Is the Qin Dynasty finally destroyed because of Qin II?

How did the Qin Dynasty fall? The demise of the Qin Dynasty lies in itself. Some of the policies of the second Qin Dynasty were certainly the cause of the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, but some of the policies of the previous generations of the Qin Dynasty were also important internal causes. Even the pillar of the Qin Dynasty collapsed in a short period of time. main reason. The Qin State had a population shortage, so it could only allow criminals to relocate with more preferential policies. For example, in some cases, in relatively important strategic locations, the aborigines would be relocated and then the Qin people would be relocated. This policy is associated with the large-scale killings of the Qin army. On the one hand, it was to eliminate the effective forces of the six countries, and on the other hand, it vigorously moved the Qin people to the occupied areas, so that Qin could quickly digest the occupied land and become part of Qin's national power in the shortest possible time.

It can be said that this played an important role in Qin's unification of the six countries. However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The Qin State's relocation of a large number of people will inevitably cause a large number of people to emigrate from the Qin State's homeland and the territory will be empty. By the time of Qin II, the consequences had already been reflected. It was already difficult to recruit soldiers in Qin. "Now it is not as good as the nearby counties." It is not "less than", because the Qin State is a system where all the people are soldiers, so there should be not enough people to form a large army. , in the end they could only mobilize prisoners and criminals to go to the battlefield to resist the rebel army led by Chen She.

Of course, the system of counties and counties was very advanced at that time. There is no doubt about this. The key point is, after the establishment of counties and counties, who will be the official? This will definitely not be aristocrats from various countries or wealthy families. On the one hand, Qin moved a large number of nobles from the six countries to Qin; on the other hand, a large number of nobles were deprived of their privileges and became commoners. Moved 120,000 wealthy families in the world to Xianyang. Officials always need someone to serve, who will? Naturally, he is from Qin, which is naturally related to Qin's twenty-level military merit system. Under the pressure of the First Emperor, the six kingdoms temporarily maintained superficial peace until Qin II came to power. He killed heroes and clan members and destroyed the foundation of rule.

At this time, the Qin State could not unite the nobles of the six countries, nor could it allow the ordinary people of the six countries to have a way to rise, so naturally it could only rely on the local people of the Qin State. However, Qin II, who had falsely ascended the throne, had evil intentions. In order to completely consolidate his rule, with the support of Li Si, he massacred the heroes, generals and members of the clan as soon as he took the throne. Under the massacre, even the lower-status ministers and third-level ministers were unable to protect themselves. In the middle of the first year after Qin II took the throne, Chen She started an uprising, which was quickly suppressed. After all, the peasant army was very capable of defeating the regular army, and the nobles of the six countries who took advantage of the situation were the Qin ones. The real enemy.

Chen She's uprising played a role in testing Qin. When the dissatisfied nobles of the six kingdoms saw that Qin was so weak, they immediately took action. Therefore, some people say that the demise of the Qin State was caused by Qin II. Unfortunately for the Qin State, Qin Shihuang did not arrange his funeral arrangements, and the one who took over was Hu Hai, who had no political sensitivity at all. If it weren't for Qin II, it wouldn't have reached this point. The luck of the six consecutive generations of Qin's wise kings was exhausted.

The subsequent rapid advancement of the war, and even the rapid demise of the Qin State, was due to the abolition of feudalism and the implementation of counties and counties, but it was unable to give the people of the six countries a platform to rise and expand their rule base. At the same time, years of relocation and resettlement left the Qin State with an empty population and a lack of troops, making it impossible to organize an effective defense line. In addition, Hu Hai "one pot" of experienced Qin State heroes and generals as well as prestigious and capable clan members, the final The natural result is destruction.