What are the secrets of the 12 Jin people of Qin Shihuang?

"Take the soldiers from all over the world and gather in Xianyang, thinking that the clock saw twelve gold men, each weighing thousands of stones, and put them in the palace." -"The Biography of Qin Shihuang"

This sentence refers to the twelve golden statues of Qin Shihuang, twelve bronze statues cast by Qin Shihuang to prevent the people from resisting. There is also a saying that Qin Shihuang cast it with Dayu Jiuding.

The origin of these twelve bronze men is very legendary. There are two kinds of statements:

1. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in order to prevent the recurrence of Lv Buwei's dictatorship and realize the wish of inheriting the throne from generation to generation, he has been thinking about how to ensure long-term stability and make the country immortal. In order to stabilize his position as emperor, we must collect and destroy all kinds of weapons scattered among the people to prevent others from seizing power by force. Just as he was looking for an excuse to collect his weapons, a farmer in Lintao wrote that he had seen the 12 giant, and a nursery rhyme was being sung everywhere in the local area: When a canal reaches a place, it is golden, and all evil is eliminated, and a hundred flowers blossom. This is exactly what Qin Shihuang wanted. He pretended to levy, saying it was providence, so he ordered the collection of folk weapons, concentrated in Xianyang, the capital, and cast 12 bronze men.

One day, Qin Shihuang was resting in Epang Palace. In his dream, he saw that the weather changed greatly, it was dark, and there were ghosts and gods, and he was very scared. At a loss, he saw a white-haired old man come to him and told him that only by making twelve golden people can he sit firmly in the world. After that, the golden light flashed and the road disappeared. Qin Shihuang woke up from his dream. He believed in superstition and immediately ordered the collection of weapons from all over the country for casting 12 bronze men.

Only later, this 12 bronze man disappeared in the chaos of history, some said that it had been completely destroyed, and some said that it was hidden in the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and had not yet been discovered.