Chapter 488 The mystery of the demise of the Qin Dynasty
Qin Shihuang was a man of great talent and ambition, but he seemed to be a ruthless emperor.
But that doesn't mean he will never be emotionally devoted to all his sons and daughters.
"There is one person who is an exception." Si Yuan recalled thinking and thought to himself: "The future ten princesses Yangzi and Princess Yingyinman will be the only daughter favored by Qin Shihuang."
"The reason why Princess Yangzi Yingyinman received Qin Shihuang's extra favor and became the only exception is because her birth was too unusual."
"History records that Princess Yangzi Yingyinman was born in an extremely cold winter."
"But when she was born and cried, all the plants and trees in the entire courtyard grew against the season. Flower buds were born in a very short time, and then hundreds of flowers bloomed."
"It's like turning the cold winter into a bright early spring."
"My birth brings with it mysterious visions, which cause drastic changes in the vegetation, and were regarded by Qin Shihuang as auspicious things descended from heaven."
"So the tenth princess, Ying Yinman, became the only exception, and was truly loved by Qin Shihuang's father."
"Even the title of the ten princesses - Yangzi, is particularly unusual."
Other Qin princess titles, such as Princess Huayang, Princess Huating, Princess Chenxi, etc., are full of women's beauty and delicacy.
Only the tenth princess Ying Yinman was unusual.
The princess was named Yangzi, and she did not have the beauty and delicacy of a woman, and she was independent.
"Like the rising sun, let the flowers bloom."
"It nourishes the Qin Dynasty for thousands of generations, and brings benefits to all the people in the world."
"It's for Yang Zi."
The ten princesses, Princess Yangzi and Yingyinman, cried when they were born so that the vegetation in the courtyard bloomed against the season, which was regarded as an auspicious sign.
Therefore, Qin Shihuang loved him very much.
This is also the only princess among her twenty-three sons and ten daughters who enjoys the love of a royal emperor.
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The carriage kept running and went further and further away.
Si Yuan's mind was filled with memories and thoughts.
"Historically, Li Si once recorded a sentence saying that Hu Hai, the eighteenth prince, is most like Qin Shihuang."
Given Li Si's status and vision, his "most likeness" is by no means as simple and superficial as a physical resemblance.
But it refers to the resourcefulness, literature, Tao and military strategy. Hu Hai is most like Qin Shihuang.
"When King Zhao Zheng of Qin succeeded to the throne, he hid in hiding and fought openly and secretly for nearly ten years before regaining the throne with great difficulty."
"Didn't become a puppet king."
"When the second emperor Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, he did not have that much time to collect his own rights and complete the transfer of rights between the old and new emperors."
"Even if you have amazing talents and a wealth of knowledge, you still don't have time to put them to use."
The Qin Dynasty passed into the hands of the true heir Hu Hai and quickly perished.
On the surface, it seems that the second emperor Hu Hai was extremely cruel and tyrannical, and ordered Zhao Gao to kill all his brothers, sisters, and various civil and military ministers.
But in fact, this is absolutely not the case.
By looking at historical facts that have happened in previous lives and using the results to extrapolate backwards, we can easily come to the conclusion that this fact is false.
Killing all the older brothers and younger brothers can be explained as a way to prevent people from seeking power and seizing the throne.
Kill all the civil and military ministers, and reluctantly explain it as one emperor and one courtier.
But if he brutally kills his own elder sister and younger sister, then there is a problem.
I can't even explain it.
Because as long as these princesses are alive, they are the best marriage tools. Their living will not affect their rights as emperors.
On the contrary, he can also use the marriage of princesses to further strengthen and consolidate his status as emperor.
This is a huge benefit.
"Such a completely beneficial and harmless thing was done by the second emperor Hu Hai, who Qin Shihuang had high hopes for. That can only prove one thing."
"The second emperor Hu Hai has a problem."
"The first possibility is that Hu Hai has already been completely deprived of all imperial rights and has been completely reduced to a puppet, unable to express his own voice."
"All massacre orders were issued by people with ulterior motives using his name."
"The second possibility is that Hu Hai has been assassinated long ago."
"The person sitting in the position of the Second Emperor is actually a puppet who looks similar to Hu Hai and is disguised as a puppet."
These two possibilities are the only answers that can explain history.
But no matter which possibility, it can't change the fact that the second emperor Hu Hai couldn't help himself and completely became a puppet emperor.
It is even possible that he has already lost his life and been assassinated.
"It took Qin Shihuang nearly ten years to regain the royal power, fight openly and covertly, and use the power of others to fight."
"Where did Hu Hai get so much time?"
Si Yuan still remembers it.
In a certain history book whose name he had forgotten, it was recorded that Ying Huhai, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty, lived in the deep palace all day long, drinking and having fun with many beauties.
I haven't been out for several years.
He often ordered the search for beauties from all over the country and brought them into the palace to play with.
This kind of behavior, viewed from the perspective of the outcome of latecomers outside history, is not just imprisonment.
"Master Fusu was framed and killed by Jiao Zhao, and Master Gao was buried alive."
"The three young masters, Jianglu and Kundi, were forcibly taken into the palace and forced to commit suicide. After their death, their bodies were torn apart by chariots and five horses."
"There are still six young masters who were killed in Du."
“Some may kill them with random arrows, some may divide the bodies with sharp knives, some may chop the bodies into pieces, or some may carve them into piglets, etc.”
"Twelve more princes were killed in Xianyang."
“Some were beaten into a pulp, some were beheaded and dismembered, some were dismembered and cut into pieces, etc.”
"The ten princesses were all executed in Du."
“Some were skinned and fleshed, or chopped into pieces with thousands of knives, or chopped into pieces,…”
"Among them, Princess Yangzi Yingyinman, who was the most mysterious and strange at birth, died in the most miserable and painful way because she was afraid of her birth vision."
"It bloomed like a brocade in life, but was dismembered and crushed in death."
"All the children of Qin Shihuang were humiliated and tortured in all kinds of ways before their death, especially the ten princesses who were humiliated and tortured the most before they were all tortured to death."
"Left Prime Minister Li Si was cut in half, Right Prime Minister Feng Quji was forced to commit suicide, General Feng Jie was forced to commit suicide, Nei Shi Mengtian was forced to commit suicide, Shangqing Mengyi was killed..."
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All these dead people have one very obvious thing in common.
That is, the relationship with Qin Shihuang is extremely close and special.
Either his sons and daughters, or his die-hard confidants, all obeyed Qin Shihuang's orders, even Hu Hai was no exception.
"Everyone who was close to Qin Shihuang died."
"Without one exception."
"And the closer the relationship with Qin Shihuang, the more painful and cruel the execution method, and the more torture and humiliation he suffered before death."
"Not only did Qin Shihuang die completely, but his sons and daughters were also discredited and given a bad name, and they were splashed with dirt."
Si Yuan's eyes were dim and his expression was calm.