This man first put down a coup d’etat by Lao Ai, who had a longtime secret correspondence with this man’s mother, Lady Zhao. Following this man’s death, two carriages carrying rotten fish were drawn behind this man’s wagon in order to hide the smell of this man’s decaying body. The conquests of this man’s kingdom ultimately brought about the end of the (*) Warring States. This man, aside from constructing the precursor of the Great Wall of China, also consumed a deadly quantity of mercury, having believed that he would achieve immortality. For 10 points, name this first emperor of China, the mastermind of the Terracotta Army.
This man first put down a coup d’etat by Lao Ai, who had a longtime secret correspondence with this man’s mother, Lady Zhao. Following this man’s death, two carriages carrying rotten fish were drawn behind this man’s wagon in order to hide the smell of this man’s decaying body. The conquests of this man’s kingdom ultimately brought about the end of the (*) Warring States. This man, aside from constructing the precursor of the Great Wall of China, also consumed a deadly quantity of mercury, having believed that he would achieve immortality. For 10 points, name this first emperor of China, the mastermind of the Terracotta Army.
This man first put down a coup d’etat by Lao Ai, who had a longtime secret correspondence with this man’s mother, Lady Zhao.