General Meng Tian doubted the authenticity of the decree and asked Fu Su to check it out. When ready to return to the court, he received this fake decree that said he had not contributed to the country and had to die. They ordered him and Meng Tian to commit suicide in the name of Qin Shi Huang.Īfter several years in the border area, Fu Su had grown into a good leader with brilliant achievements in war. Wanting to usurp the throne, Hu Hai (another son of Qin Shi Huang), Li Si (the prime minister) and Zhao Gao (the eunuch) conspired to change the emperor’s will that passed the throne to Fu Su. In 210 BC, the Emperor Qin Shi Huang died on his fifth progress. Later, Qin Shi Huang sent him to the north to supervise General Meng Tian’s army in Shangjun Prefecture, because qin Shi Huang thought he was weak in character and needed to grow into a qualified heir through the hard life of war on the frontier. In 212 BC, when Emperor Qin Shi Huang was about to bury the Confucian scholars because he was angry over being slandered, Fu Su protested many times, which provoked the emperor. On political opinions, he always acted counter to his tyrannical father. The emperor took it as his son’s name and expected much of him.
In the ballad, ancient people used "Fu Su" to mean "good trees". His mother came from Zheng State and liked to sing the local ballad "On the Mountains are Good Trees".
Fu Su was the eldest son of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
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