Speaking of Zhao Gao, I am most familiar with "pointing a deer to a horse", which is a classic about "crossing the line and favoritism" in political struggle. It is the highest state of striving for self-exclusion and openly telling lies. A plot that tests people's IQ more than "imaginary".
People who can come up with such bad ideas are by no means ordinary people. He came from a humble background and later became the prime minister of the Daqin Empire. The degree of inspiration can be imagined.
When I first read the history books, I found that Zhao Gao was a wonderful existence, a wonderful existence (in terms of his origin). Why do you say that?
"You can hide in the studio for a hundred days, so you can hide in the palace and go to the silkworm room." (A Theory of Justice by Liu in Tang Dynasty)
"Zhao Gao has several brothers, all of whom were born in a secluded palace. Their mother was punished and humble." (Biography of Historical Records and Meng Tian by Sima Qian in Han Dynasty)
Have readers noticed that there is a word "hidden palace" in both sentences? The first sentence explains that the "hidden palace" is a place where people who were imprisoned in ancient times cultivated themselves, and it is also called the silkworm room (similar to a silkworm room, dark and ventilated). In the second sentence, Zhao Gao and his brothers were born in the hermitage. What happened? Can you have children after castration?
Authoritative works like Historical Records should not fool readers, should they? Lao Si, a historian, also said that Zhao Gao was an official (the emperor's trusted minister), not a "eunuch" (eunuchs who served in the palace in the Qin Dynasty were called "eunuchs"). Really confused. A more reasonable statement is that "all born in secluded palaces" is a mistake written by later generations, but it should actually be "all born in secluded officials" Zhao Gao's mother was punished and became a "hidden official" after serving her sentence. This is a legal status in the Qin Dynasty, which is equivalent to a prisoner who has been released from prison and has a humble position.
Both historical novels and costume dramas give us a concept that Zhao Gao, the great eunuch, is a disaster for the country and the people. I read a lot of history books and found that before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no classic saying that Zhao Gao was a eunuch. Moreover, according to insiders, Zhao Gao had a daughter who married Yan Le of Xianyang Mausoleum. At that time, her official position was equivalent to the secretary of the municipal party committee and the commander of the garrison in the capital of the Great Qin State. All the signs reveal a shocking secret: Zhao Gao is not a eunuch at all.
A historical entertainment weekly in the Tang Dynasty broke the news like this: Zhao Gao's father was imprisoned, so his mother complained that he was empty, lonely and indifferent, had an affair with others, and gave birth to several babies, all of whom were named Chair Zhao. Later, the Zhao brothers were castrated and became eunuchs, just like the eunuch family. The plot is bloody.
A historian in the Qing Dynasty posted that Zhao Gao was playing the next big chess game from the beginning-he was the son of Zhao's powerful people, and later Zhao perished, so in order to avenge and liberate the oppressed working people in the world, he resolutely went out of the palace with his sword and joined the civil servants of Qin, vowing to fight for the revolutionary cause of killing the descendants of Qin for life. Comrade Zhao Gao is a righteous man like Jing Ke. He is not afraid of sacrifice, grasping the big and letting go of the small, and is full of revolutionary fighting pride. He was not afraid of discrimination and humiliation in the United States, which was no less than that of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who swallowed Wu for ten years.
These obviously fabricated plots are unbelievable. Zhao Gao is actually a declining aristocrat, who fought with Liu Bei and Liu Huangshu. Most people know Qin Shihuang's surname is, but you should know that his original surname is Zhao. Zhao Gao and Qin Shihuang belong to the same family, and his family is a distant relative of the Qin royal family. Later, because he didn't perform military service and committed a crime, Zhao Gao's parents were all gone. Therefore, the rise of Zhao Gao is a model of the bottom king's counterattack.
Since Shang Yang's political reform, Daqin Empire cultivated ZhanLiGuo, ruled the country by law and attached importance to the inheritance of the world. Most of his sons do what their father does. There are only two ways for men in Qin to gain social status: to make meritorious service in the army and to take an examination of civil servants.
