In July of the 37th year of the reign of the King of Qin (210 BC), Qin Shi Huang died of illness in the sand dunes during his cruise, and Zhao Gao asked Li Si to tamper with the edict and support Hu Hai to ascend the throne, that is, Qin II.
Hu Hai
Qin Shi Huang had long sensed that the prosperity and strength of the Great Qin Empire had actually undercurrents under the surface, and his response was not to adjust his governing strategy, but to seek the art of immortality, believing that as long as he was there, the Great Qin Empire would definitely be able to be under his control.
Qin Shi Huang's last cruise, the purpose is actually to seek the art of immortality, unfortunately, he found nothing, and died of a violent illness during the cruise, the shrewd Qin Shi Huang, never thought that he would personally plant a time bomb for his empire.
Although Qin Shi Huang intended to make Su his heir, he loved his younger son Hu Hai very much, and even brought Hu Hai on parades, and what was more deadly was that the assistant designated by Qin Shi Huang to Hu Hai was the talented but corrupt Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was a first-class calligrapher, philologist, and a professional proficient in law, he was tall and strong, skilled in riding and charioting, and his martial arts were extraordinary, and he was a rare talent in the court of the Qin Empire.
Qin Shi Huang promoted him to be the commander of Zhongche Fu Commandery and asked him to teach his youngest son Hu Hai to judge the case and get jailed. Zhao Gao was very good at observing words and flattering, and soon won Hu Hai's appreciation and trust. By the time Qin Shi Huang made his last tour, 20-year-old Hu Hai had already obeyed Zhao Gaoyan.
Qin Shi Huang's cruise found nothing, and he returned to Beijing sadly, but he did not expect to be ill halfway. Qin Shi Huang even had little time for himself, so he left his will to help Su leave the military affairs to Meng Tian, and rushed back to Xianyang as soon as possible to host the funeral and take the throne. Qin Shi Huang's last order was sealed with a jade seal and stored in Zhao Gao's place, and before he could send it out, Qin Shi Huang died violently.
Prime Minister Li Si was worried that the news of Qin Shi Huang's violent death on the way back to Beijing would cause the prince of the capital to compete for the imperial throne, and he was constipated, so in order to cover up the smell of corpses that smelled strong due to the heat, he ordered people to put a stone of abalone in each car, so he pretended that everything was as usual and hurried back to Xianyang. On the way, the ill-intentioned Zhao Gao persuaded Li Si to tamper with Qin Shi Huang's last order and install Hu Hai to inherit the throne.
While reforming Huhai, Zhao Gao and Li Si forged Qin Shi Huang's last edict and ordered Su and Meng Tian to commit suicide. Fusu committed suicide after receiving the false edict. Zhao Gao, Li Si, and Hu Hai returned to Xianyang, released the news of the death of Qin Shi Huang, and held an enthronement ceremony for Hu Hai, that is, Qin II, and Zhao Gao's status soared, becoming Hu Hai's most trusted favored courtier.
Qin Shi Huang
Under the control of Zhao Gao, in order to consolidate the imperial throne he stolen, Hu Hai adopted a bloody and cruel iron and bloody policy, wantonly cutting off dissidents, and thus began a bloody massacre.
The first to be killed by Zhao Gao and Hu Hai were the Montessori brothers, who were forced to commit suicide by Zhao Gao's faction; Then, Zhao Gao fabricated charges to force the right chancellor Feng Quqian and the general Feng to commit suicide.
Zhao Gao took this opportunity to install his cronies in key positions in the imperial court, for example, making his brother Zhao Xian the commander of the Zhongche Mansion, and his son-in-law Yan Le the commander of Xianyang. Hu Haiman thought that Zhao Gao was his intimate favorites and cronies, and since he was Zhao Gao's selected and placed cronies, he was his own cronies, but he did not know the evil intentions hidden by Zhao Gao.
