There are many reasons for the death of Qin II, and Zhao Gao's chaotic government is the direct cause of the demise of the Qin Dynasty. The dune coup d'état, referring to deer as horses, and so on, among these major events related to the survival of the Qin Dynasty, there is a figure of Zhao Gao. It can be said that Zhao Gao single-handedly dragged the prosperous Qin Dynasty into the abyss of destruction. So why did Zhao Gao insist on killing Qin? How did his Heart of Death come about?
Psychological problems are often closely related to physiological problems, and a person's physiological characteristics can often affect the formation of the person's personality. What is Zhao Gao's identity? He was a eunuch who served Qin Shi Huang himself, and from a physiological point of view, he was a crippled man. After the eunuchs in ancient times were castrated, on the one hand, there would be disorders of endocrine function on the physiological side; on the other hand, the male characteristics basically disappeared and became a "monster" that was neither male nor female. Abnormal psychology believes that the disorder of endocrine function or the mutation of body tissue will generally make people's personality development deviate from the normal track, and then psychopathy will occur to varying degrees. It is precisely because of his castration that Zhao Gao gradually formed a moody personality, which made his later actions become unusually cruel and cold.
In addition to his psychological pathology, Zhao Gao also had an unknown hatred with the Qin Dynasty and Qin Shi Huang. Zhao Gaoben was a nobleman of the State of Zhao and a distant relative of the King of Zhao, and in the last years of the Warring States period, the Zhao Gao family was also considered to be a high-ranking official and nobleman in the State of Zhao. Since Qin Shi Huang began the war of annexation, the State of Zhao had no choice but to surrender under the blows of the Qin Iron Army. After the demise, the nobles of the Zhao state no longer enjoyed the glory and wealth of the past, but on the contrary, they were suppressed everywhere because of their status as nobles. Zhao Gao's family was also the object of suppression by the Qin state, and after Qin destroyed Zhao, Zhao Gao's father was sentenced to palace punishment, and Zhao Gao's mother was "tortured and killed, and the world was despicable." Zhao Gao and several of his brothers were also sentenced to palace punishment and punished as slaves of the Qin court.
Later, When Qin Shi Huang heard that Zhao Gao was powerful and proficient in prison law, he appointed him as the Commander of the Zhongche Government. But the good times did not last long, and soon Zhao Gao committed a major crime and almost became a ghost under the sword of Qin Shi Huang. The ruin of the family, the unfortunate encounters of his parents and brothers, and Zhao Gao himself were not only a cruel spiritual blow to Zhao Gao, but also often stimulated Zhao Gao, making his inner activities extremely complicated. On the one hand, out of shame for himself, serving his parents, and being influenced by the traditional concept of revenge by blood relatives, Zhao Gao developed a strong desire for revenge against Qin Shi Huang.
But who was Zhao Gao serving at this time, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages. Qin Shi Huang's own aura and aura were something that Zhao Gao, an eunuch, could not look at directly. In front of Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Gao can be said to be humble to the extreme. Therefore, when Qin Shi Huang was alive, Zhao Gao had to hide his desire for revenge in the deepest recesses of his heart, and did not dare to show it in words and deeds. Because Zhao Gao was afraid that because of the dissatisfaction he showed, he would bring disaster to himself at any time. A man who suppresses hatred out of fear is the most terrible person, because once this thing that frightens him disappears, then his hatred will burn at once like firewood with gasoline.
This thing that made Zhao Gao afraid was Qin Shi Huang, and it was Qin Shi Huang who let his family die and turned him into a "monster" that was neither male nor female. It was also the existence of Qin Shi Huang that made him suppress his emotions at all times. In Zhao Gao's heart, he hated and feared Qin Shi Huang. So at the moment of Qin Shi Huang's death, Zhao Gao began his revenge, and he vented his hatred for Qin Shi Huang to qin's children.
In order to be able to grasp power, better revenge. Zhao Gao united with Li Si and killed his son Fu Su, who was the most threatening to him, and then supported his apprentice Gongzi Hu Hai to let Hu Hai ascend the throne by tampering with the will. Zhao Gao himself entered the core of power because of his meritorious service.
After gaining power, Zhao Gao began his revenge, first instigating the relationship between Hu Hai and his brothers and sisters. Zhao Gao instigated Qin II to kill his brothers and sisters on the grounds that "all the princes of the Qin clan were dissatisfied with their intentions and feared to change". The faint qin II actually listened to Zhao Gao's words. Therefore, under Zhao Gao's careful planning: "Twelve princes died in Xianyang City, ten princesses died in xianyang city, and the property fell into the county officials, and there were countless people sitting together", "The six princes died in the society", "The three princes of the gongzi will lu Kundi,...... Suicide by drawing a sword". With the sons of the Yin clan all dying almost completely, Zhao Gao began the second step of revenge, subverting the Qin Dynasty.
In order to speed up the process of the second step, Zhao Gao first made Hu Hai lose communication with other ministers on the grounds that "the son of heaven is a noble person, but by smelling the sound, the group of ministers cannot see his face, so the name is Ri Yuan", so hu hai lost communication with other ministers, and he himself became a "connector" between the ministers and Hu Hai. Coinciding with the peasant uprising at that time, Zhao Gao was not only not active in suppressing the peasant uprising, but also suppressed the Qin generals who suppressed the peasant uprising at every turn. He never reported the peasant uprising to Hu Hai. Finally, under the irreversible situation of the peasant revolt, he took the initiative to kill Hu Hai and withdraw the title of emperor, and instead embraced Li Zibao as the King of Qin. In the end, Zhao Gao was killed by the child, but his purpose of revenge was basically achieved, at this time, the sons of Qin Shi Huang were dead, and the Qin Dynasty was also crumbling. If he could see Xiang Yu kill the sons of Yin and destroy the Qin Dynasty, then he might be even happier.