As we all know, Qin Shi Huang's unification of the great cause of the mainland was completed, from the division of many countries to the historical leap of centralization, the establishment of the first comprehensive unified centralized state in history, and Yingzheng was also called "the first emperor of the ages" by later generations.
Although this great political state seemed extremely powerful at the time, it only lasted for more than a decade before quickly disintegrating, with a sad ending. In the thirty-sixth year of Qin Shi Huang, that is, the year of Ying Zheng's death, three strange things happened in the Qin Dynasty, which no one can solve so far.
The reasons for the fall of the Qin Dynasty
It is said that Qin's demise was due to Qin II's misdeeds, and Hu Hai not only failed to inherit Qin Shi Huang's political skills, but instead adopted more extreme policies, exacerbating political instability and popular resistance.
This rebellion directly led to the rapid intensification of contradictions within the Qin Dynasty, which eventually led to large-scale peasant uprisings across the country, and Chen Sheng's sentence "The world has suffered Qin for a long time" led to the collapse of the Great Qin Empire.
Hu Hai's misdeeds were indeed the cause of the fall of the Qin Dynasty, but it was only one of them, and the fall of the Qin Empire was the result of a combination of factors, from social and cultural contradictions to political decision-making.
Those who are deep in the tax collectors are the officials, and those who kill the people are loyal ministers......
In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang achieved the unification of the six kingdoms, but this was only a superficial unity, Qin's rule over the six kingdoms was not really stable, and there were various inherent hidden dangers and contradictions in civil society.
First of all, after the unification, the Qin Dynasty was only a unity of the land, and in fact it was still a long-term divided and fragmented regime. The people of the six eastern kingdoms had a very low sense of identification with Qin, and were more loyal to the original princes and kings or descendants.
The ancients paid attention to "reputation extension", and this lack of identity can be regarded as "unjustifiable", which made it difficult for the Qin Dynasty to gain the support of the whole people in a short period of time, and the Qin regime naturally could not be stable for a long time.
The Qin Dynasty tried to solve the problem of soft culture through the strict laws of Legalism and centralization, but this was in clear conflict with the cultural traditions of other countries.
For example, Confucian culture was deeply rooted in the Qilu region, and Qin Shi Huang's book-burning pit Confucianism greatly intensified this conflict, coupled with the fact that Qi was far away from Xianyang, so that the anti-Qin voice of Qi has never been broken.
Looking back at the history of feudal dynasties, after the new dynasty overthrew the old dynasty, the descendants of the royal family would be slaughtered cleanly, so as to eliminate their influence.
However, when Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he did not massacre the descendants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms on a large scale, so that these people always had the idea of recovering the country.
The ancient aristocracy was not alone, there were all kinds of forces standing behind them, and even had a certain political foundation and destructive power among the people. Their ideas influenced others like sparks, eventually leading to successive rebellions in the last years of the Qin Dynasty.
Abolish the royal road and establish personal love, burn documents and torture the law, first deceit and then benevolence......
In general, Qin Shi Huang's unification was only a unity of land and force, and the maintenance of power relied heavily on the rigidity and high centralization of power of the Legalists, which was effective in the short term, but too rigid and fragile in the long term.
When Qin Shi Huang was alive, he may also have a deterrent effect on some people, and when Ying Zheng dies or is about to die, many potential threats will surface, as evidenced by three events that happened in the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang.
The First Emperor died and was divided
On an ordinary day in the thirty-sixth year of Qin Shi Huang, a major event occurred in Dongjun, and a meteorite fell from the sky. From a modern point of view, the meteorite landing is just a rare celestial phenomenon and nothing special.
However, this time the meteorite was different, and when the locals found this stone, it was engraved with the words "The First Emperor died and the earth was divided". The meaning of these seven words is very simple, indicating that once Qin Shi Huang died, the vast Qin state would be torn apart.
There is a falling star in the lower East County, and the ground is stone. The head of the Qianqian or the stone is engraved, saying: The first emperor died and the land was divided
In ancient times, due to the limitations of science, meteorites from the sky would be considered "providence" and "prophecy" in some cases, and this kind of prophecy was extremely inflammatory, and if it was not handled well, it was likely to cause huge hidden dangers.
The local county magistrate felt the seriousness of the situation, immediately sealed off the scene of the meteorite fall, and quickly reported the news to Qin Shi Huang.
Ying Zheng learned that this matter was very dignified, perhaps in his opinion, it was just a man-made conspiracy, secretly operated by some people who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
The purpose is also very simple, it is intended to stir up public opinion and cause political instability in this way, but once this news spreads everywhere, it will inevitably cause an uproar, after all, most people are ignorant and easily induced.
Soon he ordered the Imperial Historian to go to Dongjun to conduct an in-depth investigation, hoping to find out who was behind it, but the locals did not know about it, and even said that the meteorite had been engraved with handwriting when it landed.
On the one hand, the investigation is inconclusive, and on the other hand, the situation is gradually escalating, and as the king of a country, he will naturally not allow such a conspiracy to happen. Ying Zheng issued a gag order, not only executing the people who knew about it to prevent the news from spreading, but also ordering people to burn the meteorite.
This thing is very strange, there is an atmosphere around the earth, and if the handwriting on the meteorite is naturally formed, it should have disappeared under the high temperature burning, and if it does not disappear, it is obviously artificially portrayed.
