Su Shi mentioned in his poem: It is a pity that a bright moon over a stream cannot teach anyone to break through Qiong Yao. There are many things in this world. If you let people think about it, they would probably use the word pity to describe it. But many things require people to look forward. Even if they regret the past, they have to say goodbye. However, there are also many regrettable things in history.

For example, during the period of Qin Shihuang, the most regrettable thing for historians is that if Qin Shihuang had allowed Fusu to ascend the throne smoothly, the history of the Qin Dynasty might have been changed. Hu Hai and Zhao The high level of majesty may have been greatly reduced during the reign of Qin II. So, have other historians given an objective analysis of this speculation? In fact, Sima Qian’s analysis is worthy of everyone’s understanding.

Qin Shihuang has relatively high historical respect in our country and even internationally. Qin Shihuang was born in 259 BC and died in 210 BC. Now when people mention Qin Shihuang, they will think of Qin Shihuang who unified the six countries. Some people may think that this is clichéd historical knowledge, but in fact this is worthy of countless future generations bowing down to pay tribute to Qin Shihuang.

You can look at the evaluation of Qin Shihuang by foreign historians. They say that Europe is missing a Qin Shihuang. Otherwise, it would not be possible for so many regimes to exist at the same time, and it would not be possible for many regimes to appear on the European map. Unfriendly things happen. The emergence of Qin Shihuang gave Chinese history the concept of the Central Plains. In any era after Qin Shihuang, whether it was territorial expansion or political exchanges, it was all done on the basis of unifying the Central Plains.

In other words, if China's history can be compared to a stage play, then Qin Shihuang's greatest contribution is to set up a stage. In addition to unifying the six kingdoms in 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang certainly had many other great political contributions. But even for such an emperor who deserves the respect of future generations, he still has some regrets. That is, the Qin Dynasty only had two generations, and there was no Qin after Hu Hai.

Sima Qian also analyzed this regret and even put forward objective hypotheses. First of all, Sima Qian commented on Fusu: He was a benevolent person. This sentence means that Fusu's character is very upright, full of positive energy, and characterized by benevolence and righteousness. From a modern perspective, a person who is benevolent, righteous and moral is worth making friends with.

But in order to participate in politics and control the centralized power of a country under the feudal dynasty system, is it really enough to rely solely on benevolence, righteousness and morality? From Fusu's fate, everyone can guess that benevolence and righteousness alone are not enough. Sima Qian was a historical analyst, of course he knew this. Sima Qian and Qin Shihuang also had the same evaluation of Fusu. Qin Shihuang made a choice at that time to bring Fusu closer to the Meng family.

Nowadays, many movies and TV dramas directly say that General Meng Tian is Fusu’s teacher. In fact, this has a certain historical basis. When Qin Shihuang sent General Meng Tian to the north to build the Great Wall, he also asked Fusu to follow Meng Tian to build the Great Wall. This is actually because he wants Fusu to practice with Meng Tian and improve his political thinking.

Fusu's benevolence and righteousness have also been vividly reflected in history. After the death of Qin Shihuang, Hu Hai was quickly turned into a puppet emperor by Zhao Gao and became the second emperor of Qin. Under Zhao Gao's control, Hu Hai also issued an imperial edict to Fusu. After receiving the imperial edict, Fusu's first thing was to obey the imperial will, and he chose to commit suicide on the spot.

It can be seen from this incident that Fusu's political ambitions are not very strong. This is a very benevolent prince. If he really reaches the position of Qin II, Fusu may also be regarded as a soft persimmon. If you want to manage the government well and help a country or a regime go further, being soft-hearted is not necessarily a good thing.