Zhao Gao, who has always been stigmatized and eunuchized by later generations, why did he have to di

Zhao Gao was an important ** in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, because he was regarded as a "eunuch" and was stigmatized by later generations. According to historical records, Zhao Gao was originally a prisoner, and was later selected into the eunuch ranks, and after a long time of diligent study and hard work, he finally became a senior **. Zhao Gao held an important position during the Wu Zetian period of the Qin Dynasty, he was one of the "Three Dukes", and his official rank was extremely high.

He was not a "eunuch" as many people think, in fact, Zhao Gao was a skilled politician and strategist, and made great contributions to the hegemony of Yingzheng later. Although Zhao Gao did not directly contribute to the fall of the Qin Dynasty during the Qin Dynasty, he did hold a large number of positions during the Wu Zetian period, which had a certain impact on the political situation of the Qin Dynasty. Zhao Gao was in charge of the government for a time during the Wu Zetian period, and under the guidance of Zhang Liang, he achieved some important results.

According to historical records, Zhao Gao's life experience is not ordinary. His father was a well-known general at the time, and was later beheaded for military discipline issues. Zhao Gao has lived in loneliness since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was selected into the ranks of eunuchs.

Because of Zhao Gao's high position and lofty status, coupled with his background as a prisoner, later generations stigmatized Zhao Gao as a "eunuch". But in fact, with his intelligence and hard work, Zhao Gao eventually became a politician and strategist, leaving an indelible mark on history.

Zhao Gao is a eunuch (eunuch), Qing Dynasty historian Zhao Yi's "Chenyu Cong Kao" pointed out that Zhao Gao was originally the son of Zhao State, because he lamented that his country was destroyed by the Qin State, (some people believe that Zhao Gao entered Qin for revenge after the Battle of Changping) did not hesitate to mutilate his body from the palace into the Qin Palace, causing a series of internal battles within the Qin Dynasty, killing all the Qin Dynasty clans, destroying the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gao's actions are aimed at revenge, and pointed out that this paragraph of information is in Sima Zhen's "Historical Records Suoyin".

However, most people do not believe that this statement is credible. Some people think that Zhao Gao is a descendant of the Qin royal family, and some people think that Zhao Gao is not a eunuch at all, but just a "eunuch". Others believe that Zhao Gao was "a first-class calligrapher, philologist, and a specialist in law, who was tall and strong, skilled in riding and riding and extraordinary in martial arts, and was a rare talent in the court of the Qin Empire."

It was deeply valued by Qin Shi Huang.

1. Zhao Gao's chaos in Qin, this is the evaluation of this matter in later generations, not that Zhao Gao wants to mess with Qin, Zhao Gao's purpose is to control power and not die. His method was to unite with Li Si, falsely pass on the edict, kill the prince Fusu, and the general Meng Tian, and then support the puppet emperor Hu Hai.

Then he killed Zhongliang, causing chaos in the government and the opposition, and finally directly led to the demise of Qin. was said to be Zhao Gao Chaoqin.

The reason why Zhao Gao's power leaned towards the government and the opposition should be mainly due to the fact that Qin II Hu Hai was dizzy and handed over all the government and politics to Zhao Gao, resulting in him being able to eliminate dissidents step by step and make the court all his people, in fact, there is still a lot of such history, and I think Wei Zhongxian of the Ming Dynasty is also, a ridiculous, faint emperor, only to create a Zhao Gao who leans towards the government and the opposition.

2. Character Profile:

Zhao Gao (?) 207 BC), Ying's surname, Zhao's. The second emperor of the Qin Dynasty of China was the prime minister, a famous eunuch (one said that he was not a eunuch).

Zhao Gao was originally a distant relative of the Qin clan, and entered the Qin Palace as a eunuch (one said that Zhao Gao was a "eunuch" is a misinterpretation of later generations), and served as the commander of the CRRC government, and concurrently carried out the Fu Xi order, "more than 20 years of management". After the death of Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Gao launched a coup d'état in the dunes, and he conspired with Prime Minister Li Si to forge an edict to force Qin Shi Huang's eldest son Fusu to commit suicide, and set up Hu Hai, the youngest son of the First Emperor, as the emperor, for Qin II, and appointed himself as Lang Zhongling. During his tenure of office, he monopolized power, formed cliques for personal gain, and made the conscription more onerous and the administration more harsh.

In 208 BC, he designed to kill Li Si, and then became the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. In the third year, he forced Qin II to commit suicide and appointed Ziying as the king of Qin. Soon he was killed by Ziying's design and punished the three clans.

Zhao Gao started as a eunuch and relied on the favor of Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, to push the tyrannical politics of the Qin Dynasty to its peak, thereby hastening its demise. Therefore, Lu Jia sighed: "Qin Ren's criminal law remains unchanged, and the Zhao family (referring to the fall of the Qin Dynasty)" and Liu Xiang, the editor of "Warring States Policy", is even more blunt:

Qin Xin has the same surname (that is, the clan, here refers to Zhao Gao) to the king, until its decline, not Yi with the same surname, and died in the country. Therefore, the rule of the king lies in the practice of the law, not in the belief in the same surname. ”

In addition, Zhao Gao is also a master of calligraphy in the Qin and Han dynasties, and Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty "Shuo Wen Jie Zi Order" cloud: "Zhao Gao made the "Calendar", taking the big seal of history, or quite provincial reform. "The Northern Wei Dynasty Wang Qing's "Ancient and Modern Characters" lists 59 calligraphers of the Qin, Han and Wu dynasties, including Zhao Gao.

Song Yang Xin of the Southern Dynasty called Zhao Gao "Good Seal". Tang Zhang Huaijun's "Book Break" volume on the "Great Seal" day: "Zhao Gaoshan Seal."

The first emperor's young son, Hu Haishu. He is the author of six chapters of the "Calendar".

Zhao Gao didn't get along with the Qin State, and he was often in a position above ten thousand people under one person, so in order to maintain his own status, he would start from his personal interests and hurt the interests of the Qin State.

Zhao Gao didn't want to get along with the Qin State, he just wanted to fight for power, but he didn't expect to play the Qin State to death, he didn't want to be under one person, he just wanted to be above ten thousand people.

His sense of position is also a sense of existence, natural desire is infinite, greed is infinite, and finally it is done.

As far as I know, Zhao Gao is a native of Zhao State, because Qin State destroyed Zhao State, so some Zhao people naturally hope that Qin State will perish, so some people will find ways to let Qin State perish.