Hello.
Yes, thank you.
My fellow Redditors…
It’s been a rough couple of decades. I mean, three assassination attempts?! Totally, totally unfair! Very, very, completely unfair, loser assassination attempts!
So anyways, I’ve been unifying my country in a tremendous fashion – just like my Dad, and his Dad, and his Dad before that… only I’m doing it WAY bigger an better than any of them. You can’t even believe just how incredibly big my unification is, folks! Believe me. See, I got this good idea that everyone should follow the same set of super-strict laws, and we’d reward the good and, well, as for the bad… kill them and everyone they’d ever known. It’s a tremendous, tremendous set of laws that I call: “Legalism.” You ever heard of that? “Legalism.” Not many people have heard of it. No one’s done it like this, people, believe me.
And it totally worked! Huge success! My state went from being broken, failed state with no ammunition, to biggest army and the most wins of all the states! It’s incredible. Who could believe it? No one! But I believed it, and here we are – huge winning! The other loser states even tried to get in together against me, but my army was so strong we beat them all at the same time – it’s historic, incredible!
Well, here I am – job done! I’m not the King anymore – now I’m the Divine Thearch! The Emperor, and will be for a long, Long time to come!
And I’m just as committed now to unifying everything about my new empire as I’ve ever been. The weights, the measures, the money, the writing, the spoken language – we’ve gotta make everyone understand each other! How else can one run a country??
And everyone should be saying “Oh, thank you, Emperor! Thank you!” But are they? No! And am I upset?? Maybe – a little. Not really… but a little. You know what I’m saying.
So, here’s my problem. There are some real HATERS and LOSERS who have just been whining this entire time about how what I’m doing is “bad” and how my punishments are “way too strong” and “don’t at all fit the scope of the crime committed.” They apparently one of the Hundred Schools of Thought of the past era, founded by some loser name “Kong.” Who’s ever heard of this guy? I’ve never heard of him? “Kong Zi?” “Confucius?” What kind of weirdo, loser name is that? Not a winner name like Qin Shi Huang, that’s for sure!
But all these Haters and Doubters, spurned on by the completely an totally Fake Historical Annals, are saying that I’m somehow - somehow - wrong for burying my enemies alive – like the Confucians, like the Yin-Yangers, like the Mohists… all those loser schools who won’t y’know, just be cool! Just get with the program! They wanna play rough? Well I’ll play rough, ya get me?
But that’s not all, folks! That’s not all! Because apparently not it’s “not PC” to destroy by fire all of the books that I don’t like! And I say: Who even needs books?! I hardly ever read books – books are for nerds! Put 'em in the fire! Except for the ones that make me look good... or the ones I can color in. Those ones are... pretty great.
Anyways, not even really sure why I posted here. I’m obviously right, and correct, and the Fake, Fake, Very Fake Biased News Annals and sore, castrated losers like Sima Qian have absolutely no idea what real journalism is. It’s all a Hit Job, folks. I absolutely am NTA. I don't take any responsibility at all.
Now, if you’ll, excuse me, my alchemists tell me my new regimen of fulminating mercury is ready to drink…
Thank you.
Heaven bless you.
and Heaven bless the Qin Empire
May I reign for 10,000 years.
Make China Great Again!
Keep Qin Great!
YTA You dodged my attempts at stabbing you by dancing around a pillar
NTA. It is obviously your god-given right to be emperor, and I suggest you start taking Mercury supplements to engage your immortality.
Man, YTA here.
Sure, you rule, but show some compassion, won't you? You're talking about your people here, your subjects. Just go out, leave your glittering pagoda, and interact with the common folk. Without burning and/or burying them, that is.
I feel like you need a new perspective, since obviously you've been surrounded by terrified servants and yes-men. So reach across the aisle and try to see the other side. Maybe have yourself buried for a few days, see how that is.
And read a book, for Heaven's sake
NTA! You go for it buddy! Sounds like you've got everything worked out and your doing it for the greater good!
Obviously NTA...you just want to make your country great, its not like those people you’re killing matter, they shouldn’t have spoken out against you! They’re the ones that messed up, not you! And all those people crying and whining about “Human rights” psh, cut me a break. You have to be strong, the strongest! To make China great again. Sounds like a great place to live, keep Making China Great Again!
NTA. I would have done the same in your position. How did you deal with all those pesky warlords?
I feel you man. It happens. I was totally going to say NAH..
BUT!
I can't forgive you for what you did to the books and what you said about the nerds! YSH!