Chapter 33: Different Accounts

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In addition to the fog of the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, in the history of the late Qin Dynasty, there was also a situation that has been controversial for thousands of years. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That is, the historical records describe Hu Hai as Zhao Gao and Li Sijiao, who finally became the second emperor of the Qin Empire.

But in later generations, the unearthed bamboo slips of Zhao Zhengshu said another level of things.

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From the third volume compiled by later generations, the bamboo book records most of the dialogue between Qin Shi Huang and Li Si before his death, Li Si's statement before his murder, and Ziying's admonitions, etc., and the book may have been written in the early Western Han Dynasty.

The description of the content cannot cover the entire end of the Qin Dynasty, but there is no doubt that it is also quite valuable:

In the past, Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, traveled the world, and also went to the Bai people and fell ill, sick, and muttered for a long time, saying left and right: "The destiny of heaven is immutable, I have not tasted the disease like this, sad ............ And he said: "I regarded my destiny and died at the age of fifty." I was fourteen years old and seven years old. I should die at this age, and I don't know the day of the month, so I travel the world, and I want to change my life. It is urgent to lose day and night, to the white spring, without the latter. It is meticulous and secretive, so that the ministers do not know the disease. ”

The illness is very big, and he can't go forward, so he recalls the prime minister and says: "The longevity of my overlord is enough, and I can't help the loneliness and weakness of my son." ...... After that, he did not overcome the strife of the ministers, and fought against the Lord. I heard it: cattle and horses fight, and gnats and flies die under them; ministers fight, and the people suffer. Mourn the loneliness of my son, and the people of my tolerance, and die without forgetting. His proposal was established. ”

The prime minister's first words said: "Your Majesty's long life has not yet been lived." And Si is not the property of Qin, go to Qin, the right lord and the left relatives, and there are no strong ministers. His Majesty is very fortunate to be the minister of the dung, so that he teaches all the people, and the minister is very fortunate to steal. The ministers are respectful of the decree, the Yin Repair Soldiers, the Politics and Religion, the Officials and Fighters, the Ministers, and the Lords. So that Qin has the world, has its land, and its king, and its name stands in the world, and it is bound to have the righteousness of the Zhou family, and the king is the son of heaven. Those who are unkind have their wealth, and those who are not brave have their deaths. The ministers were very fortunate to die, and their bodies were insufficient. However, seeing that this is the case, the ministers should be killed to repay the world. ”

Zhao Zheng snorted and said: "I am not suspicious.

Son, my loyal minister, his council is established. ”

Prime Minister Si and Yu Shichen went to the first sentence of the death of the emperor and said: "The road is far away and the ministers of the edict period, I am afraid that the ministers are strategic, please set up Hu Hai as the successor." The king said, "Yes." ”

When the king died and Hu Hai Li, he killed his brother Fusu and Lieutenant Tian. Amnesty for sinners, and exempt the subordinate from being a lieutenant. Because of the destruction of his clan, the destruction of his society, the burning of his laws and the collection of the past. He also wanted to multiply the car by the world, saying: "And start with the world." ”

Ziying admonished: "No. The minister heard it: 'The mustard is the same when it is born and withered before it has taken root, and the heaven and earth are far away from each other and the yin and yang are combined. 'The twelve princes of the five kingdoms, the desires of the people are different, but the intentions are not different. The husband Zhao Wang moved to kill his good general Li Mu and used Yan Ju, Yan Wang Xiyin used Jing Ke's strategy to betray Qin's covenant, and Qi Wangjian killed his loyal ministers and used the proposal of victory - these three monarchs all ended up losing their country and suffered their lives, which was the strategy of all ministers, and the god of Sheji was also Lingfu. Now the king wants to forsake it one day, and the servants do not steal it. The minister heard it: 'You can't govern the country with light considerations, you can't be brave alone, and you can lift weights with your strength.' 'One mind can overcome the many, and the weak can defeat the strong, and the upper and lower can be more powerful. Today, the country is in danger of the enemy, the fighters are outside, and the inner self-Yi clan, punishing the loyal ministers, and the people who have no moderation are the internal envoys and the ministers do not believe, and the external envoys are also separated. Ministers think it is not allowed. Hu Haifu, the king of Qin, listened, followed his will, killed his brother Fusu and Lieutenant Tian, set up a high rank as Lang Zhongling, and traveled the world.

