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Chapter 42 Ancient No. 1 Prodigal Son

[After killing his own family members, Hu Hai pointed his gun at the court.

The first was the Meng Tian brothers. Zhao Gao was afraid that the two would be a threat to him, so he slandered them to Hu Hai: It turned out that the First Emperor wanted to make you the crown prince, but it was the two of them who tried their best to stop him. Hu Hai believed it and imprisoned Meng Yi in the prison of Dai County and forced him to commit suicide; Meng Tian was imprisoned in the prison of Yang Zhou and later committed suicide by taking poison.

Other ministers were also unable to escape, and the right prime minister Feng Quji and general Feng Jie committed suicide. Zhao Gao even held the entire Qin in his hands. His brother Zhao Cheng became the Minister of the Imperial Chariots, and his son-in-law became the county magistrate of the capital Xianyang. Other places were also filled with Zhao Gao's followers. Hu Hai only cared about his own pleasure and was completely defenseless against these conspiracies.

In the second year of Hu Hai's reign, he followed the example of his father, the First Emperor, and toured the country. During the process, Zhao Gao made a sinister suggestion, allowing Hu Hai to take the opportunity to establish his prestige. Hu Hai then ordered the killing of dissidents without asking any questions, but Zhao Gao reaped the benefits behind the scenes.

Hu Hai also built various fortifications. After all, his father was the first emperor, so it would be right for him to follow his example!

He dispatched 50,000 soldiers to guard the capital city of Xianyang, and ordered all regions to supply food and fodder to Xianyang. Those transporting food and fodder were forbidden to eat food within 300 miles of Xianyang on the way, and had to bring their own food. He was indeed a good disciple brought up by Zhao Gao! 】

Ying Zheng:  …

How dare this person say he should emulate me?

The people mentioned looked pale. Although they had not experienced life and death personally, they must have been in danger at that time. The emperor held the power of life and death, and Zhao Gao could kill anyone he ordered. There was no way to survive.

With such chaos, everyone must be thinking that the regime will soon be overthrown.

[Hu Hai only knew how to enjoy himself, Zhao Gao was bold and monopolistic, and Li Si, fearing that he would fall out of favor, wrote an article to offer Hu Hai a method of governing the country by being autocratic and using harsh laws to rule the people. That is, to use supervision and punishment to consolidate central power and suppress people's resistance and law-breaking.

Later, Zhao Gao collected all kinds of evidence to frame Li Si in order to get rid of him. Hu Hai arrested Li Si and handed him over to Zhao Gao for trial. Zhao Gao tortured him into confessing, and Li Si was eventually sentenced to death: first tattooing his face, then cutting off his nose, cutting off his left and right feet, then beheading him, and finally mincing him. In addition, Li Si's family was also killed at the same time.

Zhao Gao also carefully planned a political event that will be infamous for all eternity: calling a deer a horse.

However, Zhao Gao was executed by Ziying two years later.

But it was too late. The slogan "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species?" was shouted, and the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising broke out. The Dazexiang uprising dealt a heavy blow to the Qin Dynasty regime, opened the prelude to the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and was the first large-scale civilian uprising in Chinese history.

By the time Ziying ascended the throne and became the King of Qin, the peasant uprising had already become a trend. Zhang Han, the veteran general, led the released prisoners from Mount Li and started to fight well, but unfortunately he encountered the unique Xiang Yu, and Zhao Gao was suspicious and refused to send troops, so he finally surrendered to Xiang Yu.

In 207 BC (the third year of the reign of Emperor Ershi), Hu Hai committed suicide. Ziying looked at Xianyang, which was shrouded in flames of war, and finally surrendered, marking the end of the Qin Dynasty.

In general, Hu Hai can be regarded as the greatest prodigal son in history, who ruined an entire dynasty in just three years.

Looking at the images constantly passing by on the sky, the people felt like they had experienced a nightmare, and finally woke up.

"This... is not human nature!"

