Qin Shi Huang Was Born in 259 BC, and Liu Bang was born in 256 BC, so liu Bang was exactly three years younger than Ying Zheng.
The two of them were people living in the same era, and the reason why Liu Bang also became emperor was because Yingzheng died relatively early, and Yingzheng died in 210 BC at the age of 50.
Liu Bang died in 195 BC at the age of 62!
It is equivalent to Liu Bang living 12 years longer than Yingzheng, and in these 12 years he created a miracle to become emperor. After the death of Yingzheng, Liu Bang's era had just arrived.
The Great Qin Empire survived for a total of 15 years, Yin Zheng was in charge for 13 years, and Hu Hai, the second Emperor of Qin, was in charge for 2 years, and Great Qin was destroyed.
Liu Bang ascended the throne as emperor in 202 BC, when Liu Bang was 54 years old! That is to say, 7 years after the death of Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang became emperor.
It should be known that it took more than 600 years and more than 30 generations for the Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng family to unify China and become emperor.
However, it took Liu Bang only 7 years to become emperor.
How did the Great Qin Empire, which Qin Shi Huang had so hard to establish, end up in the hands of Qin II? What mistakes did Qin II make that ruined Great Qin's future!
Zhao Gao had Qin II kill all his brothers and sisters
After Hu Hai became emperor, Qin II listened to Zhao Gao's rumors and killed all thirty of Qin Shi Huang's children. Why did Qin II listen to Zhao Gao?
1. Zhao Gao is his teacher
2. Zhao Gao won him the throne
In Qin II's view, in this world, only Zhao Gao was the best person he could believe to be for him. However, when Zhao Gao wanted him to attack his brothers and sisters, why did he listen to it?
Because Zhao Gao told Qin II that if other brothers and sisters were there, it would be possible for him to fight for the throne. Only by killing them can the throne remain in his hands forever.
So he killed his brothers and sisters.
What happens when you kill your brothers and sisters?
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the anti-Qin armies in the world rose up one after another, and as soon as the ministers saw that Great Qin was no longer able to destroy the country, the ministers ran away at this time, and the officials were not proper. There were even many local officials who directly participated in the uprising, and Xiao He was a typical representative.
That is to say, the official Qin II was unreliable.
In fact, at this time, Qin II could believe most of his brothers and sisters, as the old saying goes, to fight the tiger brothers on the father and son soldiers. Only his own brothers can fight for themselves. Of course, it is also for their own glory and wealth. However, Qin II had already killed his brothers and sisters.
At this time, he wanted to use his own people, and there was none. Without its own people, this hastened the demise of the Great Qin Empire.
Zhao Gao killed the sheji ministers of the Qin state
Zhao Gao had selfish intentions in making Qin II emperor, because he understood this apprentice, and as long as Qin II became emperor, it could be said that he was listening to his own arrangements for everything.
This is equivalent to Zhao Gao becoming emperor himself. However, after all, there were still many ministers in the DPRK, and some of them were loyal to Qin II, and even would do the right thing for Zhao Gao.
What is Zhao Gao going to do?
Zhao Gao's heart was fierce, so he chose to kill all the people who were higher than his official position. Of course, it was in the way of framing them, borrowing Hu Hai's hand to kill them.
It is as if the chancellor Li Si was framed by Zhao Gao and then ordered to be killed by Qin II. At the same time, there were also the general Feng Hao and the right chancellor Feng Qi, all of whom were framed and killed by Zhao Gao.
These people did not listen to Zhao Gao's words, and Zhao Gao directly removed them. Further ahead, the generals Meng Tian and Meng Yi were also killed by qin II.
And Gongzi Fusu!
After that, Zhao Gao also directed the incident of pointing deer as horses, killing all the courtiers who were not loyal to him. Great Qin had become Zhao Gao's party, and they had no ability in the first place. When it came to the chaotic era at the end of Qin, they simply could not cope with it, of course, they were not the opponents of Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and other rebel armies.
It was equal to Zhao Gao's stinky rat that turned Great Qin into an empty shell!
The only general who could fight, Zhang Handan, also surrendered to Xiang Yu because he was afraid of Zhao Gao
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was only one person that Qin II could use, Zhang Handan was not bad, and he also killed Xiang Liang, the leader of the Chu army, and Chen Sheng's rebellion against Wu Guang was also suppressed by Zhang Handan.
It can be said that among all the rebel armies, except for Xiang Yu, no one was Zhang Handan's opponent. Xiang Yu fought the Battle of the Giant Deer and became famous.
Zhang Handan fought for Xiang Yu for several months without winning or losing! Later, Sima Xin told Zhang Handan that the Qin Dynasty court was already the domain of Zhao Gao, and if you fought a victorious battle and lost a battle, the final outcome would be death, and it would be better to surrender Touya, so that you could save your own life.
It was in this situation that Zhang Handan surrendered to Xiang Yu.
I have to say that Zhang Handan's surrender was wise, because Qin II was killed by Zhao Gao, and who else he did not dare to kill.
From this point of view, the descendants of Qin Shi Huang were basically killed by Zhao Gao, and Qin Shi Huang's ministers were also killed by Zhao Gao. In the process of liu bang and Xiang Yu's uprising, more of the remnants of the Qin army were fought.
In fact, Qin Shi Huang's main force of 500,000 troops went to Lingnan to expand the territory, and when they knew that Qin Shi Huang had died and the Central Plains were in chaos, they simply did not give the Central Plains exchanges.
Prince Infant Qin surrendered to Liu Bang
When Zhang Handan and Xiang Yu were fighting, his troops led by Liu Bang were killed at Xianyang City, and Hu Hai had already been killed by this time. Zhao Gao wanted to make the baby king of Qin, noting that the emperor was not the king of Qin.
Zi Bao took advantage of this opportunity to kill Zhao Gao.
Zi Bao took over the Qin state, but at this time he had no soldiers, and all he could do was surrender to Liu Bang, just as he later handed over the jade seal to Liu Bang.
It was equivalent to great Qin being destroyed in the hands of Liu Bang. Of course, Xiang Yu's credit is also the greatest, if the credit for destroying Qin is counted on Liu Bang's head, Xiang Yu will not do it.
Later, there was the Hongmen Feast, and there was Xiang Yu who was divided into princes. Liu Bang was crowned king of Hanzhong, and Liu Bang received Han Xin in Hanzhong, and Han Xin said to go to the Central Plains to fight for Xiang Yu's world.
It took Liu Bang four years to destroy Xiang Yu, unify the world, and become emperor. That is to say, Liu Bang rebelled against Qin for three years and against Xiang for four years, for a total of seven years, and became emperor.
The reason why Qin II fell to the country was entirely because of the misuse of Zhao Gao! The biggest heroes in the destruction of Qin were not Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, but Zhao Gao!
References: "History", "Zizhi Tongjian"