Three years later, he wanted to kill the prime minister, Si said: "The so-called cattle and horses of the first king fought and the gnats and flies died under him, and the ministers fought and the people suffered, what is this called a husband?"

Si died, so the book said: "But his crime is enough to die? At the beginning, the Qin region was only a few hundred miles, and the soldiers were no more than tens of thousands. The ministers are careful and wise, and the ministers are consulted by the ministers, and the gold and jade of the capital are used to make the princes travel. And the Yin armor soldiers, the fighters, the ministers, and the Ying Qi Juelu, so in the end, they threatened Han and weakened Wei, and broke Zhao and razed the Yan Dynasty, leveled Chu, slaughtered their people, destroyed their country and captured their kings, and established Qin as the Son of Heaven, I am guilty. The land is not insufficient, the north gallops the desert, the south enters Dingbashu, enters the South China Sea, hits the big Yue, and does not want to have its king, in order to see the strong man of Qin, I am guilty of two crimes. Respect the minister, profit his lordship, and consolidate his body, I am guilty of three crimes. More portrayal, flat bucket, positive measurement, an article, cloth of the world, in the name of tree Qin, I am guilty of four crimes. Establish a society, build a temple, and be a sage of the Lord, and I will be guilty of five crimes. Governing the road, Xing Youguan, in order to see the king's ambition, I have six crimes. Suspended punishment and thin endowment, in order to see the virtue of the Lord and his benefit, so all the people wear the Lord, and those who do not forget until death do not forget, I am guilty of seven crimes.

If he is a courtier, his sin is enough to die for a long time. Fortunately, he did what he could, to this day. May God look upon it. Hu Haifu, the king of Qin, listened, and killed Si.

Si died, so he said: "Si is dead, and when he sees the king's current life, he will say good words." When the minister heard this, he said: 'If you become ancient and chaotic, you will die if you don't die.' 'Now the self-righteous clan, the destruction of its society, the burning of its laws and the collection of the old world, the so-called ancient and disorderly, the king sees the sick, the evil of wine and meat, can eat, the country is ruined, the evil of good words, can be used, Chaden Gao knows the danger, but does not know why he is at ease; the former according to the white blade of self-knowledge and death, but does not know why he is self-reliant. The husband goes against the way of heaven and betrays his ghosts and gods, and the god of the society is blessed. Destroy his ancestors and self-righteous clans, destroy his society, burn his laws, and the skills of the Chinese people and seek to change the beginning, Wang Mian. I saw that it was in ruin. When Hu Haifu, the king of Qin, heard this, he killed Si.

Ziying admonished: "No, the husband becomes vulgar and changes the law, punishes the loyal ministers, and establishes those who have no moderation, so that the law permisses their covenants, and the ministers do injustice to the ministers of the world, and the ministers are afraid that they will be blamed." The ministers conspiracy and the people resent. Today's general Zhang Han soldiers live outside, the soldiers work hard, the commission is not given, there is no enemy outside and there is the will to fight for the ministers inside, so it is said to be dangerous. "Hu Haifu, the king of Qin, listened, and did what he wanted, killed the prime minister, set up a high, and made the prime minister and the imperial history. failed to end the year, and killed Hu Hai. General Zhang Han entered the country of Yiqi and killed Gao.

Said: Hu Hai, the so-called one who does not listen to advice, died after four years and the country perished.

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It can be seen from the content of Zhao Zhengshu that Hu Hai became the second emperor, which was the final decision made by the first emperor after thinking about Li Si's advice.

