Qin Shihuang's testamentary edict is to let his eldest son Fu Su inherit the throne. However, Zhao Gao joined forces with Hu Hai Reese and others to change the photo, gave Fu Su the death penalty, and Hu Hai succeeded to Qin Ershi.

Hu Hai succeeded to the throne as a doctor for Qin Ershi and Zhao Gao, and Reese was still the prime minister, but the power of the imperial court actually fell to the master Zhao. After Zhao Gao succeeded in his plot, he began to kill people around him.

He set a trap and cornered Reese. When Reese discovered Zhao Gao's plot, he wrote to report Zhao Gao. Qin Ershi and Hu Hai not only sided with Zhao Gao, but also convicted Lisi, and finally beheaded Lisi in Xianyang. Zhao Gao was promoted to prime minister. Because he can go in and out of the palace, he is called "Prime Minister".

Hu Hai, the youngest son of Qin Shihuang, was ordered by the first emperor to study law in Zhao Gao. In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang (2 1 1 BC), Qin Shihuang went out for a cruise. Li Si, the left prime minister, followed closely, and Feng, the right prime minister, went to stay in Beijing. Hu Hai, the youngest son, wanted to go on a cruise and asked to follow him. Qin Shihuang promised him. ? In November, I went to Yunmeng to worship Yu Shun in Jiuyi Mountain.

Qin Shihuang fell ill when he arrived in Pingyuan Tianjin. The first emperor hated the word "death", and ministers dared not say anything about death. Emperor was even more ill and wrote a letter to his son Fu Su, saying, "Go back to Xianyang to attend the funeral and be buried there. ? "This letter has been sealed and stored in the office of Zhao Gao, a government official in the Middle East, who is also in charge of printing and supervision affairs, and has not been handed over to the messenger.

In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang (2 10 BC), the first emperor died on the dune platform on the third day of July. Li Si, the Prime Minister, thought that the emperor had died in other places, and he was afraid that the governors and other places would take the opportunity to make changes, so he kept it a secret and did not release the news of the funeral. ?

The coffin was placed in a closed and ventilated car and was buried with eunuchs favored by emperors in previous dynasties. Every time they arrive at the right place, they offer food, and the officials play music for the emperor as usual. The eunuch threw an approval in the car. ? Only Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and five or six favored eunuchs knew that the emperor was dead.

Zhao Gao once taught Hu Hai to write and prison laws, and Hu Hai liked him privately. Zhao Gao secretly consulted with his son Hu Hai and Prime Minister Reese, and opened the letter that the emperor gave to his son Fu Su. Lied that Reese accepted the first emperor's testamentary edict in the sand dunes and made Hu Hai the prince. He also wrote a letter to Sun Su and Meng Tian, listing their crimes and ordering them to commit suicide.

Then go on, from Jingxing to Jiuyuan. It was just summer, and the emperor's body smelled bad in the cool carriage, so he ordered the accompanying officials to let them put a fishy abalone in the carriage, so that people could not tell the smell of corpse from the smell of fish. March all the way, return to Xianyang from the straight road, and issue a funeral announcement. The Crown Prince succeeded to the throne and was the second emperor.

Hu Hai killed his eldest brother Fu Su before he ascended the throne. Hu Hai forged letters with Zhao Gao and Reese and sent them to Fu Su and Meng Tian stationed on the northern border. The false letter rebuked Fu Su and Meng Tian for guarding the frontier for more than ten years. Instead of making meritorious military service, they repeatedly wrote letters criticizing the failure of state affairs.

Fu Su was even more bitter about not being able to return to Beijing as a prince, so he gave Fu a sword to commit suicide. Instead of persuading Fu Su, Meng Tian was unfaithful to the emperor and committed suicide.

Fu Su listened to the imperial edict and wanted to commit suicide with tears in his eyes. After all, Meng Tian is more experienced than he is, and advised him to sue the emperor. If it is true, it is not too late to commit suicide, but Fu Su said, "My father let me die. What else can I resort to? " After that, I killed myself in tears. Meng Tian, on the other hand, argued and refused to commit suicide. When the messenger saw that he didn't obey the imperial edict, he put him in the prison in Yangzhou (Zichangbei, Shaanxi).

After Hu Hai became emperor, he was cruel and inhuman to many other brothers and sisters.

The cruelest thing about Hu Hai's massacre of brothers was the execution of twelve brothers in Xianyang (the business district of ancient cities). On another occasion, six brothers and ten sisters were crushed to death in Du You (now Xianyang East, Shaanxi Province), and the execution ground was terrible. Hu Hai's brother Lv Jiang and others were eventually forced to commit suicide.

The three of them were more calm than the other brothers, and Hu Hai couldn't find any charges against them, so he was locked up in the palace.

After many other brothers were killed, Zhao Gao sent people to force them to commit suicide. They said to the bearer, "We didn't do anything wrong with the etiquette of the imperial court. We didn't violate the etiquette stipulated by the court, we obeyed, and we didn't make any mistakes. Why do you say that you must commit suicide if you are not loyal to your country? ? "

The messenger replied, "I don't know why you were convicted and executed." I'm just following orders. " The three men wept at each other and finally drew their swords and committed suicide. Among Hu Hai's brothers, the son had a better reputation when he died of high death. He watched his brothers and sisters being persecuted to death by Hu Hai one after another, knowing that he was doomed.

But running away will bring trouble to my family, so I am determined to use my own death to ensure the safety of my family. He wrote to Hu Hai that he was willing to be buried in Mount Li for his father. Hu Hai was very happy and gave him another hundred thousand dollars.

After Qin Ershi acceded to the throne, Zhao Gao held real power and practiced brutal rule, which eventually triggered the Chen Sheng, Guangwu Uprising and the old aristocratic rejuvenation movement in the six countries. In 207 BC, Hu Hai was forced to death by Yan Le, Zhao Gao's confidant, and committed suicide in Wangyi Palace at the age of 24.

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