Qin II reigned for three years and was killed by Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao wanted to establish himself as king, but found that the Qunchen did not support it, so he welcomed his son to succeed to the throne.
Zhao Gao claimed that after the civil uprising, Qindi was smaller than before reunification, so the baby could not be called "emperor", but could only be called "king".
Five days after the baby ascended the throne, he decided to kill Zhao Gao and put all his family to death.
The Chronicle of History refers to Zhao Gao's attempt to attract rebels to Xianyang and promise to kill all the Qin Dynasty clans, but Zi Bao knew about it and killed him first.
Liu Bang, who led one of the late Qin rebel armies into Guanzhong, sent someone to persuade Zi Bao to surrender after arriving at Bashang, and got Zi Bao's consent.
Zi Bao bound himself with ropes and personally surrendered to Liu Bang's army with the emperor's royal belongings (including jade seals and soldier runes). Zi Bao was the King of Qin for a total of 46 days.
In 206 BC, the third ruler and last monarch of the Great Qin Empire was killed by Xiang Yu, and the "Qin Princes Clan" was also cut down and eradicated, and all were killed.
As a result, Zi Bao became a scapegoat for the destruction of the Great Qin Empire, especially his surrender to the rebels and the destruction of the clan.
The birth of the child
Whose son the Prince of Qin was, there is no conclusion in history, historians basically believe that the child is the son of Fu Su, the eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, so it is called Qin III.
Because there is a record in the "Records of History", "The son of Li Er's brother Gongzi Bao is the King of Qin", historians translate this sentence as saying that the son of Li Qin II's brother is the King of Qin, that is to say, the son of Gongzi Fusu.
There is also another theory in history that Zi Bao was the younger brother of Qin Shi Huang.
It is also recorded in the Biography of Li Silie that Zhao Gao saw that his courtiers did not agree with his ideas, and could only call the baby, give him the jade seal, and make him emperor. However, Qin Shi Huang's younger brother, whose name was Cheng Yu, was not a baby, so this statement was not recognized by later generations.
There are other theories, but they are only speculation and discussion in later generations.
Therefore, the officials basically reached a consensus that the child was the son of Gongzi Fusu, that is, the grandson of Qin Shi Huang.
The baby made a last effort
When Zi Bao took power in the Qin Empire, the main army of the Great Qin Empire had been completely destroyed. At this time, what else can the baby do?
The baby is making a last-ditch effort. The Chronicle of Takazu Honki contains:
Zi Bao sent troops to strictly guard The Pass to prevent Liu Bang, who had already passed through Wu Pass, from entering the Guanzhong.
At this time, Liu Bang was already a little overwhelmed, and planned to confront the Qin army sent by Zi Bao.
However, the shrewd Zhang Liang knew that the Qin soldiers were well-trained and still strong in combat effectiveness. Therefore, he suggested that Liu Bangxian send people to plant flags everywhere on the mountains on all sides, creating the illusion that the mountains were full of heavy troops; Then he sent two of the most able people to lobby The Qin General.
Liu Bang sent two top lobbyists at once, and Qin general really wanted to unite with Liu Bang. Liu Bang wanted to agree at that time, and Zhang Liang advised Liu Bang again that this was just Qin's desire to make peace for his own interests, but their soldiers might not want to make peace. It was better to take advantage of the opportunity when the generals of the Qin army planned to unite and launch a surprise attack.
Liu Bang obeyed Zhang Liang's plan, led his troops around The Pass, attacked the Qin army from behind, and defeated the Qin army at Lantian. Then, taking advantage of the defeat of the Qin army, he attacked again from the north and defeated the Qin army again.
The child is not an incompetent person, but unfortunately the child was not born at the right time, and history did not give him a chance. When Zi Bao really came to power, the great power of the Qin State was gone.
The fundamental reason why Qin would listen to the lobbying of Li Shiqi and Lu Jia was that the edifice of the Great Qin Empire would fall, and every official was thinking about his own way out.
Without the great changes in the Kwantung And a series of internal frictions in the center of the Great Qin Empire, how could the Qin general listen to Liu Bang's lobbyists?
By this time, Liu Bang had marched to the Qin capital Xianyang, and Zi Bao's last efforts were declared unsuccessful.
What else can he do? Only please descend.
Any hero is a hero of the times. There is no current situation. There is no stage for heroes to display their talents, and there is no platform for heroes to become heroes.
Therefore, just having the potential to become a hero without opportunity will never produce a hero.
No matter how capable, courageous, and wise the child is, it will not be able to exert it. He was like the fallen monarch of the Six Kingdoms who had been destroyed by his brother King Yingzheng of Qin, and there was no way but to surrender.
At a time when the central power and military power of the Great Qin Empire were declining, great changes were taking place in the Kanto Region.
After Chen Sheng and Wu Guangshouyi, the situation in Kwantung took a sharp turn. The most prominent manifestations of this great change are two points:
First, there are many responders; Second, the six countries of Shandong have restored their countries one after another.
The uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang received a strong response from the people of the world.
In addition to ChuDi, there were two other regions in the world, one was Qidi and the other was ZhaoDi, and the anti-Qin forces were also very strong.
By the time the Prince of Qin killed Zhao Gao to succeed him as king, the situation in the world was even more unfavorable to the Great Qin Empire:
First, the entire Kwantung was no longer owned by the Great Qin Empire, the second was that the main army of the Great Qin Empire was completely annihilated, and the third was that Liu Bang had attacked Guanzhong from Wuguan.
The Great Qin Empire was already in tatters and precarious.
The most blameworthy for the demise of the Great Qin Empire is the child.
If we summarize the reasons for the demise of the Great Qin Empire in a few words, we can only say that the old team is hard to blame (Qin Shi Huang laid the root of the curse), and the new team did nothing (Qin II raised tigers and left a legacy). The kingdom died at the hands of the child, but the root was not in the child.
Zi Bao had already fulfilled his duty as the last King of Qin, but the situation of accumulating heavy burdens and difficulties made him have the intention to kill the thief but was powerless to return to heaven.
Two months after Zi Bao surrendered, Xiang Yu was closed. Xiang Yu received a tip-off from Liu Bang's subordinate Cao Wu, saying that Liu Bang wanted to seal the baby as Xiang Guo and make himself the King of Guanzhong, which was very annoyed.
Originally, Xiang Yu and the Great Qin Empire had a feud, so Xiang Yu, who had the power of the world after entering the customs, finally killed the prince and infant of Qin, and killed the palace in Xianyang City, set fire to the palace, looted the treasures and goods, and divided it with the princes, and the Qin land was divided into three, and the number day was three Qin.
The empire that Qin Shi Huang dreamed of forever passed on for less than fifteen years, in the midst of the bloody sword and light sword shadow and the endless sea of fire, turned into billowing smoke and disappeared.
Although there are only a few historical records of Zi Bao, from Zi Bao advising Qin II to killing Zhao Gao, we can all see that Zi Bao was the most sober-minded person in the Great Qin Empire after the death of Qin Shi Huang, and had superb strategies and talents.