Thinking about how mighty the Qin state was back then, he used the talents cultivated by the Wei state to attack several other countries, and as a result, he swept away the other five countries and completed the great cause of reunification. However, such a great country was destroyed only when it reached the hands of Qin II.
Almost everyone blamed the destruction on Zhao Gao and Li Si's conspiracy to tamper with the edict, killed the Prince of Fusu, and made Hu Hai, who had done nothing, emperor.
However, there was a doubt in this, Li Si was already the prime minister of a country at that time, Fu Su was his son-in-law, and the ability of Fu Su Gongzi was even ten Hu Hai. Why did he abandon his son-in-law and conspire with Zhao Gao to tamper with the will?
Let's take the questions and learn about the coup that was enough to change the course of history, the Dune Coup.
▲ Image: Lis still
Regarding this coup, the "Chronicle of History" is recorded in great detail.
In 210 BC, Yingzheng began his last tour of the east, accompanied by Li Si, the left minister of the dynasty. The right minister remained in the DPRK to handle government affairs. At first, Hu Hai's name was not on the list of the same east tour, and it was not until Qin Shi Huang left that Hu Hai asked him to accompany him, and YingZheng agreed.
The emperor went out on a tour, the scene was very grand, the first stop of the eastern tour was Yun Mengze, Qin Shi Huang led the people to worship Emperor Shun, and then led the people to Zhejiang to worship Dayu. After their worship, the group went to Langya County in a big way.
It is said that Qin Shi Huang sent many Xiangshi here to find the elixir of immortality. When they arrived at Pingyuanjin, the emperor's illness suddenly attacked, and this time the onset was menacing.
▲Image: Hu Hai stills
The emperor had already guessed what he needed to face next, but he hated this feeling very much, and he began to be extremely disgusted with the word "death", so the courtiers accompanying him carefully avoided the word all day long, afraid of causing trouble.
But even if people avoided this word, the emperor's body still fell rapidly. When he felt that he could no longer hold on, he finally accepted his fate and began to prepare for his own future events.
At this time, the imperial tomb was almost complete, and there was no need for him to worry, and he had to deal with the problem of succession at the moment.
▲ Picture: Qin Shi Huang arranged stills of the posthumous events
In his opinion, he was the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, so he became the "beginning", and the second emperor was called the second emperor, and then there were three more, until the ten million generations. He wrote a letter to Fu Su, telling him to hand over military power to the general Meng Tian and asking Fu Su to return to Xianyang to preside over his funeral.
Because he did not know when he would die, he did not let people send the letter away, but handed it to Zhao Gao. In July of the same year, the emperor died, and Zuo Xiang was worried that it would cause infighting between the emperors, so he chose not to mourn and operated as if the emperor was still alive.
▲ Photo: Stills of Qin Shi Huang's letter to Fu Su
Later, Zhao Gao found Hu Hai and said that Qin Shi Huang did not leave a will from the heir to the throne, but left a letter to Fu Su, and once Fu Su ascended the throne, you would have nothing.
Although Hu Hai had been suppressed, he still wanted to be emperor, so the two conspired to tamper with the emperor's will. Since he wanted to revise the edict, he must first get the left minister Li Si, whose position in the dynasty was second only to that of the emperor, and he was still a capable vassal, who had helped Yingzheng annex other countries.
A figure like him is not something that Zhao Gao can deal with, and if he does not support it, the plan will not be executed.
Although the real edict was placed in Zhao Gaozi, he was very clear about the content of the will, so the most urgent thing was to plot against this zuo xiang.
▲ Photo: Zhao Gao encouraged Hu Hai to tamper with the stills of the will
As a capable vassal of a country, Li Si had experienced too many big scenes, and he had always been very loyal to Qin Shi Huang, but it was not something that Zhao Gao could easily handle. In fact, he was very surprised to learn of the two men's actions, and he made a lot of accusations about the behavior of these two people, but Zhao Gao still resisted the pressure to persuade Li Si.
The three of them actually experienced a very serious confrontation, and Zhao Gao did not give up after being rejected, but took Meng Tian out to say something. Meng Tian has been fighting with Fu Su for many years, and if Fu Su ascends to the throne, he will inevitably regard Meng Tian as a confidant, and then Li Si ke will be in danger.
Although Li Si was reused by Qin Shi Huang, his official position may not be able to maintain until after Fu Su ascended the throne, there are too many examples of the new emperor crushing the old courtiers, and perhaps he is the next Shang Martingale.
Under Zhao Gao's strong persuasion, Li Si's mentality was finally shaken, and behind him, the three conspired to tamper with the edict and put Fu Su to death, and for Hu Hai to ascend to the throne smoothly, even Meng Tian did not let go.
▲ Photo: Hu Hai and Zhao Gao persuaded Li Si to tamper with the stills of the will
Throughout the negotiation process, Li Si was determined from the beginning to the later forced by Zhao Gao to retreat step by step. Zhao Gao's starting point is very easy to understand, he pointed out that Li Si's ability is not as good as Meng tian, and Fu Su will certainly not be reused after succeeding to the throne, but it is better to replace Hu Hai, at least there is a chance of being reused.
▲Picture: Fusu stills
As for Li Si, he originally turned to support Hu Hai just for self-preservation, but he did not expect to underestimate Zhao Gao's ability, and as for the final defeat in Zhao Gao. Although he was an outstanding politician, he still could not defeat Zhao Gao, a thorough conspirator, and not only lost Fu Su, a good talent for governing the country, but also lost his own life.
Article author: Dahui
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