The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

No matter what, the men of his Zhu family are all first-class when it comes to riding horses and fighting.
And his great-great-great-great-great-grandson did not disappoint him in one respect after all.
Although...it's a bit absurd.

[It is said that after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he rarely lived in the imperial palace. He lived either in the Leopard Room or in the Zhenguogong Mansion. Speaking of these two places, he affectionately called them his home.]
[In his eyes, the Forbidden City was just a magnificent prison that deprived him of freedom and happiness. He would not even bother to be the emperor if he was not the only one who could be the emperor.]

[In the previous episode, we wondered whether the Zhengde Emperor relied on luck or strength to secure the throne.]
[From the upmaster's point of view, this Emperor Zhengde certainly relied on his strength. There is no harm without comparison. Let's compare him with the two emperors in history who were in a similar situation. ]

[First, Hu Hai. Comparing with the Liu Jin incident.]

Hu Hai?
Qin Shi Huang frowned and looked at his youngest son, only to see that he was looking at the scroll in a daze, as if he had no idea what the scroll meant.

Qin Shihuang knew this youngest son best. Apart from his useless background, he also knew that even if he was completely blind, he would not be able to choose him among more than a dozen sons to inherit the throne of the Qin Empire.
Unless one day he replaces all his skin and bones.
Thinking of this, he glanced fiercely at the two people kneeling on the ground, not hiding the disgust on his face.

Li Si was indeed talented, and he could indeed use him, but compared with his great Qin Empire, Li Si alone was nothing to be proud of.
He could continue to appoint talented people and continue to look for the right person to be the prime minister, but his Great Qin, the Great Qin he had worked so hard to unify the world, could not afford to make the slightest mistake.

He was puzzled before, but now he finally understood how Liu Bang, a local thug, overthrew his Qin Dynasty.
It was not because Liu Bang was too capable, but because his Qin Dynasty was destroyed by an internal traitor.

As for Zhao Gao, he had also asked people to investigate during this period of time, or rather, some small things that he had previously ignored had finally caught his attention.
"Zhao Gao, I remember that your family was once a royal family of the Zhao State?" Qin Shihuang had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of ruthlessness.

Zhao Gao shrank back and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, didn't you know this a long time ago? Your servant, your servant has already told you this."
"Yes, you did say that. But..." Qin Shihuang looked up at the sky again.

[Zhao Gao forged an imperial edict, killed Fusu, and put Hu Hai on the throne. This was so that he could control the hot-tempered and cowardly Hu Hai.]
[Sure enough, after Hu Hai ascended the throne, under the manipulation of Zhao Gao, he changed the laws and killed the royal family. He even killed more than a dozen of his half brothers.]

【Afterwards, Hu Hai listened to Zhao Gao's slander, stayed at home and did not meet with ministers. This allowed Zhao Gao to usurp power and rule the country, and then let him kill Li Si, the prime minister who supported him to ascend the throne. Finally, Zhao Gao, a eunuch, was made prime minister.】
[Not only that, Hu Hai also allowed Zhao Gao to call a deer a horse, and let Zhao Gao fabricate charges and kill a large number of meritorious officials who refused to submit to him. ]

[In addition, when Hu Hai was in power, he imposed heavy taxes, built palaces, and forced civilians to work. Although most of these were instigated by Zhao Gao, it can be said that all the tragic things that later generations criticized Qin Shihuang for his tyranny were done by this Qin Ershi.]
[However, later generations only said that the King of Qin was tyrannical, but they did not know that this King of Qin was no longer the Qin Shi Huangdi who unified the world, but was the second emperor, Hu Hai.]

[This Qin II had been on the throne for only three years. When Liu Bang's army was about to approach Xianyang, he was abandoned by Zhao Gao and forced to commit suicide.]
[That is to say, all of the first emperor's sons died three years after his death.] [After Hu Hai was forced to death, Zhao Gao also planned to usurp the throne. If the ministers had not refused to obey, he would have really realized his wish.]
【Later, he could only support the Qin royal family's descendant, Ziying, to ascend the throne, but he was killed by his own scheme. Except that he was not cut into pieces, he was also exterminated along with his entire clan, just like Liu Jin.】

[It's a pity that King Ziying of Qin was only king for 46 days before Xianyang was conquered by Liu Bang and the Qin Dynasty fell. Not long after that, he was killed by the Overlord of Chu.]

Qin Shi Huang looked up at the scroll with a deep look in his eyes: "All my sons are dead! It seems that this is your revenge on my Great Qin. I really didn't expect you to be so tolerant and wait until I die to slaughter all my descendants."

Zhao Gao trembled with fear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I never had such thoughts. It was the Heavenly Scroll that framed me! I really didn't have such thoughts.
Your Majesty, think about it. I have served you for so many years and had many opportunities to get close to you. If it was really as your Majesty said, I would have taken action long ago. Why wait until the six kingdoms were unified and Zhao was destroyed? "

What Zhao Gao said does make sense. As the most trusted eunuch before and after he ascended the throne, Zhao Gao did have many opportunities to assassinate him. However, sometimes, good and evil are just a matter of thought.

"What you said may have some truth. However, when I was a hostage, I only wanted to return to Xianyang as soon as possible; after returning to Xianyang, I wanted to become the crown prince as soon as possible; after becoming the crown prince, I thought about how to carry out my ambitions after I ascended the throne; and after ascending the throne, I looked forward to ruling the country as soon as possible..."
Drawing out the Qin Sword, Qin Shi Huang walked down the steps step by step and walked towards Zhao Gao.
"After I took power, I thought about how to conquer the six kingdoms in the east one by one and unify the world. Now, I am thinking about how to make my Great Qin dynasty last for thousands of years."
"The human heart can never be satisfied!"

At this point, Qin Shi Huang had already walked up to Zhao Gao and stabbed him with a sword, hitting him right in the heart.
Zhao Gao groaned, and then fell to the ground without making any sound.

"Drag him out to feed the dogs." Holding the bloody sword in his hand, the First Emperor said coldly as he watched Zhao Gao's body being dragged away. "You haven't had the chance to slaughter my descendants yet. To be fair, I will give you a quick death."
After saying that, he glanced at Li Si beside him. Li Si's face was pale, but he was still kneeling straight, and he didn't seem to be very timid.

He was also shocked by what happened to him in the future, and he knew that he could not escape this time, so he said in a dry voice: "Your Majesty, can you let me listen to the words of this heavenly scroll? You can execute me."
Qin Shi Huang said nothing more. He turned around and went back to the imperial steps, looking at the heavenly scroll again.

【If you look closely, Zhao Gao's trajectory of usurping power is almost identical to Liu Jin's later actions. At least on the surface, that's the case.】
[For example, he instigated conflicts between the monarch and his ministers, coerced ministers, attempted to kill the monarch, plotted to usurp the throne, and finally was exterminated along with his entire clan.]

【What about the result? 】
[Emperor Zhengde continued to be the emperor peacefully, but Hu Hai was forced to commit suicide.]

(End of this chapter)