Chapter 3 Chapter Two Qin II Wins Huhai

In 210 BC, Qin Shihuang died in Pinggu, a sand dune (now northwest of Guangzong, Hebei).According to Qin Shihuang's will, the eldest son Fusu should succeed to the throne.However, CRRC ordered Zhao Gao to usurp the imperial edict together with Prime Minister Li Si out of personal desires, launch a palace coup, and push Qin Shihuang's youngest son Hu Hai to succeed him.This is Qin II, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang unified China, carried out a series of system construction, and laid the foundation of the feudal empire, but he also did some ridiculous things through the ages.However, as a generation of emperors, Qin Shihuang was quite wise when it came to choosing the heir to the throne that was related to his Qin family's "passion through the ages".

Among Qin Shihuang's sons, the son Fusu was the eldest son, but he was not liked by him.However, for the sake of the Qin family's foundation, he still deliberately cultivated Fusu.Fusu was sent to the northern frontier to defend the frontier with General Meng Tian, ​​which was essentially a test and training for him.In fact, Fusu is indeed quite prominent among the princes, especially much more than his younger brother Hu Hai. The young master Hu Hai is completely different from Brother Nai.Although he also received a good court education, he was born with the temperament of a "sonate brother" and had no style at all.Once Qin Shihuang had a banquet in the palace and ordered the princes to eat in the palace, and Hu Hai also came to attend.According to the Qin system, ministers who meet the emperor must take off their shoes before entering the hall and put them on the steps outside the hall.The banquet was grand that day, and although there were many shoes on the steps, they were neatly lined up and placed in an orderly manner.Hu Hai was more pampered among the princes, he had enough to eat and drink, and he didn't want to spend time in the banquet, so he left the hall early.He walked along the line of shoes, kicking with his feet as he walked, until he kicked the neat shoes into a mess before leaving.Later, when Hu Hai became emperor, the order of the world was as chaotic as his kicked shoes.

A very important factor in the ups and downs of Hu Hai's life is his relationship with Zhao Gao. It can be said that "success is also Zhao Gao, and death is also Zhao Gao".This Zhao Gao was originally an eunuch in the palace. Because he was proficient in prison law, tall and strong, and could write good handwriting, he was promoted by Qin Shihuang to be the order of the CRRC government, and he was in charge of the emperor's guard of honor.Zhao Gao is cunning by nature, hiding his secrets, but also has a glib tongue and is good at flattering.He taught Hu Hai calligraphy and judged cases, and soon won Hu Hai's favor, and the two formed a close relationship.

In the year when Qin Shihuang toured the world, Hu Hai was already 20 years old.But he was full of playfulness and strongly requested to accompany him.Qin Shihuang doted on the young master, so he agreed to his request.Unfortunately, Qin Shihuang couldn't get sick before he visited many places.He knew that he had not many days to come, and at that time the crown prince was not established in the court, and the eldest son Fusu was still supervising soldiers in the northern border county, so he left a will in time regarding the succession of the throne.The will ordered Fusu to hand over the military affairs to General Meng Tian, ​​and rushed to Xianyang to host the funeral and inherit the throne.After the will was sealed with a jade seal, it was stored in Zhao Gao, the magistrate of the CRRC Mansion, and before it was delivered to the envoy, Qin Shihuang passed away.

Prime Minister Li Si decided to keep the funeral secret, and only Li Si, Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and a few close eunuchs knew the inside story.Cheng Yu was still on his way back to Xianyang, and Zhao Gao, who had ulterior motives, took the opportunity to instigate a coup to tamper with the will and support Hu Hai. Zhao Gao first lobbied Hu Hai: "When the emperor passed away, he did not leave an edict to entrust the princes, but he gave the eldest son a seal alone. The eldest son will be the emperor as soon as he arrives in Xianyang. What should you do?" Hu Hai was not the eldest son, and he had no ambitions. After hearing Zhao Gao's words, he said, "It's a matter of course. If the father dies, he doesn't entrust his own son. What will happen?"

Zhao Gao said: "No! The key to how to arrange the world now lies in you, me and the prime minister. I hope you make a plan early. Is it possible for others to be a vassal to yourself and yourself to be a vassal to others, to control others and be controlled by others? Can it be the same day?" language?" Hu Hai understood Zhao Gao's intentions, but Confucian ethics still had a certain influence in his mind. He believed that it was unrighteous to seize his elder brother's inheritance rights, and it was unfilial to violate his father's will. Righteousness, unfilial piety, and inadequacy are immoral. Even if you become an emperor, the people of the world will not be convinced, your own life will be in danger, and even the ancestors will have to cut off the incense.

