One day in the early spring of 259 BC, a boy was born in Handan, the capital of Zhao, a son of Qin. His surname is Zheng Ming, and when he grows up, he will be the famous Qin Shihuang.
Ying Zheng's father named makes, is the grandson of Qin and the son of King Xiaowen. At that time, he stayed in Handan, with Zhao as a hostage. Living alone in a foreign country makes him feel extremely bored and disappointed. There was a big businessman named, who met the son of Qin when he was doing business in Handan. At that time, he was in a very difficult situation. Lv Buwei decided that makes will be the monarch of Qin in the future, and Qin is a powerful country, which may unify the world. He felt that makes is not an ordinary person. With the idea of "strange goods can live in", he interacted with strangers, not only wooed them in every way, but also gave himself a beautiful and beautiful Aiji as his wife. Later, the woman gave birth to a son in Handan, named Zheng. Because Qin and Zhao Tongzu are descendants of the Chinese people, they are both surnamed Zhao. And because Qin was a great teacher, he was also called Ying Zheng.
After Lv Buwei started political speculation, he became a closely related stranger. He took his daughter out to help the aliens, and personally went to Qin to carry out activities, so that the aliens won the favor of their pet, Mrs. Ji Huayang, and won the right to inherit the throne. After the death of King Xiaowen, a foreigner succeeded to the throne, that is, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. Therefore, Lv Buwei became prime minister, was named Wen Xinhou, and got 100,000 fiefs in Luoyang, with 10,000 domestic servants. King Xiang of Zhuang died after three years in office, and his son Ying Zheng succeeded him at the age of 13. Because he is young, all state affairs are presided over by the queen mother and ministers. Lv Buwei continued to be prime minister, pretending to be the father of the king of Qin, known as "Guanzhong", and actually became the emperor's father in charge of Qin.
Lv Buwei was a man of political talent at that time. In the first few years of their reign, King Xiang of Zhuang and King Zheng of Qin actively promoted the unification of the six countries by taking advantage of the traditional advantages of Qin, and made great contributions to the development of Qin. He widely attracted guests and scholars, and became the most prosperous period of recruiting talents in Qin State. He also personally presided over the compilation of Lv Chunqiu, and made a theoretical discussion on the unified politics after reunification.
At that time, another newly developed political force was Lao Ai, which was closely related to the Empress Dowager. Ed started out as a clerk in Lv Buwei. When he saw that Qin was getting older and was about to take charge of state affairs, he realized that his power was too heavy and would conflict with the royal power. He was also afraid that Qin would be punished for knowing that he was having an affair with the Queen Mother. In order to escape the snare of sin, Lv Buwei recommended his old Ai to the Queen Mother as a eunuch. After Lao Ai's love, he was richly rewarded and his power was expanded and developed. At that time, no matter how big or small, it was Lao Ai who had the final say. He is another strongman of Qin after Lv Buwei. Lao Ai had great political ambitions and planned to seize the throne of Qin. Lao Ai's wanton behavior caused chaos in the political affairs of the State of Qin and brought the cause of Qin's reunification to a standstill.
In 238 BC, the king of Qin was 22 years old. According to the Qin system, he will hold a coronation ceremony in Yongcheng, the ancient capital of Qin, and personally manage state affairs. This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Lv Buwei and Ai. In the spring of this year, on the avenue from Xianyang, the capital, to Yongcheng, the old capital, Ying Zheng went to worship his ancestors, held a coronation ceremony and ascended the throne of the monarch. Lv Buwei attended the coronation ceremony of Ying Zheng. He looked at the young monarch coldly, holding a sweat in his hand. He knew that young Ying Zheng would never be satisfied with being one? Quot a puppet with a head on its ear. Thought of here, he decided to strike first, collude with LaoYi, plot rebellion, and pull out Ying Zheng's eyesore.
Not to mention the plan in Lv Buwei's heart, the palace in Yongcheng years was a scene of cigarette smoke and loud music. After the coronation ceremony of Ying Zheng, he stayed in the palace that night. This day in the middle of the night, suddenly a cavalry officer came from Xianyang, reporting that Lao Ai had stolen the imperial seal and mobilized the army, and was planning to attack the Prayer Palace. Ying Zheng already knew that Ai was plotting to usurp the throne. At this point, he did not panic, but decisively ordered Chang Pingjun and Chang Wenjun to send troops to fight back. The two sides fought fiercely in Xianyang, and the Lao Ai rebels of the rabble fled. After ed was arrested? Quot "Five horses were dismembered" and the punishment of being executed was eliminated by three families. The empress dowager, who is closely related to Lao Ai, was also imprisoned in Yongcheng.
Such a big rebellion was quietly put down by Ying Zheng, the young king of Qin. Why not teach Lv Buwei, who is plotting behind his back, to make him afraid? Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang, pretending to be ill and afraid to come out to meet him. After a detailed investigation, Ying Zheng announced that Lv Buwei had an affair with Lao Ai, relieved him of his post as prime minister, and ordered him to move out of Xianyang. Later, hearing that Qin was still secretly active, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback, he moved to Shu County (now Sichuan) and wrote a letter of severe condemnation: What contribution did you make to get a hundred thousand fiefs, and how dare you call it "loyalty"? quot？ Hurry up and move to Shu County! After reading this letter, Lv Buwei deeply felt that the tide was over. Facing the sunset, he drank a cup of poisoned wine and committed suicide.
