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Emperor Qin Dead

Shen Bang

Xianyang Times

September 11, 210 B.C.

SHAQIU-   Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor died yesterday because of ingesting mercury pills. The pills Qin ingested were meant to make him immortal. The mercury as we see now must have been too poisonous for Qin’s heart to handle. Qin died on September 10, 210 B.C. Immortality was not granted to Qin.

            As we all know the construction of Emperor Qin’s tomb has been going on for quite a long time now. The construction of Emperor Qin’s tomb started because of his obsession with immortality. Immortality also caused his death. Emperor Qin has always been obsessed with finding the elixir of life. This elixir of life was, in theory, supposed to give immortality. He was so obsessed with finding this elixir he would give anything to people who claimed they had it. Emperor Qin went to Zhifu island three times to achieve immortality. One time Emperor Qin sent Xu Fu, a Zhifu islander, with ships which carried hundreds of men and women in search of mystical Penglai mountain. They were sent to Penglai mountain in search of Anqi Sheng. Anqi Sheng is a 1,000 year old women who invited Emperor Qin to search for at Penglai mountain. Xu Fu and his ships never returned. Emperor Qin was also so scared of the evil spirits that would get him if he wasn’t immortal, he built tunnels to each one of his palaces (that would mean over 200 tunnels). Those tunnels by theory would let him travel safely without being hurt by the evil spirits since he was traveling unseen.

With Emperor Qin being quite a legalist people are very happy he has “finally died”. Kong Bai remembers the days he would be ordered to do the craziest things and then punished. “This man should have been tortured! Why he was aloud to die of natural causes, I do not know. I was once ordered by him to walk a mile to the nearest market to fetch 10 gallons of water. It took me around three and a half hours to do this job. The Emperor didn’t like how long it took me so he ordered the guards to whip me 1,000 times! He always punished me in the harshest way possible. I wasn’t the only one to be punished like this. At least 1 million other people like me were punished this way. This man must have had so much greed giving harsh punishments and not listening to people. This man was the walking devil. ”

On the other hand some people are very sad that such a great man has died. Lu Nuan remembers the great accomplishments of Emperor Qin. “Emperor Qin was a great man. He put China into the best state it has been in, in years. He unified China, letting people meet new people without being criticized. He gave us the same currency, letting us buy what ever we pleased instead of walking around with 20 different types of coins. He simplified our language giving us new trade opportunities because we can talk to each other. Emperor Qin, in my opinion is the best man to have ever walked the face of the Earth.”