In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Ying, Qin Shi Huang annexed the Six Kingdoms and proclaimed himself the First Emperor. He also stipulated that if he died, his own son would take the throne as emperor II, and his grandson would take the throne as emperor III, passed down from generation to generation.
Shortly after Qin Shi Huang was proclaimed emperor, Wang Qi, the Prince of Qi, wrote to Qin Shi Huang with the intention of asking Qin Shi Huang to divide the crown princes. Wang Xie believed that the Qin state had just annexed the Six Kingdoms, and many local forces were still unstable, plus the Qin State was far away in the west, and the Yan, Qi, and Jing in the Six Eastern Kingdoms were very far away from the Qin State, and if there were no people trusted by Qin Shi Huang to guard there, once there was a riot, and then Qin Shi Huang would transfer troops from the central government, I am afraid it would be too late. Therefore, Wang Xie suggested that Qin Shi Huang should divide a part of the promising princes to guard the remote areas of Yan, Qi, and Jing.
At that time, although the Qin Dynasty annexed the Six Kingdoms, whether it was the productive forces or various conditions of transportation, it could not reach the level of taking into account the marginal areas, let alone dealing with the rebellion, even if there was a natural disaster and man-made disaster, when the government got the news, and then sent people to transport money and grain, I am afraid it was too late.
Wang Xuan's method is indeed a good strategy, dividing the country into multiple centers, and the princes who are divided into feudal princes become small centers nearby, and once there is a rebellion or disaster, they can rely on each other and the central government to effectively solve the problems of the surrounding areas.
After hearing this, Qin Shi Huang thought it was very reasonable, so he summoned his ministers to discuss it together, but the result of the discussion was that there was no division. Seven years later, Chun Yuyue again proposed to divide the seals, and he believed that the Zhou kingdom could last for a thousand years, and it was inseparable from the initiative of King Wu of Zhou to divide the descendants of the Zhou clan.
This time, however, the sub-sealing system was still rejected. Qin Shi Huang not only disagreed with Chun Yuyue's proposal, but also implemented the policy of burning books and pit books, believing that the Confucian life represented by Chun Yuyue was ancient and not modern.
After Qin Shi Huang died of illness, the second prince Hu Hai took the opportunity to join hands with Zhao Gao and Li Si to tamper with Qin Shi Huang's will, and after the death of the grand prince Fu Su, he established himself as emperor and became Qin II. In just three years, the State of Qin perished at the hands of Hu Hai, and if Qin Shi Huang had taken Wang Xuan's advice, the State of Qin would not have perished so early.
So why did Qin Shi Huang reject Wang Xuan's suggestion?
The first to oppose Wang Xuan was Li Si, who believed that although the King of Zhou had divided many royal sons, he initially won the peace of the world, but over time, the relationship between Wang Shi's sons and sons became more and more distant, even to the point where soldiers and soldiers met each other. Now, Qin Shi Huang has unified the world, and the meritorious princes and nobles have also received wealth and official titles, so there is no need to divide the seals.
Later, it was Li Si who opposed Chun Yuyue, at this time Li Si was already an official, and he directly accused Chun Yuyue of not really thinking about Qin Shi Huang, but used Xia Shang to satirize Qin Shi Huang on wednesdays, and put forward a proposal to burn books, and Qin Shi Huang also agreed.
So why did Qin Shi Huang always listen to Li Si? What magic power did Li Si have to brainwash Qin Shi Huang?
In fact, it is not that Li Si has magic, but that Li Si understands the heart of Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang was a very conceited man, and after he unified the Six Kingdoms, he thought that he was different, and he wanted to devote himself to a battle, thinking that future generations only needed to enjoy the fruits of his creation, so he ended up with the end of a country.