When watching the TV series of the Great Qin Empire, many people may like the successive monarchs of the Qin Kingdom because of the plot, including but not limited to Qin Xiaogong, Qin Huiwen Wang, and Qin Zhaoxiang Wang.
Although from the level, it should be a generation that is not as good as a generation, at least compared with King Qin Zhaoxiang and his father, the gap is still relatively obvious. However, it is interesting that although King Zhaoxiang of Qin is not the most capable, his lifespan is the longest.
Because of his long standby, he survived two generations of monarchs of the Six Kingdoms, and he also survived his own prince. But what is more embarrassing is that even so, his new heir is still tortured to death, suffering for a full 14 years, and it is difficult to become a monarch, but he died in only three days, and his son is also a short-lived ghost. So what's going on here?
To be precise, through historical novels and film and television works, everyone may be more familiar with Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Qin Huiwen Wang, after all, they have created too many great causes. But about the story after King Zhaoxiang of Qin, everyone may have two eyes and one dark eye. The reason is very simple, because of the gap between King Zhaoxiang of Qin and Qin Shi Huang, the emperor in the middle had a very sad time, and the time was very short.
According to historical records, the successor after King Zhaoxiang of Qin was King Xiaowen of Qin, and theoretically, the old father was the great demon of the Warring States of Qin Zhaoxiang, so he should also inherit his father's legacy and bloom countless brilliance.
Moreover, according to the statistics of scholars, during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, he first destroyed the State of Chu to the south, The State of Qi and Qin fought for hegemony, and Qin and Zhao fought to destroy the population of the Zhao State for a generation, as for Korea and the State of Wei, they were basically beaten into eunuch states. Logically, to this point, as long as the son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin succeeds to the throne smoothly, he will definitely be a well-deserved overlord, and even unify the world.
Unfortunately, this successor, King Xiaowen of Qin Zhaoxiang, was very bitter, so why did he say so? It turned out that before King Xiaowen of Qin, King Zhaoxiang of Qin also had a crown prince, so he was originally not lucky to take the throne. But what was more embarrassing was that King Zhaoxiang of Qin was really too able to live, and he lived for 75 years on standby, such a long life span, which simply made the prince of Qin at that time despair. Therefore, in the 40th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the prince finally died in despair and could not wait for his father to retire.
Because the eldest died, King Xiaowen of Qin, as the second eldest, immediately became the crown prince, which was supposedly a great lucky thing, but the collapse was that even though King Zhaoxiang of Qin had been the king for 40 years, he was still old and strong, or sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.
It is clearly recorded in the history books that the crown prince died in the 40th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and King Xiaowen of Qin became the crown prince in 42 years, but at that time he was not young, and he was also 38 years old. 38 years old in ancient times can already be regarded as a middle-aged person, and at the age of 40, you can be called an old man.
Sadly, King Zhaoxiang of Qin did not age rapidly, but lived another 14 years. For a full 14 years, King Xiaowen of Qin, who was originally extremely excited, slowly went from calm to anxious after that, and even fell into the despair of the former prince, and the first thing he did when he woke up every day was to count the days to see if the old man had fallen?
After 14 years, King Zhaoxiang of Qin finally died, and King Xiaowen of Qin finally stepped onto the throne.
We can literally feel this scene, and the king should be extremely happy, and this happiness can even be described as ecstasy. However, according to the rules of the time, when the king died, the new monarch had to have a period of filial piety for one year, and it took a year to officially ascend the throne.
As a result, This Qin Xiaowen King, who had been waiting to die, and then suddenly ushered in ecstasy, entered a short one-year waiting period. There are quite a few historical records that during the gap period of this year, this Qin Xiaowen King celebrated madly, including not limited to the attachment to wine, to the madness of women. Judging from the historical records at that time, King Xiaowen of Qin's body was actually not particularly good, and because of long-term depression and oppression, it was like a spring that had been stretched over, which could not be restored.
Sure enough, King Xiaowen of Qin finally survived the gap of one year, his entire body was already weak, and his physical fitness had dropped by at least 1/2. In this way, he only ascended the throne for three days, and then he died.
Regarding this period of history, there are depictions in the play, but without exception, they are very comedic, and even regarded as a typical case of happiness and sorrow.
Of course, this King Xiaowen of Qin has certainly become a joke, but in theory, his hard work and waiting has not completely become a bubble, because after he dies, his son can still take over. But what was more embarrassing was that King Xiaowen of Qin liked Lady Huayang very much, but Lady Huayang did not give birth to any offspring, so Lady Huayang, at the instigation of Lü Buwei, took Zichu as her son. That is to say, King Xiaowen of Qin left the throne to a son who was not interested before his death, and I have to say that his life was really tragic.
So the question is, after the death of King Xiaowen of Qin, what about his successor, Zi Chu? This Zi Chu was the famous King Xiang of Qinzhuang, and it should be said that his physical fitness was much better than that of his father. But the embarrassing thing is that this king also likes women, especially Zhao Ji, a woman who likes Lü Buwei. The consequence of this is that he sang every night and night, and then he also played himself to death, and collapsed during his three-year reign.
So we can see that the descendants of King Xiaowen of Qin do not seem to be very good at this generation, and the time to become emperor is extremely short. However, history seems to be somewhat doomed, when these two emperors desperately wasted their bodies and compressed their reign time to the extreme, they finally ushered in a very powerful descendant, this descendant is the Zhao Zheng who was abandoned by King Xiang of Qin Zhuang in the early years, and later, returned with a high-profile posture, and this child has a great title called Qin Shi Huang.
Regarding the story of Qin Shi Huang, it is naturally needless to say, as Huang Zongxi said, this is a proper emperor for thousands of years, and it is undoubtedly an objective fact.
Therefore, looking back at the history after King Zhaoxiang of Qin, we will inevitably sigh at the sadness of King Xiaowen of Qin's father and son, but at the same time we have to sigh, is this pair of fathers and sons so short-lived and tragic, is it to quickly make way for Qin Shi Huang? Otherwise, as long as these two kings are a little more reliable, as long as they really have time to face the Six Kingdoms and rely on the foundation laid during the qin zhaoxiang king period, then who can resist? But still that sentence, when also? Fate also?
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