Chapter 672: Pride
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Zhao Cheng, the Zhonglang household commander in the Suwei Palace, saw Zhao Gao in the side hall where the officials rested, he still burst into tears, couldn't help but be shocked, and urgently asked what happened.
"Look at the sun."
Zhao Gao pointed to the sun that had fallen under the west palace wall and was about to be invisible: "I see him rising, and his emergence is also, although it is cool and cool, but it is bright from far and near." When it is like the sun, its temperature is like a soup, shining in Kyushu, what a glorious spirit. But now, it is dying, and after its death, the heavens and the earth will be darkened. I've watched the whole process, how can I not be sad until now? ”
As he spoke, he couldn't help crying again.
He thought in his heart: "Gao gradually left to scold Your Majesty 'time is mourning, and you will die together', and when it really falls, the people in the world clapping their hands and saying that there are many people, and the only one who will be sad is probably only me, and the son Hu Hai......"
Zhao Gao's tears are sincere, after all, he has been a monarch for thirty years, but he is Zhao Gao, after crying, he will immediately wipe away his tears and do his best for his survival!
What happens when the sun goes down? As a disciple who shares the glory of the sun, Zhao Gao understands that once the light that protects him is gone, Meng Yi and Heifu, those who hold heavy power, can easily put themselves to death, and the newly enthroned Second Emperor, in a word, can let him be martyred for the old emperor!
Zhao Cheng didn't comprehend his brother's far-reaching thoughts, but only whispered about what he heard and saw in the hall yesterday.
"The eldest son has really changed."
He sighed: "That stunned temperament has changed greatly, Your Majesty has also changed, yesterday you were able to patiently teach your son, such a thing has never been seen before." Now that I have asked my brother to go to the Jianli Mountain Mausoleum, this means that it will be completed as soon as possible, does it mean that I feel that immortality is hopeless, and I want to start preparing for the future? ”
"You are wrong, Your Majesty will not change, although he hesitated for a while, he will never change his decree, let alone bow to the Mandate of Heaven and wait for the arrival of the ghost uncle!"
Zhao Gao smiled and said firmly.
He has been with Qin Shi Huang's ministers for nearly 30 years, knows this emperor very well, he has many advantages, he is clear from the apocalypse, he is a general master, decisive and daring, and his vision is high......
In short, in Zhao Gao's mind, all the beautiful words in the world add up to not enough to praise Qin Shi Huangdi.
Because of this, he was able to create this unprecedented empire and complete the great cause of surpassing the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Shang Tang Wenwu!
But it must be admitted that Qin Shi Huang is not a god, but also a mortal, and he also has many weaknesses, just like the twelve golden people in front of the Xianyang Palace, the wind and rain eroded, the closer the person, the more you can find the rust on it.
"Worry, fear, hatred, anger, suspicion, madness, there are many problems with Qianshou, Your Majesty."
Zhao Gao has seen, Qin Wangzheng, who has just ascended the throne, the young man who is more than ten years old, when he was surrounded by Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji and sat on the king's couch, the confusion flashed in his eyes.
When it was discovered that the queen mother Zhao Ji had given birth to two children with the fake temple man Chang Yu, Qin Wangzheng was full of resentment.
When he understood that Lü Buwei, who had always been regarded as the "middle father", just wanted to empty himself, Qin Wangzheng was full of anger.
When Jing Ke held a dagger and ran after the hall, Qin Wangzheng's eyes showed fear, and he was dizzy for a long time afterwards.
When the first attack on Chu with confidence ended in an embarrassing defeat, everyone in the court said that Chu could not be cut down again, and Qin Wangzheng was also full of doubts.
When it was discovered that the eldest son was not like himself, and the unified world was far from what was expected, Qin Shi Huang was once manic.
But what is commendable is that Qin Shi Huang was able to overcome these weaknesses one by one:
In order to inherit the sixth Yu Lie, he can shake off the confusion and succeed to the throne.
In order to retain the surname Ying, he can overcome fear, quell the rebellion of Chang Yu, and seize the power of Lü Buwei.
In order to gain a reputation for filial piety, he can give up his resentment and forgive Zhao Ji.
