At the end of the Warring States period, Li Si was born in Shangcai County, Chu State, and worked as a clerk in charge of documents when he was young. During the Warring States Period, in Shangcai, the state of Chu, every afternoon, the locals would always see a young man leading a yellow dog and chasing a hare in the field. Such a leisurely and interesting scene often provokes many farmers to stop and watch, and this person who loves life and has an interest in life is Li Si. Although Li Si's family is not a wealthy family in Shangcai, it is also a solid family. In the family, Li Si has a beautiful wife and a lovely son, a happy marriage and a harmonious family; In his career, through his ingenuity, he sought the position of a small official in charge of clerical affairs. Such a rich and well-off life is very beautiful in the eyes of ordinary people, but Li Si always feels that his life is missing something, and he doesn't know what he wants. Li Si's enlightenment and enlightenment are very absurd, his enlightenment is in the toilet, and it is a few mice that ignite him.

Sima Qian recorded such an incident in the "Historical Records of Li Silie": Once, he saw rats eating feces in the toilet, and when people or dogs came to the toilet, they all fled quickly; But the rats I saw in the rice barn, one by one, eating big and fat, leisurely frolicking in the rice pile, no one or the dogs brought the threat and horror. So, he sighed: "Whether a person is productive or not, just like a mouse, is determined by his environment. Li Si believes that people don't care whether they are capable or not, intelligence is about the same, rich and poor, it all depends on whether they can seize the opportunity and choose the environment. In the Warring States Period, when everyone was vying for fame and fortune, Li Si also wanted to make a career. It was these little mice that awakened Li Si's uneasy status quo and unwilling to be ordinary, and made him realize that staying in the little Shang Cai would never have a bright future.

After an epiphany, Li Si quit his job as a small official, said goodbye to his wife and children, and resolutely embarked on a journey to find his dreams, looking for poetry and distance in his heart.

In order to achieve the goal of soaring, Li Si went to Qi to study and worship Xun Qing as his teacher. Xunzi's thought is very close to the ideas of Legalism, and it is also the study of how to govern the country, that is, the so-called "imperial art". After Li Si finished his studies, after analyzing and comparing the situation of various countries, he decided to go to Qin.

After Li Si arrived in the Qin State, he soon got the respect of Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei, became a petty official of the Qin State, and had the opportunity to get close to the King of Qin. Once, Li Si said to the King of Qin: "Whoever succeeds in his career must seize the opportunity." In the past, although Qin Mugong was very strong, he failed to complete the great cause of reunification, because the time was not yet ripe. Since the filial piety of Qin, Zhou Tianzi has completely declined, and the vassal states have been in war for many years, and the Qin state has taken the opportunity to become stronger. Now that the Qin State is powerful and virtuous, it is as easy as sweeping away the dust on the stove to eliminate the Six Kingdoms, and now is the best time to complete the imperial cause and unify the world, and it must not be missed. ”

The king of Qin listened to Li Si's plan to divide the monarchs and ministers of various countries, and for the six countries, Li Si also proposed the annexation order of "destroying Han first and fearing other countries". So he was appreciated by the King of Qin, so he was promoted to Changshi. Li Si persuaded the King of Qin to send people with gold and jade to various countries to buy and bribe, and divide the monarchs and ministers of the six countries, and sure enough, it also had an effect, and he was named a guest secretary again.

Just when the king of Qin was determined to unify the six kingdoms, Korea was afraid of being destroyed by the Qin state, so he sent Zheng Guo, a water engineer, to Qin to agitate for the construction of water canals, with the purpose of weakening Qin's manpower and material resources and restraining Qin's eastward advance. Later, Zheng Guo's purpose of repairing the canal was exposed. At this time, the eastern countries also sent spies to Qin as guests, and the ministers talked a lot about the foreign guests, and said to the king of Qin: "The people who come to Qin from all countries are probably coming to Qin for the benefit of their own country to do sabotage work, please ask the king to order the expulsion of all visitors." "The king of Qin issued an expulsion order, and Li Si was also among those who were expelled.

