During Qin Shihuang's period, "books and cars were on the same track" and many policies were implemented to benefit the people, but why burn books to bury Confucianism?

In fact, this question should start with what Confucianism did. During Qin Shihuang's reign, Confucianism did great harm to his rule. The purpose of burning books was to unify the national thought, not to mention the pit of Confucianism. Most of them are alchemists, not Confucian scholars.

Burning books and burying Confucianism is divided into two parts, which are two events with different backgrounds and cannot be viewed as a whole. After the reunification of Qin Shihuang, the clans of the six countries all wanted to restore the glory of their ancestors. However, Qin abolished the enfeoffment system and strengthened centralization with the county system. Moreover, in the state of Qin, governing the country is based on legalism.

Eight years after the implementation of the county system, the six countries colluded with Confucianism to promote the abolition of the county system and restore the feudal system. In this way, the legalist Lisi happily exposed the position that Confucianism must rely on the enfeoffment system. Qin Shihuang hated this act of splitting the country. Li Si suggested burning practical books and history books and forbidding private schools to discuss state affairs. One of the advantages of doing this is to make these academics disappear completely among the people, form a fault, and then recover after the birth of a new generation of Qin people. Burning books has been going on like this, but not all the books have been burned. In Xianyang, all the classics are backed up for later use.

This idea of cheating Confucianism is even more ridiculous. The incident of cheating Confucianism is not aimed at Confucian scholars, but at alchemists. What is an alchemist, that is, seeking immortal fortune-telling represented by Xu Fu, a local warlock who has been practicing for a long time, or an unlearned scholar. Pit Confucianism happened after burning books, with an interval of one year. At that time, the alchemist could not find the elixir for Qin Shihuang. Under such circumstances, alchemists began to denigrate Qin Shihuang, saying that he was tyrannical and headstrong, and his virtue was not worthy of the fairy medicine. In this trend, some Confucian scholars began to join in because of burning books.

This kind of secret slander seriously damaged Qin Shihuang's prestige and private morality, which was unfavorable to the country and even suspected of shaking the foundation of the country. Qin Shihuang was not annoyed and began a massive comprehensive assessment. However, the alchemist's skill is cheating and he can't stand the exam. In this way, after the examination, most alchemists and a few Confucian scholars were arrested, totaling more than 460 people, all of whom were raped and killed.

Burning books is to unify thoughts, and the deterrent power is far greater than the destructive power; Pit Confucianism is not killing innocent people for no reason, but also to stabilize the rule. However, the consequences of offending the pen are extremely serious. Later history books regarded burning books and burying Confucianism as evidence of Qin Shihuang's cruelty and tyranny, and Qin Tie Qin Shihuang and his Daqin Empire as evidence of tyranny.

But the fact is that Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, built the equator, wrote books in the same language, and was on the same track as cars. He made great achievements and left a legacy of thousands of years. In the end, Qin Shihuang I killed the hero without fault, which is absolutely worthy of the title of "one emperor through the ages".