There is an irrefutable truth: since ancient times, in the era when you can't buy and sell officials, anyone who can enter the civil service has either connections or two brushes (except, of course, eunuchs who can become civil servants after being cut off), and you don't care what they are. Although Zhao Gao's father is a junior of Qin, he is familiar with the law and good at calligraphy. Zhao Gao's own talent and his father's personal guidance enabled him to pass the Daqin judicial examination at the age of 23, especially the module of "Prison Law", and quickly became a first-class jurist and calligrapher at that time. Moreover, Zhao Gao, with strong physique, high martial arts and superb riding skills, was a rare all-rounder in the court of the King of Qin, and won the appreciation of Qin Shihuang. He was personally promoted to ——CRRC Fuling, a civil servant at the level of central ministries and commissions (equivalent to the chief foreman of the royal motorcade, the chief secretary, driver and bodyguard of Qin Shihuang).
Although the official is not big, it belongs to the emperor's cronies and confidants. From this, he set foot in the core of the Qin regime and touched the decisive secret. If the time is right, it can directly affect the world political situation, which is also the key impetus for him to launch the "Dune Plan" and change the historical trend.
History is a little girl dressed for everyone. Many people in China are also good at going to the toilet for treacherous court officials and inferring history according to their own imagination. Even historians are no exception. Therefore, one toilet after another will be remembered for thousands of years.
In the final analysis, Zhao Gao is nothing more than a petty politician with political ambition, black knowledge, cruel means and unscrupulous means for personal gain. On the other hand, which politician in ancient times didn't play politics with thick skin and ruthless hands? History castrated Zhao Gao and Zhao Gao castrated the Qin Dynasty. Who castrated who? Huan Kuan in the Han Dynasty had a saying in his historical review "On Salt and Iron": "Qin ordered Zhao Gao to rein in and build a car." This means that Zhao Gao, an unreliable driver, caused a car accident and killed the chariot of the Daqin Empire (it seems unlikely, if there is no self-destruction device). Zhao Gao was mentioned in the history of various academic entertainment gossip in later generations, and all of them directly or indirectly thought that he was the chief culprit of Qin Ershi's death. Therefore, throughout the treacherous court official in China's history, he is a prominent figure. Why does Sima Qian look down on him so much? According to historical records, Li Si and his contemporaries Meng Tiandou have special introductions. He will always be male No.234 or a walk-on. If he crosses in front of the boss, he will shake his hair and say the classic line in a Stephen Chow tone: "I'm not a dead bit player, I'm an actor."
Today, before he died, Zhao Gao might even shout out a famous song by Tengger singer: Keep Roots. (feng shui www.azg 168.cn)
Why did Zhao Gao destroy Qin?
Zhao Gao was an important figure in the short history of the Qin Dynasty, and he accelerated the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
He was born in the Hidden Palace, which was a special place for prisoners released from prison in the Qin Dynasty. I don't know how Qin Shihuang heard about his diligent title, so he was promoted to the Order of CRRC, responsible for managing the emperor's ribs and teaching Hu Hai, the second son of the first emperor. Zhao Gao was good at reading people's minds and flattering them, and soon gained the trust of the first emperor and his son Hu Hai.
In 2 10 BC, Qin Shihuang died in a sand dune during his fifth mountain patrol. Before he died, he summoned the official in charge of the seal and Zhao Gao who announced the size. Fu Su, the son of the county army supervisor at that time, handed the matter over to Meng Tian and immediately rushed back to Xianyang to preside over the funeral of the first emperor, which was also a disguised recognition of Fu Su's status in Chu Jun.
Zhao Gao got in the way, suppressed the news that the first emperor died after the death of Qin Shihuang, and hid the testamentary edict. He encouraged Prime Minister Reese to support Hu Hai as emperor and gave false imperial edicts to his sons Fu Su and Montaigne.
A sly rabbit dies, but a running dog cooks. Reese became an obstacle to Zhao Gao, so Zhao Gao designed and killed Reese and became the most powerful prime minister in Qin Ershi. After Reese's death, ambitious Zhao Gao was finally no longer satisfied with being prime minister. He forced Hu Hai to be emperor, but in the process of being emperor, he was opposed by all courtiers. Although Zhao Gao was cruel, he didn't kill all the courtiers, so he had to settle for the second best, foster Zi Ying as emperor and continue to be his veritable emperor.
