After the unification of the six kingdoms of the Qin Shifu Empire, the situation changed abruptly, and the power struggle within the imperial family was extremely fierce. In particular, Emperor Shi Fu decided to pass on his eldest son Fusu before his death, but he was conspired by Zhao Gao and Li Si, causing Fusu to commit suicide with hatred. Subsequently, the peasant uprising quickly spread throughout the country, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang bravely resisted, and they played the banner of "avenging the Soviet Union", which undoubtedly added to the mystery of this history. Could it be that just avenging a Qin prince could set off such a huge mass movement? There must be some unknown dark curtain hidden behind it, let us clear the fog and explore the source of the truth!
Don't look at us now that we are used to talking about the past and the present, in those years of the Qin Dynasty, the power struggle was extremely cruel. During the period of Emperor Shifu, even if Zhao Ji and Chang Yu were the favorite concubines who controlled the real power of the empire, the conspiracy and calculation of the crazy struggle for power and profit in the court and China were endless. And Emperor Shi Fu himself was dragged into the chaos.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the past of Qin Shifu and his son Zhao Yiren. Zhao Yiren was originally an embroidery boy, and when he was a hostage in Handan, Zhao State, there was a risk of being killed. Thanks to Lu Buwei, a cunning businessman, the big boss who stretched out his wolf claws and used money to settle the relationship, Zhao Yiren escaped by luck and became the prince of the Qin State.
However, Prince Zhao Yiren was too suspicious, and he was thinking about repaying his benefactor Lu Buwei. When he became the king of Qin, he immediately tilted his power to Lü Buwei's side, and favored those obedient villains all day long. As a result, two major factions were formed in the harem, on the one hand, the Zhao State gang led by the Empress Dowager Zhao, and on the other hand, the wives of Chu Guokuo led by the Empress Dowager Huayang, who had a lot of background. The two groups of people fought back and forth, and in the end it turned into a shocking conspiracy in which Chang Yu took the lead in rebellion.
Of course, the rebellion was aimed at Qin Shiw's throne, and he vowed to put Zhao Ji's two illegitimate sons on the dragon chair. However, when Qin Shi ordered people to suppress the rebels, he found that the real target was Changping Jun, who had just been killed in the uprising. This Changping Jun is not an idle person, but the seed of the Chu royal family, his father Xiong Yuan was a hostage in the Qin State, and the experience of Zhao Yiren is quite similar.
Changping Jun's real name is Xiong Qi, and he came from a prominent background but grew up in the Qin State. As the leader of Chu's foreign relatives, he is naturally regarded as a thorn in the side of the Zhao gang. Fortunately, Qin Shiw's reaction was quite timely, and finally resolved the conspiracy of "impeaching Changping", but he also wiped out Changping's ruthless efforts from then on. Since then, the power of the empire has fallen to Zhao Gao and Li Si, and the legacy of the first emperor has been lost.
Not long after the death of Emperor Shifu, Zhao Gao and Li Si actually strangled the restoration of the great family plan to death in the cradle. They used the despicable means of fabricating rumors to kill the original heir, Fusu and the loyal and brave general Meng Tian. Next, Zhao Gao's son Hu Hai was forced to ascend to the throne and became Qin II.
Oh my God, it's worth it! Fusu's grievances are too deep, and he was given death instead of having a way to succeed to the throne, which is really wronged. Therefore, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang responded to public opinion and played the heavy slogan of "avenging the Soviet Union", it undoubtedly ignited the resistance of the people at the bottom. You must know that the peasants at that time had been unbearable under the tyrannical rule of the tyrannical Qin, and at the sound of an order, the fire of hatred burned brightly.
Nothing else is said for the time being, these two names Fusu and Changping alone are enough to make the people at the bottom feel that the Qin Dynasty's upheaval over the years is not their own fault, but the result of the wanton rampant behavior of the ruling and opposition elites for their own selfishness. As a result, the peasant uprising had great appeal and soon developed into an uncontrollable force that shook the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
The decline of the Qin Empire and the outbreak of the peasant uprising should be understood from the contradictions of the power struggle within the empire in those years. As we all know, Qin Shifu slaughtered countless people on the road to great unification, and set up an iron-fisted rule with his bare hands. However, the power struggle never stopped, and relatives, eunuchs and powerful ministers fought for each other, which eventually led to tragedies such as Fusu and Changping. The people at the bottom see it, and their grievances naturally have nowhere to vent. Zhao Gao and Li Si, these short-lived ministers, finally poked their own baskets, and their tricks of power were intricate, but it was a big joke for the peasants. Therefore, the fuse for the outbreak of the peasant uprising was certainly for revenge, but more importantly, it was out of the will of the people, a fundamental rebellion against the tyrannical rule of Qin.