King Yingji of Qin Zhaoxiang was the son (not the eldest son) of King Huiwen of Qin, and his position in the Qin royal family was not so important. His mother was the "Eighth Son" (a concubine of low status), and he was placed in the Yan Kingdom as a proton, the so-called hostage. At that time, the throne of Qin seemed to have a relationship with him that could not be beaten by eight rods. But why did the throne of Qin finally fall on his head?
In 307 BC, the State of Qin had already captured Yiyang by this time and could directly reach the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. The King of Qin Wu, who liked to be fierce and brave by nature, could not resist the joy in his heart, and said to the Hercules Meng that he was competing in the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and the ding was one of the nine dings, the dragon pattern ding.
Yingdang did not expect that this move would lose his life.
Most likely due to insufficient preparation, Ding Fell from Ying's hand and smashed into his leg, and he was unable to walk immediately, and died in a hospital bed not long after.
After Yingdang's death, the government of the Qin state immediately became turbulent, because Yingdang did not give birth to a son before his death, which shows that as long as it is the son of King Huiwen of Qin, he has the right to inherit.
As for how many sons King Qin Huiwen had, the history books do not record it, but it is certain that the sons born to King Huiwen of Qin must be more than five or less than ten, because King Zhaoxiang of Qin alone had two younger brothers, including three of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, plus one Gongzi Zhuang, and one Of Themang, that is, five. In addition to these five famous, there must be others.
At that time, Gongzi Zhuang was in the country, and Gongzi Zhuang was in the Yan Kingdom, and Gongzi Zhuang had the support of the empress dowager and the queen, but why was it not Gongzi Zhuang who finally sat on the throne but Yin Ji?
King Wu of Qin was fierce and brave by nature, and his mother and his queen could not extend their hands into the government at all, so after the death of King Qin Wu, his mother and queen could not grasp the situation in the dynasty, so the prince Zhuang zhuang supported by the two of them could not sit on the throne.
Yingji was able to stand out and kick Gongzi Zhuang out of the game, becoming the King of Qin from a proton in the Yan kingdom, and had a close connection with a person, who was The half-brother of Empress Xuan's mother, Empress Xuan (芈八子), Wei Ran.
Gongzi Zhuang stills
King Wu of Qin died, and the political situation of the Qin state was unstable, and a new ruler was urgently needed. Everyone in the ruling apparatus of the Qin state wanted to support the new king, including courtiers, clans, and harems.
Since the beginning of the Qin Xiaogong Shang Martingale Transformation Law, the power of the Qin Clan has gradually declined, and the power in the DPRK and China is basically controlled by foreign ministers. For the transfer of power, the role played by the clan is far less important than that played by the foreign minister, who has no power in the hands of the clan, but the foreign minister has power in his hands.
The clan has no power, let alone the harem (the reasons why the harem does not have power have been mentioned above).
Therefore, it can be determined that the power of the heir is in the hands of the courtiers. Wei Ran was a high-ranking cadre in the era of King Huiwen of Qin, the era of King Wu of Qin, and had a huge influence in the dynasty, the most important thing being that he also had a certain influence in the army.
"When King Hui and King Wu served in office." - "The Chronicle of the Marquis of Yong"
The sense of participation in the clan was not strong, and the sense of participation in the harem was not strong, and finally the right to decide the heir of the Qin state naturally fell into the hands of Wei Ran.
As mentioned above, Wei Ran was empress dowager Xuan's younger brother, and he had no reason not to support his sister's son, to support someone else's son, and according to people's thinking, his sister was more reliable than outsiders at any time.
In this way, Wei Ran strongly supported Empress Xuan's eldest son, that is, Yingji, as the heir of the Qin state.
Yingji became the king of the Qin state, and Wei Randang not only reaped the fruits of his support, but was made a general and in charge of all military affairs in Xianyang City, which shows the trust of Empress Xuan and Yingji in this supportive minister.
Wei Ran relied on his power to establish Ying Ji as the king of the Qin state, and the supporters of the other princes of the Qin state would certainly be dissatisfied, and these dissatisfactions broke out in the second year of Qin Zhaoxiang's succession. The princes and ministers of the court joined forces with the princes outside to prepare for the rebellion inside and outside, but the news leaked, and Wei Ran discovered it, and all of them were killed, stabilizing the situation. Since then, there have been no opponents in the DPRK who oppose the matter of YingJi becoming king.
PS: I always felt that this matter had a certain relationship with the rulers of the Qin State at that time, and the purpose was to eliminate all potential opponents.
"The rebellion of Ji Jijun, and the queen of Wu out of Wei, the brothers of King Zhao are destroyed, and the Qin kingdom is strengthened." - "The Chronicle of the Marquis of Yong"
Self-prologue
Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Yiji was the most violent king among the kings of the Qin Dynasty, except for Qin Shi Huang. When I opened the passage of the "History of Qin Benji" to record The King of Qin Zhaoxiang, I found that basically every year there was a war, and basically the battle would be won, and Wu Anjun Baiqi and The Ying Hou Fan Ju who set the Qin State diplomatic policy of "long-distance friendship and close attack" were all from the years of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. The succession of King Zhaoxiang of Qin set the moment for the subsequent succession of Qin Shi Huang. If there is no Succession to the throne by King Zhaoxiang of Qin, there will certainly be no Succession to the throne by Qin Shi Huang, and it is unknown how history will develop at that time, whether it will be a split or a merger.