Hu Hai, the eighteenth son of Qin Shi Huang, was an edict from the First Emperor from childhood, and from the Zhongshu Government ordered Zhao Gao to study law. In October 211 BC, Qin Shi Huang went out on a parade. Left Cheng Xiang Li Si followed, and Right Cheng Xiang Feng went to stay in the capital. Hu Hai wanted to go on a cruise and asked to follow, but Qin Shi Huang agreed.
The parade marched to the sand dunes, Qin Shi Huang died of illness, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao shamelessly tampered with the will of their father Qin Shi Huang, and trampled on the blood of their brother Fu Su and vilely ascended to the throne of "Qin II". Relying on such bloody means to become an emperor, he was sincerely afraid in his heart, and the demonic obstacles accumulated deeper and deeper.
Hu Hai knew better than anyone how he got this throne. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he was as anxious as his father to prove the legitimacy of his political power, the legitimacy of the imperial throne, and the fact that he was also blessed by Fengtian. To this end, he toured the world, Built a Engineering Project, strengthened sacrifices, and re-walked the Route of Qin Shi Huang.
However, after doing all this, the demonic obstacle in Hu Hai's heart was still not removed, and he was afraid that the chancellor would disobey and that the crown prince would compete for the throne. Although Hu Hai became The Second Emperor of Qin, the officials of the DPRK and China were all former vassals during the reign of Qin Shi Huang. He secretly thought in his heart, since I can sit on this throne, more than twenty other brothers also have the right to inherit and can compete for supremacy. The fundamental reason is also that he became Qin II by illegal means, so Hu Hai, who sat on the dragon chair, has always been unreliable in his heart.
At this time, Zhao Gao, who was in jiuqing and full of bad water, offered two poisonous plans: one was to kill the old minister and the new minister to cultivate personal power, and the other was to kill the prince and remove the princess to relieve his worries. Zhao Gao also understood in his heart that he, like Hu Hai, was in an unstable position. Although he was in a high position, the ministers of the DPRK and China were not convinced of him. The reason was that Zhao Gaoyuan was a lowly courtier, and although Qin Shi Huang valued him, he had no position among the many ministers in the court.
After the Dune Coup, Zhao Gaocai suddenly jumped to a high position and became the commander of the Lang Zhong, ranking among the Nine Secretaries. Although the ministers did not say it on the surface, they were not balanced in their hearts. Zhao Gao knew that like Hu Hai, he had no foundation in the dynasty, and if he wanted to establish his own prestige and consolidate his foundation, he could only get rid of the old ministers who did not take him seriously, and then cultivate his own henchmen. Therefore, he took advantage of the opportunity of Qin II to ask himself for advice, and offered Qin II a plan: kill the old ministers and cultivate a new party.
More than twenty brothers and sisters are also a major heart disease of Hu Hai. Because he had a ghost in his heart, Hu Hai was deeply taboo about it. When Fu Su was still there, Hu Hai was still too late to take care of these brothers and sisters, and now it was time to settle accounts after the autumn.
Therefore, Zhao Gao took the opportunity to suggest two points: one is to "kill" and the other is to "mention" (the poor are rich, and the untouchables are expensive). Kill whom? Kill the chancellor, kill the prince. Mention who? Promote people who have no money and no power and are not reused. Zhao Gao's theory is that these people have never been valued, have no status, and now that you have promoted them all at once, they will thank you very much and fight to the death for your allegiance.
Zhao Gao's method of "the poor are rich, and the untouchables are precious" is the most common and effective method used by all those who cultivate personal power in ancient times and the present, and it is also a very poisonous move. To put it bluntly, it is the use of grace and power, and there are broken and standing.
After the two plans were adopted, Zhao Gao said triumphantly, Your Majesty will do this, the world will be stable, and you can also enjoy life as you please. The scheming Zhao Gao continued to take advantage of the demonic obstacle in Hu Hai's heart and began to carry out white terror against the ministers and Hu Hai's brothers and sisters.
Hu Hai believed that Zhao Gao's words clasped his heart word by word, and the two coincided. So Hu Hai ordered a new revision of the law. The courtiers and princes were guilty, so they handed them over to Zhao Gao and asked him to interrogate them. Ten of Qin Shi Huang's sons were beheaded and paraded in the streets of Chengyang, and ten princesses were also executed in Du County, confiscating their belongings, and countless others were punished.
When One of Qin Shi Huang's sons, Gongzi Gao, saw this situation and knew that it was inevitable that he would die, so he wanted to flee to his homeland. However, he was worried that after he escaped, the whole family would be beheaded by the door, so he had to write a letter requesting that Qin Shi Huang be buried. After this letter was published, Hu Hai, who did not have the slightest brotherhood, was extremely excited, and he agreed to Gongzi Gao's request and gave him 100,000 yuan for a generous burial. In this way, Gongzi Gao was martyred for Qin Shi Huang, and thus saved his family.
Qin Shi Huang's other sons, Gongzi Jun, and three others were imprisoned in the inner palace. Hu Hai of Qin II sent emissaries to the general Lu and said, "If you do not obey the way of your subjects, you will be sentenced to death." General Lu said that in the etiquette of the court, we never dared not disobey the official in charge of the celebrant; in the position of the court, we never dared to be disrespectful; we never dared to say the wrong thing when ordered to answer. How can we say that we can't say that we can't do it? Hopefully we'll know if our crimes will die again. The Prophet said, I cannot participate in the discussion of sin, but only do as I am told. The prince will look up to the sky and shout, Oh my God! Oh, my God! We have no sin! The three brothers committed suicide by drawing their swords in tears.
The mass killing shocked the entire royal family. If any minister entered the court, it was condemned as slander, so the trembling ministers had to submit to currying favor with Qin II in order to keep their positions and save their lives. The massacre in the DPRK also shocked and frightened the people of the whole country, and the entire Great Qin Empire was shrouded in a white terror of slaughter. The crowd was terrified, the people were terrified, "everyone is in danger, and the people who want to be on the side are many." Hu Hai sat on the top of a mountain that was about to erupt and began his short life's pleasure-seeking.
In 207 BC, Hu Hai was forced to commit suicide at Wangyi Palace by Zhao Gao's confidant Yan Le at the age of twenty-four.