The death of Lord Changping means that the "Qinglong Project" has failed, but its remaining consequences are enough to shake the entire Qin State.
Soon after, Emperor Yingzheng, the First Emperor who unified the six countries and created an unprecedentedly magnificent empire, still had to deal with imperial government affairs after boarding the mirage. While patrolling the conquered Baiyue and other places from the sea, he also dealt with the affairs of the Xiongnu and Baiyue. Follow-up policies in Vietnam and other places.
But after Yun Zhongjun died and the pills he refined were taken, Ying Zheng's brain disease relapsed again, and it became more severe than before.
Even so, he did not change his diligent attitude. On the contrary, in just one month, Ying Zheng, who was originally strong and healthy, appeared to be in a state of exhaustion.
He had to end his eastward tour early and return to Xianyang. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Sand Dune Palace on the way, his symptoms worsened that night. Prime Minister Li Si and Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC, drafted an edict to order the prince Fusu to inherit the throne, Meng Tian to take control of the military, and Zhao Gao. King Chengyu of Han returned to the dynasty and assumed the post of Zongzheng, assisting Fusu together with his two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
Not long after I finished writing the edict,
Prime Minister Li Si believed that the emperor died in another place, and he was afraid that the princes and other places would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so he kept the matter a strict secret and did not publish any news about the funeral. The coffin was placed in the carriage. It was an ancient carriage that could be used for sleeping. It had windows. When it was closed, it would be warm, and when it was open, it would be cool. It was later also used as a funeral carriage. Wherever the procession passed, food was offered and officials played everything. . Therefore, except for the accompanying Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and five or six favored ministers who knew that the First Emperor had passed away, everyone else was kept in the dark.
Unexpectedly, this operation gave Zhao Gao enough time to plan.
Zhao Gao saw through Li Si's desire for power and advised him to let Cheng Fu, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi come back to assist the government. Cheng Fu would be appointed Zongzheng and be in charge of the clan, Meng Tian would be appointed general and be in charge of military power, and Meng Yi would be appointed prime minister and be in charge. Government affairs. By then, there will still be room for him in the Qin court.
These words struck a vital blow to Li Si. After some ideological struggle, Li Si finally decided to cooperate with Zhao Gao.
Together, the two pretended to have accepted the imperial edict from the First Emperor and made Hu Hai the prince. They also tampered with the imperial edict given by the First Emperor to Fusu, accusing him of not being able to open up territory and establish achievements for many years, but causing a large number of casualties to the soldiers. They also wrote several times, He bluntly slandered his father and complained day and night that he could not be allowed to be relieved of his post as supervisor of the army and returned to Xianyang to become the prince. However, General Meng Tian did not correct Fusu's mistakes and participated in and understood Fusu's plot. Therefore, they were ordered to commit suicide and the military power was handed over to the deputy general Wang Li.
Fusu received the edict and entered the inner chamber crying, planning to commit suicide. Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty is out in the field and has not established who is the prince. He sent me to lead an army of 300,000 to guard the border and made you serve as the supervisor. This is an important task in the world. Now there is only an envoy here to deliver the message. We Just commit suicide, how can you know that there is no fraud?! Let us prove it again, and then it is not too late to die." But the messenger urged them to commit suicide many times, so Fusu said to Meng Tian: "Father gave me If my son is dead, why do I need to ask for instructions and verification?" He then committed suicide.
Meng Tian refused to die, so the envoy handed him over to the officials for punishment and imprisoned him in Yangzhou. Li Si's servants were appointed as guards, and then they returned to Li Si and Zhao Gao. Hu Hai had heard that Fusu was dead and wanted to release Meng Tian. It happened that Meng Yi went out to pray to the gods of the mountains and rivers for blessings on behalf of the First Emperor and then returned. Zhao Gao said to Hu Hai: "The late emperor has wanted to recommend virtuous people and confirm you as the prince for a long time, but Meng Yi has always advised him that this should not be done. It's better to kill Meng Yi now!" So Meng Yi was arrested and imprisoned in Dai County.
As for Cheng Qi, the king of Han, he was naturally included in the must-kill list. He received an edict that also ordered him to commit suicide. After reading the entire content of the edict, he immediately laughed at the stupidity of Zhao Gao and Li Si and directly The double palms of gold and silver turned the envoy into a golden statue, and asked the accompanying deputy envoy to return the golden statue to Xianyang.
