Qin Shi Huang was the first monarch in Chinese history to establish a unified dynasty. Although the Qin Dynasty he established quickly perished shortly after his death, Qin Shi Huang still left a strong mark in history, and the Qin Dynasty, an incomparably brilliant dynasty that was quickly put to the torch, also caused the sighs of the literati of all generations.
"The Qin people do not have time to mourn themselves, and the posterity mourns." Future generations mourn and do not learn from it, and future generations will mourn and mourn future generations." 11 "On Passing the Qin"
As we all know, shortly after the death of Qin Shi Huang, the vigorous Chen Shengwu Guangzexiang Uprising broke out, followed by the revolt of the descendants of nobles from various countries, and the revolt of Xiang Yu Liu Bang and others, and suddenly the land east of Hangu Pass was almost completely owned by the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty was also facing a serious crisis of rule. When Qin Shi Huang was alive, although Liu Bang said, "The great husband should be like this!" Xiang Yu said, "He can take his place" But they are all over the mouth, and no one really leads a rebellion, why is this?
First of all, the contradiction did not intensify to that extent, and the uprising was a process that took a long time.
There is still a long process from the emperor's foolishness to the demise of the country, and contradictions need to be accumulated little by little, less takes one or two years, and more takes more than ten or even decades.
Although Qin Shi Huang was a relatively strict emperor, you have to say that when he was young, he was not confused, did not do many bad things, and in his old age he coveted glory and wealth, requisitioned a large number of people to build palaces and mausoleums for him, and also carried out a large number of engineering buildings on the frontier, such as building the Great Wall, although it is said that it is now said that it is the heritage of human civilization in Qianqiu, but at that time it was indeed a drudgery, and I don't know how many Meng Jiang women cried to death.
Originally, when Qin Shi Huang attacked the Six Kingdoms, whether it was the people of the Qin State or the people of the Six Kingdoms, they all hoped that if the battle was fought early, they would be able to live a stable life earlier, and Qin Shi Huang would toss it again after a few years of life. They only found out that Qin Shi Huang was not a very good emperor, so it was time to consider an uprising.
Don't forget that the uprising is a lagging event, from the idea to the implementation of a long process, the uprising is not easy, from manpower to weapons, strategy and tactics, everything must be considered, this is the head tied to the waistband of the errand, not to go to the lottery, can not draw can also thank you for participation, next time come again.
I'm not saying that when Qin Shi Huang was alive, no one must have been secretly preparing for an uprising, but Qin Shi Huang died early, and after a few years of tossing and turning, he gave up and returned to the west, so the chore fell on his son Hu Hai, in fact, Hu Hai may not be so bad, but to a certain extent, he helped his father carry the pot.
Secondly, when Qin Shi Huang was alive, the uprising lacked certain material conditions.
Qin Shi Huang knew that his rule was not particularly stable, so he took the princes and grandsons of the Six Kingdoms to the capital Xianyang and concentrated them. At that time, the uprising needed to find a leader, Chen Sheng Wu Guang revolt did not lie that the Chu general Xiang Yan led the uprising, and later Xiang Liang Xiangyu had to find a former Chu Huai King's grandson Xiong Xin to return to the old business, from sheep herding baby to the king of Chu, this is the role of the leader. But at that time, many of these people were locked up by Qin Shi Huang, which brought trouble to many people in the entrepreneurial process of the uprising, and could not find the general manager.
In addition, Qin Shi Huang also put away all the weapons in the country and cast them into 12 bronze people, which was obviously afraid of everyone's rebellion. No leader can pretend, and you can't fight others with your bare hands without weapons, which is a very fatal problem. By the time of Chen Sheng's Wuguang uprising, this problem was still not well solved, they "cut wood for soldiers, unveiled poles and rose up", speaking of the cold point is to take a stick and fight with people, but the level of agricultural development at that time was OK, the level of weapon development was not high, all kinds of agricultural tools such as hoes can still be used together, and in a few hundred years, they are holding agricultural tools and cameos to carry out the uprising, and the odds of winning are not great.
Finally, Qin Shi Huang took strict precautions.
Qin Shi Huang has a characteristic that is very similar to some of the monarchs in later generations, that is, he loves to go out and tour the world. Qin Shi Huang himself went out on tour 5 times and died on the way out of the capital for the 5th time. According to the Yin and Yang family, his tour was called "Disgusting Victory", and in the historical records, it is recorded that liu Bang lived in the southeast with the qi of the Son of Heaven, and Qin Shi Huang went out to the southeast to suppress it. Of course, with normal thinking, Qin Shi Huang's trip to the world must have been to check the public security situation in various places, with the purpose of stabilizing people's minds and nipping in the bud factors of instability, otherwise wouldn't it be good to stay in the palace?
In addition, the army of the Qin State is very powerful in the world, otherwise how to destroy the 6 kingdoms and unify the world in the first place. The State of Qin was originally located in Xiyi, close to barbarians, simple folk customs, tough and good at war, and because of the formulation of the military merit system, soldiers in the Qin army can enhance their titles through combat, which undoubtedly greatly enhances their enthusiasm for combat, known as the Tiger and Wolf Division, but later because of poor management there is a tendency to gradually corrupt.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, when there were no soldiers available, Hu Hai of Qin II also ordered the general Zhang Handan to release the 300,000 prisoners who had built a mausoleum in Lishan Mountain, leading 300,000 prisoners to fight, which can be said to be forced to the extreme. But who knew that these 300,000 prisoners actually defeated Xiang Liang's troops, killed Xiang Liang, and seriously damaged the morale of the rebel army, and finally Xiang Yu used the strategy of breaking the cauldron and breaking the boat to cut off the retreat of his own soldiers, and only then defeated them. It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is really very strong, and a hasty uprising is tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble.
In addition, Qin Shi Huang also built spacious roads, such as straight roads, chi roads and so on. These roads can provide convenient transportation in peacetime, facilitate the transportation of materials and the exchange of personnel, but in the period of war, this is very fatal, and the qin dynasty's large army can drive over in a mighty way and quickly eliminate the insurrectionary troops that are still in the bud.
In fact, at the time of Chen Sheng's wuguang uprising, thanks to the support of the local masses and Hao Jie, the team expanded rapidly, and Zhao Gao, an asshole, had been lying about military information, so that Qin II, who was already faint, could not make a correct judgment. But the uprising still failed, followed by Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and others after a long period of fighting to completely crush the Qin Dynasty, which shows that the strength of the Qin Dynasty has always been relatively strong, which is called "a hundred-footed worm, dead but not stiff", but after the emperors of the past have been fooling around, this majestic edifice has finally collapsed.
(Text/ History Talk Jun · Angelica)