"Emperor Dialogue" Phase I: Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng and Han Gao Zu Liu Bang

According to statistics, from 221 BC when the Qin emperor was proclaimed emperor, to 1912, the "last emperor" Puyi abdicated, in 2132, There were 422 emperors in China, if you add some people who control power but do not claim the emperor (such as Lü Hou, Cixi, etc.), there are more, although not emperors, but the kings of that era. In the long course of history, these emperors have played an important role, staging a tragicomedy that is either unexpected or laughable. Starting today, we launched the "Dialogue of Emperors" column, which tells the story between emperors in the form of dialogue. In the first issue, we will start from the dialogue between Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, and Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Hundreds of years after the death of Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang, he met Qin Shi Huang, who unified China, in another world, and thus had the following dialogue.

Qin Shi Huang: Who are you? Why don't you kneel when you see me?

Han Gaozu: My name is Liu Bang, I am also the emperor, why should I kneel to you, we can only be considered equal.

Qin Shi Huang: What? Are you the Emperor? Don't speak wildly, I can put you to death with your words!

Han Gaozu: I am indeed the emperor, but I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and I am also the founding monarch.

Qin Shi Huang: What the hell is going on? Didn't my Great Qin pass down to the second and third generations, and up to the thousands of lifetimes? How can there still be a Han Dynasty?

Henkel Zu: Thousands of generations? Nothing! You Qin Dynasty II died, a total of more than ten years.

Qin Shi Huang: Defeated by the boy fu su?

Han Gaozu: No, it's Qin II Hu Hai.

Qin Shi Huang: My last will and testament is written to pass the throne to the eldest prince Fu Su, how did Hu Hai become Qin II?

Han Gaozu: This is to blame Zhao Gao, the eunuch, who, in order to control real power, conspired with Li Si to pass on the will and testament, forced Fu Su to die, let Hu Hai succeed to the throne, acted as a puppet, and the real power was in his own hands.

Qin Shi Huang: This is also crazy! This Zhao Gao, if I see it, I must let him crush his corpse into ten thousand pieces. And Li Si, who was also particularly loyal to me before, has also rebelled and must also be severely punished!

Han Gaozu: What's the use of saying that now? It's all a fact!

Qin Shi Huang: Hey! Blame me for looking at the wrong person! By the way, how did he die in the second? What's going on in the back? Such a powerful dynasty I started is gone? I think that when I destroyed the Six Kingdoms, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, pacified South Vietnam, unified writing, weights and measures, and built chi dao, all in order to strengthen my rule!

Han Gaozu: After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, he brutally killed dozens of his brothers and sisters, forcing Meng Tian and other military generals to die. He only knew how to eat, drink and have fun every day, and the person who actually held power was Zhao Gao, who even referred to the deer as a horse in the middle of the dynasty, and no one dared to oppose it, following him to say that the deer was a horse. During Hu Hai's reign, he also levied taxes and labor on a large scale, which increased the burden on the peasants, and eventually caused the officials to force the people to rebel.

Qin Shi Huang: Do peasants have such courage to rebel?

Han Gaozu: The days really can't pass, instead of forcing death, it is better to let go!

Qin Shi Huang: Did you also rebel?

Han Gaozu: Yes, I am actually a local petty official, the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion in Pei County. Before me, there was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who led the peasant uprising.

Qin Shi Huang: Did they fail? If they succeed, they should be emperors.

Han Gaozu: Yes, they failed, but because of the suppression of them, the Qin Dynasty was already seriously injured. In response to them, I also joined the uprising.

Qin Shi Huang: And then you succeeded?

Henkel Zu: In the end, I succeeded, but the process was not simple! There was once a man named Xiang Yu, very talented, the troops he led once beat me down, fortunately I have high emotional intelligence, many times out of danger, the key point is that I will use people, although I myself do not have much ability, but I have Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Han Xin and other capable people, I use them well, the final world is mine!

Qin Shi Huang: So, you are also a talent.

Henkel Zu: Pass the prize!

Qin Shi Huang: By the way, it seems that you are about the same age as me, I am the founding emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and you founded the Han Dynasty.

Han Gaozu: We were originally people of the same era, you were born in 259 BC, I was born in 256 BC, only three years old.

Qin Shi Huang: According to this, you should be a late bloomer.

Han Gaozu: It can be said that you came out of the mountains early, became the King of Qin at the age of 13, pro-government at the age of 22, destroyed the Six Kingdoms at the age of 39, completed the great cause of reunification, became the first emperor of China, and died at the age of 49. And I only started fighting against Qin at the age of 48 and became emperor at the age of 54. When you died, I was 46 years old and had not yet started a rebellion.

Qin Shi Huang: That's the way it is. So how long did your Han Dynasty last?

Han Gaozu: More than 400 years, it was later replaced by the surname Cao.

Qin Shi Huang: It is also powerful enough, my Great Qin has only been more than ten years, and I can't compare with you!

Han Gaozu: Although the Qin Dynasty was short, it was very important and had a great influence, and none of us in the descendants knew who did not know! Especially you, who have influenced China for thousands of years! Without you, maybe Now China is still as small as a European country, and the unification of the six countries has laid the map of Greater China! Just rush this, I'm going to give you a thumbs up!