Subsequently, he ordered to gather up all the troops of the Qin State who were stationed in Baiyue and the 100,000 troops in his fiefdom. They conquered the Bashu land that had been infiltrated by them in one fell swoop, and announced that they would take it to see the new emperor enthroned. The military front points directly into Xianyang.
Zhao Gao and Li Si were so frightened that they hurriedly issued an order to appease Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, who had already ascended the throne. After talking with the envoy sent by Chengyu, they immediately issued an order to give the entire Bashu and Baiyue to Chengyu. He took Qiu as a fief and asked his son Ziying, who stayed in Xianyang City, to take over the position of Zongzheng on his behalf to appease him.
After getting what he wanted, Cheng Qi returned with his troops, and a civil strife that was about to break out ended immediately.
Because of the double oppression of Han Wang Chengyu outside and Zongzheng Ziying inside, Hu Hai did not dare to kill his brothers anymore, so dozens of the First Emperor's children were spared.
But the minister was not so lucky. Hu Hai first sent an envoy to force Meng Yi to commit suicide, and then sent someone to the prison in Yangzhou to force Meng Tian to commit suicide. Meng Tian refused at first and argued that he wanted to see Hu Hai and ask him to withdraw the edict, but the envoy refused. , Meng Tian saw that there was no hope of survival, so he had no choice but to commit suicide by taking poison.
Later, under the instigation of Zhao Gao, they also started killing. Right Prime Minister Feng Quji and General Feng Jie chose to commit suicide in order to avoid being humiliated.
Zhao Gao also took this opportunity to insert his cronies one by one. His brother Zhao Cheng became the magistrate of CRRC, and his son-in-law became the county magistrate of the capital Xianyang. They were all important positions, and other important positions in the court were also distributed throughout Zhao Gao. High partisans.
In the end, Li Si, his former ally, was not spared and was framed for rebellion, and the three tribes were razed.
Just when the Qin State had no time to manage the homeland of the six kingdoms in Shandong due to court struggles, the remnants of the "Qinglong Plan" emerged.
Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang, who pretended to surrender to the Qin State, gathered some peasant children who were unwilling to surrender to the Qin State and started an uprising in Daze Township. With the help of Zhang Liang, the third Confucian leader who had escaped the disaster, countless remnant forces of the Six Kingdoms hidden in the dark responded. .
Originally, the Mohist family wanted to respond, but on the night when they were preparing to start an uprising, the former Mohist tycoon Tian Ming showed up with a rhinoceros horn on his back, and single-handedly killed the four most powerful leaders in martial arts among the Mohist family, Gao Jianli, Xue Nu, Big Iron Hammer, Robber Zhi, together with Dongjun Yanfei, Zongheng Double Sword Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang, Taoist Xiaoyaozi and other masters were defeated.
After a long night of talks, the Mohists announced to all parties that they would adhere to a non-offensive stance and would no longer interfere in the world.
The powerful Mohist family announced its withdrawal, but it was still unable to stop the anti-Qin wave. 7`8 7`8
After a period of fighting, Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang developed most rapidly. After conquering Chen County, they made it their capital and named it Zhang Chu.
When the army was at its most victorious, it even broke through Hangu Pass and reached a place only more than a hundred miles away from Xianyang, the capital of Qin.
The Second Emperor of Qin was forced to follow the plan of Zhang Han, the Shaofu, and pardoned hundreds of thousands of prisoners serving in Lishan Mausoleum, named Zhang Han as a general, and temporarily organized an army to stop the rebels.
Under Zhang Han's command, they not only repulsed Chen Sheng's attacking troops, but also pursued them all the way and completely wiped out this large number of troops.
And the Zhang Chu regime began to split. For example, the military ministers of the Northern Expedition proclaimed themselves King of Zhao and transformed into the leader of the separatist regime; Han Guang, his general, also proclaimed himself King of Yan after conquering the land of Yan; Zhou Shi, who captured the old land of Wei, did not proclaim himself King of Yan. King, but he made Wei Jiu, the descendant of the Wei Kingdom, the king of Ningling, as the king, and appointed himself the prime minister of Wei, ceding lands to protect himself.
At the same time, the heroes from all over the country who responded in response no longer listened to Chen Sheng's control, and directly isolated Chen Sheng's "Zhang Chu" regime, which was the main force against Qin.
After Zhang Han lifted the siege of Xingyang by the rebel army, he devoted all his strength to attack Chen County. Although Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang personally led the army to resist, the situation was over, and eventually they died together with a group of peasant disciples who followed the uprising.
At this point, the Zhang Chu regime, which was established less than half a year ago, ended.
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