Zhao Gao had effectively controlled the entire imperial court, but in the end he was easily killed by the baby. Then, why would such a powerful Zhao Gao be inexplicably planted in the hands of a child who had no real power and was just used as a puppet by Zhao Gao?
(Zhao Gao stills)
Let's first take a look at how powerful Zhao Gao really is.
First, Zhao Gao easily eliminated Li Si. Li Si was an extremely intelligent man, and he was also the most powerful minister in the imperial court after the death of Qin Shi Huang. However, Zhao Gao was able to easily make Li Si fall out of favor with Qin II, and finally killEd Li Si easily. Li Si's greatest skill was to be able to speak eloquently, but under Zhao Gao's schemes, he could not find even one chance to defend himself. After Zhao Gao got rid of Li Si, he became the most powerful person in the DPRK.
Second, Zhao Gao made all the ministers of the DPRK obey him. Of course, there were many people in the DPRK who opposed Zhao Gao, but Zhao Gao used a trick of "referring to deer as horses" to distinguish which ministers in the DPRK and China obeyed his orders and which ministers did not obey him. And he not only deceived Qin II into thinking that he was mentally ill, but also carried out a great purge of the imperial court, killing all those who disobeyed him. In this way, the entire imperial court was under his control.
Third, Zhao Gao killed Qin II. When Zhao Gao got rid of Li Si and made the entire imperial court listen to him, the only obstacle was Qin II. Although Qin II was already under his control, he was still not satisfied, but simply sent his brother and son-in-law to kill Qin II.
After these three steps, Zhao Gao had actually covered the sky with one hand in the entire Qin Kingdom. However, he was eventually easily killed by the baby. What exactly caused him to lose his hand?
(Liz stills)
In a sense, he was killed by the baby, which was completely self-inflicted. Why is it self-inflicted?
Originally, his purpose in eliminating Li Si, the Korean-Chinese opposition, and Qin II was to seize the Qin Dynasty's Jiangshan. Since he wanted to seize the Qin Dynasty's Jiangshan, he should establish himself as emperor, so why did he raise his son and baby up and become an emperor? Speaking of which, Zhao Gao was nothing more than looking for a puppet. Compared with the child and the child, the confused Qin II is a more appropriate puppet, why did he kill the qin ii to support the child?
In fact, Zhao Gao really wanted to establish himself as emperor. After Qin II was killed, he said that he was also a descendant of the Ying family and wanted to use this as an excuse to establish himself as emperor. However, when he brought this up in the courtroom, all the people in the court buried their heads, and none of them spoke. No one in the court spoke, which meant that no one supported him.
Zhao Gao saw that there was no one in the court to support him, so he had to go to the survivor of the Qin Dynasty royal family to become emperor.
(Qin II stills)
Here's another problem. As we said earlier, zhao gao's people were already all over the court, so why didn't anyone support him?
In fact, when we say that Zhao Gao "referred to deer as horses" at that time, those who echoed that it was "horses" instead of "deer" may not have sincerely supported Zhao Gao, but because they were afraid of Zhao Gao and had to say that in order to save their lives.
However, some people may not understand, at that time, in the court, Qin II was still there, and everyone was very afraid of Zhao Gao. Now that Qin II was dead, weren't the courtiers afraid of Zhao Gao?
At that time, the minister of the DPRK and the Central Committee was really not afraid of Zhao Gao. Because the situation has changed a lot.
At that time, it was not only Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who revolted, although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were defeated by Zhang Handan, but Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, and the princes of the Six Kingdoms all swarmed up, destroying the city and pulling out the village, and the fight was in full swing. What is even more serious is that Zhang Handan has been defeated by Xiang Yu in the Battle of Julu, And Zhang Handan's army has all surrendered to Xiang Yu, and the entire Qin Dynasty has neither decent generals nor any army. In the qin dynasty, more than half of the world had reached the hands of the rebel army.
(Baby Stills)
This was known to all the people in the Qin Dynasty. That is to say, even if Zhao Gao became an emperor, he was also an emperor who was precarious. Zhao Gao could not control Jiangshan, and of course he could not control the imperial court. That's why everyone will bow their heads and say nothing at that time.
At the same time, Zhao Gao was actually worried in his heart. On the one hand, he was worried that the people of the court would not be convinced, so he did not dare to easily claim the title of emperor. On the other hand, the world is already in turmoil. If the rebel army entered Xianyang and wanted to liquidate, he Zhao Gao was not the emperor, and it was obviously not the spearhead.
For these two considerations, Zhao Gao would find the only surviving offspring after the massacre and let him come out as emperor.
After hearing the news that he would be lifted up, Zi Bao began to plan to get rid of Zhao Gao, so after fasting for five days, he asked Zhao Gao to invite him. And Zhao Gao never expected that the baby had already put the knife on his neck. Therefore, he was easily killed by the baby.
(Reference: Chronicle of History)