![]() It was a criminal offence punishable by death to disclose the emperor’s whereabouts at any given time.ĭuring his reign, Huangdi became known as “The Tiger of Qin” as a result of his ruthless methodical techniques. Xianyang also contained replicas of the 270 palaces of the defeated states, including intricate secret tunnels which the emperor used on a daily basis Huangdi had such an intense fear of being assassinated he slept in a different place each night. To prevent any insurgence, Huangdi ordered complete disarmament all the weapons were seized and melted down then made into a dozen thirty ton bronze giants which resided in his imperial courtyards at Xianyang. With such an incentive to be motivated by, all the other states were annexed and Huangdi declared himself the first emperor of the newly unified China. ![]() He introduced a unique bonus for his generals if they gained victory they could keep their heads. With family matters taken care of, Huangdi set about conquering Quin’s six rival states. Huangdi had his mother banished and ordered Bunwei to commit suicide via poison. Shi Huangdi became emperor of Qin (pronounced Chin) at the tender age of 13 and ruled alongside his prime minister, Lu Buwei until he became of age and learned of the common knowledge (to everyone but himself) that Buwei was in fact a longtime lover of Huangdi’s birth mother and was rumored to even be the young emperor’s biological father. ![]()
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