Is “Did Zhao Gao, the Chief of the Chariot and Horse Bureau of the Qin Dynasty, alertly remind the King of Qin to carry the sword on his back and draw it during Jing Ke's assassination attempt, thereby receiving a heavy reward, and later become a treacherous minister who brought disaster to the country and the people?” true?
The Records of the Grand Historian, in the 'Basic Annals of Qin Shi Huang' and the 'Biography of Li Si' and other chapters, clearly records the true historical facts that Zhao Gao, as the Chief of the Chariot and Horse Bureau, taught Huhai, and after the death of Qin Shi Huang, he wielded power arbitrarily, 'pointed at a deer and called it a horse', and forced the Second Emperor of Qin to die, bringing disaster to the country and the people. However, in the Records of the Grand Historian, in the 'Biography of Assassins', in the episode of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, it only records 'The attendants then said: 'The King should carry the sword on his back!'', without specifying that it was Zhao Gao who did it. The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, in chapter 107, cleverly attributes this detail to Zhao Gao, fabricating the fictional plot of 'A young eunuch named Zhao Gao urgently called out: 'Why doesn't the King carry the sword on his back and draw it?'', laying the groundwork for his future favor and misrule.
Did Zhao Gao once remind the King of Qin to carry the sword on his back and draw it?
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