The Lao Ai incident caused the shock of Qin's ruling and opposition parties, and before that, it was discovered that Zheng, a North Korean water conservancy engineer, encouraged Qin to build a canal and used a lot of manpower and financial resources to curb Qin's eastward advance. As a result, the conservative forces of Qin took the opportunity to add fuel to the flames and set off an uproar of expelling foreign guests, and the mastermind was the imperial clan minister of Qin. They are strongly xenophobic and think that foreign guests are not credible. They suggest that all foreign guests who are officials in the State of Qin should be expelled from the State of Qin. The king of Qin could not bear the clamor of the imperial clan ministers and ordered the expulsion of guests, including Reese, who was deeply appreciated by the king of Qin.
Li Si was a native of Chu State, and later joined Qin State to give advice to Qin State. Deeply trusted by the king of Qin, he was appointed as a distinguished guest with a higher official position. Just as Reese rose to the top of the world, the king of Qin issued a marching order and he was forced to leave Xianyang. On the way to exile, Reese wrote the famous exhortation and expulsion, and wrote a letter to Qin. He cited the fact that the King of Qin appointed Emperor Ke Qing to make the State of Qin increasingly prosperous, pointed out that the expulsion of customers would definitely endanger the security of the State of Qin, and urged the King of Qin to change course. The king of Qin distinguished right from wrong, decisively adopted Reese's suggestion and cancelled the marching order. Later, Liao Wei, a Wei native, also came to the State of Qin and became the senior staff officer of the King of Qin. In the later unification war, Andy and Reese both played an important role.
When the king of Qin ascended the throne, he inherited it from his ancestors, which was already quite a huge legacy. At that time, Qin had wiped out more than 6.5438+0.5 million troops of the six countries, occupying one-third of the land and six-tenths of the wealth. Ying Zheng followed the historical trend of national reunification and launched a vigorous reunification war. In the process of reunification, Ying Zheng experienced the most thrilling murder in his life, which is famous in history? Quot Jing ke stabbed the king of Qin. "
After Qin destroyed Zhao, the army came to the border of Yan. Yan Taizi Dan came up with a way to kill the king of Qin to save his own destruction. So he bought the samurai Jing Ke, hoping that he would go to the State of Qin, seize the opportunity to hijack the King of Qin and force him to return the occupied land. When the king of Qin disagreed, he stabbed him to death, and then when there was no civil strife in the state of Qin, he joined forces with the vassals to destroy Qin in one fell swoop. In order to gain the trust of the king of Qin, Taizi Dan forced Fan, a general who fled to the State of Yan, to commit suicide and presented his head to the king of Qin in a box. He bought a sharp dagger with a large sum of money, wrapped it in a map of the south of Yan State and gave it to Qin State as a gift. This dagger is poisoned. If you use it to kill people, as long as the skin bleeds, it will be poisoned and die immediately.
After Jing Ke arrived in Xianyang, Qin Dou, with his assistant Qin Wuyang, bribed the trusted minister of the king of Qin with a large sum of money and asked him to tell him. The king of Qin was very proud to hear that Yan sent someone to send Fan's head and a map of the south of Yan. Dressed in royal robes, he received Yan's envoys in Xianyang Palace with the most solemn ceremony.
On the day when the King of Qin met Jing Ke, the Xianyang Palace was heavily guarded inside and outside. Jing Ke first dedicated Fan's head to the king of Qin, and then took the map from Qin Wuyang to the king of Qin. The king of Qin took the map and read it slowly. Suddenly, a dagger with cold light appeared in the scroll. Passing 18-wheeler, Jing Ke grabbed the dagger with his right hand, grabbed the sleeve of the king of Qin with his left hand and stabbed him. At this critical moment, the king of Qin jumped up from his seat and tore his sleeve hard. The king of Qin tried to pull out his sword to resist, but the sword was too long, so he panicked and couldn't pull it out at the moment. Jing Ke, the king of Qin had to dodge around the thick pillars in the temple.
The court officials were stunned by this sudden situation. According to the law of Qin, ministers are not allowed to bring any weapons into the temple; The guards armed with weapons are all in your highness. They are not allowed to enter the temple without the king's order, but the king of Qin forgot to give the order in a hurry. The king of Qin ran around the pillar, at a loss. Suddenly someone reminded me, "Your Majesty pushed the scabbard on his back and pulled it out from behind." The king of Qin drew his sword and cut off Jing Ke's left leg. Jing Ke fell to the ground and threw the dagger at the king of Qin. The king of Qin dodged sideways. Quot The whistle landed on the post with a bang. The king of Qin reversed himself and slashed Jing Ke with his sword. Jing Ke was badly injured and fell to the ground. "At this point, the king of Qin's bodyguard set, chop Jing Ke into a pile of minced meat. Jing Ke's feat of stabbing the king of Qin ended with Jing Ke being killed.
In 22 1 year BC, Qin unified the whole country. This year, Ying Zheng was only 39 years old, and he became the first feudal centralized emperor in the history of China.
After Qin unified the world, Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, had a successful career and was ambitious. At a court meeting, he proudly reviewed the process of annexing the country, thinking that his achievements exceeded those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and the title of "King of Qin" was really not enough to show his dignity, so he asked the ministers to discuss this title. Ministers discussed it for a long time with trepidation, and chose Huang San's most distinguished "Tai Huang" as the emperor, but Ying Zheng was not satisfied. Finally, I simply took the title of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" and sealed the emperor. He called himself "the first emperor" and hoped that the imperial industry he created would be passed down from generation to generation. Qin Shihuang also ordered Li Si, the prime minister, to preside over the carving of the imperial seal, which was engraved with the eight characters "I was ordered by heaven to live forever" as a symbol of the eternal unity of feudal emperors.