"Fortunately, the sky curtain was exposed in advance. Your Majesty will definitely not let Hu Hai take the throne."

Calling a deer a horse? According to the literal meaning, it can't be what they think, right?

The smart ones wanted to cover their ears. How come they could always eat the royal melons? They even fed them to their mouths with their own hands.

All dynasties also sighed. Qin II was tyrannical, and resistance forces rose up in various places. The huge dynasty declined and collapsed in an instant.

Ying Zheng was completely lost at this moment. Although he had known that the Qin Dynasty would not last long, he did not expect Hu Hai to be such a spendthrift!

I heard that kings, princes, generals and ministers are all of different species. It seems that after the demise of the second emperor, not only the lower classes were persecuted and rebelled, but there were also many difficulties within the country.

He ordered that the people of Daze Township be properly resettled, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang could be brought to Xianyang. Since there were records of them, they must have certain abilities, so let them work for him. Thinking that Xiang Yu was now training in the military camp, and Tianmu had personally witnessed that he was unique in the ages, he wanted to see what he was capable of.

Liu Bang smacked his lips, thinking that the First Emperor must have brought all the people mentioned by Tianmu to Xianyang by now? He quietly lit a candle for himself in the Qin Dynasty.

"The only person who can do the Nine Clans Elimination Game is Hu Hai!"

"My brother Zheng! My Fusu! The two people I loved the most died too early, and the Marquis Guanjun is my Huo Qubing."

"If there is a lifespan separator, I suggest that Li Longji and Qianlong's lifespan be exchanged for my brother Zheng hehe"

"If you think about it carefully, our Chinese history is very close. The Qin and Sui dynasties both perished in the second generation. The Han and Tang dynasties both had their heydays. The Xuanwu Gate Incident in the Tang Dynasty and the Jingnan Campaign of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji and Emperor Qianlong of the Tang Dynasty were both wise in the first half of their lives and foolish in the second half. The Song Dynasty had the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty had the Southern Ming Dynasty. There were also two foreigners who established unified dynasties with the Ming Dynasty in between. Tsk!"

"History is full of divisions and reunifications, but eventually it will be unified"

"Damn Zhao Gao, he made my brother Zheng die in such an abject way. In the underworld, the First Emperor will stab Zhao Gao first and then beat Hu Hai!"

"How I wish the rumors were true, that the First Emperor couldn't get out of his underground palace, and that he wasn't dead. This is pure superstition, please don't criticize me."

"If the Qin Dynasty's elite troops had fought at the end of the Qin Dynasty, it would be hard to say whether the Han Dynasty could have been established."

"History cannot be reversed, and we can only judge it from the perspective of later generations."

"If Qin Shi Huang were alive today, he would not allow three types of charging heads to be used on one charging cable."

"Yang Jian may have never thought that he and Qin Shi Huang would have such a similar ending - dying in the second generation."

Although the emperors had long known that later generations favored the First Emperor, they had never thought that he would even think of changing his lifespan. He truly was treated as his own father!

However, if you look at the comments section, each dynasty has different reactions.

During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian looked at the news from the sky and thought to himself, as expected, Li Shimin was the Li family around him. Seeing the three emperors mentioned before, it seems that the emperor of the Li family did a good job.

Thinking about the Li family members who were brought into the palace, I decided that this was the only option...

Ying Zheng has calmed down a little, but he must not be irritated by this rebellious son. He will not live long. It seems that the emperors of later generations have a good lifespan, but it would be better if there were more records of later dynasties.

Wu Zetian looked at Li Longji who was kneeling and bowing, and remained silent. She had thought about whether to return power to Li Tang before, and it seemed that she would do so in the future. However, she was half clear and half confused. Thinking of the Anshi Rebellion mentioned a long time ago, it must have been caused by this boy.

Li Longji did not expect that Tianmu suddenly had news of him, but now he had just dealt with the followers of his aunt Princess Taiping and was preparing to show his talents and create a prosperous era!

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