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Chapter 70
Who moved Qin Shihuang's tomb
Qin Shihuang built a large-scale mausoleum for himself. The treasures in this mausoleum have attracted the imagination of future generations. Countless people wanted to make an idea of ​​this mausoleum, but they all failed because of the exquisite structure of the mausoleum.It is recorded in history: Xiang Yu was the first to dig the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

According to "Historical Records?"The Benji of Gaozu" records: When the Chu and Han were fighting, Liu Bang once listed Xiang Yu's ten crimes, the fourth of which was "Xiang Yu burned the Qin palace, dug up the tomb of the first emperor, and privately collected his belongings." "Shui Jing Zhu?"Weishui" puts it in more detail: "Xiang Yu sent 30 people to pass through the pass. Thirty days of transportation would not be exhausting. The thieves in the Guandong sold the coffins to get copper, and the shepherds searched for sheep and burned them. The fire could not be extinguished for ninety days." Speaking with certainty, it seems that it is an indisputable fact that Xiang Yu excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.Moreover, Xiang Yu also stole countless wealth from Qin Shihuang's tomb.

However, as we all know, Qin Shihuang attaches great importance to his "behind affairs", which entrusts his wish of "eternity", and the depth, solid construction, and strict security of the underground palace in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum are unprecedented. It is by no means easy.According to the survey of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum by later generations, people can briefly understand the construction of the mausoleum:

At that time, in order to build the imperial mausoleum, especially the underground palace, Qin Shihuang used the best building materials, the best craftsmen, and the most advanced technology at that time. There were anti-theft "machine crossbow arrows" and a large amount of mercury .In addition, after the death of Qin Shihuang, Qin II buried the craftsmen who participated in the underground palace project alive in the tomb passage in order to prevent the secrets in the tomb from being leaked.Moreover, mercury is highly toxic after evaporation, threatening the lives of tomb robbers.It can be seen that the safety and anti-theft measures of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang are very careful and foolproof.

It is not easy to excavate it, not to mention ancient times, even now.

In modern times, the archaeological conclusions of a Shaanxi archaeological team also proved that "Xiang Yu did not steal the tomb of Qin Shihuang".

They conducted large-scale drilling around the mausoleum and the cemetery. As a result, there was no sign of partial subsidence in the sealing soil on the underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum (the sealing soil is the shape and size of the mound above the emperor's underground tomb), and there is no large rammed earth layer. change.Only two small robbery holes with a diameter of less than 1 meter and a depth of less than 9 meters were found on the entire seal, and these two robbery holes were far away from the underground palace.If Xiang Yu led 30 people to dig the tomb, how could only two robbery holes be left?
In addition, judging from some burial objects around the underground palace that have been excavated and drilled, the complete bronze chariots and horses are still preserved in the ear chamber of the west tomb, and the wooden coffin containing the bronze chariots and horses has not been burned, which belongs to natural decay.The ear chamber of the northern tomb also contains some important funerary objects.This is contrary to the record in the historical records that "Thirty days of transportation cannot be poor". Xiang Yu will not "show kindness" and leave any valuables, even if he can't take them away, he will destroy them.And if Xiang Yu really set fire to the underground palace back then, then the mercury in the underground palace would have already evaporated, but today's scientific experiments prove that the mercury in the tomb still exists.Therefore, all kinds of signs and data indicate that not only has the underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum not been looted on a large scale, there is also no possibility of it being burned.

Xiang Yu has been accused of "burning Efang Palace" and "robbing Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum" on his head, and has been reviled by later generations.This is very likely to be a lie fabricated by the rulers of the Han Dynasty to Xiang Yu in order to maintain his dignity, causing Xiang Yu to be wronged in history and covering up the glory of the hero.

Now, the record about "Xiang Yu burning Efang Palace" has been proved to be unfounded, and the "black hat" of "grave digging" should also be taken off for him.

(End of this chapter)