In order to get the elixir of life, he asked around the warlocks and called them to Xianyang to refine the elixir for them.
However, where is the elixir of life in this world? Seeing that time passed day by day, the magicians tried their best to avoid it. Qin Shihuang knew that he had been cheated. At this time, the Confucian scholars spread objections, so he pushed the boat forward and buried these failed magicians alive.
However, despite this, Qin Shihuang did not give up. He visited the south many times. In addition to inspecting the construction of the Great Wall and understanding the people's feelings, there is another important thing that he never forgets, that is, looking for the Three Gods Mountain and seeking the elixir of life.
The first time Qin Shihuang visited Shandong was in 2 19 BC. This year, Qin Shihuang just held a meditation ceremony in Mount Tai. On my way back, I passed Huangxian County on the south bank of Bohai Sea. It is said that there is a very powerful warlock Xu Fu here, and Qin Shihuang summoned him.
Xu Fu said: There are three sacred mountains in the Bohai Sea, namely Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou. There are many immortals living in the mountains. They have a magical medicine that can make people live forever. If the emperor is willing to provide ships and jewels, I am willing to venture out to sea and get the fairy medicine for you.
Qin Shihuang was looking forward to the elixir of life. After listening to his words, he happily approved his request. In this way, chui fook set off with his men.
In the vision of Qin Shihuang, Xu Fu came back. He said: I met Poseidon in the sea and told him that I wanted to get the fairy medicine. Unexpectedly, Poseidon felt that there were too few gifts, so he had to go in and visit. I saw the Ganoderma Palace in Penglai Mountain, where all the immortals were radiant. I asked them,' What gift do I need to get the elixir?' Poseidon said, "Three thousand boys and girls must be used as gifts." Qin Shihuang, who wanted to live forever, had no doubt about this. He immediately ordered people to search for boys and girls all over the country, and asked Xu Fu to take them to meet Poseidon, so he pitied these children and died at the bottom of the sea. All the people who lost their children complained.
In the spring of 2 18 BC, Qin Shihuang toured Shandong again, less than a year after the last time, but this time Xu Fu did not return to the sea, so he had to return to Xianyang first. In 2 10 BC, Qin Shihuang made his third eastward tour. This time, Xu Fu personally came from his hometown to see the emperor. It has been ten years since he first went to the sea to beg for immortality. It took a lot of manpower and financial resources, but he never took out the elixir of life.
In order to escape punishment, Xu Fu had to report that although the elixir of life was in Penglai Fairy Mountain, Poseidon sent a big dumpling to guard it, which was inaccessible to ordinary people. I hope you can send more archers.
Qin Shihuang promised that in order to clear the way for Xu Fu, he even sent people with fishing tools to catch big dumplings in person. They set out from Langgang by boat and found nothing along the way. They just saw a big fish near Zhifu. Qin Shihuang returned to Xianyang after killing the big fish.
On the way back, Qin Shihuang died of illness on the sand dune platform. He didn't eat elixir until he died. Xu Fu was worried that the emperor who acceded to the throne would investigate the matter, so he led the others to escape by boat.
In order to live forever, Qin Shihuang spent huge financial resources, and also let innocent people die at the bottom of the sea, which aggravated the suffering of the people.
What is the elixir of life? Chui Fu led 3,000 boys and girls and 100 workers, carrying five grain seeds, to cross the sea in search of the elixir of life, but Chui Fu failed for a long time at sea.
Qin Shihuang was a tyrant. Chui fook afraid of being beheaded, again afraid of nothing. He had to live on a desert island with boys and girls and make a living by fishing.
On the island, Xu Fu discovered an ugly marine life, which is what we now call sea cucumber. Chui fook always likes adventure, and curiosity drives him to decide to have a taste of this monster. He ordered his men to cook, but when he smelled the fragrance of Xu Lai, Chui fook got a big appetite and ate it, feeling smooth and delicious, and repeatedly cheered. After that, I must eat it every day. After a few days, I feel smooth and full of energy, so I insist on taking it for a long time.
In this way, Xu Fu has lived on the island for more than 50 years and is over 90 years old. He still has a childlike face, black hair and beard, and there is no disease. Chui fook this just understand, the emperor sent me to find the elixir three times, turned out to be a sea cucumber! Because of its earthy color, it is called mud meat and earth meat.
Xu Fusui sent someone to see the first emperor, but the first emperor was dead. Chuifu sighed and said, If I had known this, I would have died! As we all know, sea cucumber, like bird's nest and shark's fin, is the first of the eight treasures of food in China, and is known as the god of longevity. It is a valuable nourishing food and medicinal material.
The new name of this grass is tonifying kidney and essence, strengthening yang and treating flaccidity; The study of medicinal properties can reduce fire and nourish kidney, moisten intestines and dryness, eliminate fatigue and eliminate diseases; "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that it can generate blood and treat dysentery. Modern medicine has confirmed that peptide molecular protein in sea cucumber is the source of people's health and longevity because of its unique effects of anti-aging, prolonging life and inhibiting tumors.
The legend that Xu Fu traveled across the ocean to find the elixir of life for Qin Shihuang has a long history. Japanese research says that the elixir of life is called Chitose, which is produced in Zhudao, Seto Inland Sea. What is even more surprising is that people are planting it artificially today. There is a same story circulating in China and Japan, that is, the legend that Xu Fu traveled eastward for the first Qin Emperor's elixir.
Xu Fu, in China's ancient books, is a clever, bold and cautious liar, because he was an alchemist and probably an early chemist. After Qin Shihuang completed the great cause of unifying the whole country and building the Great Wall, he began to look forward to the magic of immortality. So Xu Fu came to the Qin court in 2 19 BC, claiming that the three fairy islands of Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou recorded in Shan Hai Jing were in the East China Sea, and he was willing to go there to get the elixir for the Qin king. Chui fook didn't bring back the elixir of life on his first trip to the east. He told the first emperor that there was indeed a magic medicine in the East, but the gods wanted 3,000 virgins and various human gifts. At the same time, a whale was sailing at sea, so he wanted to shoot back the big fish with a strong bow and crossbow. Qin Shihuang completely agreed to help him cross the east again. As a result, Chui fook is gone forever, and he is self-reliant in the land of Guangze in the eastern plain, and never comes back to me again. According to textual research, Xu Fu is not a legendary figure. 1982 further textual research, his hometown is Xufu Village in the suburb of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province today.
The legendary fairy island is not all illusory. There are no fairies, but there is an island. According to Japanese records, what Xu Fu said is the three islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. In Japanese historical materials, the record of Xu Fu is ambiguous. This can't blame the Japanese, because when Xu Fu landed, Japan was still in a state of ignorance and there was no reliable written record! However, according to some Japanese historians, Xu Fu was a famous monarch in ancient Japan-Emperor Jimmu, and his landing place in Japan was in the Kansai Plain. The legend of SHEN WOO's eastward expedition to Japan is based on the story of Xu Fu's landing in Japan and fighting in the south and the north.