Tampering with the imperial edict and setting up a new crown prince. In 209 BC, DW, the all-powerful emperor of Qin Shihuang, fell in the fifth eastward tour. Then the story begins!
Before his death, Qin Shihuang asked Zhao Gao to write a letter, the content of which was: Let Fu Su go back to Xianyang to deal with the funeral affairs and prepare for the succession. Zhao Gao, a mercenary, was afraid that his position would be lost after Fu Su succeeded to the throne. He believes that only by making Hu Hai, who is obedient to himself, succeed can he benefit himself. So Hu Hai wanted to tamper with the testamentary edict to get rid of Fu Su and help Qin Shihuang's youngest son, Hu Hai, succeed to the throne.
Zhao Gao stills
He went to Hu Hai first, and after obtaining Hu Hai's consent, he persuaded Reese. Afterwards, Zhao Gao and Reese conspired to tamper with the imperial edicts formulated by the first emperor. Infidelity and unfilial? Fu Su was sentenced to death for his crime, and Hu Hai was made Crown Prince. In 2 10 BC, Hu Hai succeeded to the throne and was called Qin Ershi.
Tampering with the testamentary edict is no small matter. If exposed, there is only a dead end waiting for him. Zhao Gao was not worried, however, and secretly found Reese with him, which was enough to show Zhao Gao's audacity.
Shortly after Qin Ershi and Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Zhao Gao helped Hu Hai usurp the throne, which aroused the suspicion of the DPRK ministers. Cunning Zhao Gao told Hu Hai about it and suggested getting rid of all suspicious ministers, so as not to cause unnecessary riots. Afterwards, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao wantonly destroyed Zhongliang on trumped-up charges, including Meng Tian, Meng Qian, Feng Jie and Feng Qujia. When Zhao Gao killed the minister, he also planted his cronies and henchmen in those important positions, and gradually cultivated his power in the dark.
Zhao Gao stills
As the saying goes, people's ambitions and desires are endless, and Zhao Gao, who has made these achievements, is not satisfied. Slowly, he wants to monopolize state affairs.
As a teacher of Hu Hai, Zhao Gao knows that Qin Ershi likes pleasure and hates politics. So, Zhao Gao said in front of Hu Hai. At present, your majesty is still young and lacks experience in governing the country. If you make some wrong judgments and decisions in court, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary losses. Over time, court ministers will despise your majesty. Why don't you let me discuss it with the court ministers and tell your majesty. ? Hu Hai was overjoyed after hearing this. After that, he lived in the palace, no longer went to court, and devoted himself to pleasure. At this point, Reese took power, monopolized state affairs and stood on his own feet? Prime minister? .
Zhao Gao stills
Destroying Zhao Gao, who is loyal and monopolizing power, is audacious, and there is really nothing he can't do.
In August of the third year of Qin Ershi, Zhao Gao took the opportunity of the ministers' pilgrimage to celebrate and presented a deer to Hu Hai, calling it a horse. And Hu Hai said:? This is a deer, how can it be a horse? ? At this time, Zhao Gao asked the ministers with a straight face if this was a horse or a deer. Smart people say it's a horse, and people who don't understand Zhao Gao's intention say it's a deer. Hu Hai saw people's different stories and thought he had hit a god, so this happened. So, under the arrangement of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai hid in the woods to hunt. As soon as Qin Ershi left, Reese got rid of all the people who said deer. This is the story of referring to a deer as a horse in history.
After this incident, the ministers in the DPRK acted according to Zhao Gao's glances and let him run amok in the DPRK. Since then, Zhao Gao's power has reached its peak.
To put it bluntly, it is a crime to call a deer a horse. He dared to think and do, and even dared to play with Hu Hai. It seems that Zhao Gao is really bold.
Zhao Gao, who wants to usurp the throne and force Hu Hai to death, is not satisfied with his position above ten thousand people. He also wants to be an emperor.
Zhao Gao stills
In the third year of Qin Ershi, the Battle of Julu broke out and the main force of Qin Jun was destroyed. When Hu Hai learned this, he was shocked and angered Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao was very resentful. He, his younger brother Zhao Cheng and his son-in-law Yan Le designed a plan to murder Hu Hai.
After the murder plan was arranged, Zhao Cheng spread rumors of rampant thieves in the palace, and Zhao Gao ordered Yan Le to send troops to pursue them, which led to weak defense in the palace. Subsequently, Zhao Cheng and Le Yan rushed into Wang Yi Palace, chopped everyone and killed everyone. Finally, Hu Hai was forced to draw his sword and commit suicide.
Writing here, I found that there was nothing that Zhao Gao didn't dare to do, which drove Qin Ershi to death. What can I say about him? Forget it, give him four words! What word? That is, the body has courage.
To sum up, it goes without saying that Zhao Gao's actions above are dare to be done by other ministers who have worked hard. It is estimated that these ministers dare not think about it.
However, Zhao Gao, as a eunuch of the Qin Dynasty, dared to do some appalling things, such as tampering with the first emperor's testamentary edict, killing loyalty and killing the DPRK, calling a deer a horse, chasing dissidents, forcing Hu Hai to usurp the throne, which showed how brave he really was. I'm afraid even the words bold and bold can't describe his courage well.