Great Qin: From the Start, I Defy the Ancestral Dragon and Urge Fusu to Rebel

Ying Zhao transmigrated to the Qin dynasty and became one of the First Emperor’s many children.

As a transmigrator, he naturally knew that the mighty Qin dynasty would be short-lived, lasting only two generations before collapsing.

All the First Emperor’s children would be killed by Hu Hai, with none meeting a good end.

In other words, he too was doomed to die.

At first, Ying Zhao had considered changing all of this.

So he went to see the emperor late one night and offered heartfelt counsel, hoping to persuade him. Instead, he enraged the Son of Heaven, who banished him from Xianyang.

Ying Zhao’s heart turned utterly cold. He berated the First Emperor in the great hall.

“Your Majesty, have you never heard that a ruler must observe how things begin and end, and understand why states survive or perish? When the people are at peace, they can be guided toward righteousness; when they are in danger, they are easily led into wrongdoing. As the saying goes, the rise and fall of all under Heaven rests with the people. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!”

“Your Majesty, you are unworthy of being emperor!”