After Qin Shihuang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he became the first emperor of Daqin Empire and the first unified feudal empire in China history. However, Qin Shihuang, who had the rivers and mountains of Wan Li and the splendid world, was not very happy. All this stems from the fact that he is always afraid that his hard-earned great country will be taken away by others. This inexplicable sense of crisis and fear plagued Qin Shihuang all the time.
In order to solve this sense of crisis and fear, Qin Shihuang took various measures. For example, in order to consolidate the dominant position, Qin Shihuang strengthened the management of county, county and township institutions, and implemented the method of sitting together. In both counties and villages, there were five divisions and divisions, five divisions were one division, ten divisions were one division, and five divisions were long, and even divisions were guaranteed. If one division was "treacherous", all divisions would sit together for the same crime, so as to prevent and suppress the peasants' resistance struggle. On the other hand, Qin Shihuang often organized ministers to patrol and inspect the defense of various places, and promptly cracked down on the remnants of the slave owners and nobles who attempted to restore. According to historical records, during the 11 years from 22 BC to 21 BC, Qin Shihuang led his ministers to patrol on a large scale for five times, inspecting the defense of various places and strengthening the rule of many nationalities.
Even so, Qin Shihuang's sense of crisis and fear was not completely eliminated. He has always felt that in the near future, someone will rise up and replace himself as a new "master of the world." But, who is this person? Where is this man's hometown address? Qin Shihuang himself could not answer these questions. So, a warlock advised Qin Shihuang that this man must live in a land with Long Mai and kingliness. If he wants to stay in the country forever, he will have to dig up the Long Mai here and destroy the kingliness, so that no one can take away the world of Qin Shihuang.
When Qin Shihuang heard this, he was overjoyed. He asked the warlock about the places in the world where Long Mai and Wang Qi were located. The warlock's answer is Yunyang.
Yunyang, originally called Danyang, was a territory of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In 222 BC, Qin Shihuang pacified the Jiangnan area of Chu State, and set up Huiji County, which governs the present southeastern Jiangsu and eastern Zhejiang. Danyang was changed to Yunyang County. When Qin Shihuang led his ministers to patrol the east and passed through Danyang, he followed the historian to say that Yunyang had "kingliness". Qin Shihuang was afraid that the emperor in Danyang would seize his country, so he immediately decided to break the "Feng Shui" in Danyang. One of the "measures" was to change the name of Yunyang county with "Wang Qi" to "Qu 'a" county.
Of course, just changing the place name is not enough to destroy the royal spirit of Danyang. In 22 BC, Qin Shihuang built Chidao, centering on Xianyang, the capital, and extending to the southeast in two directions: one goes east to Yanqi area; One goes south to Wu Chu. At that time, Danyang was renamed Qua County by Qin Shihuang, located in Wu Chu area, and Chidao was passing through here. It is said that the reason why Qin Shihuang asked Chidao to pass through here was that he listened to the warlock's words and used Chidao to destroy Long Mai and Wang Qi in Danyang.
The scale of Chi Dao is huge. According to the biography of Jia Shan in Han Dynasty, "Qin Wei Chi Dao is in the world, and Yan Qi is poor in the east, and Wu Chu in the Antarctic is 5 paces wide, and the tree is built at three feet, with golden vertebrae hidden outside and pine trees." That is to say, the Chidao ordered by Qin Shihuang was built according to certain specifications. The roadbed was built high and firm, with a width of fifty paces, and a pine tree was planted every three feet along the road. Of course, the Chidao leading to the Sifang Border Region and unifying the vehicles and tracks would play a certain role in promoting the economic and cultural exchanges and development at that time, but the main purpose of Qin Shihuang's construction of this Chidao was not here. Because the Chidao in other places is basically more direct, and according to the literature, the southward Chidao in Huiji is winding when it passes through Danyang. Why? It turns out that when Qin Shihuang was repairing Danyang Chidao, he specially "cut off the straight road to make a curve" (Wu Lu), that is, he deliberately turned the straight road into a curve, with the same purpose as changing Yunyang County to Qua County, which was to chop Long Mai and break the "royal spirit".
However, it seems that Qin Shihuang's luck was not so good. In the later years, the Qin Dynasty not only enjoyed the country for a very short time, but also Danyang became an emperor in later generations. 43 years after the death of Qin Shihuang (AD 222), the first emperor, Sun Quan, was born in Danyang. Sun Quan was originally from Fuyang, Zhejiang Province, and his grandparents moved to Qu 'a (now Situ Town, Danyang). His grandfather Sun Zhong made a living by growing melons in Situ, Danyang, and was buried in Baihe Mountain in Situ after his death. His father Sun Jian was buried in Wuling Port, Situ, Danyang, with a tomb called "Gaoling". In the Southern Dynasties, there were two generations of founding emperors in Danyang. One is Xiao Daocheng, whose nickname is Shao Bo. He was Emperor Qi Gaodi of the Southern Dynasties, who visited Xiaoxian Xiaojiaxiang in Danyang at the age of 56. After his death, he was buried in Taihe Mausoleum in Lion Bay, Huqiao, Danyang. The other is Xiao Yan, whose name is Shu Da, who was called Liang Wudi in history. He was also a native of Xiaojiaxiang, Xianxian Town, Danyang. He died in 549 AD at the age of 85 and was buried in Xiuling, a village lane in Jinglin, Danyang.
From this point of view, when Qin Shihuang dug Long Mai in Danyang, maybe something went wrong. Otherwise, how could there be an emperor in later generations?
In addition, Qin Shihuang also dug Long Mai in Pei County, Liu Bang's hometown. There is also a quiet place among the eight scenic spots in Gupei, and that is the "Glass Well". Gu Pei's eight scenic poems say, "The clear spring of coloured glaze is still worth noting." Glass refers to the glass well, and the people also call it the eight-treasure glass well. Legend has it that it was carved by Qin Shihuang. Historical Records says: "In the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shihuang's journey to the east, he dug a well and dug a ditch to break the king's vein." In this regard, poets of all ages have chanted. In the Qing Dynasty, the poem "Liulijing" by Lu Wei said:
The silver bed was peeled off on the terrace, which was once chiseled by the Qin Emperor.
the first sight of water in a spring on Sishang, Xianyang turned to ashes in March.
However, it seems that Qin Shihuang's practice of digging Long Mai and ruining the king's spirit has failed again. Otherwise, how could Liu Bang, the emperor gaozu who established the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 4 years, come out here?
During the reign of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, there were too many Japanese envoys. Looking at this well, four poems were written from another angle:
Jade and tiger wind turned the pulley, and Han family soaked the old scale.
I don't know if a spoonful of cold spring water has washed your mind.
Of course, the statement that Qin Shihuang dug up Long Mai by mistake, which led to the ruin of the splendid mountains and rivers, is only anecdotal and has no scientific basis. Qin Shihuang (including Hu Hai II) lost his country because of tyranny and other reasons, and the illusory and mysterious theory of "Long Mai" and "Wang Qi" may be just for future generations to talk about after dinner.