Since no one can solve this mystery, it provides opportunities for screenwriters of film and television dramas. For example, the TV series "Qin Shi Huang" starring Zhang Fengyi fictionalized the story of Qin Shi Huang and a woman Li Jiang, and gave the reason why Qin Shi Huang di

Qin Shihuang There is a mystery that is puzzling, that is, why did he not establish a queen and a prince? This mystery is not recorded in history books, and due to the long history of the Qin Dynasty, there are relatively few historical materials about it. Therefore, no one can solve this mystery, and everyone can only guess.

Qin Shihuang

Since no one can solve this mystery, it provides opportunities for screenwriters of film and television dramas. For example, the TV series "Qin Shi Huang" starring Zhang Fengyi fictionalized the story of Qin Shi Huang and a woman Li Jiang, and gave the reason why Qin Shi Huang did not establish a queen. The reason, that is, because of love, is naturally unconvincing.

Because Qin Shihuang established a queen and a prince, it paved the way for the subsequent Sand Dune Coup , because the Sand Dune Coup led to the mediocre Hu Hai coming to power, which directly led to the Qin Dynasty 's demise. Of course, since Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records", is a certain distance away from the demise of the Qin Dynasty, and only three people know the truth about the Sand Dune Coup, namely, Li Si, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, these three people are dead, so what happened to them? No one knows whether the edict was changed or not, but the author, Sima Qian, was rigorous in handling matters and he was closest to the Qin Dynasty, so we should believe him, otherwise we will fall into the circle of historical nihilism.

The Mythical Prince Fusu

It is unknown why Qin Shihuang did not establish a queen, but why did he not establish a prince? It can be speculated that

the author speculates that the reason why Qin Shihuang did not establish a prince may be that Qin Shihuang did not find a suitable successor.

The reasons are as follows:

Fusu has no emperor's talents

Many people complain that if Fusu succeeds to the throne, the Qin Dynasty may not be destroyed, but in fact, judging from Fusu's performance, he has no emperor's talents. For example: After the Sand Dune Coup, Fusu had the support of Meng Tian brothers and his men, and could rely on guns to seize power. Zhao Gao ordered him to commit suicide. Meng Tian had expressed doubts, but Fusu did not listen to Meng Tian's bitter advice and committed suicide sadly. . Just imagine, if Fusu had the strategies of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and Yongzheng emperors, even if Qin Shihuang did not pass the throne to him, he could still seize the throne with his army, and he would just work hard to be a good emperor after he succeeds. , don’t care what others say. But Fusu did not distinguish between true and false, did not listen to loyal advice, and chose to commit suicide. It can be seen that he was a person who lacked strategy, had a weak character, and lacked the ability to distinguish right from wrong. He was not at the same level as the talented and strategic Qin Shihuang.

Such a person is not a qualified prince at all. How could Qin Shihuang dare to quickly make him the prince? Some film and television subjects speculate that Qin Shihuang sent Fu Su to join the army to gain experience. The author thinks it may be reasonable.

Qin Shihuang’s ideal

Judging from the performance of Qin Shihuang after he came to unify the six countries, his ideal was to consolidate the great unification, so he implemented the county system , unified writing, unified currency, unified weights and measures , unified Chidao... …He hoped that these efforts to consolidate the great unification would enable his descendants to have the same ten thousand-year lineage as the later Japanese emperors. He did these things to benefit his descendants, and he actually had good intentions for his descendants. Then he naturally hopes that his successors can He is a person who can fulfill his last wish.

Qin Shihuang burned books and harassed Confucian scholars, but Fusu was sent to the frontiers because of his objections. It is possible that Qinshihuang felt that Fusu did not understand him and was not a suitable successor to him, but he had no choice but to send Fusu to the frontiers for experience and slowdown. Grow him slowly.

From the time Qin Shihuang assigned Fusu to the final appointment of Fusu as emperor, Qin Shihuang may not have found a suitable successor but was unable to choose, just like Qianlong later passed the throne to Jiaqing.

Only two of Qin Shihuang's sons are recorded in the history books, Hu Hai and Fusu, and there are no records of other princes. Qin II Hu Hai's character was cruel, Fusu's character was too weak... they were not qualified princes. There are no records of other princes, and it is possible that their talents were not outstanding, which is puzzling.

Judging from the subsequent historical development, the later Ziying had a strategy and should be a suitable candidate for the emperor. It was a pity that Qin's strength was exhausted at that time, and Ziying was unable to recover.There is controversy about Ziying's identity. There are three versions in historical records, but many scholars believe that he should be the brother of Qin Shihuang. This should also prove that Qin Shihuang has no suitable successor.