At the instigation of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai immediately swung his bloody butcher knife at his flesh and blood brothers and sisters in order to completely rest easy about his position. In Xianyang (the commercial district of the ancient city), Hu Hai executed 12 brothers; Another time he crushed six brothers and 10 sisters to death in Duyou (present-day Xianyangdong, Shaanxi), and the execution ground was horrible and bloody.
The bloodline left by Qin Shi Huang and the old ministers of the dynasty were almost killed, and Hu Hai, instigated by Zhao Gao, began to kill local officials in large numbers. Zhao Gao told Hu Hai that he could take advantage of the patrol to kill a group of county officials, so that he could achieve the goal of excluding dissidents and threatening the world.
Under the torment of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, everyone in the imperial court was in danger, and the people were living in terror every day, and the entire Great Qin Empire was reduced to a bloody large-scale slaughterhouse.
When Zhao Gao's power became more and more powerful, Prime Minister Li Si became a thorn in Zhao Gao's eyes and flesh, and eradicating Li Si was naturally put on the agenda by Zhao Gao. In the end, Li Si fell into Zhao Gao's trap and was fabricated by Zhao Gao to weave three major crimes, and Hu Hai ordered Li Si to be arrested and handed over to Zhao Gao for trial and punishment.
Therefore, under the forced confession of words and deeds, Li Si was beaten into a trick, and Hu Hai ordered Li Si to be sentenced to death: first tattooed on the face, then cut off his nose, cut off his feet, then cut off his waist, and finally chopped into meat sauce. This was the most cruel punishment of the time, called the "five punishments", that is, the death penalty with five punishments. At the same time, Li Si's family was completely killed.

Zhao Gao
If the Great Qin Empire established after Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms was a magnificent edifice, then after Qin II came to the throne, under the control of Zhao Gao, he killed the bloodline and loyal generals left by Qin Shi Huang, and after killing the courtiers and killing the local officials, the foundation of this building was hollowed out, and at this point, the collapse was only a blink of an eye.
In order to completely control Hu Hai and achieve his goal of complete dictatorship, Zhao Gao made a bunch of very "reasonable" suggestions to Hu Hai, to the effect that Hu Hai was young and inexperienced, and the emperor should also meet with the ministers less, so as not to expose his weaknesses and shortcomings in front of the ministers and make people laugh.
Therefore, Zhao Gao told Hu Hai that he should live in the deep palace to listen to Zhao Gao's report, and with their "pillars" to assist, the country would be better governed. Hu Hai felt that it made sense when he heard it, and he was only willing to stay in the palace for pleasure, and from then on, all the big and small political affairs in the DPRK and China were arbitrarily handled by Zhao Gao alone.
In order to test the attitude of the minister of the DPRK to him, Zhao Gao deliberately staged a good play of "pointing deer as horses". At a court, Zhao Gao first brought a deer as a gift to Hu Hai, and told Hu Hai that it was a good horse.
Hu Hai couldn't help but feel funny when he heard it, saying how could Prime Minister Cheng make such a joke, it is obviously a deer, how do you say it is a horse? But Zhao Gao insisted that it was a horse, and Hu Hai asked the ministers present.
The ministers were afraid of Zhao Gao's power, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhao Gao's gourd, so many people casually echoed Zhao Gao and said that this was really a horse. Some people say it's a deer, while others simply pretend to be deaf and dumb. After this meeting, those ministers who said that they were deer were all killed by Zhao Gao on an excuse, and the ministers who said that Ma were treated by Zhao Gao as people of his faction.
The perverse actions of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai finally provoked a peasant uprising in the world, and even the famous general Zhang Wei could not resist it, and was defeated by Xiang Yu and had to surrender Xiang Yu. Hu Hai reacted to this, his world was already in danger. Therefore, Hu Hai sent an envoy to rebuke Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was the first to attack and sent his son-in-law Yan Le to lead troops into the palace and force Hu Hai to die. This puppet emperor, who had been controlled by Zhao Gao, only lived 3 happy days, so he went underground to meet his father Qin Shi Huang. Qin II Huhai can probably be regarded as the first "loser" of the imperial family!