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Chapter 11 Read the history of Qin in one go 3
  [In 213 BC, Dr. Chunyu Yue, a native of Qi, opposed the system of prefectures and counties and advised Qin Shihuang to implement the enfeoffment system, but was opposed by Prime Minister Li Si. So Qin Shihuang ordered all books except Qin Ji to be burned. This is the origin of book burning. 】

[In 212 BC, the alchemists Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng and others defrauded Qin Shihuang of a large sum of money in order to seek the elixir of immortality for Qin Shihuang, and fled with the huge sum of money. Qin Shihuang was furious when he learned about it, so he captured more than 400 alchemists in Xianyang City and buried them all alive. This was the incident of trapping Confucians. 】

"The county system is much better than the feudal system. The implementation of the feudal system will sooner or later lead to chaos in the country."

"I heard that there was a copy of Fen's book and it was placed in Xianyang Palace, but it was burned by Xiang Yu"

"Obviously he was an alchemist, but how did he later become a Confucian?"

"The scammers are many alchemists who sell the art of immortality"

"Qin Shihuang offended Confucianism and was discredited by Confucianism after his death."

"The First Emperor of Qin burned the books of corrupt scholars, and deceived the sorcerers."

Ying Zheng: Burning books and trapping Confucians? Is this how the later dynasties arranged me? Discredited by Confucianism? Now it seems that Confucianism cannot be reused. But this Xiang Yu should be the rebel who destroyed the Qin Dynasty!
  Ying Zheng immediately ordered people to search for Xiang Yu. If there was resistance, he would kill him on the spot. Such rebels would be eliminated with thunderous means.

He had sent people to arrest the alchemists Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng before. If they dared to deceive him, they would be prepared to be beheaded.

Chunyu Yue: Since later generations say that the enfeoffment system will lead to chaos in the country, then I will not object in the future.

Confucian scholar: What to do? Should we run away?

Xiang Yu: Was it me who burned the books? Impossible. It was clearly done by a tyrant. What does it have to do with me? Don’t put the blame on me. I don’t admit it.

Liu Bang: I also want to adopt the system of prefectures and counties, but I have to enfeoff several princes and kings with different surnames. It seems that I will be busy in the future.

Liu Che: The burning of books and the entrapment of Confucians were arranged by the Confucian scholars. I did not let anyone discredit Qin Shihuang.

[In the same year, Qin Shihuang embarked on a large-scale construction project and built the Epang Palace. In 211 BC, a meteor fell into Dongjun. The meteorite was engraved with the words "The First Emperor died and the land was divided," which foreshadowed the death of Qin Shihuang and the fall of the Qin Empire. 】

[In 210 BC, Qin Shihuang made his last eastward tour and died of illness at the Sand Dune Palace at the age of 49. After reigning for 11 years, he left a posthumous edict for Fusu to succeed him. 】

[Li Si was forced by the eunuchs Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, and the three of them launched the Sand Dune Revolution, tampered with the imperial edict, supported Hu Hai, the 3th son of Qin Shihuang, to succeed to the throne, and falsely passed on the edict to force Fusu and Meng Tian to commit suicide. 】

"If Ying Zheng had not taken those elixirs, he would not have died so early."

"Li Si is also stupid. How could he believe Zhao Gao's lies? Wasn't he also killed by Zhao Gao in the end?"

"Fusu admired Confucianism. If Fusu came to power, Li Si, a Legalist, would inevitably lose power. It is no wonder that Li Si was stupid."

"Qin Shihuang probably didn't expect the three of them to be so courageous and dare to tamper with the imperial edict"

"It's a pity that Fusu committed suicide so easily. I really don't know what to say about him."

"Fusu received Confucian teaching for a long time, which made him stupid and didn't know how to adapt at all."

"If Fusu didn't commit suicide, he would definitely be able to make a comeback, and 30 troops would march directly into Xianyang City"

"The three of them were also sure that Fusu would commit suicide. They understood Fusu's character and knew that Fusu would obey the false edict and commit suicide."

Ying Zheng was furious when he learned the truth about the death of Emperor Qin II. He never calculated that Zhao Gao and Li Si conspired to tamper with the imperial edict and let the ineffective Hu Hai succeed to the throne.

Mainly because he didn't expect the three of them to be so bold as to tamper with the imperial edict.

It was even more unbelievable that Fusu was so stupid that he didn't even know how to resist. Zhao Gao and Li Si were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy. They kept kowtowing and begging His Majesty to atone for their sins.

Neither of them could have imagined that they themselves were the culprits responsible for the death of Great Qin II.

The other ministers were as silent as a cicada, not daring to make the slightest sound, and they stayed far away from Zhao Gao and Li Si to avoid being affected by them.

Ying Zheng didn't waste any time and asked the guards to chop off Zhao Gao's head on the spot. He wanted to quickly get rid of the slaves who betrayed the empire.

As for Li Si, Ying Zheng asked someone to take him into custody and wait for his fate.

The most important reason is that Li Si's talent is indeed rare, and he is reluctant to kill him.

Besides, Li Si's betrayal will only happen after his death in the future. Now that the trajectory of history has completely changed, it is not impossible to spare Li Si's life to make up for the crime.

Regarding Hu Hai, Ying Zheng did not intend to let him go.

Hu Hai must bear the main responsibility for forcing Fusu to death and causing the death of Emperor Qin II.

Ying Zheng immediately issued an order to demote Hu Hai to a commoner, beat 30 people and drove him out of Xianyang Palace.

Fusu looked at Tianmu's explanation and felt very uncomfortable. It turned out that this was the truth.

But he couldn't understand why he committed suicide. He was simply not that kind of person.

Something must have happened that caused him to commit suicide without resistance.

But probably no one in the world knows the reason for this.

But he also saw that later generations had a very bad impression of Confucianism, thinking that Confucianism had taught him a fool.

At this moment, his view of Confucianism changed. It seemed that Confucianism was not as good as the great Confucianists said.

He still remembered what later generations had said before, that after his father's death, Confucianism spared no effort to discredit his father, making his father appear as a tyrant in the eyes of future generations.

Liu Bang: Thanks to Zhao Gao and others for launching the Sand Dune Incident, otherwise there would be no great Han Dynasty for me.

[In the same year, Hu Hai returned to Xianyang and succeeded to the throne as the second emperor of Qin. In pursuit of pleasure during his reign, Zhao Gao seized power and killed many ministers in the DPRK. The ministers were frightened and implemented a brutal rule. At the same time, a large number of farmers were requisitioned to build the Epang Palace and Lishan Cemetery, making the people of the world miserable and complaining. 】

[In 209 BC, Chen Sheng shouted an earth-shattering slogan: Do princes, generals, and Xiang Ning have the guts? Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted in Daze Township, conquered Daze Township and Qixian County, and established the Zhang Chu regime in Chen County. Peasant uprisings across the country responded one after another. 】

"The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising was the first peasant uprising in history"

"Hu Hai's rebellious behavior accelerated the pace of Qin's demise"

"According to unearthed cultural relics, many of the decrees issued during the Ying Zheng period were very humane and were not the tyrants recorded in history. Confucianism attributes the tyranny promulgated by Qin II to Ying Zheng."

"I've seen this before. It's said to be a legal regulation enacted by Ying Zheng. Delay in the construction period will not lead to beheading at all. The uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang was caused by the tyranny of Qin II and has nothing to do with Brother Zheng."

Ying Zheng: Will you be beheaded if the construction period is delayed? I have never issued such a harsh decree.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang: Are we leaving our names in history? What a bit exciting.

(End of this chapter)