During the reign of Qin Mugong, the national strength was strong, the economy of the Qin state was greatly developed, and gradually stood out among the six countries, the combat effectiveness of the army became stronger and stronger, and the soldiers in the late Warring States period were strong and strong, and they adopted the foreign policy of "long-distance friendship and close attack" to end the chaotic world.
In the end, the Qin Dynasty became the first unified feudal autocratic dynasty, with the idea of the Legalist as the basis for governing the country, just when Qin Shi Huang looked forward to the future, only after experiencing the second dynasty, the powerful Qin State collapsed violently, some people were caught off guard, and after the violent death of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang, the dynasty he personally created also fell into the mud.
History has detailed records of the fall of the Qin Dynasty, but what happened more than two thousand years ago has overshadowed the demise of Great Qin, who has shaken the foundation of the dynasty for what reason, and who is responsible?
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, historians unanimously blamed the demise of the Qin Dynasty on a prophecy, what is this mysterious prophecy?
After the founding of the country, Qin Shi Huang began to pursue immortality, so a large number of alchemists were appreciated, when an alchemist named Lu Sheng, who went to the East to look for divine medicine, returned to get a "Record Book", which recorded many prophecies, one of which impressively wrote "Hu Ye of the Dead Qin", this kind of rebellious remarks no one dared to spread privately, but the collapse of the Qin Dynasty just verified this prophecy.
The "Hu" mentioned here now seems to be the most consistent with Hu Hai, so under the influence of feudal superstitious ideas, historians blamed the demise of the dynasty on Hu Hai. Turning over that long-sealed history, it can be clearly found that the deceased Qin people are actually children and babies.
There are not many records of the child, it first appeared after the death of Qin Shi Huang, in 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang died of a violent illness during the parade, after which Zhao Gao colluded with Li Si to block the news, and secretly forged the holy will, forcing the death of the prince Fu Su and supporting Hu Hai's ascension to the throne.
In order to better control the entire dynasty, Zhao Gao also wanted to design the death of Mengtian, but was blocked by ZiBao, who believed that Mengtian's prestige was extremely high, and his execution would meet with greater opposition, which was bound to cause border turmoil, but the fainting Hu Hai did not listen at all and insisted on getting rid of Mengtian.
At the instigation of Zhao Gaoren, Hu Hai began to carry out a great purge of many courtiers during the Qin Shi Huang period, only the baby escaped the disaster, and later Zhao Gao decided to go to the front from behind the scenes and kill Hu Hai to establish himself as emperor, but he was strongly opposed by the qunchen, and he could only bring the baby out in desperation, Zhao Gao knew very well that the baby would not obey like Hu Hai.
Therefore, Zhao Gao left a heart eye, he declared that at this time the remnants of the Six Kingdoms were not completely eliminated, so it was inappropriate for Zi Bao to be called emperor, and he could only be called "King of Qin", in fact, to pave the way for his future ascension to the throne, this plan had long been recognized by Zi Bao, he knew that Zhao Gao was a conspirator, and he must not go to hu Hai's old road.
Zi Bao has been looking for an opportunity to get rid of Zhao Gao, but almost all of the palace is Zhao Gao's lackeys, and it is difficult to protect himself, let alone kill Zhao Gao, and he can only wait for the opportunity under the condition of ensuring his own safety.
In September of the same year, Zi Bao finished fasting, took over the jade seal, and then decided to visit the ancestors, Zi Bao knew that his opportunity was coming, he found his own son and cronies, several people conspired to say: "Zhao Gao wanted to establish himself as emperor, but he was afraid that the ministers would kill him, so he pretended to give way to me, I knew that he had allied with the Chu State, Zhao Gao would definitely attack me, rather than this, it was better to preemptively attack, I could not get away with worship, he would inevitably come to me, and then we would take him down together." ”
After the plan was prepared, several people began to wait for Zhao Gao to go to the door, Zhao Gao knew that the child was sick, and sent people to invite him many times to have no results, he could only go by himself, just hit the plan of the child, waiting for a long time Han Tan to lead people to kill, kill Zhao Gao, and then the child coefficient Zhao Gao was guilty, and the three tribes were destroyed.
History is always strikingly similar, and the scene of the child killing Zhao Gao was also staged in the Ming Dynasty more than a thousand years later.
