In 210 BC, Fusu, who was guarding the border to resist the Huns, received the imperial edict of Qin Shihuang brought by an envoy.
Fusu's heart was broken when he saw the edict brought by the envoy. Later, under the urging of the envoy, regardless of Mengtian's suspicion, he immediately committed suicide. Fusu still died, and he took away the edict. Not only his own life, but also the hope of Da Qin.
Not long after Fusu died, Meng Tian also died. Not long after Meng Tian died, Li Si also died. Not long after Li Si died, Hu Hai also died. Not long after Hu Hai died, Zhao Gao also died. After his death, the precarious Qin Empire finally passed into the hands of the young and careless Ziying.
Under the successive attacks of the princes of the world, the arrogant Qin Dynasty finally became a bright red past in history.
If Fusu survives, the Qin Dynasty may still have hope, because Fusu has benevolence. Under the high pressure of Qin Shihuang, people have long been silent. If Fusu can govern the world with benevolence, the people will follow suit. .
But history failed to bring success to Fusu, nor did it favor the Qin Dynasty.
Many people did not understand Fusu’s death because the edict he received was not true. Then the problem came. Fusu was surrounded by General Meng Tian and 30 people who guarded the border to resist the Huns. Wan Qin Jun, why did he blindly believe in Zhao Gao's fake edict and commit suicide easily?
This matter is a long story. We have to go back in time and go back to Qin Shihuang’s last inspection tour.
Qin Shihuang died suddenly
As the emperor who unified the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang was a very dedicated emperor. At least the officials under Qin Shihuang were very relaxed, because their daily work, There is no need to use your brain, just running errands. Qin Shihuang has the final say on all major matters alone. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a veritable dictator.
Qin Shihuang unified the world, but felt that the world was not peaceful, so Qin Shihuang started to patrol the world. Of course, in this process, Qin Shihuang also had his own selfish motives, which was to find the elixir of immortality.
In Qin Shihuang's view, his empire was not stable, and although he had many sons, they were not able to govern with an iron fist like him. However, his most valued eldest son, Fusu, although capable, But he is too benevolent and has not inherited the gene of decisive killing at all.
But there is no elixir of immortality in the world. Qin Shihuang traveled around the world in vain. During his last tour, when he reached the sand dunes, Qin Shihuang suddenly became seriously ill and died suddenly. He stayed there all the time. Zhao Gao, who was beside Qin Shihuang, had other ideas.
Zhao Gao took the opportunity to forge an edict
The death of Qin Shihuang frightened Zhao Gao because he obtained Qin Shihuang’s dying edict, asking Fusu to hand over military power to Meng Tian and return to Xianyang as soon as possible , presided over the funeral for himself, and ascended the throne as emperor as soon as possible.
In other words, when Qin Shihuang was seriously ill, he had already had a premonition that his end was approaching and he wanted to arrange his funeral arrangements. Even though Qin Shihuang was not satisfied with Fusu, Fusu was what Qin Shihuang thought at the time. The most suitable successor, but before Zhao Guo could send out the edict, Qin Shihuang died.
Fusu has always been upright, and it was not just a matter of a day or two for him to dislike Zhao Gao. The two had already forged an irresolvable rift. In Zhao Gao's view, as long as Fusu ascended the throne, Then he will only die.
In order to fight against fate, he used his status as Zhongshu Ling to make one last effort, which was to forge the edict. The result was very good, so the first scene happened. It is estimated that even Zhao Gao He never thought why Prince Fusu would believe his forged edict.
The young master Fusu was demoted to guard the border
There are Fusu in the mountains and lotus flowers in the sky. Instead of seeing Zidu, we can see Kuanghe. There are pine trees in the mountains and a dragon swimming in the sky, but they are not there. Zichong saw a cunning boy.
Every time Prince Fusu read this passage in the Book of Songs, he felt a dull pain in his heart. He believed that his father, Qin Shihuang, named himself after the verses in the Book of Songs as a tribute to his eldest son. High hopes.