As for whether Li Si had the corresponding selfishness to bring up this matter, it is unknown at the moment. It's just that this is unlikely, because Li Si is said to have an in-law relationship with Fusu, and if he ascends to the status as Fusu, there is no doubt that Li Si can get more benefits.

And why did the First Emperor at that time take the advice of Li Si and others, it is very likely that the First Emperor was already seriously ill at that time, if the news of his death was leaked out, then there is no doubt that the princes of Xianyang City will be able to do something, and even affect the stability of the Qin Empire.

"Now the road is far away and the edict is in the period of the ministers, I am afraid that the ministers are strategic, please set up Hu Hai as the successor. ”

The appearance of this sentence is undoubtedly a metaphor for the fact that the ministers who stayed in Xianyang City at that time would not necessarily completely obey the orders of the ministers who followed the first emperor.

And whether the princes will make a mess is unknown, but judging from this sentence, even if the princes have no ideas, it is difficult to avoid the appearance of the "yellow robe".

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In Zhao Zhengshu, it vaguely corroborates a long-standing speculation in history, that is, the identity of Ziying.

There are three main speculations about Ziying's identity, one is the brother of the first emperor, but this matter is not described in the historical records of the Qin family and the Warring States Policy, and it should be completely ignored.

The second is the son of Fusu. This speculation is impossible either from the description of the historical records or the description of Zhao Zhengshu, because Fusu should not have such an old child.

And from Zhao Zhengshu's description, Ziying learned of the plan to kill Fusu and others, if Ziying is Fusu's son, letting Ziying know about this is undoubtedly lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, which also shows that Ziying cannot be Fusu's son.

The third guess is that Ziying is the nephew of the first emperor and the son of Cheng Jiao.

The corresponding situation that Zhao Zhengshu said undoubtedly shows that Ziying and Hu Hai have a close relationship, and even are quite relied on, and as Hu Hai's cousin, Ziying itself does not have much possibility of conflict with Hu Hai, and the two sides have a close relationship, which is completely reasonable.

In terms of the content of Ziying's advice, in a sense, it may anger Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, but in the end he was not dealt with in any way, which shows Hu Hai's trust and respect for Ziying.

It's just that his advice was not adopted, and it has to be said that it was the helplessness of Ziying and the sorrow of the Great Qin Empire.

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Except for Ziying, Li Si's death had nothing to do with Zhao Gao, but Hu Hai decided to execute Li Si:

Si died, so he said: "Si is dead, and when he sees the king's current life, he will say good words." When the minister heard this, he said: 'If you become ancient and chaotic, you will die if you don't die.' 'Now the self-righteous clan, the destruction of its society, the burning of its laws and the collection of the old world, the so-called ancient and disorderly, the king sees the sick, the evil of wine and meat, can eat, the country is ruined, the evil of good words, can be used, Chaden Gao knows the danger, but does not know why he is at ease; the former according to the white blade of self-knowledge and death, but does not know why he is self-reliant. The husband goes against the way of heaven and betrays his ghosts and gods, and the god of the society is blessed. Destroy his ancestors and self-righteous clans, destroy his society, burn his laws, and the skills of the Chinese people and seek to change the beginning, Wang Mian. I saw that it was in ruin. When Hu Haifu, the king of Qin, heard this, he killed Si.

Judging from these descriptions, it is very likely that Li Si was directly ordered to be executed by Hu Hai in the court. Because it is probably only in this situation that it is possible for Li Si to say so many words in one breath.

And after this description, there should be another content, that is, the words of Ziying's advice:

Ziying admonished: "No, the husband becomes vulgar and changes the law, punishes the loyal ministers, and establishes those who have no moderation, so that the law permisses their covenants, and the ministers do injustice to the ministers of the world, and the ministers are afraid that they will be blamed." The ministers conspiracy and the people resent. Today's general Zhang Han soldiers live outside, the soldiers work hard, the commission is not given, there is no enemy outside and there is the will to fight for the ministers inside, so it is said to be dangerous. ”

However, Li Si's self-defense and Ziying's persuasion were useless, and Hu Hai finally killed Li Si.

