What kind of person was Qin Shi Huang?
Personally, I think he is a lonely and suffocating person in Chinese history.
In his early years, he was abandoned by his grandfather, abandoned by his father, and betrayed by his master mother. Betrayed by his brother, betrayed by his mother, betrayed by his wife. This led to all sorts of bizarre things after the unification of the Six Kingdoms. It was against such a tragic background that this man succeeded Wang Wei at the age of 13 and pacified the Six Kingdoms in his 30s, realizing the great unification of Chinese history and creating great achievements.
The more deeply he studied Qin Shi Huang, the more he could feel the loneliness that went deep into the bone marrow, and with the willpower of ordinary people, if he sat in the position of Qin Shi Huang, within half a month he would have a mental breakdown. Many people think that the king is very good, but the responsibility of the king of Qin is as heavy as Taishan' psychological pressure is not something that ordinary people can bear.
You may think that I am exaggerating, so please see:
Almost all emperors in Chinese history have had their own partners or shields and the like. These people can be their comrades-in-arms who live and die together, their brothers and sisters, or they can be bureaucratic groups or eunuch groups. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had Liu Clan relatives who were distributed throughout the country at critical moments to be able to enter the Capital Qin King, as well as the outward tilt huo to go ill, And Wei Qing to defend the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang had his wife Wu Zetian as a shield, removed his own uncle Changsun Wujie, executed Xiao Shufei, deposed the crown prince, and so on, he did not have to do it himself, all of which were handed over to him, so Wu Zetian made a wordless monument after his death; the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had the right to share the pressure with the cabinet for him, and the literati and eunuchs fought in the later period, and the emperor watched the drama in the middle.
But Qin Shi Huang was always alone, he did not make a prince, not crazy queen
However, Qin Shi Huang was always alone, he did not set up a prince, did not make an empress, did not engage in sub-sealing, and even such a super-large project as Wang Qi, who had made great contributions to him, only had a false name and no so-called fiefdom.
Do not establish a prince
There are only 2 dynasties in Chinese history that have not established princes, the Qin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, one is the beginning and the other is the end of feudal society, representing 2 extremes. However, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a secret edict, and the secret edict was a different kind of crown prince. In contrast, in the Qin Dynasty, the sons of Qin Shi Huang, except for a false name and richer than ordinary people, there is no difference between them and other Li people, they have no titles or fiefs, but just hang on to the identity of the son of Qin Shi Huang. During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, there was no clear heir, which led to the suicide of Fu Su in his later period. He rules the world alone. T is lonely
Not empress
This side means that there is no foreign power. The question is very simple, if you think about Liu Bang's empress Lü Hou of the Han Dynasty, it is clear that Lü Hou attacked the kings of Kwantung with the authority of his concubine, suppressing some opposition in the Han Dynasty court, and after Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou bowed to the government and deposed the emperor, which had a major impact on the centralized power of the Han Dynasty. Qin Shi Huang's absence of an empress also avoided this incident. But at the same time, he also lost a confidant, so that only one person could carry all the opposition forces in the whole world.
No seals
After Qin Shi Huang became emperor, his brothers and sisters did not divide the fiefs, and even his own sons did not have fiefs, which first caused the imperial family to be too weak and small, and second, it would cause internal contradictions.
The world says that great men are lonely
That Qin Shi Huang's loneliness is really beyond imagination, there is no clan support, no foreign relatives to share, no eunuch clique to carry the pot, no heirs to share worries, no empress help.... There was only a immature bureaucracy and a lofty but cold and piercing throne, in countless dark nights, Qin Shi Huang looked at the stars, thinking about his destination and the meaning of life, he could not find the answer, until in his old age, he felt that there was an irrepressible force in the whole world, he began to panic and worry, so in the last few years of his life, he frequently mobilized the people of the world Leaving a notoriety in the hereafter, who knows his loneliness?
Perhaps the terracotta warriors who are buried underground can understand his loneliness
Great people understand the loneliness of great people