Great Qin died after only 15 years of unification, on the one hand, because of the harsh tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, a little mistake was cut off from this and that, on the other hand, because the villain was in power.
In the last issue, we talked about the "Dune Coup", the eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, Fu Su, was forced to kill himself by a false holy will, and Li Si and Zhao Gao blew and beat to welcome the new emperor Hu Hai to the throne. The Mengtian brothers questioned the authenticity of the edict, and Zhao Gao, in the name of disobeying the edict, rebuked the Mengtian brothers, and by the way, eliminated the voices of opposition.
After Hu Hai's throne was secured, Zhao Gao had a new moth. The "Dune Coup" was led by Zhao Gao, but he was not yet the most powerful person in the court, and the prime minister at this time was Li Si. Li Si assisted the two dynasties, and his prestige was very high, and Laiming's was definitely not good. Zhao Gao made it bad behind his back. Whenever the fainting Hu Hai was frolicking with the beauties, Zhao Gao said to Li Si: Your Majesty announces that you have come to see him. Li Si disturbed Hu Hai's interest, and the number of times he was more, Hu Hai no longer trusted and respected Li Si. Later, Zhao Gao gave Li Si an a crime of treason, and a generation of powerful ministers Li Si was sentenced to beheaded.
When Zhao Gao, who was the prime minister, met this Hu Hai, who ignored the government, his inner desire for power became stronger and stronger. Staged a "refer to a deer as a horse" to clean up those who opposed him. At this time, the Great Qin Empire was already in danger, and when Liu Bang led his army to approach Xianyang City, Zhao Gao was also afraid and wanted to push Hu Hai out to bear the responsibility. He instructed his son-in-law Yan Le to lead an army into the palace to force Hu Hai to die, preparing to proclaim himself emperor. History is called "The Change of Wangyi Palace".
But Zhao Gao was already infamous. Seeing that there was no one to support, Zhao Gao turned to li Yizong's parent-in-law as emperor, and used this to ask Liu Bang for peace. Zi Bao knew in his heart that establishing himself was only a stopgap measure for Zhao Gao, a dictatorial and arbitrary zhao Gao who killed Zhongliang in the clan room, could he support me? Zi Bao immediately made a decision and hacked Zhao Gao to death with his attendant Han Tan. Zi Bao then summoned his courtiers into the palace, counted Zhao Gao's sins, and destroyed his three clans (father, mother, and wife).
Just like that, Zhao Gao's life was over. As the number one moth that hastened the demise of the Great Qin Empire, he was undoubtedly very successful. If it were not for Zhao Gao's false transmission of Qin Shi Huang's will to force the death of Gongzi Fusu, even if the Qin Dynasty could not be passed on for thousands of generations, it would be very likely that it would be passed on for several more generations. If it were not for Zhao Gaojin's rumors and let Qin II kill the heroes and slaughter the clan chambers, the Qin army would not have destroyed the Great Wall and was vulnerable. If it were not for Zhao Gao's "Wangyi Palace Change" to force Hu Hai to die, the Qin Dynasty might still have a little hope, and after retreating to Guanzhong, it is unknown whether it would divide the world with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.
The rolling wheels of history will only keep moving forward. Topic of the next issue: Cai Lun, the representative of papermaking, one of the four great inventions of ancient China. Thanks for liking the collection.