Hu Hai was ordered by his father Qin Shihuang in his early years to study law with treacherous court official Zhao Gao. Later, during a southern tour, Qin Shihuang died of illness. Li Si, the left prime minister who accompanied Qin Shihuang at that time, ordered everyone to strictly abide by the fact that Qin Shihuang had died in other places and not to publish any news about Qin Shihuang's loss in order to prevent accidents among princes and all parts of the country. On the way to secretly escort Qin Shihuang's body back to Xianyang, the body was placed in a closed, ventilated and cool carriage, just like before, pretending that Qin Shihuang was still alive. But at that time, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, eunuchs who had been favored by Qin Shihuang, also knew the death of Qin Shihuang. In order to ascend the throne, Hu Hai, with the help of Zhao Gao and Li Si, killed more than a dozen of his brothers and sisters, and even forced his eldest brother and son Fu Su, who should have proclaimed himself emperor, to become the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty.
When Hu Hai was in power, he reused treacherous court official Zhao Gao and made him the prime minister of Qin. With master Zhao holding the real power of the imperial court, the rule of the Qin dynasty became more and more cruel and tyrannical, even more cruel and tyrannical than that of Qin Shihuang, which made the people all over the world live in dire straits all day, and the people were miserable. In the end, the people were forced to revolt, including the peasant uprising wars in Chen Sheng and Guangwu, and the enriching people movement in the previous six countries. At this point, the Qin dynasty gradually declined. Hu Hai finally died in the hands of Zhao, a traitor he trusted, and Zhao Gao forced him to commit suicide.
Who is Hu Hai?
Who is Hu Hai? He was the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty and the youngest son of the first emperor. Hu Hai obeyed his father's orders and studied law from Zhao Gao. Soon Qin Shihuang went on patrol, followed by Prime Minister Reese. Hu Hai clamored to go out, and the emperor promised him. When the emperor arrived in Pingyuan Tianjin, he was very ill. He wrote a letter to Fu Su, asking him to go back to Xianyang to arrange the funeral. This letter is given to Zhao Gao for safekeeping.
Reese was worried that the sudden death of the emperor would lead to changes in the country and decided not to send him to the funeral in secret. The officials didn't notice the news of the emperor's death and played as usual. The eunuch sat in the car and signed it. Hu Hai is a disciple of Zhao Gao, and they are very close friends. Together with Reese, they opened the envelope that the emperor gave to Fu Su, and made a testamentary edict to let Hu Hai succeed to the throne as emperor. After returning to Xianyang, they sent the news of the death of the first emperor to the whole country.
When Hu Hai officially ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to kill his brother Fu Su. Hu Hai listened to Zhao Gao's advice, forged an imperial edict, and rebuked Fu Su for guarding the border for more than ten years. Not only did he fail to make meritorious military service, but he also arrogantly criticized state affairs. Fu Su has always been worried about losing the throne, and not only committed suicide. Hu Hai was cruel to other brothers, too, and once executed his twelve brothers at the same time. Hu Hai even spared his sisters who were not a threat to him, running around on them. Hu Hai couldn't find out the charges of his remaining three brothers, so he had to let Zhao Gao force them to commit suicide. It was Gao Gongzi who didn't die so badly. Knowing that he was born to die, in order to save his family, he simply wrote a letter saying that he would make a sacrifice for his father.
In addition to his brothers and sisters, Hu Hai even refused to let go of North Korea's minister of civil and military affairs. Hu Hai listened to Zhao Gao's slanderers and killed the Mongols. Zhao Gao placed relatives in the imperial court, and Hu Hai gradually handed over power to Zhao Gao who only cared about pleasure. A vigorous uprising broke out in the state of Qin. Hu Hai was forced by Zhao Gao and committed suicide in the imperial court. He was only 24 years old at that time. Who's Hu Hai? Let's see.
What's Hu Hai's surname?
What's Hu Hai's surname? Hu Hai was the emperor of Qin, won the title of Qin, and Hu Hai won the title. But this is only the view of modern people. In the eyes of the Qin people at that time, Hu Hai's surname was Zhao, not Ying. In the pre-Qin era, men called their surnames and women called their surnames. In ancient times, surnames represented symbols of relatives related to the same female ancestor. Surnames refer to related relatives of the same paternal ancestor. Won the surname Zhao, Hu Hai's real surname should be Zhao.
Hu Hai's surname is Sheng because modern people are used to calling Hu Hai's father Ying Zheng, and his son takes his father's surname. Of course, Hu Hai's surname is considered Sheng's surname. According to Records of Historical Records, Qin Shihuang's first name was not Ying Zheng, which proves that the surname of Qin at that time should be Zhao. After the Han Dynasty, historians also took Qin's surname as Zhao, not Ying.
So when did you start mistaking the surname of the monarch of Qin for victory? We can know from ancient books that it is writers and artists who say that the surname of Qin wins. In their poems, Zhao Zheng became Ying Zheng. Poetry is widely circulated and has great influence.
In recent years, some authoritative historical works also refer to Zhao Zheng as Ying Zheng, and even refer to the first emperor as Ying Zheng in textbooks, which leads people to think that Hu Hai, the son of Ying Zheng, also takes Won as his surname. Over time, Guo Qin's surname was completely mistaken, and Hu Hai was also called Ying Zheng Hu Hai. Now you know Hu Hai's last name.
Qin Shihuang's youngest son is in Hu Hai. He didn't inherit his father's talent, but he learned a lesson from cruelty. Hu Hai, a self-reliant eunuch, killed his younger brother Fu Su for the sake of the stability of the throne. In the end, Hu Hai suffered the consequences and was forced to commit suicide.
Qin Ershi tomb
In his third year in office, Qin Ershi was threatened by Yan Le, Zhao Gao's favorite confidant, and finally committed suicide. After his death, Hu Hai was buried in Nanqin, Qujiang Village, Qujiang Township, Yanta District.
Although Hu Hai was an emperor before his death, his mausoleum was not as magnificent as that of emperors since Qin and Han Dynasties. Even compared with Ling Du and Shaoling nearby, his mausoleum is inferior. Hu Hai's tomb is located in the original slope area, and the surrounding environment is extremely quiet and remote.
The whole cemetery of Hu Hai Mausoleum covers an area of 20 mu, and the south of the cemetery is a mountain gate, which is in the form of a red column shed in Zhumen. In the middle of the gate, there is a big plaque with a black background and a gold font, which reads the six Chinese characters "Qin Ershi Mausoleum". Outside the mountain gate, there is a temple with architectural characteristics of the Qin Dynasty, with a total area of about 1.84 square kilometers. There are five colorful three-dimensional statues of Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and Zi Ying in the hall. Legend has it that deer is a horse in history. These statues are very lifelike, very similar to real people.
Hu Hai's mausoleum is located behind the main hall. Graves are mainly round and made of earth. This mound is 25 meters in diameter and 5 meters in height. In the north of the tomb, there is a stone tablet, 3 meters high, 98 centimeters wide and 28 centimeters thick. The surface of the stone tablet is engraved with six Chinese characters "Qin Ershi Mausoleum". It is said that this stone tablet was erected by a Shaanxi governor in the Qing Dynasty, and the article "Night Dress" is engraved on the back of the stone tablet.
At present, Hu Hai Tomb has been listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit, and it is open to the public as the Qin Ershi Mausoleum Ruins Park for people to visit.