From the landing of the meteorite to the site of the lockdown of the Dongjun prefectural order, there was not a long interval between the time between the landing of the meteorite, and the fact that such a delicate work was completed in such a short period of time, who used what tools, and how to quickly reach the destination? This matter is still a mystery to this day.
This year, Zulong died
Let's take a look at the second thing, also in the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang, Yingzheng sent an envoy to inspect Huayin County.
During this period, a stranger suddenly came to visit, claiming that there was a treasure to be offered, and the treasure offered by the mysterious person was a piece of jade, and before leaving, he also said "The ancestral dragon died this year".
The envoy didn't know what Yubi and this sentence meant, so he looked up and wanted to ask, but he couldn't find the shadow of the other party, so he could only hurry back to Xianyang and hand it over to Qin Shi Huang, who was shocked when he saw it.
Someone held a messenger and said, 'For my legacy, I will leave the king of the pond.' Because he said, "This year the ancestral dragon died." ’
This piece of jade was lost by Ying Zheng in the 28th year to worship the river god, and now that many years have passed, why did it reappear? Who is that mysterious person? The words "Zu Long died this year" are even more uneasy for Ying Zheng.
The "ancestral dragon" is regarded as the ancestor of the dragon clan in mythology, symbolizing supreme authority and power, while in civil society it is often seen as the embodiment of the emperor, which can also be understood as the ancestral dragon of Qin Shi Huang.
The jade that was discarded that year and the death of the ancestral dragon this year, these two things are intertwined, and it seems that there is a huge conspiracy hidden, which coincides with the "first emperor died and divided" engraved on the meteorite, and Yingzheng sent someone to thoroughly investigate the ins and outs of the matter.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he tried, he couldn't find a clue, and the mysterious man seemed to not exist. As time passed, many traces slowly faded away, and it is still unclear what happened in between.
The death of Yingzheng and Yingzheng
One day in the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang, there was a rare astronomical phenomenon in the sky, which was regarded as an ominous star and a symbol of war and disaster because of its flickering and dark characteristics in ancient times.
The Pleiades consisted of three stars, the largest in the center was called the Emperor Star, which represented the authority and status of the Emperor, and the two sides symbolized the other members of the imperial family. Therefore, the Glowing Mind is considered a threat to the Emperor's power, which will be challenged or even destroyed.
"Historical Records: Qin Shi Huang Benji": "Thirty-six years, Yingfu guarded his heart"
According to the "Historical Records", after this incident, Yingzheng immediately summoned the astrologer, and the result of the divination showed that "there is a son of heaven in the east". The east refers to there, the state of Qi is on the coast of the East China Sea, and the eastern part of the state of Chu also belongs to the southeast coast.
These two places have always been the most vocal anti-Qin rulers due to their distance from the political center of Xianyang, and based on this, the First Emperor believed that there would be a new force in the east that could threaten the Qin rule.
Many people think that Qin Shi Huang's eastern tour was to pursue immortality and immortality, but they don't know that he was in the name of the eastern tour, or packaged the eastern tour as the pursuit of immortality, and the real purpose was to investigate the people's feelings in the six eastern countries to see if there were any rebellious forces.
Coincidentally, the first emperor died in the sand dunes during his last inspection, and then Zhao Gao, Li Si and Hu Hai killed Fusu to seize the power of the Qin Dynasty, which coincided with the natural phenomenon of Yingfu guarding the heart.
The so-called providence is just an astronomical phenomenon, so it is not a prophecy of Qin Shi Huang's death, since it is so coincidental that there will be such a coincidence between the two, could it be that someone can plan this matter, but who planned it?
Regarding the death of the first emperor, the death of the ancestral dragon this year, and the three things of Yingfu Shouxin, major scholars in history have speculated, some people think that it is the arrangement of heaven's will, some people suspect that it is the conspiracy of the nobles of the six countries, and some people suspect that Zhao Gao and Hu Hai seized power.
From the perspective of modern people, the death of the First Emperor and the death of Zu Long this year should be a conspiracy designed by the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms, the purpose of which is to "incite public opinion among the people" mentioned above, and to influence the rule of the Qin Dynasty through public opinion, or to prepare for a later rebellion.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he paid too much attention to the unity of laws and systems, but neglected the soothing of people's hearts and the integration of culture.
In addition, he built the Great Wall and the Afang Palace on a large scale, which greatly consumed the country's financial resources and people's strength, increased the dissatisfaction and protests of the people, and as long as he instigated a little, it would cause a huge influence.
As for Yingfu Shouxin, it should be the ruler of the Han Dynasty, or someone like Liu Bang did it, because after Yingfu Shouxin, "the East has the spirit of heaven".
The ancients often said "conform to the will of heaven", Liu Bang lived in today's Jiangsu, that is, the "East", and "Tianzi Qi" represented that he became the emperor is recognized by God.
Liu Bang was born from the grassroots and did not have any aristocratic blood, while the ancients attached great importance to the dignity of bloodline, if it was really like Chen Sheng said, "the prince and the prince will have a kind of peace", wouldn't everyone be able to be an emperor? This kind of thinking will undoubtedly deepen the social turmoil, after all, everyone wants to be an emperor.
In order to elevate his status to the limit, using "providence" to prove himself is what people like Liu Bang need most. Of course, history is the precipitation of hundreds of thousands of years, and future generations can only understand it from documents and cultural relics, and who can know the real history.
What do you think differently about this?