《资治通鉴·秦纪》114-1｜今天聊聊 嬴政都有哪些残忍手段

Summary

This 芮淇讲透资治通鉴 episode continues Qinji 113 from the removal of 李牧 and 司马尚 into 嬴政 / 秦始皇’s nineteenth year, 228 BCE. 王翦 defeats the remaining Zhao army, 赵葱 is killed, 颜聚 flees, 邯郸 falls, and 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王 is captured and moved away from the capital.

The source then splits Zhao’s fall into three afterlives: Ying Zheng’s personal revenge in Handan, Wang Jian’s stationing at 中山 as pressure against 燕国, and 赵嘉’s flight to 代地 / 代国, where he calls himself king of Dai rather than king of Zhao. The final section pivots to 楚国, where 楚幽王 dies, 熊昊 / 熊犹 / 楚哀王 is briefly installed, and 熊负刍 / 楚王负刍 takes power through a palace coup.

Key Claims

• In 228 BCE, Qin’s Wang Jian defeats Zhao after the Li Mu/Sima Shang removal; Zhao Cong is killed, Yan Ju flees, Handan is taken, and Zhao Qian is captured.
• 司马光’s judgment, as presented by the host, treats Zhao’s fall as the accumulated result of Shangdang greed, Changping disaster, and repeated court-driven removal of good commanders such as 廉颇 and Li Mu.
• The episode contrasts the earlier, dramatic Handan rescue cycle around 李谈 / 李同, 鲁仲连, 信陵君, 毛遂, and 侯嬴 with the much flatter fall of Handan in 228 BCE.
• Zhao Qian is moved to Fangling after capture; the source cites 《淮南子》 for the later image of him singing homesick songs about Zhao.
• Ying Zheng personally goes to Handan after the city falls and identifies people connected to old grievances from his childhood there.
• The episode marks a textual difference: 《资治通鉴》 is summarized as “皆杀之,” while 《史记》 is summarized as “皆坑之,” making the punishment harsher in the Shiji wording.
• 赵姬 dies soon after Ying Zheng returns from Handan to Xianyang.
• Wang Jian remains at Zhongshan rather than returning with Ying Zheng, so the former Zhao/Zhongshan area becomes a forward pressure point against Yan.
• Zhao Jia, the displaced original Zhao crown prince, flees with several hundred clan members to Dai, attracts Zhao officials unwilling to surrender, and joins Yan forces at Shanggu.
• The host argues that Zhao Jia calls himself king of Dai rather than king of Zhao partly because keeping Zhao Qian alive under Qin control weakens Zhao Jia’s claim to Zhao kingship.
• Dai is treated as a historically deep Zhao frontier space: the episode links it back to 赵简子’s choice of 赵无恤 / 赵襄子 and Zhao Xiangzi’s ruthless absorption of Dai.
• The episode says Zhao Jia’s Dai regime survives six years because of his ability, Zhao hatred of Qin after repeated disasters, and Dai’s geography.
• In Chu, the episode records a succession sequence after Chu Youwang’s death: Chu people install his younger brother, whose name appears as 熊昊 in the Six States chronology and 熊犹 in the Chu lineage account, before the older half-brother Xiong Fuchu’s faction kills him and installs Xiong Fuchu.
• The transcript ends during an incomplete “异士” setup, so the wiki does not assert the identity or full event behind that closing fragment.

Key Quotes

“平平淡淡地结束了” - source description of Zhao’s final fall compared with the earlier Handan rescue drama.

“皆杀之” - the episode’s summary of the Zizhi Tongjian wording for Ying Zheng’s Handan revenge.

“皆坑之” - the episode’s summary of the Shiji wording for the same punishment.

Connections

• Qinji 113, 李牧, 司马尚, 郭开, 赵葱, and 颜聚 - direct continuation from command removal into Zhao’s military collapse.
• 嬴政 / 秦始皇, 秦国, 邯郸, 赵姬, 以国力行私仇, and 史书异文政治重量 - childhood danger, revenge, and kill/bury wording contrast.
• 赵国, 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王, 《淮南子》, and 生俘亡君的合法性钳制 - captured ruler, exile, homesick literary memory, and political use of leaving him alive.
• 赵嘉, 代地 / 代国, 燕国, 弱国相争强国得利, and 残余政权根据地 - Zhao remnant flight, Dai base, and emergency Yan-Zhao cooperation.
• 王翦, 中山国, 赵武灵王, and 乐毅 - Zhongshan as a historical frontier and as Qin’s new forward position after Zhao’s fall.
• 楚国, 楚幽王, 熊昊 / 熊犹 / 楚哀王, 熊负刍 / 楚王负刍, 李源妹妹, 黄歇 / 春申君, and 未定继承人风险 - Chu succession instability after the hidden-paternity court branch.
• 《史记》, 《资治通鉴》, 司马光, and 史书异文政治重量 - source comparison around both the Handan punishment and the Chu heir’s name.

Contradictions

• No settled contradiction with existing wiki content is asserted.
• Source-scope caution: the transcript gives Fangling’s location in a compact geographic note; the wiki records the episode’s claim without treating this ingest as an independent geography verification.
• Source-scope caution: the episode’s “皆杀之” versus “皆坑之” comparison is a textual variant that changes the severity of Ying Zheng’s revenge, not a resolved contradiction between pages.
• Source-scope caution: the 熊昊 / 熊犹 name difference is kept as a Shiji-internal variant around Chu’s succession, not treated as two separate rulers unless later sources require separation.
• Source-scope caution: the final “异士” fragment is incomplete in the provided transcript and is not incorporated as a claim.