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Before becoming the emperor, Hu Hai had the shoulders of his father Qin Shi Huang to rely on; after becoming the emperor, Hu Hai still wanted to find a shoulder to lean on.
All of Hu Hai's problems were based on the word "depend". In the end, he harmed himself and destroyed Daqin .
When Li Si wrote a letter to Hu Hai accusing Zhao Gao of being disloyal, Hu Hai went directly to the front:
"I lost my parents at a young age, and now I am sitting in the position of the emperor. I don't understand this." , I don’t understand”;
“You are so old now, you probably don’t have a few more days to live. If I don’t rely on Teacher Zhao in the future, who else can I rely on?”
Yes, Hu Hai felt that his professional ability was not good, and Li Si could not count on him. The only person he could rely on in the future was his teacher Zhao Gao.
In Hu Hai's eyes, Zhao Gao was a loyal minister who had extremely strong political abilities and always satisfied him with his affairs.
Li Si was completely speechless.
In order to prevent Zhao Gao from being killed by Li Si, Hu Hai directly told Zhao Gao the original words of Li Si's lawsuit against Zhao Gao.
When things have developed to this point, the game between Li Si and Zhao Gao has actually decided the winner, because Qin II 's heart is biased towards Zhao Gao. He handed Li Si over to Zhao Gao to deal with it. In fact, Li Si had already been sentenced to death.
In July of the second year of Qin II, Li Si was cut in half in Xianyang City after suffering the cruel five punishments. The whole family was bleeding in the Qin Dynasty.
▲Li Si TV series "Legend of Chu and Han"/Stills
Not long after, the Qin Empire also collapsed under the various twists and turns of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.
To be honest, Hu Hai has never been mentally prepared for becoming emperor..
The book "New Preface to " written by Liu Xiang, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty, recorded such a story:
Qin Shihuang once held a large-scale party. Hu Hai drifted away after a while under the influence of alcohol. The shoes placed at the entrance of the temple were stepped on all over, which made me excited.
Everyone present sighed, "This child, ugh...".
Judging from the existing historical data, Qin Shihuang's children, such as Fusu, Young Master Gao, and Young Master Jianglu brothers, are all well-behaved people who respect etiquette and follow the system, but Hu Hai is a person full of " A person with a "monkey nature" has the word "weird" written all over his behavior.
But Qin Shihuang liked it.
It is human nature to like young children, and Qin Shihuang was no exception.. In his eyes, his son Hu Hai is the spice in his life, his stress reliever after work, and the only person who can bring him happiness.
Therefore, during the last grand parade, when Hu Hai clamored for him to go too, Qin Shihuang decisively took him with him.
▲Qin Shihuang TV series "Legend of Chu-Han"/stills
Hu Hai was the only prince who followed Qin Shihuang during this tour. No one expected that Qin Shihuang's particularly casual move would directly change the subsequent course of history.
When Qin Shihuang died in Sand Dunes , Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC, immediately took up the idea of the prince Hu Hai and wanted to support him as the second emperor of the Qin Empire.
In this way, he can avoid being punished by the Montessori brothers in the future, and at the same time, he can infinitely expand his power and wealth.
The huge temptation is the core factor that Zhao Gao launched the " Dune Coup ".
There is no way. Qin Shihuang's edict to Fusu has not yet been sent out, Hu Hai happened to be at the first scene, and the emperor's seal is in the hands of Zhao Gao. The combination of these conditions can easily lead to the evil-minded Zhao Gao. The idea of adventure.
To be honest, Hu Hai didn't want to be emperor at first, for three reasons:
It's unjust to fight for the throne with his brother; it's unfilial to go against his father's will; it's unwise to insist on it if you don't have the ability.
It can be seen that Hu Hai is actually very simple at heart, and he also knows how much he weighs.
But Zhao Gao’s inner desire was like a flood that had opened and could not be stopped.
Under Zhao Gao's deception, Hu Hai reluctantly agreed and entrusted Zhao Gao to handle the matter.
