OBS Chapter 958: The End of the Divine Chapter
Chapter 958: The End of the Divine Chapter
Chapter 958: The End of the Myth
Winter comes and summer goes, time flies by like a white horse.
Three years passed in a blink of an eye. Although the Qin Dynasty seemed calm on the surface, there were actually undercurrents surging within it.
On the one hand, the nobles left over from the six kingdoms joined together to restore their former glory. On the other hand, within the Qin Dynasty, in the absence of external conflicts, Ying Zheng still adopted harsh laws to treat officials and civilians, and the old Qin people's dissatisfaction with Ying Zheng gradually became apparent.
But at this moment, Ying Zheng was sitting high on the dragon throne, immersed in the great achievements of conquering the six kingdoms, and did not pay any attention to this change.
At the same time, after struggling arduously for half a lifetime, Ying Zheng inevitably began to indulge in extravagance and debauchery. After Princess Yu Shu entered the palace, she was immediately canonized as Concubine Li.
Of course, this also caused Yi Xiaochuan pain for half a year. In the end, in order to be able to see Princess Yu Shu often, he even asked Meng Tian to arrange a position for him as a guard in the imperial guards.
Unfortunately, Princess Yu Shu only felt that he was just a friend whom she could talk to in a foreign country.
During these three years, Qin Hao, with the help of Xiang Liang, his nephew, and Fan Kuai, secretly bribed a large number of bandits, whose total number reached 20,000. These were elite fighters who could be incorporated into the army. The guards who had been recruited before became instructors, specifically responsible for training these bandits.
The ability to gather so many people in a short period of time was also due to the huge profits from glass products. Part of the money was used to purchase supplies and bribe bandits, and part was used to bribe officials of the dynasty. Many high-ranking officials of the Qin Dynasty, headed by Li Si, had received generous gifts from Qin Hao.
Naturally, some of the court's policy trends were also revealed to Qin Hao through their mouths, allowing him to understand the real situation within the Qin Dynasty at the first time.
According to the ideas of Xiang Liang and his nephew, they could now raise the banner of rebellion and overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty. However, Qin Hao knew very well that the rebellion would never succeed as long as Ying Zheng was alive.
The prestige of this emperor who is unrivaled in history is so high in the eyes of the old Qin people that with him around, the old Qin people will unite. Moreover, the internal conflicts of the Qin Dynasty have not yet erupted at this time. Once an external enemy appears, the Qin Dynasty will quickly reach a consensus and point its guns at the outside world.
However, on this day, Qin Hao received a piece of news that reminded him that Ying Zheng had become obsessed with seeking immortals and asking for the way.
Qin Hao immediately sent people to find those "swindlers", no, they were the hermit masters.
Then they were sent to Ying Zheng. The "immortal pills" refined by these sorcerers were good stuff. The heavy metal content seriously exceeded the standard. After eating them for a period of time, people could be freed from the constraints of the body and their souls could ascend.
These "charlatans", no, hermit masters, quickly gained the trust of Ying Zheng, who not only rewarded them lavishly but also granted them official positions, causing chaos in the court.
In addition, there was the dispute over the crown prince between Fusu and Huhai. Since Ying Zheng never had a queen in his life, there was no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate sons, and all princes were qualified to inherit the throne.
Fusu, as the oldest and also well-known for his virtue, won the support of many court officials. On the other hand, Hu Hai had the support of Prime Minister Li Si, who also attracted many officials to support him.
However, it doesn’t matter who the officials support; the key is Ying Zheng’s attitude.
Compared to his eldest son who often nagged and admonished him, Ying Zheng felt that Hu Hai was closer to him, so he often took him with him when he went out on tours instead of Fusu. This was undoubtedly a signal that made more officials begin to look favorably upon Hu Hai.
Qin Hao spent a lot of time and effort on Hu Hai. Of course, he taught him how to play. He asked someone to guide him to play the same games as the Eight Banners disciples during the Qing Dynasty.
In the 32nd year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, whose health was deteriorating, finally realized that something was wrong. How come after taking so many "immortal pills", he not only did not ascend to heaven, but became weaker and weaker?
So they started to let these alchemists report on each other, and as a result, they exposed each other and implicated more than 460 people, which made Ying Zheng realize that the people around him were all liars.
Later, at the suggestion of Li Si, Ying Zheng started a famous event in history: burning books and burying scholars.
At the same time, Fusu completely lost the opportunity to ascend the throne. Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied with Fusu's plea for the Confucian scholars. Not only did he severely reprimand him, he also sent him to the army for training, which was actually exile.
After taking "magic pills" for so many years, Ying Zheng has already suffered from severe heavy metal poisoning. Although he seems to be fine on the outside, he is actually already terminally ill.
Qin Hao obtained real-time information on Ying Zheng's physical condition from the bribed eunuchs, while also stepping up his efforts to recruit talent.
