"Think about it carefully. Which emperor in the past dynasties did not have his own capital? Which emperor didn't have his own mausoleum?”
Shen Zhi's question made Zhang Siyao speechless.
And Shen Zhi was not done yet. He continued," The construction of Epang Palace and the Lishan Tomb was not the main place to use manpower. What really consumed a lot of manpower was the Great Wall!”
Zhang Siyao subconsciously said," The Great Wall has consumed so much manpower and resources. The men in the families of the common people have all been gathered to work as laborers. How many wives have lost their husbands and children have lost their fathers!”
"Why do you think Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall?”Shen Zhi asked back.
Zhang Siyao was obviously stunned when she heard Shen Zhi's question.
Obviously, Shen Zhi did not expect her to answer anything.
Shen Zhi continued," Do you think Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall based on his own interest?”
Zhang Siyao pursed her lips and looked at Shen Zhi seriously.
"Why else?"
"It's to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu!”
Resist the invasion of the Xiongnu?
Zhang Siyao was stunned.
All the students widened their eyes and mouths.
Even the history professor was shocked.
Shen Zhi continued," Not building the Great Wall means that we have to accumulate a large number of troops in the north to resist the invasion of the foreign Xiongnu. The Qin Dynasty occupied the rich Central Plains, and in the eyes of the Xiongnu in the north, it was a piece of fat meat. Moreover, the Xiongnu also held the initiative. They had the final say when to attack and when not to attack!”
"If there are too few soldiers stationed, the Xiongnu will directly break into the city and rob it. If there are too many soldiers stationed, the military expenses, food, logistics, and transportation will be incalculable. The casualties will be even greater.”
"Moreover, the Great Wall is considered one of the Eight Wonders of the world. The difficulty of building it can be imagined. There will definitely be a lot of accidents and people's names.”
It was undeniable that what Shen Zhi said in the first half was right.
Every emperor had their own capital and mausoleum.
They only knew that Qin Shi Huang was a tyrant, so they naturally regarded the construction of these buildings as an atrocity.
The construction of Epang Palace and Mount Li Tomb was a very common thing in the long river of history.
What was truly labor intensive was the construction of the Great Wall.
But why was the Great Wall built?
Resist the invasion of the Xiongnu?
Why didn't they know?
"After the Great Wall is built, there is no need to station troops, no need to stock up provisions, and no need for the people south of the Great Wall to live a life of terror where they could be plundered and killed at any time.”
"The commoners only saw Qin Shihuang's order, which caused countless deaths and injuries to the people of the world, but they did not ask why they were able to live such a stable life.”
As he spoke, Shen Zhi shook his head and sighed.
Qin Shihuang did it for this country?
For the people?
All the students were shocked.
They had never heard of Qin Shihuang's actions before!
There was no such thing in the history books!
The teacher didn't mention it!
From the history they had learned, Qin Shihuang was an out-and-out tyrant.
But today, Shen Zhi had overturned all the theories!
The professor's mouth was slightly agape as he looked at the man in his early twenties in shock.
It was fine if he didn't open his mouth, but when he did, it was shocking!
The professor was originally very interested in Shen Zhi, so he came to teach personally.
However, he did not expect Shen Zhi's speech just now to completely overturn his decades of beliefs!
It overturned his decades of view of Qin Shihuang!
Although Shen Zhi overturned all of this, he did not feel angry at all.
She even felt that Shen Zhi's thoughts and theories were very interesting!
"Ring, ring, ring-"
Suddenly, the bell rang.
" Cough cough." The professor coughed lightly." Student Shen Zhi's point of view is very interesting. How about this, everyone will take a break after class and we will continue next class.”
After saying that, the professor rushed out of the classroom.
He found a corner and immediately took out his phone.
He made a call.
Before the professor could speak, a voice sounded from the other end." Brother Li, it's been a long time since you went back to class. How do you feel?”
"Professor Zhao, today's class was awesome! This is the first time I'm so excited!"
"Hmm?" Professor Zhao was a little confused." What happened to make you so happy?”
"Shen Zhi! It was Shen Zhi! He said that Qin Shihuang was the first emperor in history. I think his point of view is very interesting and novel.”
Professor Zhao was a little surprised." Since ancient times, no one has ever said that Qin Shihuang is the greatest emperor in history.”
"You don't know, he said this."
Professor Li told Professor Zhao everything that Shen Zhi had said in class.
Professor Zhao burst into laughter.
"Interesting! Interesting!"
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At this moment, in the classroom.
The classroom was noisy during the break.
The students were not chatting.
Instead, they were discussing Qin Shihuang that Shen Zhi had just talked about in class.
"Shen Zhi." Bingbing looked over at Shen Zhi and asked," But even if what you said is true, the Great Wall was built to resist the Xiongnu, and the harsh punishment was to punish those who rose up, how do you explain the other aspects? For example, burning books and burying scholars?"
Shen Zhi laughed and looked at Bingbing." What do you mean by even if it's true? This is true!”
"Why are you so sure? There's nothing in these history books." As he spoke, Hu Ge flipped through the history book.
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