Dear friends, is a person who doesn’t want to be an emperor at all. After he becomes the emperor, he will never put his mind into how to be a good emperor. .
Therefore, Hu Hai "confessed" to Zhao Gao as soon as he became emperor:
"Teacher Zhao, I feel that life is really too short, just like a fleeting moment.";
"I think my life should be spent like this: eating well, Drink well and play well.”
is the same, but Hu Hai has seen with his own eyes the ascetic daily life of his father: weighing office documents on a scale, not taking a break until they can finish the review; touring the world with the pain of torturing; endless meetings... ..
In Hu Hai’s opinion, being an emperor should not be so hard . Now that he has become emperor, he wants to change his way of life.
Therefore, the first thing Hu Hai did after becoming emperor was to promote Zhao Gao to Lang Zhongling, one of the Nine Qings, and let him fully act as his "spokesperson".
▲Zhao Gao TV series "Legend of Chu and Han"/stills
Yes, after the death of Qin Shihuang, Zhao Gao became the most trustworthy person in Hu Hai's world. The relationship between master and apprentice for many years has made Hu Hai put his feelings for Zhao Gao above his family affection. He simply obeys his words and has complete trust.
However, Hu Hai never thought about how a person who was trusted by his father would betray him as soon as he said betrayal, how could he remain loyal to him.
This kind of trust soon triggered a series of disasters:
Hu Hai brutally murdered all his brothers and sisters under Zhao Gao's deception;
Meng Tian Meng Yi's brothers were sentenced to death;
The elite group left by Qin Shihuang were all killed. Shuffle;
Continue the construction of Afang Palace;
The already harsh Qin Law is even more stringent;
...
The Great Qin Empire is soaring on the road to getting out of control.
However, Hu Hai didn't feel anything at all, and actually adopted a cover-up attitude towards Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising.
Guandong is already in a war-torn situation, but Zhao Gao has no intention of stopping in deceiving Hu Hai. He suggested to Hu Hai:
"Your Majesty is too young, and it is inevitable that he will expose himself when discussing things with ministers. As for the shortcomings, it is better to live in the palace. If there is any problem, we can discuss it together in private, so that everyone will think you are wise. "
This is also very suitable for Hu Hai's appetite, "Let's do it like this."
From then on, the ministers could no longer see the emperor's face. It was under such a situation that Li Si was framed step by step by Zhao Gao, and was eventually destroyed by Zhao Gao together with Feng Jie and Feng Quji.
This is exactly the result Zhao Gao wants.
After Li Si's death, Hu Hai appointed Zhao Gao as prime minister, taking full charge of all the work of the Qin State .
In order to completely control the Qin State, Zhao Gao came up with the game of "turning a deer into a horse" to continue shuffling the ministers.
Hu Hai was also completely fooled by Zhao Gao.
Liu Bang's army has entered Wuguan. Zhao Gao was afraid of being held accountable by Hu Hai, so he directly began to murder Hu Hai.
When Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le commanded the rebels to rush into Wangyi Palace, Hu Hai's only wish was to see Zhao Gao again:
"Just let me see Teacher Zhao again."
At this time, Hu Hai still believed , with the relationship between him and Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao would not kill himself. He was still thinking in his mind that he should be a king of princes, a prince of 0,000 households, and an ordinary citizen. Mr. Zhao Gao should agree.
is too naive.
The order Yan Le received was to kill Hu Hai, how could he let him see Zhao Gao.
Hu Hai committed suicide in despair.
It was not until the last moment that he truly saw clearly what his teacher Zhao Gao was.
However, everything is too late.
But who can blame him? As an emperor, he was superstitious about the role of the emotion card, so much so that he leaned his entire body on Zhao Gao's shoulders.
's childlike innocence and playful heart gave Hu Hai no time to pry into Zhao Gao's inner world and understand what kind of person his infinitely trusted teacher was.
To put it bluntly, Hu Hai does not have any qualities to become an emperor at all..
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