Li Si wrote a letter to the King of Qin, advising the King of Qin not to expel guests, which is the famous "Book of Expulsion of Guests". He said: "I have heard that the ministers are talking about expulsion, and this is wrong. In the past, Qin Mugong sought sages, invited Yu from Rong in the west, invited Baili Xi from Chu in the east, ushered in Uncle Jian from Song State, and appointed Pibao and Gongsun Zhi from Jin State. Qin Mugong appointed these five people, annexed twenty countries, and dominated Xirong. Qin Xiaogong reused Shang martingale, implemented new laws, changed customs, made the country rich and strong, defeated Chu and Wei, expanded the land for thousands of miles, and the Qin State became strong. King Hui of Qin used Zhang Yi's strategy to break up the alliance of the six kingdoms to resist Qin and force all countries to obey Qin. King Qin Zhao obtained Fan Ju, weakened the power of the nobles, strengthened the royal power, encroached on the princes, and Qin became the emperor. These four generations of kings all contributed to the Qin State because of the appointment of Keqing. If these four kings also ordered the expulsion of guests, it would only make the country have no real wealth, and the Qin State would not have a strong name. ”

The King of Qin discerned right from wrong, decisively adopted Li Si's suggestion, and immediately canceled the expulsion order, and Li Si was still reused and was made a court lieutenant.

Just when Li Si was soaring, the appearance of a person blocked his path to ascension. This person is none other than his former classmate and friend, Han Fei. Han Fei is a genius, he synthesized Shang Ying's "law", Shen Buxian's "technique" and cautious "potential" to form his own set of theories. After this set of theories was transmitted to the Qin State, King Yingzheng of Qin praised it, admired Han Fei's talent, and longed to meet him. Later, Qin attacked Han, and Han An, the king of Han, sent Han Fei as an envoy to Qin. King Yingzheng of Qin finally saw Han Fei and wanted to keep him in Qin. Li Si knew that he was inferior to Han Fei, and seeing that King Yingzheng of Qin liked Han Fei so much, Li Si, who was unwilling to live under Han Fei, decided to frame Han Fei in order to be promoted, regardless of the friendship of his classmates. He first slandered Han Fei in front of King Yingzheng of Qin, saying that Han Fei was the same clan of King Han, and if King Yingzheng of Qin wanted to destroy all countries, Han Fei would definitely help South Korea. And if King Yingzheng of Qin can't keep Han Fei this time and release him back to Korea, it will be extremely unfavorable to Qin. King Yingzheng of Qin had already learned Han Fei's talent, and knew that if Han Fei could not be used for himself, it would be a big trouble for his henchmen, so he believed Li Si's words and arrested Han Fei. Han Fei, who was thrown into prison, was unable to plead, and Li Si took the opportunity to poison Han Fei in prison and eliminate the biggest enemy who threatened his position.

After Li Siji killed Han Xin, he spared no effort to assist King Yingzheng of Qin, and made suggestions first to help King Yingzheng of Qin unify the six countries. After the unification of the Six Kingdoms, Li Si put forward many suggestions on how to maintain the unity of the world, such as abolishing the division of feuds, Xingjun County, burning books and pit Confucianism, etc., which were adopted by King Yingzheng of Qin. King Yingzheng of Qin also felt Li Si's loyalty and merit, appointed Li Si as the prime minister, and gave him supreme gifts and honors.

With his own efforts, the competitive and ruthless Li Si finally climbed from the obscure Shangcai Xiaoyan to the prime minister of Daqin, who was below one person and above ten thousand, and realized his workplace counterattack.

But can this truth, which was realized from the rice barn rat and the toilet rat, change a person's fate?

Li Si's family was poor since he was a child, he was originally born in cloth, and it was precisely because he was unbearable and poor that he served the king of Qin, and now although Li Si has been ranked in the three princes and nine kings, enjoying the glory and wealth of the world, he is still worried about his future from time to time, lest one day the glory and wealth he currently has will come to naught. Therefore, whether it is Han Fei or Fusu, or the entire Great Qin Empire, he cannot be made to give up his own petty interests.

