Zhang Yuan thought about everything that happened after Qin Shihuang's death and sighed deeply.
An indescribable look appeared in his eyes, and he tried to use the simplest words to tell everyone what happened after Qin Shihuang's death.
"My dear ancestor, didn't you die on your way to the East Tour? And then Zhao Gao colluded with Li Si to conceal your death."
When Qin Shihuang heard that Zhao Gao and Li Si had conspired to conceal the news of his death, before he had time to get angry, he heard Zhang Yuan's voice.
[And to prevent others from smelling the stench of the corpse, they put you together with salted fish.]
[Under the pretext of improving your taste, you have someone cook for you every day. What a deceptive scheme.]
This time, the First Emperor really couldn't help it and slammed the table hard.
"These two deserve to die!"
Seeing that Zhang Yuan was frightened, he suppressed his urge to go back and kill the two men immediately and let Zhang Yuan continue.
"Xiao Zhang, please continue."
[Oh my god, the First Emperor was furious and burned corpses for thousands of miles. How terrifying!]
Zhang Yuan swallowed, "Well, after returning to Xianyang, Zhao Gao immediately announced your death."
"At the same time, announce that before your death, you appointed your eighteenth son, Hu Hai, as crown prince and heir to the Qin Dynasty."
"History calls him Qin Ershi."
"What!? Hu Hai? How is that possible? Where is my Fusu?!"
Qin Shi Huang never thought that the one who would inherit the Qin Dynasty would be Hu Hai. How could it be possible?
Although Hu Hai was his youngest son, he always favored him.
But he never considered passing the throne to anyone other than Fusu.
So what about Fusu? Was it at this time that he was killed by Zhao Gao's forged edict?
Qin Shihuang felt a slight pain in his heart.
Zhang Yuan glanced at Qin Shi Huang with a comforting look, then said regretfully, "Zhao Gao wrote a false edict, using your order to order Fusu to commit suicide."
Qin Shi Huang was incredulous. He was extremely surprised: "How is this possible? Can't Fusu use his brain to think carefully? How could I let him commit suicide?"
What kind of pig brain is this???
Zhang Yuan: .....
[This isn't your fault, Old Ancestor. Who told you to hand Fusu over to Chunyu Yue? You've ruined your brain.]
Zhang Yuan was secretly complaining while answering Qin Shi Huang's questions.
"Grandfather, this can't be entirely blamed on Fusu. Back then, you and Fusu had a huge argument due to your political differences, so you drove him to the border in anger. This didn't give Fusu a chance to mend his relationship with you."
"He received your imperial edict. It is said that General Meng Tian even persuaded Prince Fusu to return to Xianyang to ask you for clarification. But Prince Fusu... well..."
Zhang Yuan sighed deeply. It should be said that Confucianism had penetrated deeply into Fusu's mind and could not be saved.
If the father wants his son to die, the son must die! Fusu is a foolish filial son! He thinks you've already told him to die, so what else can he think about? He's completely despairing and just slits his throat.
The pain in Qin Shihuang's heart became more and more intense.
He couldn't imagine what Fusu was thinking when he committed suicide.
Did he hate him?
Probably not...
It's just resentment... resentment for why the adults are so cruel.
Qin Shi Huang was very upset, his Fusu...
At this time, Zhang Yuan began to nag in his heart again.
"I dare not ask why you, my ancestor, have been so slow to appoint a crown prince! If you had just given Fusu his proper name, there wouldn't be any need for a forged imperial edict. What a shame!"
Qin Shihuang was shocked. Yes, that’s why he didn’t appoint a crown prince.
It was obvious that Fusu was the only candidate in his mind.
Could it be because Fusu is too pedantic?
Or did he take it for granted that Fusu's reputation was such that even if he left, Fusu would be able to inherit the Qin Dynasty naturally?
Qin Shihuang closed his eyes to hide the turmoil in his eyes.
Since he knew the result in advance this time, he would definitely not let Fusu commit suicide again.
He gripped the handrails tightly with both hands, and his heart grew colder and harder.
Hu Hai.
Zhao Gao.
Li Si.
Good, very good.
When Qin Shihuang opened his eyes again, there was no emotion in his eyes anymore, and his eagle eyes had returned to their former sharpness.
"Xiao Zhang, what happened next? What happened after Fusu's death?"
Although he asked this question, Qin Shihuang had already guessed most of it.
He knew Hu Hai's character very well.
There's nothing wrong with him being an idle second-generation rich kid, but he has to govern the Qin Dynasty.
hehe.
Sure enough, Zhang Yuan’s next words confirmed Qin Shihuang’s guess.
"After Hu Hai ascended the throne, he successively killed all his brothers and sisters, and also ordered the death of Meng Tian, Meng Yi and others."
[Tsk tsk, speaking of this, I really should say that Hu Hai is truly cruel.]
[He could inflict all the punishments of being torn apart by five horses, torn to pieces by a chariot, anything else on his brothers and sisters. Only Gongzi Gao had a better death, as he volunteered to be buried alive with his ancestors.]
[You should know that Princess Ying Yinman, the only one in the history of the Qin Dynasty who had her own name, was dismembered alive by Hu Hai. It's chilling, chilling.]
At this moment, Qin Shihuang was no longer angry, and his heart was cold.
Even when he heard that all his children were killed by Hu Hai and even his favorite Yin Man was dismembered.
Nothing could arouse his anger.
Because he had made up his mind, Hu Hai must die.
Must die.
How can such a heartless thing deserve to continue living?
"Hu Hai's reign was filled with bloodshed. First of all, in the court, he showed no mercy to the loyal ministers and slaughtered them all."
Zhang Yuan had no idea what Qin Shi Huang was thinking, so he just continued talking on his own.
"Later, he became even more obsessed with pleasure and neglected state affairs, allowing the entire government to be completely controlled by Zhao Gao."
Clearing his throat, Zhang Yuan mentioned a well-known anecdote in history.
"Here, I have to mention that in later history, there is a very famous idiom called 'calling a deer a horse'. This idiom fully demonstrates the peak of Zhao Gao's power at that time."
"During a court meeting, Zhao Gao brought a deer to the Second Emperor of Qin, saying it was the thousand-mile horse he had found. The Second Emperor looked left and right and thought it was clearly a deer, not a horse."
"Zhao Gao ignored the Second Emperor and instead asked his ministers whether it was a deer or a horse. Under his tyranny, the ministers could only say it was a horse. Of course, some ministers told the truth, but Zhao Gao used various excuses to expel them from the court or kill them."
Zhang Yuan spread his hands, feeling very helpless: "From this one incident, you can actually see that Zhao Gao's power at that time had long surpassed that of Qin II. Hu Hai was actually just an empty shell except for the title of emperor."
Qin Shi Huang took a deep breath. "What about Li Si? Didn't Li Si collude with Zhao Gao to forge the imperial edict?"
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