However, Ziying is not easy to control. On the day of his accession to the throne, he beheaded Zhao Gao in the temple, listed Zhao Gao's crimes, and implicated three families in Zhao Gao. A generation of traitors ended in beheading. Recommended reading: Who is the master behind the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang?
What is the reason why Zhao Gao destroyed Qin?
As a sinner of Qin, it is well known that Zhao Gao called a deer a horse. He tampered with the imperial edict, allowed Fu Su and Meng Tianzhi to die, and then forced Reese and Hu Hai to die. There are countless crimes, but this is a statement of history, and history is written by winners.
There is also a saying that Zhao Gao was originally from Zhao, and a family of eight was happy, but the most powerful State of Qin at that time wanted to unify the six countries and sent Leitian to attack Zhao. Zhao Ziran rebelled, and Zhao Gao's father and four brothers joined the battlefield. After the battle of Changping, Zhao was defeated, and all of Zhao's 400,000 troops were buried alive.
When the news reached the Zhao family, Zhao's mother fainted on the spot. After the fall of Zhao, Zhao Gao and his mother and brother naturally became slaves. However, Zhao's mother was weak, slow to move, beaten and disabled, and later died directly. Zhao Gao vowed to avenge his family, but he dared not let anyone see any mistakes. He can only work hard. He is knowledgeable and loved by everyone. Later, he was valued by his boss. Introduced, he married a wife and gave birth to a daughter. The family of three is also very happy.
At that time, Qin Shihuang wanted to pay attention to Zhao Gao because of Zhao Gao's understanding of the code, but Zhao Gao's identity made Qin Shihuang suspicious, so Qin Shihuang ordered Zhao Gao to be castrated and killed Zhao Gao's wife, daughter and younger brother Zhao Cheng. In order to get revenge, Zhao Gao lurked beside Qin Shihuang, waiting for the right moment.
As for Zhao Gao's various behaviors after that, it is well known, such as tampering with the imperial edicts, hiding things from the sea and not sending out obituaries, conspiring with Reese to award the childe Fu Su and the death of Montaigne with fabricated imperial edicts, and so on, which were all rated as one of the three major treacherous court officials in the history of China.
But there are also many people who praise Zhao Gao, such as poets in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Qu Dajun once wrote a poem saying: "Poor millions of Qin orphans died, and only Zhao avenged them."
Zhao Gao killed II.
Zhao Gao killed II. This sentence comes from the Four Haoan written by Yuan Zhen in the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Gao forced Qin Ershi and Hu Hai to be emperor himself. Hu Hai was the second son of Qin Shihuang. During his tenure as an official of CRRC yamen, Zhao Gao took advantage of his position to approach Hu Hai and teach Hu Hai prison tactics, which won Hu Hai's trust.
After the death of Qin Shihuang, Zhao Gao lured Hu Hai to seek usurpation and coerced Reese to collude with him. Later, he forged an imperial edict, awarded the death penalty to his eldest son Fu Su on charges of disloyalty and unfilial, and even killed general Meng Tian.
When Hu Hai acceded to the throne, officials were cheated because of Reese's testimony. After Hu Hai acceded to the throne, he was really dissolute, and Zhao Gao was even more powerful. Reese became a stumbling block to Zhao Gao. So Zhao Gao, like Hu Hai, spread rumors and slanders. After Hu Hai eradicated Reese, Zhao Gao finally became dissatisfied with the title of fake emperor.
He used a trick to identify the officials in the court who refused to obey him, and then tried every means to kill these people to prepare for his usurpation. After Hu Hai suspected Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao knew it was time. He made some preparations, ordered Yan Le to kill the gatekeeper, and stopped Hu Hai in Wang Yigong.
Hu Hai knew it was time to die, but he was afraid of death, so he hoped to see Zhao Gao again. As long as he doesn't die, just be a common man. But Zhao Gao didn't see him at all, and Hu Hai finally died at the hands of Yan Le.
However, Zhao Gao's wish has not come true. After Hu Hai's death, Zhao Gao's accession to the throne was opposed by officials. It is said that even God issued an early warning. So Zhao only supports Ziying, but Ziying is not a fatuous Hu Hai after all. On the day he ascended the throne, he tricked and killed Zhao Gao, who had dominated the Qin Dynasty for a long time.