In order to let Dongfang Qunxian return to his heart, he can get rid of anger, adopt Li Si's words, and forgive Zheng Guo who deceived him.
In order to complete the great cause of dominating the world, he can refuse doubts and use Wang Qian.
In order to achieve the Six Contracts Style, he can also restrain his mania and try to accept the gods of the Six Eastern Kingdoms, although he failed in the end, he can also suddenly become patient and give Fusu a chance to change slowly.
However, to this day, Qin Shi Huang still retains a bad habit. A heart that he could never conquer, it dwelt in the emperor's heart, absorbing energy, and swelling more and more.
"That's ......"
Zhao Gao looked at the majestic palace room, where sat the lonely Qin Shi Huang, who was rich in the world but had nothing.
"Pride! (aojiao)”
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Because of pride, the emperor thinks that he has surpassed the three emperors, the five emperors of virtue, and calls himself "I", between heaven and earth, I am the only one.
Because of pride, he couldn't even accept the fact that he was as great as a god would be doomed to death like a lowly leader.
Because of pride, even if the whole world thinks it is wrong, he will stubbornly do it! It is confidence in one's own vision, and there is no room for doubt.
Pride is a weakness that Qin Shi Huang can never defeat, and only Zhao Gao saw through this from top to bottom.
"Even if Your Majesty will be depressed temporarily, sooner or later he will raise his head and finish what he wants to do and do without hesitation!"
Until the last moment of life!
And he, Zhao Gao, is not a person waiting to be killed!
Indeed, if he does not change his policy, this is the decision of Qin Shi Huang, after arranging for Fusu to supervise the construction of Afang, so that Li Si and Zhao Gao supervised the construction of Lishan Mausoleum, he immediately cheered up, reviewed and recited overnight, and issued several edicts one after another.
The galloping road to Yumen Pass must be completed this year, no matter how many people die and how much it costs.
issued an edict to urge Heifu and Ziying, and asked about the progress of the southern expedition: "More than half a year has passed, but there is no result at all, you Heifu claims to be good at fighting slowly, is it a turtle or a snail?" At this rate, I'm afraid it will take another twenty years to reach the northbound household! ”
Send someone to ask Meng Tian, when will the old Great Wall of Qin, Yan and Zhao be completely connected, the Xiongnu and Donghu outside the territory, as well as the group of nobles who were sent from the Six Kingdoms to Shibian, are they still honest recently? If you are restless, you should kill, you should fight, do not hesitate, the court will fully support.
Also, isn't the southwest Yi outside the Bashu to pay tribute? This year, they can be allowed to come, but the premise is: all small states must remove the title of king and accept the name of the monarch of the Qin Dynasty!
The more the ghost uncle urged, the more the emperor wanted to see with his own eyes the moment when the giant tripod was cast within this Liuhe......
After finishing these things in one go, it wasn't until the imperial historian Mao Jiao and the court captain Meng Yi came to ask for instructions with trepidation that Qin Shi Huang realized that he had forgotten someone.
"Your Majesty, Xi, how should I send it?"
Shi Xi, the servant, has been locked up in the Tingwei prison for seven days! Whether it's life or death, it's a good word!
"But I forgot about this barbarian old official."
Qin Shi Huang patted his forehead and gave instructions.
"I like to have the crime of slander and overstepping my duties, save his life, and degrade the border county!"
In fact, even if he only considered the black man in the south, Qin Shi Huang would not directly kill Xi, he knew the way of power and art, and he also understood that once he killed this person, it would indeed make many people feel cold.
Mao Jiao was secretly happy in his heart and asked: "Your Majesty, do you want him to go to the Great Wall, or Lingnan?" ”
Thirty-four years later, those who are not upright in prison officials have gone to the north and south to build the motherland's borders.
"The Great Wall is too close, Lingnan? Heifu and Xi have an old age, and I let him go there to retire and spend his old age? No, how can he be so cheap! ”
When he thought of the words that scolded him, Qin Shi Huang still had an itchy throat, and he was annoyed, so he patted the case and said:
"Let Xi go to the west, go to the quicksand desert, and serve hard labor in Li Xin's army!"