Chongzhen eliminated Wei Zhongxian but still did not prevent the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the baby killed Zhao Gao, also could not save the precarious Great Qin, history is like this, in the continuous evolution of the new, shortly after Zhao Gao's death, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have been troops under the city, the baby is not willing to fall like this, organizing the only troops to stubbornly resist.
However, he still underestimated the strength of Liu Bang's army, under the schemes of Zhang Liang and others, on the one hand, Liu Bang bribed the defending generals with heavy gold, and on the other hand, sent people to attack from behind, easily crushing the remnants of the Qin state, and the Han army was unstoppable, all the way north, and once again defeated the Qin army in the south of Lantian.
After occupying Qindi, Liu Bang ordered that soldiers should not harass the people and not rob property, and the support of the people in the Battle of Lantian heralded the collapse of the last main force of the Qin army, and Xianyang was close at hand, but at this time, the children and babies had no confidence to fight any longer.
In 206 BC, Liu Bangtun soldiers were on the ground, Xianyang City was not far away, if Liu Bang gave an order, the whole of Xianyang would be plunged into a war, the baby could only choose to surrender, and at the same time issued an edict to the Qin soldiers everywhere, abandon resistance, and submit to Liu Bang.
Zi Bao stood alone on the city gate with the Chuanguo Jade Seal, waiting for Liu Bang's arrival, and the invincible Great Qin finally declared its demise, and this day was only forty-six days after Zi Bao ascended the throne.
The surrender of the child saved the people in Xianyang city from war, how to deal with him caused great controversy among the Han army, the military general led by Fan Duo believed that the baby was "aiding and abetting abuse" and should be beheaded, but Liu Bang did not think so, he thought that the surrender of the baby allowed the Han army to enter Xianyang without spending a soldier, and it should be tolerated, so as to show the mind of the Han army.
Subsequently, Liu Bang ordered the baby to be imprisoned, although in his heart he did not want to kill the baby, but in the chaotic world, the baby lost his life after all.
A month after Liu Bang occupied Xianyang, Xiang Yu came, and Cao Wuxian, who came to meet him, lied that Liu Bang was king in the city and had joined forces with his sons and babies to prepare to deal with Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was furious when he heard about it, and set up a feast at the Hongmen Gate, but because of indecisiveness, he missed the opportunity.
After the Feast at the Hongmen Gate, Liu Bang left, and Xiang Yu took over the affairs of the city, because many of his relatives died at the hands of the Qin army, he ordered the capture of the descendants of Qin Shi Huang, the execution of children and babies, the indulgence of soldiers to burn and loot, and before leaving, they set fire to it for three months.
Zi Bao was undoubtedly the most powerless man in this struggle, he did almost nothing, and it is precisely because of this that historians believe that the fall of the Qin Dynasty has nothing to do with it, but is this really the case? Many experts in later generations have come to very different conclusions, believing that the child should bear great responsibility for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Now it seems that at that time, Zi Bao was not only a way to surrender, he could completely abandon Xianyang and integrate his forces to push the Longxi region, where the terrain was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there was complete room for resistance, but Zi Bao saw the menacing Han army, feared in his heart, and did not see the real situation, resulting in the sudden demise of the Qin Dynasty.
In fact, the repeated defeats of the Qin army were also related to the children, and the best plan was not made, when the first children inherited the throne of the Qin king, the rebel forces against the Qin state were roughly divided into eight parts, most of which were the nobles of the previous six kingdoms, who took advantage of the chaos to join the rebellion team, the purpose was only to restore the homeland, and the new group headed by Liu Bang was to divide the claim to the king.
The whole alliance seems to be unbreakable, in fact, each pregnant with a ghost fetus, when the situation is clear, its interior will be chaotic, at this time the children and babies can rest in Longxi, rely on the terrain to fight a protracted war, and wait until they break out infighting, waiting for the opportunity to seize the Central Plains.
However, Zi Bao did not have the foresight, sending troops to Lantian made him discouraged, and the last elite of the Qin Dynasty was killed and wounded, completely breaking the hope of the revival of the Qin Dynasty, but abandoning Xianyang and choosing to retreat was also a good countermeasure, at least the result was better than surrender.
This view was supported by many historians, and The Western Han Jiayi said bluntly that the demise of the Qin Dynasty was ultimately due to the lack of ability of the children.
According to historical records, the tombs of the monarchs of the Qin State exist near Xianyang and Lishan, and the tombs on the west side of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum appeared in 2003, and one of the large tombs is speculated to be the place where the last prince and baby of the Qin Kingdom were buried.