system again, that is to say, the restoration should be put into procedure. Where can Qin Shihuang let him do this? So he and his confidant ministers joined forces to "burn books", burning mostly the national history of various countries, just to monopolize education and unify the thoughts of people of all countries. Qin Shihuang's "cheating Confucianism" only killed the warlock who cheated him and a small number of Confucian scholars who opposed him.

To tell the truth, Qin Shihuang's behavior was a bit extreme. However, extreme measures will be taken in extraordinary times. At that time, if Qin Shihuang was a little weak and hesitated, the country might be torn apart immediately and the people would suffer from exile. For an emperor who holds the lifeline of the country, kindness and hesitation are always taboo.