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And after Li Si's death, Zhao Gao really became the existence of the ruling and opposition parties.

It's just that the follow-up recorded one point, that is, Zhao Gao did not die at the hands of Ziying, but was killed by Zhang Han.

This point is described in only one sentence, and its details cannot be deduced at all, especially when Zhao Gao was killed by Zhang Han, or whether Hu Hai died at the time, and whether it is not only three years as recorded in the historical records.

And the final content is very interesting, Hu Hai's reign was four years, which is probably the official reign time if the situation of the Western Han Dynasty is concerned.

The historical record is only about three years.

And the time when Zhang Han killed Zhao Gao, if it is based on Zhao Zhengshu, I am afraid that it was the reign of Prince Qin or Zhao Gao's time after Hu Hai's death, when he took in the national government.

If the speculation of this statement is true, then it is possible that Prince Qin is just a fabricated existence, because Zhao Gao may not have supported the child.

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And Zhao Zhengshu's description of Zhao Gao's killing of Hu Hai should be similar to the historical records.

Zhao Zhengshu does not describe Hu Hai's death in detail, and here it is mainly described in historical records:

II dreamed that a white tiger had bitten the horse he was driving, and he killed the white tiger, but he was unhappy and felt strange, so he went to ask the interpreter of the dream. The dream interpreter Bu De hexagram said: "The god of Jingshui is making trouble. "The second fasted in Wangyi Palace, wanted to sacrifice to the god of Jingshui, and sank four white horses into Jingshui. The Second sent people to condemn Zhao Gao for the fact that the rebels were approaching. Zhao Gao was frightened and uneasy, so he secretly discussed with his son-in-law Yan Le, the commander of Xianyang County, and his younger brother Zhao Cheng, saying: "The emperor does not listen to advice, and now the situation is critical, and he wants to blame our family. I want to set up another son of heaven and a son and a baby. The child was kind and humble, and the people supported his words. He asked Lang Zhong to make an internal response, falsely claiming that there was a thief, ordering Yan Le to summon officials to send troops to pursue him, and kidnapped Yan Le's mother and placed him in Zhao Gao's mansion as a hostage. Sent Yan Le to lead more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in front of the gate of Wangyi Palace, tied up the guards and servants, and asked: "The thieves have entered from here, why don't you stop them?" The guard order said: "The guard posts around the palace are guarded by guards, and they are very tight, how dare thieves enter the palace?" Yan Le beheaded the guard order, and led the officers and soldiers to rush straight in, shooting arrows as they went, and the Lang officials and eunuchs were greatly surprised, some fled, some fought, and those who fought were killed, and dozens of people were killed.

Lang Zhongling and Yan Le rushed in together and shot the second emperor's tent with an arrow. The second was very angry and summoned the people on the left and right, but the people on the left and right were panicked and did not dare to make a move. There was a eunuch next to him who served the second and did not dare to leave. The second entered the inner palace and said to him, "Why didn't you tell me earlier, it has come to this point!" The eunuch said: "I didn't dare to say it, so I was able to save my life, if I said it earlier, our group would have been killed by you a long time ago, how could we live to this day?" Yan Le stepped forward and counted the charges of the second and said: "You are arrogant and indulgent, wanton killing, unreasonable, everyone in the world has betrayed you, what to do, you can consider it yourself!" The second said: "Can I see the prime minister?" Yan Le said: "No." II said, "I want to get a county and be a king." Yan Le didn't agree. He also said, "I want to be a marquis of ten thousand households." "Still no. The second said, "I am willing to be ordinary people with my wife and children, just like the princes." Yan Le said: "I am on the orders of the prime minister to kill you for the people of the world, even if you say more, I dare not repay for you." So he commanded his soldiers to come forward. II committed suicide.

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It's just that, in the end, Zhang Jiashi had heard of Zhao Zhengshu before he crossed over......

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