Zhao Gao saw that Hu Hai didn't want to be emperor, but was worried about moral condemnation, so he quoted from many sources and talked about a set of crooked truths that confused black and white.After being bewitched by Zhao Gao, Hu Hai was finally moved to seize the throne. After talking about Hu Hai, Li Si's cooperation is necessary.So Zhao Gao went to lobby Prime Minister Li Si again.Li Si was shocked when he heard Zhao Gao's intention. He thought that it was not for the ministers to discuss who would succeed to the throne. Zhao Gao's discussion of this matter was purely "words of subjugation", and he expressed his firm opposition.

Zhao Gao sneered and said, "Prime Minister, think about it for yourself: Is your talent comparable to Meng Tian? Is your contribution comparable to Meng Tian? Is your strategy superior to Meng Tian? Your prestige among the people Can you surpass Meng Tian? In terms of the eldest son's trust in the ministers, can you catch up with Meng Tian? You are far behind Meng Tian in these five points. Once the eldest son ascends the throne, Meng Tian will definitely be the prime minister. At that time, it is impossible for you to wear it Marquis Yinshou returned to his hometown with honor. And the fate of being dismissed as the prime minister is quite tragic. They all lose their heads. Listen to me, you can be a marquis forever, and you will be called orphans for generations; ?”

Instigated by Zhao Gao's threats, temptations and incitement, Li Si, after a fierce ideological struggle, was afraid of losing his glory and wealth and falling into the tragic end Zhao Gao said, and finally succumbed to Zhao Gao and agreed to support Hu Hai's succession to the throne. Therefore, Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, and Li Si destroyed the original will, pretended to be the prime minister of the first emperor's edict, made Hu Hai the prince, and forged a suicide note to Fusu and Meng Tian. The army stationed on the border for more than ten years spent a lot of money and did not make any contribution. Not only could they not expand the territory, but they wrote letters of slander several times, and resented day and night because they could not return to Beijing to be the prince.General Meng Tian didn't do anything to persuade him, it was really disloyal, he ordered the military power to be handed over to the side general Wang Li, and then committed suicide.After the fake edict was stamped with the emperor's jade seal, Huhai's cronies were sent as envoys to the north to deliver Fusu day and night.

Fusu read the edict, bursting into tears, and immediately entered the inner house, intending to commit suicide.Meng Tian was afraid that there was a fraud in it, so he persuaded Su not to commit suicide first, and it would not be too late to die after asking the truth.The envoy stood beside him and kept urging him, Fusu was a man of benevolence and righteousness. Seeing this, he said to Meng Tian, ​​"Father ordered his son to die, so why ask for instructions?"Meng Tian deeply suspected that there was a fraud in it, and wanted to procrastinate for a while to see the truth come to light.Seeing that Mengtian refused to die, the envoy imprisoned him in Yangzhou (now Zichangbei, Shaanxi) and returned to Hu Hai.

Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, and Li Si heard that Fusu was dead, and hurried back to Xianyang to announce the death of Qin Shihuang.Then, Hu Hai held the enthronement ceremony for Emperor Qin II.Zhao Gaosheng was appointed Lang Zhongling, in charge of the palace guards, and became the favorite of the second generation. Although Hu Hai ascended to the throne, he knew in his heart that his name was not justified, and he had to get rid of his dissidents before he could sit back and relax.The favorite minister Zhao Gao knew this point even more. For this reason, Zhao Gao offered a set of iron blood policy with extremely bloody smell to Qin Ershi. To be punished, even to exterminate the clan; eliminate the ministers and alienate the flesh and blood; make the poor rich and the humble people noble; remove all the ministers appointed by the first emperor and replace them with the cronies of the second emperor.This iron-blood policy was approved by Qin II, and a bloody massacre ensued. The first to be killed were brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi.Qin II wanted to keep the Meng brothers as generals, but Zhao Gao was punished by Meng Yi for his crimes in his early years and held a grudge. He fabricated that the late emperor had long wanted to make Hu Hai the crown prince, but he failed because of Meng Yi's remonstrance. Shi Shi gave up the idea of ​​releasing Meng Tian, ​​and imprisoned Meng Yi in Daijun (now northeast of Yu County, Hebei).After the iron and blood policy was confirmed, the Second Emperor decided to take the Meng brothers first.He sent Yushi Qugong to Daijun Prison to announce Meng Yi's "crime" and ordered Meng Yi to commit suicide.Meng Yi argues hard, Qu Gong knows the second's intention, refuses to listen to Meng Yi's plea, and forces Meng Yi to be killed.The second generation sent envoys to Yangzhou to force Meng Tian to commit suicide. Meng Tian hoped to die after he was advised. After the death of the Meng brothers, Qin Er Shi asked Zhao Gao to take charge of the case.Zhao Gaoluo was accused of crimes, and a large number of courtiers were killed. The right prime minister Feng Quji and the general Feng Jie thought that "the general will not be humiliated" and committed suicide one after another.When every minister dies because of injustice, there are often a series of relatives and friends involved. Even the close courtier Saburo, who served as the palace guard, many people were innocent victims.During the massacre, Zhao Gao took the opportunity to install cronies. His brother Zhao Cheng served as the magistrate of CRRC, and his son-in-law Yan Le served as the magistrate of Xianyang County.Qin Ershi had no scheming, thinking that the cronies Zhao Gao placed were his own cronies, so he was not at all concerned about how Zhao Gao arranged it. In this massacre, the most tragic ones are the brothers and sisters of Qin II.Once, in Xianyang City, 12 brothers of the second emperor were beheaded at the same time, and blood spurted out, which was shocking.Once again, on the execution ground of Duyou (now in the east of Xianyang, Shaanxi), six brothers and ten sisters of the second emperor were crushed to death at the same time, bloody and bloody, horrific.The three sons, general and Lu, were very cautious in their usual behavior. When they couldn't fabricate any crimes, they were imprisoned in the inner palace. The executioner will come to execute it immediately." Jiang Lu said: "We dare not be disrespectful in court etiquette; we dare not be disrespectful in the second place of Langmiao; we dare not talk nonsense when we are ordered to respond. What do you mean by not being like a courtier? Please listen clearly Die again." The envoy replied: "I did not participate in the discussion of the crime, and I have nothing to say, I just performed the mission." The general raised his head and called the sky three times, shouting: "Oh my God! I am not guilty!" The three brothers cried with each other, He drew his sword and committed suicide.Among the brothers and sisters, the luckiest one is Young Master Gao.Seeing that all the brothers and sisters were brutally murdered, he knew that death was inevitable. He wanted to escape but was afraid of hurting his relatives. In order to save his relatives and friends, he wrote a letter requesting the second generation to be buried at the foot of Mount Li for his father.The second emperor was overjoyed when he read the book, approved his request, and rewarded him with 100,000 yuan to be buried in Lishan.Among the many flesh and blood brothers of the second generation, Gong Zigao can be described as a "good end". The flesh and blood in the palace and the veteran officials in the court were almost killed, and Qin II, under the instigation of Zhao Gao, massacred local officials in large numbers.In order to intimidate the domestic and show his dignity, the second emperor imitated Qin Shihuang to tour the world at the beginning of the next year (209 BC).This tour went south to Kuaiji (now Suzhou), north to Jieshi (now north of Changli, Hebei), and then returned from Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), and returned to Xianyang in April.During the tour, Zhao Gao said to Emperor II: "Now that Your Majesty is on patrol, you should take the opportunity to kill a group of county officials. This will not only eliminate dissidents, but also inspire the world." The Emperor II said: "Good!" , There were many killings, all the officials were in danger, all the officials were uneasy, and the common people were at a loss what to do. The entire Qin Empire almost became a mass slaughterhouse. In this massacre, Li Si, who contributed to Hu Hai's seizure of the throne, was not spared.Li Si, who once wrote the upright and strict "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests", has a deep conscience and always wants to find an opportunity to give advice.Zhao Gao, who is used to power tactics, really provided him with an opportunity, but in fact he set up a trap to make the second emperor displeased with Li Si, and took the opportunity to instigate three charges: first, the prime minister was involved in the conspiracy of the sand dunes. Your Majesty became the emperor, but the prime minister's wealth did not increase. He meant that he wanted to divide the land into a king; second, the prime minister's eldest son, Li You, was the governor of Sanchuan, and the bandit Chen Sheng of Chu and others were all party members of the prime minister's neighboring counties. , so the bandits of Chu acted openly. After passing through Sanchuan County, Li You refused to attack behind closed doors. It is said that Li You also had correspondence with them;With the three aspects added together, how could Li Si not be in danger?As soon as the Second King heard this, he wanted to arrest Li Si, but he was afraid that the situation was not true, so he sent someone to inspect Li Si and his son.Li Si wrote a letter to expose Zhao Gao, but Qin Er Shi not only refused to listen, but was afraid that Li Si would kill Zhao Gao, so he leaked the news to him.Zhao Gao took the opportunity to speak slander again, and finally ordered the second emperor to order Li Si to be arrested and handed over to Zhao Gao for trial and punishment.Of course, Zhao Gao, who regards Li Si as a thorn in his side, will not miss this opportunity.He tortured to extract a confession, and Li Si made a confession.Zhao Gao reported that the Second Emperor ordered the Li Si family to be punished and exterminated.In the second year of Emperor II (208 BC), Li Si was taken to Xianyang City to be tortured. First, he had his face tattooed, his nose was cut off, his left and right toes were cut off, and then he was chopped into two pieces, and finally chopped into meat paste. pregnancy. After Hu Hai became emperor, he ate, drank and had fun every day.One day, he said to Zhao Gao: "Life is like riding a fast horse through a gap in a wall. It is too short. Now that I am the emperor and rich in the world, I intend to do as I please and enjoy all the happiness. What do you think?" Zhao Gao wished that the Second King would eat, drink, have fun and ignore the government affairs so that he could monopolize power, so he was very attentive to advise him and serve him wholeheartedly. Qin Ershi was still dissatisfied with the temporary peace and happiness, and intended to do so for a long time, so he asked Li Si: "I heard from Han Feizi that when Yao ruled the world, he lived in a thatched house, drank wild vegetable soup, and wore a piece of broken deerskin in winter. In summer, he wears a sackcloth garment; Yu, who was busy with flood control, was so tired that his thighs lost flesh and his calves lost hair, and finally he died in other places and was buried in Kuaiji. , is it because you want to live this kind of miserable life? This kind of miserable life is advocated by worthless people, and it is not the proper occupation of wise people. It’s called being rich in the world. If you can’t even get benefits for yourself, how can you govern the world. So I plan to give Zhi Guangyu and enjoy the world forever, what good strategy do you think?” Li Si was afraid of losing his official position and salary, so he flattered the second emperor and wrote an article on "The Art of Supervision and Responsibility", which was presented to the second emperor as a good policy.Supervision is an inspector, and responsibility is punishment. The technique of supervision and punishment is to use the power of supervision and punishment to deal with subjects. Li Si raised the technique of supervision to the point of being extremely important and omnipotent, and asked the second generation to highly concentrate power, act arbitrarily, and use deep punishment Severe punishments are used to control subjects, and an extremely cruel and bloody ruling policy is implemented.The second generation was overjoyed to read the book, and couldn't help being amazed by the case, so he strictly supervised and punished him, and punished him severely.Originally, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were quite strict, but after the Second Emperor, it became even more severe and even more vicious.Prisoners crowded the roads, killing countless people every day. In addition to harsh punishments and strict laws, Qin Ershi used civilian husbands to build palaces and houses, and expropriated and extorted money.The biggest project is to continue to build Qin Shihuang's unfinished Afang Palace, in addition to continuing to build Zhidao, Chidao, Lishan Tomb and various civil engineering projects.Another 50,000 elite soldiers were recruited to guard Xianyang to practice shooting and hunting.Order counties and counties in various places to transfer grain and grass to Xianyang. The transferers bring their own food and are not allowed to eat grain within 300 