Ying Zheng didn't order Lv Buwei to commit suicide, but let him move to Bashu. Why did he kill himself?

Before Lv Buwei committed suicide, he received a personal letter from Qin Shihuang, which said: What did you do for Qin? Qin Yu, eating 100,000 households; Why did you kiss Qin? Known as Guanzhong. He and his family moved to Shudu!

What contribution have you made to the state of Qin? You can seal a hundred thousand food cities. What's your relationship with Qin? It's called Guanzhong You'd better move to Shudu with your family. ?

On the surface, Qin Shihuang's letter only blamed the reward and his contribution, so he was banished to Shu. But in fact, behind the short 30 words of Qin Shihuang, there are three meanings:

One is to tell Lv Buwei that he will deny his life's contribution; The second is to reprimand Lv Buwei in Guanzhong, which is not worthy of the name and is a great sin; Third, tell Lv Buwei that his sins have brought trouble to his whole family. Is it up to him? ?

In other words, it was through this letter that Qin Shihuang told Lv Buwei that if he was smart enough, he would kill himself as soon as possible, and your business would stop here. Otherwise, I will not only deny your lifelong accusation, but also punish you for calling yourself? Guan zhong? You should be well aware of the consequences of the crime of insulting Qin. Finally, your crime now involves your family. If you don't want them to follow you to accept more severe punishment, you should make your own choice quickly. ?

In this context, Lv Buwei can only choose to commit suicide. On the one hand, no one wants his life's contribution to be erased and hacked into a dog. From Lv Buwei's book Lv Chunqiu, we can see that he is also a person who is very eager to make a name in history. If his death can win recognition for his contribution to life, I believe he is absolutely willing.

On the other hand, his family and public guests have so many lives that they have to consider. If Lv Buwei didn't know enough, he could only use legal means to force Qin Shihuang to execute himself and all of them. In this way, Qin Shihuang will definitely convict them, and then he will kill them. Then they will all become guilty people, and their fate and fate will only be more tragic.

In fact, the ancient emperors generally advised someone to commit suicide, which was actually a leniency to him. Because it is too easy for the emperor to kill a person, and he can find many legitimate reasons. However, the emperor did not do this, but hinted that you committed suicide. The implication is that although you made a big mistake, I recognize your contribution and don't want to pursue you too much. You killed yourself. That's the end of it. I will give you a big burial afterwards, and the final judgment is also positive, so your family will naturally not be implicated.

In this context, the vast majority of courtiers will choose to commit suicide, otherwise the end will only be worse. For example, when Cao Pi ascended the throne, he suggested that Cao Cao's favorite Rockett brothers commit suicide. As a result, they didn't want to, and they asked all kinds of people to explain. As a result, Cao Pi directly sent people to exterminate the nation.

Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, Lv Buwei could only choose to commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine rationally and decisively. Afterwards, Qin Shihuang didn't pursue the responsibility of Lv Buwei's family, and the conclusion of building a museum for him was greater than that of Qin Guogong, so that the Lv Buwei we saw in the history books was at least a positive image, otherwise he might become an evil villain like Lao Yi.

Later, all the public guests from Lv Buwei moved back to Beijing, and Lv Buwei's The Spring and Autumn Annals of Lushi was also preserved and circulated. In this sense, Lv Buwei's suicide is a fair death.