There are not many records of Fu Su in the main history, he was the eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, and according to the tradition of the eldest son's succession, he should succeed him as Qin II. Fu Su's concept was biased towards Confucianism, contrary to the Fa family believed by Qin Shi Huang, and after the "pit Confucianism" incident, Fu Su accused Qin Shi Huang in person, saying: "The subject is afraid of the world's uneasiness!" Qin Shi Huang was furious and demoted him to Shangjun to oversee Meng Tian's army.
Qin Shi Huang "expelled" Fu Su from Xianyang and arranged for him to take up a position in a distant Shangjun, which was tantamount to abandoning him and not wanting to see him again. It was not until two years later, when Qin Shi Huang fell ill on his way out, stopped in the sand dunes, and felt that death was coming, that he finally agreed to "pardon" Fu Su and let Zhao Gao, who was in charge of the Fu Seal, issue an edict allowing Fu Su to return to Xianyang to attend his funeral.
Zhao Gao later told Li Si that Qin Shi Huang had asked him to give the soldier's charm, the emperor's seal, and the edict to Fu Su ("The book of the eldest son and the seal of the upper hand are all in Hu Hai's office.) ”）。 If this statement is true, then Qin Shi Huang has indeed passed the throne to Fu Su.
Zhao Gao, Li Si, and Hu Hai formed a faction for their own interests, tampered with Qin Shi Huang's edict, and changed the content of the edict to read:
He accused Fu Su of supervising the army for two years, failing to make any merit and damaging a large number of soldiers; not only was he ashamed, but he also wrote to slander many times, and resented for not being able to return to Xianyang as a prince. The general Meng Tian did not correct Fu Su's mistake and colluded with him. The two were given the death penalty, and the deputy general Wang Li took over the army.
Fu Su was heartbroken when he saw the edict, and immediately wanted to die under the commandment, but he was persuaded to no avail, and finally committed suicide rashly. Meng Tian asked to be clear in front of His Majesty, and was taken back to Yang Zhou by the emissary. At first, Hu Hai was still doubtful about whether to criticize Meng Tian Fox, but later made up his mind under Zhao Gao's deception and gave the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi to death.
After the messenger came to Yang Zhou and informed Meng Tian of his sentence, Meng Tian said reluctantly:
Although I was imprisoned here, I still had the ability to make the Great Wall army rebel, but the reason why I would rather die than rebel was because I remembered the loyal teachings of my ancestors and felt the great kindness of Emperor Dai.
He also told the emissaries the story of King Cheng of Zhou who listened to rumors and doubted the Duke of Zhou, and the King of Shang who killed the prince Bigan and eventually destroyed the country. The Prophet said, "I'm just an errand runner, and it's useless for you to tell me this." ”
Meng Tian looked up at the sky and sighed: What mistake have I made? Why die without sin! After a long time, he seemed to have suddenly realized, and after a long sigh, he said: From Lintao to Liaodong, I built a city for thousands of miles, and it was inevitable that I would cut off several "earth veins", and this was my sin! He swallowed the medicine and committed suicide. (From the Liaodong of lintao, the city is more than ten thousand miles, which can not be without the Jedi vein?) This is also the sin of Tranquility. ）
The Great Wall Army was the strongest army in the Qin Dynasty at that time, with a number of 300,000, Meng Tian had long been dictatorial in military affairs (the violent division was outside for more than ten years), and the generals only knew that there was General Meng, not the Emperor of Qin, who was fully capable of rebellion and also had the strength to support Fusu.
As Monty said, he was capable of doing it. What future generations will wonder is why he didn't do that, and why didn't Fu Su ask him to lead troops to "escort" himself into Beijing?
Doesn't Monty know about the dunes?
After seeing the false edict, Fu Su immediately obeyed the order, and Meng Tian not only refused to commit suicide, but also advised Fu Su in this way: "Your Majesty is now in a foreign country, and has not established a prince. He ordered me to lead 300,000 troops to the border and made you the overseer of the army, which is a heavy responsibility under the heavens. Now that a messenger has come, we have committed suicide, how do we know that there is no deception in it? It is better to ask Your Majesty in person, and it is not too late to die. ”
Meng Tian raised his own questions, one is that "His Majesty is outside", if he is really not satisfied with our work, why not mention it sooner or later? Now Qin Shi Huang was patrolling the field, with few people around him, and the courtiers in the DPRK and the frontier were not aware of his movements. It was at this time that he brought it up and demanded that we immediately cut ourselves off, which is a very strange matter!
The second is the "unappointed prince", Meng Tian links the current situation with this edict with the matter of the "unappointed prince", and Fu Su is the eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, indicating that he realized that this matter was related to the succession to the throne.
Qin Shi Huang's emissaries brought Qin Shi Huang's orders, but Meng Tian questioned "there is deception in it". He could certainly tell the truth from the messenger and the edict, and he questioned that the person who issued the edict to all parts of the world today was already someone else. Although Meng Tian did not know about Dune's plot, he could also predict what had happened.
If this was the case, why didn't Meng Tian send troops to escort Fu Su into Beijing? The answer is simple: he is not willing to take risks for the sake of Fusu, and he is not willing to fight for Fusu.
In fact, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne, it will not affect the status of Meng Tian. He was known for his loyalty, trustworthiness, and great merit and responsibility. Meng Tian probably thought the same thing, he was not willing to take risks for the sake of Fu Su, and did not think that he was related to Fu Su's interests.
After Fu Su committed suicide, Hu Hai was already satisfied, and originally wanted to let Go of Meng Tian, which was indeed within Meng Tian's expectations. However, Zhao Gao, who made the first contribution to the dune plot and whose status was no longer what it used to be, could not tolerate the Meng brothers, first, he was worried that these two people would be as noble as during the Qin Shi Huang period and affect their own status. Second, Zhao Gao had a personal vendetta with Meng Tian's younger brother Meng Yi, Zhao Gao had violated the law, and Qin Shi Huang ordered Meng Yi to convict, and Meng Yi did not dare to give a light sentence and sentenced him to death. Qin Shi Huang thought it was too heavy, so he pardoned Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao hated Meng Yi from then on.
Zhao Gao deceived Hu Hai and said, "I heard that Emperor Xiandi always wanted to make you crown prince, but it was because Meng Yi said bad things and obstructed him, so he didn't make up his mind." Hu Hai changed his mind because of this, hesitated for a while, and finally decided to kill the Montessori brothers.
Zhao Gao commented on Fu Su to say: "The eldest son is resolute and brave, and he believes in people and fights hard." Fu Su is a benevolent person, but he is never cowardly or pedantic. If there really was another choice, how could he easily abandon his life? If Meng Tian revealed that he was willing to support him, wouldn't Fu Su really seize the opportunity and fight hard? I'm sure anyone will be willing to do that.