miles of Xianyang.Tax collection is becoming more and more heavy, and there are more and more corvees. Such unscrupulous expropriation and platitudes have exhausted the people's strength, and gradually the country has reached the point where no one can be recruited. In July of the first year of the Second Emperor, Yuyang County in the north (the county government is now southwest of Miyun, Beijing) needed a group of garrison soldiers.Seeing that there was no one to enlist, the imperial court began enlisting small officials, Lu Zuo.When Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and other 900 Luzuo from Chu landed to Daze Township (near Suxian County, Anhui Province today), there was a heavy rain, which delayed their trip.According to the amended law of the Second Emperor, if the garrison cannot reach the designated garrison location immediately, he will be sentenced to death by beheading.Under the pressure of this situation, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang resolutely raised the banner of armed uprising.In a short time, armed struggles against the rule of the Qin Dynasty spread all over the place.The titles of the Six Kingdoms were revived, and there were many princes, each claiming to be king, and they all pointed the finger at the government of the Qin Dynasty.Chen Sheng's general Song Liu went to Wuguan, and another general Zhou Wenze led an army of 100,000 to Hangu Pass. The mediocre Qin II received the report, and would rather believe it than believe it.Therefore, the ministers all said "good things".Once, he summoned doctors to discuss the matter. Some people advocated "sending troops to suppress the rebellion", but the second emperor insisted on not admitting that there was a "rebellion", and of course he refused to "send troops".Candidate doctor Shusun Tong saw that Emperor II was a foolish king who liked to listen to good things, so he said: "What they said is wrong. Now the world is one family, the city defenses have been dismantled, and the weapons have been destroyed. The Lord is above, the laws are below, and the subjects Serve the post, the four directions are stable, there is no one who dares to rebel! Chen Sheng and others are nothing more than a group of thieves and thieves, nothing to worry about. The local government is arresting them and bringing them to justice. Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." Hearing these words, the Second Emperor said, Praise Shu Suntong for his good answer.Then, the doctors were asked to answer one by one again. Some answered "rebels" and some answered "thieves".It’s okay to answer thieves, and anyone who answers rebellion will be charged with “shouldn’t say that” and investigated by officials.The Second Emperor rewarded Shusun Tong with a set of clothes and twenty pieces of silk, and appointed him as an official doctoral officer.In this way, the officials learned to be cunning and never reported the real situation. They always said something like "groups of thieves ganged up to rob, and the counties and counties are hunting them down. Most of them have been arrested now, so it's not worth worrying about."Therefore, no matter how serious the situation was, Emperor II remained blind and ignorant. Zhao Gao is not only a conspirator, but also an ambitious man.From the day he instigated Hu Hai to seize the throne, he has controlled the playful emperor.When he instigated Qin Ershi to kill a lot, and he himself killed a lot of people as Lang Zhongling, which caused widespread resentment inside and outside the court. The reason for being noble is that the officials are only allowed to hear the voice and are not allowed to meet, so they are called "Zhen". Moreover, His Majesty is still very young and may not be proficient in all government affairs. Now sitting in the court to meet with the officials, once something is not handled properly, he will Exposing your shortcomings in front of the ministers is not a way to show your incompetence to the world. If your majesty cancels the court meeting and stays in the confinement, and let me and a few courtiers who are proficient in government affairs assist your majesty in dealing with it, then the ministers will not dare to deceive your majesty. Everything can be handled properly, and all the subjects in the world will call your Majesty a wise monarch.” Zhao Gao’s intentions were very obvious, but the confused Second Emperor took it for granted. Everything is handled by Zhao Gao on his behalf. After Li Si's death, Qin Ershi worshiped Zhao Gao as his prime minister, and Zhao Gao decided everything, big or small, and Zhao Gao became the actual dictator.In August of the third year of Emperor II (207 BC), he wanted to kick Emperor II away and become emperor himself, but he was worried that the officials would not support him, so he directed a farce of "pointing at the deer as a horse" to test the attitude of the officials.Taking advantage of the opportunity of the court meeting of the ministers, Zhao Gao presented a deer to Emperor II, claiming that it was a horse.The Second King laughed and said, "Your prime minister is really good at joking. Isn't this a deer? You call a deer a horse." He asked the ministers, who were frightened by Zhao Gao's lust, and most of them agreed with Zhao Gao that it was a horse, while some remained silent. , only a few people said it was a deer.Afterwards, anyone who spoke of the deer was killed by Zhao Gao.From then