YingZheng(259B.C.-210B.C.),thesonofKingZhuangxiang,isthefirstemperoroftheQinDynasty.Heascendedthethroneat13,andtookoverwithstateaffairshimselfat21.In221B.C.,QinShiHuangunifiedthecountryandestablishedthefirstcentralizedfeudalstateinChinesehistory.QinShiHuangunifiedtheChinesecharactersinwriting,currency,andmeasuresforlength,capacityandweight.Theimperialpowersystemsetupbyhimlastedformorethan2,000yearsinChinesehistory.However,inordertocontrolpeopleandstrengthentheautocraticrule,QinShiHuangtookmanybrutalmeans.Themostfamousoneis“FenShuKengRu”,thatistoburnbooksandburyConfucianscholarsalive.