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Not long after, Ying Zheng issued the "Law of Suppressing Books."

Anyone who privately possessed banned books would have their entire clan exterminated.

These banned books included many academic treatises from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, belonging to the various schools of thought; some were mystical techniques and secret skills of the alchemists; and some were the doctrines and scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion.

In short, all books except those officially permitted by the Qin state were to be surrendered and burned.

Confucian scholars and alchemists who privately possessed books were buried alive in large numbers.

Scholars and alchemists throughout the land were gripped by fear and anxiety.

The process of burning books and burying scholars alive was actually a mix of good and bad.

From a modern perspective, it may have been more harmful than beneficial. But in that era, it was indeed more beneficial than harmful.

Ying Zheng used extreme, simple, and violent methods to unify the thoughts of the people.

With the gradual implementation of standardizing writing, the Huaxia civilization, after a period of pain, gradually coalesced into a clear and unified national character.

In 212 BC, Ying Zheng, at the age of 47, began to experience health problems.

People generally believed that it was because he had taken too many elixirs, which had ruined his health.

But in reality, Ying Zheng hated alchemists.

Moreover, Xu Fu had already been sent by him to sail the sea in search of immortals eight years prior. Xu Fu had been gone for so many years; what kind of medicine would he be taking?

The real reason was that the current Ying Zheng was actually a discarded pawn of Qin Lao and Guiguzi.

Now that Zoroastrianism had been completely eradicated in Huaxia, the era belonging to Ying Zheng had come to an end.

The Heavenly Soldiers controlled by Meng Tian had been taken back under Qin Lao's control.

Qin Lao told him that he was going to ascend to immortality. In reality, he was hiding beneath the Qin Emperor's mausoleum.

The First Emperor of Qin ordered Xu Fu to sail the sea in search of him, but after eight years, there was no news.

What he didn't know was that Xu Fu, as a disciple of Guiguzi, how could he help him find Qin Lao?

He himself had also made many inspections, but each time he stopped at the shores of the East Sea.

For humans at that time, the ocean was too vast and boundless. Humans were too insignificant.

And Li Si, who was still accompanying Ying Zheng, nominally a Confucian scholar and a disciple of Xunzi, was actually also a disciple of Guiguzi who was well-versed in the art of diplomacy and strategy.

The suggestion to burn books and bury scholars alive was the last thing he did that was half beneficial to the Qin state. From then on, his only task was to watch Ying Zheng and supervise him as he gradually bid farewell to his era.

From the fourth inspection onward, his health deteriorated significantly. So he ordered Fu Su to go to Meng Tian's army as a supervisor.

History is always surprisingly similar.

Previously, his younger brother Cheng Jiao went to Meng Ao's army as a supervisor and was eventually assassinated by his own people. This time, his son, as a supervisor, would eventually meet the same fate.

211 BC.

This year was the last time Ying Zheng stood on the coast of the East Sea.

Supported by Zhao Gao, he looked at the vast sea. An overwhelming sense of powerlessness swept over him.

He believed that there were gods in this world because he believed that Qin Lao was a god.

It was just that he would never be able to cross over.

In the same year, Mars conjoined with Antares.

On the way back, a meteorite fell from the sky, blocking the road.

Seven small seal characters were written on the meteorite: "The First Emperor will die and the land will be divided."

As for whether it was done by Guiguzi, it is unknown. However, being able to control meteors, he was probably the only one in the world with that ability.

Ying Zheng did not want to give up and went to the East Sea again the following year.

However, this time he did not have time to reach the East Sea.

In 210 BC, Ying Zheng died in Shaqiu during his eastern inspection, at the age of 50.

Now, Meng Tian's 300,000 Heavenly Soldiers had completely turned into pure terracotta warriors, and Zhao Tuo's 500,000 troops were trapped in Lingnan.

The world was about to be in chaos.

The reason why Guiguzi allowed Ying Zheng to die like this was that although Zoroastrianism had been eradicated, the accumulated resentment on the land of Huaxia needed a process of release and cleansing.

Without chaos, it would be difficult to achieve governance.

When Ying Zheng was dying, he issued a decree to Fu Su: "The army belongs to Meng Tian, ​​and come to Xianyang for the funeral."

Li Si, under the order of Guiguzi, tampered with this decree:

"Fu Su and Meng Tian have led hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers to guard the border for more than ten years. In the past ten years, they have not made any achievements, but instead think that this is my problem. Fu Su is unfilial as a son, order him to commit suicide with a sword. Meng Tian has been with Fu Su all the time, and failing to teach him carefully is disloyalty, and he must also be put to death, and the military power will be temporarily managed by Wang Li."

After receiving the decree, Fu Su and Meng Tian, ​​although wronged, had no choice but to obey, so they drew their swords and committed suicide.

Ying Zheng's body was transported to Xianyang for burial a few months later. At this time, the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum was actually still under construction.

But now there was no time to rush, so hundreds of thousands of forced laborers, along with Ying Zheng's coffin, were hastily buried.

Only fragments of terracotta warriors were left, proving Ying Zheng's former glory.

In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang launched an uprising, Liu Bang launched an uprising, Xiang Yu rebelled against Qin...

This world, with the death of Ying Zheng, reappeared in its original form...