When the First Emperor of Great Qin traveled west, and when he reached Pingyuanjin, his body became ill and became more and more serious. Before the emperor felt that his body was very healthy, so much so that now he did not want to hear anyone mention the topic of "death" in front of him. But this fact cannot be changed, and every person in power must consider his own posthumous affairs, and who will inherit the throne in a hundred years. The First Emperor was no exception, but in order to hold on to power, he did not establish a reserve prematurely. This makes it obvious to outsiders that the eldest prince of Qin, Fusu, and the second prince Huhai have hope. However, the first emperor cultivated Fusu relatively too much, hoping that he would inherit his mantle in the future.
However, the Qin Empire led by the First Emperor was martial, and the emperor was naturally resolute and courageous, and he was decisive to kill. Fusu, on the other hand, has a stronger Confucian atmosphere. This made the First Emperor feel that he was too gentle, benevolent and humble, and less courageous to be an emperor. The First Emperor believed that the reason why Qin was able to dominate the world was due to the courage of the soldiers, the clear distinction between rewards and punishments, and the rigor of the law, and these benevolent and righteous morals could not help him gain the world. Therefore, father and son each had their own opinions, and the first emperor single-handedly created the "book burning pit Confucianism".
This made the already subjective father and son more conflicted, so Fusu was sent by the emperor to the northern Shangjun region to assist the general Meng Tian in supervising the construction of the Great Wall and defending against Xiongnu invasions. The emperor hoped that this would temper Fusu even more so that he could inherit his throne more smoothly. In this way, father and son separated for several years, until the emperor died of illness in the dunes, and neither of them could meet. When the emperor knew that his time was numbered, he had issued an edict for Fusu to return. However, at that time, the news that the emperor was critically ill was limited to a very small number of insiders, which made the edict delayed in the hands of the powerful minister Zhao Gao. In the end, until the emperor's death, he was unable to see the eldest prince Fusu as he wished.
At this time, who Daqin was going to let as emperor to take over this huge empire became an urgent problem to solve. Prime Minister Li Si tended to hurry back to Xianyang and recruit Su to return to Beijing to take the throne. Zhao Gao, on the other hand, knew that the emperor's edict was not issued with a state seal at this time, that is, Zhao Gao was fully capable of determining the authenticity of this edict inviting Li Si back to Beijing, and identifying Li Si as plotting chaos. Zhao Gao found Li Si very straightforward and told him that he wanted to establish his second son Hu Hai as the main and inherit Daqin. After hearing this, Li Si felt a chill in his spine, was shocked, and firmly objected. This did not seem to him to be unexpected at all in Zhao Gao's opinion, and he knew that what this prime minister wanted was power. He told Li Si that if Fusu came to the throne, it would use Meng Tian and weaken his power to the extreme. Li Si is helpless, he also knows this, the three generations of the Meng family have made great achievements, and the family power is huge, Meng Tian has been fighting in the north with Fusu for many years, and he can't replace Meng Tian's position in any way. At the same time, Zhao Gao promised Li Si that if Hu Hai took the throne, he would still be guaranteed his title and passed on from generation to generation. In this way, Li Si had no choice but to compromise with Zhao Gao.
Compared to Li Si, Hu Hai was done without any obstacles in front of the sophisticated Zhao Gao. At this point, in the Dune Palace, a generation of emperors, the first emperor of the Great Qin, the bones have not yet been cold, and they have not even returned to their capital. In this way, his will was quietly changed, and the fate of a country was easily changed...