When Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, he was very proud of himself, feeling that he was more powerful than all the people in the past and the present, if he did not give himself a nice name, it would not be able to reflect his own strength, so he gave himself a "emperor" name, because he was the first emperor, so he was called "Shi Huang".
He also created a national jade seal that represented the majesty of the emperor, on which it was written "Ordered by Heaven, Ten Thousand Worlds Forever Chang", wanting to make his children and grandchildren emperors, and he even gave his names in advance: Qin II, Qin III... Qin Wanshi, but the Qin Dynasty did not last as long as Qin Shi Huang imagined, and it was only passed down to Qin II before it perished.
Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, also became the first emperor to be killed in ancient China, and the first person to kill the emperor was called
Yan Le, whose identity is very special, is the son-in-law of Zhao Gao, a famous eunuch in Chinese history. Seeing this, many people will be confused, Zhao Gao is not a eunuch? Why is there a son-in-law?
Zhao Gao was originally a nobleman of the State of Zhao, who wandered to the State of Qin only after the Battle of Changping, married his wife at the age of nineteen, wielded a sword from the palace at the age of twenty-two, and became a close eunuch around Qin Shi Huang, and after the death of Qin Shi Huang, he joined forces with Li Si to tamper with the edict and establish his student Hu Hai as emperor, and then excluded Li Si to take power alone, becoming the minister of the Qin Dynasty, and Hu Hai had become his puppet.
But even at this point, Zhao Gao was still not satisfied, he wanted to completely abolish Hu Hai and become emperor himself, so in 207 BC, he joined forces with his brother Zhao Cheng and son-in-law Yan Le to formulate a plan to seize the throne.
After Yan Le knew Zhao Gao's thoughts, although there was some initial panic, he did not have much hesitation, and the reason was simple, because he had already been bound to Zhao Gao, and he had long been a grasshopper on a rope, and he could only act in the same direction as Zhao Gao, especially Zhao Gao had also kidnapped his mother and "protected" him at home.
On the day of the incident, Zhao Cheng, as the commander of the court Lang, spread rumors in the palace, saying that there were thieves outside who were going to break into the palace, so Yan Le, as the commander of Xianyang County, was able to lead his troops out of the palace. Yan Le wandered around outside, and then led the army back to the palace, killing the guards guarding the palace gate and attacking the palace, killing people along the way, all the way to the front of Hu Hai's throne.
Hu Hai was already trembling with fright at this time, but he forced his composure and said to Yan Le, "How dare you do such a thing?" When Zhao Gao knows, he will definitely punish you well! It's too late to go back. Yan Le looked at Hu Hai and laughed, "It was the Prime Minister who sent me here, please go on the road." ”
Hu Hai looked at Yan Le and sighed heavily, "I am no longer an emperor, but only a king, is it okay?" Then there were ten thousand households and civilians, but Yan Le did not allow it, he must be forced to commit suicide, Hu Hai looked at the long sword in Yan Le's hand, knowing that he had no choice, and had no choice but to commit suicide, so he became the first emperor in history to be forced to die, and the Qin Dynasty perished.
As for Yan Le, who killed Hu Hai, what was the final outcome? Not long after Hu Hai was killed, Zhao Gao was killed by the Prince of Qin and was exterminated by the Three Tribes, and Yan Le himself was not only killed as Zhao Gao's son-in-law, but also accused of killing the Three Tribes.