In the 37th year of King Zheng of Qin, Ying Zheng died in Shaqiu Palace on his fifth eastern tour. Li Si and Hu Hai conspired to forge an edict issued by Ying Zheng, allowing Hu Hai to inherit the throne. They also accused Fusu of being an unfilial son and Meng Tian of being an unfaithful minister in the name of Ying Zheng, and forced them to commit suicide.
When Qin Hao received the news that Hu Hai had succeeded to the throne, he knew that the era of the Qin Dynasty had entered the countdown.
After the news of Ying Zheng's death spread, the nobles of the six countries celebrated, and at the same time, their already restless hearts became even more restless. Some people had already begun to prepare for rebellion, but most of them were waiting for the most appropriate time. After all, rebellion was a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the clan.
Just one year later, this opportunity came. In the first year of the reign of Qin II, that is, in 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started an uprising in Daze Township and shouted that inspiring slogan.
"Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different species?"
The uprising went very smoothly at the beginning. People in various counties and prefectures who could not bear the tyranny of Qin officials arrested and sentenced their officials and killed them in response to Chen Sheng.
Less than three months after the uprising, people in Zhao, Qi, Yan, Wei and other places declared themselves kings under the banner of restoring the six kingdoms.
Xiang Liang and his nephew could not wait any longer and started an uprising in Chu without waiting for Qin Hao's command.
However, Xiang Liang and his nephew soon discovered that they thought too highly of themselves. Among the bandit leaders who had previously been very respectful to them, only a few responded to his call and led their teams to follow him, while the rest remained inactive.
The reason is very simple. They have been eating Qin Hao's food and wages over the years, and Qin Hao also arranged guards to enter the bandit's stronghold in the name of instructors to help him train and reform these bandits. Under the instructor's subtle teaching, the bandits are very clear about who brought them the good life they have now. Compared with the previous days when they were so poor that they could only eat grass roots and tree bark, they are naturally grateful to Qin Hao.
To them, Xiang Liang and his nephew were at most heroic friends. They could fight for brotherhood, but who had ever seen anyone rebelling for the sake of loyalty and risking the execution of their entire clan?
Three months later, General Zhang Han defeated the rebels. Subsequently, the Qin Dynasty's regular army began to suppress the local rebellions, and Cheng Sheng and Wu Guang were killed one after another.
For a time, the morale of the rebel forces in various places was greatly reduced.
However, at this time, Qin Hao left Xianyang with Lu Su, his son and Gao Yao. After returning to Shanfu County, he immediately raised the banner of rebellion against Qin.
When Lu Gong heard the news of Qin Hao's rebellion, he almost fainted, but he had no choice but to board Qin Hao's pirate ship.
However, the good news was that Qin Hao's rebellion was not unprepared. On the contrary, after he raised the banner of rebellion and captured Shanfu County, nearly 30,000 people came to surrender. These were the bandits he had always supported. In addition, some knights and wealthy families, seeing his great momentum, also came to surrender.
At this moment, after suppressing the rebellion of Cheng Sheng and Wu Guang, the Qin Dynasty was already on the verge of collapse. Soldiers from all over the country were transferred to the vicinity of Xianyang. Shanfu County, where Qin Hao was located, was located in Shandong Province and was basically in an undefended state.
In just three months, Qin Hao took over Linzi County and Langya County. Before the coming of winter, he successively took over Qi County, Dong County, Xue County, Jiaodong County, and Jibei County. The entire Shandong Province basically became Qin Hao's territory.
Interestingly, after Liu Bang learned that Fan Kuai and his two companions had become generals, he asked them to recommend himself to Qin Hao.
Qin Hao naturally did not disappoint Liu Bang's kindness. After appointing him as a colonel, he arranged for him to go on the expedition with the army. Under Qin Hao's arrangement, Liu Bang was hacked to death by several of his own soldiers in the chaos of the army. The founding emperor of the Han Dynasty thus fell.
Fan Kuai and the other two were somewhat sad about Liu Bang's death, but they did not doubt anything. There are always casualties in war. Besides, Qin Hao had no grudge against Liu Bang. If it were not for their recommendation, Qin Hao might not even know that Liu Bang existed. He would just think that Liu Bang was unlucky and had no fighting power, and died in the chaos of war.
Because Qin Hao abolished the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty in various counties and prefectures in Shandong and re-established a complete administrative system, during the six months that Qin Hao conquered various counties and prefectures in Shandong, the people under his rule were gradually able to have food to eat and live in adobe and thatched houses.
The common people don’t care who the emperor is. They will support whoever gives them food to eat and a house to live in.
After hearing the news, some common people from the surrounding counties also came to join Qin Hao. Qin Hao accepted everyone who came and gave them houses and land.