But Fusu didn't like his father's strength and cruelty. In Fusu's eyes, the world was no longer troubled, and he naturally wanted to rule the world with kindness, so when Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng played a trick on Qin Shihuang After escaping, Qin Shihuang carried out a large-scale purge of the warlocks in Xianyang. As a result, more than 400 people were arrested. In this incident, Fusu stood up and expressed his views, suggesting that his father should not do so on such a large scale. Killing.
This was the first time in Fusu’s life that he had disobeyed his father.
Between Qin Shihuang and the people of the world, Fusu also decisively stood on the side of the people. It was this choice that made Fusu read the disgust and hatred in his father's eyes for the first time.
So Fusu was demoted from Xianyang. In the view of Qin Shihuang, this son had stayed in Xianyang for a long time and might not be able to inherit the throne in the future. Letting him go to guard the border was also to sharpen Fusu and give him experience. The cruelty of war and understanding of his good intentions as a father.
But no one expected that this separation would be forever. What’s even more regrettable is that Fusu only saw Qin Shihuang’s disappointment in him, but not his painstaking efforts to hone himself. .
Fusu blindly believed in Zhao Gao’s false edict
Fusu committed suicide, Zhao Gao’s wish came true, and the Qin Empire was already declining, so why did Fusu blindly believe in Zhao Gao’s edict? Gao, why didn't he join Meng Tian to lead the 300,000 Qin troops guarding the border and establish himself as emperor? There are actually three factors:
First of all, Qin Shihuang was a mountain that Fusu could not climb.
In Fusu's eyes, his father was a mountain that could not be climbed in his life. He was destined to live in the shadow of Qin Shihuang. When he left Xianyang, he failed to understand Qin Shihuang's punishment. When he guarded the words behind his back, Fusu's fate was already doomed.
When he saw Zhao Gao's fake edict, the content of the fake edict once again hurt Fusu's already riddled heart. He thought that he was really terrible. In the eyes of those who respect him, he will never be successful.
Secondly, Zhao Gao was very skilled in forging edicts.
As a favorite of Qin Shihuang, we all think that Zhao Gao is a villain with no ability. In fact, this is not the case. Zhao Gao is not only good at conspiracy and conspiracy, but also a man with profound attainments in calligraphy.
The writings during the Qin Shihuang period were based on Li Si’s small seal script and Zhao Gao’s large seal script. In addition, he was also the Zhongshu Ling, responsible for the seals of Qin Shi Huang, which meant that many of the seals promulgated by Qin Shi Huang The edicts were all passed down orally by Qin Shihuang and drafted by Zhao Gao. In this way, after the death of Qin Shihuang, Zhao Gao forged the edicts, which naturally made it impossible for Fusu to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.
Finally, Fusu Renyi could not bear to cause trouble to the people.
When Zhao Gao's forged edict reached Fusu, Meng Tian felt that there was something fishy about the edict, and tried his best to persuade Fusu to ask Qin Shihuang for instructions again before making a decision. But at this time, Fusu Su had made up his mind, but Fusu didn't listen and didn't want to listen to Meng Tian's words.
Fusu did not hesitate to offend his father for the lives of those charlatan sorcerers, which shows that Fusu has great benevolence and righteousness in his heart. Perhaps he had already guessed his father the moment he received the edict. He has passed away, but he cannot take Meng Tian and the border troops to attack Xianyang, because this will undoubtedly ruin the foundation of the Qin Empire.
Perhaps in Fusu's view, the emperor himself could be wrong, but he could not let the people of the world fall into dire straits. But what Fusu didn't expect was that Hu Hai was not himself, and Zhao Gao was not himself. In their hearts There is only selfish desire, how can there be righteousness?
The Qin Empire collapsed in the hands of these two people. Fusu used his own life and the country to prove his "benevolence", but is this a good thing or a bad thing?