The reason why Lisi betrayed Qin Shihuang was because he was bewitched by others. However, the fame of a lifetime was a great disaster because of a single thought, and he didn't get a good ending in the end.
Li Si has been devoted to assisting Qin Shihuang since he entered the political arena, and has been working for Ying Zheng's unified six countries. Li Si made suggestions for Qin Shihuang, and made many decisions, which also played a decisive role in Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries. In terms of national governance, Li Si deserves to be the founding hero. Reese was very loyal to Qin Shihuang. However, Reese, who has always been famous for his shrewdness, betrayed his master because of the treacherous court official Zhao Gao, which caused great disaster.
1. Reasons for Lisi's betrayal of Qin Shihuang
Lisi's betrayal of Ying Zheng is mainly due to Lisi's cowardice and helplessness. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, Reese's position in the DPRK was gradually improved, and he had reached the position of prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people. Reese chose to betray at this time, which has little to do with interests, mainly because the incident involved the survival of Reese's whole family. The infighting between treacherous court official Zhao Gao and Reese is also expanding. Reese succumbed to Zhao Gao's persecution, and although he temporarily saved himself from being expelled from the government, it also left a handle for future betrayal, which also implicated his family.
Second, the imperiousness of Qin Shihuang
After unifying the six countries, Qin Shihuang set up a dynasty by himself, calling himself the supreme ruler. However, Qin Shihuang made one of the biggest and most unforgivable mistakes, which changed the empire he built by himself and caused earth-shaking changes in the whole kingdom of Daqin. Qin Shihuang once imagined that his own Daqin Empire could last for thousands of generations. Under his own efforts and the continuous rule of his descendants, it was also very imaginative to expand to an incomparably grand blueprint. However, it was because of Ying Zheng's wrong decision that all this went up in smoke.
III. Three Unexpected Accidents to Qin Shihuang
As the first person to rule the Six Kingdoms, Ying Zheng's thinking was different from that of ordinary people, and he was a man with a vision of development, and he considered things very comprehensively. However, he didn't expect treacherous court official Zhao Gao to initiate political change first. Qin Shihuang did not ignore Zhao Gao's humble origins. On the contrary, Qin Shihuang reused Zhao Gao. However, Zhao Gao broke through the heavy defense of Reese and others under the nose of Qin Shihuang and chose betrayal. Qin Shihuang did not even think that his favorite son would betray himself. What's more, Qin Shihuang didn't think that Lisi, a courtier with good grace, would choose to betray. At this critical moment, Reese chose betrayal and gave Qin Shihuang a heavy blow.
Throughout the history of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si, as the most trusted person of Qin Shihuang, was bullied and lured by the treacherous court official Zhao Gao. In order to keep his high position, he did not hesitate to succumb to Zhao Gao's persecution and finally chose to betray his master. Everyone has his own greed, and Reese finally got caught up with the fate of the whole family because of his own greed, which was worth the loss.