what did the people of china think of Qin Shi Huang when he was emperor?

He had made both great contributions and defects. He defeated other isolated states to establish a unified nation and finished the disturbance situation caused by the power separation. Later, a series of unified standards were enacted to further consolidate the national unity and advance the economical and cultural development of the whole country. But he is also a notorious tyrant in history. He ordered the construction of luxury palaces and mausoleum, and the Great Wall. All of them cost a large amount of financial resources and manpower, which triggered people's great wrath.