After successfully seizing power, Zhao Gao and Qin Ershi forced his younger brother Fu Su to death, and also forced a country's prime minister Reese to death. Needless to say, everyone here knows what this is all about. However, during the period when Reese lived in prison, Hu Hai secretly visited the prison, which was understandable but unreasonable.
Common sense is that Hu Hai always asks his teacher, Zhao Gao, for instructions, but this amazing action without asking is worrying. Zhao Gao must have been afraid that his story would be exposed, so from that time on, he began to be afraid of the emperor he had built.
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In a discussion about whether to send troops to suppress the uprising, Hu Hai did not agree that there was a "rebellion", so it was certainly unnecessary to send troops. Uncle Sun Tong knows Hu Hai. He said, "What they said about the rebellion in the world is completely wrong. The first emperor had already torn down the city wall and cast the weapons of the world. With you in the imperial court and strict laws and regulations, the country is stable and the people are rich. Who will rebel? Now these people in Chen Sheng are just thieves, and local officials are actively pursuing them. Please rest assured. " ?
Hearing this, Hu Hai was filled with joy and praised Uncle Sun Tong for saying it well. Then he asked others, some said Chen Sheng was a "thief", others said he was a "rebel". Those who say "thief" are innocent, and those who say "rebellion" will be punished, because saying "rebellion" is equivalent to saying that the world is in chaos.
The crime of punishment is the crime of "improper speech", that is, saying something that should not be said. This charge is a typical feudal autocratic criminal law. Although the Qin Dynasty later perished, many later dynasties continued to use this charge to safeguard the absolute monarchy.