Before Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Qin State had six consecutive generations of wise kings, which is extremely rare in Chinese history. In the words of Shang Yang, as long as Qin Fa exists, even if a mediocre monarch emerges, Qin can remain strong. Who would have thought that there would be a useless monarch like Hu Hai. What efforts did the Sixth Dynasty King Qin make to unify the world?
Qin Xiaogong: appointed Shang Yang, reformed and strengthened, and took the land of Hexi;
King Qin Huiwen: conquered Yiqu, pacified Bashu, went to Shangyu, and left Hangu Pass;
King Wu of Qin: Attack Yi Yang, set Sanchuan to quell the chaos in Shu;
King Zhaoxiang of Qin : Appoint Bai Qi as general, take Hedong and Nanyang counties, Qianzhong County and Yingdu , Changping defeated Zhao Guo ;
King Qin Xiaowen : Reigned for three days, died;
King Zhuangxiang of Qin : Destroyed Eastern Zhou ;
Qin Shihuang : Destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world!
Except for King Qin Xiaowen who died mysteriously three days after taking the throne, the others were all wise kings who worked hard to govern. Why The Qin Dynasty had only been unified for more than ten years, and a weak monarch like Hu Hai emerged? The root cause lies mainly in Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng !
Qin Shihuang did not establish a successor early. Qin Shihuang was a very powerful monarch. He did not expect that he would die so quickly and suddenly. When he was healthy, no one dared to mention the matter of establishing a prince. When he was seriously ill, it was too late to establish a prince.
Qin Shihuang did not cultivate a successor. Qin Shihuang had more than 20 sons, but few of them could leave their names. Only the eldest son Fusu and the second son Hu Hai were more famous. The reason why Fusu was sent to the Mengtian army was because of political disagreements. It was more like a distribution, and Hu Hai was able to steal the inheritance rights.
When Hu Hai usurped power, no son or relative could stand up to turn the tide. It can be seen that Qin Shihuang did not decentralize a lot of power in order to highly centralize power. When Hu Hai launched a general purge against Qin Shihuang's other children, none of the princes or princesses raised an army to resist, and they were all killed at the behest of their necks. In view of his mother Zhao Ji's power, Qin Shihuang simply did not establish a queen, which cut off the possibility of the queen mother and relatives to interfere in politics or protect the country.
Qin Shihuang single-handedly promoted Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao was sentenced to death because his mother broke the law and became a eunuch. Qin Shihuang heard that Zhao Gao was proficient in law, so he promoted him to the post of Zhongche Mansion and taught Hu Hai how to judge cases and prison sentences. After Zhao Gao committed the crime, Meng Yi resolutely sentenced him to death, but was pardoned by Qin Shihuang. It can be seen that the political censorship system in the Qin Dynasty was basically non-existent. Prisoners like Zhao Gao who were executed since childhood were probably determined to destroy the Qin Dynasty from an early age.
Hu Hai himself did not have any high talent, and the news about entering and leaving the palace was still controlled by Zhao Gao. After killing many brothers, sisters and ministers, the person he trusted the most could only be his teacher since childhood, Zhao Gao. Under Zhao Gao's brainwashing idea of peace in the world, Hu Hai continued to conscript a large number of farmers to build mausoleums and palaces, increase farmers' taxes, and eventually broke out Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising like Qin Shihuang!
From 359 BC, when Shang Yang promulgated the " Grass Reclamation Order" reform, to 211 BC, Qin Shihuang died on the way to patrol. The six generations of monarchs of the Qin Dynasty pioneered for 148 years and completed the first great unification and feudal centralization in Chinese history. However, they only summoned the useless monarchs Hu Hai and Zhao Gao. If Zhao Gao has been determined to destroy the Qin Dynasty since he was a child, then his goal has been achieved!