This was also due to the Qin Dynasty's previous heavy taxation and extortion. The common people could not survive and the land was abandoned. Otherwise, Qin Hao would not have so much land to divide.
Xiang Liang and his nephew were indeed capable people. Even without Qin Hao's funding, they still gathered a team of tens of thousands of people. Since Xiang Yu fought bravely and was always at the forefront of the anti-Qin war, he soon attracted the attention of Hu Hai.
So Hu Hai sent a large number of reinforcements to support Zhang Han. After receiving the reinforcements, Zhang Han raided Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang was defeated and killed, and Xiang Yu was also chased and beaten.
It was not until the Battle of Julu that Xiang Yu fought a desperate battle and finally defeated the Qin army, and Zhang Han fled.
At the same time, Xiang Yu contacted other princes to join forces and intended to take Xianyang directly, but was blocked by the Qin army led by Zhang Han. The two sides were deadlocked and fought many times with both sides winning and losing.
So Xiang Yu thought of Qin Hao and invited Qin Hao several times to join him in marching into Xianyang, but was rejected by Qin Hao because he was busy marching into the Central Plains.
The Central Plains has been a grain-producing area since ancient times. It's not that the other princes didn't see this, but they were all blinded by hatred. In other words, they were afraid of the Qin people and dared not give them any breathing space. They were afraid that it would be like in 298 BC, when they could have conquered Hangu Pass and destroyed the Qin State, but they were too soft-handed and allowed Qin to destroy the six states instead. This lesson was too painful.
Therefore, the remaining nobles of the six kingdoms didn't care about the territory at all, and they were only thinking about destroying Qin.
However, Qin Hao was very clear that according to the current situation of the Qin Dynasty, the longer it dragged on, the more chaotic the internal situation would become. Unless there was a strong man like Ying Zheng who came from heaven, there would be no chance of revival. Obviously, Hu Hai was not such a strong man, and neither was Fusu's son Ziying.
Just when Qin Hao was happily expanding his territory, something unexpected happened. Xiang Yu and the coalition forces of the other five countries were defeated.
It was Yi Xiaochuan who led the army to defeat them. However, at this time Yi Xiaochuan used another identity, the younger brother of the famous general Meng Tian. Hu Hai ordered him to lead the only remaining Qin army in Xianyang to support Zhang Han. Finally, the two of them worked together to defeat Xiang Yu.
The information Qin Hao obtained from within the Qin Dynasty was that Princess Yu Shu was originally going to be buried alive with Ying Zheng after his death. Upon learning this, Yi Xiaochuan immediately changed his disguise and transformed himself into Meng Yi. He used the remaining assets of the Meng family army to make a deal with Hu Hai. Hu Hai promised him that as long as he defeated the coalition forces of the six countries led by Xiang Yu, Princess Yu Shu would not be buried alive with him.
After the defeat of the coalition forces of the six nations, Hu Hai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Yi Xiaochuan and Zhang Han to pursue the enemy. The two sides once again fell into a bitter battle.
Qin Hao took advantage of the fierce battle between the two sides to complete the control of various counties in Henan.
After that, after three years of accumulation, Qin Hao finally decided to send troops to Xianyang. At this time, both the Qin army and the coalition forces of the six countries were already exhausted.
Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying won battle after battle and defeated the Qin army led by Yi Xiaochuan one after another. Yi Xiaochuan himself was killed by Fan Kuai with a single blow and was trampled into a pulp by countless war horses.
Xiang Yu originally thought that Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying were here to help them, and wanted to help pursue the Qin army, but he was killed by the two of them.
After that, Fan Kuai, Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo attacked everywhere and destroyed the Qin army and the coalition forces of the six countries.
Afterwards, the three men led an army of 200,000 and marched to the outside of Xianyang City. Hu Hai went out of the city to surrender, and the Qin Dynasty perished from then on.
After Qin Hao entered Xianyang and officially proclaimed himself emperor, Lu Su naturally became the queen. Lu Gong never thought that he would one day become the father-in-law of the emperor. Before this, he once felt that he had earned every extra day of happiness he could live.
Gao Yao was named a founding marquis by Qin Hao and lived and died with the country. After there was completely no hope of returning, Gao Yao accepted his fate and began to enjoy the luxurious life of ancient aristocrats.
After that, Qin Hao spent three years completely wiping out the rebellious nobles of the six kingdoms and completed the great unification after the Qin Dynasty.
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When Qin Hao opened his eyes again, what came into view was a sea of tall buildings. At the same time, a chattering voice spoke in his ears.
"Don't spend money recklessly at school. It's not easy for your family to earn money to support you to go to college."
A memory flooded into his mind. Qin Hao's identity at this moment was a college student who was about to enter Peking University or Tsinghua University, and beside him was his mother.
"Okay, I get it. You guys can go back now. The train is about to leave."
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