Assuming that Li Si, the prime minister of "Wan Nian private as the head" in history, could faithfully implement the edict of Qin Shi Huang and set up his eldest son Fusu as the emperor, perhaps the Great Qin Empire, which was powerful for a while, would not have been so short-lived. It's a pity that Li Si was coerced and lured by Zhao Gao because of "greed", not only completely buried the Great Qin Empire, but he himself finally died in the hands of Zhao Gao.

It's a pity that history can't be changed after all, no matter who it is, even if it's Meng Yi and the Dragon Slayer King who are familiar with history, what can they be in the long river of history?

Meng Yi suddenly understood the silence and inaction of the Dragon Slayer King, because I was afraid that from the moment he crossed over, he was destined to achieve nothing!

When King Yingzheng of Qin learned that Zhao was short of grain, he repeatedly sent people to bribe Qi Xiangguo Housheng to prevent Qi from lending grain to Zhao.

At this time, Tian Jian, the king of Qi, has been reigning for more than 30 years, on the one hand, Tian Jian, the king of Qi, succeeded to the throne at a young age, and the country of Qi was stabilized because of the support of the queen mother and queen of Qi; On the other hand, because Qin implemented the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, encircled Qi and gave priority to attacking Korea, Wei, Zhao and other countries, Qi was able to enjoy peace in peace.

In the fifth year of the construction of the king of Qi, that is, in 260 BC, the Qin state sent troops to attack the Zhao state, and the Qi and Chu states rescued the Zhao state. King Qin Zhaoxiang, the king of Qin, said: "Qi and Chu come to the rescue of Zhao, if they can cooperate closely, we will withdraw our troops, otherwise we will attack them." ”

The State of Zhao had no grain and borrowed grain from the State of Qi, but Tian Jian, the king of Qi, did not agree to lend it grain.

Zhou Zi, a strategist of the State of Qi, said: "It is better to promise to borrow grain to make the Qin State retreat, and the Qin army will not retreat without borrowing grain, so that the plan of the Qin State can be realized and the plan of Qi and Chu will fail." Moreover, the State of Zhao is like a barrier to the State of Qi and the State of Chu, just like the lips are to the teeth, and the lips are cold without teeth. Today, the state of Zhao is destroyed, and tomorrow it will be the turn of the state of Qi and the state of Chu. Talking about saving Zhao again, it is as eager as holding a leaky tank to save a burnt pot. Rescuing Zhao is to exalt morality, repel the Qin army, and show prestige. It would be a mistake to plan for the country by virtue of morality to rescue the dying country, to repel the powerful Qin army with prestige, and not to devote themselves to such a major event and to worry about food. ”

Qi Wang Tianjian refused to obey. The queen of Qi also felt that she should lend grain to Zhao State, but it was a pity that Tian Jian, the king of Qi, insisted on going his own way, and said complainingly: "On the one hand, the widow is unwilling to offend the Qin State, and on the other hand, he is afraid that Zhao State will not be able to repay the grain. ”

As a result, in the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army had no food, and Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao State, had to fight to the death. The Qin army took the opportunity to defeat the Zhao army of more than 400,000 people, and then besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao. Qi Wang Tianjian's stupidity is really unbelievable!

The monarch and queen of Qi are virtuous, cautious in their dealings with Qin, and honest with the princes, and Qi is located on the edge of the East China Sea far away from Qin, Qin attacks Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu day and night, and the five countries are busy saving themselves in the attack of Qin, so Qi Wang Tianjian reigned for more than 40 years, and Qi has not been warned. In 249 BC, the queen of Qi died.

King Yingzheng of Qin once sent an envoy to the State of Qi to give the queen of Qi a pair of jade chains, saying: "The people of Qi are very smart, but can they untie this jade chain?" "The queen of Qi showed the jade chain to the ministers, and no one in the ministers knew how to untie it. The queen of Qi took a hammer and broke it and told Qin Shi Huang's envoy that "it has been unlocked". The implication of the queen of Qi is "Rather for the jade to be broken, not for the tile!" ”

Meng Yi sighed again: "It's a pity that the virtuous queen has passed away, and now the Qi Kingdom is once again seeing death and not being saved, intending to sit and watch success or failure, don't you know that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold!" ”