on, the officials were even more afraid of Zhao Gao. The fact that Zhao Gao pointed out that the deer was a horse made the second generation mistakenly think that he had the disease of delusion, so he summoned Taibu to suanfeng.So the second emperor went to Shanglin Garden to fast.His name is fasting, and he is always greedy and happy. One day, he was playing hunting in the Shanglin garden, and saw a person walking in the garden by mistake, so he set up an arrow and opened the bow himself, and shot him to death on the spot.After Zhao Gao found out about this, he asked his son-in-law Xianyang to order Yan Le to play to Emperor II, saying that he did not know who killed the person and moved the body into Shanglin Garden, and then took the opportunity to tell Emperor II that killing innocent people for no reason was forbidden by God. Yes, even ghosts and gods are not tolerated, and disasters will surely come down. It is suggested that he go to a distant palace to take refuge.The Second King lived in Wangyi Palace without hesitation. At this time, the domestic situation of the Qin Empire has taken a turn for the worse.Chen Sheng's army marched towards Xianyang, and finally Qin II learned of the seriousness of the situation, so he adopted the countermeasures of Zhang Han, the Shaofu, and ordered him to be the commander-in-chief, leading Lishan prisoners to fight against the enemy.Prisoners in Lishan suffered hardships all the year round. After being pardoned, they fought bravely, with sharp weapons and excellent equipment, so the prisoner army became the main force of the Qin Dynasty with the strongest combat effectiveness.Zhang Han quickly defeated the peasant team entering the pass, and went out of the pass to suppress various ministries.The Second Emperor sent chief Shi Simaxin and others to lead the reinforcements. Zhang Han was like a tiger with wings added. Fengqiu East, Henan) wiped out Wei Jiu's tribe, then crossed the Yellow River north to attack Zhao, and surrounded Zhao Xie in the city of Julu (now southwest of Ping Township, Hebei).At the beginning of the third year of II (207 BC), various anti-Qin armed forces gathered to Julu to rescue Zhao.Thus formed a decisive battle with the main force of the Qin army. This summer, Xiang Yu broke the boat and led the ferocious Chu army to a decisive battle. Zhang Han was caught off guard and lost again and again.Zhang Han sent Sima Xin to Xianyang to ask for reinforcements, but Zhao Gao refused to meet him, and did not send a single soldier.Zhang Han led the Qin army to surrender to Xiang Yu under the dual pressure of defeat on the battlefield and distrust of the court.As a result, anti-Qin armed forces from all walks of life in the Kanto came to the west one after another. Zhang Han's surrender was a heavy blow to II.After moving to Wangyi Palace, he was depressed all day long.Thinking that Zhao Gao often said that "the bandits in the east of the Guandong can't do anything", but now the chaos of treachery has formed in the world, he couldn't help complaining to Zhao Gao, so he sent an envoy to question Zhao Gao.Zhao Gao had already planned to usurp the throne, but after being questioned by Emperor II, he decided to do it immediately.On the third day after King II moved to Wangyi Palace, Zhao Gao arranged for the Lang Zhong in charge of the palace guards to make his younger brother Zhao Cheng an internal response, and his son-in-law Xianyang ordered Yan Le to organize officials and soldiers, pretending to be hunting for thieves, and broke into the gate of Wangyi Palace by surprise. The means of attack is to force the palace. Yan Le led more than a thousand officials and soldiers to the gate of the palace, swung knives to kill the guards, led the officials and soldiers into the hall, shot arrows everywhere, and killed everyone they saw.Zhao Cheng and Yan Le approached the second king and shot arrows at his seat.The Second shouted to the left and right, most of the left and right had fled in all directions, the rest panicked and lost their composure, no one dared to come out to fight. Yan Le approached the Second King with his sword and said: "You are violent and cruel, and the people of the country are indignant. You can make up your own mind about where to go." The Second King asked to see Prime Minister Zhao Gao. Yan Le said, "No way!" The second emperor expressed his willingness to give up the throne and get a county as king. Yan Le shook his head and refused. The Second King said, "Then be a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households." Yan Le still didn't allow it. The Second King looked pitifully, and begged desperately, "I am willing to become common people with my wife. Is that all right?" Yan Le sneered, and said: "I was ordered by the prime minister to kill you, no matter how much you talk, it will be useless." After finishing speaking, he commanded the officials to press towards the second emperor.At this time, the fatuous emperor realized that the person who pushed him to this point was his favorite minister.There was no way for the second generation to survive, and he had no choice but to draw his sword and commit suicide. Emperor Qin II reigned for 3 years and was 23 years old.After his death, he was buried in Yichun Garden in Dunan (southwest of Chang'an, Shaanxi Province) according to the identity and etiquette of common people (the head of Guizhou), without a temple name or posthumous title.